Chapter 166

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Chen Mo's unconventional statement immediately made all the monks in the main hall speechless. If there was any doubt that Chen Mo could enter the Bodhi cliff only at the level of senior elders at such a young age, when Chen Mo's statement of being a poor woman from another angle made these monks feel ashamed and confused.

Even a top Zen master like master Cixu didn't expect this boy to have such an understanding from the poor girl's lamp.

Chen Luan thought, this boy is simply a firefly in the night - the essence of luminescence can't be concealed. If it weren't for the stunned expression of the monks around, she must hold Chen Mo well and know where there are so many strange ideas in this boy's head.

With Chen Mo saying Zen, all monks treat their sisters and brothers with respect.

Then master Cixu led Chen Mo from the side door of the main hall to a back mountain.

The back mountain is clean, without sandalwood and Zen language. It is lush everywhere, with green mountains and flowing water. Walking rabbits and birds, it looks like a paradise.

"Further ahead is Bodhi cliff. I can only send it here. Next, please go by yourself. Your Highness has only ten days in Bodhi cliff. Your highness should remember." Master Cixu said that Chen Luan could not follow Chen Mo at this time, so he left Bodhi cliff to wait.

Chen Mo closed his hands and walked piously into Bodhi cliff.

Master Cixu meditated in Bodhi cliff, and Chen Luan also meditated. She learned mind learning in wuyina, and felt that this mind and mind cooperated very well. She was also idle and bored to practice slowly.

"Your Highness, has your brother ever studied Zen before?" Master Cixu asked his doubts. Chen Mo's performance of the Zen family is enough to make him moved. Master Cixu saw such a man who came to Zen at will for the first time in his life.

If he had practiced Zen, it would be good. At least it was a great blessing for Zen, but it happened that this person had never been in contact with before.

Chen Luan himself can't understand it: "Zen pays attention to understanding. Maybe the experience of childhood made my younger brother understand a lot and look down on a lot." As a sister, I have to stick a gold sticker to my brother. "Master, although my younger brother is not a Zen, surely no one in this great dynasty can match my younger brother?"

"That's true." Master Cixu said.

"My younger brother is so gifted that he has entered Bodhi cliff again, and my younger brother is also qualified to enter the Zen master's hall? This princess sees that Chang'an mansion will also be led by the Zen family in the future, and will not insult Wanshou temple." Chen Luan pointed out that he wanted to give Chen mo the identity of a great Zen master in Wanshou temple. Wanshou temple has a huge influence. If they are brought to Chang'an mansion, it will undoubtedly add a great help. If they deal with the royal family in the future, they will not be afraid of the Wanshou temple.

"It's so good, but your highness, you can't wait before the exam. It's better to think first. I also like your highness very much. It's also a blessing for our temple that your highness can be named as a great Zen master." Master Cixu smiled.

Chen Luan knew that he still had some scruples, but he had been guaranteed, and there was no need to worry. Chen Luan turned to look at the Bodhi cliff path, with a sweet smile.

Along a green path, Chen Mo soon saw a cliff with a cave under it.

Chen Mo was not in a hurry. He walked leisurely, just like walking in a leisurely court, watching flowers and water.

Entering the cave, the cave is not very big, about several feet wide, with a bodhi tree in the middle. Chen Mo sits under the bodhi tree, which is nothing special. Its branches and leaves are almost withered, with a dying posture. Even so, Chen Mo can still feel an extremely ancient flavor from this Bodhi, as if this Bodhi had existed since ancient times, and this haggard appearance is awe inspiring.

It seems that the legend of the primitive Star Kingdom is not groundless.

Chen Mo sat under the bodhi tree, took a deep breath, ran his mind, and soon entered the most natural and peaceful state between heaven and earth. Then, looking up, there is a stone wall opposite the bodhi tree. There are a few verses left on the stone wall. It is said that only those who crack the verse can understand the mystery of Bodhi cliff. Of course, this verse can only be seen by monks with great wisdom.

With Chen Mo's Zen Mind, this is naturally not difficult for him.

After staring for more than half an hour, the first sentence gradually appeared on the stone wall.

The body is a bodhi tree

Chen Mo's mind suddenly moved, and he hurried to settle his mind. This verse can't be

Chen Mo continues to sit quietly, simply taught by Wang Yangming's mind, and his mind control turns to be satisfactory and ethereal. The second verse also appeared in my eyes.

"The heart is like a mirror!"

Chen Mo concentrated, remained unmoved, and continued to meditate; There were flying insects buzzing in his ears, and insects and ants crawling on the ground, but Chen Mo had no feeling. His mind was like a rock without any disturbance. For a few hours, the last two words "wipe it frequently, don't cause dust" also emerged.

The body is a bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror. Wipe it frequently from time to time, so as not to cause dust.

Seeing this complete verse, Chen Mo almost burst out laughing.

right enough.

This verse is the right verse of Shenxiu and Huineng, who inherited the mantle of the six ancestors. Because it is so famous, Chen Mo was very impressed and immediately came up with the context of this story.

If you want to understand this verse.

Chen Mo had an idea in his mind.

At that time, Shenxiu wrote this aphoristic verse of "the body is a bodhi tree" to inherit six generations. He wrote it really well, because he emphasized "always wipe", and later generations advocated "brushing the dust and looking at the net", which led to the emergence of the "progressive sect" of Zen.

However, Huineng later wrote a famous poem "Bodhi has no tree" in response to Shenxiu's "wuxiangji", which defeated Shenxiu and won the name of the six ancestors.

Since it is the Wuxiang verse of Shenxiu in front of you, if you want to understand it, you naturally can't understand it from the artistic conception of this verse, which can only be inferior and can't go out of the shadow of predecessors, so this understanding can only be the higher artistic conception of Huineng.

He also remembered Huineng's Bodhi, but how to comprehend it made Chen Mo hesitate.

It's not enough to read it out. The language of Zen is not enough. It needs insight and immersive understanding.

Chen Mo had a thought, closed his eyes and stopped looking at the Wuxiang verse on the mountain wall. He put away his thoughts, stopped thinking, and forgot to be protected by the bodhi tree. Sitting in Bodhi is not Bodhi. Bodhi is a path of enlightenment. What tree is there? If there is a tree, Bodhi will become an object and be persistent. Bodhi originally had nothing. You said you were awakened, but what was it like? Is it cyan? Yellow? red White? Let's talk about it. Come out and see that it's invisible.

Through this thought, in an instant, Chen Mo and Bodhi immediately become one. Bodhi is Chen Mo, and Chen Mo is incarnated in Bodhi.

This is Bodhi without trees!

He should have no place to live, but his heart; The mind is like a mirror. In fact, there is no platform at all. If there is a platform, there is persistence. Then Chen Mo's mind is as empty as a valley, invisible and qualitative.

The mirror is not a stage!

With Chen Mo completely integrated with Bodhi, Bodhi cliff has disappeared from ancient times. Chen Mo once again urged the nose lock technique to close his breath. Flying insects and fallen leaves disappeared one by one, and the dust and debris of the air could not touch him one by one.

There is nothing in the beginning, where can it cause dust.

This verse also reappears.

Suddenly, Chen Mo suddenly saw in his heart that Bodhi was in spring again, the withered branches and leaves were revitalized, and the emerald leaves were dense, drilling from the branches and sprouting in layers.

These Bodhi leaves emit green light as clear as jade, and leaves fall on Chen Mo and integrate into his body, meridians and breath. Chen Mo felt a vast ancient voice.

It seems to be coming from the deepest, distant past star field.

The voice said so.

"All things are for my use, not mine. The mind has no place to stay, no obstacles, neither mind nor dust! All sentient beings have the wisdom and virtue of the Tathagata, but it can't be proved by delusional persistence! Today you can understand the mystery of Bodhi, and my six ancestors will teach you this Bodhi mental skill!!"

The meridians on Chen Mo's skin became verdant green, shining with light, greedily sucking the Bodhi breath, Chen Mo's face was calm, like a stone carving, and finally these green lights completely melted.

All promising dharmas, such as dreams and bubbles, such as dew and electricity, should be observed like this!

I don't know how long it has passed, as long as a thousand years, or for a moment, Chen Mo slowly opened his eyes after feeling the power of his body is completely ethereal.

Bodhi cliff is silent.

The bodhi tree is still withered and dying, and there is no vitality. Insects on the ground were crawling on his feet, and a black centipede was hunting a mouse through a crack in the stone in the distance. I don't know why, the killing action of the black centipede was very clear in his eyes, and each killing action was transformed into martial arts moves in his mind, and he unconsciously imagined a set of martial arts moves of 'nine hunting of centipedes'.

Chen Mo Yisheng, running his mind, impressively found that the perfect combination of bodhi mind method and mind learning had reached the extreme.

God will never die, mind will not be stained, the essence of all things, should be like this view!

Just thinking about it, Chen Mo immediately understood how the bodhi mind method was against the sky.

Chen Mo looked back for a moment and found that a new branch had grown under the withered bodhi tree, and several green Bodhi leaves were shining green and glittering.

"Well, is this?" Chen Mo carefully holds it, as impressively as he imagined it to be a congenital star treasure.

Yes, after I understood the mystery of being a bodhi tree, the power left on the bodhi tree has passed to me, and this leaf of Bodhi should be the root of the power of Bodhi cliff.

Chen Mo felt lucky enough that he could easily understand "Bodhi has no tree". If other people want such a profound mystery, I'm afraid only the sixth ancestor like Huineng can do it.

Chen Mo bowed deeply, and his heart was also extremely devout, so he withdrew from the cave.

Outside the cave.

Chen Luan and master Cixu opened their eyes from meditation.

"Brother, you finally figured it out." Chen Luan got up, trotted over and looked left and right at Chen mo. "How about it, little brother, do you understand?"

"How long have I been there?" Chen Mo asked.

"Just ten days!"

Chen Mo was stunned. "So long? The palace test is about to begin."

"The palace test will begin the day after tomorrow." Chen Luan is funny. It seems that this little brother just woke up. He didn't fall asleep in Bodhi cliff, right? Well, with his personality, it's really possible.

Master Cixu kept looking at Chen Mo carefully. Chen Mo got bodhi mind skill, and his mind was like a mirror. With his top Zen master level, he couldn't see the slightest difference. However, with his experience of more than 70 years, master Cixu still felt what Chen Mo got in Bodhi cliff, and he didn't say anything, saying, "Your Highness, let me take a shower and change clothes first."

"Please, master."

"Your Highness, do you have any experience in Bodhi cliff?" Asked master Cixu.

"Yes, I dreamed of someone talking to me, but I don't remember it very clearly. When I woke up, the verse on the mountain wall disappeared, and I came out." Chen Mo thought for a while. It's too treacherous. Don't tell others about it, so as not to bear the blame.

"Your Highness can come to Bodhi cliff to meditate at any time if you like." Master Cixu's promise startled Chen Luan, and he would come to Bodhi cliff to meditate at any time? The Tang Emperor didn't get such good treatment.

"Thank you, master. I can't insist on the opportunity for Zen enlightenment. If I have any understanding, I'll see you again." Chen Mo is sincere. He is really curious about this Bodhi cliff.

Master Cixu smiled and stopped talking. Then the three of them came out of Bodhi cliff together.