Wandao long distance

After arriving at the back mountain, not long after, Li Qi saw a square.

That is not a Buddha sculpture, but an execution ground.

In the execution ground, there were hundreds of demons and villains, all of whom were suppressed.

Some monsters were caught in the mouth by iron hooks, piercing the upper and lower jaws, forcibly pulled the mouth open, and put the burning red iron pellets in their mouths, scorching their lips and tongues.

When it was put in, there was only a hissing sound, but the lips and tongue were rotten, and the throat was blocked, so I couldn't utter a single moan, I could only moan and chirp with my nose, suffering bitterness, but I couldn't wail.

Some monsters are stabbed by iron thorns. The iron thorns are very thin, like hair, so the thorns are extremely deep and numerous, which can be said to be thorough inside and out. From the outside, the whole person seems to be covered with thorns, including the eyeballs and mouth. Silvery white hair.

There are also wicked people who are devoured by wolves, tigers and leopards, gnawed and dragged, chewed and regurgitated their cud, their flesh hurt their bones, their skin and flesh rotted, pus and blood flowed out, and they wailed continuously.

Li Qi who was passing by saw this, frowned, and couldn't help but asked the wolf demon in front: "This behavior... Isn't this a Buddhist school with compassion in mind?"

Unexpectedly, the wolf demon said as a matter of course: "It is precisely because of compassion that we punish them. With the Buddha's light shining everywhere, it is just a little bit of physical torture. Compared with the evil they committed back then, it is nothing. ?”

As he spoke, he pointed to a wicked man who was naked and wearing an iron suit.

That's a human race, an unqualified cultivator, who seems to be of the ghost and witch lineage.

His punishment was to wear an iron suit.

This is not an ordinary iron suit, but a set of restraint clothes made of iron chains. The iron chains in it were burned by real fire, and they were bright red, as bright as a lantern.

The red-hot iron clothes covered the body, burning the skin to the flesh, scorching the bones and boiling the marrow, bitter and sour, the pain was incalculable, the wailing resounded through the sky, and the scalp of those who heard it felt numb.

"This person kidnapped young children, practiced with the innate energy of reincarnation, and killed seventeen people. He was caught by the eminent monk of Fengde Temple and came here to suppress him."

"This generation often eats people's brains, so they can endure torture. You can see that although he is in pain, he is far from dying."

The wolf demon said: "Those who are tortured here have a reason. Those who are tortured by acupuncture over there are sexually obscene and poisonous. They gather a crowd to burn their wives, naked and flogged, and their bodies are bruised."

"The one who was tortured by the knife dug a family's tomb, stole 24 coffins, destroyed their ancestral tombs, took bricks and tiles and sold them, angered ghosts, made the whole family angry, bound them and sent them to the temple."

The wolf demon pointed and told Li Qi about the deeds of the various victims.

The wolf demon clasped his hands together, and said reverently: "The eminent monk of Fengde Temple is compassionate, uses physical punishment to stop evil, and then uses Buddhist teachings to influence, and finally turns evil into good. This is called righteousness."

Li Qi looked at the group of tortured people, then at the headband on the wolf monster's head, and boldly asked: "So... the guardians too?"

"There is no one here except those masters." The wolf demon said seriously.

"The sea of ​​bitterness is boundless. Turning back is the shore. Although putting down the butcher's knife cannot become a Buddha, it can also make people feel more at ease. Compared with mere corporal punishment, entangled in evil thoughts and unable to extricate themselves all day long, isn't it more painful?"

"It's our good fortune to be able to fully understand after suffering like this. I don't know how many people in the world are entangled by evil thoughts in their hearts, sinking into the sea of ​​suffering, and unable to escape. We have a master to save us and teach Buddhism. What can we be dissatisfied with? ?” said the wolf demon in a calm tone.

While speaking, he had already passed the back mountain, and also passed those people who were tortured.

Li Qi just hummed perfunctorily a few times, then fell into deep thought.

Buddhism...is this kind of virtue?
He passed by those places just now, and it was not a taboo. You can see that many people are also passing by, watching, that is to say, anyone can come to that square. can see.

In fact, just now Li Qi also observed a lot of people, who seemed to be the family members of the victims, looking at the monsters and ghosts inside with hatred and pleasure.

Don't do it right?
Li Qi felt that it was okay. Although he didn't pay for his life, that kind of horrible punishment was enough to satisfy most people, at least it wouldn't feel unfair.

In fact, it is estimated that many people would think that instead of suffering this kind of punishment, it is better to die, but to have a better time, so most of the families of the victims have no opinion.

The repentance afterwards was also done very well, whether it was forced or sincere repentance, anyway, these demons would definitely not go out to do those things again, and all of them converted to Buddhism and became the guardians of this Fengde Temple.

And that's the only problem.

In this Fengde Temple, there are only a few more monks, but there are several hundred more Dharma protectors.

There are those who do not enter the rank, there are those who are ninth rank, and there are even a few who are eighth rank. As for the seventh rank and above, I haven't seen it yet.

This kind of force, not counting those monks, these protectors alone are enough to compete with the local big forces in Ezhou, and they will not fall behind.

Unknowingly, the power of Fengde Temple has expanded to this point.

The prestige of a country spread far and wide, and it secretly influenced millions of people. The radius of a hundred miles has been completely private property, and there are hundreds more loyal thugs.

Even Li Qi couldn't help sighing that there is indeed something about this Buddhist temple.

At first glance, it seems that all the good deeds are done, but in fact, they have done a lot of good deeds, and they do not ask for rewards or rewards. Even the pilgrims are allowed to bring their own incense, but unconsciously, doing good deeds, it becomes the surrounding It's a big force that can be counted.

I don't know if it's good or bad.

After walking another seven or eight miles, I have already left the previous building complex, and I have come to the deep mountains completely.

However, instead of decreasing, the number of practitioners passing by around them increased, and many of them were led by these Fengde Temple guardians, obviously all of them were there to see the Buddha sculptures.

Li Qi didn't continue to talk, but followed honestly, but after a while, he finally arrived at the Buddha sculpture.

However, as soon as he arrived, Li Qi frowned and let out a strange low cry: "Huh?"

He saw a Buddha sculpture, but it was not the exquisitely carved Buddha sculpture that Li Qi imagined, but... similar to the kind of fairy with a sign hanging in a scenic spot to guide the way, Xiantao, lion grabbing the ball, Stone shoes and things like that.

It's just a stone, and then the big guys each face their brains, and some weird names come out, anyway, it doesn't look like it.

According to this logic, those broken rocks with strange shapes that cannot be named can be given names.

Li Qi has no such interest, so in his opinion, a stone is a stone, and it is useless to make up so many brains. The so-called Buddha sculpture in front of Li Qi does not even have a human figure, it is just a piece of junk that can be picked up Stone.

"Here is the buddha sculpture that has been raging about recently, is the benefactor satisfied?" the wolf demon asked Li Qi.

Li Qi didn't answer, but looked around.

There are many people looking at this Buddha sculpture around.

Some people frowned like Li Qi, and it was obvious from their expressions that they all thought they were being tricked.

Absurd, nothing more than a broken rock!

Some people seem to feel that they are dull, so they carefully study it, sit cross-legged in front of the stone sculpture, carefully analyze, carefully figure out, and want to discover the secrets in it.

Some people sit directly and recite Buddhist scriptures, as if they feel that there are mysteries in this stone, but the mysteries cannot be detected just by looking closely, but they must be devout and sincere, and they will naturally get the Dharma door in the Buddha sculpture.

Of course, some people sneered at it, and after a few more glances, they thought it was just a lie, and then turned their heads and left.

Li Qi originally wanted to be one of those people who turned around and left.

But he thought about it, this Buddha sculpture should indeed have some miraculous powers, otherwise the little monk he saw, his clairvoyance could be fake?

You can't do it fakely, Li Qi believes in his own vision, unless someone with great ability arranges him, otherwise he will never lose sight of this kind of thing.

If there is a powerful person to arrange yourself, then you can't get away with anything, it is better to go through the road recklessly, and you can always find a way.

It may be arranged by the other party, but at that time, the elders of the teacher should come forward.

Besides, not many powerful people are so worthless.

If you arrange my disciples today, then I will also arrange for your disciples. Once you come and go, all the juniors will die, so what a joke, there must be rules under the table, so you can’t mess around like this.

So, he also sat cross-legged and looked at the Buddha sculpture.

It's just that, the more you look at it, the broken stone seems to have a bit of Buddha meaning.

At this time, the wolf demon beside him suddenly said to Li Qi: "The benefactor has seen some clues?"

"It seems... there is a bit of a resemblance, but I guess I made it up." Li Qi shook his head.

"It's not a brain supplement, but a heart supplement." The wolf demon said suddenly.

"How do you say that?" Li Qi asked back, he could tell that there was something in the wolf monster's words.

Hearing the words, the wolf demon squatted down beside Li Qi, and said reverently: "Buddhas are awakened. If you consciously perceive him, and realize your actions are perfect, you call him a Buddha. If everyone has enlightenment in their hearts, everyone will have a Buddha in their hearts." Yea. If a clay sculpture or wood carving is named Buddha, then it is the Buddha of foolish men and women.”

"To pay homage to one Buddha is to visualize and worship countless Buddhas. To bow to the present Buddha is to visualize and honor the past and future Buddhas, so that there are as many dust particles in the ten directions and three times as the Tathagata."

"Worshiping the Buddha is not a ritual sculpture. What you pay homage to is the Buddha in your heart. There is a Buddha in your heart. Isn't this stone a sculpture of Buddha?"

"Among all realms of self-recognition, there is only the ear of the Buddha to help people suffer, and the Buddha is the enlightened one. All living beings who are enlightened are all enlightened ones. Go to the place of the Buddha, kneel down on the ground, and sincerely return to the Buddha's Dharma saints. View like this , isn’t this Buddha sculpture magical?”

The wolf demon said this to Li Qi, and blinked his eyes while talking.

Li Qi couldn't help laughing.

These fighters actually came in front of him?

He shook his head and did not refute. After all, this is a Buddhist gate, so there is no need to refute people's face.

Because what the other party said sounds reasonable, but isn't it actually just nonsense?If one can become a Buddha after enlightenment, then what are those true Buddhas of the first and second ranks?
However, Li Qi did not resist this statement.

Because he knows that these words are not all false.

Enlightenment does not necessarily lead to Buddhahood, but one who becomes Buddha must be an enlightened person.

The word awareness is easy to say, but in fact it is as difficult as reaching the sky. Perhaps the mystery is really in it, just like Li Qi himself.

The practice of shamanism does not seek external things, but only seeks the heart. As long as you can understand many details of many avenues, then you can naturally use other resources to fill your own cultivation base.

As long as the Daoist foundation is solid and stable, cultivation base is just hard work and hard work for Wu Dao.

Therefore, this statement actually coincides with the practice of shamanism, and has a certain degree of similarity.

It's just that what witchcraft needs to understand is not self-awareness, but an understanding of the outside world, including spells, physics, natural relationships, ecological balance, and even various metaphysics, each of which requires a lot of time to learn. To study, and to fit in with the big world of the outside world at any time, use your own small world to gradually fit the outside world, and finally reach the level where the inside and the outside are completely consistent, and one person is the heavens and the world.

But even though the saying of Buddhism is about enlightenment, Li Qi couldn't figure out what enlightenment was, and the wolf demon probably couldn't explain it himself either.

Buddhism calls for awakening, awakening, what is awakening?Who can come up with a charter?Name a goal?What does it take to be enlightened?

That's why Li Qi sneered at Buddhism.

The shamanism wants you to enlighten, there is a clear goal, and that is the outside world.

But Buddhism wants you to enlighten, what to enlighten?Are you playing machine?
shame.

Of course, this is Li Qi's opinion. For those who practice Buddhism, Li Qi is probably the one who will be laughed at.

Li Qi was also aware of this.

Everyone's Tao is different, and their views are also different. Otherwise, how can there be such a saying as "the Tao is different, and there is no mutual conspiracy"?
Like-minded people can chat.

However, Li Qi also began to try to think differently.

He looked at the Buddha statue, lost in thought.

Since the two methods have something in common, both require the establishment of a prototype of the Tao in the mind, and then use this prototype to observe the Buddha sculpture in front of you, and you may be able to gain something.

I want the supernatural powers of Buddhism, but I have to do it in the way of shamanism, of course it will not work, I still have to look at it from the perspective of Buddhism, so that I may be able to comprehend by analogy and generate insights.

Li Qi built this "enlightenment" of Buddhism in his heart, trying to imitate the real Buddha statue.

According to the Buddhist scriptures that Li Qi has read, there must be 32 phases, which are also the basis for constructing Buddha statues.

The so-called 32 features are the very obvious features of the Buddha's appearance, including the thousand-spoke wheel, slender fingers, high nose, wide, long and thin tongue, etc., a total of 32 features.

When the Buddha has these 32 appearances, he is better than all noble people, and can make everyone who sees the Buddha feel respectful.

Li Qi carefully observed the natural Buddha sculpture.

Suddenly, he stood up, left the wolf demon, and approached the Buddha sculpture.

The Buddha sculpture is a strange rock with an ordinary tree growing beside it, standing on the edge of the trunk, pressing the roots of the tree.

Li Qi looked at the broken section of the tree and carefully counted the annual rings on it.

one two Three……

After counting for a while, he found that the annual rings of this tree were exactly one thousand.

This is one of the 32 phases, the thousand-spoke wheel, which refers to the thousand round wheels on the soles of the Buddha's feet.

And this tree happened to be pressed under the sole of the foot by the strange rock.