Wandering

Chapter 136 The famous mother of all things, Baoxuan knot afterbirth
The "fetal movement" formula that I have been asking for all this time is a piece of text that I memorized precociously.It's not surprising when you think about it, didn't the formulas taught by Feng Junzi all borrow classics?Everyone can memorize the classics, but no one enlightens them, and they are just words on paper.I asked him: "What do you mean--this passage of Lao Tzu is talking about alchemy formulas?"

Feng Junzi: "I may not be talking about alchemy formulas, but alchemy can be used as formulas. The four-door twelve-story building was created by me, not by Lao Tzu! All Taoism methods in the world except the Yangshen realm mostly use 'longevity' In addition to the tactic, I just borrowed the similar formulas in different realms before.... Let me ask you, the book I gave you clearly says 'Yuan Zhi You Yuan', why did you read it as Xuan Yuan? ?”

"The one you gave me is a printed version of Ji Xiaolan's compilation of Siku Quanshu. In order to avoid the taboo of Emperor Kangxi Xuan Ye in the Qing Dynasty, Xuan was changed to Yuan. I have read so many books, don't you know this?"

Feng Junzi nodded: "I can't look at you with old eyes. You are no longer the Shi Ye when I first met you. Your knowledge is getting better! Let me ask you another question. I clearly taught you the way of alchemy, but you But it is very predestined to practice Buddhism. Even a real monk may not be as diligent as you in learning Buddhism, and this is not the ability of my master. Do you know what's going on?"

"I don't know either, what do you think?"

Feng Junzi: "Newton once said a word, which is in our textbook. What did he say he was standing on?"

"Standing on the shoulders of giants. What does this have to do with Newton?"

Feng Junzi: "It has nothing to do with Newton, it has something to do with his words. You have been practicing sitting on the shoulders of the Buddha. Do you still remember the futon I put under the Zhuangyuan Bridge? I don't borrow so many futons in Jiulin Temple, but I borrowed that one. There is no other reason, because there is a very special thing hidden in it. Well, this thing is famous all over the world. If it was a few years ago, everyone in the Buddhist circle would probably know it, but in recent years, Almost everyone in the world knows about it."

"What? Is it a treasure of Buddhism? How can it be known all over the world?"

Feng Junzi: "I won't say it, just test your catchphrase, what do you think it would be?"

what?Shelly, can't you?Bayeux, it is also unlikely?Sitting on the shoulders of Buddha?Everyone in the world has known it in recent years?What could it be?At this time, I suddenly thought of a movie from a few years ago, and blurted out: "Could it be—kapok cassock?"

Just hearing a thud, Junzi Feng lost his buttocks and fell under the chair.He immediately got up and exclaimed in a low voice: "God, you have hit the spot! It is indeed the kapok cassock, the token of Zen. Forget it, don't ask me. I won't tell you. It's a storm... Let me tell you, you don't need to go under the Zhuangyuan Bridge to practice in the future, Jingwudongtian is the most suitable place. You can take that futon to Jingwudongtian too.... Now go out, Zishi Yin and God meet at Zhuangyuan Bridge."

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Some time ago, the great monks of Shaolin Temple discussed one thing—whether to erect a monument for someone?This person's name is Jet Li. I don't need to introduce such a famous person.Originally, after the eminent monk passed away, what was left was only a stupa, and Shaolin Temple has a forest of pagodas.The only one left in the temple to commemorate is Bodhidharma.Although the actor Jet Li also believes in Zen Buddhism, at least for now he is far from being able to compare with Bodhidharma.But Jet Li brought two things to Shaolin Temple - fame and fortune!

Starting from "Shaolin Temple", Jet Li has starred in a series of movies with Shaolin Temple and Shaolin Kung Fu as the background, and now he has become a generation of international Kung Fu superstar.Along with Jet Li's road to superstardom, the Shaolin Temple, which has a poor courtyard, has now become the most famous Buddhist temple in the world, with fame and fortune rolling in.Therefore, there will be a proposal to erect a monument.Of course, in addition to Jet Li, there is another important figure Master Hai Deng who has shaken the prestige of contemporary Shaolin, but the influence of Hai Deng is far less international than Jet Li.There is nothing wrong with erecting monuments for Zen Buddhism, but erecting monuments for fame and fortune is neither fish nor fowl.So the matter was left behind.

"Shaolin Temple" is a movie made in [-]. The crew gathered the elites of the Chinese martial arts circle at that time.As soon as this film came out, it set off a wave of kung fu climax in all parts of China.At that time, most people in the mainland did not know about Bruce Lee, but everyone knew about Shaolin Temple and Jet Li.Kung fu and martial arts movies followed one after another, and there were also works like "Wudang" that set off another small climax.But what can be called a real masterpiece is "Kapok Cassock", directed by Hong Kong director Xu Xiaoming and co-produced with the Mainland.The film won the Special Award for Excellent Film issued by the Ministry of Culture of China in [-].The importance and authority of this award at that time was no less than that of all kinds of competitions popular today.

The historical background of the movie "Kapok Cassock" is the Ming Dynasty, but it tells a legendary story that happened in the Tang Dynasty.This story revolves around the kapok cassock, a Buddhist legend——

It is said that after Kassapa held flowers and smiled at the Lingshan meeting, Sakyamuni passed on the Zhengdharma Eye to Kasyapa, and at the same time passed on the kapok cassock. This is the origin of Zen.Zen Buddhism has been handed down to Bodhidharma for 28 generations in India.During the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang, Bodhidharma came across the river and went north to the Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain, where he created a branch of Zen Buddhism in China.When the kapok cassock and Zen mantle were passed on to Hongren, the fifth patriarch, Hongren did not pass it on to Shenxiu, the most famous disciple among his disciples, but passed it on to Huineng who said, "There is nothing in the first place, so where is the dust?"

When Hongren passed on the cassock, he told Huineng: "Only pass on the body, pay the original heart secretly, and the clothes are a dispute. Don't pass it on to you. From now on, Dharma will be practiced by you. Quickly cross the south of the Yangtze River and escape from being harmed by the same sect." Fruit is like Hongren. As expected, Huineng was hunted down all the way with his cassock in his body, and he also enlightened many people along the way.Many years later, Huineng opened a forum in the south to teach the Dharma, creating the path of "sudden enlightenment" in Zen Buddhism, and the world calls it the Sixth Patriarch.Chinese Zen actually originated from the Sixth Patriarch.

During Wu Zetian's time, Shenxiu, another disciple of Hongren, entered the palace to be enshrined.Shenxiu recommended Huineng to Wu Zetian, with the intention of taking back the kapok cassock with the help of the emperor's family.Huineng did not enter the palace, but simply gave the kapok cassock to Wu Zetian for support.From then on, the kapok cassock fell into the hands of Wu Zetian, and her whereabouts are unknown.Although there are many speculations in the classics of later generations, no one is sure where the kapok cassocks really fell.

There is also a magical legend about the kapok cassock.It is said that Shenxiu sent his fellow disciple Huiming to hunt down Hui Neng and retrieve the cassock.Huiming caught up with Huineng, and Huineng put the cassock in the grass for him to pick up, but Huiming couldn't pick it up.It is said that Zen Xinyi kapok cassock is protected by the eight dragons and eight tribes, which cannot be taken by ordinary people.Later, Huiming asked about the Dharma without taking his clothes. Hui Neng taught him the Zen method, and he also became enlightened three years later.Unexpectedly, this magical Buddhist treasure was actually hidden in a futon in Jiulin Temple, and this futon was stolen by Feng Junzi, and I was allowed to sit on it to practice.Incredible, incredible!

If another person heard about this incident, he would definitely take apart the futon to see if there was any kapok cassock inside.If so, what is it like?But I didn't do that, the futon is not my property, I can't damage it at will.I just took the futon from under the Zhuangyuan Bridge to Jingwudongtian.I thought to myself: In the future, this thing will still be returned to Jiulin Temple, I just use it.I am not interested in the Zen mantle, but it is beneficial to practice, so I will borrow it temporarily.

Due to the dark spirit going out in the middle of the night, I couldn't stay in Jingwu Dongtian, but stayed overnight in the back room of the Green Snow Tea Room.Sit on the Zhongyin God for a trip, and arrive at the Zhuangyuan Bridge early.After waiting for a long time, I saw Feng Junzi flying over unsteadily.Not that he was late, but that I was half an hour early.

"Shi Ye, you came early. Are you in a hurry? To teach the Dharma, don't be lazy, and to practice the Dharma, don't be impatient....Did you bring your ears today?" Feng Junzi asked me unhurriedly.

"Nonsense, the ears are with me!"

Feng Junzi: "It's not listening, it's the achievement of the sound. This mentality is extremely profound, and it can't be conveyed in simple words. The ancient alchemy books are here, and outsiders can't understand them. Today, you and I still ask and answer. , After the questions and answers are clear, I will pass on the heart method."

"Understood, you can ask."

Feng Junzi motioned for me to sit down at the bridgehead, but he was floating cross-legged in mid-air at the bridgehead on the other side.He faced me in the air with an inscrutable look, and asked: "The beginning of an old question, why are there four doors for a twelve-story building?"

"I know this. This Dao Dan state is like hovering upwards. Every time you pass a three-story building, you will return to a higher starting point. The formulas and mental methods look similar, but the state is different."

Feng Junzi: "What is the similarity between the first gate and the second gate?"

"The first gate begins with 'inner illumination'. Before that, the eyes of mortals could only see everything outside the body, but they could not see the circulation of their own vitality. Entering the first gate, you can look inward at me. This is a brand new The second door starts with the 'spiritual pill', after the pill is completed, everything is different, a hole is opened in the chaos, and a free body and mind appear in the body."

Feng Junzi nodded and asked again: "Then why do you have to go through a vacuum when you enter the third door?"

I thought for a while and replied: "The realm of vacuum is after the completion of the golden elixir. When the golden elixir is fully completed, the inner and outer body and mind are united, as always, and the golden elixir has become my body and mind. If I stop here, I will not be able to continue to practice. What disappears in the vacuum It's "I". After "I have nothing", the golden elixir is gone! I think in the third door, it's probably the golden elixir reappearing? I remember when I first entered the second door, I felt that everything in the world came out of nothing , You also said something like God wants light."

Junzi Feng blinked, and asked an inexplicable question: "Shi Ye, do you believe me when I say I am Buddha?"

"I do not believe!"

Feng Junzi: "Why?"

"Buddha said - the Tathagata cannot be seen."

Feng Junzi blinked and asked again: "Shi Ye, do you believe I said you are God?"

"I believe!"

Feng Junzi: "Do you believe this kind of nonsense?"

"God said - let there be light. Everything in the world comes from nothing, so before everything is born, God is nothing. I think the alchemy in the third gate is to come out of the vacuum of 'I have nothing', a new 'I' made something out of nothing."

Feng Junzi laughed loudly when he heard the words, and turned a few somersaults in the air, then stabilized his figure and said: "Congratulations, you have answered everything correctly! God comes first and then light? Is that so? I don't know! See When the light is on, and then go back to find God, this is the alchemy of going against the sky. Why is the heart of fetal movement after a vacuum, because the word fetal movement is the beginning of a person. There is no me in a vacuum, so where do I come from? Come? Of course it comes from the fetal movement. Today, what I will teach you is the heart method of forming a holy fetus in a vacuum.... Shi Ye, how do you understand the 'nameless' and 'named' in the formula?"

"The nameless beginning of heaven and earth is known as the mother of all things. Lao Tzu's realm is beyond my comprehension, and I dare not argue. What I think about today is myself, and I am Ishino. I want to know what happened before I was Ishino." Who is that me?"

Feng Junzi: "Hehe, that's still you. But, it's another you. Don't get entangled, just have this state of mind. Let's go to the bottom of the bridge together, and I'm going to talk about the mind. It’s just some more notes for you, it’s not easy to understand, you have to listen carefully.”

Feng Junzi explained the method of fetal movement to me under the bridge hole, and he talked for three hours.For a full six hours, he talked nonstop.It's not wordy, he didn't repeat a word from beginning to end, and every sentence has a key point.With such a mind, if you don’t have the sravaka achievement, let alone learn it, you won’t even know what he said after listening to it!I really admire him for being able to speak these words clearly. Although I understand them, it is impossible for me to convey them to others as clearly as he does. (Xu Gongzi’s note: I’m afraid I can’t reproduce the original text here. I will introduce it bit by bit when Ishino practice.)
Junzi Feng finally finished speaking, and it was almost dawn.He stretched his arms and flew into the air flutteringly, leaving me in deep thought.While meditating, I heard Feng Junzi's voice coming from far away in the air: "Taoism's 'fetal movement' alchemy can actually be mutually confirmed with Buddhist Zen practice. If you have studied the "Diamond Sutra", then you have never heard of "no place to live". You can learn from it when you come to 'Shan Huan Nian'. That's why I want you to meditate on that futon. . . . Practice the method of fetal movement carefully—be careful not to miscarry!"

The first few sentences are really profound and mysterious, and they have the taste of a master of Taoism.But the last sentence is so vulgar and ugly!

(End of this chapter)