During the Northern Song Dynasty, a highly respected Buddhist Zen master secretly ate fish in the temple, and when he saw someone coming, he secretly hid the fish, but this was not difficult for Su Shi, and then, Su Shi asked a word wittily, and the monk laughed and obediently took out the hidden fish.
Zen master of the Buddha Seal
Buddhist Zen master (1032~1098), Monk of the Yunmen Sect of the Song Dynasty. The legal name was Yuan, the character Jue Lao, commonly known as Lin, a native of Fuliang, Raozhou (formerly part of Poyang County, Jiangxi Province, now part of Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province).
Yunmen Sect, one of the schools of Zen Buddhism, flourished greatly in the Northern Song Dynasty.
At that time, there was a monk named Buddha Seal Zen Master, and it was a bit amazing to talk about this Buddha Seal Zen Master.
The Buddhist Zen master was gifted and intelligent, and began to study the Confucian classics from an early age, and at the age of three he was able to read the Analects.
As one of the four books, the Analects is also a Confucian classic in history, with a total of 20 chapters and 492 chapters, written in the early Warring States period.
Such a book, which the Buddhist Zen master was able to read at the age of three, shows that his wisdom is indeed very comparable.
These are not nothing, what is amazing is that when the Buddhist Zen master was five years old, he was able to recite three thousand ancient poems, and was called a well-deserved prodigy in the world.
Later, the Buddhist Zen master was sent to the Zhulin Temple, where he read the "Great Buddha Peak Shou Leng Yan Sutra", the full name of the "Leng Yan Sutra" "The Great Buddha Ding Rulai Mein Practiced the Righteous Bodhisattva Ten Thousand Lines Shou Leng Yan Sutra", which is an extremely important classic of Buddhism.
At this time, the Buddhist Zen master was only about ten years old.
When he was a young Zen master, he was a zen master who had achieved great success, and at the age of nineteen, he climbed Lushan Mountain to visit Yunmen IV Kai xian Shan Siam and studied under Yunmen IV Yanqing Zirong.
After the contemporary monk first met the Buddhist Zen master, he gave him a high evaluation: "The bones are like snow dou, and later Junya." ”
At the age of twenty-eight, the Buddhist Zen master was known as the "Heroic Spirit Of the Nazi", with the admiration of the wise and wise spirit, and in the next forty years, the Buddhist Seal Zen Master left his footprints in many temples.
Buddha Seal Zen Master and Su Dongpo
Su Shi was a literary leader in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, and achieved great achievements in poetry, words, prose, books, and paintings.
At that time, in the court of the Northern Song Dynasty, the famous literary scholar Sima Guang re-worshipped xiang, that is, Sima Guang, who smashed the cylinder.
Sima Guang completely abolished the new law, but Su Shi opposed it, believing that the new law could not be completely denied and should be treated differently, so he confronted Sima Guang fiercely, and Su Shi was once again degraded to Guazhou.
Su Shi liked Buddhism, but did not like to deal with monks, at that time there was a very famous monk in Guazhou named Buddha Seal, Su Shi was a little unconvinced after hearing it, so he personally went to see this Buddha Seal Zen Master.
Su Shi believed that the monks were all fraudulent people, and that any high-ranking monk in the world was just to deceive ordinary people of their incense money.
Therefore, in front of the Buddhist seal Zen master, Su Shi talked loudly, from the emperor to the civil and military officials, from the major affairs of the state to the way of being a man, and said a lot, but the Buddha seal just listened quietly and did not say anything.
Su Shi looked down on the Buddha Seal even more in his heart, so he said to the Buddha Seal, You are just a liar who has no real talent and practical learning.
Buddha Yin smiled slightly and did not answer.
Su Shi then asked, "In your eyes, who is I, a scholar of Su University?" ”
After hearing this, the Buddha Seal did not denigrate Su Shi, but praised Su Shi as: "He is a very learned and cultivated person, and the old man is ashamed of himself!" ”
After returning home, Su Shi triumphantly told Su Xiaomei about the matter, Su Xiaomei laughed, Su Shi was puzzled, Xiaomei said: "You are so demeaning to others, but people are not angry, but praise you, who do you think has recuperation?" ”
After hearing this, Su Shi suddenly realized that he had become a friend of the Buddha Seal Master.
There is more than enough celebration for the good people
Although the Buddhist Zen master was a high monk, he couldn't do without wine and meat.
On this day, the Buddha Seal was eating grilled fish in the temple, and coincidentally, Su Shi came to visit the door, and in a panic, the Buddha Seal hid the grilled fish under the big chime (wooden fish).
Although the fish was hidden by the Buddha seal, as soon as Su Shi came in, he smelled the smell of grilled fish all over the room, and he took a meaningful look at the Buddha seal.
At this time, the Buddha Seal did not find that Su Shi had already seen it, and he talked and laughed with Su Shi as usual.
Although Su Shi was superficially in agreement, in his heart he was secretly calculating that he would let the Buddha Seal obediently take out the fish himself.
After a moment, Su Shi thought about it and asked the Buddhist Zen Master, "What is the next sentence of the Xiangyang Gate's First Spring Is Always There?"?
The Buddhist Zen Master replied without hesitation, "There is more than enough celebration in the accumulation of good people." ”
Just answered, the Buddha Seal secretly said that it was not good, you know, Su Shi is a great talent of the dynasty, how can he not even know this?
Sure enough, Su Shi laughed and said, "Since there are fish (Yu) in the chime (Qing), then accumulate some kindness, and quickly take it out and share it!"
When the Buddha Seal Zen Master heard this, he shook his head and smiled lightly, but he didn't expect that Su Shi already knew, so the Buddha Seal Zen Master took out the fish meat and fine wine again, and the two of them sat down and drank freely!
Reference: "Su Shi and Zen Buddhism", the picture comes from the Internet!