Chapter 532: The Truth in Reincarnation (6k6)

The backyard of the temple.

In the short temple room, the sound of chanting came.

"As for me, the Buddha, there is no fixed law called Anuttara Samyaksambodhi, nor is there any fixed law that the Tathagata can say. Why? The law that the Tathagata says is not to be taken, not to be said, not law, and not not law."

As time goes by, Chen Mu, the abandoned baby who was abandoned outside the temple, has now grown into a seven or eight-year-old little monk, wearing a tattered cassock, kneeling on the cushion, chanting Buddhist scriptures.

"Zhen Ding, how should we view all the laws in the world?"

Suddenly, an old monk in a cassock came from outside the temple, chanting the Buddha's name, and asked Chen Mu.

Chen Mu responded: "All worldly laws born of cause and condition are like shadows in bubbles, elusive, impermanent and changing. Therefore, all laws are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, dew and lightning, and should be viewed in this way."

After hearing this, the old monk smiled slightly and walked away.

The old monk was the abbot of Fatan Temple. He was also the monk Jingnian who took Chen Mu back to the temple. He became the abbot of Fatan Temple during the seven years when Chen Mu grew up. He now believed what the abbot said at the beginning, that Chen Mu had a predestined relationship with Buddha, because Chen Mu knew it almost from birth. Since he could speak, the first sentence he recited was the Buddhist scriptures.

After that, he was not as active and naughty as ordinary children. He only liked to listen to the recitation of Buddhist scriptures in the Buddhist hall. After he was older, he began to read the scriptures every day. At the age of seven or eight, his understanding of the scriptures even exceeded that of some monks in the temple who had been reciting scriptures for several years.

Therefore.

The monks in the temple even secretly rumored that Chen Mu was the reincarnation of Arhat and came to Fatan Temple to save all living beings.

Therefore, although Chen Mu is only a little novice monk now, his status in Fatan Temple is quite high. He was even trained as an heir by the abbot early on. The reason why Jingnian could become the abbot was because he picked up and raised Chen Mu.

"All conditioned phenomena should be viewed in this way..."

Just as Jingnian walked away, Chen Mu was muttering scriptures and looking up at the small Buddha statue enshrined above.

As it is, as it is viewed, as it is, as it is the Tathagata.

When he was an official in his second life, he visited Buddhist temples and Taoist temples after retiring and returning home, but he never realized a problem. Until now, he realized that it seemed that no matter which world, there were Buddhas and Taoist masters.

There are many strange beliefs. It is normal for the human race to have beliefs in the midst of disasters, which can be used as a spiritual sustenance, but it is unusual to be able to make all the worlds, including his past before he came to Daxuan, do the same.

And no matter which world's Buddhist teachings or Taoist scriptures, the meaning of the scriptures has some implications pointing to the Great Dao.

Chen Mu had no intuitive feeling before.

Since he started practicing martial arts, he has gained great power, and he will even transcend the mundane world and become a god. Naturally, he doesn't care about the sayings of gods and Buddhas, and only regards them as the fantasy of ordinary mortals. But now he feels that things may not be that simple.

Just as he comprehended the Great Dao of the Void and the Great Dao of Time.

If someone completely comprehends the Great Dao of Time and masters the complete power of Time, can his name run through the entire river of time, flow through the years, and never disappear?

If someone completely comprehends the Great Dao of the Void and masters the complete power of the Void, can his figure reflect the heavens and be projected in any place in the billions of worlds, endlessly, immortal?

If only one world has such figures as Buddha and Dao Zun, it would not be a strange thing, but the two real worlds he experienced both exist, and so does the world in the reincarnation. In addition, now that he has entered the Tao in the void and is comprehending the Great Dao of Time, he has a vague premonition that both Buddha and Dao Zun may really exist.

They may all be people who have reached the end of the avenue, so their names and figures can shine in the heavens, exist in any world, and evolve into various situations and spread.

Of course.

All this is just Chen Mu's guess now.

After all, so far, the world he is in is still completely different from his real past. The past is the vast starry universe, while here, it is endless void, endless airspace, and countless worlds.

For him now, he is not qualified to explore the connection between the two, and he can't touch the vein that brought him to this world. Perhaps only when he truly masters the complete void avenue or the avenue of time, he can know all the answers and there will be no more confusion in his sight.

"Rulai..."

Chen Mu muttered in his heart, thinking of the extremely long past memory, the "Rufa" that he had talked and laughed with others, and couldn't help but smile, but after laughing for a while, he was stunned again, because the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there were indeed many mysteries in it.

Just like he came to this world, he has experienced three reincarnations, he was a hunter, an official, and an emperor... But time flies, and now all the traces left by his previous three lives have been lost in the dust of history.

So has he been to this world?

Tathagata.

It's not "make peace with what you have come", but "Tathagata".

The origin of the Great Dao is just such an inexplicable thing, hazy and mysterious.

Vaguely.

Chen Mu seemed to see a little vein of the Great Dao of Time, but when he tried to grasp it, it slipped through his fingers.

"Time."

He muttered, but there was no regret in his heart, but a little joy.

In the past three lives, he had not made any progress on the Avenue of Time, but in this life, he finally began to move forward. Although he had never caught the spiritual veins of the Avenue of Time, as long as it had flashed, he would catch it one day.

After all, he had endless time.

Chen Mu lowered his head again and looked at the scriptures at hand.

Time flies.

Seventeen years have passed in a flash.

Chen Mu, who was 24 years old at the time, was called "Zhen Ding". He represented Fatan Temple and debated with a group of monks visiting Lingtan Temple. He fought against many people alone, and the leading monks of Lingtan Temple and a group of rising stars in the debate were all eclipsed. His reputation rose rapidly.

Three years later, Chen Mu was 27 years old. All the monks of Fatan Temple had the tradition of going down the mountain to practice. Therefore, Chen Mu followed the tradition and went down the mountain to travel the world. He traveled all over the country and visited various temples in ten years. When he returned to Fatan Temple, he was already a famous monk in the world, and many young monks followed him.

Four years later, Chen Mu, who was 41 years old at the time, took over the position of abbot of Fatan Temple. Since then, he has promoted Buddhism and spread the meaning of scriptures, becoming a recognized monk in the world. Later, even the royal court invited Chen Mu to the court to preach several times. Even the contemporary emperor had some understanding and began to believe in the Buddhas. He even listed Fatan Temple as a national temple, which was glorious for a while.

Forty years later.

Chen Mu went down the mountain countless times, either to educate the ignorant people in the wild land or to save people from suffering in the years of disaster. The more people respected him, the more the court, which should have been shaken by many natural disasters, greatly reduced the impact of the disaster.

Two successive emperors conferred titles on Chen Mu several times, and he was honored as the "Great Master of the Dharma King of the World".

This went on for another ten years.

Chen Mu, who was over 91 years old, had long white eyebrows, a waterfall-like beard and hair, a dry body but a ruddy face. He walked around the temple as fast as flying. All visitors called Chen Mu the "True Buddha of the World".

One day.

Chen Mu put on his cassock, looked out the window, watched the sun rise in the east, took a deep breath, then stood up and walked out of the temple.

Although his movements were very light and the sun had just risen, there were still monks waiting outside the hall. They approached him immediately and bowed their heads with great respect, saying, "Abbot, what do you want?"

The previous two generations of emperors believed in Buddhism, which led to the prosperity of Buddhism in the world. Although the third generation of emperors did not believe in Buddhism, they did not reject it. Buddhism was still prosperous. In today's world, no matter which temple or monk, they all knew that Chen Mu was the most eminent monk of the time. The true Buddha in the world regarded being able to serve Chen Mu as the most respected thing.

Especially Chen Mu was over 90 years old.

Outside the hall where he usually rested, there were naturally monks waiting day and night.

"Pass my decree and order all monks to go to the main hall. I have something to announce."

"Yes."

The monk who was waiting immediately responded respectfully and turned around and trotted away.

Not long after.

In the magnificent hall of Fatan Temple, all the white-haired monks sat down one by one, and then a group of middle-aged monks knelt behind them, while the younger and less senior monks could only stand respectfully outside the hall.

At this time, Chen Mu walked slowly and arrived at the hall.

"Abbot."

Whether it was the monks in charge or the ordinary monks inside and outside the hall, they all bowed respectfully to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu chanted a Buddhist name, stepped to the abbot's seat in the center, and sat cross-legged. His long white eyebrows fell to his knees, his face was still ruddy, and his breath was normal, but the first sentence he said shocked everyone present.

"I will enter Nirvana tonight."

Chen Mu said in a normal tone.

The temple was suddenly silent, and countless monks were shocked. The head monk with white hair and beard was also surprised. After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but say: "Buddha has mercy... Master has achieved the right fruit, and is the real Buddha in the world. Why did he pass away? Is it because we are stupid and Master is unwilling to guide us anymore?"

In everyone's eyes, Chen Mu is almost the same as the real Buddha. Not to mention other things, just the fact that he is still ruddy and healthy at the age of over 90 is far beyond the reach of ordinary people. How many people in the world can live to the age of 90?

Not to mention that he is still as healthy as an ordinary person at the age of 90.

But now,

Chen Mu, who looks normal, said that he will pass away tonight. This news is undoubtedly like thunder.

Chen Mu said calmly, "Everything in the world has its destiny. Although my body is dead, I have already attained the immortal Dharma body. I entered the reincarnation only to comprehend the wonders of all dharmas. After entering the nirvana, I will appear in the world again. You can continue to respect my Dharma name."

As soon as these words came out.

All the monks present looked at each other.

Some young monks were shocked and excited.

Although believers in Buddhism believe in the existence of Buddha and believe that practice can transcend reincarnation, no one has ever seen the power beyond the mundane in this world.

It is said that Chen Mu is the true Buddha in the world and has the supreme Dharma, but no one has ever seen it with their own eyes.

And this time.

According to what Chen Mu said, his nirvana is just to get rid of this body, and he will reappear in the world.

Although the theory of reincarnation is a subject in Buddhism, and countless people are familiar with it and believe in it, no one has ever witnessed it with their own eyes. Now it seems... they are about to witness the true meaning of reincarnation.

It is night.

Chen Mu had a peaceful expression on his face as he sat upright on the altar. He peacefully fell into silence as the crowds of people chanted sutras.

After falling into silence this time, although Chen Mu's gaze gradually rose, his consciousness was not enveloped by the power of the years. Instead, he quickly spanned tens or hundreds of years, and instead grasped a trace of the thread of the years. , settled itself.

that's all.

Soon his thoughts moved with the heaven and earth again and entered the world.

This time, he was born in a farmer's family, but there was only a gap of three years between his consciousness entering the world this time and his passing away as the 'True Buddha' in his previous life.

This time, when Chen Mu was born, he signed the seal of reincarnation with his hands, exactly the same as when he passed away, with one finger pointing to the sky and the other to the ground, and he was between the reincarnation of heaven and earth.

Although there has never been any vision manifested in heaven and earth.

However, the birth of the baby in this way still surprised the farmer's family, and soon the news spread from one to ten, and then to hundreds of people.

Half a month later.

The abbot of Lingyin Temple, the nearest temple to the farmer's home, was shocked when he heard the news. He quickly thought of something and immediately led many monks to visit in person.

The extremely old host walked slowly to the farmer's house with slow steps, and bent down to enter the grass reed.

He looked towards the shabby bed among the grass and reeds.

He saw the baby-like Chen Mu lying on the bed. He seemed to hear the sound of him coming in, so he slowly opened his eyes and glanced at him.

It was this look that immediately put this old host who was over seventy years old into a trance.

He seemed to have returned to ten years ago, when he went to Fatan Temple and listened to Chen Mu's opening sermon. When he looked up at Chen Mu, the look he saw on Chen Mu's face at that time was the same as the one lying on the bed at the moment. The babies have the same look in their eyes.

In a daze, the old host seemed to see the baby smiling at him, and then heard a voice. Although the voice was a little immature and unclear, he could still hear it clearly.

"Get through trouble."

That is his dharma name.

The old host trembled, and finally recited the Buddha's name, clasped his hands together, and respectfully bowed to Chen Mu as a disciple, saying: "Disciple is going through trouble and welcomes the master."

Three years ago, after Chen Mu passed away, he heard Chen Mu's last words, saying that although he had achieved immortality and transcended the world, he would still enter reincarnation again to save all sentient beings.

Three years later, he saw Chen Mu's reincarnation, and he couldn't control his excitement.

Those who practice Buddhism in the world do not want to escape suffering and transcend the world, but no one knows how far they have reached in their cultivation, and whether they can really transcend reincarnation. But now, people who truly transcend reincarnation have appeared.

And as Chen Mu said, he has already become an immortal body and has transcended reincarnation. He only enters reincarnation again to understand the wonders of all dharma and guide all sentient beings in the world. This is undoubtedly a great merit. After all, the world is full of disasters and a sea of ​​suffering.

Chen Mu has reached the other shore, and now he is going back to the sea of ​​misery.

I have been practicing Buddhism for half my life. At this time, I could not suppress the turbulence in my heart. I couldn't help but respectfully said: "Sir, it's bitterly cold here. Can my disciples welcome you back to the temple?"

"..."

Chen Mu did not open his eyes, only shook his head slightly.

Du'e immediately understood what Chen Mu meant, and immediately clasped his hands together and recited a Buddha's name.

A few days later.

The news about the reincarnation of the real Buddha of Fatan Temple quickly spread throughout the place and gradually caused a sensation!

In a thousand-mile radius, monks from various temples heard about it and were shocked. Regardless of their status, they all set off one after another to the place where Chen Mu was reincarnated. Not only the monks, but also many famous people heard about it. It was shocking.

The previous two generations of emperors believed in Buddhism, which made Buddhism prosperous in the world. Chen Mu's name was also spread throughout the world. His death three years ago was also spread all over the world. At that time, there were many people who believed that Chen Mu would reincarnate and reappear in the world. It was just three people. Over the years, some people gradually forgot about it.

Now, let alone those who believe in Buddhism, even those who do not believe in Buddhism are shocked and suspicious when they hear this news.

for a time,

The remote village became extremely boiling. Thousands of monks and tens of thousands of Buddhist believers rushed here from all directions.

Naturally, the imperial court was alarmed by such a movement and could not sit idly by. The local magistrate was frightened and reported to the police all night long. The prefect was also shocked, fearing that something might happen, so he reported to the admiral to mobilize troops. , and also rushed to deliver documents to the center for 800 miles.

After the news reaches the center.

The whole court was also shocked!

The previous two generations of emperors believed in Buddhism and regarded Fatan Temple as the national temple. Chen Mu, the abbot of the national temple, naturally had an extremely high status. Even if he was the prime minister, he would respectfully address Chen Mu as "Shangshi" when meeting him.

It's just that most of the officials in the dynasty did not believe in Buddhism. Many old ministers even advised the previous emperors, but now they have come up with the matter of reincarnation, which undoubtedly made these old ministers suspicious. Some even said that "Lingyin Temple is playing tricks on others" "If a party is causing trouble and its heart is to be punished, please ask the imperial court to dispatch troops to suppress it."

As for the emperor,

After learning the news, he was also very suspicious.

He doesn't believe in Buddhism very much, but the previous two generations of emperors believed in Buddhism. He doesn't want to overthrow the system of the two generations of emperors without permission. He just tries to control it as much as possible. But in recent years, as he gets older, his ideas gradually change, and Gradually I thought about immortality.

Now, the 'sergeant' at Fatan Temple can actually be reincarnated?

So the thing about transcending the other side is also true? !

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

The eunuch standing by saw that the emperor was confused and couldn't help but call out in a low voice.

The emperor shook his head and finally came to his senses. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Convey my order to invite the Zhending official to enter the palace... No, I will go in person."

Through the information from all sides, he basically confirmed that this matter was 90% true. He did not think that the monks in Lingyin Temple dared to make a mystery and shock the world.

If everything is true, then Chen Mu is still a baby now. It is undoubtedly too many variables and too rude to order people to bring Chen Mu to the palace from afar. After all, if Chen Mu really transcends the other shore, jumps out of reincarnation, and achieves immortality, then he is really a living Buddha, not to mention that he also wants to obtain the method of transcending reincarnation.

A few days later.

Emperor Hongguang left the capital and caused a sensation again.

If some people were skeptical about the reincarnation of the "Zhending official" at first, then now even the emperor has left the capital and went west in person for this, which is undoubtedly 80% to 90% credible!

Finally.

More than a month later.

Emperor Hongguang personally visited Xijun and met the reincarnated body of Chen Mu.

At this moment, Chen Mu was still a baby, but he was no longer in the state of a newborn. Surrounded by many monks, he sat upright in the lotus platform, watching Emperor Hongguang approaching step by step, and said calmly:

"Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongguang had met Chen Mu with the previous emperor when he was young. Although he did not believe in Buddhism after becoming emperor, he had gone to Fatan Temple several times and met Chen Mu more than once. At this time, he only took a look at the baby and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

After all, he was an emperor, and his mind was relatively calm. He slowly said, "Since you have reached the other shore, why do you return to the sea of ​​suffering? Is it to guide sentient beings?"

"No."

Chen Mu shook his head slightly and said, "Guiding sentient beings is just following the trend, and entering the world is only to comprehend the mysteries of all laws."

Emperor Hongguang was silent for a long time, and bowed to Chen Mu, saying, "Can you teach me?"

Chen Mu said, "All living things have the opportunity to transcend."

Although the rules of this world are extremely restrictive and extraordinary power can hardly be displayed, the origin of the Tao is everywhere, and Chen Mu has also noticed that the names of Buddha and Daozun are projected on the heavens, and those scriptures themselves are a kind of guidance.

It is impossible for ordinary people to comprehend the origin of the Tao, but if they are enlightened through these scriptures, there is a slight possibility that they will be guided when they die, and their consciousness will leave this world and reincarnate in other places.

Of course.

He won't say these so clearly.

He came here just to comprehend the Great Dao of Time, and everything he did was just going with the flow.

Finally.

As Emperor Hongguang was converted by Chen Mu and began to believe in Buddhism, the commotion in the world began to gradually subside.

More than ninety years later, Chen Mu, who had seen off three generations of emperors, passed away again. Three years later, he returned to the world again and was found again. He continued to be revered as the living Buddha. While he was explaining Buddhism to the world, he continued to comprehend the Great Dao of Time.

Two hundred years later.

The world was in turmoil and the dynasty changed. This was something Chen Mu could not change, or he had no interest in changing it. The change of dynasties was the result of the natural evolution of heaven and earth.

And because of his existence, the development of these hundreds of years has made the status of Buddhism in the world unshakable. Even if a new generation of dynasties is established, it will still be regarded as the state religion and he will be respected as the supreme. His status is above that of the emperor.

For the emperors, if an ordinary person is superior to them in status, then they naturally cannot tolerate it. But if it is a ‘living true Buddha’, then they can accept it, because in the previous generation, the succession of emperors of all dynasties even had Chen Mu in it. When some emperors were old, they would even ask Chen Mu to choose the successor.

Of course.

If it was just like this, the founding emperor of the new dynasty might not tolerate Chen Mu’s existence, but Chen Mu not only has the status of the previous dynasty, but also has believers all over the world, and even his reincarnation body has long been recognized by the world.

Who can shake the status of the ‘living true Buddha’ who has been in the world for hundreds of years?

Even the founding emperor cannot.

In this way,

Chen Mu continued to stay in the world, generation after generation, until the twentieth generation. Nearly two thousand years have passed in the world, and after three dynasties have been replaced. Finally, one day, he told his disciples that after this nirvana, he would return and no longer stay in the world.

When the news came out, the whole world mourned, and countless believers came.

That night.

Chen Mu passed away peacefully.

This time, just as he said, he would no longer stay in the world. He looked at the time of the world calmly, and it accelerated again in front of his eyes, and it ran faster and faster.

Hundreds of years, thousands of years, tens of thousands of years... until hundreds of thousands of years later, natural disasters came, the sky was cold and the ground was frozen, and the world fell into a great silence. Everything was buried. After tens of thousands of years, the world gradually recovered its warmth, and the surviving human race finally began to reproduce again, and everything he left behind was once again buried in history.

This time.

Chen Mu just watched calmly.

His consciousness was not pulled into this world again. He just watched the passage of time, and watched the changes of thousands and tens of thousands of years in a blink of an eye. The whole world is constantly in reincarnation.

After who knows how many long years had passed, everything suddenly collapsed, the entire world collapsed, and finally disappeared into the void, completely returning to a dead silence, turning into nothingness.

Chen Mu slowly closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he no longer saw nothingness, but the familiar scenery of the cave in the back mountain of Qixuan Sect. His consciousness had returned here silently.

"Time..."

Chen Mu looked around and murmured softly.

All the changes in the world before seemed like a dream in his mind. Although he had entered the world, he was just a witness. In the end, in the reincarnation, he realized the true meaning of the road of time!