Chapter 3050: The Eye of the True Dharma, Opening up the Pure Land

"The three truths are in perfect harmony, the ten realms are mutually intertwined, one thought is three thousand, and the meditation is perfect!"

In the main hall, the crystal clear and pure Buddha light bloomed from Ji Boyi's body, like a truly enlightened Buddha. Behind his head, circles of pure holy light were shining continuously accompanied by bursts of Zen chanting. With. Countless Sanskrit words that are vague but contain the Buddha's path are scattered from the pure halo of light, turning into a stream of light rain that makes the mind clear.

In Ji Boyi's sea of ​​consciousness, the twelve Buddha's words turned into twelve rounds of Buddha's light, just like the twelve Buddhas who turned the place where they stood into a pure land.

Between the interlacing and fusion of the twelve pure holy haloes, a blissful being can obtain clothing by thinking about clothes, and obtain food by thinking about food. Everything is naturally sufficient, and there is no greed at all. All the good people love each other, and there is no anger at all. All sentient beings, forever After hearing the wonderful Dharma, my heart is happy and I understand it, and the "Saha World" with no fundamental delusion appears faintly, as if it is far away from hundreds of thousands of billions of Buddha lands, and I will be reborn in the pure land of bliss.

Zen Master Lingyou stared at Ji Boyi with emotion. He couldn't explain what he felt in his heart. There was a bit of piety on his face. His eyes were fixed on the Pure Land of Paradise behind Ji Boyi's head, as if he was seeing his lifelong pursuit. The crystal light appeared again in the cloudy old eyes, and he raised his head involuntarily. No one understood the old monk's sadness, and he could not show it to others. He needed to be strong alone.

"Amitabha Tathagata, together with Avalokitesvara, the great power has arrived, countless Buddhas, hundreds of thousands of bhikkhus, a great assembly of voice-hearers, countless heavens, palaces of seven treasures... Ninth level of rebirth, nine levels of lotus flowers!"

Master Lingyou's voice was like sunlight, deep and solemn, and at the same time revealed the most devout belief. A mysterious power passed directly into Ji Boyi's sea of ​​consciousness, causing a huge shock and lifting Ji Boyi's mind from the void. The Dharma Realm was shaken again, and a large handprint appeared in his mind, which made him feel helpless.

"Nine-grade Seal of Rebirth, why did I understand another Mahamudra?"

Ji Boyi looked at Zen Master Lingyou cautiously and was ready to help him, fearing that the old monk in front of him would not be able to withstand the blow and would vomit blood and fall to the ground again.

"You don't have to look at me like this. The Nine-Rank Seal of the Rebirth was taught to you by me using the True Dharma Eyes. I hope you can carry forward the Wei Yang Sect's tradition in the future!"

It is the eye that illuminates the universe and contains all things. According to legend, Sakyamuni Buddha gave the Dharma Eye to his great disciple Kassapa at the Lingshan Dharma Assembly. It was the founder of Zen Buddhism and the beginning of the heart-to-heart teaching of Buddhism.

The nine-level seals of rebirth are the strongest inheritance of Miyin Temple. The nine seals from the upper-level rebirth to the lower-level rebirth are based on the ninth-level rebirth in the "Avalokitesvara Sutra". They are based on the sins of Buddhist practitioners and practice. , divided into nine levels of printing.

There are nine levels of past rebirth, and there are nine levels of pure land in the Ultimate Bliss, and nine levels of chanting the Buddha's name, so Amitabha also has the distinction of nine levels of Amitabha, and the specific manifestation is the nine levels of past life seal, so it is also called the nine levels of Amitabha Buddha, which was Nanyue in those days. The seal deed that Patriarch Huairang received when he first entered meditation was regarded as the secret method of suppressing the Weiyang sect and was passed down from generation to generation.

Zen Master Lingyou taught this Mahamudra style to Ji Boyi, and his meaning was obvious. He chose Ji Boyi as the successor of the Weiyang Sect. This is also a decision made by Zen Master Lingyou after careful consideration. Ji Boyi's performance is really amazing. He is born with wisdom and amazing understanding. He is like a son of Buddha who came into the world. He will definitely achieve extraordinary things in the future and can carry forward the tradition of Wei Yang Sect.

"Thank you Master for teaching me the Dharma!"

Ji Boyi bowed and clasped his hands together with a very respectful attitude. It was extremely difficult to use Zhengfa Yanzang. Even Zen Master Lingyou had to spend most of his mana to do it. What's more, the Dharma Eye Store is the last secret method passed down by Zen Buddhism, and any eminent Zen master can only use it once in his life.

When a Zen monk performs it once, he can turn the Buddhist principles he and the great monks of previous generations have understood into heart seals, and pour them all into the sea of ​​consciousness of the descendants. Once they make the wrong choice, their lineage will be lost in history and will be cut off from this generation.

The reason why Zen Buddhism can become more and more powerful is not only that the Sixth Generation Patriarch is indeed a wise and wise monk with profound Buddhist teachings, but also because of the secret method of the Heart Seal hidden in the Dharma Eye. The Buddhist wisdom accumulated by generations of ancestors, once it is turned into one's own strength, it will last for several reincarnations, and the magic power will skyrocket to an incredible level in an instant.

What's more, Buddhism is the most important inheritance. The understanding of generations of eminent monks can be directly instilled into the minds of descendants in this way, which is simply unbelievable.

What Ji Boyi inherited is the inherited heart seal of the Weiyang Sect, which is the accumulation of Buddhist teachings and principles from four generations of Patriarch Nanyue Huairang, Zen Master Mazu Daoyi, Baizhang Huaihai, and Zen Master Lingyou. As long as you can understand one tenth of it, you can go to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss and achieve fruition.

"I wonder which level Master has reached in cultivating the nine-level seal of the past life?"

Ji Boyi carefully understood the mystery of the ninth-grade seal of the past life, and his eyes shone with a faint glint, crystal clear, like fine glass, and he asked.

"My lifelong practice, coupled with the accumulation of the heart seal inheritance of the three ancestors, I have only comprehended the eighth level. Now I will teach it to you, and I hope that my disciple can reach the final first level."

Zen Master Lingyou had high hopes for Ji Boyi, his eyes were full of expectation, and he spoke slowly.

Ji Boyi suddenly felt a heavy pressure falling on his shoulders. He had just joined the Miyin Temple and was selected to be the next successor of the Weiyang Sect. This was really beyond his expectation. Unexpectedly, I have to say that Zen Master Lingyou was so courageous that even Ji Boyi was moved by him and moved his heart.

Ji Boyi received the heart seal inheritance of the Weiyang Sect. Although he had just entered Buddhism, he was already a master. All the Buddhist teachings that Master Lingyou could teach had been handed over to Ji Boyi. In the future, he only needed to practice step by step. His achievements depended on his own enlightenment.

In the Miyin Temple, there was a meditation room that had not been opened for two years. At first, the monks did not care. After all, for monks like them, it was normal to retreat for ten days and half a month to comprehend a mystery in the Buddhist scriptures occasionally, and sometimes even for several months. However, this junior brother, whose Dharma name was Fahai, had retreated for a long time that was far beyond everyone's imagination.

The willow tree at the door of the meditation room had experienced several reincarnations, from surging in the wind to withering branches. The small, withered, long strips of fallen leaves piled up in the courtyard, exuding a vigorous vitality.

When Prime Minister Pei Xiu heard about this, he sent several letters to inquire about the situation of his child. Even the current emperor Xuanzong inquired about this matter. After all, Ji Boyi became a monk on behalf of the prince, and his merits were huge.

For this matter, Lingyou Zen Master, who had not left the main hall of Miyin Temple for a long time, went to the imperial capital Chang'an to explain in person. After meeting Pei Xiu and Xuanzong, Lingyou Zen Master also held several Dharma meetings in Chang'an, preaching the Zen Dharma while spreading the news that Ji Boyi was a Buddhist disciple throughout the world.

As the prime minister of the current dynasty, Pei Xiu was an honest official with strict conduct. He wrote many prefaces to Buddhist classics and was praised by Xuanzong as a true Confucian scholar. Zen praised him as the Great Master of Hedong. As his eldest son, Ji Boyi had won the top prize at a young age and was named Hanlin by the emperor, and was famous in Chang'an. A few years ago, because the prince had been ill for a long time, Pei Xiu personally sent his son to become a monk, and was even more valued by the royal family.

"The great master of Hedong has a son of Wende, the top scholar in the imperial examination, who is sent to the monastery to achieve great accomplishments and become the Buddha on earth!"

This verse suddenly spread throughout the Tang Dynasty after Master Lingyou left Chang'an. From the royal family to the children in the market, everyone knew about the son of the prime minister, Master Fahai. Thus, before Ji Boyi left school, he was already being talked about by countless great monks in the Zen sect.

Since Ji Boyi accepted the inheritance of the heart seal from Master Lingyou, he has been in seclusion in the Zen room for three years. In the Zen room, he made the fearless seal with his palms facing outward, his right hand up, and his left hand down, and then he made the seal of rebirth with the tips of his thumbs and ring fingers together.

Ji Boyi's mind power changes with the hand seals, communicating with the void Dharma Realm. An almost endless power flows into his body. Between his palms, brilliant golden light shines, reflecting on Ji Boyi's body, setting off his solemn appearance. A power that seems to be able to convince people spreads with the light. A huge relic appears on his head, with white light, clear and bright.

"Fahai!"

Suddenly, a familiar and unfamiliar call came from outside the Zen room, which matched the heart seal in Ji Boyi's sea of ​​consciousness and awakened him from the deepest meditation.

A pair of Buddha's eyes slowly opened, the eyes were warm and flowing, as if penetrating the wall of the house, and saw the skinny old monk in the hall.

Ji Boyi slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the air condensed into a lotus. He stood up, and his whole body burst into a crystal-clear light. He took a step and appeared in front of Master Lingyou.

Master Lingyou felt a prying gaze, and before he could react, a handsome young monk appeared in front of him, making him gasp and calm down his excitement before speaking.

"Good disciple, congratulations on your enlightenment of the divine eye and the divine foot! You have learned the true teachings of my Weiyang Sect Buddhism, and you can become a master!"

There are six divine powers in Buddhism. After practicing, you can get six superhuman and free powers.

The divine eye refers to the ability to see the suffering, happiness, life and death of all living beings and all forms and colors. It was originally called the divine eye wisdom and certification, also known as the divine eye wisdom, or the divine eye certification.

The divine foot means that the thought of wanting to be born can make it unobstructed without losing concentration. The body and mind are like illusions, not me and without my own. Those with divine feet can transform the illusory mind into their own wisdom to save other sentient beings. It is also called the wish-fulfilling foot, the divine realm wisdom, and the divine realm wisdom certification.

Ji Boyi bowed respectfully to the skinny old monk in front of him, and asked calmly.

"I wonder what the master wants me to do?"

Ji Boyi has been practicing in seclusion for three years, and his Buddhist practice has reached an incredible level. Even Master Lingyou can't tell how deep he is. If it's not something very important, he will never disturb his practice.

"Disciple, my good friend Sima Toudao came to find me a master a few days ago. He found a piece of land in the south that is very suitable for building a big temple for people to practice. He wants to find a disciple with good fortune to inherit it. I recommend you. Are you willing to go?"

The inheritance of Zen is very unique. Disciples who have achieved success in each generation usually leave the master's mountain gate to set up their own school. For example, after the founder of the Weiyang Sect, Huairang, became a disciple of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, he went to Nanyue. His great disciple Mazu Daoyi inherited Huairang's teachings and founded the Nanyue Huairang Hongzhou Sect. He was a pioneer in the sect, which spread all over the world and had a far-reaching influence. He echoed the Shitou Sect under the Qingyuan lineage and made the Zen Buddhism flourish all over the world.

Mazu Daoyi's three great masters, Huaihai, established the forest system, built a Zen hall, and established the Baizhang Qinggui in Baizhang Mountain, which transformed Buddhism from the previous quiet practice to the wide opening of the mountain gate, laying the most solid foundation for the later spread of Buddhism all over the world.

Baizhang Huaihai sat down, and the two Zen masters, Lingyou and Xiyun, were the most famous. The former founded the Weiyang Sect in Weishan, and the latter established the Linji Sect in Huangbo Mountain.

Now that Ji Youyi has learned all the true inheritance of Lingyou, and Buddhism and Taoism have reached the stage of becoming a disciple, it is time to go out and create his own lineage.

"I wonder where it is?"

"Zhenjiang!"

"Master, take care, my disciple is leaving!"

When Ji Boyi heard this, his heart moved. He knew that this place was destined for him, it should be Jinshan Temple. He bowed to Zen Master Lingyou, took a step forward, and a white lotus appeared under his feet, supporting Ji Boyi's body, and his whole body shone brightly. , the Buddha's light was pure and clear, and then his figure disappeared. Only the Buddha's light illuminated the entire Miyin Temple, the whirling pure land, the infinite scenery, reflecting the void, making people fascinated. The monks in the temple were stunned, with pious faces, bowing and saluting, chanting the Buddha's words.

"Namo Amitabha!"

"In the Saha world, lotuses grow at every step, the body is as clear as the mind, and the magical power is hidden!"

Zen Master Lingyou had a look of joy on his face, looking at the Pure Land of Bliss in the void, he also clasped his hands together and recited the name of the Buddha.

Zhenjiang is located on the edge of the Yangtze River, with mountains behind it and the river facing it. The situation is dangerous and it is a place to guard the river, so it was named Zhenjiang. This place is the key point between the north and the south, with beautiful landscapes and beautiful scenery, and there is no shortage of talents from generation to generation. It was the capital city where Sun Quan established his political power during the Three Kingdoms period. It was also the hometown of Emperor Wu Liu Yu and the hometown of the peerless twins Xiao Qiao.

Ji Boyi had everything going as he wished. He had already crossed the river and arrived at this small island in the river. The power of thought surged out and swept across it. Everything about this mountain island was reflected in Ji Boyi's sea of ​​consciousness.

It turns out that this is a high mountain, named "Jinshan Mountain", standing majestically on the south bank of the Yangtze River. The mountain is majestic and the scenery is magnificent. When you climb up and look down, you can see the vastness of the Yangtze River. Later, due to the flooding of the river, this mountain became an island in the river and was called It is called a hibiscus in the river.

When Ji Boyi walked to the top of Jinshan Mountain, he saw undulating hills and towering ancient trees; there were many mounds on the left and right, standing shoulder to shoulder, like a guard array; in front there were dams and fields that looked like the sea, and there were many mountains and rivers.

"It's just a pity that the spiritual energy is relatively thin and there are few people there, so it is not a good place for practice."

Ji Boyi followed an inspiration in the sea of ​​​​consciousness and came to a ruins in Jinshan. It turned out to be a dilapidated and decaying temple. Standing in front of the broken Buddha in the barren mountain, with a thought in his mind, fate turned around, and he already understood the relationship. orifice.

The ability to know fate, also known as the ability to stay and stay, can know the fate and actions of oneself and all sentient beings in the three realms and six realms for hundreds of thousands of lives.

This temple was first built during the reign of Emperor Ming of Jin Dynasty, and was also called Zexin Temple when it was first built. It's a pity that with the passage of time and three Buddha kalpas, it has already declined. The previously accumulated mind power and spiritual energy has not dissipated. Master Kanyu once did this to lock the faith, mind power and earth energy energy gathered during the Zexin Temple period into the Jinshan spiritual veins.

Ji Boyi is a great master in Feng Shui and Kanyu. He saw the spiritual vein seal here at a glance, and the method to unblock it immediately appeared in his mind. He only needed to use the magic formula to release the deeply locked spiritual veins. Recreate a pure land.

The Buddhist Pure Land method is infinitely mysterious. Taking the Miyin Temple as an example, Zen Master Lingyou used the golden body of Sakyamuni in the main hall as a suppressing Buddha, gathering the energy of the earth's veins within a hundred miles, and the belief power of all living beings has already included the entire Miyin Temple. In your own state of mind, become your own pure land.

Anyone who steps within a hundred miles of Miyin Temple will be noticed by Zen Master Lingyou. In this pure land, Zen Master Lingyou can even see through every thought in the hearts of mortals. No matter who mentions his name, he will instantly know it, which is comparable to his mind.

His mind is one of the six magical powers of Buddhism, and he can know what is thinking in the hearts of all living beings in the three realms and six paths.

Ji Boyi carefully looked at the terrain and spiritual veins of Jinshan Mountain. The Yangtze River is the channel for dragon veins to enter the sea. Jinshan Mountain towers high in the river, just like a place where a real dragon rises to breathe. Between exhaling and inhaling the dragon's veins, most of the spiritual energy has been locked up by Jinshan's spiritual veins. What Ji Boyi needs to do now is to release the spiritual energy accumulated over the past thousand years and use the pure land method of Buddhism to transform the entire The golden mountain is transformed into its own pure land.

Pure land refers to a pure land, a majestic land, that is, a majestic place where pure merits are located. Sakyamuni Buddha showed his enlightenment. His great original wish is to purify the world, hoping to transform the filthy land of Saha into a pure land. To put it simply, Sakyamuni hoped to cover the entire human world with his own pure land and realize the dream of a Buddhist kingdom on earth. This is also the highest achievement of the Buddhist pure land method.

"Suppose you are not born in heaven. In the future world, under the Longhua Bodhi tree, you will also find something worthwhile. Aim for the Supreme Way. When you say these words, countless people will rise from their seats. They will bow to the Buddha's feet and bow to Maitreya's feet. They will circle the Buddha and Maitreya Bodhisattva a hundred times. Thousands of people who have not yet attained enlightenment..."

Ji Boyi uttered the mantra of the Pure Land, and there was a bright, round relic suspended above his head, which was as big as a bucket. As soon as he opened and closed his mouth, he spit out dozens of mysterious Sanskrit words that contained the meaning of purity. The relics absorb the white light. Gradually, the Buddhist chants spread throughout the deserted Jinshan Mountain, and the spiritual veins hidden deep in the mountain seemed to be shaken and awakened from a thousand-year slumber.

The light of Shariputra condensed into a bright and deep ray, penetrated the deep mountain rocks, and began to lift the seal imposed on the spiritual veins. A vast and boundless spiritual energy rushed out from the seal that had been opened, and it was so rich that it almost made Ji Ji The relics of the game could hardly bear it.

"It's amazing. This treasure land of blessings is probably no worse than the ancestral home of my Zen sect."

Ji Boyi's expression changed slightly, and he began to activate the Pure Land Dharma. The relic on his head transformed into bluish-white lotus flowers, and the Buddha's light was brilliant and brilliant, absorbing this rich and suffocating spiritual energy.

A subtle golden light lit up from the ground under Ji Boyi's feet. The originally yellow grass leaves were stimulated by this and turned green. Some dead trees sprouted green leaves. The golden light continued to expand, and before we knew it, it had already covered the entire ruins of Zexin Temple.