Chapter 20 Disturbing the Heart

At this time, a black lotus floated in the void, and an old man in black robe sat on the black lotus, commonly known as fruitless, fruitless great Zen immortal, fruitless immortal, fruitless magic immortal. For several years, he has lived in a secluded valley, participated in meditation and enlightenment, and his heart was not distracted. For more than 20 years, he was supported by a Sun Jushi under the mountain. Because the fruitless Zen immortal has not been able to see his nature and prove it personally, he is afraid that he will bear the cause and effect, so he intends to go out of the mountain to find a teacher to visit the road, so as to get rid of the life and death. Sun Jushi wanted his family to make a dirt robe for the fruitless Zen immortal, and asked the fruitless Zen immortal to stay for a few more days.

After Sun Jushi returned home, his wife and daughter immediately began to cut and sew, and each stitch was read by an Amitabha holy name. After it was done, he secretly wrapped four ingots of horseshoe silver and gave it to the fruitless Zen immortal for travel expenses. The fruitless Zen Immortal accepted alms from the monk's family and prepared to go down the mountain the next day. It was night when I was still sitting in meditation to rest. Suddenly, in the middle of the night, a boy in blue came in, held a flag in his hand, and said, "I was ordered to invite the Great Zen Immortal to the Lotus Platform!" Then several people carried a luxurious and beautiful lotus sedan chair, cheered all the way, and came to the fruitless Zen immortal.

The fruitless Zen immortals thought in their hearts: I practice meditation kung fu, but I have not practiced other methods. Even if the practitioners of the pure land concept, when they see the immortals appear, they should also know that everything is created by their own mind, and the outside world is not available; if they are greedy, it is easy to be possessed. The Book of Lifeless and Destruction Demons is very clear: "All phases are false; away from all phases, they are called immortals." In no case, the great Zen immortals thought about Amitabha and ignored them.

The boy in blue repeatedly advised that the opportunity is rare, and don't miss it! If the Great Zen Fairy doesn't go, we can't cross! Seeing that the fruitless Zen immortal was still motionless, the boy in green and a group of followers came up to pull hard. In no way, the great Zen immortal couldn't resist, so he had to pick up a guide beside him, put it on the lotus platform, and said, "Let it represent me. Go back and do it." Soon, the boy and his followers carried the sedan chair and went away to advocate.

Early the next morning, the fruitless Zen immortal was about to go down the mountain. Sun Jushi and his family took a handful of lead and came to find the fruitless Zen immortal in panic and said, "Master, isn't this your thing? It's strange that the uma in my house had a stillbirth last night. The groom cut the placenta with a knife and found a guide in it. We recognized it as a great Zen fairy, so we sent it quickly. I just don't know why it fell into the horse's belly?"

After hearing this, the fruitless Zen immortal was shocked, sweating, convinced that the karma was incredible, and knelt in front of the Amitabha fairy statue and kowtowed to repent. It is said that there is no immortal saying: "One coat, one skin, four ingots of ingots and four hooves; if it hadn't been for the deep determination of the old immortal, he would be a horse for the benefactor."

After saying that, he returned the clothes and silver to the resident and left.

Then, a peasant woman appeared in the void. The peasant woman delivered food to her husband to the field at noon every day. On the road, she always saw a young woman following her left and right. I asked the peasant women who delivered food all the way with her, and everyone said they didn't see it. The peasant woman was afraid of this and was worried all day long.

Later, the woman gradually followed her to the house, but did not enter the house and always wandered in the courtyard or under the corner of the wall. If the peasant woman approaches her, she will step back. The peasant woman returned to her original place, but she came up again, always not far away. The peasant woman realized that the female ghost must be her enemy.

One day, the peasant woman boldly asked the woman, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly. Don't always scare me so far away!"

The woman said angrily, "Who scared you? I want you to pay for your life! You and I were concubines of a rich family. You are jealous of my master's preference and favor, so you frame me of forteing and stealing. The master listened to your slander and imprisoned me, making me depressed to death. Now, I'm here to pay for your life. However, you are kind and filial in this life, serving your mother-in-law and filial piety. There are always good gods protecting you secretly, so that I can't get close to you. So I follow you every day, looking for opportunities to do it. But after careful consideration, it seems that there is little possibility of resentment in this world. If you can invite the monk to do a water and land dojo to surpass me and reincarnate me as soon as possible, the grievance between us will be relieved.

The peasant woman said in embarrassment, "My family is poor. How can I afford to make a Taoist temple for you?"

The female ghost said, "It's true that your family is poor. But if you can think of 'Amitabha in the West' with a pious heart, you can also surpass me.

The peasant woman asked, "How can you surpass the ghost just by reading Amitabha?"

The female ghost said: "Ordinary people read Amitabha, because their minds are chaotic, it is naturally difficult to correspond to Amitabha. They must recite them as if they were in front of Amitabha, collect and scatter their hearts, and be sincere and respectful in order to respond. In this way, Amitabha Immortal sounded, straight through the three worlds, and destroyed Hengsha. If they are loyal ministers and filial sons, their sincerity has touched the gods, so they recite the merits and power of Amitabha immortals, which is the same as the mage's chanting of scriptures and divination. You are a filial woman. I believe that if you read Amitabha immortality with your sincerity, you can naturally feel the immortal power of Amitabha immortality.

The peasant woman listened to the words of the female ghost and recited Amitabha immortals devoutly. Every time she read it, the female ghost worshipped to the west. The peasant woman read 10,000 times, and the female ghost disappeared.

Then, two little ghosts appeared in the void, one in black and one in white, claiming to be the black and white impermanence sent by the Lord of Hell, shouting to catch the empty Zen immortals all the way.

The two little ghosts searched everywhere and couldn't find them. They finally found the disciple of the empty Zen Immortal and asked the disciple where the disciple had gone. The disciple said that if you want to find him, you just need to knock on his favorite golden bowl a few times and find him.

After hearing this, the little ghost knocked on the golden bowl of the Shixiangkong Zen Fairy a few times. The Shixiangkong Zen Fairy really appeared, so the little ghost caught him.

Shi Xiangkong Zen Fairy asked the little ghost, "Why did you arrest me?"

The kid replied, "The Lord of Hell wants you to go."

Shixiangkong Zen Immortal said, "Can I ask for a leave?" Seven days later, I'll go again. I'll keep my word.

The kid disagreed, and he asked again and again. Finally, the kid said, "Okay, let you go for seven days."

After the kid left, Shixiangkong Zen Fairy thought: It turned out that the Lord of Hell came to arrest me because I couldn't let go of this golden bowl, and now I will smash it off.

After that, he took a meditation and settled down. The kid came to look for it again, but he couldn't find it anywhere. He went to find the golden bowl, and the golden bowl was gone.

At this time, I heard the Zen immortal saying in the void: "The little ghost takes me to release the void. Unless the chain locks the void and the chain locks the void, he can release me from the void."

The kid ran back to talk to the king of hell. Lord Hell was very happy to hear this and said, "Congratulations, congratulations to him."

Then, a gloomy voice came from the void: "May all Hongfa. Return of merit: sponsorship, circulation, seeing and hearing, and those who follow the joy, and all return to all sentient beings in the Dharma world and the void world, according to the power of the great magic immortals and the power of the immortals and the spread of the Dharma. Merit and virtue, I am willing to eliminate all crimes, full of blessings and wisdom, often happiness, and no diseases and sufferings. If you want to practice evil laws, you can't do it. All the good deeds will be accomplished quickly. Close all the evil doors and enlighten the righteous path of Tiannirvana. The family is auspicious, physically and mentally healthy, the ancestors who died, experienced disasters and resentment, all received the Buddha's kindness, and won the original wonderful heart. The soldiers will rest forever, the people will be prosperous, the people will be happy, and the world will be peaceful. The four benefactors have all the same resources. In this life, you will be free from the bondage of all foreign gods and demons, and you will never leave the evil way, and you will be happy from all the suffering. You will meet the great demon immortals and immortals. Law, pure and good knowledge, the immortal pure land without all obstacles at the end of life, and the fruit of immortality without death.

Then, two old men in black robes and a tall immortal statue appeared in the void. One is an old practicer who has been practicing the Western lifeless method for a long time. He is kneeling in front of a tall immortal statue and reciting the scriptures listlessly. Cultivating the Western non-life method advocates becoming an immortal on the spot, and long-term practice did not make him an immortal on the spot, so he was depressed, hesitant and eager to be free. On this day, I happened to meet this lifeless fairy and came to the tall lifeless fairy and asked the lifeless fairy for advice. One is a successful immortal, who is about the same height as the old practitioner.

"The merciful and pathetic immortal, I have been looking forward to it for a long time! The disciple is predestined to see you today. It's really a creation in his previous life!" The old cultivator had no time to stand up and said tremblingly with excitement, "There is something to ask for advice today. Please give me some advice: How can you become a lifeless fairy? I have been practicing for so many years, why can't I become a lifeless immortal?

"The reason why I have no immortality is that I stand. The reason why you can't become a lifeless immortal is because you kneel..." The immortalityless immortal spoke calmly, like a bell, lingering around the hall.

"The reason why you are immortal is because you stand, and the reason why I can't become a immortal is because I kneel?" The old practitioners glanced timidly at this tall immortal statue and looked at the immortally, "So, should I stand up?"

"Yes!" The lifeless fairy made a stand-up gesture to the old practitioners, "Stand up, you can also become a lifeless fairy soon!"

"What? What did you say? Can I also become a lifeless fairy soon? You...you...you are derogatory to gods and great men!" With that, the old monk put his hands together and read "Amitabha immortal" twice.

"It's better to surpass boldly than to insist on bowing down." The immortal without life is told to the old practitioners, and it is like talking to himself and leaving without looking back.

"Transcendence? Bah!" The old monk listened to the words of the immortals and said, "This madman is simply blasphemous! Sin! Sin!" With that, he recited the confession scriptures with piety.

Then, an eagle suddenly appeared in the void. And a flock of sheep. The eagle took a sheep from the flock. A crow saw it and immediately wanted to learn from it.

Although the crow is weak, its mouth is particularly greedy. It hovered over the sheep and stared at the fattest sheep in the herd. This is a sheep that can be used as a sacrifice, which is born to be enjoyed by God. The crow stared greedily at the sheep and said to himself, "Although I don't know whose milk you grew up, your body is so plump that I have to choose you for my dinner!" After saying that, it fluttered at the bleaking fat sheep with the wind.

This sheep is not cheese. Not only did the crow not bring the fat sheep to the sky, but its claws were tightly entangled by the long curly hair of the sheep. The unfortunate crow escaped and had to wait for the shepherd to come and catch it, throw it into the cage to become a shepherd boy's plaything.

Then, another scene appeared in the void: a fox fled to avoid the hunters, but happened to meet a woodcutter who asked him to hide. The woodcutter asked the fox to hide in his hut.

After a while, many hunters came and asked the woodcutter about the whereabouts of the fox. He shouted that he didn't know and gestured to tell them where the fox was hiding. The hunters believed his words, but did not pay attention to his gestures. Seeing that the hunters had gone far away, the fox came out of the hut and left without saying anything.

The woodcutter scolded the fox and said that he had saved his life, but he did not show any gratitude.

The fox replied, "If your gesture is consistent with your language, I should thank you very much."

The woodcutter's words and deeds are different. On the surface, he said that he wanted to protect the fox, but secretly betrayed the fox, but the betrayal failed, and he was criticized by the fox. The woodcutter took his own fault.

From this illusion, Qiao Xiaoxuan learned a truth: there are many people like woodcutter, who are multifaceted in front of others, and good and evil will appear in different faces due to different stimuli. When a person meets you for the first time, he is very enthusiastic on the surface, but you must be highly alert. His heart may be thinking about how to benefit you. He may also betray you secretly for his own benefit.

Then, another scene appeared in the void: a crow got a walnut from somewhere. It held it in its mouth and flew to the bell tower contentedly. On the roof, it took a short break, clamped the walnuts with its claws, and pecked them one after another. Because it wanted to eat the delicious walnut so much, it didn't know whether it was too hard or negligent. The walnut suddenly slipped out of the crow's claws, rolled down and disappeared into the wall of the bell tower.

"Wall, kind protector!" The walnut, who had been pecked by the cruel crow, cried with tears in his eyes, "You are so strong and magnificent. The tall and beautiful bell tower is all supported by you. Now I am in danger of my life. The cruel crow wants to eat me in one bite. I know you have always been helpful. Please pity me as a weak person! Let me hide from you and escape the claws of the crow. I will always remember your life-saving kindness!"

The bell on the bell tower made a low roar. It reminded the wall not to believe the sweet words of walnuts and kindly advised it, "Don't look pitiful now. Maybe it will be a dangerous guest in the future."

"Please don't leave me, a miserable orphan in danger!" Walnut continued to cry, trying to drown out the low roar of the bell.

"I should have left the branch that raised me and fell to the wet land to settle down, but I bumped into the villain crow. When I fell into the mouth of the greedy crow, I swore to myself that if I could escape from death, I would take care of myself and spend the rest of my life silently. Walnut's tearful words were very sincere, and the wall was moved by it and shed tears of sympathy. It did not listen to the advice of the big clock and treated the walnuts attentively and left them in the cracks of the wall.

Gradually, the walnut woke up from a state of panic. It has adapted to the new environment and began to grow roots. These roots tightly bite the hospitable wall. Soon, its first buds emerged from the cracks in the wall. They were full of energy and stretched up desperately. After a while, the young branches of the walnut tree have stood proudly and grow taller than the bell tower.

After the root of the tree grew, the wall suffered a lot and was squeezed into unspeakable pain by the root. The big wall had to ask Walnut to say, "Please read the part where I saved you. Don't squeeze me anymore!" But the walnut who pretended to be pitiful had already forgotten his promise. It said rudely, "How can I survive without squeezing you!" Just be patient!" Later, the walnut tree grew desperately regardless of the life or death of the wall. As a result, its roots rudely squeezed out the ancient bricks on the big wall one by one. The big wall was scarred and crumbling.

Think about this inconspicuous and poor little one. Walnut, how humble it is! It has repeatedly vowed to remember the life-saving grace of the wall and live its life peacefully. But now, it has completely become another appearance. Not only does it not repay the life of the big wall, but also wants to put the big wall to death.

When the wall noticed this, it was too late. Now it can only condemn its crevice and regret that it did not listen to Da Zhong's advice at the beginning.

From this illusion, Qiao Xiaoxuan realized another truth: if you do good deeds, you must see your object clearly, and don't be blindly impulsive, otherwise good intentions will not only not be rewarded, but also sometimes cause disaster and regret.