Chapter 693: The Forum Lectures
Chan'er naturally followed Bai Xiaotian in a flying boat. After these days of care, his body had completely recovered, but his spirit still looked a little bad.
He had never explained the specific situation of Zhanguo relieving the knot in those three days. In fact, in addition to reciting the Qingxin Mantra in those days, he also debated Zhanguo who had been awake from time to time.
Zhanguo's attainments in Buddhism were far beyond his imagination. Although Chan'er finally won the debate, it was not a huge test for his mind.
Finally, Chan'er still communicated with the relics left by her previous life, and with the help of the power in the relics, she completely awakened Zhanguo.
"Donor Bai, have you seen Zhanguo after that day?" Chan'er sat cross-legged behind Bai Xiaotian and suddenly asked.
"No more. It is said that someone had seen him that day. He went out of the city gate. Many people speculated that he had returned to his hometown to atone for his sins. Anyway, no one had seen him since that day." Bai Xiaotian said.
"What's wrong? Master Chan'er has something to do when he is looking for him?" Chen Luo asked curiously.
"It's nothing, but after he was enlightened that day, he always felt that there was still some Zen theory that was not explained clearly, and it was inevitable that he could not be liberated in his heart." Chan'er said so...
"Master Chan'er doesn't have to worry too much. It is said that on the day Zhan Guo left the city, he cleaned up his appearance and had a smile after he was relieved. Obviously, you have helped him escape from the sea of suffering." Chen Luo comforted.
Chan'er nodded when she heard this, and said nothing.
The group soon flew to the meeting site. When they saw the tents that stretched for more than ten miles in the desert, they all felt spectacular.
The three of them landed from the sky and came to an open area directly in front of the venue. The monks who came here also gathered there, dressed neatly and recited the scriptures silently.
Although Jiao Lianmi was the king, he did not stand in the venue at this moment. Instead, like an ordinary believer, he set up a tent with eaves directly in front of the venue, sitting with the queen and the princes.
Seeing Chen Luo and his group landing on the stage, Qi Lianmi immediately waved to them, his face full of smiles.
Chen Luo and Bai Xiaotian also waved to him immediately, while Chan'er just raised her palm and bowed.
"The supreme and profound and subtle Dharma is difficult to encounter in hundreds of thousands of kalpas. Now I have seen, heard, received and upheld it. I wish to understand the true meaning of the Tathagata." Zen Master Linda stood in front of the monks and started the title of the "The Buddha's Sutra on the Amitabha Sutra".
"I heard this." The monks saluted and spoke.
Tens of thousands of people gathered around, sitting on the ground, and the noise that was originally a little noisy all returned to silence.
"Please ask all the great masters to ascend to the altar and prepare to preach." Zen Master Linda glanced at everyone and said.
As soon as he finished speaking, he flew up first and landed onto a high altar in the center of the entire venue. He closed his hands and sat cross-legged on the lotus futon.
Following closely behind, monks from the Dragon Altar, Baoshan and other Holy Lotus Altar also jumped up one after another, with as many as sixteen people scattered on the surrounding high platforms.
"Master Chan'er, are you ready?" Chen Luo asked in a low voice.
Chan'er looked at Chen Luo and nodded a little nervously.
Chen Luo then smiled, raised his hand and pinched the magic trick and waved it to the ground. A clear spring surged from the ground and turned into a spiral wave of water. He held Chan'er's body slowly rising into the sky, sending him into the altar.
After Chan'er sat cross-legged, she felt the wind blowing slowly by her side, and a strange and familiar fragment suddenly appeared in her mind. It seemed that at some point, he had been in the altar as high as he is now, fighting with others.
However, this clip only flashed away, and what appeared in Chan'er's mind was an isolated picture, and her impression was very blurred.
After Chan'er was slightly distracted, he calmed down his mind again, twisted the beads in his hand, and silently recited the Heart Sutra.
The Zen masters of other academies also climbed to the altar, sat cross-legged, recited scriptures and calmed their spirits, and the monks and disciples who followed the Zen masters sat on the ground and surrounded the altars of their masters and elders.
"Zen Master Tulan, which scripture do you use to enter the Dharma in this Dharma Assembly?" Zen Master Linda, as the presidency of the Mahayana Dharma Assembly, did not start preaching first, but instead ordered a monk from Cheshi Kingdom to instruct him to give his first preaching.
When the thin and thin old monk heard this, he first bowed to Zen Master Linda from afar, and then spoke:
"I quoted the "Ten Good Deeds Sutra" as a scripture to talk to everyone about the methods of eliminating karma and relieving disasters by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. If all sentient beings want to eliminate all sufferings, they must make great wishes and practice the ten good deeds. Doing so will stop killing, ban stealing, eliminate lust, do not speak irresponsible, do not speak irresistible, do not speak illusions, do not speak frivolously, avoid greed, stop anger, and stop ignorance..."
Although Shen Luo is not a Buddhist, he has read some Buddhist scriptures in the past and knows that this old monk talks about the most basic method of practicing Buddhism, that is, stay away from these ten kinds of evil karma and practice himself.
Afterwards, Zen Master Tulan continued to talk about the way of dealing with people extended from these ten good deeds. The content is simple and easy to understand, but the coverage is very wide. He is originally a person in practice, his voice is extremely penetrating and scattered within ten miles of the altar.
Not only the monks were impressed by the hearing, but even the ordinary people around them listened with relish.
After Zen Master Tulan was finished, Zen Master Linda bowed to the monks, recited a verse "Amitabha" in his mouth, and then pointed out the second Zen Master to start preaching.
This monk used the "A Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment" as a guide to tell the question of Shakyamuni Buddha and many Bodhisattvas about how to practice the Bodhisattva path. He quoted a large number of Buddhist verses and many Zen stories, which were quite interesting.
Shen Luo sat cross-legged beside Chan'er, looked at Bai Xiaotian beside him, and found that he was also meditating with his eyes closed, as if he was listening to the Zen master's narration in peace.
After slowly retracting his gaze, he was about to close his eyes and meditate, but his pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly. Suddenly, he saw an arc-shaped stream of light flashing under the wooden board under him.
When he looked carefully, the stream of light disappeared in an instant.
"Illusion?" Shen Luo was slightly surprised, and then let go of his spiritual sense and searched downwards.
After this investigation, he immediately found that under the square under him, there were waves of magic power fluctuations running in an orderly manner. However, after careful investigation, he found that this magic array seemed to be just a very ordinary magic array that gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
The gathering speed is not fast, and there is not much spiritual energy condensed from heaven and earth, and there is nothing special about it.
Chapter completed!