This is a story of cultivation in a world of discrete particles.
During the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, a baby was born in Yufang Village, Yichun, Jiangxi. Auspicious light filled the house, and a strange fragrance lingered for three days. His name was Yu Yinsu, and he would later be honored as Chan Master Pu'an. His life was legendary: he spent twelve years facing a cave wall before suddenly awakening through the Avatamsaka Sutra; he rebuilt Cihua Temple by covering the ground with a single kasaya; he dispelled a plague throughout the city with a bowl of blessed water; and with a single word, "Let go," he freed a foolish couple from the entanglement of forty-nine lifetimes of reincarnation.
But this story is about more than one eminent monk. It is about how all things cultivate. Liu Sanniang waited seven years for Ajiu with a crooked peachwood hairpin. Ajiu repaid her with forty-nine deaths for her forty-nine lives. Daoist Baopu spent eight hundred years jumping marbles, thinking he was making progress, when he had never actually left the same square. Juesheng, Zhou Da, and Wang the Mute, three lepers, went from being covered in sores to having faces as smooth as white jade in the time it took Yinsu to point out a bowl of water. Cultivation is not found on high peaks or in the pages of scripture. It is by the well, on the crack along a bowl's rim, inside a hairpin carved as crudely as if a dog had chewed it. Yinsu told them: The world is a string of discrete beads, and all things are squares brought into being by probability. You stand in this square because it has been lit up. Thoughts, too, leap from one square to the next. The previous thought is the past, the next is the future, and between them lies an invisible gap: that is the true path.
All your life, you chase the bead behind you or hope for the one ahead, refusing to plant your feet firmly on the one beneath you. Plant them firmly, and the universe will open a path for you. Plant them firmly, and the debts of cause and effect will...
It is rare to suddenly come across a book on Bodhisattvas. Focusing on Zen and inner cultivation, you can calm down and read fairy tales and practice the right path. It has a classical and traditional Zen atmosphere when reading it. The setting is novel and unique. Nice story!
In today's fast-food and hard-core fantasy online literature environment, "Pu'an Bodhisattva" can be regarded as a rare breath of fresh air. The book breaks away from the traditional fairy-tale routine of fighting monsters and upgrading, seizing treasures and killing. It takes the complete life of Pu'an Bodhisattva as the main line, and is rooted in orthodox Buddhist classics such as Zen, Heart Sutra, Lotus, and Huayan. It takes cultivating the mind, enlightening the Tao, and conquering the mind as the core context, and follows a slow and intense classical Zen route. The article abandons the impetuous mode of heavy-tasting and refreshing writing, focusing on state of mind cultivation and spiritual sublimation. The narrative is calm and restrained, and the text has a quiet and distant Zen atmosphere. It does not deliberately create conflicts and quick upgrades, but slowly unfolds the polishing of mind and the awakening of wisdom on the road of spiritual practice. The story is not limited to personal practice, but also extends to the destiny of all beings and the ascension of the road. The conception is grand and far-reaching, and the writing style is simple and solemn. It is suitable for calming down and reading slowly. In the current era of serious homogenization of online literature, it has developed its own niche and advanced style. Worth reading and recommending!
The author's writing style is calm and delicate, without piling up rhetoric or deliberately sensationalizing. The details such as environmental description, psychological description, action and demeanor are handled accurately. A few strokes can heighten the mood and conceal clues, which not only serves the plot but also enhances the texture of the text. The characters are touching and touching!
This is a classical and traditional Zen novel. The opening chapter "The Soul Boy Appears" is fascinating. The midwife held a glowing baby in her arms, her hands shaking so much that she could hardly hold it. The baby didn't cry. The midwife followed the traditional method. She lifted the baby's feet and patted the baby's butt. There was still no movement. After patting the baby again, the baby opened its eyes and glanced at the midwife. The look was not what a baby should have. It was deep and quiet, like a clay fetus that had been sitting in the temple for hundreds of years suddenly came to life. The midwife was so frightened that she fell to the ground with a cry. The author uses many abnormal phenomena in the baby to imply that this is an unusual child. This is a rare Zen fairy tale novel that focuses on cultivating the mind. It is a slow-burning type, requiring the author to calm down, read slowly, and understand slowly! The novel is so well written that it took me a long time to read it and made me lose track of time. It feels like it is worth reading!
The author's narrative skills are solid, the main line is clear and the branch lines are full, and the various plots are naturally connected. The character's heart is deeply portrayed, and he can empathize with all the emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy. The story concept is novel and breaks away from the clichés, and every word is thoughtful and interesting.
It's so awesome to come across a novel that you can read so much that you can't stop reading it. I completely understand the feeling of being so immersed in it that you lose track of time. You can't even turn the pages to stop and want to know the subsequent plot development. Can you tell me what makes you happy about this novel? Is it the rhythm of the protagonist's counterattack and beating the villain in the face that is particularly neat, or is it the novel world setting, or the constant twists and turns in the plot that are particularly refreshing? I can also recommend you works of the same type that are equally satisfying and satisfying. Good novels worth recommending
I read the latest chapter in one sitting. This book breaks away from the stereotypes of traditional Buddhist novels. It does not just talk about meditation and enlightenment, but writes about various situations in the world. It not only contains tense scenes of fighting to eliminate evil spirits, but also describes the greed, anger, ignorance and suffering of all living beings in the world. The characters in the book are not either good or evil, the monk can be paranoid, the demon also has good thoughts, and the portrayal of the human heart is quite weighty. The setting of the fusion of Buddhism and Taoism is quite innovative, and folklore allusions are integrated into the plot, creating a strong sense of atmosphere. In addition to slaying demons, he is also asking what true compassion is. Readers who like folklore, fairy tales, and evil spirits and spirits can give this book a read. I look forward to digging deeper into the past of the characters and laying out all the foreshadowings.
It is a novel with a novel concept. It does not pursue killing and killing, but focuses on cultivating the mind and enlightening the Tao. It is really well written. The characters created are full and full of personality, and the story is wonderfully narrated. Reading it makes people think, and it is worth reading.
It is rare to see a Zen-minded immortal who does not pursue fighting and killing, but focuses on cultivating his mind and enlightening himself. The writing style is gentle and calm, and I felt at peace after reading it. This is a slow-burning story that needs to be calmed down and experienced. Friends who prefer classical Zen themes should not miss it.
The plot is exciting and worth watching.