Mind Cultivation Record

Precepts are the foundation of supreme Bodhi. Only with precepts can concentration be born, and only with concentration can wisdom be developed. If you practice without precepts, it is useless and not considered as true Buddhist practice.

The so-called precepts are actually very simple. The holy monk Ananda casually touched the top of the little monk's head, and it was considered to have completed the precepts for the little monk.

The Buddhists seemed to have known this for a long time, but the ghost saint Xu Wan smiled contemptuously, but Xiao Mian and other outsiders were not satisfied with it. After going through untold hardships and spending nearly a year, they finally sent the little monk back to the Ten Chasma Sea. They thought that the little monk's precepts must be a big deal, but they didn't expect it to be over like this!

But soon, everyone knew that things were not that simple.

At the moment when the little monk completed the precepts, rounds of fine Buddha light emerged from his body. A full 108 Buddha lights appeared in the void behind the little monk's head. They were the 108 Hinayana magical powers that the little monk had realized before. This is not the end. Immediately afterwards, nine more sturdy Buddha lights flew up and stood out from the crowd. They were the nine great Mahayana magical powers that the little monk instantly realized while observing the precepts.

At the same time, the little monk exuded a momentum that seemed to be the pressure of the golden elixir - the moment he completed the precepts, the little monk successfully entered the golden elixir realm!

This made Xiao Mian and others stunned.

He achieved the golden elixir without going through the minor heavenly tribulation. The name of the little holy monk is indeed not false!

At that moment, the sound of Sanskrit descended from the sky, the ceiling fell, the Buddha's light shone, and the auspicious air overflowed. Even Xiao Mian and other outsiders of Buddhism felt relaxed and happy.

Everyone was immersed in the baptism of Buddha nature when they heard Xu Wan sneer.

In the silence, this sneer was like thunder.

Wei Ying glared at him, holding a vajra, and wanted to fight with the three-foot-tall boy again; Zen Master Zhiling and others were also unhappy, but they did not dare to easily show their bad intentions; Xiao Mian and others looked at the ghost saint in amazement, thinking that this three-foot-tall boy, could it be that he chose today, the Buddha's birthday, to mess things up?

But the holy monk Ananda and the little monk himself were indifferent.

"This senior, you slander my Buddhist sect everywhere, what is your intention?" Finally, a Buddhist monk could not help but ask Xu Wan. The person who spoke up was standing next to the abbot of Longhua Temple, Mingjian, and he was the best person in Longhua Temple besides Fayin - Fawu. Xu Wan glanced at Fa Wu, and then smiled at Ming Jian and said, "Ming Jian, old bald donkey! Why didn't you let this kid and Fa Yin become demons together? Maybe good things would have happened!"

Ghost Saint Xu Wan's words were irrelevant, but everyone present knew that Fa Yin had become demons, so they immediately understood the hidden meaning of Ghost Saint's words.

The so-called "good things would have happened" meant that the little monk died a violent death?

As soon as Xu Wan said this, the atmosphere at the scene immediately fell into an awkward situation.

"Amitabha! Fa Yin has been expelled from Longhua Temple!" After saying this, Ming Jian said no more. The Ghost Saint's eyes circled around Mingjian, and then around the many Buddhist practitioners at the scene, and then he sneered with irony: "Alright! Alright! The young monk is not anxious, why should I be anxious? According to your Buddhist practice, next, isn't it time to have a ranking battle? Do you mind letting me, an old ghost, see how strong the young generation of Buddhist practitioners are?"

The so-called "ranking battle" of the Ghost Saint is indeed true.

The ranking of the top ten famous temples in Xishuzhou at that time was not determined casually, but was determined based on a ranking battle hundreds of years ago. When the holy monk Ananda was taking the precepts, the monk Zhiling and others, who were still young monks at the time, had a ranking battle. The monk Zhiling won the first place, which established the reputation of the White Horse Temple as the first.

Now that the young monk Jiaye is taking the precepts, it is natural that a new round of ranking battles will be held.

Zen Master Zhiling and his companions seemed to be well prepared. They led their most outstanding young disciples to Shichahai for this ranking battle.

When many monks were ready to fight, there was only one exception, that is, the owner of Cihang Jingzhai - Master Jingyin!

"My fellow monks are profound in Buddhism and have great magical powers. I, Cihang Jingzhai, will not join in the fun. I will take the last seat and wait for you to show me your horizons!"

Master Jingyin actually gave up the qualification for the ranking battle on her own initiative.

Zen Master Zhiling and his companions did not care when they heard this. First, Cihang Jingzhai was an outlier among the ten famous temples, and second, Master Jingyin's cultivation was the lowest among them. Thinking back to the last ranking battle, Master Jingyin was just the last seat.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the holy monk Ananda spoke.

"Junior Sister Jingyin, please be patient and listen to what I have to say!"

While speaking, seeing that everyone was looking at him, Saint Ananda raised his hands, stretched out his ten fingers, and made a strange gesture. Then he saw Saint Ananda's ten fingers spinning, and the illusory finger shadows were peeled off from his fingers and flew towards the sky.

No one knew what Saint Ananda meant, only Ghost Saint and Wei Ying were thinking.

The next moment, a thunderous sound came from a very far distance, rumbling continuously, accompanied by an inexplicable sound of waves.

Everyone was shocked. It was said that the Ten Cha Sea was peaceful and calm all year round. How could there be waves without any wind?

But at this moment, on the vast ocean of Shisha Sea, towering peaks suddenly rose up. There were ten towering peaks in total, and each of them was at a different distance from the nameless hill where the small temple was located, but they formed a circle with the nameless hill in the center.

This incident was obviously due to the previous actions of Holy Monk Ananda. On the one hand, everyone was horrified by Holy Monk Ananda's ability to move mountains and calm seas, and on the other hand, they were suspicious of why the old monk did this. But Ananda The saint monk's actions did not stop there.

The ten fingers of the holy monk Ananda moved like the wind, sometimes loose, sometimes tightly clasped, sometimes in the shape of a vase, sometimes in the shape of a lotus, and finally turned into nothingness with a soft drink.

Because of the ten sky-high peaks rising from the ground, the sea level of the Shicha Sea rose sharply. With the sound of the holy monk Ananda, the wind and waves in the Shicha Sea were high, and the excess sea water was wrapped by the strong wind, heading towards The low-lying areas along the Shichahai coast were rushed over.

After a moment, Shichahai was calm again.

Correspondingly, nearly ten thousand pools of different sizes and depths appeared near the Shicha Sea. The water in those pools poured in from the Shicha Sea.

Only then did Holy Monk Ananda retract his hands.

"Amitabha! Today, I got instructions from the Buddha to do this heaven-defying act of moving mountains and conquering seas. I want to name these ten giant peaks Zen, Jin, Endurance, Jie, Tan, Hui, Fang, and Gu. , strength, wisdom, what do you think, brothers and sisters?

"The ten fingers turned into ten peaks, and the ten peaks were named Ten Degrees. The holy monk Ananda named these giant ten-finger peaks after the number of ten degrees. This is in line with the principles of Buddhism. We are convinced." At this point, Zen Master Zhiling looked at Holy Monk Ananda. He asked: "But I don't know, what does the holy monk mean by this?"

"Everyone knows that a great catastrophe is coming! And if nothing unexpected happens, the situation of this great catastrophe will probably be more corrupt than the previous ones. Therefore, the five states in the world can only survive by working together and doing their best. Survive the disaster and gain a chance of survival. I was instructed by the Buddha to raise these ten giant peaks in order to select potential descendants from the ten famous temples to practice meditation on these ten giant peaks in preparation for the great disaster."

The words of Monk Ananda made everyone look worried at first, but soon all the Buddhists, including Zen Master Zhiling, looked excited and full of joy.

Shichahai is the place with the strongest aura in the entire Western Shu State.

But from ancient times to the present, Shichahai has been occupied by two holy monks, an old man and a young one. These two saintly monks have achieved nirvana and rotated with each other, so that even though Buddhists know that Shichahai is a side of Western Shuzhou Treasure land, but dare not easily step into the Shicha Sea.

Now, after hearing what Holy Monk Ananda said, he actually allowed the outstanding disciples of the younger generations from the ten famous temples to practice peacefully on the ten giant peaks. How could everyone not be delighted?

It's just that as the saying goes, ten fingers stretched out are still long and short. What's more, these ten giant peaks are originally made of the ten fingers of Ananda. They are of different sizes and different distances from the nameless hill. They obviously exist. The difference between good and bad, strong and weak.

Sure enough, at this moment, Holy Monk Ananda spoke again.

"Although the ten giant peaks are exactly the same, there are some differences after all. In this ranking battle, according to the order of ranking, you can be the first to choose the ownership of the giant peak!" As soon as Holy Monk Ananda finished speaking, Master Shizune suddenly took a step forward. , said loudly: "If this is the case, I, Cihang Jingzhai, will have to compete with all the senior brothers!"

"Junior sister Shizune, you're welcome!"

"This is a grand event for my Buddhist sect, so I should do my best!"

"That's right! Cihang Jingzhai's lineage has always been hidden from the world. Taking this opportunity, let the disciples see Cihang Jingzhai's secret method and open their eyes..."

For a time, many famous temple abbots spoke one after another, appearing to be happy.