Wandering

chapter 5
Chapter 008 Contemplating uncleanness for ten days, chanting chrysanthemums all night
(Inscription: Do you know what is the highest state of fortune-telling? Do you know what it means to make your wish come true?)

A car whizzed by, and there was still no intention of slowing down at the end of Fenghuang Bridge. The model was a Mercedes Benz 300.At that time, many high-end cars hadn't come out yet, and even fewer were seen in China. This kind of small Mercedes-Benz was already considered the best in Wucheng.The streets are full of Ladas, Volga, and Polonaises. It is already very impressive to have an ordinary Santana, but it is even more awesome to drive a Mercedes-Benz.

It had just finished raining, and the road at the bridge head was uneven and there was a lot of water, and the car drove by at high speed and splashed all the way.Many people on the side of the road dodged and were covered in water. Not far away, Mr. Zhang and I also splashed a few mud spots on our clothes.Just as Mr. Zhang was frowning, there was a screeching sound of brakes on the bridge. It turned out that a peasant woman occupying the road and setting up a stall accidentally slipped when she got up to avoid it, and the vegetable basket was overturned, blocking the way of the Mercedes.

Fortunately, I didn't hit anyone!As soon as I breathed a sigh of relief, I saw the window of the Mercedes-Benz rolled down, and a man in his 40s poked his head out and yelled at the peasant woman.The peasant woman didn't dare to say anything, she timidly packed up the things that had rolled on the floor and hid aside.The man's face and eyes were a little red, it looked like he had been drinking, and when he had finished scolding, he started the car and drove away through muddy water.

"Damn! Is it great to be rich? Domineering!" I muttered softly as I sat there.Mr. Zhang at the side heard my words, turned his head and looked at me with a half-smile and said, "Rich? Boy, you made a mistake. After all, you are much richer than that person."

"Mr. Zhang, are you kidding me? I'm richer than him? He drives a Mercedes!"

Mr. Zhang's expression is still half a smile: "Of course I am not talking nonsense. You are indeed richer than him. As far as I know, your money is at least tens of millions more than him!"

"Tens of millions? I don't even have dozens of dollars! Mr. Zhang, are you okay today, is it because you have done too much fortune-telling, and your brain is a little tired!"

Mr. Zhang: "There are not many fortune-tellers in the morning. How can I be tired! I know the Mercedes-Benz driver just now. His name is Wang Yongwu, nicknamed Wang Tiger, and he is the boss of Wucheng State Investment Jian'an Company. This company It is an affiliated unit. I can’t tell whether it’s personal or national, but it’s the boss’s. SDIC Jian’an currently has tens of millions of net debts, and although you only have a few dozen yuan in your pocket, is it tens of millions more than him? ?”

That's what happened!This algorithm does make me richer than that person.But speaking of it, I seem to be tens of millions more than him, but I am still a poor man, and he still drives a Mercedes-Benz to fill the streets with prestige.Seeing my disappointed expression, Mr. Zhang couldn't help laughing: "Boy, do you feel a little lost? It seems that you still don't understand the concept of rich and poor in this world. How much wealth a person has does not depend on what he owns in name. How much money depends on how many assets and resources he controls in this society. Let’s talk about that Wang Huo. Yes, and the bank is willing to give him a loan. He can still live his good life, and you can still live your poor life.”

"But this kind of person... is too outrageous!"

"Why, do you think he doesn't like it? Then I'll give you a chance to make him unlucky, will you do it?" Mr. Zhang stared at me thoughtfully.

"Mr. Zhang, are you kidding me? I don't have that ability."

Mr. Zhang smiled and said: "You didn't have this ability at first, but you have it when you meet me. I am a fortune teller, and you have been with me for a long time, so do you know the highest state of fortune telling?" What is it?"

"The highest state of fortune-telling? Is it predicting things like a god?"

Mr. Zhang smiled mysteriously: "Wrong! It's not about predicting things like a god, nor is it about iron teeth and copper teeth, but the golden mouth and jade words in the legend. There are three kinds of supernatural powers in the world, Tao, Dharma, and art. At the highest level, he also has amazing supernatural powers."

"Wait, what are you talking about? Isn't that what the emperor meant? What does it have to do with fortune tellers?"

Mr. Zhang: "The imperial decree of the emperor is called Jinkou Yuyan, but this can also be the highest level of fortune-telling. That is to say, what you say about him will be like that, no matter whether his original fate is good or bad. There is a saying you heard If you say you can do it, you can do it, and if you can’t do it, you can do it; How about that king tiger?"

"Mr. Zhang, do you mean that you have reached the highest level of fortune-telling?"

Mr. Zhang smiled inscrutablely again: "I didn't say that, golden words may not be fortune-telling, but also human affairs in the world. A Taoist who has worked hard for a hundred years may have some supernatural powers, but in this world, supernatural powers may not follow the Tao. Ask during the operation. I will teach you a lesson today, tell me quickly, what do you hope for him?"

Mr. Zhang asked again and again, and I opened my mouth: "If possible, I hope he will stop being so arrogant. I don't know what this kind of person will look like without money. In short, there is one less disaster in the world. That's a good thing too!"

"Okay! This is what I'm waiting for." As he spoke, Mr. Zhang pulled out a black brick like a magic trick——Big Brother!Now these gadgets are called mobile phones. They are colorful, small and exquisite, and can be exchanged for a small price.But in that era, mobile phones were still very rare, and most of the models were of one type. They looked like black bricks and had long antennas. They were analog signals. It cost [-] to [-] yuan to buy one, and it cost a lot to use. Very tall, not something for ordinary people.Mr. Zhang ignored my staring eyes, but picked up his phone and dialed a number and said, "Xiao Li... yes, it's me... We won't do the credit guarantee for SDIC Jian'an company... Also, This project bidding also kicked Wang Huo out...OK, it's all right."

Mr. Zhang hung up the phone and said to me leisurely: "Okay, in a few months, Wang Huo's company will be over. Young man, no matter who sent you here, no matter what purpose you have, I I have received your favor of sprinkling water and sweeping the floor, according to the rules of my teacher, I want to help you fulfill a wish. Now that you have done what you should do, I advise you not to make any more attempts..."

"Attempt—what attempt can I have? What does this have to do with Wang Huo? I don't know him. Who do you think sent me? Are you saying that our class is a gentleman?... What is the purpose? It was he who asked me to learn Taoism from you, and I don't know what happened..." At that time, I was a little confused by Mr. Zhang, and I couldn't help telling the truth.

"Boy, what nonsense are you talking about, tell me clearly." Unexpectedly, what I said made Mr. Zhang inexplicable, and he asked: "What did you say about classmates just now, and what is the way? thing?"

Hearing Mr. Zhang's question, I just told him: that day I went to Fenghuang Bridge with my classmates, and I was reminded to notice that Mr. Zhang was different, so I became curious.After listening to Mr. Zhang, he breathed a sigh of relief: "It turns out that this is the case. It seems that I was overwhelmed. I'm sorry. Alas! I thought I hid in the market and covered it up very well, but I accidentally exposed it." Traces. Thank you for your reminder, I have to pay more attention to my clothes in the future. It’s so funny, that Wang Huo was really wronged, he didn’t even know how he was so unlucky, this is fate!”

"Mr. Zhang, why are you overthinking? Why can't I understand? What's the matter with your big brother? Are you suspecting that I want to steal your big brother? I didn't know you had this thing, you are so careless It's..."

Mr. Zhang was picking up his teacup and taking a sip of water. When he heard my words spray all over the floor, he almost choked. He suppressed a smile and said to me, "Young man, you are so funny! Don't ask me what's going on. You Don’t you want to learn Taoism from me? My teacher teaches magic numbers, and I can’t teach you due to school rules... But don’t be disappointed, because you have been with me for so many days, I can teach you another A set of kung fu, this set of exercises was not taught by my master, it doesn't matter if it is passed on to you. There is no stall today, you come with me."

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It seems that this Mr. Zhang is indeed a master.But what is unexpected is that this expert is also very weird. Not only is he proficient in "magic numbers" and "Taoism", but also a phone call (it is actually a big brother), and the arrogant Wang Huo is completely finished.Although I am full of curiosity about Mr. Zhang's background, since he doesn't want to talk about it, I don't ask. Experts have special tempers, and their actions cannot be guessed with common sense. After I met Feng Junzi and Shang Yunfei, I knew it at this point.

Mr. Zhang led me across the Phoenix Bridge and headed north along the embankment of the Jushui River, making several phone calls along the way.After walking for about half an hour, I gradually lost sight of others around me.At this time, Mr. Zhang stopped suddenly, pointed to a black mass on the river beach in the distance and said to me: "Here we are. You go over there, stand beside it, and look at it with your eyes open for 10 minutes." Don't close your eyes, don't move!"

I was puzzled, but I walked over honestly according to Mr. Zhang's words.Before I got close, the black thing flew up like a black cloud with a "hum", my God!They are all green ropes!Looking at the ground, it was a corpse of an animal. The specific animal was highly decomposed and unrecognizable. Groups of maggots were crawling between the white bones and the rotten flesh that was dripping with rotten water.This scene was extremely disgusting, my stomach felt tight for a while, and a stream of sour water burst out uncontrollably, I really wanted to vomit!But I have to endure it, because what Mr. Zhang said is not to move, not to close your eyes, and you have to hold on for 10 minutes!
These 10 minutes were probably the most difficult 10 minutes in my life. Blowflies covered my body. Although I tried not to spit it out, my nerves almost collapsed when I opened my eyes.After 10 minutes, maybe ten hours, anyway, I think the time is very long, Mr. Zhang finally came to my side and patted me on the shoulder.My body swayed and I almost didn't sit down. At this moment, I felt that my calves were a little weak.Mr. Zhang supported me: "It's time, have you seen it clearly? Have you printed it in your mind?"

I didn't speak, but nodded with a pale face.Mr. Zhang went on to say: "You have to keep your eyes open for the next scene. You must not miss it at all. You must concentrate and imprint it in your mind." As he spoke, Mr. Zhang struck a match and threw it there. On a carrion.There was a "bang", and the flames rose up immediately, as if the carrion had been soaked in fuel.A fierce flame was burning, and the flies flying all over the sky rushed towards the flame as if possessed, and then burned and fell.This fire is extremely violent, there is no smoke, and the flame is pure with almost no impurities.Not long after, the raging flames had already been extinguished, leaving only a thin layer of pure white ash on the ground.A gust of wind blew, and the ashes drifted away with the wind, revealing the dry river beach, leaving nothing behind.

Strange to say, most of the nausea and discomfort of my internal organs were burned away with this fire, and the acid water in my stomach finally stopped tossing.Only then did I realize that today is December [-]nd. Although Wucheng is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is relatively humid, but where are there so many flies in the wild?Could it be Mr. Zhang's trick?I glanced at Mr. Zhang, and he ignored me, but said: "The business here is over, then follow me."

Mr. Zhang took me away from the river bank and walked to the east field.This place is already on the outskirts of the city, there is a forest not far away, through the forest to a small hill.Mr. Zhang stopped in front of the hill and said to me, you go around this mountain, then stop at the place you feel most comfortable, don't move, don't close your eyes, persist for half an hour.

Around the foot of the mountain, there are still forests, but at the foot of the forest, there are two big rocks standing upright. Between the big rocks, there is a clear spring flowing down, forming a shallow pool at the foot of the mountain.The fine stones in the pool and the rocks at the foot of the mountain are pure milky white, and this ray of mountain spring pours into the pool, creating transparent waves, which is extremely clear.Standing under this mountain spring, it seems that the filth all over my body has been washed away by this clear spring, and I feel very happy.

It wasn't until Mr. Zhang came over to call me that I came back to my senses. This small place actually has another cave, and the scenery is really extraordinary!The breeze came slowly, and the air carried a sweet smell, blowing away all my uncomfortable feelings.I took a deep breath comfortably, and then I heard Mr. Zhang say: "What you saw just now is the mental method I want to teach you. The key lies in the word "contemplation", and its name is "contemplation of uncleanness". '!..."

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"The Buddha taught his disciples to observe the impurity of the body, the perception of suffering as suffering, the impermanence of the mind, and the non-self of the law. The purpose of practicing the observation of the impurity of the body in the four foundations of mindfulness is to observe the dead body to achieve a clear understanding of the world. The truth. The truth is: Our body is made up of skin, hair, nails, flesh, bones, and internal organs. None of them are clean, and they will eventually deteriorate. They are not worthy of our love and attachment. Give up self-pity and self-love, don't regard the body as an object of desire, you must cultivate the desire to escape from the body... There is a poem in Buddhism: When you think upside down, you will have an illusion body; Every piece is smelly. Paper sticks to skin and flesh, vines entangle bones and tendons; hair covers clumps of grass, and insects live next to each other. The interior is only stinky, and the exterior is only a towel; the four elements have no reality, and the roots have no truth. ?The wind of language resounds by itself, and the movement and air follow each other; the strong name is male and female, and the guest of honor is set up in vain. A hundred years of soil is three feet, and a pile of dust for thousands of years; "

This is Shang Yunfei's explanation to me after listening to my question about "Concept of Impurity".After the explanation, he reminded again: "The foundation of learning the concept of impurity is meditation. It is a combination of meditation and meditation. Only in the state of concentration can you achieve success. Fortunately, you have a little foundation in meditation now, and it is no problem to practice meditation. But You have to persevere in this technique to gain something, it will be very uncomfortable at the beginning, and it will take at least ten days for you to realize it."

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After I asked Yunfei, I ran to find Junzi Feng. Junzi Feng gave me a different explanation than Yunfei: "I have heard of impure contemplation. In fact, long before Sakyamuni, there was a Ascetic monks practice impurity contemplation. Once a group of monks practiced impurity contemplation, and they were disgusted with the filth and impurity of the body, so they committed suicide. Shi Ye, what do you want to do? Do you want to become an ascetic monk? Be careful not to commit suicide by being enchanted! You put that A fortune-teller told you the exercises in detail."

There are two sets of exercises that Mr. Zhang taught me, and they are practiced in meditation at midnight and noon every day.

Zishi (from eleven o'clock at night to one o'clock in the morning) practice is to observe the impurity of fire.The specific practice is that the Vajra sits in meditation, visualize sitting on a pile of firewood like a mountain, and the whole body is dirty and rotten.As the mind deepened, it gradually became unbearable.When it reaches the extreme of intolerability, visualize a flame igniting under the seat, burning everything that is not purified into flying ashes.The fly ash dissipated, and the true face reappeared in red light.This light is like a torch, breaking all filth and darkness.

At noon ([-]:[-] noon to [-]:[-] p.m.) one practices the concept of water impurity.Visualization is slightly different. After Ruyi sits in meditation, you still observe that the body is not clean.All the filth goes away with the clear flow, and the whole body is pure and untainted.Now there is white light, in the light there is joy, happiness follows the heart, the body is incomparably peaceful, and the mind is incomparably pure.

There are two key points in this conception.The first is that you can have the power of visualization only when you have a deep concentration, and the second is that you can observe the realm when you have a deep mind.As for Dingjing, I already have a little foundation, but it's not too difficult.As for the state of visualization, I have no experience at all, but the experience of Mr. Zhang taking me on a trip has been deeply imprinted in my mind, so it is not very difficult to visualize.

Feng Junzi let out a long sigh after listening to me explaining this set of exercises: "Shi Ye, it seems that this is God's will! You have just verified the state of the first meditation, and someone has taught you the mind of Buddhism. Don't learn the way of alchemy for now. Now, let’s practice the concept of impurity first. Your practice has its own wonders. It doesn’t seem to be a pure concept of impurity. It’s like a Buddha but close to the Tao. As for whether you can achieve the achievement of mind power, it depends on good fortune. If you really have success in mind power, then Liu Yiyi can come out of the Qingming mirror."

Junzi Feng suddenly mentioned Liu Yiyi, and I hurriedly asked, "What is mind power? What does this have to do with Yiyi?"

Feng Junzi waved his hand: "You will know when you have it, and it is useless to ask now. But I want to tell you, you only need to practice this technique for ten days. If there is no effect within ten days, then practice for another 100 years It's useless. So you don't have to worry, there will be results in ten days."

Shang Yunfei said that it would take at least ten days for him to understand the mentality of the concept of impurity.And Feng Junzi said that this mental method can only be practiced for ten days at most. If you can't practice something, then you don't need to practice again. What is this thing called "mind force".And this kind of mind power can help Yiyi. It seems that I have to try no matter whether it succeeds or not. Thinking of this, I thought of another thing, and quickly asked Feng Junzi: "Mr. Zhang wants me to meditate at midnight. what to do?"

This is indeed a problem. The dormitory usually turns off the lights at 10:30, and most of the people are already asleep when I arrive. It is not a big problem for me to meditate on the bed.But noon is just the time for lunch and lunch break. During lunch, the dormitory is full of people coming and going, beating pots and bowls, and most people don’t take lunch break after dinner, but play football on the playground not far from the dormitory. noisy.I know that my samadhi has not reached such a high level, and I can't imitate my predecessors to study in the busy city, let alone meditate into samadhi.

Feng Junzi also frowned and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said: "It is indeed a problem, I will do it to the end as a good person, you come with me." I followed Feng Junzi to the Zhuangyuan Bridge outside the south gate of the school.The surroundings of this historic site, which has been deserted for hundreds of years, are very deserted.Feng Junzi followed the camphor tree on the bank wall of the pool to the bottom of the bridge, and I also climbed down. This is where I accidentally got the Qingming Mirror.It seems that Junzi Feng has been here many times. He walked along the bottom of the pool protruding from the water beside the pool wall to a bridge arch, and beckoned me to follow.

Zhuangyuan Bridge is a three-arch white stone bridge. Due to being left unattended for hundreds of years, the long green vines hanging from the bridge have almost covered the bridge opening.Pushing away the vines and walking under the southernmost bridge arch, I found that there is not much water here, and most of the pool bottoms have been exposed to the water and are relatively dry.In the middle of the bridge hole, there is a big white stone lying there. The stone surface is very flat, which seems to be the same material as the bridge body.On the white stone, there is a rattan and grass futon wrapped in red cloth, and there are four eye-catching yellow characters on the red cloth: "Jiulin Temple".

Feng Junzi pointed to the futon and said to me: "This place is very quiet and no one disturbs you. You can meditate here at noon."

This is indeed a good place, it is simply a "cave house" prepared for practitioners. It seems that Junzi Feng spent a lot of thought on finding such a place.No wonder he once said that I was lucky to pick up the Qingming Mirror under the Zhuangyuan Bridge. He has been here many times but he didn't find this treasure.I looked at the futon with some doubts. I had heard of the word Jiulin Temple. The largest temple in the urban area of ​​Wucheng City is the Jiulin Temple in the north of the city. Like Guangjiao Temple ten miles outside the city, it is the most important Buddhist center in Wucheng City.I pointed to the futon and asked Feng Junzi: "Isn't this something from Jiulin Temple? How did you get it?"

Feng Junzi scratched his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "Last time I visited Jiulin Temple, I saw the little monk dozing off in the Daxiong Palace, and no one paid attention to me, so I just let it go..."

"What! You stole this? It's not good where you go to steal things, and you actually stole them into the temple!"

"Steal? Don't say it so harshly. The matter of a practitioner is not considered stealing. I also put five yuan in the merit box of Jiulin Temple. I swear to God. At that time, I only had five yuan in my pocket. I gave it all to you." They're gone, can't you just rent a futon?...Don't worry about it, just meditate here at noon, it seems that you won't be able to eat lunch for ten days, but it doesn't matter if you miss a meal."

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Ten days later.Outside the flower bed opposite the principal's office, I was quietly looking at clusters of budding chrysanthemums, wondering why Mr. Feng invited me to this place?While wondering, Feng Junzi's voice came from behind: "It's already October in the lunar calendar. Fortunately, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is warm, and there is still a place to enjoy chrysanthemums. Ishino, is this chrysanthemum beautiful?"

"It hasn't been opened yet, how do I know if it looks good or not?"

During the conversation, Feng Junzi had come to the side, pointed to the *** and asked: "Want to see the flowers bloom? It's easy to do, and now you need to test the results of your ten-day practice of uncleanness. What is the mind? Do you have the power of thought?... No experience? It’s okay, I’ll show you—” He stretched out his left hand to hold my right hand while speaking, while the other hand pointed to a chrysanthemum that hadn’t bloomed and muttered: “Use my supernatural power ,bloom!"

This trick again!But this time my body was only slightly numb, not as sore and uncomfortable as the previous few times.I saw the flower plate Feng Junzi pointed at, miraculously opening gradually at a slow speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.The long petals unfolded one by one in the morning breeze, revealing the pink-yellow flower buds.It's about 1 minute, or 3 minutes. In short, the time is not long, but it is completely blooming!
Feng Junzi let go of his hand, looked at me with a surprised face and smiled: "This is the supernatural power of the mind, there is no formula, you only need to use the mind in a fixed state, which is the legendary 'heart wishes come true'. I The show is over, it's your turn, try it..." After speaking, he ignored me, turned around and walked away.

After Feng Junzi left, I stared fixedly at the chrysanthemum, and it took me a long time to accept the fact that "finger blossoms bloom".No matter how unbelievable it is, it happened right in front of my eyes after all!I followed Feng Junzi's example, and pointed to a budding chrysanthemum, using my mind to make it open.However, after a long time, the chrysanthemum silk has not moved, and the sky has gradually darkened. Looking at the time, I actually stood here stupidly for more than an hour!

I'm a little frustrated, it seems that I haven't obtained the "power of mind" that Junzi Feng said in the past ten days of cultivation.Feng Junzi said that if you can't cultivate within ten days, it's useless to cultivate for another 100 years.And this mind power can help Yiyi in the Qingming Mirror, it doesn't matter if I have supernatural powers or not, what should Yiyi do?Thinking of this, I suddenly had a little doubt again: Mr. Feng's demonstration just now, he clearly has the supernatural power of mind power, so why didn't he just help Yiyi out of trouble, instead of asking me to practice?Also, why does he have to "borrow magical powers" every time?

I didn't sleep well that night, and I was restless and unable to settle down during meditation.I got up early the next morning and walked across the campus to go to the stadium to practice Wu Qinxi.When I walked past the flower bed, I looked back subconsciously, but this glance made me stop: I saw that the garden was full of chrysanthemums shyly blooming, but there were two blooming on the branches in the wind.One is the one that Feng Junzi's finger blossomed yesterday, and the other is actually the one that I urged to open for more than an hour yesterday without any movement!Does this chrysanthemum really bloom with my thoughts?It's just that the time is after one night!
(End of this chapter)