Broken Bo Ji

The abandoned child Chen Sangou froze to death outside Jiming Temple while clutching the blood-stained fragments of the Diamond Sutra. Only the words "He should live without a place to live" were blurred with pus and blood. The abbot Mingxin rescued him and gave him the name "Xuanji", but he didn't know that this bloody page of scripture and this "bastard" would pierce the tranquility of the thousand-year-old temple like a sharp blade. Xuanji suffered humiliation in the strict hierarchy of Buddhism: his grandson Mingyuan was as scornful as a knife, the prisoner's tricky cases were like a shackle, and the groundless frame-ups made his palms break like lotuses. However, suffering is also enlightenment. A moth-eaten copy of the Po-Teng Jia Sutra was discovered in the darkroom of the Tibetan Sutra Pavilion, with only the three words "look at your feet" clearly visible; green caterpillars in the vegetable garden turned into butterflies, and the words falling off their wings were glowing with gold; the Heart Sutra was projected on the leaves, revealing the shocking Zen idea that "the place where the infestation is is the place where the Dharma resides"! He started as a "mustard seed" practitioner, experienced the epiphany of "the emergence of beetle light", and finally reached the liberation of "pochenga". A broken broom was turned into a boat to cross the river, scraps of rice asked the monks who performed magic tricks, a golden carp appeared in the ice lake and a motto appeared, and a candle's tears revealed the Insect Sutra... In front of the blood barrier of his direct lineage, he glimpsed the star map of the universe through a moth-eaten hole, and turned the three words "look at your feet" into a supernova, shattering all illusions and attachments! This is a strange book full of Buddhist wisdom and life resilience. It uses blood and tears as ink and insects as pens to write the most dazzling awakening in the midst of decay. Step into "The Story of the Broken Bowl" and witness how a humble soul uses a broken bowl to connect the vast galaxy in the thorny land.