Long History**: Asking the Impermanence of My Life is Up to Me Volume IV: Enlightenment.
Qiangxi: Where Jiang Taigong used to fish, what is the story of Qiu Chuji here?
Qiu Chuji carried people during the day, and meditated and practiced at night.
The valley is quiet, and at night it is especially dark, and the boundless darkness seems to wrap people tightly.
When he first came, at night, Qiu Chuji would inevitably be afraid, and he always couldn't help but think of the lively scene when he was with his brothers and sisters, talking and laughing, talking about scriptures and Taoism, and having a harmonious relationship.
Compared with the scene in my memory, now that I am alone, I will inevitably feel lonely and desolate. However, in order to practice, this loneliness must naturally be able to endure it. My mind has not yet been cultivated, and of course I need such a quiet place the most. Therefore, when the day passed, when there were few people, although the four fields were extremely silent, Qiu Chuji had little patience to come, and just meditated and practiced.
After a long time, he found some pleasure in this quiet, and gradually he did not feel the pain, but was able to enjoy himself.
This night, Qiu Chuji meditated and settled, and his state of mind gradually became clearer in a trance, and his body and mind seemed to be in a clear place, and a warm and peaceful breath slowly rippled beside him. Suddenly, there was a flash of inspiration in front of him, as if he saw ** Wang Chongyang slightly closing his eyes like himself, meditating and calming, his expression was extremely kind and gentle.
*, you still remember the apprentice after all! Qiu Chuji's heart warmed, knowing that this must be ** to guide himself again, he couldn't help but look closely, but he saw that **'s eyes were slightly drooping, as if he was telling him to look at his knees.
Qiu couldn't help but lower his head to look, and saw that there was a baby who had just been full moon sleeping on the lap of **, his cheeks were extremely soft, and his little hands and feet were shaking, containing infinite vitality.
Seeing this scene, Qiu couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and wanted to ask, but he smiled and said: "Now that you have entered meditation, the Dao heart has been born; The heart of the Tao is enlightened, like raising a baby. "I didn't see what I said.
Qiu Chuji suddenly realized in meditation: it turned out that the baby was the Tao nature that he had just grown up! At this time, the Tao is only like a newborn baby, doesn't it just need to be carefully cared for? Thinking in this way, since then, I have cut off distracting thoughts, and practiced diligently, hoping that I can grow in my Tao and achieve positive results as soon as possible.
On this day, just after the heavy rain, there were many more people crossing the river than usual, and during the day, Qiu took the opportunity to go back and forth between the two banks, carrying the old people and children who wanted to cross the river.
By this time, Qiu had been crossing the river for nearly a year, and the woman who traveled between the two banks knew that he was kind and sincere, so she could only let him carry it with confidence. When he met the women who let him cross the river, Qiu Chuji was even more respectful, only treating them as his sisters, and did not squint after carrying them, and had no distracting thoughts.
Just after the heavy rain, and coincided with the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were many more people who went to relatives and rushed to the market than before, Qiu felt some backache after a day of backing, and returned to the cave after going to the mountain in the evening, and was so sleepy that he lay down and fell asleep groggily.
When he was sleeping soundly, Qiu Chuji suddenly felt someone knock three times on the top of his head, and then saw ** shouting angrily: "I just fall asleep every day, but I don't delay the best practice? In this sleep, you don't know that your spirit is getting more and more drowsy, how can you let your mind be clear and wise? After that, he used a wooden stick to hit the rock above Qiu Chuji's head, making a crisp hitting sound, as if urging Qiu Chuji to wake up and work hard.
Yes! The crisp sound of the cane hitting his head was like hitting his head, Qiu Chuji couldn't help but turn over and sit up, opened his eyes and looked, only to see a piece of moonlight outside the cave, and a huge black shadow was standing there in the moonlight.
Qiu Chuji woke up from his sleep, and when he sat up, he saw a huge shadow standing at the entrance of the cave under the bright moonlight. He looked intently, the shadow swayed slightly against the part of the hole, and where the moonlight shone some of the colorful patterns, he looked closely, and a fluffy slender thing shook at the end of the shadow.
Oh! The huge figure suddenly let out a low roar, and Qiu Chuji couldn't help but tremble slightly when he heard it: "It turned out to be a tiger! ”
On weekdays, I often hear people say that there are tigers and leopards in this mountain, and some well-wishers remind themselves that it is better to live in the surrounding villages and towns, otherwise they may be in danger of their lives. Whenever he hears this, Qiu Chuji always remembers the way he stood up and went to the snake's den to get Lingai many years ago: "I don't want to hurt the snake, how can it hurt me? "Now, if you are neighbors with tigers and leopards, should you be as carefree as **? So even though I heard about it, I never thought of leaving here.
Unexpectedly, the beast that has been said for a long time was really encountered by himself today.
In the bright moonlight, the tiger looked extremely leisurely, just like a leisurely stroll, just shaking his head and looking around, as if he was not aware of the existence of people around, but did not take a step further towards the entrance of the cave.
It, does it know there's anyone in the cave? Although he is not usually afraid of tigers and leopards, but at this time, he is so close to this behemoth that he can hear the tiger's heavy gasping sound, Qiu Chuji still can't help but be a little scared, his hands are clenched into fists, and his eyes are good at the tiger's movements, for fear that it will rush towards this cave on a whim.
The tiger was just a leisurely look, pacing the hole with its tail wagging its tail. Qiu Chuji saw that the tiger's body was very fat, and it was obvious that there must be a lot of food in the mountains that suited its appetite, so he usually ate fat and strong. The colorful tiger skin can see a faint luster even in the moonlight, and it must be even more beautiful in the daytime.
Oh! The tiger let out a deep roar into the valley as if in demonstration, and this time the roar suddenly aroused a long echo, and several night birds roosting in the nearby woods woke up in a panic, and flapped their wings and flew away from their original branches, and flew farther away.
Call! Qiu Chuji couldn't help but exhale deeply in the cave, not daring to make a sound, just quietly watching the tiger's every move in the cave.
Perhaps when the day dawns we should go back and make a fence at the entrance of the cave, so that wild beasts may be able to resist it for a while. In the panic and fear in his heart, he couldn't help but think so, but looking at the tiger's extremely leisurely appearance at the moment, and thinking of his behavior, words and deeds at that time, he felt that he didn't have to be so panicked, it was better to just calm down and go with the flow.
When he was hesitating, he saw that the moonlight at the entrance of the cave suddenly increased by a point, and it turned out that the tiger had slowly left the entrance of the cave and was missing in the mountains.
Ha. Qiu exhaled a long breath, and then he felt that his hands were a little sore because he was holding them too hard, and a layer of cold sweat was slowly soaking out on his back.
I need to be quieter, not so panicked. Qiu Chuji slowly stood up, walked to the entrance of the cave and looked left and right. The tiger has long since disappeared, and the night bird that just flew away in panic did not know that it had roosted again. The valley was quiet again, as if nothing had happened.
The next morning, Qiu Chuji walked out of the cave and saw that the sand on the ground was covered with tiger paw prints, and one by one they extended to the south. He could not help but follow the trail some way south, and saw a scattered sheep's head and sheep bones beside a bush, apparently the tiger had come out to hunt at night, and when he had caught his prey, he had eaten it in the valley.
Qiu Chuji sighed, couldn't help but look around, and listened attentively, but at this time there was no tiger roar in the valley, and the tiger also knew that there were more pedestrians during the day, so he found a more secluded place to stay.
Qiu Chuji walked slowly towards the entrance of the cave with his hands behind his back, and saw an old man in the distance walking towards the ferry with two children. The two children jumped all the way, and when they came to the bushes, they saw the sheep bones, and one of the five or six year old girls cried out: "Oh, Grandpa, look, there are tigers!" That's not a tiger catching a sheep and eating it! ”
The other child, a **-year-old boy, puffed out his chest at this time and said, "What is there to be afraid of tigers? Wait for it to come out and see if I don't punch it away! ”
Little kids' net bragging! The grandfather was also a little frightened when he saw this scene, and hurriedly dragged the two children to the ferry: "Go, go, beware of the tiger coming out to hurt people!" The three of them hurried behind Qiu's fuselage.
Walking to the ferry, the old man couldn't help but bow his hand when he saw Qiu Chuji: "Dao Chief, please carry my child across the river." ”
Qiu returned the salute and promised to carry the little girl first, but the boy recklessly: "I don't need you to carry it, I can pass it myself!" ”
That's fine. Qiu Chuji looked at the boy's stubborn expression, and couldn't help but remember that he had been so competitive before, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "You follow me, just call me when you need me to carry me halfway." ”
Oh. The boy was very obedient and agreed to follow behind Qiu Chuji, who followed his grandfather. The grandfather was not at ease, so he found a wooden stick on the shore to make a crutch, followed the boy, and the group of four walked towards the opposite bank.
As he walked, the old man remembered what he had just seen, and couldn't help but persuade Qiu: "Dao Chief, I know that you are bold, but you really can't live in this deep mountain! Did you see the bones of that antelope just now? Move to the village and town, how fast the antelope usually runs, but it can't escape the tiger's mouth. Can you run faster than an antelope? Listen to my advice and move to the village and town! ”
Uncle, I never thought I would outrun a tiger," Listening to the old man's words, Qiu Chuji said slowly, "If a tiger can live in this deep mountain, can't I live? I'll live first, and there's nothing to be afraid of this tiger! ”
You're so stubborn! The tiger can live, but you can't! The old man only shook his head to persuade, chattering endlessly with Qiu Chuji about his reasoning: "How can we compare with wild beasts, people should naturally live in villages and towns, how can they live in these deep mountains and mountains? ”
The old man, there is a saying in the "Tao Te Ching": Those who are good at taking care of the living, do not meet tigers on land, and do not be armored when they enter the army. There is nothing to throw at its horns, the tiger is at a loss for its claws, and the soldiers have nothing to tolerate its blades. Qiu Chuji listened to the old man's persuasion so seriously, and knew that he had good intentions, so he couldn't help but think about it seriously, remembered these few words he had read before, and said slowly: "I am a cultivator, and I must cultivate even more diligently in this regard. ”
Originally, Qiu Chuji hadn't figured out this truth when he was alone, but at this time, under the persuasion of the old man, he suddenly had these thoughts. When I think about it this way, I think clearly about the original fears and hesitations about whether to fence or not: "Fear, which is like a distracting thought in the heart, is the most important thing to overcome quietly. When I think about it, I don't want to leave because I'm afraid.
I haven't read those scriptures, and I don't know anything about whether or not to meet a tiger, I only know that if this person encounters a tiger, then he will definitely not be alive! At this time, when he was about to reach the other side, the old man raised his head, trembled his beard, and said, "Tell me, is it important to practice or to live? ”
Nature is all important. Qiu gently lowered the little girl to the ground, looked at the boy who had been walking steadily behind him, and gently patted the boy's face to show encouragement.
Daoist, if you are really not afraid of tigers, when I grow up, I will become a Taoist priest with you! Along the way, the little boy listened to Qiu Chuji obviously listened very seriously, and then he blinked a pair of bright eyes and said to Qiu Chuji proudly.
To be continued, welcome to look forward to it).