Chapter 126 Breaking the Cage
Early the next morning.
Fang Zheng sent someone to invite Yue Buqun and Shi Potian to the Main Hall. He personally greeted him outside the hall. After some polite greetings, he led the two of them to the Sutra Pavilion.
"The sweeping monk is my Shaolin monk who works as a handyman in the Sutra Pavilion. He is nameless and selfless. If some changes had not happened in the Shaolin Temple back then, I am afraid no one would know of his existence to this day."
"He has deep internal strength like Young Hero Linghu, and has developed a body-protecting aura. Even the top martial arts masters at that time could not get within three feet of him. Mr. Yue, Young Hero Linghu, come this way.
This is the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion."
Fang Zheng led the way while telling the story of the sweeping monk. Soon he came to the door of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and stopped.
"Abbot." The eight monks guarding the pavilion stepped forward and saluted with their hands together.
Fang Zheng put his hands together and bowed, then introduced to Yue Buqun and Shi Potian: "Mr. Yue, our Shaolin Sutra Pavilion has existed since the beginning of the temple. It was rebuilt a hundred years ago into the Five Couplet Hall, which contains five thousand Tripitakas."
There are four hundred and eighty volumes, as well as my Shaolin Patriarch’s subtle words on French, and countless quotations and insights from eminent monks of all ages. If Mr. Yue is interested in Buddhism, you can go to the pavilion and read it.”
Yue Buqun was surprised. The Sutra Pavilion was an important place in Shaolin. There were seventy-two Shaolin stunts and many martial arts inside. Fang Zheng actually wanted him to enter?
Fang Zheng explained: "There are many rumors about our Shaolin Sutra Pavilion, but it is actually not that mysterious. Our Shaolin is a pure place of Buddhism, and martial arts is just a humble way. I, Shaolin, have always had no forbidden disciples.
Disciples come here to read the scriptures. If Mr. Yue has the chance to read the seventy-two unique skills, you can practice them, but don't teach them to others."
"There are seventy-two stunts in this temple. Each of them can injure people's vital points, take their lives, are sharp and cruel, and can seriously damage the harmony of heaven. Therefore, every stunt must be resolved with the corresponding compassionate Dharma. If
If you fail to understand and master Zen Buddhism and practice forcefully, you will only enter the devil's path and harm others and yourself."
Yue Buqun's heart trembled, but he thought of the "Sunflower Collection". He raised his eyes and looked at Fang Zheng, but all he saw was a compassionate and kind smile on Fang Zheng's lips. He was not sure whether Fang Zheng said this accidentally or if he meant it.
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"Young Master Linghu, come with me." Fang Zheng made an invitation gesture towards Shi Potian.
Shi Potian glanced at Yue Buqun.
Yue Buqun said: "Chong'er, you can go in with Master Fang Zheng. I'll wait for you here. Remember, 'knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing'. Don't show off and talk nonsense."
"Disciple understands." Shi Potian then followed Fang Zheng to the inner hall.
Yue Buqun watched the two people's backs, hesitated for a moment, walked into the house nearest to him, came to a bookshelf, picked up a scripture and started reading.
Yue Buqun had a good reputation. In front of the monk guarding the pavilion, he naturally would not act too eagerly and pretended to read the scriptures nonchalantly.
Until the monk guarding the pavilion said to him: "Mr. Yue, the scriptures in the Sutra Pavilion are all my Shaolin treasures. Please take care of them and not destroy them. After reading them, just put them back where they were." He turned and left.
When he was alone.
He immediately stopped and continued to flip through this ordinary Buddhist scripture. He picked up another Buddhist scripture and glanced at it twice. After confirming that it was not a martial arts secret book, he looked at the other one.
One, two, three...
Yue Buqun read dozens of books in succession, but never saw a single book related to martial arts.
Just when Yue Buqun thought that Fang Zheng's previous words were all lies and that the seventy-two unique skills of Shaolin were not actually here, he saw a copy of "The Lotus Sutra" and the "Agama Sutra" in the corner.
Prajna Palm Technique".
When I picked it up and took a look, the content inside was actually the Prajna Palm among the seventy-two unique skills of Shaolin.
"Does Shaolin really only focus on Buddhism and not on martial arts? Is the incident in "Sunflower Collection" just a coincidence? Or was this deliberately staged by Fang Zheng to show me?"
Yue Buqun was unsure of the formula for a while and fell into deep thought.
On the other side, Shi Potian followed Fang Zheng to the fourth room of the Sutra Pavilion. He took out a handwritten book from a bookshelf, handed it to Shi Potian, and said, "Young Master Linghu, this is
The handwriting left by the sweeping monk before his death is so mysterious that I, the eminent monks of all generations in Shaolin, have not been able to understand it, which is a pity. If Young Master Linghu can interpret it, it will be regarded as fulfilling one of my Shaolin wishes."
Such a precious thing was randomly placed on a bookshelf, along with other scriptures and classics. This was an inadvertent display of Shaolin's terrifying heritage.
Anyone else in the world would be horrified.
However, Shi Potian didn't care about this at all. He took the book and started flipping through it, faster and faster.
Shi Potian had read a lot of books during this period, but there were many Buddhist terms in the handwriting of the sweeping monk. He looked at it as if he were reading a book from heaven, and he did not understand the meaning at all.
Shi Potian didn't waste time. He quickly turned to the last page of the book and said simply: "Master Fang Zheng, I have never heard of many things written here. I don't know what they mean. You should find someone else."
Please help."
Fang Zheng was stunned. He thought that Shi Potian would not be able to understand it, but he did not expect that Shi Potian would be so decisive and without any nostalgia. He returned the handwritten letter to him without even thinking about taking a second look.
Fang Zhengdao: "Young Master Linghu, I was negligent. The sweeping monk is my Buddhist eminent monk, and many of these are my Buddhist terms. It's normal that you don't understand. I'll explain it to you."
Fang Zheng opened the handwritten book again, starting from the first page, and told Shi Potian one by one the origin and meaning of the Buddhist terms used in the book.
After the sweeping monk reached the peak of martial arts and Zen, he regarded the world as a cage and tried to find a way to break the cage and break the void.
But until his death, he failed to do so and only put forward some conjectures. Therefore, the contents of this handwritten book give people the feeling of talking in a dream.
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Shaolin's eminent monks in the past dynasties have profound Buddhist teachings, strong martial arts, and some have both, but none of them can cultivate both to the peak.
Therefore, they can understand every word in this book, but when these words are connected together, they cannot understand or read them, let alone practice them according to them.
This is not the case with Shi Potian.
His martial arts has reached the pinnacle in the world, even worse than that of the sweeping monk.
Although he does not understand Buddhism and Zen philosophy, he has a pure heart, a clear mind, and amazing understanding.
Even though Fang Zheng only told him the meaning of each Buddhist term, he gradually understood what the sweeping monk wrote in the book.
After Fang Zheng finished explaining everything, Shi Potian fell into thinking.
Upon seeing this, Fang Zheng carefully retreated outside the temple and told the gatekeeper not to let anyone disturb Shi Potian. Then he found the Buddhist scriptures related to the content of the handwriting one by one and placed them beside Shi Potian for him to read at any time.
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——He was willing to take out the handwriting of the sweeping monk, just to make Shi Potian interested in Buddhism and study it. Now it seems that he has been more than half successful.
Shi Potian is a kind and honest person. After learning Buddhism, his compassion will only become stronger.
In this way, the world will truly be at peace.
Chapter completed!