Chapter 422 Four Noble Truths
No one could have predicted that Jianquan would violently kill the deputy commander of the Zhenfu Division and the master of Luoyang Haotian Taoist Temple.
This is the same as no one would think that at the New Year's Day Grand Court Meeting, Xue Gongshan Chang Lian Xuanxiao suddenly killed the emperor and empress and declared himself to be the emperor of Yu Kingdom.
It's too bizarre to be true.
"Jian, Master Jianquan,"
Xing Pengyue's eyes moved away from Gongsun Changyi's corpse with great difficulty, and his voice trembled: "You are"
"Have you not reacted yet?"
Jianquan smiled gently,
The Lightning Prison dissipated slowly with Xiong Tuohai's death, and the shadow demon trapped in it immediately swam to the foot of Jianquan and turned into a shadow again, sticking to the ground.
The four walls of the prison courtyard are full of torches, but there is only one shadow of Jianquan.
"There has never been any Shi Xingseng, it has always been you."
Sui Yi said in a bitter voice: "First you used Shadow Demons to attack and kill Huang Yusan, Gao Fuyun and others one after another, to create the fact that there were serial murders in Xingzhou City.
You know that the Xingzhou Town Fusi will definitely notify the superiors, so you went to Luoyang in advance, found the deputy commander Gongsun Changyi, and fabricated news about Shi Xingseng.
Because you are the last person who met Shi Xingseng, and you are also the leader of the Zen sect in Yu Kingdom, and you know the Zen exercises best,
Gongsun Changyi will definitely bring you to Xingzhou, and you will take this opportunity to attack and kill him.
In order to make the operation go smoothly, you deliberately fabricated the so-called 'Shi Xingseng is killing people according to the six reincarnations', and tricked Li Leling from Xingzhou City to leave.
Because you know, Li Leling must be secretly accompanied by a powerful imperial palace enshrinement.
will hinder your plans. "
Jianquan smiled and listened, exuding a gentle temperament, not like a murderer with blood on his hands, but more like a kind old man returning from a day of farm work.
"If the facts are as the benefactor says,"
After Sui Yi finished speaking, Jianquan said leisurely, "Why did the poor monk attack and kill the master of Taoism in Xingzhou? Once he did so, it would inevitably lead to the arrival of Xiong Tuohai, the master of Haotian Taoism in Luoyang. Isn’t the poor monk adding to his burden?”
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Sui Yi couldn't help being silent, she really couldn't figure out Jianquan's motive for doing this.
You must know that he is now the leader of the Zen sect in Yu State, with countless disciples and grandchildren, and the necks and necks compiled by him will surely become famous in the future.
Status, strength, fame, power, and Jianquan have already stood at the top of the monks, and he has no reason to openly rebel against the State of Yu.
Even if it is the slightest possibility, for example, he is a spy sent by Zhou State to Yu State a long time ago, he would not choose to take actions that lack strategic significance in Xingzhou, a city that has no strategic value—
Might as well enter the palace to assassinate.
"The poor monk is not a secret agent like Zhou Guo and Jing Guo, nor is he a member of the Demon Cult who has been lurking very deeply, and he has not been influenced by alienated objects."
Jianquan said calmly: "Most of the stories told by the poor monk during the day are true, with only a few differences in details.
Six months ago, when the poor monk was wandering around, he encountered a monk named Shi Xing who claimed to be from Harvard.
Jianquan gazed slightly, and recalled: "The poor monk has heard a little about the change in Chang'an on the Qixi Festival last year. He knew the word "Zhaoming" when writing letters with his friends, so he naturally raised his vigilance.
Shi Xingseng guessed the plan of the poor monk, and took out a scroll of scriptures in advance.
One volume, Notes of Sarnath, brought from Tianzhu by Maha Le Qiduo in the pre-Qin period.
The author is a member of the earliest Sangha whose name has been lost. He listened to the Buddha's teaching in Sarnath, and wrote down his experience and confusion. "
At the age of thirty-five, the Buddha sat under a pippala tree in Bodh Gaya, sat in lotus position, and became a Buddha after enlightenment. After that, he accepted disciples and spread enlightenment. Sarnath is the location of the first lecture.
"The poor monk was fortunate to have read many Sanskrit classics, including the ancient Zen classics that Master Yu Chu Chen Yi brought back from Nalanda Temple. Therefore, he can tell that the volume of notes is not forged.
As for the above content, it is the Four Noble Truths explained by the Buddha himself. "
Jianquan said: "The Buddha became a Buddha because he realized all the rules of birth and death in the world, but because the birth and death of all things is too esoteric and difficult to understand, the Buddha deliberately simplified it, using the four truths to explain the [dependent origination] principle of the flow of life and death and the way of liberation.
One is suffering, the second is accumulation, the third is extinction, and the fourth is Tao.
The Truth of Suffering is the suffering of life, such as birth, old age, sickness and death. Because there is suffering, there is no escape. "
The Truth of Settling refers to the cause of all sufferings, can gather the fruits of all sufferings, and points out that all sufferings are caused by the three instincts of greed, hatred, and ignorance.
The truth of extinguishing is to extinguish the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance like extinguishing a candle.
The truth of the Tao is the thorough enlightenment of the Tao. Not seeking sensual pleasures, or seeking pleasure through self-inflicted asceticism.
Instead, dig your heart and seek tranquility.
Once the Four Noble Truths are attained, one can be liberated from Nirvana and become the happiest and most unrestrained person in the world.
He does not suffer from the pain of the past, nor entangles with the pain of the future, but only lives in the present, with compassion, kindness, and fraternity in his heart. The Four Noble Truths are the foundation of Zen teachings, and all philosophical thinking is related to the Four Noble Truths. Throughout the ages, I don't know how many sages and predecessors have contributed to it.
There are even many monks who claim that someone has already obtained the Four Noble Truths and obtained ultimate liberation.
That is, this is suffering, which I know; "
Jianquan spoke eloquently, with a gentle and calm voice, containing firm strength.
If you ignore the blood on his hands, and the two dead bodies under his feet, it is no different from Zen teaching.
"But, they're all wrong."
Jianquan sighed leisurely, "Suffering, origin, extinction, Tao. Suffering is the origin of the Four Noble Truths. Only by knowing the suffering of all beings can there be subsequent thorough enlightenment.
The original Buddha, with great benevolence, observed people's birth, old age, sickness and death, so that he could empathize with him.
Nowadays, monks are not engaged in childbirth, but just watching the world toil, trying to realize benevolence and self-awareness by observing others.
This move is like going the opposite direction, looking for fish after a tree. The more you believe in it, the farther you will be from the right way and the closer you will be to the illusion. There is absolutely no possibility of realizing the Four Noble Truths, Nirvana and becoming a Buddha.
It's like a bridge built on the boundless sea of suffering, and there is a section missing in the middle. Even if it is only a few feet away from the end of the sea of suffering, it is still so far away, and it cannot be crossed no matter what.
The content in the Sarnath Notes fills in the missing path.
Right now,
Substitute yourself into the lives of others, feel the pain and happiness of others thoroughly and clearly,
It can also be understood as He Hua Zi Zi Tian. "
(end of this chapter)