Li Yunzhi's words suddenly dawned on him like the sound of bells and cauldrons, and he felt quite ashamed that he had previously been completely addicted to the environment of Dayun Temple.
In fact, with Jiuqu's Zen cultivation, he could have had this realization. However, when he went to Dayun Temple before, he was completely fascinated by its fairyland, so much so that he wanted to stay there for a long time and was unable to practice.
There are advantages and disadvantages to the Taoist meaning, because the Taoist meaning of Zen is also diverse. Some Taoist ideas need to be practiced alone for a long time, while some Taoist ideas must be practiced in the world as Li Yun said.
But even those Taoist ideas that need to be practiced alone are somewhat inseparable from the worldly world. It can be said that Zen Taoism comes from the worldly world. If you want to transcend, you must first enter the world yourself! First comprehend!
Otherwise, the so-called detachment can only be a tree without roots, water without a source, a building without a foundation... It is an illusory and ethereal detachment, existing in imagination, and not truly transcendent from the world...
Of course, what Li Yun said was just his own opinion. Since it is an opinion, it may not be completely correct, because for many things in this world, there is no absolute right or absolute wrong, but there are many middle ground.
For example, in the practice of Zen, it is not ruled out that there are some geniuses who can understand everything and reach the pinnacle of their own Zen without leaving home. Such people definitely exist, but in Li Yun's view, even so
, they also studied it on the basis of their predecessors. Without the massive accumulation of predecessors as a basis, how could they study it?
Seeing Jiuqu's expression at this time, Li Yun told another story in his mind:
Zhang San and Li Si have been good friends since childhood. They like to sit on a hilltop in the village and watch the sunrise together.
Li Si had been out and about in the village since he was young. Zhang San, apart from watching the sunrise every morning, spent the rest of the time like most villagers, fishing, drying nets and farming in the dark to earn money.
When he was very old, he still maintained his hobby of watching the sunrise. One day, while Zhang San was sitting in his old place watching the sunrise, a man came from a distance. He looked up and saw that this man's appearance
They were quite familiar and seemed to have known each other. After asking, they found out that this person was Li Si, who had run away from the village in his youth. When the two met, they were extremely surprised. They both asked each other about their experiences after leaving.
Li Si didn't say much about his experience. He just said that after he came out, he got involved in shopping malls and officialdom, and experienced some thrilling scenes. Now he has no official position and a small amount of wealth, but no matter how he is, he still feels like he is hanging around outside.
Today, when I passed by the village where I was a child, I thought of my friend Zhang San, so I came to have a look. Unexpectedly, I met him again!
After listening to Li Si's words, Zhang San laughed and said: "Li Si, since you think it is best to watch the sunrise in the village, why do you have to run so far away and wait until you are so old to come back to watch it?"
What? You might as well learn from me and stay in the village, where you can watch the sunrise every day from childhood to old age. How wonderful it will be!"
Li Si was speechless and confused.
After a while, he asked: "Zhang San, you have been watching the sunrise here every day since you were a child. Are you in a good mood every day?"
"This...can't be said to be very good. Anyway, watching the sunrise every day has become a habit, and I don't think it's anything special anymore. The mood I feel watching the sunrise now is definitely not as good as when I watched it with you when I was a kid." Zhang San said honestly.
said.
After hearing this, Li Si finally felt relieved and said with a smile: "Zhang San, when I see the sunrise now, I feel very good, even better than when I was a child!"
"Really? Isn't it the same sunrise these days? Why do you feel better when you look at it now than when you were a child?" Zhang Sanqi said.
"Yes. When I was a child, when I watched the sunrise, I felt that it just jumped out little by little. It was fun, beautiful, and spectacular. But when I watch the sunrise now, I feel that it is so great, and it pops out little by little.
Beating, breaking through the blockade of darkness, bringing light and heat to the earth, warmth and energy to life. It gave me hope and confidence to fight against the darkness in the world. No matter how powerful the darkness is, light can always
Defeat it!" Li Si said.
"This... I don't quite understand what you are saying. Is there really so much darkness in this world? Don't darkness and light always come in turns?" Zhang Sanqi said.
When Li Si heard this, he was speechless again.
He found that he and Zhang San could no longer communicate in depth, and the distance between the two was as far away as the sun and the earth.
Although the two watched the sunrise together when they were young and again when they were old, their different experiences determined that their moods for watching the sunrise were completely different!
After Li Yun finished telling the story, he looked at Jiu Qu as if he was about to have an epiphany, so he built a small formation to cover him and continued to preside over the construction project of the large formation of Ganoderma lucidum City.
He was also very curious about what kind of Zen Tao Jiuqu could learn from this story. In fact, for the same story, different people may come to different truths. There is no absolute right or wrong here, so what can be learned from it?
It all depends on the individual.
Some people may think that John Doe experienced a lot of ups and downs, so he saw a better rainbow, so he was in a particularly good mood. This may be the mainstream understanding.
But some people will think that Zhang San has always been the same. No matter the wind or rain, he insists on watching the sunrise every day. All the changes have faded in his eyes, reaching a state of being detached from things and me...
Therefore, the truth of harvest from Li Si's entry into the world and Zhang San's birth is actually based on one intention, there is no right or wrong, and there is no inevitability.
When Li Yun raised this topic, he did not mean that Zen practice requires joining the world in order to realize the Tao, because for some geniuses, sometimes they can realize the strong Taoism without joining the world. Therefore, in the realm of Zen, there is a combination of joining the world and
There are two ways to transcend the world. Some Zen paths require entering the world to gain enlightenment, while others can be practiced away from the world. This must be determined according to the individual's spirituality and wisdom.
Regarding the training of Zen, Li Yun believes that the most important thing is a Zen mind. Whether you join the world or leave the world, only by keeping a pure Zen heart and not getting dusty can you clearly distinguish right from wrong, distinguish the important and the important, and then be able to touch the dark world.
There is a thread of Zen in the dark, and you can realize the purest way of Zen.
Zen practice is quite different from that of ordinary people. In addition to cultivating Dantian and spiritual power, they also practice relics. Especially eminent monks like Jiuqu, they will pay more attention to the practice of relics, and relics are the condensation of their Zen path.
The stronger the Zen path, the rounder and larger the relics will be, and the more crystal clear they will be.
Li Yun could see that there was a relic in Jiuqu's body that was rotating rapidly driven by Taoism...
"Sir, Xiaode is almost here!" Xiaoxing reminded.
"Oh, he's pretty fast!"
"Hehe, he wants to see his female body as soon as possible..."
"Haha, I'm afraid no one will be able to resist its temptation." Li Yun laughed.
"That's true. If you tell them that you want to put this painting up for auction, it will drive them crazy!"
"Isn't that what happened to Xiao Zhen last time? This is the best way to deal with these little slaves."
"that's for sure."
While he was talking, he saw a figure suddenly appear in the sky in the distance, it was Ishide. He looked around below and quickly located where Li Yun was and landed, unaffected by the city formation at all.
"Sir!" Ishide shouted.
"Koide, you're finally here!"
"Haha, little slave came here non-stop, huh? Isn't this a little song? Why are you here in a daze?" Ishide said curiously when he saw Jiuqu on the side.
"Xiaoqu has entered a state of enlightenment, don't disturb him!" Li Yun said.
"Epiphany?!"
When Shi Chu heard this, surprise appeared on his face.
For monks, entering epiphany is not a trivial matter. There are very few moments in their lives when they can enter epiphany. The number of epiphanies can also be used to measure the degree of a person's genius. The more talented a person is, the more times he has entered epiphany.
The more enlightenment he has, the longer the enlightenment time will be. Every enlightenment can bring him great benefits. There is no doubt about this.
Of course, epiphany requires accumulation and opportunity. Only when accumulation reaches a certain level can we seize an opportunity and enter the state of epiphany. Therefore, Jiuqu was able to enter the epiphany state this time, both because of Li Yun and because of his own accumulation.
The reason is extremely strong.
Seeing that Jiuqu was able to enter an epiphany, Shichu was surprised, but also full of joy, because Jiuqu is the chief abbot of Qushui Temple, and his strength has increased, which is of course a good thing for Qushui Temple.
After he asked about the process of Jiuqu's enlightenment, he immediately became very interested in Dayun Temple. However, after finally meeting Li Yun, he would not miss it in vain.
"Sir, where is the painting you agreed on?" Ishide asked with salivation, his eyes twinkling.
"Do you want me to show it to you in public now?"
"Ah? No, no! I just wanted to ask first, little slave..." Ishide quickly changed his words, his face turning red.
"Haha, look how anxious you are! I have put all the rewards in the spiritual rings. One is for you and the other is for Xiaoluo. Don't forget to give it to him when you go back. You have come a long way, so why not go to the inn to rest first?
Take a rest."
Li Yun smiled and handed the two spiritual rings to Ishide.
"Yes! Don't worry, sir!"
Ishide took it and was so excited that he couldn't wait to go to the inn where the horse team was staying.
"Huh? Brother Shi is here?!"
Zhan Shan, Situ Heng, Yin Sheng, Kuang Zheng, Wang Huaiyu and others saw Shi Chu and stood up to greet him.
"Haha, brothers, you are becoming more and more handsome one by one!!!" Ishide laughed.
"Where is it? Brother Shi's appearance is obviously nourished by adults. When did you tell me honestly?" Situ Heng asked in a calm tone.
"No... you can even see this?" Ishide was startled.
"Of course. Didn't Brother Shi notice that you have changed a lot from before?"