Chapter 431: On the Dao

Wang Tian recalled the "Tao Te Ching" in his memory, and remembered that there was another sentence in front of this sentence, that is, "governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh", and this sentence is highly respected in history. However, Li Boyang did not have such a sentence here, probably because he was convenient for the "Tao Te Ching" to circulate in the world, so he added such a sentence.

Later, Li Boyang talked a lot about morality, and those who understood it were fascinated by it, and those who couldn't understand it were drowsy. Seeing that it was getting dark, Li Boyang stood up and said, "I'll tell you about this today, and I'll continue to talk about it tomorrow." ”

"Thank you, sir!" King Jipeng said unusually humbly.

Then he ordered a bird named Xiaoying and invited Li Boyang into the VIP room to rest. And Xiaoling took Wang Tian out of Qingyuntai, and probably she also arranged Wang Tian's rest room.

"How about you just go to my room and rest?" Xiao Ling, who was dressed in colorful clothes, said to Wang Tian.

"Is this convenient?" Wang Tian asked.

"What's inconvenient? Don't worry, my home is very spacious, I don't have a partner yet, and the room is definitely lived. Xiao Ling said strangely.

"Okay then." Wang Tian actually wants to say, you are a girl, and I am a man, and the two are lonely and widowed...... But after listening to Xiao Ling's words, he knew that he was thinking too much. People didn't think about it at all, because she was just a bird, and she was a person, of different races. She doesn't have the idea of a human girl at all, some kind of thing like a lonely man and a widow can't live in the same room.

Now it's time to take the bird's nest to live, Wang Tian thought to himself.

Follow Suzu to her room, her room is very spacious, and the tidy up is very neat, after all, she is a female bird. The things in the room were all human products, which made Wang Tian breathe a sigh of relief, if it was all made of dead branches and leaves, it was estimated that he would not be able to sleep. The inhabitants of the hairy country like to dress up as humans. Especially females, so their housing items are all human products.

Man is one of the three talents of heaven, earth and man, and is the spirit of all things, even the demon clan likes to dress up as a human being.

"You can rest here, this bed is only for my sisters to come and live." Xiao Ling pointed to a bed and said to Wang Tian.

"Okay." Wang Tian said, "Can I ask you a question?" ”

"Ask whatever you want, awkward." Suzu said.

"Don't be angry when you ask." Wang Tian said.

"Just ask."

"Do you eat worms?" Wang Tian asked solemnly. He has always struggled with this problem, the inhabitants of the hairy country are all birds, and birds like to eat insects by nature. But Xiaoling is such a beautiful girl, it is difficult for Wang Tian to imagine the scene of her going to eat insects.

"Gege...... "Suzu laughed wildly, "it's all your human thoughts. I'm not going to eat those disgusting things, do you think I'm a normal bird? ”

"And what do you usually eat?" Wang Tian asked.

"We usually eat the flowers and leaves on the sacred tree, the flowers on the sacred tree are full of heaven and earth aura, and eating a little can ensure that we are not hungry for a month, and when it comes to insects, there are no insects on the sacred tree at all." Suzu said.

"I see."

After finishing speaking, Wang Tian took off his shoes and went to bed. And Xiaoling also slept in another bed in the same room, but Wang Tian saw that she did not take off her clothes. Could it be that her clothes are her feathers? Wang Tian had some doubts in his heart. Moreover, Wang Tian also estimated. Birds do not have the habit of undressing and sleeping.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, early in the morning, Xiaoling asked Wang Tian to listen to Li Boyang's sermon.

This was already the second day of his preaching here, and Wang Tian heard that he had only been preaching here for three days, and that he would be leaving after three days.

Came to Qingundae. A lot of people come here early. Like yesterday, Li Boyang started again.

"Today I will continue to tell you about the remaining chapters of "De", there are forty-four chapters in "De", and yesterday I only talked about twenty articles." Li Boyang said.

"Can the Magi not tell us about Virtue? What we want to hear is the Tao" at this time. A resident of the Hairy Nation said that he was also a bird, but here he became a human.

"Okay. Since you are not interested in listening to Virtue, I will preach to you. Li Boyang said, "There are thirty-seven articles of the Tao, one of which is: the Tao is the Tao, the very Tao; The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. The beginning of the nameless world; The mother of all things. Therefore, there is often no desire to observe the wonder; There is often a desire to observe it. These two have the same name and different names, and they are the same as the mysteries, the mysteries and the mysteries, and the doors of all the wonders. ”

Hearing his words, everyone pricked up their ears to listen, because this sentence was very subtle and difficult to understand. These people all tilted their heads and looked at Li Boyang, expecting his explanation.

"Since the Tao is very Tao and the name is very famous, then I don't need to explain it to you." Probably feeling the meaning of everyone's gaze, Li Boyang said with a smile.

Of course, Wang Tian didn't need his explanation for this sentence. Wang Tian can interpret it according to his own understanding of the Tao. And everyone has their own way, and the interpretation of this sentence is also different. Other people's interpretations are someone else's, and only one's own understanding is one's own. This is equivalent to the Tao, and in the comprehension of the Tao, others can never take it away.

"Why don't you explain this sentence?" Li Boyang began to interact with the students.

"We don't understand." Many people shook their heads and said.

"Why don't you explain?" At this time, Li Boyang pointed at Wang Tian and said.

"Okay, then I'll give you some of my own understanding." Wang Tian stood up and said: "Your first sentence 'Tao is the Tao, the Tao is not the Tao' means that the Tao that can be expressed in words is not the Tao in the true sense, so the Tao must be comprehended by oneself, and the Tao that everyone understands is different. ”

"That's a good point." Li Boyang bowed his head and said, "So they asked me to explain what the Tao is, which itself is not in line with the Tao. ”

I see! That's when the other listeners understood.

As for Wang Tian's own understanding of this sentence, he has his own way, and his understanding is also different. The Tao that can be expressed in words is not the Tao in the true sense of the word, and it can be given a definition of something, not the true name of the thing.

Heaven and earth did not have a name in the beginning, and the name was only a belonging to all things. Therefore, the unconscious is used to discover the mystery of things, and the conscious is used to belong to his scope. The name "Dao" is given by people, and "Dao" is just the destination of all things. To understand the Tao, we must observe it in that unconscious state, and we should not control our own thinking because of its name.

This is the mystery of the mysteries, the laws that open up all the mysteries.

Thinking of this, Wang Tian began to understand how human beings could cultivate, or cultivate. That is to put one's mind into an unconscious state, to recognize the things around oneself. Through this state, the human body can absorb the aura of heaven and earth! This is equivalent to the legendary Taoist inward-looking, but not inward-looking.

Buddhism has a saying: There is nothing in the first place, where is the dust? This state of unconsciousness is spoken. Buddhists are also cultivators, and they have the same path as Taoists in terms of cultivation.

In other words, the path of cultivation is the same for all races.

Wang Tian has his own understanding of this sentence, and people of other races also have their own understanding. They will all have a harvest, because this is the way of heaven. Li Boyang, as a human being, of course, the Tao Te Ching was written according to the cultivation methods of human beings. Other races are inferior to humans, but it's still useful for them. Because the way of heaven, heaven, earth, and man, all things are one.

"Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs. The saints are unkind, and they use the people as dogs. Between heaven and earth, what is it? Void but unyielding, moving and getting more and more. It is better to keep the middle than to talk too much. Li Boyang continued.

What does this mean? They hadn't understood the first sentence just now, and Li Boyang threw out such an incomprehensible sentence again. However, in the face of these people's questions, Li Boyang did not explain to them at all.

This sentence is actually very simple, it is the way of nature, the way of the jungle. The heaven and earth that are high in heaven and earth, and the saints in the world, are actually all dogs with all things and the people. This is the relationship between a peerless strong man and a weak man. In front of the strong, the ants are like dogs.

Therefore, Buddhism has a saying: the Buddha can kill insects in order to bathe and cultivate. In the face of the powerful, how much is the ant worth? The Buddha is in the Tao, and he has figured it out in this aspect. Therefore, Buddha is the Tao. Buddhists are just a group of monks, and they are also following this morality.

Many people may refute this view, simply because he is not strong enough. It is not enough to form a strong contrast between the saints and the people, heaven and earth and all things. To put it simply, the gap is not too big, and the gap is not too big. And if the gap is too big, it will no longer be the same kind. When a human goes to kill someone, it is to kill his own kind, but what about a human being to kill an ant? As a god, he went to kill a weak human, and the other gods still wouldn't say that he broke the law.

Between heaven and earth, is it still like a slurrel? Void but unyielding, moving and getting more and more. It is better to keep the middle than to talk too much. This sentence is Li Boyang using his own thoughts to think about heaven and earth, in fact, he himself doesn't know whether his thoughts are correct, so he uses the word 'care'. In fact, his ideas cannot be said to be correct, nor can they be said to be wrong.

Everyone has his own way, and this idea of his is also his own way. But his way cannot be applied to the whole world. The bellows are the bellows. Based on his words, Wang Tian probably guessed what the characteristics of Li Boyang's supernatural powers were. (To be continued......)