The Strange Tales of Tokyo Monk

However, Pinggong Qianye, who was sitting opposite him, had a nonchalant expression from beginning to end, and his hands did not move at all.

It can be seen that the Acalanatha method practiced by Pinggong Qianye has already achieved a deep level of samadhi.

Saburo Takeda has already lost.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move it at all.

There was a flash of surprise and admiration in Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes. He was the one who knew Hiramiya Chiya best among all the people here.

Looking at Pinggong Qianye's posture at this moment, you can tell that he still has a lot of strength left.

Pinggong Qianye was like this when he beat me.

Every time after the fight, it seemed like the gap was not that big, which made me always think that if I tried harder I would have a chance to win.

In fact, the gap is too big to be compared.

Saburo Takeda, from Shitennoji, is the successor of the Dharma of the Western Heavenly King Hiromu Son.

Haha, in the end it's just self-humiliation.

If there are monks in the younger generation who can compete with Pinggong Qianye, they must be the successors of the major temples.

"Ugh……"

Having pushed his strength to the limit, Takeda Saburo finally realized the gap in strength between him and Hiramiya Chiya and chose to admit defeat.

"I didn't expect that your Acalanatha has reached such a level of practice. I am far from it."

There was no sign of annoyance on Takeda Saburo's face. He pulled his hand back, stretched his almost stiff fingers, then touched his head and smiled foolishly.

Fudo Myooh?

Pinggong Qianye was slightly stunned. He just relied on his physical strength but did not use Acalanatha to bless himself.

That is totally unnecessary and too bullying.

Acala is the chief of the Five Great Vidyarajas and the teaching body of Vairocana Tathagata.

He has already gone very far in the practice of Vairocana Tathagata. Even if he also practices Acalanatha, he is still far beyond the reach of ordinary Vajra Kings.

When he was exorcising evil spirits outside, he never used the image of Acalanatha, because that was a waste of talent.

"You are also very good."

Pinggong Qianye just smiled and didn't explain it. He always had to give others a way out.

"I have not yet completed the realm of Vajra Body, otherwise I might be able to break your Acalanatha form." Takeda Saburo drank a sip of boiled water and sighed.

Vajra body realm?

What does this mean?

The degree of practice?

Pinggong Qianye showed curiosity, he didn't know much about these realms of cultivation.

"do not you know?"

Seeing that Hiramiya Chiye was ignorant of this, Takeda Saburo was horrified.

After a long while, he smiled bitterly and shook his head, realizing that he had lost so badly.

This Pinggong Qianye should be a person who devotes himself to spiritual practice, so he lacks the necessary understanding of many knowledge.

Unlike himself, during an ordinary competition, he became competitive and almost summoned the Dharmakaya of the Western Heavenly King Guangmu.

"For practitioners like us who cultivate both the inner and outer aspects, most of the physical cultivation is done through the Vajra Subduing Magic Sect."

Saburo Takeda introduced earnestly: "In terms of the Vajra Subduing Magic Gate, we roughly divide it into three levels, from low to high: Vajra Power, Vajra Body, and Vajra Appearance."

Vajra power, the Vajra path is just beginning, with great power and strength.

The practitioner will be blessed with the power of Vajra, and his physique, strength, spirit and other aspects will be greatly improved.

Vajra body, the small achievement of the Vajra path, the body is like a vajra, immovable and indestructible.

The practitioner's body gradually transforms from a human body to a Vajra body, and his body becomes like a Vajra, extremely powerful and mighty.

The Vajra appearance, the Vajra path is complete, you are the Vajra, and the Vajra is you.

There is no difference between the cultivator and the Vajra anymore, it is like the Vajra coming to the world, indestructible.

Takeda Saburo briefly introduced a few words, patted his head and smiled: "This is just a simple classification. No matter how powerful the practitioners in the human world are, they can hardly compare with the real Vajra. Otherwise, they will completely break away from the mortal body and achieve the status of Vajra."

Is that so?

Pinggong Qianye seemed to be deep in thought. He had already gone very far on the path of Vajra Dharma and had reached the so-called bottleneck. It would be difficult to break through.

He always felt that Takeda Saburo did not explain the two levels of Vajra body and Vajra appearance clearly.

Dharmakaya and Dharmaappearance are not the same. Dharmakaya is purer, while Dharmaappearance is more complex.

Simply put, this is a stone, a red stone in the shape of a water bottle.

Dharmakaya is the pure thing itself.

Dharmadhatu is the appearance of things seen by the mind.

Dharma-nature is inseparable from the Dharmakaya but is not the Dharmakaya; the Dharmakaya, although it manifests the Dharma-nature, is not the Dharma-nature.

If one can get rid of the Dharma appearance and see the Dharma body, one can see that all appearances are not appearances and see the Tathagata.

If we really have to define a level of realm for this Vajra Dharma practice, it should be Vajra power, Vajra appearance, and Vajra body.

As for the fact that I am the Vajra and Vajra is I, it should be classified as the fourth level.

This is probably because Saburo Takeda did not learn the skills well enough in the temple, which led to such a mistake.

It is also possible that this level of practice is just for the sake of simplicity and ease of memory and does not have such a profound meaning.

Pinggong Qianye did not think too much about this question, but recalled his practice along the way.

As early as two years ago, he had completely condensed the Vajra Dharma Image, to the level where he could use the Vajra Dharma Image to exorcise evil spirits over a long distance.

At that time, in order to correct the physical gains brought about by practicing the Vajra Dharma and prevent himself from becoming a muscular man, he shattered his Vajra Dharma image many times and continuously compressed it.

This is how he got his current physical form, and all aspects of his body have been greatly enhanced.

But he did not feel that he had reached the Vajra state in the human world where I am the Vajra and the Vajra is me.

He is still a little bit away from this last realm.

This may be the bottleneck problem I am facing now.

Hiramiya Chiye looked at Takeda Saburo across from him and asked, "If you encounter a bottleneck in your practice, how will you break through it?"

"I have never encountered a bottleneck. Ha, bottleneck? What is that?" Mitsuhide Akechi said proudly.

These words elicited a knowing smile from the people present.

“I think learning from the best of all will be a good direction.”

Saburo Takeda gave a serious suggestion: "There are so many sects in Buddhism. If you only focus on the practice methods of your own sect, you will easily fall into the situation of being blinded by a single leaf and not seeing the big mountain."

"Study the scriptures of other sects to reversely verify the path of practice of one's own sect."

"Of course, I'm not questioning the perfection of our Shitennoji's training methods. It's just that I'm not very good at it myself."

At the end, Saburo Takeda smiled innocently.

It turns out that you are not very skilled.

Pinggong Qianye agreed with this deeply, and he was indeed not wrong in his judgment.

"Are there any realms on the path of cultivation?"

After finally meeting a practitioner from a big temple, Pinggong Qianye felt that he should learn more knowledge from him.

Chapter 34: Nine Grades of Buddhism

"Is it the level 1, level 2, and level and level cultivation levels in novels?"

Akechi Mitsuhide became interested, took a sip of beer, and waited for Takeda Saburo to tell the truth.

"To be honest, there is indeed a relatively complete cultivation system, but it is only for reference and does not represent real strength and cultivation."

Takeda Saburo sat up straight and said with a smile: "Buddhist practice can be roughly divided into nine levels, from low to high: the level of abiding mind, the level of true words, the level of Dharma, the level of secret seal, the level of Samadhi, the level of Homa, the level of Dalai Lama, the level of position, and the level of Tathagata."

"Practice with a focused mind, recite the mantra, generate dharma power, make the secret seal, and realize samadhi."

"As for the realms that come after that, they are beyond my comprehension right now."

"But I heard from my master that if one can reach the level of Samadhi, he can be the abbot of a temple. If one can reach the level of Homa, he can be called a great monk of the time. As for if one can reach the level of Dalai Lama, he can be called a holy monk."

Takeda Saburo spoke calmly. He glanced at Hiramiya Chiye who was listening attentively and said, "This is just a rough division, not the only one. It is just to let practitioners roughly understand the level of their own practice."

"Moreover, the level of cultivation is not only reflected in these aspects, and the strength is not simply a matter of one level suppressing another."

"To be more precise, this is just a rough classification of cultivation levels, and it cannot be directly equated with real Buddhist practice."

Saburo Takeda elaborated on this point many times to prevent his words from affecting Chiya Hiramiya's practice.

Pinggong Chiye nodded to show his understanding.

Just like some old monks who sit in the scripture library, they do not practice mantras, do not generate magical powers, and do not make secret seals. However, once they recite Buddhist scriptures, they still have great magical powers and great power, which makes it difficult to include them in the normal practice system.

According to Saburo Takeda, the existence of this practice system is more to point out a way forward for those who are ignorant of practice, and to provide a reference.

If classified according to this level system, I should have already broken through to the secret seal level.

Samadhi should refer to the practice of stopping distracting thoughts, calming the mind and concentrating attention.

It can enable the meditator to enter a higher spiritual realm and gradually change the mysterious energy of life form.

There are probably two ways to achieve it. One is the innate ability, which is innate concentration, and the other is acquired concentration which is achieved through acquired efforts to increase concentration.

And he is the former.

Homa Chapter... It turns out that Homa comes after Samadhi.

Pinggong Qianye suddenly felt as if the clouds in his heart had been cleared and the sun had appeared. He had been practicing in ignorance all the way and it was difficult for him to see the road ahead.

For example, his mantras, dharma and secret seals are to be practiced simultaneously rather than one by one.

Although Saburo Takeda only gave a name to the subsequent realm, it already gave him a glimpse of his next path of cultivation.

Homapin should be the state you are in at the moment.

"Takeda, what level are you at now?" Akechi Mitsuhide asked with great interest.

"I am ashamed. I just gained magical powers and was allowed by my master to go down the mountain to gain experience in the secular world."

Takeda Saburo said with some discomfort, "You are the first Buddhist practitioners I met after I came down the mountain."

After saying this, he subconsciously glanced at Pinggong Qianye.

Being defeated in strength just after coming down the mountain was indeed a big blow to him.

However, physical strength does not represent true Buddhist practice, and he does not think that Pinggong Qianye can easily surpass him in other aspects.

He is also professional in exorcising evil spirits.

His master said that in the city, desires are like a sea, evil spirits are rampant, evil spirits break the law, and all living beings suffer.

"Hiramiya, what rank are you at?" Akechi Mitsuhide looked at Hiramiya Chiye with curiosity.

"I just gained magical powers not long ago."

Pinggong Qianye smiled and said that it is better to be humble.

I developed magical powers when I was 13 years old, and only 3 years have passed since then, which is really not too long.

It’s just that he made great progress in accumulating magical power.

Although he had never seen other people with great magical powers, he felt that his magical powers should be extremely vast and powerful.

"You are so talented. I am 18 years old and you look younger than me." Saburo Takeda did not hide his surprise.

"Hiramiya, 16 years old, a freshman at Shiraishi High School, has never had a romantic relationship."

Akechi Mitsuhide smiled and put his arm around Hiramiya Chiya's shoulders, helping him to give the answer.

"Two years difference..." Takeda Saburo shook his head and sighed, "With such a talent for cultivation, only my junior brother in Shitennoji understands or can compare with you."