Enlightened Zen master

After realizing that the Zen master stayed in Haitian Temple, he never swept the floor and closed the door once. If it's his turn to keep vigil, other monks are always uneasy.

All the monks call him a lazy monk. If you realize that you are not angry or upset, laugh it off. A few days later, the monks suddenly found that Wu posted a couplet at the door, saying, "Is it necessary to close an empty door?" The bottom line is "why sweep the pure land". The monks were startled, and they couldn't refute Wu's strange remarks for a while. Someone went to tell the abbot. When the abbot of Fayan heard this, he just sent a message: "It's not your generation who knows Zen. Learn from him."

Monks all think that the abbot with the right eye is inclined to enlightenment, and he is somewhat dissatisfied. The abbot told the monks one thing: It was an evening half a year ago, and he hurried back to Haitian Temple, because the Shan Yu just stopped, the river surged and the wooden bridge had been washed away. There is a village aunt who is worried that she can't cross the river. Seeing this scene, the abbot thought twice. He rolled up his trouser legs, broke a branch and used it as a crutch, while wading across the river. The abbot believes that men and women are not close, and monks should first stay away from women. In doing so, they not only gave her a demonstration, but also fulfilled their obligations as GM. However, I don't know whether the village girl didn't understand the abbot's hint or whether she was timid and still stood on the other side of the river. It's getting dark. What should we do? Just then, an ugly monk came along. The monk came forward to salute the village girl and crossed the river with her. After the monk put the village girl on the ground, the village girl blushed and thanked the monk in shame. The monk said, "Amitabha, be merciful!" I hit the road without saying a word.

The abbot couldn't help asking, "This monk, a monk shouldn't approach women. How can you hold a girl? " The monk smiled and said, "I put that girl down long ago." Why can't you let go? Knowing that he met a Taoist priest, he strongly invited Master Wu to live in Haitian Temple.

This incident was a great shock to the abbot. He deeply realized the depth of the Zen master's way of doing things, and wanted him to get familiar with Haitian Temple before making plans. Soon, the Qing soldiers went south, and there were tragedies such as "Yangzhou 10th Day" and "Jiading Three Slaughters". Good men believe in women and avoid disaster, and the temple incense is cold.

It is only a matter of time before Haitian Temple falls into the hands of Qing soldiers. The timid monk left the temple and fled to the countryside. When they realized this, they meditated in the hall every day, as if they didn't know the siege of the army. On a cloudy day, a bearded general of the Qing army led a sergeant into the temple, and all the other monks fled, only to find that the Zen master was still in no hurry, unhurried and turned a blind eye to the arrival of the bearded general. Seeing that the monk dared to despise himself so much, General Bearded snapped, "General, how dare you be so arrogant? Do you know that this general kills people like mowing grass? "

Without looking at the bearded general, he replied, "You probably don't know that there are monks who are not afraid of death in the temple. Since they are not afraid of death, what is there to be afraid of? "

Originally, General Bearded wanted to kill and set fire to the temple, but after listening to Wu's answer, he admired the monk's heroism and courage from the bottom of his heart and ordered his retreat. In this way, Haitian Temple escaped this military disaster.

So the abbot strengthened the idea of passing the abbot's position to Wu. In order to realize that he is a wild crane in the clouds, he refused the kindness of the abbot and finally traveled around the world again.

When he left, he left a message: "The mud Buddha doesn't cross the water, the golden Buddha doesn't cross the furnace, the wooden Buddha doesn't cross the fire, and the real Buddha sits inside."

The mud Buddha can't pass the water, the golden Buddha can't pass the furnace, the wooden Buddha can't pass the fire, and the real Buddha sits inside. It is true that there is a Buddha in my heart.

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