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Chapter 2245 Zhao Ji's Past Life

Shen Yue mentioned that he was very familiar with getting into meditation.

Cultivation lies in correcting behavior. To correct behavior, you need to meditate on the meaning of behavior. To meditate on the meaning of behavior, you must have enough energy.

Some people say that you need to become famous as soon as possible, but in fact, you need to practice as soon as possible. Practice is an act of sobriety and yearning for sobriety. If so, it requires a lot of energy.If you wait for your energy to decline, and then think about realizing the peak that ordinary people cannot reach, how can you achieve it?
How to get enough energy?It is natural to recharge your batteries.

Young people are full of energy and are far more suitable for practice than older people.Kumarajiva became a monk from his mother at the age of seven, and only then did he prove the supreme and wonderful dharma, and passed on the wonderful meaning of the scriptures.There is no need to be decadent when you are old. It is much better to make corrections now than to die without repentance. If you have perseverance and rest slowly, it is in line with the principle of "the way of nature is quiet, and everything in the world is born", and you can achieve something.

It is often said that meditation is divided into four meditations and eight meditations. It means that there are eight levels of meditation. The eighth level is naturally higher than the first level of meditation, but it is not easy to enter the first level of meditation. Some people sit in meditation all their lives, but they don’t even know the level of meditation. , How to enter concentration is even more confused, and which level to enter is even more confused. Such practice will increase ignorance, so what is the benefit?
However, Shen Yue clearly knew the level of meditation, and proposed two key points for entering meditation—the mind has no external entanglement, and it is considered to be in meditation.

Hearing Shen Yue's reminder, Zhao Ji thought for a while before saying, "At that moment, I really forgot where I was. At the same time, I didn't have any thoughts. I entered a state of peace of mind, lived in the light, and didn't even feel the existence of my body."

Seeing Shen Yue's slightly surprised expression, Zhao Ji couldn't help saying, "Mr. Shen, did I do anything wrong?"

Shen Yue shook his head, and just said: "Go on." He was surprised because according to Zhao Ji's description, Zhao Ji entered the concentration of the Four Zens at that moment.

In practice, there is no fixed time to enter a certain meditation, and there is no restriction on how long it must take to practice to a certain level.

In fact, entering meditation is the state in which consciousness leaves the desire realm and enters the form realm and the formless realm.There is no meditation in the world of desire, and if there is desire, it is impossible to enter meditation, because if you are temporarily separated from desire, then the illusion of desire will not arise, and the illusion of desire will not arise, and the six dusts and five aggregates will naturally weaken, and people who enter meditation will see Imprisoned by things that the world of desire cannot discover.

Then, because the touch of the six sense organs loses its effect at that time, and the person who has entered into samadhi is no longer driven by the physiological instinct, he will re-cognition of the world, correct cognition of the world, and then achieve the four wisdoms. The description of Dinghui Xiangsheng.

Some people are not talented enough and often practice sitting often, but it is difficult to even enter the first meditation. Some people are sober in nature, but they can reach the highest level of meditation in one breath. Under the strong belief and respect of Sakyamuni, under the simple guidance of Sakyamuni, when standing up, he can go to all levels of the four meditations and eight samadhis in one go.

Zhao Ji was not a practitioner, but he was able to directly enter the concentration of the Four Zens. On the one hand, it was because of Tian Ziji's help, and on the other hand, it also showed that his talent was definitely not bad.

Shen Yue did not praise and encourage, it was not to attack Zhao Ji, but to know that those who have just entered into samadhi will become attached to the joy of the Dharma because of the joy of entering samadhi. .

Holding on to the fruit but forgetting the cause and fate, naturally you will not be able to get the fruit again, just like sitting on a tree and waiting for a rabbit, which is futile.

Zhao Ji didn't know Shen Yue's painstaking efforts, but firmly believed that Shen Yue's actions were all for his consideration. He let go of his thoughts and said, "I was a little panicked after seeing the great light, and I didn't know what happened for a while. , so you don’t know who I was in my previous life?”

Shen Yue was silent.

Zhao Ji said in a little panic, "I know I shouldn't think about it..."

Shen Yue shook his head, "Entering samadhi does not mean not not thinking, because if you want to cultivate wisdom, you must have clear thoughts. However, it is the right way to use clear thoughts without defilement."

Zhao Ji understood, "Mr. Shen is afraid that I will fall into the ignorance of one thought and become dust again?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone was surprised, thinking that Zhao Ji was so vigilant and clear, what he said was very reasonable.

When it comes to spiritual practice, if ordinary people do not believe in burning incense and worshiping Buddha, or in terms of clear rules and precepts, breaking away from desires and all things are empty, they themselves are bound by the stereotypes created by the world, and it is difficult to realize the true meaning after all.

Burning incense and keeping the precepts is for meditation, and clearing the rules and precepts is for rejuvenating energy.

The purpose of practice is definitely not to restrain desires, but to face desires, see them clearly, and then escape from them.

This is like an idiot facing beautiful women, only obsessed with a painted skin, even if he is cheated and ruined, he will not repent.But if you can clearly see the dense white bones behind the painted skin, and the heart of a snake, then you will either shy away or slash and confuse.

Practitioners treat desires in the same way, see clearly the nature of desires, not be confused by desires, stay still, and then devote limited energy to truly discovering the nature of mind.

Why not move?It means not moving like a "Tathagata".

Why Tathagata?It's not talking about the Tathagata Buddha, the "Tathagata" here refers to the eternal mind of the Tathagata in life.

When Zhao Ji entered the Son of Heaven, he basically wanted to understand his mind and see his nature, but because of a thought, he became tempted again and became attached to it. If he could not be vigilant in time, not only would he not be able to realize enlightenment, but he would fall into obsession again.

Shen Yue reminded Zhao Ji to pay attention to this point, and Zhao Ji understood it as soon as he heard it. Seeing Shen Yue nodding, and seeing Shen Yue's thoughts appearing, he thought to himself that it is true that "when you lose your time, you can save yourself, and when you feel the time, you can save yourself". , will make less mistakes, then regained his calm and explained, "Thank you, Mr. Shen, for reminding me, I am no longer obsessed." Then he recalled, "I wanted to know about the previous life, and then I saw the scene of the previous life, and found that I was in the previous life... It turned out to be a monk."

When this incident was told, too many people couldn't believe it. Fortunately, everyone present had seen too many strange things, and Qin Si said: "You should have activated the door of all wonders at that time. The gate and Tianziji are united. The gate of all wonders is extremely magical, and it will respond to certain brainwaves."

Nuan Yu immediately asked, "What kind is it?"

Qinsi didn't hide anything, "A person whose brain wave output is extremely stable."

Nuan Yu immediately said, "You mean... true practitioners can read the deduction data of the Gate of Wonders?"

Qinsi nodded, and added: "I don't necessarily have to be a real practitioner, or more should be said, as long as I can stabilize my emotions to a certain extent, I can more or less read some data from the Gate of Wonders."

A question suddenly flashed in Shen Yue's mind—Xiao Bieli and Wanyan Lie had both faced the Gate of Wonders, especially Xiao Bieli, who had faced the Gate of Wonders for more than ten years. Has Xiao Bieli ever read about his past and future lives from the Gate of Wonders?
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