Old Monk Xuyun 24

 

Old Monk Xuyun 24

Strangely, he found that wherever the Old Monk walked, the floodwaters did not rush into the rice fields.

Instead, they flowed eastward along the mountain side, several feet higher than the rice fields and stream banks.

That is to say, the flood does not flow downwards, but rushes upwards.

In this way, the rice fields that have just been transplanted are saved from being flooded by floods and mud.

After that, the Old Monk walked to Foyin Bridge and stood there.

Master Hongqing came back and called Master Yinkai.

When the master heard about it, he arranged for the slope to be built and walked to the Old Monk himself.

He asked him: "It's raining so hard. Why did you come out alone?" the Old Monk said. : "If I don't come out, the dozens of acres of rice fields above will be gone and they will be covered by flash floods and silt.

How will there be any millet to harvest then?"

At that time, we saw that there were not many raindrops on the Old Monk's jacket, and only the Arhat straw sandals he was wearing were wet by the rain.

It is true that wherever buddhist cultivators pass by, water must give way.

奇怪的是，他發現老和尚走過之處，洪水就不往稻田裡面沖，反而都沿山那邊向東流，高出稻田邊、溪堤數尺之高。

即是洪水不往低流，反而向高處沖。就是這樣，剛插秧的稻田便免遭洪水泥砂淹沒之患了。

之後，老和尚走至佛印橋，站在那裡。

宏清師便回來喊印開當家師，當家師知道後便一面安排打出坡板，一面自己走去老和尚處，請問他：「這樣大雨，您老人家怎麼一個人跑出來呀？」

老和尚說：「我不出來，上面的幾十畝稻田就沒有了，都要被山洪泥沙覆蓋了，到時還哪有谷子收呢？」

當時，我們見到老和尚的衲襖上雨點並不多，只有腳穿的羅漢草鞋被雨水打濕了。真是道人走過的地方，水也要讓路。