Zen Master Yizhi nodded and said: "This is correct, but you have misunderstood it. This statement comes from Chapter 5 of the Tao Te Ching. What he said is: Heaven and earth have benevolence, which breeds all things; Laozi said that heaven and earth do not care about benevolence. , there is no such thing as being unkind. Heaven and earth gave birth to all things, and they did not want to get any reward. Heaven and earth regard all things as the discarded straw dogs, and are not particularly good to people and particularly bad to other things. The core of its meaning is to say , all things in the world are treated equally in the eyes of heaven and earth, and there is no distinction between high and low, nobility, preparation, excellence and inferiority. Heaven and earth do not regard what people think is good as good, nor do they regard evil as evil. Human nature's own concept of good and evil cannot be Universal values of heaven and earth.
Therefore, the world has not wronged you, but has cultivated you, and even fulfilled you without asking for anything in return. Why do you want to look down on him? If you look down upon him, wouldn't you be repaying kindness with hatred? Your parents gave birth to you, do you want to look down on your parents? "
Fang Zheng was immediately speechless...
"Fangzheng, my teacher gave you this name. You are square and upright, not outstanding, but not aggrieved, moderate and upright. My teacher doesn't have too many thoughts about you. I just want to wait until you grow up and do things. Be able to behave and do things upright. When encountering anything, you must ask your heart whether this kind of thing can be done, whether it should be done, and whether it must be done. The mind, the body, the person, and the direction are upright. ! Your name may not be outstanding, but it is integrated with all the expectations of a teacher." Zen Master Yi Zhi stroked Fang Zheng's head kindly and said.
Fang Zheng listened and seemed to understand...
But at this moment, when Fang Zheng thought about this scene again, it was as if he was enlightened, and a big hole was blasted out of the boredom in his heart!
Fang Zheng looked at the anger, hatred, and sadness in front of him, letting these emotions continue to distort and change, recreating the scene where his parents abandoned him. But Fang Zheng's face no longer had the ferocious look before, instead he looked at all this calmly. In the sea of consciousness, Fang Zheng clasped his hands together, facing the ever-changing negative emotions in the sky, smiled slightly and said: "Although I have been a poor monk since I was a child, Even though he has no parents, he also longs to have them, but what the poor monk longs for is only the incomplete love. But from another perspective, the poor monk received the love of more people because of the incomplete love of his parents. At this point, , I am afraid that no child in the whole village can compare with me! Why was I the king of children when I was a child? It’s not because I can fight, because no matter whose child fights with me, no matter he wins or loses, his parents will definitely beat him. Him! Then he pulled me aside and coaxed me well, and stuffed me with all kinds of delicious food. At that time, the children said that I was their parents’ biological child, and they all picked it up from the trash can...
On the mountain, Zen Master Yizhi's love for me was stronger than anything else...
Others only have one pair of parents, but I have so many parents. What else should I resent
If you really want to say that there is, it is just a pity. It’s a pity that my life is missing a pair of relatives who are connected by blood. But this is life, life becomes wonderful because of dissatisfaction, the road becomes endlessly changing and wonderful because of deficiencies, and the world has the power to create and is wonderful because of deficiencies. Since there are bound to be shortcomings, the shortcomings of a poor monk are nothing more than this!
Thank you for taking me to see the shortcomings in my heart. The poor monk didn't face it before, not because he didn't dare to face it, but..." At this point, Fang Zheng smiled bitterly and sighed: "I actually forgot that there is still something wrong. this matter… "
Yes, Fang Zheng has indeed forgotten. If he still thought about his parents before, but as he became more and more sensible, developed a system, studied Buddhism day and night, and had four disciples by his side, his little life has become incomparable. Comfortable and fulfilling. Where do you find the time to think about those things
"Today you took me to watch it again, and I experienced the ups and downs of life. It felt... really good. But that's it, thank you for the hard work, let's go." After Fang Zheng finished speaking, he took a deep breath , recited the "Diamond Sutra" loudly! A ray of Buddha's light tears apart the barrier of darkness and rushes straight into the sea of consciousness and the sky!
Fang Zheng, who had been playing the drum with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes. There was only a dark, simple drum in front of him, and there was no trace of ferocity in it! At the same time, Fang Zheng could feel waves of gentle energy pouring into his body and converging in the back of his head. He instantly became more energetic, his thoughts became as fast as lightning, and his whole body seemed to be baptized by something. , extremely comfortable!
Fang Zheng knew that this was the Buddha's energy entering his body and baptizing his whole body! Fang Zheng subconsciously ran the "Fetal Breathing Sutra", and the energy actually moved with the movement of the Fetal Breathing Sutra. Fang Zheng could feel that his body was undergoing amazing changes, but he didn't know what it had become. can not say it clearly.
Fang Zheng is still beating the drum, and the monkey over there is still ringing the bell.
The sound of bells and drums accompany each other, one is grand and majestic, powerful and sacred, but also has a Zen feel in it; the other is evil and fierce, with endless temptation, as if it wants to dig out all the bad things in people's hearts! The two sounds collided and offset each other in the sky above the temple. The temple was like a squeezed sponge. With one collision, a trace of sentient beings' aspiration and Buddha energy was squeezed out, blended into the sound, and then spread with the sound.
Unfortunately, the vow power and Buddhist energy in Yi Zhi Temple are still too little, and they cannot spread far. At most, they can only cover the top of Yi Zhi Mountain. No matter how far away, there is nothing you can do...
Even so, the animals and plants on the mountain have also benefited greatly. The plants are getting stronger and drooling, and the birds are becoming more lively and agile. The entire mountain seemed to be activated by this sound. Even the rocks gave people a sense of beauty of life. Of course, a stone is still a stone after all, and it is still a dead object, but the feeling has changed.
Although the people at the foot of the mountain have not been baptized by the Buddha's energy and vows, they are still a little depressed because of the sound of the drum... But when the bell rings, the feeling of being relieved instantly makes them feel happy, just like... It feels like drinking a big gulp of ice water in the desert in the middle of summer, it feels so cool and refreshing!
They don’t know that the effect of the Kui Niu War Drum is to dig out negative emotions, while the Yongle Bell is to remove negative emotions. One digs and one removes. The effect will not be seen in a short time. Over time, people who often listen to the morning bells and evening drums will become more and more troubled. The less you do, the more likely you are to think about everything from a happy and positive perspective. For the sake of everyone, the more harmonious we get along with each other, the more harmonious society will be.
So, a few years later, the entire Songwu County was honored to become a national moral model county... This place is famous for its many good people!
But that's all for later. In front of him, Fang Zheng followed the rhythm and knocked one hundred and eight times in one breath!
(End of chapter)