Datang Shuanglong: Apprentice Shi Qingxuan at the beginning

Chapter 28
Yan Bai unconsciously put his two palms together vertically, with the palms slightly empty, like the opening of a lotus flower. Then he raised his two palms to each other, as if squeezing water, and suddenly turned into his hands folded backwards and his fingers intertwined, changing according to the Buddha statue. Various handprints.

Gradually, Yan Bai frowned slightly, and he formed all these handprints, and because of the white eyes, Yan Bai could easily correct his movements, making them very standard, which can be said to be exactly the same as on the statue.

But although Yan Bai's movements were perfect, he didn't get the results he imagined, and he didn't feel that these handprints had improved his strength, they could only be regarded as ordinary martial arts moves.

Yan Bai knew that he hadn't found a key trick.To use a metaphor, it is like the evil sword technique, many people know those moves, but they are not powerful at all, because the key point of Zigong is missing.

Of course, Yan Bai doesn't want to leave the palace, besides, this is the handprint of Buddhism, at most he is just a monk.

"My benefactor, you seem to be very interested in these Buddha statues!" A voice suddenly sounded from the side.

Yan Bai was startled immediately, realizing that he was so engrossed in his thoughts just now that he forgot the surrounding environment. Yan Bai was not the only one in Arhat Hall. Fortunately, he found a remote corner, so those tourists didn't look at it. Seeing his strange behavior, otherwise I thought he was crazy.

However, if others didn't see it, it doesn't mean that no one noticed. The monks in the temple could easily find Yan Bai's abnormal behavior, because these monks also want to prevent someone from intentionally sabotaging and causing trouble, so for people like Yan Bai They also noticed such sneaky people.

Yan Bai turned around and "looked" intently, and found that the other party was an old monk, at first glance he seemed ordinary, but upon closer inspection he found that he was extraordinary.This old monk has white beard and eyebrows, his solemn face exudes a peaceful air, the bridge of his nose is at least an inch longer than ordinary people, he is unique and unique.The eyes are half-opened and half-closed, and the eyes are restrained. If Yan Bai's intuition is correct, the other party is an extremely skilled person.

"I don't know who the master is?" Yan Bai put his hands together on his chest and asked.

"Great virtue!" The old monk's answer was simple.

Yan Bai was surprised when he heard this, and said respectfully, "It turned out to be a great virtuous monk, what a disrespect!" Unexpectedly, he ran into the abbot of Dashi Temple. of?

Of course the great virtuous monk did not appear here by chance, he just heard those young monks discussing, the behavior of those young monks was very strange when they first saw Yan Bai, of course, Yan Bai's eyes were covered with cloth, which was too conspicuous.Then they saw Yan Bai's hands moving wildly, like epilepsy, but Yan Bai's movements were rhythmic and aesthetically pleasing.Gradually, those monks realized that Yan Bai was imitating the hand gestures on the stone statue.It was the first time for everyone to see this kind of thing, so naturally there was a lot of discussion.

The great virtuous monk also heard their discussion, and came to have a look out of curiosity.The great virtuous monk is not those little monks who have never seen the world, he clearly knows that the gestures on these stone statues are not random movements.Could it be that he met someone who has a relationship with Buddhism?The great virtuous monk thought so.

When I got here, I found that Yan Bai's eyes were covered with a cloth, and the great virtuous monk was even more surprised. Even if the other party was not blind, he would definitely not be able to see anything if he covered his eyes, unless he had read it beforehand and memorized it all. , and then blindfolded, but what's the point of doing so.And if it is a blind person, although he can judge whether there is something in front of him with his unique perception, but the shape and exact size of the thing are not clear, how does this person know these gestures?

No matter what, Yan Bai made the great virtuous monk interested.At the beginning, the great virtuous monk did not bother. Buddhism pays attention to the word enlightenment, and it would be great to be able to comprehend it by yourself.There is the theory of sudden enlightenment, and there is also the theory of sitting in meditation. For these people, they should not be disturbed.

It wasn't until Yan Bai frowned and stopped his movements that the great virtuous monk spoke.

"The benefactor is studying the handprints of these arhats, isn't he?" the Dharma monk asked again.

"Yes, master, I feel that these Buddha statues have a kind of inscrutable feeling, and I think their movements are not random, and they should represent a very deep meaning. But after careful study, they can't find the essence. I don't know if Master can give me some pointers!" Yan Bai said directly, he didn't need to lie in front of Buddhist eminent monks, to be honest, others might like him a little more.

"For this, I can't help. To tell the benefactor, I only know a thing or two about these fingerprints." The great virtuous monk said.

"How come?! You are the abbot of Dashi Temple!" Yan Bai exclaimed in surprise.

"There is a specialization in art, and this is not what I am good at. The Buddhist eminent monk who has studied handprints is probably the only master of truth. It is a pity that the whereabouts of master of truth are erratic, otherwise I can introduce you to the benefactor. "The great virtuous monk put his hands together and said.

"Then I'll study it myself, kid." Yan Bai said with a little disappointment. Of course, he didn't think that the great virtuous monk deliberately said that he didn't understand because he didn't want to teach him. Now that the other party said that, it was obvious that he really didn't understand .I don't know why Xu Ziling's luck is so good in the original book, and he just met the most suitable person to teach him what to learn.

I thought that I had acquired my character, but now I realize that it was a joy in vain.

"Although I don't know the principle of these handprints, I also saw some clues when I saw the action of the benefactor just now." The great virtuous monk said suddenly.

"Master, what problem do you see? Tell me quickly!" Yan Bai immediately turned from grief to joy. Why are these monks so humble? Why did you say it earlier when you saw the problem? Why did you say that you didn't understand it at the beginning? that is.

The great virtuous monk Baoxiang was solemn, and his face was full of holy light. He said leisurely: "The three secrets of Buddhism are body, speech and mind. Practice and thinking are equal. Body is equal to speech, speech is equal to mind, and mind is equal to body. Three, it is the same. The situation just now of the benefactor is like gaining his body but losing his mouth, taking his mind and abandoning his body." "The mouth or something should be the nine-character mantra of the master of truth, but now I don't understand it at all. I don’t understand.” Yan Bai said suspiciously, he plagiarized two poems he wrote occasionally, it’s really hard to understand such plausible words.

"That's right, Master Mantra's nine-character mantra is indeed a category of 'mouth', but I also said before: body is equal to mouth, mouth is equal to mind, and mind is equal to body. Although the name is divided into three, it is actually one. The donor does not Don't stick to the shape, the nine-character mantra is for 'mouth', so the words spoken by the benefactor are not 'mouth'!" said the great virtuous monk.

Yan Bai nodded, he can understand a little bit, it probably means that what he said is not important, the nine-character mantra says "all those who are fighting in front of the army are in the front", in fact, it can be said that the master of mantra came up with it on the spur of the moment.That feeling, that artistic conception is the most important thing. As long as you find it right, you can say "Zha" all the time.

"Then where is my problem?" Yan Bai couldn't help asking.

"Taking its shape but losing its meaning is the problem of the donor." The great virtuous monk said simply.

Yan Bai frowned slightly, taking his shape but losing his meaning?That is to say, I only paid attention to the movements of the handprints, but did not discover the meaning behind them? !Thinking of this, Yan Bai's eyes lit up, he finally understood the problem!

(End of this chapter)