Huiguang Zen Master and Shanjie traveled from Huzhou and Yixing to Jiankang (now Nanjing). They did not enter the city, but came to the Baoning Temple in the east of the city. Huiguang and Shanjie came to the guest hall, and after saluting the knowledgeable guest, he said: "The poor monk and the abbot of your temple, the monk Qingyuan, are friends of the same Taoist. Please go and report it, and say that Lingyin Huiguang has come to visit with the spirit boy Dunji from eighteen years ago. ”
Zhike was taken aback when he heard him report the Dharma name: "Amitabha, the head monk of Lingyin Hall is here, and he has missed the welcome, and he has sinned and sinned." Please wait a moment, **this will go to my house**.
After a while, Zhike returned. However, he was accompanied by a young novice who was younger than the good vows. After the little novice gave Huiguang a salute, he said loudly: "The family teacher, Monk Qingyuan, has left this temple early this morning, where is he going, and when will he return?"He said you all know. Oh, by the way, he seems to have known that you would be coming today, and told me to tell you: to see is to see as if not to see, and not to see is to see. ”
Huiguang laughed: "No wonder Old Master Kong said that being old and not dying is a thief." Qingyuan, the old thief, is simply a refinement, and the hundreds of miles between Jiankang and Hangzhou are actually separated from his vision. This old thief was afraid that the poor monk would eat his cup of tea, so he slipped away first!”
Xiao Shami grinned awkwardly, turned to Shanjie and said, "This senior brother is originally in Linhai, Taizhou, right?"The tutor also has something to pass on to you. As he spoke, he handed over a note in his hand. The good ring took it, and the note read a poem:
Seeing the mountains is not mountains, seeing the water has never been goodbye;Mountains, rivers and the earth are all one round of moons.
After reciting the good precepts silently, an extremely familiar and intimate feeling suddenly rose in his heart, as if he had known this Qingyuan monk for a long time. Zen Master Huiguang also said that you are old acquaintances and have already met each other. But when and where did you see it?Huiguang didn't say it, and he couldn't remember the good ring.
Leaving Jiankang, Huiguang traced the Yangtze River with good precepts, and came to the foot of Lushan Mountain in Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang) in a day. Huiguang said: "Today, let's go to Donglin Temple to place an order, rest for half a day, and go to Yunju Mountain tomorrow." The master and apprentice came to the northwest foot of Lushan, crossed the Huxi Bridge, and entered the Donglin Temple, one of the eight major fields of Chinese Buddhism. Donglin Temple was founded in the sixth year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (381), and was created by Huiyuan, the first patriarch of the Pure Land Sect (Lotus Sect). In the first year of Yuanxing (402), Huiyuan established the White Lotus Society here, so this is the birthplace of the Pure Land sect in China. Three years ago, the Jin soldiers crossed the river from Huangmei to capture Jiangzhou, Donglin Temple was destroyed, and the monks fled, and they have not yet recovered. Huiguang and Shanjie sighed while worshipping the Buddha in various halls.
When they came to the main hall, the Divine Fortune Treasure Hall, they met two majestic and heroic men by the White Lotus Pond. These two pairs of four people form a stark and interesting contrast: the man who is about thirty years old is not burly, and his demeanor is not strong, but it makes people have a feeling of facing Mount Tai, and a sense of reverence arises spontaneously. As the saying goes, "Heaven does not believe in its word, and God does not be angry but mighty." The young man in his twenties who followed behind him was like a spear turned into a green dragon, heroic and sharp, sweeping in all directions, brave and invincible. His arrogant demeanor and sharp eyes seem to be challenging the heroes of the world, who can compete with me?And Huiguang Zen Master is like sunshine, because it is commonplace and accustomed to it, so it is easy for ordinary people to ignore its existence. The small good precept is as pure and transparent as morning dew, simple and clear as crystal, so it looks like nothing.
Both groups of people were going to the Shenyun Treasure Hall to worship the Buddha, Huiguang stopped first, made a polite gesture, and said, "The two generals are invited first." ”
The two of them were stunned, and the older man couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Do you know me, or him?"Have we met?”
Never. Our master and apprentice just came from Hangzhou today. ”
Hey, then how do you know that the two of us are from the army?”
Zen Master Huiguang smiled slightly: "The battle-hardened general has his own extraordinary spirit. Moreover, I also know that you are not only a general, but also one of the few great generals of the Song Dynasty. If I'm not mistaken, you should be the world-famous Marshal Yue Fei. ”
Huiguang really guessed the identity of the other party correctly - the person who came was Yue Fei, the deputy commander of the Great Song Dynasty Shenwu Army, and Yang Zaixing, the brave general who had just surrendered to the Yue family's army. Yue Fei was very surprised, and asked with some vigilance: "Who is the master?"”
The poor monk is the hidden wisdom of the spirit. ”
Oh, it turns out that you are the head monk of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, no wonder the Dharma eye is like a torch. "Yue Fei had obviously heard of Huiguang's name. It turned out that Yue Fei, who had the world in his mind and was fierce, also had the privacy of retreating to the back hall - he had a deep karma with Buddhism, and even said more than once that after "killing the ugly captive, recovering the three passes, welcoming the two saints, making the Song Dynasty revitalized and China strong", he would return to the field, live in seclusion on the side of the Buddhist temple, chant and participate in Zen. It is precisely because he is such a general who pursues peace of mind and tranquility that he is kind-hearted and loyal to the monarch and patrioticHis strategy for administering the army is full of wisdom and benevolence.
Yue Fei continued: "After the commander pacified Cao Cheng's rebellion, he was just ordered to be stationed in Jiangzhou on June 9, so he was also half a landlord. Welcome to the great monk Huiguang. ”
Marshal Yue was polite, and the poor monk was ashamed. ”
While the two were talking, the incense lamp of the Donglin Temple (the monk in charge of burning incense, lighting lamps, cleaning and other affairs of the temple) hurriedly reported the news of the arrival of these two distinguished guests to the head of the temple (the supervisor, responsible for the daily management of the temple). The master of the courtyard immediately brought a few monks over and welcomed Yue Fei and Huiguang into the reception room of Donglin Temple.
After taking a few sips of tea, Yue Fei continued the topic just now and said, "Although I have heard of Master Huiguang's virtue for a long time, I have never paid homage to him. How did you see Yue's identity at a glance?”
Huiguang said: "Looking at the Great Song Dynasty, there are only three commanders who can have such a mountain-like spirit: Prime Minister Zhang Jun, the old handsome Han Shizhong, and yourself. Both of them are over fifty years old, and they are far away in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so the poor monk dares to rashly guess the identity of Marshal Yue. ”
Yue Fei said humbly: "Yue is young, how dare he compare with the two old Yuan Rong who have made outstanding achievements?"Master Huiguang, you are ashamed of Yue. ”
Huiguang said: "Marshal Yue is too modest. The monks do not lie, and the poor monks even think that the world can be called the god of war, only Marshal Yue and Jin Wushuer. ”
Yue Fei asked in surprise, "The master is a master outside the world, and he also knows the Jin Wushu, the commander of the Jin Kingdom?"”
Huiguang nodded: "The poor monk has seen him. ”
Huh?Everyone present let out a light or heavy exclamation.
Huiguang said: "More than two years ago, during the occupation of Hangzhou by the Jin soldiers, the Jin Wushu once visited the Lingyin Temple to worship the Buddha, so the poor monks met with him. ”
Although Yue Fei had fought with Jin Wushu for several years, the two knew each other and hated each other and even knew each other well, but they had never seen each other. So he asked Huiguang: "What does the master think of this golden vulture?"”
Huiguang said: "He has both the courage of the generals and the strategy of the minister. For our Great Song Dynasty, this person is not easy to deal with, and it is a great scourge. ”
After Yue Fei laughed arrogantly, he said: "Since the Central Plains, the Jin soldiers invaded the south, Yue resisted the enemy angrily, and fought more than 200 battles, although he failed to enter Liaodong and flatten the thieves' nest, but he also beat the golden vulture and did not dare to peep into the Yangtze River again. Now he has just exterminated the Liukou Cao Cheng, and he is waiting to raise his troops and rest his pawns, prepare for the enemy, and fight again during the attack period. The desert in the north, the bloody court, the return of the two saints to Beijing, and the territory of the land are the wishes of Yue in this life. ”
Huiguang said: "The vicissitudes of the sea show the true character of the hero." Marshal Yue and Jin Wushu can be said to be a good talent when they meet their opponents. Fighting such a fierce enemy is a great joy in life. It is also a blessing that the poor monk and the marshal can meet in Donglin Temple. I wish you a good success. ”
Yue Fei seemed to remember something, and asked, "Master Huiguang left hundreds of ** in Lingyin Temple and came to Jiangzhou in the summer. What must be urgent?”
Huiguang said: "The poor monks and apprentices want to go up to Yunju Mountain in Jianchang (now Yongxiu County) to visit Zen Master Renyong. Oh, by the way, the poor monk has just retired to Lingyin Temple and is no longer the abbot. ”
That's great!Ben Shuai implored Master Huiguang to keep Jiangzhou, and Donglin Temple happened to be waiting for him. ”
The owner of Donglin Temple also said: "Since the Bing Xie a few years ago, Donglin Temple has not been able to recover because there is no abbot of high monks. If you can invite a bodhisattva like Huiguang Zen Master, the thousand-year-old ancestral court is hopeful!”
Huiguang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid the poor monk is going to disappoint you." The practice of the Minor Disciple is at a juncture and requires retreat to a corresponding place. And I need to take care of him for three years. ”
Yue Fei was a little incomprehensible and said, "There are some things in your Buddhism that are very strange. It would take three years to lay down hundreds of people in the temple for the sake of one person. From a secular point of view, it seems very uneconomical. ”
Huiguang smiled: "I'm not the only one who protects him. The reason why I want to go to Yunju Mountain to find Zen Master Renyong is also for this. In addition, there are two old monks with profound enlightenment, who are already in place. ”
God, such an inconspicuous little monk retreats to ask four world-class Zen masters to protect the pass!Is he the reincarnation of the Great Bodhisattva, or the return of the Ancient Buddha?Yue Fei couldn't help but take a serious look at Shanjie a few times. Unexpectedly, this young monk with eyes as clear as the sea was staring into his eyes without blinking. Over the years, few people dared to look at themselves, so Yue Fei said slightly unnaturally: "Little **, you found Pam Hua in my eyes?."”
Yue Fei's words are not said casually, but they contain the public case of "a pin in the eye, and the empty space is falling wildly". Originally, there were no flowers in the air, but if you have spots on your eyes, you will often see the flower of transformation in the air. Buddhism uses this metaphor for the realm of no physical reality, and because of people's delusional attachments, they have the illusion that they really exist.
Shanjie replied loudly: "It seems that Marshal Yue has a good understanding of the Zen Gong case. The first person to mention the Zen saying "a pam in the eye, empty and tumbling" is the Zhichang Zen master of Guizong Temple at the southern foot of Lushan. However, although there is no cloud in the eyes of the marshal, there are signs of epidemic. ”
Yue Fei nodded: "I didn't expect you to be young, but you are proficient in medicine. Yue did suffer from eye disease. ”
Huiguang said: "He once followed the Heavenly Doctor Polido for three years. Oh, another Dharma name of the old monk Polydor is Zhongyin. The marshal may have heard of it. ”
China-India?Is it the monk who once went to the Bianliang Imperial Palace in Tokyo to give King Kang, that is, the priest who is now the saint who has seen a doctor?This little ** is his tall foot?Seeing Huiguang nodded, Yue Fei continued: "When I was planning a major battle, I often couldn't sleep for a few days and nights;At every critical moment of the war, he often stared at the map all night, and his eyes were not clear. Therefore, the eyes are often red and swollen, and they are afraid of wind and light. So, look at my eye disease, what kind of panacea can be used to **, once and for all?”
The good vows said, "No matter what kind of panacea, it can only temporarily relieve your eye disease. If you want to heal, you can only do it on your own. Yue Fei felt that his words did not make sense, and asked why, and Shanjie replied: "The eye is the window of the heart." Many eye diseases stem from 'heart attack'. The root of the marshal's illness is also in his heart. ”
These words came to Yue Fei's heart. He is upright by nature, vicious as hatred, strong in temperament, and fiery in heart. Especially in the face of broken mountains and rivers, he is even more sad and angry. Because of the long-term heart fire that does not go away, and finally suffers from eye disease. Yue Fei said angrily: "In this way, before Jingkang's shame is not snowed, the Tartars are not destroyed, and the second emperor is not returned, Yue's eye disease will not be cured. However, I don't care, in order to defend the country's society and restore the homeland of the Great Song Dynasty, even if I am blind, I am willing. ”
Shanjie couldn't help but be moved, and said: "Marshal Yue has worked hard for the country and the people, and the sun and the moon can be learned. You can rest assured that although the onset of this eye disease is very painful and troublesome, after all, it can be treated with medicine and will not go blind. You usually pay attention to maintenance and eat more heat-clearing and eye-catching foods, such as wolfberries, yams, walnuts ......”
Yue Fei smiled and waved his hand, interrupting him: "How can Yue be so patient?"I am most afraid of this kind of trivial affairs in my life. Xiao **, my eye disease will be put aside first, you look at my love will Yang Zaixing. ”
Shanjie said: "I don't need to look at it to know that General Yang suffers from mouth ulcers. ”
Hey, how do you know?”
As soon as General Yang opened his mouth to speak, he would be in pain, so he has not said a word so far. ”
Yang Zaixing nodded. Yue Fei said: "He has been sick for a long time, and he has seen countless Langzhong, but he has not been cured for a long time. The reason why I came to Donglin Temple with him today is to let him take a break from his busy military affairs and relax. Little **, what is your best plan?”
The good precepts said: "Mouth ulcers, which seem to be born from the mouth, are actually spleen wounds, because the five abdomen and six organs of the human body, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are mutually restrictive, and mouth ulcers are caused by the lack of fire and water. ”
Yue Fei nodded: "Little ** Gaoming, how can I heal it?"Can there be a good medicine quickly**?His subordinates had just been subsumed into the Yue family's army, and many things needed to be handled by him personally. ”
Shanjie said: "Since I have seen Langzhong, I must have used many medicines, and it has not been cured so far, which means that I have not been able to prescribe the right medicine." His disease can only be cured by internal medicine. In other words, only his own medicine is the most effective. ”
Yang Zaixing endured the pain in his mouth and denied it: "What kind of medicine do I have?"”
The good precept said: "The Sixth Ancestor Hui Neng said: Self-nature is self-sufficient, and it can give birth to ten thousand laws. **The medicine for your illness is hidden in your body, and as long as you are skillfully careful, you can adjust it. ”
Huiguang said: "That's good, Shanjie followed Marshal Yue back to Jiangzhou City, helped General Yang ** stubborn disease, and the poor monk went to Yunju Mountain alone." Then we will meet again. ”
Yue Fei hurriedly said, "Master Huiguang, this matter of Donglin Temple has not been finished yet. You have urgent business and can't be the abbot, but do you have the right person?”
Huiguang didn't think about it, and said, "Even if I don't protect the apprentice, I'm not the most suitable person." Although Donglin Temple is now a Zen temple, but after all, it is the ancestral court of the pure sect, and if the abbot monk can Zen and pure double cultivation, religion is the most appropriate. ”
However, what about going to ** to find such a monk?The master said.
Huiguang said: "My junior brother Huihai, although he is the first of the Cloud Gate Sect, is enlightened by Zen;However, he has studied the Pure Land scriptures for a long time and is proficient in reciting Buddhism, so he can be said to be the best choice. ”
Yue Fei said decisively: "Then it is decided, and Ben Shuai will come forward and ask Huihai Zen Master to abbot Donglin Temple." ”
Sure enough, not long after, Huihai was invited by Yue Fei to stay in Xidonglin Temple. It was also since then that Huihai and Yue Fei became close friends, and Donglin Temple became Yue Fei's spiritual home. Yue Fei is known for his filial piety, and after the death of his mother Yao, he was in pain and lived in Donglin Temple for a Buddhist ritual funeral. The cemetery was chosen near Donglin Temple, and he planned to live in seclusion in Donglin Temple for three years to guard his mother's system. In the seventh year of Shaoxing (1137), due to the Huaixi army change of handsome incident, Yue Fei was very angry, resigned to Gaozong, and once left the army, and his seclusion was still Donglin Temple.
Shanjie temporarily separated from ** Huiguang and returned to Jiangzhou with Yue Fei to regulate Yang Zaixing's illness.
Yang Zaixing is a native of Huantang Village, Huangqiao Town, Jishui County, Jiangxi Province, whose ancestral home is Tangyin, Xiangzhou, and is a descendant of Yang Ye, a hero of the anti-Liao Dynasty. He was born brave, practiced martial arts since he was a child, and a spear was elusive, and he was invincible all over the world. When the Jin soldiers invaded, he defected to Cao Cheng's civil anti-Jin forces, and was controlled by the generalissimo Zong Ze (who was also Yue Fei's prefect). After Zong Ze's death, he broke away from the Song army due to discrimination and wandered to Jianghuai to become a wanderer. At the beginning of the second year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei was ordered to suppress Cao Cheng, but Cao Cheng sent Yang Zaixing to lead the troops to refuse. Yang Zaixing really did it, beating Yue Fei's vanguard to pieces, and successively killed Han Shunfu, the fifth general under Yue Fei, and Yue Fei's younger brother Yue Fu. In the end, Yang Zaixing was outnumbered and defeated, jumped into a deep ravine, and was captured in a desperate situation. Yang Zaixing's talent is rare, and Yue Fei puts anti-gold as the priority, regardless of personal grievances, and persuades him to serve the country loyally. Yang Zaixing was greatly moved and surrendered to Yue Fei. He is an unruly and reckless hero, he is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he doesn't even pay attention to Emperor Laozi, but he knows how to repay his kindness and attaches the most importance to affection. So he was loyal to Yue Fei and repaid him with death.
After taking a turn in Jiangzhou City, Shanjie returned to the Yuejia army camp and said to Yang Zaixing: "According to the principle of the Five Elements Shengke, the void fire in your body must be restrained by water. The operation of the five elements in the body should also correspond to the right time and place. This section of the Yangtze River flowing through Jiangzhou is called Xunyang River. Therefore, at noon on the next three days today, tomorrow, you will walk slowly back and forth on Xunyang Street, and your mouth ulcers will heal without medicine. Because water is gold, you shall not diminish in your gold, silver, and copper coins for these three days. That is, you can't spend money on these three days. ”
Yang Zaixing nodded, and really went to Xunyang Street in Jiangzhou City at noon to stroll. Xunyang Street runs east-west and is a famous food street in Jiangzhou. The restaurants on both sides are scattered, there are many restaurants, and there are all kinds of flavor snacks. It was lunch time, and the restaurant was full of friends, guessing the boxing order, so lively;In front of the food stalls, there are many people, and the lips and teeth are fragrant. Poor Yang Zaixing, with an empty stomach and hungry, but he can't spend money if he has money, so he can only watch the food and swallow his saliva greedily. What's even more infuriating is that the aroma of various foods is constantly wafting from all directions, and at this moment, his nose has become more sensitive than a dog's nose. To be honest, if he hadn't kept his mouth tightly closed, his mouth would have been full of ......
Walking back and forth on Xunyang Street like this is even more difficult than fighting on the battlefield. Yang Zaixing couldn't help but have some doubts: Is this little monk deliberately bad?Use this method to rectify yourself?So, several times he unconsciously put his hand into his pocket......However, after all, he is a powerful hero, with a strong will, even if he swallows a few more saliva, he does not spend money to satisfy his hunger in the end.
A round trip is finally over. God knows, what a bad idea this is!On the way back to the barracks, Yang Zaixing cursed in his heart. However, it was incredible that the burning pain in his mouth was really relieved a lot. When I returned to the camp and looked at the bronze mirror, the ulcers shrank by nearly half. On the second and third days, he followed the instructions of the good precepts and walked slowly back and forth to Xunyang Street on his stomach at noon, and the mouth ulcers that could not be cured for a long time really healed themselves without medicine.
Therefore, Yang Zaixing admired the good precepts so much that he threw himself to the ground. Marshal Yue Fei listened to him explain the process of recovery in detail, thought about it for a while, and laughed and said: "Wonderful, the little monk's strategy is really wonderful!."”
Yang Zaixing became the second monk - confused. Yue Fei explained: "Alas, you and I have been tricked by the little monk. What 'the five elements run at the right time and place', and 'water is born from gold', are all to make your mouth water. If the saliva is strong, the fire in the body will naturally go out!Moreover, jin can reduce inflammation, so you can heal yourself without taking medicine. ”
Oh, I see. ”
However, this seemingly simple approach is a weightlifting weight. This little monk is not simple, no wonder the four eminent monks want to protect him. Once he is enlightened, he will become a Buddha and an ancestor. ”