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Chapter 1577 - Chapter 1577 Chapter 49 Great Zen Master Jingcheng

Chapter 1577: Chapter 49: Great Zen Master Jingcheng Chapter 1577: Chapter 49: Great Zen Master Jingcheng Tang Luo lightly stroked his wife’s back to soothe her emotions and continued, “The common folk have suffered as they became the sacrificial victims of some ideas from a monk of the Pure Land Sect.”

“Some monks from the Zen sect see life as an ocean of suffering.”

“Life is suffering, old age is suffering, sickness is suffering, death is suffering, being apart from those you love is suffering, meeting those you despise is suffering, not getting what you seek is suffering, the burning fires of the Five Yins are suffering.”

“Among the Eight Sufferings, the suffering from the intense fires of the Five Yins is the most poisonous.”

“Form, feeling, thought, action, consciousness; the first seven sufferings all stem from these five skandhas.”

“It must be that the ‘virtuous high monks’ of the Pure Land Sect have realized this, hence they thought of enveloping Pure Land City with the Brahma Voice Prajna.”

“Weakening desires, fundamentally affecting the residents of the domain, allowing them to practice in a state of desirelessness and thoughtlessness from the start.”

“When practitioners create cultivation methods, they are often overly optimistic, looking too far ahead is sometimes not a good thing.”

“Like the Brahma Voice Prajna here, perhaps in the eyes of the virtuous high monks, having the foundation of a desireless and thoughtless mind even in the Mortal Realm, no matter which righteous path one cultivates, one can make rapid progress and surely give birth to countless Buddha Sons and saints.”

“However, looking at the current results, it seems like… the high monks of the Pure Land Sect have messed it up.”

Unlike the fiercely critical Yun Xiu, Tang Luo holds a high evaluation of the Brahma Voice Prajna that envelops the entire city.

After all, having studied martial arts for more than twenty years, his perceptions of martial arts have been ingrained into him, such that whether he views things or analyzes logic, he approaches them from the perspective of martial arts.

Ordinary people see the residents of Pure Land City as if they are walking corpses, and of course, their first thought is that the Pure Land Sect is enslaving the people.

But in Tang Luo’s view, if it was just about enslaving the people, the methods of Zen could definitely be executed more beautifully.

After all, even a brutal sect like Feitian Sect can deceive its subjects into gratefulness; surely the orthodox religion of Zhongzhou’s Buddha’s Country could not perform worse.

Moreover, to maintain such city-encompassing Brahma Voice Prajna, the Pure Land Sect must have many virtuous high monks reciting the Purification Mantra day and night.

Such a high investment, if merely to enslave the civilians, would greatly underestimate the magnanimity of Zen.

At the very least, the creator of this Brahma Voice Prajna set, surely would not have such petty intentions as to fool the people.

“So to say, the original intention of using this illusion technique to bewitch the people, was it good?”

Yun Xiu was somewhat surprised, reluctantly asking.

“The intention is naturally good, but…”

Tang Luo smiled and nodded. He was about to continue talking when he suddenly paused, turned towards the direction of the Pure Land Zen Temple, bowed with folded hands, and smiled, “Having just arrived in Pure Land City, hearing the sublime Brahma voice inspired me, I hope the senior monks will not take offense.”

“Your insight cuts straight to the heart, deducing the original intentions of this old monk just from hearing the grand chanting of the Brahma voice, such profound martial knowledge leaves me deeply admiring.”

The monk in a red-bordered golden robe, with long white eyebrows hanging down to his cheeks, softly looked at Tang Luo and his wife, bowing as he said, “I am Great Zen Master Jingcheng, I have met both lay practitioners.”

“It turns out to be Great Zen Master Jingcheng in person, what a fortunate meeting.”

Tang Luo first smiled and saluted with folded hands, then introduced himself, “I am the junior Luo Chen, and this is my wife.”

“It’s somewhat embarrassing to say, just now I was deeply moved by junior Luo Chen lay practitioner’s profound insight, presumptuously I’ve come to disturb, seeking to learn from the lay practitioner.”

Great Zen Master Jingcheng kept a very humble demeanor, but the message behind his words was somewhat surprising.

Five Eyes of Zen Buddhism and Six Supernatural Powers, wherein the Heavenly Eye and Divine Hearing are known as worldly supernatural powers, meaning only with clear eyes and ears, not prejudiced listening or believing, can one act fairly.

But as simple as that is said, those who truly cultivate both powers to an intermediary state are few, let alone reaching the grand state of seeing across all three realms and six paths, hearing the words of all living beings.

Taking Tang Luo’s own ultimate hearing as an example, it surpasses the Divine Hearing cultivation of Buddha Son Yankong.

Yet Great Zen Master Jingcheng was able to listen in on their conversation from outside Tang Luo’s hearing range, just this divine hearing cultivation alone demonstrates profound depth.

Indeed, there is no mediocre figure under a great reputation, any great Zen master whose fame spreads across Buddha’s Country must indeed have formidable strength.

With such a strong figure, Tang Luo of course would not neglect him, especially as he has important matters for entering Buddha’s Country this time. If he starts by spoiling his relationship with Jingcheng, the upcoming path might become difficult.

Therefore, Tang Luo benignly said, “It’s just some meager insights, I hope not to disappoint the master.”

“Of course not, Sir, please come this way!”

Seeing that Great Zen Master Jingcheng was excited, especially after hearing that Tang Luo was willing to interact, he enthusiastically led the couple into the Pure Land Zen Temple.

Just like what was seen outside, the interior of the temple was even more splendidly magnificent.

Upon sitting down in a side hall, Great Zen Master Jingcheng eagerly asked Tang Luo, “Just now Luo Chen lay practitioner mentioned the initial intentions behind the Brahma Voice Prajna and then stopped… I only want to ask, what does the lay practitioner think of this Brahma Voice Prajna?”

“A masterpiece of Zen!”

Tang Luo gave a thumbs-up in praise.

“If it is a masterpiece, why then do the followers of Pure Land City seem lifeless?”

Great Zen Master Jingcheng’s eyes filled with confusion, his hands slightly shaking while fiddling with his prayer beads: “The boundless realm of no thoughts and no desires, this is a state of mind countless Zen practitioners dream of achieving, but why… why has it turned out this way?”

“Master, could you tell me about your cultivation path?”

Tang Luo subtly changed the topic.

“You flatter me, lay practitioner.”

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