Chapter 1969 Elm, Wooden Fish (Part 2)

There is a mountain in the world called Lingshan.

There is a temple on the mountain called Leiyin.

Lingshan has a radius of eight million miles, surrounded by countless mortal countries and billions of living beings, all of whom regard Buddha as their veneration. In Leiyin Temple, there are eight hundred ancient Buddhas, three thousand Bodhisattvas, nearly ten thousand Arhats, and countless monks.

At the foot of Lingshan Mountain.

There are two trees.

One is a Bodhi tree, in front of the mountain, and the other is an ordinary elm tree, behind the mountain.

Although Lingshan is big.

However, there were many monks in Leiyin Temple, and the sound of the Buddha continued day and night, reaching the foot of the mountain. Gradually, the two trees were also infected.

Five hundred years of wind blowing.

Five hundred years of sunshine.

Five hundred years of rain.

Listening to the sutras day and night, listening to the Tao every night, under the influence of the day and night, the Bodhi tree took the lead in growing a ray of spiritual wisdom. It was regarded as a sacred tree by the mountain people living nearby and treated it with Buddhist rituals.

to the opposite.

The elm tree did not move at all, and because of its ordinary nature, it was often cut down by the nearby mountain people for firewood.

The weird thing is.

Every time a tree is cut down, it can take as long as ten or eight years, or as short as three or five years, but it can always regain its vitality and regrow with its well-developed root system.

Cut it long in this way, and then cut it again.

Fifteen hundred years later, it is still only as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and is very thin, with withered branches and leaves.

on the contrary.

Over the past fifteen hundred years, the Bodhi tree has grown more than ten feet tall, extremely strong, and its crown is as big as a canopy. It has gradually been noticed by the monks in Leiyin Temple.

Someday.

At the foot of Lingshan Mountain, a walking monk came.

Walk to the front of the mountain.

He conveniently picked a bodhi seed from the bodhi tree, and then entered Leiyin Temple.

Can……

His trip to Leiyin Temple was not smooth.

Because he had an unknown origin, behaved strangely, deviated from the teachings, and often spoke arrogant words, and his behavior was very different from the current Buddhist teachings, he was disliked by the monks of Leiyin Temple. He only stayed for less than a month before he was found by the monks. For a reason, he was kicked out directly.

The walking monk was not upset either.

He just left a arrogant saying, "When I come back one day, I will be the Lord of Thunder Sound", and then left gracefully.

Walk to the back of the mountain.

He accidentally discovered the scarred elm tree.

"rare."

Stroking the tree, he said softly: "You have deep roots as Buddha, and you have supported thousands of families with your own body for more than a thousand years. What a great merit is this? It is far ten thousand times better than those monks on the mountain who can only chant sutras. It is a pity that it is hindered by It is a pity that due to the limitations of my roots, I have never been able to open my spiritual wisdom.”

"That's all."

There was a pause.

He smiled again and said: "Even if we are destined to meet you, the poor monk has to do something now and can't get away for the time being... Well, in three years, the poor monk will come back. By then, if you haven't Open your spiritual wisdom, and the poor monk will ferry you over, how about it?”

Although there is no intelligence.

But the elm tree seemed to feel his kindness, and its branches and leaves moved slightly in response.

time flies.

Just over a month before the traveling monk returned, the Bodhi tree successfully transformed and was introduced to Leiyin Temple. He was named Bodhi Arhat and received the incense and incense offered by all spirits for eternity and enjoyed freedom.

That elm tree.

But he encountered a disaster.

Not only was it cut down again, but even the roots were dug out, completely cutting off the hope of opening up spiritual wisdom.

One month later.

The traveling monk returned as promised.

It's just that the elm tree that he admired has disappeared, and a new house has been built in its place. Outside the new house, a tree root with a radius of several feet was randomly discarded there, and no one paid attention to it.

Stand in front of the tree roots.

The walking monk was silent for a long time.

"Master, do you think these tree roots are strange too?"

It happened that the owner of the new house was out and saw him stopping here. He couldn't help complaining: "Who would have thought that the roots of such a thick tree could be so big. Three boys and I spent a whole month digging. , and hired more than a dozen strong laborers to barely get it out..."

The walking monk sighed.

"This is its Buddhist root."

"What root?"

The man was confused.

The walking monk didn't explain, let alone blame him. He just asked for the root.

"Master, if you want it, just take it!"

The man was very generous but also very puzzled, "But this tree root is dry and hard, and it is difficult to use it as firewood. What does the master want to use it for?"

"Amitabha."

The traveling monk clasped his hands together and said softly: "The poor monk has come to fulfill the agreement and cross it."

That man was even stranger.

He has grown up at the foot of Lingshan Mountain since he was a child, so he naturally knows a lot about people who can save evil people, save good people, and even save animals... He has seen a lot of them, but this is the first time he has seen someone save a wooden bump!

not to mention.

Still a lump of elm wood!

"Grandmaster."

Thinking of this, he joked: "People often say that the elm knot is not clear, can you get through this thing?"

"OK."

The traveling monk nodded and said softly: "The iron tree still has its day of flowering, and the elm tree has its own time of awakening."

Not much to say.

He personally took out the hardest part from the root of the tree, which is also known as the elm knot in the world, and polished it carefully into a wooden fish, which he carried around with him.

…

The walking monk is very strange.

The path he took was very different from the existing Buddhist practice.

It advocates that the nature of the mind is inherently pure and that the Buddha-nature is inherent. Enlightenment does not seek external pursuits. It does not emphasize precepts, does not sit and do anything, and does not set up words. It emphasizes that there is no thought and no form, that is, the heart is the Buddha.

at first.

His ideas were not accepted by the monks, and he was suppressed and moved around.

During this period.

This wooden fish was inseparable from him, accompanying him through thousands of mountains and rivers, traveling through the world, witnessing the vicissitudes of life, and experiencing many disasters, but... due to his innate roots, it never changed much.

The wandering monk was not in a hurry.

He still carried it with him.

As time went by.

The wandering monk's ideas were gradually accepted by the public, and his followers, believers, disciples... increased day by day. Even in the end, many ancient Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Leiyin Temple accepted his principles and invited him to visit Lingshan Leiyin Temple again.

This time.

He was no longer alone, and the ideas he advocated were no longer laughed at.

And this trip.

It also fulfilled his wild words that he had said back then.

He and the current Leiyin Temple abbot publicly discussed the Tao for a hundred years, attracting many famous people from the three thousand worlds to come and watch, and even many immortals appeared. The momentum was unprecedented!

The hundred years have expired.

The current Leiyin Temple abbot was convinced by his reasoning, and gave up the abbot's position and disappeared.

And the wooden fish.

During this discussion, it was always placed by the monk's side. After being influenced by Buddhist principles for a hundred years, it finally gave birth to a trace of spirituality, but it was still a long way from having self-awareness. It seemed that... it was its limit to be able to reach this point.

At that time.

Everyone was persuading.

With the monk's cultivation level that was about to achieve immortality, even if he wanted the highest Buddhist artifact, it would only take a word. Why bother to compete with a blockhead who would never open his mind?

The former monk who was in decline.

The new Buddha who was in great glory at that time.

Although his status and position had changed greatly, he still did not change his original intention, and even made a great wish in front of the monks.

"This blockhead is not open-minded."

"I, a poor monk, will not have a good end."