Chapter 10 [Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxingdong] (Part 2)
The Bodhi Patriarch on TV seemed very angry, so he slapped him on the head three times and turned around and left. Sun Wukong was really smart. He actually knew that he would go to the Patriarch at the third update and learned the seventy-two changes of the Earth Evil.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but envy Sun Dasheng and muttered: "Sun Wukong is so lucky. He can find Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and the Shaky Moon Sanxing Cave..."
My father and grandfather nodded, as if they agreed. Grandpa Fan smiled and shook his head: "Xiaodong, do you just see this in the book Journey to the West?"
"Of course not."
I was very dissatisfied. We are also a character who read Journey to the West twice in the fifth grade. How could Grandpa Fan underestimate it? So he raised his head and said, "There are also Sun Wukong who makes a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace. It is 81 difficult to travel west. We must learn the Monkey King's spirit of struggle!"
"hehe......"
Grandpa Fan shook his head: "What you see is just appearance. Journey to the West not only records the stories of making a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace and traveling west to obtain scriptures, but is a Taoist book. The so-called square inch of the spiritual platform and three stars of the slanting moon are all in the human body and in the hearts. Sun Wukong finally saw Bodhi after going through hardships and obstacles. What is this? "
I was shocked and looked up at Grandpa Fan. This old storyteller who was making a living in the bathhouse was indeed not simple! Yes, Bodhi, Bodhi is the enlightenment of nature and also the root of wisdom... Where is the Bodhi Patriarch in the world who would stay in the cave and wait for someone to become a disciple? Bodhi is in the heart of Sun Dasheng. After hard work, he can only witness Bodhi...
This is exactly what those Buddhist scriptures that seem to be full of spectacles and have no substantial content. Although I have read it before, I just glanced at it and even had the idea of contempt in my heart. Although I know and could say it, I didn’t understand and realize it myself. Looking back now, I am so shallow!
Although it is still far from seeing Bodhi in the nature and the fate of giving birth to great wisdom, Grandpa Fan's words made me feel enlightened and instantly figured out the difficult problems that had lingered me for a long time.
I always wanted to rely on my cleverness to treat the Taoist practice like I was dealing with exams, and to find the so-called authentic method among the numerous Taoist books, and then practice it step by step to become an immortal god. This idea is simply ridiculous.
The so-called mysterious and mysterious gates, which is said to be "all wonders", where is there the only authentic method? The origins and environments of Taoist practitioners in previous dynasties have different qualifications, and different experiences. They will naturally produce different theories and methods in the process of practicing Taoism. Who is correct and who is wrong? It is impossible to simply judge!
Whether Buddhism or Taoism, since you want to practice the great way, you must experience and experience it yourself like Sun Dasheng, so that you can find your own Bodhi and your own wisdom, and then find the most suitable path to practice Taoism.
Why do I envy his seventy-two transformations? Even if Sun Dasheng descended from the sky and was willing to be my teacher, will the seventy-two transformations be suitable for me?
I smiled.
At this moment, I finally understood that the pursuit of Taoism is a process, not the result I always thought was set a long time ago. Since there is no fixed result, where did the path come from?
This path requires me to overcome all obstacles and create it! The experience of my predecessors can only help me refer to, verify or learn from it in the process of exploration.
At this moment, I suddenly remembered the famous Taoist song of Sanfeng Zhenren:
"Such as ordinary people, and as evil as immortals, only in it..."
What a reversal. It really reveals the secret of heaven and expresses the beauty of practicing Taoism. I appreciate this sentence, but I was so happy that I scratched my head...
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Although I was touched by the momentary inspiration, I had not yet proved Bodhi and was a child with an impetuous mind. If my mother hadn't reminded me that I should do my homework and review my homework, I would have been immersed in excitement and unable to extricate myself.
The winter vacation exam will soon be. If I can’t even prepare for the exam and cannot satisfy my parents, I will talk about practicing Taoism and what other great achievements can I achieve?
I secretly warned myself that I barely calmed down and let myself sit at the desk, do my homework, and review my homework. Gradually, this kind of thing that is ordinary for any elementary school student actually calmed down my impetuous heart.
Studying and doing homework aren’t it a kind of practice?
Once my mind condenses but does not diverge, my homework speed is ahead of schedule. And as I am immersed in it, my interest in homework also arises, including Chinese, mathematics, elementary school history... one by one, one by one, and one by one, and before I know it, I actually finished all the courses by myself.
Looking up at the alarm clock on the desk, I found that I had only used it for less than an hour. It was 9:30 in the evening, and there was still half an hour before I could sleep.
I looked out the window and saw that the moon was bright and there was not even a single cloud. It seemed that there would be no wind, rain, thunder and lightning tonight. So I found the sandalwood and small incense burner that had been prepared in my schoolbag, and after it was lit, the room was filled with fragrance.
Some books about practicing Taoism are said that lighting sandalwood before meditation will help the practitioners to enter into meditation faster. If they accidentally escape from the Yin God, they can also be protected by the Sandalwood, so that the Yin God will not be damaged and cause irreparable regrets.
Taoist sitting methods vary from school to school, and Buddhism also has Vajra sitting and falling cabbage sitting. In fact, it doesn’t matter how you sit. Any posture is nothing more than to help the practitioners concentrate as much as possible. They are all appearances and forms.
I sat casually, with my legs slightly crossed, my hands on my knees, soles of my feet, palms, head and heart, and my five hearts facing the sky. My head slightly lowered and my chest, my tongue against my palate, my body fluids swallowed, my eyes seemed to be closed but not closed, and as I breathed, my mind was not as guarded as I was, and I did nothing to follow my situation.
The Taoist books I have read are very diverse, from the legendary ancient Taoist methods, to the Pure Yang Taoist School passed down by Lu Zu, to the North and South Taoist School in the late Yuan and Ming dynasties, the Northern School advocated the first nature and then the fate, the Southern School advocated the first life and then the nature, and some advocated the life and life practitioners, with different schools and different Taoist esoterics.
Since I have decided to practice it myself and find a way to cultivate myself, of course I don’t want to be influenced by any of them. Otherwise, if I take the wrong path, wouldn’t I die unjustly?
So I do not focus on a certain trick, but first seek to calm my mind and wait for the Taoist orifice to be activated naturally. This "spontaneous mobilization method" also recorded in the "Daozang" is said to be a superior method and is most suitable for my current situation.
You know, I am a magical thing like the merit book on earth, and there is still a vital energy in my lower dantian, so I have the confidence to choose the "spontaneous activism" which is said to have the fastest achievement and the most difficult method of practicing Taoism...
ps: The words in this half chapter are not many, but they are tired of writing. How to choose a path suitable for the protagonist is really a matter of thinking about it.
The fellow Taoists have been very good in the past two days, and the number of recommendations has increased significantly. Doctor thanks for everyone. The doctor has been updated slowly recently, not because he doesn’t work hard, but he really wants to write about this kind of taste of life and make a little fresh. He must be calm. If he is anxious, the taste will be gone. Please be more considerate...
Chapter completed!