Chapter 664.
Chapter 664 – Where to come from
Hearing Master Pu Shan talk about the saints of nine lifetimes of cultivation, Xu Chuniang was shocked in her heart and shook her head.
“I know very well, I’m just an ordinary person, in addition to this memory than the next person, there is no special features, I hope that the master for me to solve the confusion.”
“Being in the situation and not knowing it, when you know it, you are already an outsider.”
Grandmaster Pu Shan reached out his hand, picked up a fallen leaf blown by the wind, and smiled faintly.
“Reincarnation reincarnation, you and I are all living beings, the sea of suffering is endless, why not use your body as a raft? Only by transcending birth and death can we reach the other shore.
If you are unable to transcend, you will sink into the sea of bitterness forever and not be liberated.”
Hearing Master Pu Shan’s words, Xu Chuniang only felt clouded.
The Buddhist doctrine the master spoke of was too obscure, and she wasn’t quite able to understand it.
She bowed deeply, “I still hope that Master will clarify.”
Master Pu Shan shook his head slightly, “This is your calamity, you still need to realize it on your own, heaven’s secrets cannot be divulged, I can only point it out.
Also please female cultivator, do not forget where you came from.”
After saying that, he clasped his hands together and made a salute, and actually left.
Hijacked …… where he came from ……
Xu Chuniang, if she was enlightened, looked in the direction the master left and stood for a long time.
Not far away, the driver waited for a while, saw the sky getting darker and darker, pulled the carriage forward.
“Xu three miss, the hour is not early, have to go back to the city, any later will not be able to see the road.”
Xu Chuniang came back to her senses, violently realizing something, and hurriedly got into the carriage.
All the way back to the Xu Mansion in a hurry, traveling to the side door, the boy who watched the door kept winking at her.
Xu Chuniang secretly said bad, was about to withdraw and retreat, the side door was violently pulled open, dressed in luxurious Mrs. Xu stepped out.
“Third sister, it’s so late, where are you going?”
Xu Chuniang’s back stiffened, slowly turned around, pulling a smile out of her face, “I looked at the sky just right, so I planned to consume my food and look at the moon ……”
“Look at the moon?”
Mrs. Xu raised her head and glanced at the dark, cloudy sky, her face revealing a seemingly smiling expression.
“I heard Xiao Si’er say that you weren’t feeling well and hadn’t been able to eat for a whole day, so this time you’re interested and are here to watch the moon.”
Against her mother’s interrogation, Xu Chuniang is like a mane on her back, knowing that she can’t hide anymore, she has no choice but to confess.
“I went to the Puhua Temple.”
Mrs. Xu’s face reveals a hint of surprise, “It’s rare that you have the heart to make a special trip to the Puhua Temple to pray for your second sister’s blessings, alright, hurry up and come in.”
Xu Chuniang opened her mouth to explain, thought of something, and wisely closed her mouth, silently followed.
All the way to the hall, and is being punished fourth sister exchanged a look, the two Qi Qi lowered their heads.
Mrs. Xu caught a glimpse of this scene and shook her head in exasperation and helplessness.
They were about to reach maturity, but Third Sister and Fourth Sister were still childlike, so how could she be confident in letting them marry?
She first looked at Lao Si, “Xiao Si Er, do you realize your mistake?”
The fourth sister nodded her head wisely and said, “I know I’m wrong, I shouldn’t have helped the third sister coax my mother.”
Mrs. Xu pinched her brows, “And?”
The fourth sister’s head got lower and lower, stammered, “And …… shouldn’t have rushed the guests at home.”
“Okay, know the error is good, punished you a month not allowed to go out, practice a good female red.”
The fourth sister immediately cried and lost her face, she hates the most is the female red, really killing.
After Mrs. Xu disposed of Little Four, she looked at Xu Chuniang again.
It was rare that Third Sister had this heart, but leaving home privately and asking Little Four to help round up lies was too unruly.
“Third sister-er, do you know your fault?”
Xu Chuniang nodded, “I shouldn’t have snuck out of the house and let fourth sister help deceive mother.”
“Since you know your fault, you will be punished by going to the Buddha Hall and copying the Diamond Sutra thirty times to pray for your family’s blessings.”
Hearing the third sister’s punishment, the fourth sister gave her a sympathetic look.
The Diamond Sutra was so long, how long would it take to copy it thirty times!
Xu Chuniang didn’t feel bitter, and after coming out of the hall, she went to the Buddha Hall. The maids who served her couldn’t stand to watch and advised her as they sharpened their ink.
“It’s so late, it’s better for miss to start again from tomorrow, lest you boil your eyes.”
“You go and rest first.”
Xu Chuniang shook her head, after listening to Master Pu Shan’s words, she always had the feeling of being in a fog.
Everything around her was clearly real, but she had a feeling of being in a trance, like Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly, dreaming yes, not yes?
Master Pushan reminded her not to forget where she came from.
The first thing she could remember was a weed.
No, that’s not right.
At first, she was just a seed, buried in heavy dirt, unable to move.
What about before becoming a seed, what was she?
Xu Chuniang tried hard to recall, but her mind was so empty that she couldn’t think of anything.
The flickering candlelight pulled her thoughts back, and she dipped her pen into the ink, copying down the first line of scripture.
“As I have heard: at one time, the Buddha was in the Gion Giving Garden of Solitude in the State of Shehui ……”
When she lifted the pen, there were thousands of thoughts in her mind, and after she put down the pen, the many distracting thoughts dissipated.
Only the black characters that kept wandering on the white paper remained, and a calmer and calmer mind.
The full name of the Vajra Sutra was the Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra, totaling 5,180 words.
After three full days of copying, Xu Chuniang finally finished her first copy.
At this rate, it would take a full three months to finish copying the thirty times of the Vajra Sutra.
In the second month, Fourth Sister, who had been released from her confinement, came to see her.
Looking at the tall stack of sutra scrolls and the handwriting that filled them, the fourth sister’s scalp went numb.
“Third sister, so many scriptures, you’re really copying them?”
Xu Chuniang put aside her pen and glanced at her, “Or else?”
“Just write a couple words at random, just muddle through, it’s not like mother will really punish us anyway.”
Glancing at the thick scriptures, Fourth Sister’s heart was both admiring and sympathetic.
“Mother has long since lost her temper, beg for a favor to convince her, and will definitely spare you from the punishment.”
“I would like to think that this place is comfortable and clean, it’s just that after copying the scriptures for a long time, my hands are a bit sore.”
Xu Chuniang shook her arm, and after the ink marks on her new copy dried, she put it aside and took another piece of white paper to ink.
Fourth sister was speechless as she watched this scene.
“I say Third Sister, you’re always sneaking to Puhua Temple, and now you’re keen on copying scriptures, you don’t really want to become a nun in a monk’s home, do you?”
Xu Chuniang paused in her movements a bit and asked, “Do you think Mother would agree?”
Fourth sister shook her head, “Of course she won’t agree, a good daughter going to become an aunt, if others found out, they might not know what to think!”
Xu Chuniang’s gaze fell back to the paper, “So I plan, to go to the manor.”
“What?”
Fourth sister was alarmed, “Third sister, are you crazy?”
The manor was on the outskirts of the city, not as prosperous as Kyoto, and only those who had committed wrongdoings would be sent to spend the rest of their lives in the manor.
Previously, those restless aunts were sent away in this way.
It was the first time she had encountered one who had taken the initiative to request to go to the manor.
Xu Chuniang was silent, she had been through nine lifetimes, and her thoughts were not quite the same as the others.
The world chased after fame and fortune, coveted wealth and glory, and was good at fancy clothes and wine.
After eight lifetimes of life and death, she had long since lost interest in these things.
In her heart, there was only ……
Xu Chuniang’s brows furrowed, a bewildered look in her eyes.
She had, it seemed, forgotten something very important.
(End of chapter)