The heavens start with Buddhist disciples

Chapter 27 Luoyang Yucai
Taking Qin Ge back to his small courtyard, after washing up, he saw the handsome face that looked exactly like Chu Liuxiang. Ji Ran asked, "Have you figured it out?"

Qin Ge did not answer Ji Ran, but lowered his head silently.

Ji Ran ignored Qin Ge and continued his painting career.

In June, Wei Xiang was sentenced to exile and military confinement because of his unfavorable supervision of Meteor Pavilion.I heard that he was originally charged with colluding with the Meteor Pavilion and intending to rebel, and the nine clans should be executed.It was only through the efforts of his father-in-law that he was sentenced to exile.

Fortunately, Wei Xiang's eldest son, Wei Ming, also passed the Juren examination last year, and is now serving as the magistrate of Xin'an County near Luoyang.After Wei Xiang's accident, Wei Ming picked up the whole family and went to Xin'an together.

Thanks to this, Ji Ran used her innate true energy to warm and nourish the two elders' bodies every seven days over the years.The second elder is still in good health, so there were no setbacks in the move.

Of course, Ji Ran was also secretly escorting him.Xin'an County is not far from Luoyang, and Ji Ran still maintains the habit of going there every seven days.

In September, Ji Ran received a letter.The letter was written by Zen Master Sanzang, asking him to go to Northern Shaolin when he had time.

Ji Ran glanced at Qin Ge, who was still staring blankly in the yard, and said, "Take care of yourself and follow me to Shaolin."

Qin Ge still didn't react much, just nodded dullly, and then went back to his room to pick up his sword, which had become rusty.

Before leaving, Ji Ran went to Xin'an County again, and this time Ji Ran did not avoid Qin Ge.When Qin Ge saw Ji Ran doing this, he was just surprised and showed no other signs.

Seven days later, the two met Zen Master Tripitaka.

Zen Master Sanzang first glanced at the decadent Qin Ge, ignored him, and said to Ji Ran: "Follow me."

After the two entered Tallinn, they saw three and a half-year-old children standing at their feet.Ji Ran asked: "These three children are your new disciples?"

Zen Master Sanzang nodded and said: "Yes, they are the reincarnations of my three heroes of Shaolin. I used my clairvoyance to see something special in them. I called you here mainly because I want you to teach them for a while. After all, they are still young. Being in Shaolin is not conducive to their growth."

"You mean, let them hone themselves in the secular world first, and then bring them back to Shaolin?" Ji Ran asked uncertainly.

Zen Master Sanzang nodded and said, "That's right. If they don't have an understanding of the world when they are young, they don't understand the sufferings of life, the happiness and suffering of all living beings, then how can they strengthen their will and fight against evil in the future."

"You have to remember that only the strong can defeat the strong, and the most powerful thing in a person is always the heart and will."

The two found a stone table and sat around it.The three-hour ticket looked this way.

Zen Master Sanzang continued: "Although Shaolin did not participate in the matter of Meteor Pavilion, among the other six major sects, only Shenshuigong and Wudang sects did not participate, and the remaining four sects were more or less involved. Now Meteor Pavilion has been wiped out, and the other sects have been destroyed at the same time. There are also most of the middle and low-level warriors in the world."

"It can be said that in today's world, talents are withering, and a large number of martial arts skills should have become extinct with this battle. The court's losses this time were not small. To be sure, the court dispatched a total of eighteen elite battalions, each battalion 500 people, in order to prevent the Tatars from the north from raiding the south."

"Otherwise, mobilizing a large number of soldiers will definitely alert those who are interested. Unfortunately, not only the entire army was wiped out in this battle, but even twelve captains died. The mighty general Wang Daoson was not in a good position to destroy Meteor Pavilion. , although he was not convicted, he was still left out."

After hearing this, Ji Ran said thoughtfully: "Maybe it's because of the Splendid Mountains and Rivers Map. Wang Daosen failed to get back all the Splendid Mountains and Rivers Map, so he made the current person unhappy."

Zen Master Sanzang nodded, and continued: "After such a commotion, Jianghu can't stand the toss in a short time. So I plan to close the gate of the mountain for ten years, to give Jianghu an attitude, and to give the court an attitude."

Ji Ran said: "Because Southern Shaolin is not valued by the court, so in the past ten years, do you plan to let me take care of these three children?"

Zen Master Sanzang smiled and nodded, and said: "They are only seven years old this year, which is a good time to practice martial arts and become enlightened. I have seen your training of Qin Ge and Hong Ye, and I think it is very good."

"If Qin Ge can wake up from the dream in Meteor Pavilion this time and is willing to take refuge in our Buddha, he is a good inheritor. When the time comes, I am willing to accept him as a disciple. So, next I plan to arrange for Qin Ge and the ascetic monk We have been traveling together in the mountains and rivers for ten years. Once we have seen the real human world, we will naturally wake up from our dreams."

Hearing this, Ji Ran nodded and said, "Then I'll leave everything to you. I still have some questions about visualizing my own totem..."

In the next two months, Ji Ran did not leave Northern Shaolin. Instead, she kept consulting Zen Master Sanzang on Buddhism and Zen theory and reading the books in the Sutra Pavilion.

The Sutra Collection Pavilion in Northern Shaolin is much larger than that in Southern Shaolin, and the collection of books is much richer.

Although the Sutra Pavilion is important, it is not in an important position in Shaolin Temple.But rather remote.Ji Ran walked all the way, getting more and more remote, and came to a forest next to the temple. There was a bluestone path in the forest, heading northwest.

After turning a few corners, my eyes suddenly opened up. I could only hear the gurgling sound of water. There was a pavilion standing next to the mountain stream, with a plaque on the top of the building.There are three words written "Zangjing Pavilion".

Ji Ran saw that the place was so quiet and there was no traffic, she nodded secretly in her heart, knowing that Chan Master Sanzang must have specially ordered the monks in the temple not to come in these days.With so few people disturbing him, it suited him just fine.

In the past two months, apart from practicing boxing, sword practice and painting, Ji Ran has taken out the manuscripts of the Zen ancestors found by the guardian monk of the Sutra Pavilion, and read them all by himself.through these manuscripts.He has a deeper understanding of Zen Buddhism about spirit and mind.

On this day, Ji Ran saw a scripture with an interesting name.

This scripture is called "Dharma One Palm Sutra". It is not a martial arts secret book or a Buddhist classic, but a method for Buddhist disciples to distinguish the good and evil wisdom of those who want to become monks, and whether they have a Buddhist relationship. It can be said to be a fortune-telling technique. .

Although there is the word "Dharma" in the scriptures, it was actually done by a group of eminent monks in the Tang Dynasty.The "one palm" in the scriptures means that the method is based on the palm of the hand, known as "the secret in the palm, pinching the past and present with the hand", which is quite similar to the one palm gold algorithm passed down by the folks.

Ji Ran wanted to understand the "Dharma Palm Sutra", but found that she had no foundation in arithmetic knowledge. Even the arithmetic in her previous life, except for part of the foundation, had long been returned to the teacher.

With a flash of inspiration, Ji Ran thought of a sentence: "The number of Dayan is fifty, and its use is nine out of forty." After communicating with the guardian monk, he learned that the eminent monks of the Tang Dynasty were ordered to compile "Dayan Calendar". Other works of Master Xingyi are related to the Tao of Numerology.

The guarding monk said: "Master Thich Nhat Hanh? Could it be Zen Master Mahahui? Although he once studied Zen with Master Puji, he later turned to Tantric Buddhism. The only manuscript of his that I have in my Shaolin Temple is this "Dharma One Palm Sutra" "It's just one part."

The guarding monk added: "Although there is no original manuscript by him, the "Explanation of the Mahavairocana", "Mind Scheming Arithmetic", and "Dayan Theory" in the pavilion were compiled by the disciples of the master Yi Xing. If the master needs it, I will Go get it for you."

"Esoteric Buddhism? "Explanation of the Dainichi Sutra"? Is Master Yi Xing a member of the Shingon Sect?" Ji Ran asked doubtfully.Because he once served as a middle-level member of the Meteor Pavilion and had contact with many Tantric lamas, he knew a lot about Tantric Buddhism and knew that Tantric Buddhism was often called the Shingon Sect in the Central Plains. "

"Taking the Mahavairocana as the fundamental classic and writing the "Mainichi Sutra" in one line, I think he is a member of the Shingon sect."

The guarding monk replied: "Exactly, Zhongtu Tantra is taught by the three masters Shan Wuwei, Vajra Zhi, and Fu Kong."

"Master Thich Nhat Hanh first practiced Zen in Songshan Mountain with Master Puji, a disciple of Master Shenxiu. Later, he met the two masters Shan Wuwei and Vajra Zhi, and practiced the two tantras of Womb Treasure and Vajra with them, so he entered Tantra. .”

“The Mahavairocana Sutra that is now being passed down in China was translated by Master Shan Wuwei and Master Thich Hsing. The Explanation of the Mahavairocana Sutra is also Master Yixin’s annotation of the Mahavairocana Sutra, also known as the “Shuttle of the Mahavairocana Sutra”. ”, most of the Chinese Tantric Buddhism is based on this sutra.”

Hearing this, Ji Ran nodded unconsciously, but she did not expect that the group had such a connection with the Shaolin Temple.Needless to say, Master Shenxiu was the eldest disciple of the Fifth Patriarch Hongren, the senior brother of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, and the founder of the Northern Zen School. After his death, he was revered as the Sixth Patriarch of Zen.

His disciple Puji was also revered as the seventh ancestor of Zen, and he can be said to be a master of Buddhism.

However, later on, the Southern Zen Zen taught by the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng emerged, and Southern Shaolin came into being, while the Northern Zen Zen gradually disappeared into oblivion. Most of what the world knows about it comes from the Tan Sutra.

Yixing followed Pu Ji to practice Zen, so he can be said to be a member of the Northern School of Chan. At that time, the disciple of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng Shenhui went north, often debating the Dharma with the disciples of the Northern School of Chan.

I'm afraid it may also be related to the internal struggle within Zen Buddhism.Of course, these are mostly Ji Ran's guesses, and it is difficult for future generations to know the details.

Ji Ran thanked the guarding monk and picked up the scriptures himself.

Study it carefully.The first-class inheritance of Tantric Buddhism is through empowerment, and it never falls into words. Ji Ran has never received the inheritance of Tantric Buddhism, so he has no other thoughts. He just watches "Scheming and Arithmetic" and "Da Yan Lun" to learn the mathematical methods of one line.

Ji Ran never thought that she could not escape the curse of mathematics even though she had traveled to a different world.

Regarding "Dayan Lun", Ji Ran admired it very much: "We prove each other with the Qi Yao Xing Dao.

This is a great master of the Zhouyi Book of Changes.Sure enough, he is worthy of being called a math master! "When he saw a group of people deriving the number of Dayan from the Big Dipper, he was very impressed. Many of the methods were eye-opening to him.

Ji Ran unknowingly saw such a passage in a line of comments, and silently recited in her heart: "The number of Dayan is fifty, and its use is ninety-nine."

"The number of heaven is fifty, and the number of earth is thirty. The number of heaven and earth, fifty, is five. Because the five elements of Qi are connected, the five elements are reduced by five, and the Great Evolution is reduced by one, so 49."

"The sky is one, the earth is two, the sky is three, the earth is four, the sky is five, the earth is six, the sky is seven, the earth is eight, the sky is nine, and the earth is ten."

"The sky is numbered five, the earth is numbered five, and the five are in harmony with each other."

"The number of heaven is fifty-five, the number of earth is thirty, and the number of heaven and earth is fifty-five. This is why ghosts and gods move through transformation."

Ji Ran didn't understand these words very well, but after he wrote down this passage, he continued to recite it backwards.

I saw that most of the following are specific methods of starting hexagrams, as well as the meanings represented by each hexagram. The sentences are concise, many of which have never been heard of, and many of them are useful in the algorithm proposed in "Dayan Lun", involving "Da Yan Lun" The finger arithmetic method of "Mo Yi Zhang Sutra" and the mental arithmetic method of "Mind Scheming Arithmetic".

And at the end of the chapter, there is a line-by-line exploration of how a single person can use the Dayan method to simply speculate on fortune, good or bad fortune.

"In the future, in the fairy tale and fantasy world, there will definitely be people who can do calculations. Although I don't know how to do it now, it is obvious that these are the basics. Memorize them first, and then learn slowly when you meet experts in the future. It is always a resource. "Ji Ran thought in her heart.

It's just that arithmetic is extremely obscure if you don't understand it. It took Ji Ran several months to store it in his mind.

On New Year's Eve this year, Ji Ran did not return to Southern Shaolin.He stayed in Northern Shaolin and spent New Year's Eve with Zen Master Sanzang.He still cooked the New Year's Eve dinner and made dumplings, but the party for the reunion dinner changed from Master Tianfeng to Zen Master Sanzang and his three disciples, as well as Qin Ge.

The bell on the mountain rang, and Ji Ran saluted Zen Master Sanzang and said, "Happy New Year!"

Zen Master Tripitaka returned the favor and said, "Happy New Year!"

He took out a few pieces of red cloth with four corners as big as a palm, each of which was wrapped with a few grains of silver, and handed them to San Xiao and Qin Ge respectively: "Happy New Year!"

The third child took the red envelope and jumped up and down happily, and the little tiger even did somersaults.

Qin Ge calmly took the red cloth.Then he burst into tears. This was the first time in his life that he had received lucky money!

Seeing Qin Ge like this, the three children all came to comfort Qin Ge, and Xiaohu even made a face.

Ji Ran didn't go to comfort Qin Ge. Seeing the scene in front of him, he suddenly remembered the New Year's Eve when he was five years old.Because the excitement of coming to another world for the first time has passed, leaving only anxiety, restlessness, and fear.The foresight made Ji Ran preconceived that senior brother Wuhua is a villain, and labeled senior brother a bad guy.

For bad people, when they are incapable, just stay away.So Ji Ran was terrified every day at that time, fearing that he would be suddenly killed by Wuhua one day. After all, in the original work, Wuhua killed his own brother with his own hands.

But what Ji Ran didn't expect was that on New Year's Eve, senior brother Wuhua said to himself with a gentle smile: "Happy New Year!" and handed him a red envelope.At that moment, Ji Ran understood that the original work was the original work after all, and this was a real world.It is a real world with flesh and blood, love and hate.

After New Year's Eve, Qin Ge was arranged by Zen Master Tripitaka to embark on a journey to the West with the three ascetics who were hanging out in Shaolin.Their destination was surprisingly the famous Kalachakra Palace in Tibet.

Northern Shaolin summoned Jianghu at the same time and closed the gate for ten years.Ji Ran also took the three little ones back to her own courtyard in Luoyang.

First tidy up my study room and yard. After two months of walking, the chickens at home almost starved to death. Sure enough, Ji Ran is a person who can't take care of family property.He also applied for admission to the third primary school in Luoyang Academy.

Xiaolong was okay, but Xiaohu and Xiaolan were arguing and didn't want to go to school.So Ji Ran came up with a killer weapon: beat them up first, and then promised to teach them a kung fu every year as long as their grades were good.

At the same time, Ji Ran also showed them what the Capturing Dragon Skill was, and took a long sword into his hands from a distance.This immediately aroused the interest and enthusiasm of the three little ones, and the problem of going to school was solved.

Nowadays, there is no rest time in the school, so after the initial enthusiasm, the three little ones began to become particularly depressed.But Ji Ran would also beat them up from time to time.

In fact, beating is not the purpose. The purpose is to inject one's own innate true energy into their bodies during the beating process and help them strengthen their bodies.

Later, the three little ones discovered that every seven days, Ji Ran would disappear for half a day, so the three little ones also learned to skip classes!

Xiaolong, Xiaohu and Xiaolan except Xiaolan who is a bit rebellious, Xiaolong is more sensible, while Xiaohu is not distracted.Therefore, Ji Ran directly attacked them for skipping classes.But fighting all the time is not an option.And Xiaolan is quite a headache for Ji Ran.

Ji Ran thought of a sentence: "It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality."

So Ji Ran changed her residence, with a big garden, a big attic, a big room, a cook, servants, maids, everything.In the next year, San Xiaozhi and Ji Ran lived in such a luxurious environment.The clothes are fine and the food is exquisite.

When Xiaolan walked into the school wearing expensive silk, many students in the school cast envious glances.Xiaolan, who had satisfied her vanity, finally settled down and was willing to go to class.

Because Sanxiao broke into Ji Ran's life, Ji Ran, who had become taciturn and cold-tempered, slowly began to become lively and lively again.

A year passed like this.This year is the sixth year that Ji Ran left Southern Shaolin and came to Luoyang. Ji Ran is 55 years old this year.

This year, Mrs. Jin finally sent someone to deliver the white peacock to Ji Ran's manor, and even sent someone to take care of the peacock.Of course, this manor does not belong to Ji Ran, but to Hu Tiehua, and Ji Ran only lives there temporarily.

After seeing the little peacock, what Ji Ran had to do was to put down every detail she saw on paper, make her observations meticulous, discern every detail, and then engrav it deeply in her memory.

Looking at the two white peacocks in the cage, Ji Ran used her martial arts will to lock the male peacock in the cage.Although it was extremely frightened, it still did not look directly at Ji Ran, and still raised its head proudly.

"How arrogant!" Ji Ran thought in her heart.This is just an ordinary peacock, so proud. How about a real demon?Although it is proud, it does not dare to move.Let Ji Ran observe.

Let’s start with the feathers. After all, the peacock has white feathers all over its body, so there is nothing special about it.His Kung Fu eyes advanced inch by inch, starting from the peacock's feathers.After all, peacock feathers are the essence of the peacock and are also used to carry the Tao.

After observing carefully for a few days, Ji Ran discovered that the peacock feathers themselves showed five colors in the sunlight.Therefore, the five special feathers once imagined to represent the five elements are completely unnecessary.

Ji Ran also realized his mistake.His focus should be on the relationship between the five elements, rather than on carrying them.

(End of this chapter)