Chapter 299: The Structure of the World
"My master has been walking in this world all the year round, carrying out the wish of the Buddha to purify all sentient beings, and after the Buddha went to Lingshan, my master is still purifying sentient beings in this world. Therefore, my master's merit is the same as that of the Buddha, and my master's strength is even higher than that of the Buddha, but because of some other reasons, my master's merit is lost, and I have begun to have obsession in my heart. ”
For this obsession, he gave up too many things, including his own strength and his subsequent cultivation. Because after that, he began to wander in this world, just for his kind of obsession. ”
"He met a lot of people and did a lot of things, of course, including the country of Tianzhu, but I don't know how things will develop in the end. It's just that he once mentioned to me the land of Tianzhu, and he said that although the trip was unsatisfactory, it was not all fruitless, at least he had a way to avoid the divine calamity. ”
"In its original meaning, this is the calamity that the gods have to go through, and this kind of calamity has no substance, and no one has even seen it. It's just that many cultivators in the past, no matter how powerful they are, will eventually lose to them, which makes the name of the Divine Tribulation feared by the world. ”
"But what exactly is the Divine Tribulation, and why is there a Divine Tribulation on the path of cultivation? No one can know this. The final inference of those wise men was nothing more than a theory summed up, that is, the path of cultivation went against the heavens, so they had to suffer the test of the heavenly way. But this inference is obviously not valid, because the Buddha did good deeds and accumulated virtue, and taught his disciples to accumulate virtue in the same way, but his disciples still had to pass the tribulation, so that the Buddha could only comprehend the way of cause and effect in the end. ”
"The generation of the way of cause and effect made the power of the divine tribulation rapidly decrease, and finally made Lingshan have the strength to compete with Tianzhu from now on. Therefore, cutting off cause and effect has become the way for Buddhism to fight against the divine calamity, but how difficult is it to cut off cause and effect? Only monks with pure hearts and few desires like Buddhism can also understand it, and as for ordinary cultivators, it is already very difficult for them to even practice, and who can think about so much cause and effect? Therefore, cutting off cause and effect is a way that belongs exclusively to Buddhism. ”
But this is not the only way, because many of the things of the Buddha are also taken from the country of Tianzhu, and the country of Tianzhu does not need to cross the tribulation, which is also something that has been said before. And according to the results I have heard, in fact, in addition to the fact that the country of Tianzhu does not need to cross the divine tribulation, the demon clan also has a group, and their cultivation path does not need to cross any heavenly tribulation. ”
"Then why are these two kinds of cultivators an exception? In fact, if you think about it carefully, then it is not an incomprehensible thing. Because my master told me that the reason why the country of Tianzhu didn't have to cross the divine tribulation was because they had mastered a method, and this method was the Dao, the true Heavenly Dao. ”
"Frankly speaking, my master was defeated in the country of Tianzhu, in addition to his own reasons, in fact, there is a more important reason, that is, he underestimated the strength of the country of Tianzhu. In other words, the strength of the country of Tianzhu was beyond his imagination, because he didn't expect that the country of Tianzhu would have an unimaginable understanding of the way of heaven. ”
When the demon elder said this, he looked at Zhen Yuanzi in front of him again.
"The Great Immortal has been obsessed with cultivation for many years, so he must not know enough about the situation in this world, and of course, this is also a common problem that many people outside the world will commit. It's just that many times, there are thousands of changes in this world, and it is also a good teaching material, not only the knowledge of Taoism, which is an all-encompassing. ”
"For example, Amitabha Buddha's Pure Land of Bliss, Brahma Buddha's Great Brahma Kingdom, and the Spiritual Mountain Paradise of Buddha Rulai, and to add that at this time, it is on the cusp of the Qingqiu Secret Realm. These are all big worlds, big worlds that belong to everyone, just like the divine realm that the Dao Gate finally soared into and entered, and this is the pattern that currently exists in the entire world. ”
From this, it can be seen that the world is created by cultivators, and finally the living beings enter it. And what about the Heavenly Dao? How should the Heavenly Dao be explained? Because the laws of the world are formed by the Heavenly Dao, then where does the Heavenly Dao in their world come from? And those wise men have already deduced this, that is, the will, which comes from the will of the creator of the world. ”
"But who can explain such a thing as will, and I am afraid that even the great ones who created the world themselves cannot speak. After all, this is the hardest thing to know about themselves, even though they have already preached. "Le
"Therefore, the law of the Heavenly Dao, this is also a mysterious and mysterious thing, so that all cultivators have to spend their whole lives, but they have never been able to understand the true meaning. ”
"But the land of Tianzhu is different, because there is a legend in the world that when the world was first formed, the only powerful ones were the god king and his two brothers, and the seven Buddhas who founded Buddhism. So, the god king and his two brothers created the Daomen together, and the seven Buddhas also created the Buddha Gate together. ”
However, because the teachings of Buddhism and Taoism are different, the two schools have undergone various changes in the later lineage, so that the god king finally entered the divine realm, and the seven Buddhas have disappeared since then. However, in this world, the foundation of the teachings they created is still there, so the cultivators in this world are still in a steady stream. ”
"I think that in this world, the strongest person in the Dao Sect at this time should belong to Taishang Laojun and his other two brothers. Although Taishang Laojun is not a combat-powered character, the Dao Sect is mainly based on refining weapons and transforming pills, and his other two brothers are also a kind of each with their own strengths, and they have completely reached the peak of this world. ”
But in the development of Buddhism, this is also a kind of inferiority, and because of the particularity of Buddhism, so that everyone passes on it without reservation, which also makes Buddhism more powerful than Taoism. It's just that their way of selecting disciples is extremely strict, so this has led to the scarcity of Buddhist disciples, and their representative figure in this world is Amitabha Buddha. ”
Of course, Amitabha Buddha has already ascended and created the Pure Land of Bliss, so it stands to reason that he can no longer be counted as this world. But whether it is the Great Brahma Kingdom, or the Lingshan Resort, whether it is Brahma Buddha or Nyorai Buddha, they all talk about themselves and promote the teachings of Amitabha Buddha, so Amitabha Buddha is a representative figure, which is an undoubted thing. ”
"But today is not a sectarian dispute, so I won't talk too much about it, in short, Brahma Buddha and Buddha Nyorai, they both believe in Amitabha. It's just that Brahma Buddha abides by the tradition and never transmits the Dharma, and the country of Tianzhu is divided into tantric and sutra, which in itself is a kind of class embodiment. And if the Buddha teaches sentient beings, he thinks that everyone can become a Buddha, so he doesn't care about the qualifications of his disciples, or even about the past of his disciples, he feels that as long as he initiates a heart of goodness, then this is enough. ”
Of course, it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong, because they have all become Buddhas. And what I'm going to talk about today, this has nothing to do with them themselves, as for why I have to foreshadow so much, it's just because what I'm going to talk about next is very likely to involve the secrets of Buddhism. ”
However, the way to avoid the divine calamity lies precisely in these secrets. Then I will tell you again why the country of Tianzhu has set up tantric and sutra sects, and why they are so strict in the way they select disciples. ”
"This is only because the cultivation methods of the Land of Tianzhu require the disciples to have a high level of understanding. ”
"So how did their disciples follow the Master's practice? Frankly speaking, they didn't follow the Master's practice, but they experienced all the insights on their own. ”
"Let's give you an example, it is like the slippage of a drop of water, some people think of the perseverance of a drop of water through a stone, some people think that it can eventually flow into a river, and even some people can think of those who die of drought and thirst. They all have different ideas, but none of their masters will correct that, because in their master's view, all of this is Dharma. ”
And then they go on and on, from a simple drop of water to something extremely complicated in the end. When their perception is enough to pass the test of those predecessors, then they can also enter Tantra and start a more advanced practice. ”