Chapter 1356: On Zen again

Zhao Yiming looked at the Fa Yan monk in front of him. The two had indeed not seen each other for thousands of years. He thought that the other was about to die, but he didn't expect to be alive.
He laughed and said, "A lot of things are really beyond everyone's expectations. I haven't heard from you for many years, and I haven't seen you in several battles. I thought you had sucked up that demon."
Monk Fa Yan shook his head gently, and said with a serious face: "I was first in the capital of the Star Empire and worked as abbot for a few years, but I didn't expect that there would be a change later, so I left alone.
Later, I wandered in a lot of places, saw a lot of things, and heard a lot of legends about you, but I no longer have the heart to participate in these things. "
Zhao Yiming glanced at him casually, and said with a smile hehe: "But I see your heart is not at peace, there are still a lot of things you can't let go, then when will you become a Buddha?"
Monk Fa Yan said with a smile, "I have been dismissive of this over the years. What is a Buddha and what is a demon? There is no Buddha without a demon. Everything is just a matter of thought."
Zhao Yiming nodded with a look of taste, then shook his head again and said: "You are willing to go from one extreme to another. Even if you become a Buddha, you must be a particularly attached Buddha."
Monk Fayan said calmly, "What can we do with attachment? Many times in this world, it's because of obsession that we can go to the end.
If you don't even have the last trace of attachment, how can you know how bad you can be? Many times those attachments are just to prove that you are really bad. "
Zhao Yiming stretched out his hand and said: "Remember when I knocked you back? Do you want to understand now."
Monk Fayan folded his hands together and bowed and said, "The one knocking on me back then also knocked me out, because I was ups and downs over the years and couldn't find a real way back.
Zhao Yiming knocked on his head again, and then said with a serious face: "There is no way in this world. If there are more people walking, it will naturally become a way.
If you can't find a way, why can't you just take the path of your predecessors? When will you have your own way?
If you don’t have your own way, then you are walking the way of others. Do you have to walk the way of others and let others have no way to go, so that others will only take your way and finally reach your other side. "
Monk Fa Yan said with a smile, "But I don't even know where the other shore is. How can others find my other shore?"
Zhao Yiming pointed his finger at his heart and said, "The other shore is here, and the heart is Lingshan. When you guard Lingshan and go to Lingshan, when will you see the real Lingshan?
Just like many people ask for Buddha every day, but they don't know what Buddha is or where there is Buddha. In fact, everything in the world is Buddha.
Your parents are Buddhas, your relatives and friends are Buddhas, and your children are Buddhas. If you leave these Buddhas without asking, you will ask for those useless Buddhas every day. In the end, it is nothing but nothing. "
Monk Fayan lowered his eyebrows, and then said attentively: "Then tell me whether there is a Buddha in this world, and is there merit in the world?"
Zhao Yiming laughed and said: "Then I said there is no Buddha in the world, because you don't believe it, so how come to Buddha? As for merit, you tell me what merit is.
What's the use of asking for merit? Don't fight or grab, don't be angry or angry, everything is like a cloud with you, then what's the use if you want to come, since fame and fortune, beauty and power are not in your heart.
What do you seek with merit, everything is just letting it go, everything is just letting it go. Since it is natural, why care if there is. "
Monk Fa Yan nodded again, and then looked towards the horizon, a little golden light appeared on his body, slowly connecting into a golden piece, and his skin had turned dark golden.
He really realized at this moment, gave up everything he had, condensed his body into a golden body, and just stayed here, not to ask for anything, but to give up.
Zhao Yiming stood up and walked out so slowly, walking very smoothly every step. At this moment, he was a lot older and let go of his heart.
When he came to the bottom of the mountain, he looked back to the top of the mountain again. The entire top of the mountain was empty. There was no temple at all, only a thin golden Buddha statue, floating alone in the wind.
He sighed lightly again, and continued to walk forward slowly, this time without any pause, across the mountains and rivers, and through the rainy forest.
Just walking in the front step by step, he soon came to a country that was also thriving, he remembered in a daze that it was once called Huainan.
At this time, he had become old, and he sat down in a tea shop, watching a young man writing a book, as if writing something there.
He smiled and asked, "I don't know what the little brother is writing?"
The young man raised his head and replied: "I'm writing about the history of the Huainan Empire, and how it prospered back then. I heard that this place was once called the Free State.
It's a pity that a lot of things happened afterwards. Over the past few thousand years, people have no longer remembered what happened that year, but there are still a few words left.
Based on these words, I sorted out these legends, sorted out everything from that year, and let people know the original glory and know that it was hard-won. "
Zhao Yiming smiled, and then seriously said: "I don't know what you got here, what clue did I find?"
The young man smiled and said: "I only heard that there were two people here, one of them was the prince of an empire, and the other was an incomparable wise man. The two people developed this place together.
Later, for some reason, the wise man and the prince parted ways, and the prince alone supported the overall situation, but unfortunately he still had some shortcomings in many aspects and ultimately failed to sweep the world.
I often wonder if the wise man had a broader mind at the time and the prince could understand things a little more, would everything change, and everything will be different now. "
Zhao Yiming smiled and said: "Many things have not been if. It has been so long. Who knows who is right and who is wrong back then is really not that important. The important thing is that it happened here.
In this world, we can only share tribulations, and cannot share the joys and sorrows. Many brothers who share tribulations finally part ways in the face of interests. There is no right or wrong. "
After listening, the young man nodded and worked hard to write there again. Zhao Yiming stood up and walked into the distance, understanding more.