Chapter 2951 Rain Listening to Zen (3)

In the first volume of the Shurangama Sutra, Ananda passed by a brothel while begging for food, and encountered a great illusion. He saw a Matanga woman who seduced Ananda. Ananda's mind was captured for a moment, and his precepts were about to break. At that time, the Tathagata was going to the banquet held by the king of Persia. He felt that Ananda had been imprisoned by witchcraft, so he left the banquet, chanted the Dharma, and asked Manjushri to protect Ananda.

At that time, the Matanga girl was stroking the body of Venerable Ananda. His appearance was very handsome and dignified. All women would respect and love him when they saw him. When Ananda became a monk, many girls felt very regretful.

He is not only handsome but also compassionate. Perhaps because incense is burned when chanting Buddhist scriptures, the Venerable's body has a pleasant fragrance.

The Buddha said that all sentient beings come from no beginning, life and death are continuous, they all use all kinds of delusions because they don't know the permanent true nature and pure body. People who have attained unsurpassed Bodhi should really discover their nature and answer my questions directly.

The joy that arises from the eyes and the heart lies in the eyes and the heart. If you don't know where the heart and the eyes are, you can't subdue the afflictions in the mundane world.

Seeing that the Matanga woman coiled on the body of the solemn monk turned into a snake, it was very thick and colorful, just like the "giant python" coiled along the tree that Pomona saw in the snake-shaped animal window that day. ".

The words that the wizard in black said floated before her "eyes".

It was raining outside, and the sound of the rain falling on the glass made a crisp sound, which covered up other sounds, such as the breathing of the two of them.

His body used to smell of sage, but now it has turned into heather. The smell is not good, just like what the Buddha said.

Mount Sumeru is a high mountain. The sun and the moon circle the mountain. The height of the mountain is 84,000 yojanas. Those who stand at the foot of the mountain look up at this mountain and feel that it is magnificent. How can it be hidden in a mustard seed?

People living in this world also think that the earth is huge, and they once thought that the earth was the center of the universe. But if you look for it in the Milky Way, the "size" is probably not even as good as a mustard seed.

In the good view city on the top of the mountain lived Indra, and in the sea at the bottom of the mountain lived Asura, because Asura had beautiful women but no delicious food, and Indra had delicious food but no beautiful women, the two clans were jealous of each other, so they fought endlessly .

When the Buddha went to the Persian king to have a feast, Ananda went to beg for food. If it was not for begging, he would not have passed by Matanga's eyesight.

Fate is good and evil, good fate saves me, bad fate seduces me. After Ananda woke up, he begged the Tathagata to give him supreme wisdom, obtain supreme tranquility and concentration, and obtain supreme concentration and enlightenment. All of these are "obtained".

The Tathagata told him, I use the Dharma to show, see the wonderful appearance of the Dharma, and let Ananda "abandon" the deep love in the world, so as to quench his thirst and admiration, and shave from the Buddha.

Some people will definitely say, that's not right, "it is because of longing and admiration" means that Ananda has infinite desire and admiration for the Buddha from then on, so he followed the Tathagata to become a monk and practice.

Ananda was obtained by the illusion of the Matanga woman. What kind of world did she conjure up? Is it as fragrant as the Paradise?

In short, Ananda is easy to be confused by appearance, but it is just changing from one kind to another. The Buddha asked Ananda again, where is the Jeta tree, Ananda said it was outside the lecture hall, and the Buddha asked Ananda again, what did you see first in this lecture hall? Ananda said, I first saw the Tathagata.

The heart lamp of Buddhism refers to the light of self-nature, which dispels the dark night of ignorance of all living beings, and saves the group. Where there is light, there is light, and where there is light, there is vision. There are windows in this lecture hall, and the forest garden outside can be seen from the window. Someone in the lecture hall could only see the forest garden but not the Tathagata. Ananda said it was impossible.

How is it impossible? When he became a teacher, he stood on the podium and looked at the students in class, and he would find that many people's minds and eyes were shifted out of the window.

The heart lamp is lit outside, but of course it cannot illuminate the interior. But the room without lights is not completely dark, the light will spill in through the colorful glass, leaving the shape of a giant python on others.

If she wants to resist at this moment, she should use her own light to drive away those colorful things.

But she is not a nun, so why chase him away?

Just as she was thinking this, a person with glowing body gathered a sword and swung it towards the snake, then it turned into flying ash and disappeared, leaving only the solemn monk.

She looked at him and felt that he was alone, just like herself.

In fact, she knew that the giant python would open its huge mouth to swallow her when it was entangled, and the luminous man saved her by beheading the snake.

But she was still reluctant to part with the giant python.

"Good morning," said Minerva, in her emerald green witch robes, and sat down beside Pomona.

"Good morning," Pomona said, looking at the oatmeal in front of her. When did she tear up the bread and throw it in?

"I heard you were up late last night," Minerva said, spreading jam on toast.

"Yes." Pomona yawned loudly. "It's still half the job."

Minerva didn't return her words, and took a bite of the jam-smeared bread.

That's when Severus came out of the side door, walking past them expressionlessly.

The windows of the auditorium were transparent, and the white light shone on him, making him look extraordinarily dark, and he no longer had the colorful appearance in front of the serpentine window.

Pomona watched as he sat down on the other side of the teachers' table, next to the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

"He really wants that position," Minerva said, chewing bread. "Isn't he afraid of the curse?"

Pomona bent his head and stirred the bread on the plate with a fork, and stuffed the bread and oatmeal into his mouth.

Breakfast was safe and sound, and she didn't encounter anyone making things difficult during class, and it was still calm at lunch. In the afternoon, two third-year Ravenclaws were late. They expressed their apologies, and then went to class as expected. The protests and chaos in China did not happen.

It seemed that the day passed so peacefully, except that after the fat monk announced that she would have an extra French class, which started at 9 o'clock every day and ended at 11 o'clock.

Because it was the first day, the fat monk gave her the French version of "Phaedo" written by Plato, and she could translate it by herself first.

Pomona can completely copy the existing English version, but who told her to be so honest, she has to look up the dictionary for translation.

Seeing how obedient she was, the fat monk left, and he still wanted to find Peeves.

After he left, Pomona wondered if she had to "study" in her office. Why didn't she go to the library or the common room?

As soon as she thought that, the office door opened and Severus walked in.

"What are you doing?" he asked standing in the doorway.

Pomona showed him the cover of the Phaedo.

He didn't say much, sat down on the sofa opposite her, and read the book he was reading.

She was about to continue translating, and then he suddenly asked, "When will that kid start training?"

She thought for a moment. "You mean Random?"

He didn't answer, as if tacitly agreed.

"Wait for Wilmina to get me a message," she said, and continued trying to focus on the translation.

"Aren't you going yourself?" he asked.

"She knows the centaur better than I do," said Pomona without looking up.

Then he stopped talking.

Pomona looked up and found that although he was still reading the boring book, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"You don't care about your students?" Pomona asked.

"Those who can't take orders from themselves must take orders from others." Severus looked at the book and said, "I won't take care of them for the rest of my life."

This sentence was said by Nietzsche, but it is very mysterious.

She said no more, bowed her head and continued to translate.