From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 310 Reincarnation of the True Sect
"True Lord?!"

"Why is this person here?"

These monks grew up in the Western Desert, but they had all heard about the sensational Luotian Grand Ceremony on Mount Longhu.

The seed of Taoism and the true oneness in Taoism are like the coming of Arhats and Bodhisattvas to the world in Brahma Buddhism. They have all kinds of incredible powers, so the monks did not dare to act rashly for a while.

"Moo!"

These three syllables vibrated out from Li Yang's throat.

The paths of the world all lead to the same destination. When one reaches a certain level of cultivation, they all have something in common.
According to legend, the three musical scales of "Chong, Ah, Moo!" have the effects of curing diseases, prolonging life, increasing intelligence, and opening wisdom.

Just by listening to the Sanskrit sounds coming from Li Yang's body and the vibration of the scale, the people gathered around him gradually began to feel something strange in their bodies. It was a resonance that made people feel calm inside and their qi and blood flow smoothly.

Gradually, someone smelled a very pleasant and special smell in the whole scripture hall.

The host traced the source and found that it appeared in this young man who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed.

It is said in the Daoist Scriptures: "If you hold the spirit and soul together and embrace the One, can you avoid separation? If you concentrate your energy and make it gentle, can you be like a baby? If you cleanse the mysterious mirror, can you be free of flaws?"

Li Yang already had the body of a true immortal, which was originally pure and spotless. In addition, he had been drinking ice and snow all day for the past three months, so there was no impurity in his body at all.

It is what is said: "Concentrate your energy and make it soft. Can you be like a baby?" The smell on Li Yang's body now is similar to that of a baby. It is the smell of a true god on earth who has been fasting for three months and cut off the worldly smell.

In the past three months, Li Yang has been walking in the snow-capped mountains and grasslands, seeing too many famous mountains and rivers, natural wonders, and accumulating many insights. Now, with the help of these scriptures and Sanskrit sounds, he has brought out all these insights, resulting in this strange scene.

"Don't disturb him. Establishing a good relationship with this True Lord will be of great benefit to our Brahma Sect in the future!"

The old abbot quickly gave orders to drive away the people who surrounded him, and even led several outstanding disciples to sit opposite Li Yang, forming seals and chanting [All Dharmas are Clear]:
"Om Benza Sattva Sammaya, Manu Balaya.

Let’s go to the Banzasattva, and do the Mebawa.

Su Taka Youme Bawa. Suboka Yomei Bawa
......"

The full name of "All Dharmas Mantra" is: "Vajrasattva All Dharmas Mantra"

According to legend, reciting this mantra can eliminate all evil karma and sins, make it pure, and prevent all evil thoughts from growing. It can also break all troubles and increase infinite blessings and wisdom.

The old host saw Li Yang's condition at this time, so he recited the Hundred-Character Mantra to help Li Yang cleanse his soul, blood and flesh.
For a moment, the three-word mantra from Li Yang's mouth and the "Zhu Fa Ming Mantra" chanted by everyone in the whole scripture hall complemented each other.
If there were any mortals here who could endure and listen to this Sanskrit sound, it would be enough to cleanse their bones and marrow and make them healthy.
The young people in the Sutra Hall who were still young in cultivation were like this. Their bodies trembled with the sound of the Buddhist chants. They felt boundless joy in their hearts and wanted to dance with joy.
This strange phenomenon lasted until dusk in the afternoon, when Li Yang slowly opened his eyes.
He looked at the scene in the scripture hall. All the monks were looking at him from afar with pilgrims' eyes.

"Do you recognize me?"

The host bowed and said, "At this point in time, I can't think of anyone else in the country who has such a high level of cultivation and good fortune, except for Master Baiyun Miaofa."

"Master, that's not possible. I just wanted to thank you for chanting the sutra for me and helping me to gain enlightenment." Li Yang hurriedly reached out and helped the other person up.

"I don't deserve to be your master! I am Losandani, the abbot of Sedan Monastery. I have just been blessed by the enlightenment of Zhenjun. More than ten monks in our monastery have also gained some insights. It is only right that I pay homage to them." The old lama's eyes were full of eagerness.

Losandani was very humble: "I wonder if the True Lord has any instructions for visiting our temple?"

Upon seeing this, Li Yang immediately said, "I wonder if your Sedan Monastery has any connection with Mount Wutai? I would like to ask you to call someone over."

"Is it Master Gao Miao?"

Li Yang nodded: "I don't want others to know my whereabouts. My trip is not complete yet and I don't want to be disturbed.

Losandani nodded in sudden realization. He knew that the people in the Middle-earth were going crazy in their search for this Li Zhenjun.
"Of course. Mount Wutai is the official Zen temple that manages all Buddhist affairs in the country. We do have connections with them."

"That's great." Li Yang was delighted. "Then, Master, I would like to stay in the temple for a few days, is that ok?"

"Of course you can. Your Majesty's stay in our temple is an opportunity for our temple, and also a gift to disciples like us!" Losandani nodded with a smile, and personally invited Li Yang to a secluded room next to the temple.

The room was cleanly furnished, and the bookshelves were full of stacked Sanskrit scriptures. After Li Yang entered the room and settled down, Losandini personally brought out butter lamps and sandalwood and lit them. For a moment, the room was filled with fragrance, which made people feel calm as soon as they smelled it.

"I just reported that I have contacted Mount Wutai. I am inviting Master Gao Miao in the name of Shangcao Fanjing. He will be able to enter the Western Desert and reach our temple in about three days."

"Thank you!"

Li Yang thanked him again.

"Does Li Zhenjun want to eat vegetarian food?" Losandani asked.

Li Yang shook his head: "I have been fasting for several months. I don't want to eat too much miscellaneous food now. I had some Tibetan tsampa this morning. Now drinking some water is enough."

"good!"

"Pure and untainted, pure as glass, you are indeed worthy of being the true master of the world." Upon hearing this, the old lama nodded, his eyes full of envy, and he went to the temple well to fetch clean water himself, and brought a white porcelain bowl over.

Li Yang took the porcelain bowl and took a big sip of well water.

The well water was originally used for drinking in the temple. It was winter, so the water was cool and refreshing. In addition, Li Yang had been chanting Sanskrit mantras for the whole afternoon, and his mouth was dry. This sip of water was like a rain after a long drought, and he felt comfortable all over.

The old lama Losandani was a little surprised to see Li Yang showing his joy like an ordinary person, and he could not understand Li Yang's progress in cultivation.

"I didn't expect that the True Lord has already reached the level of an Arhat Bodhisattva, yet he is so simple and natural in his conduct. He is truly as pure as a child, which is really enviable."

"Maybe I am still a mortal at heart." Li Yang smiled heartily and invited Losandini to sit opposite him on the futon in the side room.

"I see that Zhenjun seems to have cultivated a Brahma magical power, and his attainments are not low. He also seems to have a bottleneck in his heart, and a little golden light seems to be jumping out from the top of his head."

Now it was Li Yang's turn to be surprised. He didn't expect that there was such a person in this small temple who could explain his current predicament in one sentence.

"Yes, I got a copy of the Bayeux Zen Sutra by chance. Master, I will not hide it from you. I am currently trying to understand the secret of the Taoist 'Yang Shen'."

After saying this, Li Yang's expression was complicated: "Today in the Sutra Hall, I had some insights. I thought I could comprehend the wonders of Yang Shen in one fell swoop, but I didn't expect that I was still a hair's breadth away. It was clearly within reach, but it was like a mirage, difficult to truly touch."

“I wonder what advice the Master has?”

"Yang Shen?" Losandini pondered for a long time, thinking about the mysterious realm of Taoist soul cultivation.
"Although I have practiced cultivation for half my life, I am still tainted by the greed, anger, ignorance and hatred of the world, and suffer from the karma of suffering. Even a figure like the True Lord cannot understand it. Our vision is far inferior to that of the True Lord, so it is difficult for me to give you advice."

"But regarding the method of cultivating the spirit and soul, it reminds me of the 'True Wheel of the True Sect' of our religion."

Zhenzong, according to legend, is a person with great supernatural powers, possessing all kinds of incredible powers.

Li Yang's mind moved, the legend of Zhenzong's turning the wheel was also heard in the mainland.

In their school of practice, they believe that the human body will perish, but the soul can live forever, and that all living beings are in the six realms of reincarnation, and the cause and effect continue to repeat.

The so-called "True Wheel of Dharma" refers to a person who has achieved great results in practice. After his death, he will appear in human flesh again and be reborn as a human being in the world.

Li Yang was shocked. Isn't this the Yang God's magical power in a certain sense? It can refine all the dregs of the Yin God and let the body decay and decay, but the soul remains indestructible.

Losandani continued, “According to legend, the True School’s turning of the wheel is the result of the True School’s ability to penetrate the five aggregates of the human world. It is said that one dies by clinging to thoughts, and is born by clinging to thoughts. This is for the benefit of all living beings, and even for transcendence.”

Li Yang had a lot of thoughts from this sentence.

Losandini's words must have embellished some details. In Li Yang's opinion, the so-called Zhenzong Wheel of Revelation was most likely an extreme result caused by the exhaustion of spiritual energy in ancient times, when the Xinmo Brahma sect focused on cultivating spiritual power in order to continue the sect's heritage.

Just like Zheng Zhaoyuan's Taoist sect specializes in Qi and blood, the Brahma sect practitioners want to get rid of the extraordinary dependence on spiritual energy, so they specialize in the power of the soul.
But if one only cultivates the soul without spiritual energy, the power of the soul will be like rootless duckweed, which can only drift with the flow. As the physical body decays, it will continue to reincarnate and achieve another kind of longevity.

It’s hard to say whether it’s good or bad, but it’s indeed a viable option when spiritual energy is exhausted.

"Your Excellency can recite this Mahaprajnaparamita Heart Sutra more often. With your cultivation, you will surely gain more insights from reading this sutra more often than disciples like me."

After saying this, Losandani stood up and bowed, then took a yellowed scripture from the bookshelf in the wing room and placed it on the kang.

Li Yang picked up the Heart Sutra and flipped through the contents:
The first sentence is: "When Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practiced the profound Prajna Paramita, he saw that the five aggregates were empty and was able to overcome all suffering..."

The five aggregates here refer to the Brahma "form, feeling, perception, volition and consciousness". As long as one is a person, he or she cannot be separated from the accumulation of these five aggregates. If the five aggregates are empty, it means that one has reached the highest level of Brahma practice.

Li Yang frowned, and after a long time, his brows finally relaxed.

He realized what was lacking in his Yang Shen.

It is not about cultivation, nor accumulation, but about the heart of Tao.

The real wish of these three months of asceticism is actually to realize the Tao.

His progress was too fast. Even in the golden age of ancient spiritual energy, it took less than four years to become a human immortal. All his achievements were based on the power of the Qi-eating technique, but his determination to succeed in the Dao was still not strong enough.

The Vatican World Summit, the Luotian Grand Ceremony, the will of heaven is uncertain, the world has changed dramatically, and the heart of Taoism has been affected by the impact of the earth-shaking changes in the world.
Like a swimming fish, jumping between multiple living environments in a short period of time will inevitably lead to being frightened and going without food or water.

The reason why Li Yang suddenly realized the truth while listening to the chanting of the lamas in this temple was partly due to chance, but also because Li Yang had a vague idea in his heart to use the Buddhist teachings to make up for the deficiencies in his spiritual practice.

Unfortunately, it is not easy to cultivate the Dao Heart, let alone to reach Li Yang's level. It is impossible for him to break through just because of someone else's nonsense.

Reciting the Heart Sutra can also help to calm the mind temporarily. To truly understand the mind of Tao, Li Yang needs to understand it himself and break through the slow and hard work.

When the old lama Losandini saw Li Yang's brows relaxed, he knew that this true master on earth had some insights, so he bowed and wanted to leave.

"By the way, Master, I have another question."

Li Yang called out to Losandani: "I wonder if you know anything about the secret place called Shambhala on Mount Kailash?"

Losandani’s expression changed for a moment, but he immediately returned to normal: “I haven’t practiced enough. Perhaps my senior brother Karma Mikyo Dorje will know the situation in Shambhala.”

"Your senior brother? Where is he now?"

"There is a small temple on the hillside of the sacred mountain of Mount Kailash. My senior brother basically practices hard in the temple."

Li Yang frowned, but Mount Kailash is so huge, covered with snow and wind, and the terrain is rugged and complex. He didn't walk to every place on the mountain, so it was normal that he didn't encounter it.

"Thank you. I think I will visit him in a few days. How can I contact Karma Guru?"

Losandani smiled when he heard this: "This is easy. In a few days, it will be the annual time for Tibetans of appropriate age to go into the mountains to receive the baptism and blessing of the sacred mountain. My brother will definitely show up at this time."

"Thank you!"

After saying this, Losandini bowed, turned around and left the room.

Li Yangfu picked up the Heart Sutra again and studied it.
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For dinner, Li Yang only drank a few cups of well water and butter tea.

On the Western Desert grassland, Sera Monastery has not gotten rid of the gray background of the grassland in the cold winter. The only modern electronic equipment in the entire temple is a few incandescent lamps and a ceiling-dish TV.

However, the outer temple seemed very lively. Li Yang got tired of reading the scriptures, so he came out for a walk.

The entire outer temple was filled with flickering candlelight, and various vendors, herdsmen, and tourists were shoulder to shoulder, selling handicrafts unique to the Western Desert.

Mixed in the crowd, Li Yang also saw many Xinmo children running around noisily, their cheeks all red.

"I guess these are the children of school age that Losandani mentioned. No wonder it's so lively. These children are probably sent here by the nearby herdsmen to be blessed for the baptism in a few days."

Li Yang put his hands behind his back, smiled knowingly, and thought of the little girl who invited him to eat tsampa balls.

"Little Zhuoma is probably one of the girls of the right age. She kept it a secret and didn't tell me. But when I entered Sera Monastery, I didn't see the father and daughter."

Li Yang looked around, and suddenly a loud noise coming from the square in the north attracted his attention.

The square was crowded with people, with a noisy atmosphere and a banner hung between two wooden pillars.

Li Yang squinted his eyes and used the candlelight to see the content on the banner.

"Warmly welcome Junior Brother Miaofa Zhenjun of Baiyun Mountain in Shuchuan, Jin Guang Zhenren, to visit our temple for a Buddhist and Taoist exchange!"

(End of this chapter)