Maoshan Taoist priests practice falsehood and become reality

Chapter 76 Sitting and Asking

When Su Heng woke up, it was already dark.

When I left the waiting room, I heard faint laughter and laughter, and followed the sound, only to realize that it was the two master uncles Yuan Jingshu and Yuan Jinghong who had returned.

The uncles and masters were having a drink, and the master was sitting at the main seat sipping tea.

There are edamame, peanuts and other side dishes on the table. There are several wooden cages in the corner, which contain roosters and hens with beautiful feathers.

"My nephew is awake, come on, sit down quickly."

Su Heng sat down, and Yuan Jingshu had already prepared bowls and chopsticks for him. Yuan Jinghong said, "Do you smell the fragrance? Let's eat authentic chicken stewed with mushrooms tonight."

The fragrant aroma came from the kitchen, which made Su Heng move his index fingers and pick up a few edamame to satisfy his craving.

A few people chatted about the current situation. From the conversation, Su Heng learned that the two uncles were traveling between villages and towns for days. While busy with business, they traveled around the mountains and rivers, and made many good friends. During this trip, they earned a lot of incense for the Taoist temple. money and bring back local products from many places.

"I'm ashamed to say that I have to thank my nephew for this." When Yuan Jingshu taught the consecration technique that day, he was inspired by Su Heng. He performed each of the twenty rituals with great care and moved many people, " I was supposed to come back three days ago, but then I went to a few more places."

"What's going on in the outer city now?" Su Heng asked.

"What else can we do? Birds are returning to their nests. It's time to eat and drink. Just live your life day by day."

Yuan Jingshu added that now that the outer city has been renovated and the security system has been fully upgraded, he has never heard of any evil spirits appearing during his trip.

It is said that the twenty talismans were scattered, but so far no source points have been harvested.

Could it be that the outer city is really peaceful now, as my uncle said?
  "The soup should be ready."

Yuan Jinghong couldn't sit still as the aroma penetrated his nose. The biggest gain of his trip was eating all kinds of farm food. After half a month, he had gained five or six pounds.

"Here comes the chicken soup."

When Yuan Jinghong walked out of the kitchen with soup, he clearly felt that the atmosphere at the table had changed.

Brother Mei Shanmu looked serious at this moment:

"Are you really ready?"

The nephew also answered seriously:

"I'm ready."

Yuan Jinghong put the soup on the table anxiously, curiously asking everyone what happened and how they managed to steal a chicken leg, and suddenly became serious.

"My nephew wants to be punished, and my senior brother is preparing to take the exam for him."

"Shoulu, won't it be at least a year later?"

One year is still short. It took Yuan Jinghong three years to memorize those Taoist scriptures. Even Keiki, who has a better memory, took a year and a half to finish.

My nephew has only been here for less than two months and he is about to be punished. Is it too hasty?
  Wang Zhiyuan nodded: "As I said before, if you fail the assessment, it will be postponed for another six months."

"Master, I know all the rules."

"Okay." After saying this, Wang Zhiyuan knew that his apprentice had made a big decision. In short, the question is: "First recite a mantra to purify your mind and listen to it."

Is there such a good thing?

"The Taishang Taixing is always adaptable, exorcises evil spirits, protects life and protects the body, brings wisdom, clarity and peace of mind, and the three souls will never lose their souls."

"Next is the Golden Light Divine Spell."

"The Xuanzong of Heaven and Earth, the root of Wan Qi. I have practiced extensively for thousands of kalpas and proved my magical power. Inside and outside the three realms, only Tao is the most respected. There is golden light in my body, which reflects my body..."

The content of the current assessment is the eight basic divine mantras of Taoism. Among them, the Pure Heart Mantra and the Golden Light Mantra are both mantras that Su Heng often recites.

Yuan Jingshu and Yuan Jinghong exchanged glances with each other. The two of them instantly understood that the senior brother was only serious on the surface, but in his heart he still couldn't bear to embarrass Su Heng.

Aware of the exchange between the two junior brothers, Wang Zhiyuan coughed twice: "I have mastered the Eight Divine Mantras well. I wonder how much more Yu Qing Bao Gao has learned."

Baogao is a Taoist parallel prose praising gods, while Yuqing Baogao praises the Taoist Supreme Being of the Three Qing Dynasties, Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun.

"Above the three realms, there is Brahma Qi Milo. The highest is the highest, the sky within the sky. Yuluo Xiaotai, the capital of Jade Mountain. The misty golden tower, Senluo Jinghong. Xuanyuan Qi, the first of chaos. In the orb, there is mystery and mystery. The three scenes of enlightenment are transformed into the heavens. Billions of innocent people, countless martingale crowds. Swirling buckets and calendar baskets, returning to the five constants. The majestic great fan, the sect of ten thousand ways. The great Luo Yuqing, nothingness and nature. The most true and wonderful way, Yuanshi Tianzun." Wang Zhiyuan was also admitted to the Qing and Taiqing Baogao exams, and Su Heng was able to answer both questions fluently.

"My nephew has such a good memory!" Even Yuan Jingshu couldn't help but sigh. In the past, during their assessment, the master recited one sentence and the apprentice followed.

Unexpectedly, Su Heng could recite the entire text.

"Probably just happened to be familiar with it."

Wang Zhiyuan decided to try the difficulty again.

"Recite the Taishang Laojun's Sutra of Everlasting Peace."

The full text of "Tai Shang Lao Jun Speaks of Chang Qing Jing Sutra" is 391 words and is one of the important materials on Taoist refining techniques.

"The old man said: The great road is invisible, giving birth to the heaven and the earth; the great road is ruthless, moving the sun and the moon; the great road is nameless, nourishing all things; I don't know its name, so I call it Tao..."

Recite the entire text word for word?
  Great.

Wang Zhiyuan believed that Su Heng was indeed qualified to be executed.

But he wanted to know where this apprentice's upper limit was.

"Lingbao, the best scripture for measuring the immeasurable value of human beings."

"Master, there are sixty-one volumes in the entire text of the Scripture of Saving People. Do I need to recite it? Or should I just recite one volume?"

"Ling Bao's Incomparable Sutra of Saving People," also known as "The Sutra of Saving People," has a total of sixty-one volumes, of which volume one is the main sutra and the remaining volumes are perfunctory sutras. The original scripture has more than 6,000 words, but the perfunctory scriptures have as many as 500,000 words.

"Of course there is no need to recite it. Let's talk about what the Sutra of Saving People mainly talks about."

"The speaker is the Great Sage Yuchen Daojun. In the past, in the great Fuli Kingdom, in the first blue sky, Yuanshi Tianzun taught "The Book of Saving People" within the orb. The main theme is 'The Immortal Way cherishes life, and there is no way to save people'. He advises the world to just practice sincerely. Fasting, walking incense, chanting sutras, and accumulating merit can all eliminate disasters and ascend to immortality..."

"Okay, okay. I never thought that you would work hard to this extent."

Of course Su Heng had to work hard. After all, his life and death were at stake, so there was no reason not to work hard.

"The last question is, what is Tao?"

road?
  After all the knowledge of "Morning and Evening Work Sutra" and "The Sutra of Saving People" have been tested, the next step is "Tao Te Ching".

"The Dao is the Dao, the very Dao. The name can be named, and the name is very famous. The nameless beginning of heaven and earth. It is known as the mother of all things. Therefore, there is often no desire to see its wonderfulness. The same is called the mysterious. The mysterious is the mysterious, the door of all the wonderful."

“Welcome the enemy without seeing the head, and follow with the enemy without seeing the rear.”

"There is a mixture of things, born in advance of heaven and earth. It is lonely and lonely, independent and does not change, moves around without peril, and can be the mother of the world. I don't know its name, but the word is Dao, and the name of the strong one is Da..."

Wang Zhiyuan stretched out his hand to interrupt: "That's enough, these are the Tao explained in the book. What is the Tao that you understand? In other words, why did you join the Maoshan Sect?"

Do I understand it?
  Learn from Taiyi to save the suffering Tianzun and save the world from water and fire? He hasn't reached that level yet.

Do you want to learn from Peng Zu just to prolong your life and live long in this world? He's not that egotistical.

"You can't tell, right?"

As much as you hate to admit it, it's true.

It's okay to memorize and recite scriptures, but to really discuss Taoism with Wang Zhiyuan, who has been practicing all his life, he is indeed too immature.

I didn't expect to get stuck at this step in the end.

Seeing that his apprentice was discouraged, Wang Zhiyuan said calmly:

"It is right not to say it. If you understand it from the beginning, how can you talk about cultivating the Tao? The road is long and long. I believe that one day you will be able to realize your own Tao."

"So the assessment..."

"Yes, passed."

(End of this chapter)