The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1876

"The Dharma King and the Dharma are profound and the poor monks are willing to bow down, willing to bow down!" The verification master was sincerely convinced, he really couldn't argue with Nisha Tatama, even if he had a stomach full of scriptures, it was useless.

"I'm sorry, I'm just meeting at the right time, Amitabha!" Nishi Tatama didn't hesitate.

"His Holiness is indeed worthy of being a Living Buddha of Esoteric Buddhism. This old monk admires him. Although the understanding of the people in this monastery is not as good as that of His Holiness, he still hopes to learn from each other and ask His Holiness to teach him."

Master Yanhui, the abbot of Daxiangguo Temple, opened his eyes. He is the abbot appointed by the imperial court. Why is it the imperial court? It is because this is a royal temple.

"The little monk is offended. Speaking of which, the little monk really has a question that has been puzzling the little monk for a long time. Please ask the presiding master to explain it."

"It's okay to ask Dharma King to speak alone." Master Yan Hui said.

"When I was traveling in the Central Plains in my early years, I met a Taoist priest. He asked me about cultivating Buddhism. This is what he said."

The Dharma King Nishitama stood up, paced and said, "He said that your practice of Buddhism is like using a pole to move the soil from Mount Tai and level Mount Tai. So is it easy to move Mount Tai, or is it easy? Is it easy to practice Buddhism?"

Nishi Tatama said that he looked at all the people present. This question was asked by others when he was in the Central Plains in his early years. The key point is that this person is still a Taoist priest, which made it difficult for him to answer.

Originally, the host thought that this question was not a problem, and it was easy to answer, but soon he found that this question was really not so easy to answer.

You said that if Mount Tai is so easy to be leveled, then Mount Tai is still standing there after so many years. Doesn’t this mean that it is difficult to be leveled?

But there is another story called Yugong Yishan. As long as you persevere, you can move the mountain. From this point of view, it is really easy.

As for cultivating the Buddha, whether it is easy or difficult, there has never been an answer for so many years. If you want to say that it is easy to cultivate the Buddha, who knows what a Buddha is like after so many years?
But if it is said that it is not easy to practice Buddhism, then wouldn’t all your practice of Buddhism for so many years be in vain, and your own beliefs would be meaningless?
No matter how you answer this question, it is difficult for you to answer it. Both aspects are traps. When someone figured this out, they will stop talking. This is really difficult.

"What's the difficulty? Let me answer it." Just at this moment, Zhao Xu walked in, and Zhao Xu waved his hand to stop those who got up and wanted to salute.

"It's been a long time, Dharma King. Your demeanor is even better than before. I'm really gratified!"

"My little monk has met His Highness the Crown Prince. It is even more gratifying that His Royal Highness is still as noble as before, Amitabha."

"Okay, Dharma King, we are old friends. Did you come to our Daxiangguo Temple for the sake of the Buddha? Then I will answer your question just now."

"I also ask His Royal Highness to enlighten me!"

"It's very simple. When you practice Taoism and become a Buddha, then Mount Tai will no longer exist, because in your eyes at this time, what is there is nothing, and what is not is what is. There is still what is not Mount Tai. I don't know the answer. How?"

Zhao Xu said with a smile, this answer is impeccable, and someone will answer it like this in later generations, and you are not allowed to refute it.

"Amitabha, the little monk has been taught. I never thought His Royal Highness would have such wisdom."

"Don't flatter me, now I also have a question, please ask the mage to explain it to me, and I hope the mage will not refuse."

"So the little monk is all ears, please ask His Royal Highness the crown prince to come up with a question."

When Nishi Tatama said this, everyone pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what problems Zhao Xu had to say.

"You can also listen to it. In fact, it is very simple. It is said in Buddhism that the Great Thousand World cannot be filled with Sumeru Seeds. Dare to ask how big the Great Thousand World is, how can it be contained in Sumeru Seeds?"

In fact, Zhao Xu came here based on an allusion, which is the mustard seed mustard mustard and mustard seed Naxumi mentioned by Buddhist scriptures merchants.

Li Bo, the governor of Jiangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, once asked Zen Master Zhichang: "The Buddhist scriptures say 'mustard seeds mustard mustard, mustard seeds Nasumi', I think it is too mysterious and bizarre. How can a small mustard seed hold such a big thing?" What about Mount Sumeru? This is really ignorant of common sense, is it a lie?"

After listening to Li Bo's words, Zen Master Zhichang smiled slightly, and then asked: "People say that you've read thousands of volumes, is that really true?"

"Of course! Of course! I've read more than ten thousand volumes?" Li Bo showed a complacent look.
"Then where are the thousands of volumes of books you've read kept?" Zen Master Zhichang asked Li Bo along the topic.
Li Bo pointed to his head and said, "Of course it's all kept here."

Zen Master Zhichang said: "It's strange. I think your head is only as big as a coconut. How could it hold ten thousand volumes of books? Are you also deceiving people?"

After Li Bo heard it, he suddenly realized, suddenly enlightened.
All the principles of Zen are sometimes explained from the point of view of practice, and sometimes explained from the point of view of reason. Therefore, we must know that in the universe, there is reason in everything, and there are things in reason; the mustard seed of Xumi Zang is the truth, and the mustard seed Nasumi is the principle of Zen. Obstacles, then this is the ability to understand Zen principles with ease.
Now that Zhao Xu has changed it to put the world into mustard seeds, it's just a matter of learning and using it. These sums may not be able to learn and use them, Zhao Xu looked at them with a smile.

They were all frowning, probably in deep thought. Such a simple question seemed very profound to them, and it was not their fault. Zhao Xu's head was filled with thousands of years of accumulation.

How much these monks can pretend, isn't this embarrassing them, and it's not their fault. It's really funny to see them shaking their heads for a while, nodding for a while, and shaking their heads for a while.

"It's actually very simple. May I ask your highness, where did you get the knowledge you have learned, such as literacy and hyphenation?" Nishi Tatama raised his head after thinking for a while and asked.

"Of course I learned it from books."

"In the books, His Royal Highness must have read a lot of books, and these things are stored in your head now. Needless to say, the books you read must be bigger than your head, so that many How things get into your head, that's how the great world gets into mustard seeds."

Nishi Tatama is so witty, and she has learned to use rhetorical questions. At this time, all the monks suddenly realized that this is the case. A person has learned too much in his life, which is definitely bigger than his own head. How things enter the head, that is how the world enters the mustard seeds.

Zhao Xu nodded. Ye agreed with him.

(End of this chapter)