Ito Nanako said “Si Guoyi” twice in succession, which made Master Jingqing somewhat vulnerable.
He is not a dull person, so he naturally knows that this is Ito Nanako’s way of rejecting him. While feeling regretful, he can’t help but reflect on himself: “I just feel that this donor has extraordinary wisdom. If he is willing to convert to Buddhism and study the classics, he will definitely have a better understanding of the classics.” A profound understanding, if so, is the blessing of all believers, but this matter is just wishful thinking on my part…”
Thinking of this, he sighed again and again in his heart: “It’s a sin, my wife asked me to help her enlighten her, but I wholeheartedly persuaded her to convert to Buddhism…”
So, he recited a few verses silently, and then said: “Donor, the poor monk just talked too much, I hope you can forgive me.”
Ito Nanako nodded slightly: “It doesn’t matter, as long as you don’t persuade me to become a monk again.”
With that said, Ito Nanako took out the kit from her pocket and asked carefully: “Master, I wonder if you can also consecrate and bless an amulet for me?”
Master Jingqing nodded and asked her: “Does the donor want to copy the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra by himself?”
“Yes.” Nanako took out the pen and paper given by the little monk before and said, “Can I copy it here?”
“Of course.” Master Jingqing pointed to a writing desk under the lecture table and said, “Donor, please copy the scriptures in front of the writing desk.”
Nanako nodded and thanked her, then came to the desk, placed a palm-sized piece of paper on the desk, and wrote ten words of the “Maha Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra” on the paper with a slender brush.
Master Jingqing stood aside and watched silently. When he saw Nanako’s calligraphy, he couldn’t help but be amazed. He didn’t expect that this young Japanese girl could actually write well.
Seeing that Nanako began to write the scriptures by hand without any lag in her hand, Master Jingqing knew that Nanako must have read the scriptures well and knew the contents of the scriptures by heart.
After Nanako finished writing all the 260 words of the Heart Sutra, she slowly put down the pen. Master Jingqing on the side asked: “Since the donor is familiar with the Heart Sutra, have you ever tried to teach it according to the scriptures?” So, to explore the ‘unconscious world’ mentioned in the scriptures?”
Nanako asked curiously: “Are you talking about the unconscious world in the scriptures that says ‘no eyes and ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, no color, sound, fragrance, touch, no vision, or even an unconscious world’?”
Master Jingqing nodded and said seriously: “Without eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, without color, sound, fragrance or touch, it means that there are no six roots and six dusts, and there are no six consciousnesses arising from the six dusts to the six roots. We no longer see what is visible.”
Nanako asked ignorantly: “Just like a Buddha statue and don’t think about anything?”
Master Jingqing shook his head and said: “That’s not the case. The poor monk also thought that the true all dharmas are empty, which means abandoning all attachments and illusions. However, after receiving the guidance of a mentor, I realized that in fact all dharmas are empty. A way to understand.”
Nanako was even more confused: “Since everything is empty and everything does not exist, what other explanation is there?”
Master Jingqing said: “Another method is to abandon all the body’s senses and distracting thoughts about the outside world, and use a method similar to Taoist introspection to return consciousness to the sea of consciousness. Once the consciousness returns to the sea of consciousness, you will find that Originally, people opened their eyes and looked at the stars in the sky. Although they were looking at the universe, what they saw was just a speck of dust in the universe. But after the consciousness returned to the sea of consciousness, it was as if people closed their eyes and were in the universe. See the entire universe from outside the universe! The sense of openness that the entire universe is in front of you is an unprecedented new realm. I think that may be the unconscious realm mentioned by the Buddha.”
Nanako murmured: “Close your eyes and look at the entire universe? What you said is a bit abstract, I can’t quite understand it…”