Journey to the West: I, the Dragon Prince of the East China Sea, worship Bodhi

Chapter 30 Apprenticeship to Bodhi
Ao Qing was overjoyed when he heard that, what the woodcutter said basically meant that the patriarch had decided to accept him!
He wanted to follow the woodcutter into the cave.But he was a little hesitant, just because he was a dragon body, even if he changed and shrunk, he would be tens of feet in size, and the cave door didn't seem that big, so it would be difficult to enter directly.

But at this moment, Ao Qing was suddenly taken aback.

Just because, he discovered that he suddenly had extra "hands and feet".

She woke up just now, and she didn't have much self-awareness, but now Ao Qing suddenly realized that she had transformed into a form before she knew it! ?

The woodcutter seemed to have noticed this, and said with a smile: "Could it be that the younger brother has not noticed it yet? Come with me to Yaotai to meet the patriarch, and I will know the reason."

Hearing this, Ao Qing suppressed the doubts in her heart, and followed the woodcutter into the cave.

Seen from the outside, this oblique moon three-star cave is not unusual.But after entering, I saw another world inside the cave!

There are layers of deep pavilions and Qionglou towers. Once you enter the Pearl Palace, you can't tell the story of the quiet room and the blessed land of the gods!

Lingtai square inch mountain, oblique moon Samsung cave.Ever since coming here, Ao Qing has seen countless miraculous things, never imagined before!
Under the leadership of the woodcutter, Ao Qing quickly came to Yaotai.

I saw the Bodhi Patriarch with a childlike face and hefa, with a fairy demeanor.

Sitting on the stage, holding a dust whisk in his hand, the aura of the whole body is self-sustaining, and he looks like a god and a master!

Ao Qing faced the Patriarch, and saluted respectfully: "Disciple Ao Qing, pay homage to the Patriarch with determination, and pay homage to the Patriarch, and hope that the Patriarch can accept his disciples as disciples!"

Patriarch Bodhi didn't stop him, since he accepted the disciple, he naturally accepted the gift.

After Ao Qing paid homage, the patriarch gently stroked Fuchen:

"You don't need to be restrained. Since you can come here, it means that you are destined for me, and it is all right to accept you as a disciple."

Although he had been prepared for a long time, Ao Qing was naturally a little nervous when he saw the patriarch who had been thinking about him day and night.

Now, hearing that the patriarch recognized him, he was of course very happy in his heart: "Meet the master!"

When Patriarch saw this, he was also very happy in his heart, and he unconsciously showed a look of relief on his face.

Disciples choose teachers, and teachers choose students.

For Ao Qing, he was overjoyed to be able to worship Patriarch Bodhi.

But for Patriarch Bodhi, being able to accept such a good disciple, isn't it not a heart blooming?

Ao Qing was about to speak, but the Patriarch spoke first.

He didn't ask Ao Qing "where did you come from" like he accepted Sun Wukong, but said directly: "Since you have joined my sect, you should follow my rules. Although you already have name, but it should also have a dharma name, so that it is easy to call."

When Patriarch Bodhi said so, Ao Qing was not surprised.

Rather, if he doesn't give himself a "dharma name", Ao Qing will feel a little nervous instead.

The name of the law is the name of the Tao.It is equivalent to the proof of a person's "enlightenment".

The names of Monkey King, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sha in "Journey to the West" are equivalent to the meaning of "the grace of reinvention".There is a sense of turning point.

It can be said that, in a sense, apprenticeship can only be regarded as "true inheritance" if it is given a name.If there is no name given, even if there is the kindness of master and apprentice, it is not a true inheritance.

For example, the Taishang 81 Hua taught countless people with great supernatural powers, but few of them dared to say that they were disciples of the Taoist ancestor.

Now, Patriarch Bodhi wants to give Ao Qing a Dharma name, and Ao Qing is naturally happy to accept it, because it means that Patriarch really recognizes himself!
But at the same time, he was also a little curious.This patriarch, what name do you want to give yourself?
He remembered that Patriarch Bodhi said to Sun Wukong that there are twelve characters under his door, which are Guang, Da, Wisdom, Wisdom, Zhen, Ru, Xing, Hai, Ying, Enlightenment, Yuan, and Jue.Ranking Monkey King, it happens to be the word "wu".

Now, Monkey King has not yet been born.What are you?Is it "Ying" or "Hai"?
Ao Qing thought so.But in fact, it was somewhat beyond his expectation.

But the patriarch thought for a moment, and then, with a light whisk, he said slowly: "You can understand my heart and prove my Bodhi. You should inherit the word 'heart'. I see you under the bodhi tree , seems to have acquired the mystery, and the mind is scattered in the three realms, so how about you call it "Xin Xuan"? I hope that when you recite this name, you will not forget the principle of "the word is cut off, and the mind is destroyed."

"Xin Xuan?"

Ao Qing silently read these two words.But it turned out that it was the patriarch who saw that he had obtained the bodhi seed from the bodhi tree, and his mind could float freely in the sky and the earth.Therefore, teach yourself not to forget your own nature and lose your original mind.

The so-called "speech is broken, and the mind is destroyed" is also the truth.The self-nature cannot be thought and discussed, and the six senses cannot be touched. Only by letting go of the six senses and the attachment to external things can it be realized.

This name can be said to contain the expectations of the patriarch for himself.

Ao Qing immediately thanked him: "Thank you Master for giving me the name, Xin Xuan will remember it!"

Since then, Ao Qing has a dharma name, called "Ao Xinxuan".

This is exactly:
Bodhi Enlightenment and Contemplation is like this, and the mind is destroyed to practice Taoism.

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But she said that Ao Qing got the Dharma name, she was naturally happy, but there was still one thing she didn't understand.So I asked the patriarch: "Master, my body..."

It turned out that since Ao Qing woke up in the "Bodhi Realm" and arrived at the Sanxing Cave, she discovered that she had already transformed into a form!Thinking of Dragon Girl, Ao Qing naturally thought that it was Patriarch Bodhi who helped her transform into form.

However, the patriarch heard the words, but said: "This body is the manifestation of your mental image, and I did not help you transform it."

Hearing this, Ao Qing couldn't help being taken aback.

The embodiment of mental imagery?What does it mean?
Hearing Patriarch Bodhi's words, Ao Qing half-understood.

Seeing this, Patriarch Bodhi shook his head slightly, and said, "That's all right. Disciple, now you are worshiping under my sect. But do you know what the meanings of the 'Lingtai Fangcun Mountain' and 'Xianyue Sanxing Cave' in front of the cave gate are? "

Ao Qing said: "The Lingtai is square inches, with three stars on the slanting moon. They all mean 'heart'...Could it be!"

Ao Qing suddenly realized the meaning of the words of the patriarch, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that this place is not in the mortal world?"

The patriarch smiled and said: "Yes, yes. If there is a root of wisdom. My spiritual platform is Fangcunshan, and the three-star cave of the oblique moon. It is not in the three realms, but a spiritual realm. Being here means that it is neither born nor destroyed, nor will it die. The state of increasing and not decreasing. Here is also true and illusory. The ability you have learned is true, but the things you have experienced are false. And you have just realized the mind of wisdom under the Bodhi tree, and the shape you think in your mind is also because of this. And manifested."

Ao Qing understood.

It turned out that I merged the experiences of the two lives and found my true heart.Therefore, he no longer exists simply as a "dragon", but integrates the past and the present life.Thus, there is the saying of transforming into form in this mind world.

At the same time, he was also very surprised.

It turns out that Fangcun Mountain in Lingtai and Sanxing Cave in Xieyue are the same thing!

No wonder there is no news of Patriarch Bodhi after the monkey left the Sanxing Cave in "Journey to the West".Because this patriarch is the existence of "neither birth nor death, both illusion and reality".

Everything that happens here is false.However, the supernatural powers cultivated in this mind world are real.When it is true, "the false is true, the true is also false, and the inaction is sometimes what is and what is not."

Ao Qing also remembered, the poem title of Patriarch Bodhi.

Dajue Jinxian has no dirt, Bodhi, the ancestor of the Western Miracle;
The three or three acts of immortality and immortality, full of qi, full of spirit, and myriad benevolence.

Emptiness is naturally subject to change, just as one's own nature does at will;

The solemn body of the same life as the sky, the great master of Mingxin through calamities.

The implication of this description really couldn't be more appropriate! !
(End of this chapter)