Chapter 137: Everyone is like a dragon, everyone is like a tiger

"Admire, admire! I can't imagine that you can think about this problem in society so clearly at such an age, even if the era of great material abundance you said is a little far away, but that is only the goal, just like the Buddhism cloud everyone can become a Buddha, it is unrealistic, but the connotation of the two is true, just by virtue of this, hehe, I Bodhidharma can't do it, when today's people, I'm afraid there are few who can do it. ”

For this theory, Patriarch Bodhidharma was extremely impressed.

"Patriarch, you are right, the great abundance of materials is indeed like a castle in the sky for the current society, but we can do one thing first, that is, the unified allocation of materials, and obtain ............ first where we need it.

In fact, a unified country plays this role, throughout history, from the Great Xia to the Great Shang, and then to the Great Zhou, and even before the tribal era, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment were the era of equal material distribution, generally when the country was just unified, the state distributed the material uniformly, in order to stabilize the people's mind, a lot of materials will be distributed to the people at the bottom, such as land, farm tools, livestock has been taxed, etc., will be biased towards them.

But with the passage of time, the wealth began to increase, the country's income gradually increased, but because of the power, the officials also began to be greedy, a large amount of material wealth was occupied by officials and landlords, the life of the peasants began to decline, and in the end, as now, the people of the world are not able to make a living, and the powerful landlords of all parties have jumped out and become the current seven princes, but even if the last party of the seven princes unified the world, then the future is still the same, constantly circling this process, why is it so? In fact, in essence, it is still a problem of material shortage, in order to break this barrier, two conditions must be met, one is to break through the confinement of productive forces, so that there is more material, this is fundamental, as for the second condition, that is, order, only a complete set of order can restrain the behavior of officials, relying on human self-restraint alone, that is far from enough. ”

"Well, order? This is true, the foundation of Buddhism is also to formulate a set of order, is a set of order for cultivating the mind, what kind of order is the order that the little benefactor is talking about? ”

Bodhidharma asked.

"There are many orders, Buddhism is to cultivate the mind, but in the troubled times, people's hearts have been chaotic, it is not easy to pull out the chaos anyway, so there must be another set of order, that is, the order of the law, the order of the law should be based on good and evil, tell the world which is right and wrong, if you make a mistake, you will be punished, whether it is an ordinary person or an official landlord, all are under the jurisdiction of the law, which will restrict people's behavior, so that the people of the world are afraid, and suppress their own desires."

Liu Yuetian replied.

"The law is naturally necessary, and Da Zhou also formulated the law, but how to enforce it is the key, just like now, the law is completely for those powerful, which has played a worse role."

Bodhidharma shook his head and said.

"That's right, the laws of the Great Zhou are true now, but the laws I am talking about are not made by the powerful, but by all the people, so that such laws will be binding on everyone."

"All the common people formulated? How is this possible? ”

Bodhidharma shook his head again.

"It's impossible now, that's because the wisdom of the people in the world has not been opened, but if the wisdom of the people is opened, it is possible, and the so-called wisdom of the people, it includes a lot, for example, people have learned the Dharma and have good thoughts in their hearts, this is the wisdom of the people; Another example is that people have learned history and know the experience of the change of dynasties, which is also the wisdom of the people.

The root of this people's wisdom lies in the equality of all living beings as mentioned in Buddhism, whether it is a powerful man or a farmer who cultivates the fields, their souls are the same, how can they let those few powerful people enjoy the glory alone, and the majority of the people suffer instead? Master, you say yes! ”

"Prosperity and wealth should also be equal, and hardship and hardship should also be equal, yes, this is what the Buddha called the equality of all beings......... It turns out that there are so many connotations in this equality, and it is far from enough to rely on the Dharma order, and more orders are needed to implement it together. ”

Patriarch Bodhidharma stood up and bowed deeply to Liu Yuetian.

"Don't dare, master, you've tormented me."

Liu Yuetian hurriedly returned the salute.

"It seems that the reason for the tranquility of a society is too complicated, I still think it is simple, but for me, it is my mission to preach Buddhism, although I can't cross the world, then I will go to those who are destined, as long as these people take refuge in my Buddha, I will be satisfied, but you are a little benefactor, your talent is so high, I am afraid that you are a Buddha-like figure, and your future achievements are limitless, since you put forward these theories, it must not be limited to words, right?"

"Master, you are right, I hope that this era will be unified as soon as possible, and if there is no war, I will have the opportunity to carry out my plan, so that everyone in the world is equal, everyone is like a dragon, and everyone is like a tiger."

"Everyone is like a dragon, everyone is like a tiger, this is similar to the equality of all beings in my Buddha, so how can the little donor speed up the unification of this era?"

Bodhidharma asked.

"With the current situation, we can only counter violence with violence and carry it out through war."

Liu Yuetian replied directly.

"Alas, won't the people suffer again?"

"Master, I ask you, what kind of army is the strongest?"

Liu Yuetian asked.

"What kind of army is the strongest? Well, well-trained, battle-hardened soldiers, of course. ”

The other party replied.

"Well-trained and battle-hardened are naturally strong, but in my opinion, this is not the most powerful army, and the most powerful army is ten times stronger than such an army."

"Oh? And what kind of army is this? ”

Bodhidharma was curious.

"Hehe, master, think about it, if there is an army, the goal of all the soldiers is to protect their relatives and homes, or to protect their wealth, for this goal they form an army, such a team, how will their combat effectiveness be? Is it better than what you call a well-trained battle-hardened soldier? ”

"Fighting to protect their loved ones and their homeland......... This is the power of the mind spontaneously, which is infinitely stronger than the power imposed on the body by the outside world, which can also be said to be a kind of epiphany power, which is simply immeasurable......... Little donor, your grasp of people's hearts is simply incomparable, and my Dharma is far inferior to you! Please bow down to me again! ”

Bodhidharma got up again and bowed down.

"The master is really over-awarded, in fact, now I have started to do this."

Liu Yuetian hurriedly returned the salute again.

"How?"

"It's not a secret, I am the eleventh prince of today's Great Zhou, and I was named the king of Tianshui County, such as today water is no longer Liu Yuan's world, it has become a place of experimentation for me, if the master has time, you can go to Tianshui to see how the people there live."

"The prince of the Great Zhou of the little donor, ........., I didn't expect this, Tianshui County, it turns out that you have already started the experiment of governing the world, and this point is ahead of many people, so I will go and see how the world is different under your governance in a few days?"

Patriarch Bodhidharma had a strong curiosity about Tianshui.