On Wudang Mountain, the breeze is warm.

The real person who carried the water sat by the water tank, talking to his little junior brother about the three teachings. In the kung fu just now, the two of them have already explained the Tao of the Daomen. Next, there is Buddhism. This Xiao Haotian didn't know much about it, so he could only listen.

Carrying water is a real person, although he does not look like he is preaching, but at this moment, he is preaching.

"Buddhism is human-centered, so its path is not far away. ”

This was the first thing he said, and it was the main thrust of Buddhism.

Xingzheng is the way, and the specific content of the word Xingzheng can be understood by the Eightfold Path among the 37 qualities. The Noble Eightfold Path is the Eight Dharmas of Right Vision, Right Thinking, Right Speech, Right Karma, Right Life, Right Diligence, Right Thought, and Right Determination. ”

The main reason why people's behavior is not right is because they are troubled by greed, ignorance, and other afflictions, and the causes of defilements are due to the "non-mind". If we get rid of these "non-minds," then our troubles will go away, and our physical and mental actions will naturally be upright and innocent, and we will also be able to enter the state of freedom and detachment. Therefore, the Buddha said: "But the self is not the heart, the troubles are broken, the hatred is not caring, the feet are stretched out." This is the meaning of the Buddhist scriptures that "doing is the way". ”

"The ordinary mind refers to the immediate state that is the manifestation of the true heart, and the present moment is the truth, and there is no need to seek it in distant places. The Tao does not need to be cultivated, but it is not polluted. What is pollution? But there is a desire for life and death, and there is a tendency to make a contrived tendency, all of which are pollution. If you want to know the way directly, the ordinary mind is the way. ”

Xiao Haotian nodded and said, "From this point of view, the Buddhist scriptures of the Buddha Sect also have merit. ”

The real person who carried the water picked up the branch in his hand, knocked on him, and said: "Don't let others hear this kind of thing, just know it in your heart." ”

Indeed, the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism has been going on for a long time, and this kind of rebellious words cannot be heard by people who are also Taoists. Since the beginning of Taoism, Buddhism came to the west, and there were many places to use each other in the early days, because the meaning of the two was the same. At the beginning of the introduction of Buddhism, the translation of Tianzhu script into Chinese characters, the use of the meaning of the word Daomen, and the later Daomen also used the teachings of Buddhism. However, the Taoist sect clashed with the import of Buddhism into Middle-earth because of the increasing number of believers.

Buddhism was introduced to Middle-earth, and the defenders of traditional culture thought that Buddhism came from the Western Peacock Pot, which was the religion of Yidi, and thought that Yidi culture was low and inferior to Kyushu in China, so it should not be believed. The second is based on the different regions of Huayi, which proves that in the preface of Laozi, the east is wood, which belongs to yang, and is the source of the Tao, and the west is gold, which belongs to yin, and is born of the Buddha.

Yang respects yin and is inferior, so Taoism is superior to Buddhism. The three are based on the different races between the Chinese and the Yi, the Yi people first believed in Buddhism, and the Chinese did not believe in it. Fourth, the flow of Buddhism into Middle-earth will cause the decline and chaos of the country, so it should not be believed.

Although the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism is a religious conflict, the rise and fall of the two are inseparable from the emperor's love and hatred, and the result is that the powerful one is more likely to win, and the loser will suffer the doom of destruction. The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism was first seen in the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Gaze Moten and the Taoist priests argued.

In the history of Kyushu, the most famous is the "Three Martial Weapons to Destroy the Buddha".

The three martial arts to destroy the Buddha refer to: Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty obtained the Taoist priest Kou Qian's way of pure and quiet immortalization, and the instigation of Situ Cui Hao, which was to edict the states, pit the sand gate, and destroy the Buddha statues. Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty wanted

With the fate of Yao in the world, listen to the words of Taoist priests Zhang Bin and Yuan Song, and decide to destroy the Buddha.

There is also the Tang Dynasty, Tang Wuzong favored the Taoist priest Zhao Guizhen, demolished more than 4,600 Buddhist temples, forced 26,500 monks and nuns to return to the world, and collected two tax households, which was a catastrophe for Buddhists in history.

Buddhism and Taoism have their own characteristics and believers, and the result of opposition is often to act in a way, each forming a faction, excluding dissidents, or slandering each other.

However, the two teachings of Buddhism and Taoism have been developed through the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang dynasties, and have penetrated deeper into the people, and have an inextricable influence on the academic thinking of later generations. For example, the new font, the breadth of vocabulary and the academic field, the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism gave rise to the Song Dynasty Acting School.

So in this matter, there must be no sloppiness. The real person who carries the water knows very well that the trouble comes from the mouth, so give your little junior brother a reminder, you can't talk nonsense. This matter is very serious.

Xiao Haotian asked: "What about the last Confucianism, what is so powerful?"

Carrying the water real person glanced at him and said slowly, "Didn't you always want to know, why did I go to the Two Realms Mountain?"

Xiao Haotian covered his mouth and said in surprise: "It can't be because of Confucianism, right?"

The real person who carried the water nodded and said: "Confucianism has a title, Junzi, Junzi mainly has two meanings in ancient times, one is the general name for nobles, as opposed to the "villain" of the common people. The second refers to people with high moral character, as opposed to "villains" without virtue.

Such as "the gentleman is in righteousness, the villain is in profit", "the gentleman is frank, the villain is a relative", "the gentleman is Zhou but not compared, the villain is compared but not Zhou", "the gentleman is harmonious but different, the villain is the same but not harmonious", "the gentleman is not arrogant, the villain is arrogant but not Tai", "the beauty of the gentleman is an adult, and the evil of an adult. The villain is ""the gentleman goes up, the villain sends down", "the gentleman asks for himself, the villain asks for others", "the gentleman is poor, the villain is poor and the villain is indiscriminate" and so on.

Xiao Haotian felt a little confused, and he said, "Senior brother, you are a real person, not a gentleman." ”

The real person who carried the water smiled slightly and said, "When I went to the Two Realms Mountain, the senior brother is not a gentleman." ”

Among them, "The Mean" makes metaphysical provisions for the Confucian way, the impartial middle way. The middle way means that things abide by their own boundaries, which is the nature of the way of heaven and the rule of humanity, which is manifested as "joy, anger, sorrow and happiness have not yet been developed, which is said to be in the middle, and in the middle of the festival, it is said to be the harmony." Here, "neutralization" is a regulation of human desires and behaviors.

Under this kind of regulation, a gentleman should be "cautious" to reflect his reverence for the way of heaven and rely on the "sincerity" of his heart to reach the way. This lies in the fact that the way of heaven is true and not false, and its manifestation is sincerity. Only through sincerity can people do their best, their humanity, their material nature, and their world's nature, and finally reach the realm of being connected with heaven and earth.

This means that "sincerity" is not only related to individuals, but also the root of communication between people and all things. This is the symbiosis between man and all things.

Xiao Haotian seemed to understand or not, and asked: "Among the three sects, which one's Tao is correct."

What about it?"

The real person who carried the water looked at him and said, "It's all right, it's not right, you must know that before the practice, we were all from the Tang Dynasty in Kyushu." ”

There is nothing wrong with this, Datang is the second most populous country in the world. Therefore, many monks of the Daomen came out of the Tang Dynasty. The real person who carried the water said again: "The integration of the three religions is what the real Datang should do." ”

The integration of the three religions? Xiao Haotian didn't understand it anymore.

The real person who carried the water explained: "The style of Taoism, the benevolence of Confucianism, and the compassion of Buddhism, this is what the Tang Dynasty people should learn." ”

This is the unity of the three religions.

No matter what dynasty it is in, the three schools of thought have always been in a state of mutual dependence and common development, and the benevolent gentlemen of later generations have all cultivated themselves in the edification of this ideology and culture. In addition to political ideas, the three also complement each other and support each other in terms of social life and dealing with people.

A master once said that Confucianism is a grain store, Taoism is a pharmacy, and Buddhism is a miscellaneous store. If people want to cultivate themselves and rule the country and level the world, they will be inseparable from the "grain store" of Confucianism, because they are excellent in learning, and there are also golden houses and Yan Ruyu; people who have birth, old age, sickness and death, and have seven emotions and six desires, then they cannot do without the "pharmacy" of Taoism; and if they also have daily necessities and utensils, they cannot do without the "miscellaneous store" of Buddhism.

Others say that Buddhism is "pure", Taoism is "quiet", and Confucianism is "respect", which is also very exciting. Buddhism talks about a pure and dust-free mind, just like the Buddha said, "Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform." There is nothing in the first place, where is the dust", what you want is to be clear and clear, and not to be stained with dust.

Taoism's tranquility is the root of all things in the universe, it is pure and quiet, the Tao is natural, the soul is empty, and the return to nature is similar to the "purity" mentioned by Buddhism; The three families all spoke of their different requirements and wonderful uses for dealing with the world from the perspective of life.

Of course, to summarize the similarities and differences between the three schools, we can also start from other aspects, such as starting from the aspect of "qi", Confucianism cultivates righteousness, Taoism cultivates the atmosphere, and Buddhism dissolves grievances. The most famous example is Mencius's "I am good at nurturing my heroic qi", and "nurturing qi" is to cultivate a righteous quality, a perfect personality.

The Taoist Sutra says that "the big husband is thick, not thin, and in fact, not in the flower", what is needed is a big realm, a big pattern, and a grand atmosphere, because Taoism pursues the Tao, and the synonym of the Tao is great, so what Taoism pursues is always related to the great; Buddhism says "to hate" is to dissolve hatred and anger, and finally implement it in a "and" word. Monk is the meaning and pursuit of taking harmony as a monk, pursuing peace, and resolving grievances.

One speaks, the other listens, and they are all very serious.

At this time, on Wudang Mountain, an angry roar came: "Xiao Lei, you are teaching your junior brother again, get out of here for me!"

This voice, next to the ears of the two, was like a thunderbolt. However, the others on Wudang Mountain didn't seem to hear it.

Xiao Lei, naturally, is talking about a real person who carries water, he was back then

The Dao number is a god thunder real person. At this time, he heard this voice and was very excited. In the entire Wudang Mountain, who dares to speak to him? Naturally, it is his own master, Zhuxian Daojun.

The real person who carried the water handed the branch in his hand to Xiao Haotian and said, "Little junior brother, you can play by yourself here, I'll go to the back mountain." ”

After saying that, it disappeared in an instant.

Leaving only the place, Xiao Haotian frowned and looked at the teachings of the three sects.

It was only a moment before he came to the back mountain, and there was a cave in the back mountain, on which were pasted with various Daomen rune papers. The real diver tore off the rune paper and entered the cave, which was pitch black until the end, when there was no light.

At the end, there was an altar, and a man with a cloak of hair was standing on the altar, and his face could not be seen clearly. His hands and feet were chained. These chains are engraved with the charms of the Daomen.

This person is the master of the real person of the wind and the real person who carries the water, and he is also one of the twelve Taoist monarchs in the world. At this moment, Zhuxian Daojun looked at his disciple and asked, "What do you tell Haotian about these things, won't I teach him?"

The real person who carried the water smiled slightly and said, "I'm going to the Two Realms Mountain soon, if I don't teach him something, I don't want to go." ”

Hearing about going to the Two Realms Mountain, Zhuxian Daojun was silent for a moment and said, "If you want to go, you can go, if I was young, I would go with you." Don't listen to those miscellaneous words, you are still a person from Datang. ”

The eyes of the real people who carry the water are a little moist, and they all say that their master is a madman, who is a madman?

(End of chapter)