Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Discussion of the Tao (1)
At today's conference on Taoism, Zhao Li specially changed into a white Confucian robe, holding a book of Analects in one hand.
If you have long hair, you are really an ancient scholar.
The four of Xuantian are not bad, they are all dressed very formally, the five of them are not like those who sit on the stone slab and enter the arena so early, the grandmaster pays attention to a bearing. All five of them sat in the lobby of the hotel and waited.
From time to time, a little Taoist priest came to inform him that everyone had arrived.
"A few fellow Daoists, let's play too!" Xuantian said a word and stood at the door, and directly flew up from the sky to the high platform.
"Ugh!" The remaining four people, you look at me and I look at you, they are all stunned, no one expected Xuan Tianzhen to appear in this way, but when they heard the exclamations coming from the square, they knew everyone's reaction, and then let the four of them go up in an ordinary way, isn't it embarrassing?
"Amitabha, the poor monk will go first!" The bright lamp monk said to a few and walked outside step by step, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he saw that a golden lotus was born on the sole of his foot with every step.
"Step by step!" Zhao Li and the three of them watched the bright lantern walk towards the high platform step by step, which also caused a sensation in the crowd.
Finally, the three of them glanced at each other, and Sun Jianguo said, "I'll go first, the two Taoist friends will come later!" With that, he strode towards the gate.
Sun Jianguo also used the martial arts light body method after leaving the gate, and with a little tiptoe, the whole person rose into the air, and went directly to the gate on the high platform in one step. It's also a bit like flying.
"If you don't go up first, brother," Zhao Li was a little speechless when he looked at the performance of these animals, this was definitely deliberate, seeing that he had no magical powers, he hit his performance in the morning.
"Haha, okay, then I'll go down first, Brother Zhao, you will come later!" Gao Ming said a word and walked towards the door. Step out as if the road ahead is moving backwards. Just one step is more than twenty meters away.
"Is it shrinking into inches? Is it really ruthless? Zhao Lishu said with a smile. It seems that these few people really have a bit of a heart-to-heart connection, and one of them has used the whole body housekeeping skills on the field.
"In that case, let's let you do it once!" Zhao Libi shook his head and said, mixed with the aroma of books, a round of divine light above his head, holding a scripture book and slowly walking towards the high platform step by step. Although I said let, I can't be too ashamed.
"Wow, Confucianism is righteous and upright!"
"Is this the Confucian Zhao Li, it's really graceful,"
"Look, the little junior brother is on the field!"
Although it was a contest of hundreds of schools, some of the service staff of the Taishan Hotel also sat on the field, and everyone didn't care about them and sat on the side. At this time, they saw the image of the five grandmasters speaking up. The boss who opened his mouth was shocked.
Seeing Zhao Li walking up with a smile, the four of Xuantian also glanced at each other with a smile. finally suppressed Zhao Li's momentum.
"A few fellow Daoists, look at this Daoist conference, which of us will be the first to play!" Xuantian asked.
"Let's do it in the order we just played!" Zhao Li smiled.
After listening to Zhao Li's words, the four of them communicated with each other.
"I agree,"
"I agree!"
"Then I'll be the first to play," Xuantian said and took a few steps forward and sat down on the stage.
Seeing Xuan Tianzhen sitting down at the front, the crowd also knew that Xuan Tianzhen had started to preach, and everyone quieted down.
"The Tao is good, the very way, the name is famous, the name is not famous!"
"The beginning of the nameless world; The mother of all things. ”
"Therefore there is always no desire to see the wonder; There is often a desire to observe it. ”……
Xuantian Zhenren talked about the Tao Te Ching with Dao Yin, although many Tao Te Ching have been read, but everyone's understanding is different, this time Xuan Tianzhen talked about the Tao Te Ching with his Jindan understanding is really refreshing.
The Tao Te Ching is spread too widely, that is, some Confucian students still study the Tao Te Ching.
I don't know what other people heard, but Zhao Li did listen to it with taste, and the primordial truth of heaven and earth evolved in Zhao Li's heart. Although the Tao Te Ching is not a practice, it does contain the supreme principles between heaven and earth, and those exercises are created according to this principle.
Some of the talents of the Daomen have also created many powerful exercises according to the wisdom of some scriptures of the Tao Te Ching.
Zhao Li still had time to sweep the crowd below, and found that everyone listened very seriously, even the three senior brothers and the three eldest brothers also listened without blinking, and originally promised to introduce Xuantian Zhenren to a few senior brothers and eldest brothers yesterday, but later they all promised to have time to go to their own place to study, so they put this matter down.
"Okay, Xuantian Zhenren deserves to be the highest Taoist cultivator, and this Tao Te Ching makes people feel like they have an epiphany!"
"yes, I agree!"
Xuan Tianzhen's lecture was a few hours, and he stopped for half an hour in the middle to let everyone rest.
After a few hours, the Tao Te Ching also let Xuan Tianzhen speak half of it. It's a pity that there is not enough time.
The five grandmasters each spoke for half a day, exactly five and a half days, and the last half day was the time for everyone to ask questions.
There will be an hour-long stop at noon where everyone can eat Chinese food.
Zhao Li and the master ate a little Chinese food and immediately returned to the square. In the afternoon, it was the turn of the Lantern Master.
"That's what I smelled. For a while, the Buddha was defending the country. Gishu to the Garden of Solitude. with the great bhikshu congregation. 1,250 people. Then the world. When eating. Dressed and bowled. Settle in the city and beg for food. in its city. The second begging has begged. Return to the Locality. Meals. Collect the mantle. Wash your feet already. Sit ...... a seat."
Master Ming Deng talked about the Diamond Sutra, which is one of the fundamental scriptures of Buddhism, and this scripture contains too many ideas, and many of the magical exercises of Buddhism are comprehended from this scripture.
The Diamond Sutra is originally a difficult scripture to comprehend, but in the mouth of the bright lamp, it does make many people feel a little suddenly enlightened, especially those Buddhist disciples who shed tears when they heard it one by one.
Zhao Li doesn't know much about Buddhist scriptures, the Heart Sutra he talked about yesterday is better, he can understand it somewhat, but today's Diamond Sutra is really a little big. This is mainly due to the fact that the direction of the concept is too different.
One afternoon, Zhao Lizhi listened to the story of an afternoon. It seems that this Buddhism is foreign, unlike the Taoist scriptures and Confucianism, which are mostly common. The Buddhist scriptures are really hard to understand.
Zhao Li secretly glanced at a few masters, and he also looked confused, especially the second brother Kong Long grabbed his hair with his hands from time to time. The three senior brothers also closed their eyes and didn't know what they were doing.
The Buddhist scriptures are like this, there are two extremes, those who understand are nodding their heads from time to time, and those who don't understand are meditating there with their eyes closed.
When night falls, the day's conference is over. Zhao Li said hello to the four grandmasters and walked towards the master.
I saw that the senior brother had been sitting cross-legged for a day, and he was still swaying when he first stood up. Zhao Li also asked curiously.
"Hehe, senior brother, what's the matter, today's Buddhist scriptures are very refreshing!"
"Don't say it, Ziming, it's okay for Xuantian Zhenren to talk about the Tao Te Ching in the morning, we can all understand a lot, but this Buddhist scripture is not our dish, and I feel dizzy when I listen to it." Senior Brother shook his head.
"Let's go, let's go back and talk!" Kong Lao also sat cross-legged for an afternoon, a little uncomfortable. Now the most important thing I want to go back to is to lie in bed and rest for a while.
Several people returned to Kong Lao's room and discussed.
"Alas, if you want to say that this Buddhist scripture does contain a great truth, but how can we beginners understand it, it is really uncomfortable for an afternoon, I don't know if we can understand tomorrow's military and feng shui sermons!" The second senior brother looked pity.
"I heard the Heart Sutra last night, you should understand, you can not go in the afternoon!" Zhao Li said curiously, he couldn't go by himself.
"Yesterday, I listened to the Heart Sutra and still felt a little foggy, but today I just don't understand it at all." Kong Long recalled.
"Forget it, don't think about it, anyway, you are not going to be a monk, just forget if you don't understand, some people in the Buddhist family burst into tears when they heard it. Tomorrow's soldiers and feng shui masters will definitely be able to understand and study the Four Books and Five Classics. It's all something that has been passed down from the same line in China, unlike Buddhism, which is still transmitted from the outside, the roots are different, and it is normal to not understand it. Kong Lao said.
"Ziming, the day after tomorrow is your start, you have to prepare!"
"Well," seeing that the master was also tired, Zhao Li and the others also returned to the room.