From eunuch to emperor

"I have thought about it for a long time, what is a Buddha, I think this Buddha statue is not a Buddha, nor is it a Buddha to take refuge in a Buddha."

Long Chen slowly expressed his point of view.

But before Long Chen finished speaking, Mojie exploded, stood up abruptly, pointed at Long Chen and scolded: "Long Chengen, you dare to slander Buddha, you will go to hell!"

Long Chen secretly laughed in his heart: This is the same thing again, if you don't believe it, you will go to hell.

"Why should the mage be angry? If what I said is wrong, let the mage tell me, what is a Buddha?"

Long Chen threw the question back to Mo Jie.

Mojie didn't know how to answer, so he just said, "Anyway, it's wrong for you to slander the Buddha."

Long Chen pointed at the Buddha statue puzzled and said, "Does the mage still think this is the Buddha?"

Mojie remained silent, and slowly sat down again.

"Then I will continue. If there is anything wrong, please correct the mage."

Mo Jie sat still, but his heart was very disturbed, the Dharma he heard from Monk Kong Ji couldn't answer Long Chen's question, so there must be something wrong.

Mojie's intelligence is not boasted, he can see the problem.

"In my opinion, this Buddha statue is not a Buddha, and neither is the wood. Only when we think it is a Buddha, it is a Buddha."

"We look at things with the Buddha's heart, and everything is a Buddha, just like the appearance of this refuge Buddha. I heard that it used to be called the Salvation Buddha, and its appearance is different from the current refuge Buddha."

"Then if only the current Buddha of Refuge is a Buddha, then what was the previous Buddha of Salvation?"

"So, no matter what the appearance of the Buddha statue is, if there is a Buddha in the heart, then it is a Buddha."

The appearance of taking refuge in the Buddha now is actually determined by the master of the monk Kongji.

Formerly known as the Salvation Buddha, he has a kind face and kind eyes, which means to save all living beings.

Mojie's heart shook, and he couldn't help muttering to himself: "If there is a Buddha in your heart, then that is the Buddha."

Seeing that Mojie had some insights, Long Chen continued: "If there is a Buddha in the heart, everyone is a Buddha; with compassion, everyone can be saved."

"The Buddha is the Buddha's heart, and the Dharma is the method for people to see their own Buddha's heart."

"This is my personal perception. I also know that this is very different from Master Kong Ji's Buddhist teachings. I am not sure whether it is right or wrong. I also ask the Master for advice."

At this moment, Mojie was fighting between heaven and man in his heart, he kept asking himself whether what Long Chen said was right or not.

Monk Kongji said that the Buddha is taking refuge in the Buddha, and the Dharma is the law that persuades people to respect and take refuge in the Buddha. Any doubts are heretics.

But according to what Monk Kongji said, the question just now cannot be answered.

If you can't even answer what is a Buddha and what is the Dharma, then is there still a Buddha in this world?

The expression on Mo Jie's face fluctuated, Long Chen knew that he was struggling in his heart at this moment.

Long Chen didn't urge him, he sat cross-legged on the spot, thinking with Mo Jie.

time passed slowly...

Until the sun rose the next day, Mojie was still thinking hard.

Long Chen slowly opened his eyes, and slowly said: "It seems that the mage can't answer my doubts. I have a special status, and I can't go to Zhaoti Temple to ask Master Kong Ji face to face. I also ask the mage to ask for my advice."

Mojie was physically and mentally exhausted, clasped his hands together and said: "My Buddha is merciful, this poor monk will definitely ask for the general."

Long Chen picked up the three booklets beside him, and said: "This is a little insight I got when I was studying Buddhism, and I gave it to the master. Please correct me if it is wrong."

Mojie got up quickly to pick up the books, one was the "Tan Sutra", the other was the "Diamond Sutra", and the other was the "Heart Sutra".

Mojie had never seen these before, so he thought it was really written by Long Chen.

"The poor monk must read it carefully."

Long Chen got up and said: "As the general of the Great Zhou, I will try my best tomorrow, and I will ask the mage to prepare."

Mo Jie replied: "The poor monk understands, the general is relieved."

Long Chen first left the refuge temple and returned to Long Shuai's mansion.

Mojie sat down on the spot, opened the three booklets and studied.

In the past, Mojie would never have read such a thing. This is a heretical and evil book.

But what Long Chen said was so subtle, Mojie already felt turmoil in his heart, he was eager to know why the Dharma he had learned had problems.

"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, when practicing the deep Prajna Paramita for a long time, sees all five aggregates are empty..."

After reading the "Heart Sutra", Moji's face was full of shock. This scripture is so exquisite, it thoroughly explained that everything is empty.

Mojie opened the "Diamond Sutra" again, and read: "All conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew or electricity, and should be viewed in this way."

Mojie felt that his realm of Buddhist practice had suddenly improved, his heart was suddenly enlightened, and his spiritual consciousness was clear.

All the previous attachments seemed to be let go suddenly, as if suddenly climbed from the foot of the mountain to see all the mountains in the world.

"General Long's Buddhist attainments are so profound."

Mo Jie couldn't help admiring.

At this time, Mo Jie believed that Long Chen was actually a Buddhist believer, if he didn't believe in it sincerely, how could he have such profound insights.

Mo Jie even felt that Long Chen's Dharma was higher than Kong Ji.

But Mojie respected Kongji very much. As soon as this idea appeared, Mojie immediately denied it, not allowing himself to question Monk Kongji.

Looking at the sun outside, Mojie carefully put away the three booklets, and then went back to the capital post.

After entering the east gate and walking on the street, the people saw Mojie and worshiped him one after another.

"Master is merciful, save me from the sea of ​​suffering."

A disheveled beggar bowed to Maji, his eyes were full of piety.

Mojie was stunned for a moment, logically speaking, he should persuade the beggar to believe in the Buddha, and then he could be blessed.

"Dharma is in the heart, the donor can save himself..."

After saying this, Mojie was startled, secretly shouted that it was not good, he was brainwashed by Long Chen.

"Master, I have to get the protection of the Buddha for refuge before I can escape. How can I get out of the sea of ​​suffering?"

Beggars do not understand.

Mojie didn't explain much, and hurried back to the post house.

Mojie thought to himself: This Long Chengen is indeed treacherous, I have fallen under his spell.

Mo Jie was not a fool, and found that something was wrong.

Tomorrow there will be martial arts competitions and debates. If you shake your faith at this time, you will undoubtedly lose tomorrow.

"What a Long Cheng'en, you really are full of tricks!"

Back at the post house, Pu Xuan and Hong Zhi were walking back and forth in the yard.

"Nephew, where have you been? Why haven't you returned all night?"

The two were very anxious, with reproach in their tone.

Mojie sneered and said: "I went to meet Long Cheng'en, this guy is really scheming, he even wants to confuse my mind."

Hong Zhi was surprised and said, "Trouble your mind? Doesn't he know that your mind is firm and you won't be deceived by the outside world?"

Mo Jie sneered, "It's okay, I've seen through his trick."

Puxuan nodded and said: "That's good, you should rest well and face Long Chengen tomorrow."

Mojie returned to the room, threw the three booklets on the table, and said with a sneer, "Heretic ways."

Picking up the fire booklets on the table, Mojie hesitated for a long time, and finally got angry and burned the three booklets.

"Tomorrow, I will make you look good!"

Mojie swept the ashes into the trash can.

After eating something, Mojie recuperated and prepared for tomorrow's battle.