: Once I Realized the True Dragon Queen

Author: Leng Qingshan

That was actually the old man who was telling stories to passers-by, especially children, on the mountainside of Hanam Temple!

Compared to the last time I saw him, who was still healthy, he is now much thinner than before. He is as skinny and shriveled as a dead tree. He is wearing a starched gray robe that looks like it is hanging on a tree.

He looked like a dead tree, swaying when he walked, and still had some short hair and a gray beard. He was walking behind a group of monks, looking like a monk but not a monk at the same time.

He also came to Dayan Temple.

Moreover, he actually entered the Lecture Pavilion and participated in the Inner Altar Dharma Conference?!

Shang Ruyi felt unbelievable and watched with wide eyes as he walked out of the lecture pavilion step by step, and then walked along the path, muttering words all the way, talking about "painted dragons" and "real dragons", and walked up

this corridor.

When he looked up, he saw Shang Ruyi.

Although Shang Ruyi was surprised, she still smiled at him.

Since she followed the Shens and his wife to Luoyang, she has gone to Banyan Temple to worship Buddha almost every year. When passing the pavilion, she would stop and listen to the old man telling stories. Although she had never talked to him, she felt inexplicably familiar with him.

When the old man looked up and saw her, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, obviously recognizing her.

But after all, the two of them have never met each other before, so suddenly meeting like this is strange, but they are not completely strangers, and it is not easy to talk to each other.

But Shang Ruyi thought for a while and took the initiative to say: "Old man."

The old man lowered his head and recited the Buddha's name.

Shang Ruyi smiled and said: "Why did the old man leave Luoyang?"

The old man sighed and said: "There was a war in Luoyang, so I brought my family to Daxing City."

"oh."

Shang Ruyi nodded.

The old man looked up at her again and said, "You, madam, are -"

Shang Ruyi said: "I am the second daughter-in-law of Sheng Guogong."

When the old man heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and in his surprised expression, there seemed to be some complicated emotions. He immediately raised his hands and saluted: "Greetings, Madam."

Shang Ruyi hurriedly raised his hand to signal him not to be polite, and then said with a smile: "Old man, there is no need to be polite. I grew up listening to your stories. But, you are not a Buddhist, why did you come to this Dharma conference?

And it’s the Inner Altar Dharma Assembly?”

The old man smiled and said: "Although I am not a Buddhist, I can't live without Buddhist scriptures. This Dharma gathering will attract both monks and lay people, so I came here specially, and in this altar she will -"

As he spoke, he looked back at the empty lecture hall, and then said with a smile: "The host said that he wanted to hear the voices of the monks and lay people, so he allowed the old man to enter."

Isn’t the host of the Inner Altar Dharma Assembly Yuwen Chou?

It was he who allowed this old man to enter the lecture hall and participate in the inner altar Dharma assembly?

The old man said with a smile: "This Young Master Yuwen is still so approachable, and his cultivation is so advanced that it puts a common man like me to shame."

still?

Hearing this, Shang Ruyi was stunned again: "Have you seen it?"

The old man smiled and said: "Of course, the eldest son has been to Banyan Temple before."

"oh……"

Shang Ruyi nodded. She almost forgot that she had heard from the monks of Banyan Temple before that Prince Yuwen once stayed there. The dormitory where she and Yuwen Ye lived in Jushilin was also where he stayed.

Shang Ruyi thought for a while and then asked: "Old man, what did you just recite? What about painting dragons and tigers?"

The old man immediately smiled and said, "Oh, it's the verse that the eldest son recited just now."

"oh?"

Shang Ruyi immediately said: "Can you read it to me again?"

The old man smiled and said, "Of course."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to stroke his beard and began to chant in a deep voice——

Learning Taoism and learning to draw dragons without any reason, Yuan Lai has no trace of his pen.

Once you realize the true dragon, you will realize that your previous efforts were in vain.

Hearing this gatha, Shang Ruyi's heart sank for some reason.

After the old man finished reciting this gatha, he sighed softly, and then said: "I listened to this gatha very well, it was clear and clear. However, I still can't read it."

Shang Ruyi said: "What can't the old man understand?"

The old man said: "I don't understand what the eldest son has achieved. If he really achieved the true dragon, why -"

Having said this, he seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to question the eldest son Yuwen in front of the Yuwen family, so he immediately closed his mouth and only smiled at Shang Ruyi.

And Shang Ruyi's eyebrows also frowned.

Yes, the first two sentences are just a mockery of the world. Of course, they may also be a mockery of one's own stupidity, which is not yet clean. This is the tone of most gathas and even some practitioners' self-satisfaction; the fourth sentence is also

Self-sarcasm, when the dust from the heart has been swept away and the spiritual platform is clear and clear, when you look back on your stupid past, you will feel that all your efforts at that time were in vain.

The strange thing is the third sentence - once you have attained the true dragon queen.

This is a feeling that only a person can have once he is fully enlightened and achieves Bodhi.

When Yuwen Sui composed this verse, could it be that he was "enlightened" as Aunt Hui said before?

Now that you are enlightened, why do you want to return to this troubled world? And why do you want to return to everyone's sight after this Dharma conference?

What is the "true dragon" he has attained?

The more Shang Ruyi thought about it, the more confused her mind became. The enlightenment of others had become her three thousand troubles, almost entangled her whole body, and she was so upset that she couldn't help but whisper softly: "True dragon? One

To realize the true dragon...?"

When he raised his head again, he met the smiling eyes of the old man.

Only then did Shang Ruyi realize that there was almost no difference between his appearance and the way he had just walked over, mumbling words.

She smiled sheepishly.

The old man didn't say much. He just cupped his hands and said, "Madam, I must have something else to do, so I won't bother you. I still need to think about this gatha again."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

Shang Ruyi said hurriedly: "Old man, wait a moment, I have one more thing to ask you."

The old man smiled and said, "Excuse me, young madam."

Shang Ruyi said: "The last time - six months ago, I was in the pavilion of Banyan Temple and heard an old man telling a passing child a story about the resurrection of a dead body."

The old man's eyes flashed for a moment, then he nodded immediately and said, "Remember, remember."

Shang Ruyi said: "Is this story true? Is it false?"

The old man's eyes flickered again, he glanced at Shang Ruyi again, and then smiled and said, "What do you think, young lady?"

Shang Ruyi thought for a while and said, "This story is too mysterious."

The old man immediately smiled and said: "No matter how mysterious the stories in this world are, they are more mysterious than human affairs. People in the mortal world can't say anything outside the ordinary world. So, what can be said has naturally happened."

Shang Ruyi's breath tightened and he said: "So, the old man believes that there is a resurrection of the dead in this world?"

"..."

The old man did not answer her immediately, but looked at Shang Ruyi with a smile. Although his eyes were blurry, there was a bit of clarity in his eyes, which made Shang Ruyi feel a little weak. She lowered her head subconsciously, and the old man

He immediately smiled and said: "The young lady asked this, as if she hoped that I would deny it."

"..."

"I hope to deny it, is it because the young lady knew that such a thing happened?"

"..."

For a moment, Shang Ruyi did not respond to his words.

It wasn't that she didn't know how to respond, but at that moment, she felt as if she was being strangled by the neck and about to suffocate.

The old man didn't seem to need her response, he just smiled and said: "Young Madam, do you admit that this is just a useless mouth, saying useless words. But what really matters is the Young Madam herself.

heart of."

As he spoke, he lowered his head, chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice, and left.

Just when he came to his side, Shang Ruyi thought for a while and asked: "Old man, I haven't asked you your name after talking for a long time."

The old man smiled and said: "I don't dare to have the surname Gao. I am an old man named Jiang Yu, also known as Wu Ban."

Jiang Yu? Wuban?

Shang Ruyi only recited it silently in his heart, and then immediately figured out the flavor of the name, Prajna - meaning wisdom, and his name Wu Bian means that he has no wisdom, and his name Jiang Yu also means self-sarcasm.

It was written straight on his face.

It seems that this old man is very free and easy. The world thinks that he can't give up wine and meat, and he can't give up Buddha. But now thinking about it, he has gained wine and meat, and he has obtained Buddha.

Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi seemed to feel a little more relaxed.

She said: "Mr. Jiang, let's go."

Jiang Yu saluted her and walked forward. As he walked, he murmured with a smile: "Why are so many people concerned about reviving a dead body?"

After a while, we walked down the corridor.

Shang Ruyi stood there, watching the skinny figure disappear outside the mountain gate. Then she turned around. When she looked at the sutra lecture pavilion again, she suddenly saw that behind the sutra lecture pavilion,

It seemed like a figure flashed past.

As soon as he saw that figure, all the hairs on Shang Ruyi's body stood up.

Almost instantly, the feeling that her soul was about to be pulled away hit her again, almost suffocating her!

But this time, she was not swallowed up by the almost drowning feeling of suffocation. Instead, she gritted her teeth, raised her feet and followed him!

But just as she walked to the door of the Lecture Pavilion, the figure had disappeared. She looked to the side anxiously, and saw the back of the Heavenly King's Palace in front of her passing by.

Shang Ruyi felt relieved and followed him again.

In this way, like the wind being chased by clouds, she walked through one hall after another, passed through one long corridor after another, and unknowingly got lost in this Buddhist temple.

Her breath was heavy and her heartbeat was thunderous, but she still refused to give up.

Seeing that there was no one around in the almost deserted temple of Dayan Temple, Shang Ruyi gritted his teeth and walked forward with his skirt in hand.

But just as she was passing by a Buddhist temple, a gust of wind suddenly blew open the ajar door.

Shang Ruyi subconsciously looked inside——
Chapter completed!