Xie Baoshu came to the Two Realms Mountain to kill demons.

I'm not here to listen to these people talk about the Zen principles between the Buddha and the Tao. But these two big guys obviously didn't want to let him go, and pulled him to talk about some things between cultivation. If it is not to enhance Xie Baoshu's strength, these are all useful things.

Everything in the world is practice.

A clay pot, a wooden rack, cook a meal, cook a mushroom soup, fragrant. Life is very simple, but the spirit is very rich, and the pursuit is great. Simplicity is a praise word, simplicity is simplicity, simplicity is simplicity. It is not just simple, it is a simple representation of life, a state of mutual harmony between life and nature. Therefore, the ancients said that to return to the basics, life should be integrated with the realm of "simplicity" and blindly experienced.

There is a poet known as "the plum wife and the crane", just a thatched tent in the simple mountain, but he enjoys the joy of life. When they asked him how he could get the happiness of life, he said, "Look at the beauty of this plum blossom, the plum blossom is my wife." He also bought cranes and released them, and raised them in his courtyard with cranes as sons, feeling the beauty of the cranes.

There was a Pang Yun master in Datang, whose family was very rich, but he later loaded the gold and silver onto the ship, poured all the gold and silver into the mouth of the Han River, and returned to a very simple life. The family knitted a few pairs of straw sandals every day and sold them, and they could come back with enough money to live, and everyone lived in the road. The last four people of the family have achieved their own achievements, and they are enlightened and live and die freely. The giant man has also become a model for Chinese people to be free and comfortable.

This state of a person's cultivation can only be achieved after the return of life, and there is no way to achieve it by external pursuit, so the ancestors told us to live in poverty and happiness. Confucianism's most admired Yan Hui, a scoop of drink has been enough, living a very simple life every day, others look unbearable, but he does not change his pleasure, which contains the Taoist culture of China.

In their practice, Buddhist disciples should pay attention to cherishing blessings and live a simple life. When we remove the material burden, we make a lot of room for the spirit. Master Hongyi is a generation of masters of the Vinaya sect in the Buddhist world, he has not kept ordinary things all his life, he is very simple, after he became a monk, he has been carrying a rattan box for decades, and he is thinly dressed wherever he goes, and he wears and mends a piece of clothing, and makes up and wears it. Master Hongyi believes that even if we are blessed, we must cherish it and not waste it.

The Buddha also taught his disciples to live the most simple life, and even slept without a bed at night, sitting under a tree and meditating and resting. Although we can't reach it now, we can yearn for that kind of life, and we should also subtract from life, be simpler, and stop in moderation. Only when we advocate a simple life, return to the basics, and break through the relationship between external and material things, can we look directly at the theme of life and find the Buddha nature in life.

As a practitioner, you have to seek liberation from the world of sava, and if you occupy this world too much, you will end up with karma and obstacles, and you will not be able to leave if you want to. In the past, the old cultivators were like this, and there were very few people who owned this world and enjoyed this world.

Master inscribed four words - advocating simplicity and diligence, advocating a simple life, and doing more good things to form a habit.

We pursue simplicity in life, and when we consume, we must also know self-restraint, protect the country, and protect our homeland, we have been in this world for decades. We must also remove the negative garbage in life, remove arrogance and hypocrisy, and let the real life return to simplicity and be frank and wander in the world. In the end, a life with pure body, speech, and mind, and a life with precepts and wisdom is qualified to go to the Pure Land.

Cultivators are to seek liberation from the karmic knowledge of color, sound, fragrance, taste, touch, and dharma. How can a practitioner practice the troubles of ignorance without going through asceticism or demonic obstacles? A practitioner is cultivating demonic obstacles, and only by breaking through the confusion and afflictions in the demonic realm can one be liberated.

Only by giving up the touches of sight, sound, fragrance, and touching the Dharma and having no obstacles in the mind can we attain pure liberation and manifest bodhichitta attainment. Therefore, a practitioner must not be afraid of demonic obstacles, and he must not covet stability and good circumstances, because then he will not make progress.

The first step in our practice is to keep this mind from doing whatever it wants, and it's not easy to let it go out, but we have to make a vow and have courage to get rid of these beginningless habits and sinful karma.

Respect the Three Jewels and decide not to slander them.

Fuxian Bodhisattva taught people to pay homage to the Buddhas, did he do it?

People are very happy to see this person, but they are not happy to see that person, which is contrary to the teachings of Puxian Bodhisattva, and this is not the practice of Mahayana.

People want to practice, and how to say the word practice is to correct our wrong concepts, wrong ideas, wrong views, wrong practices, and wrong statements, which is called practice. Cultivation is not to ask you to kowtow in front of the Buddha statue all day long, to make you recite sutras and recite the Buddha, it is not to ask you to correct your wrong behavior. If you don't correct your wrong behavior, if you worship and recite the Buddha every day, you will still fall into the three paths, you must know this.

Buddhism is the Dharma of the mind, and we must work the mind, not on the form. If you want to cultivate a place that can truly respect people, respect others, and love the public, you have to cultivate from this place. Starting from that rival, the person I hate the most, the person I hate the most, the person I hate the most, I have to respect him first, and I can respect him, then I have nothing to say about everything else.

The Bodhisattva is all respectful, and there is no one who is not respectful, and this cannot be achieved without serious cultivation. Cultivating Puxian is a high-level one, not an ordinary one, and this is what the great Bodhisattva cultivates. Xiu Puxian recited the Buddha to be reborn in the Western Elysium, and decided to live in the upper grade.

Therefore, you must understand what it means to be virtuous, to understand the meaning, to know how to do it, not to say it in your mouth, but to really do it. In the face of all these states of obedience and adversity, is it possible to give birth to an egalitarian mind, is it possible to give birth to a pure heart, can it give birth to compassion?

Strive to practice asceticism, what is difficult to do, we have to do it, others do not want to do it, we have to do it, and make a vow to achieve it, like Amitabha Buddha, so that if we believe in it, our karma will disappear. When karma is eliminated, then everything is done happily and happily, without feeling its suffering, although living in the realm of sampa is like the western realm.

Letting go, it is not a verbal let go, it is to be mindful of the present when dying, there is no sense of family, there is no love and parting from the suffering of relatives, this is called letting go, if there is still a little family consciousness, it is still the cycle of life and death. You must know that when we come to this world of samsara we are bringing karma, and in this world of samsara we must enter the Buddha gate and find a new way to liberate ourselves from the suffering of life and death, and stop creating some new negative karma for the comfort of clothing, food, and shelter, and then re-enter the old path of the cycle of birth and death.

Don't be greedy for longevity, if you can't cultivate, you won't take the path of liberation, you still have to live and die. This body of ours is something that is born and destroyed, and it will eventually be destroyed, and it cannot be relied on forever, so we must see through it and let it go, and our spirituality is immortal.

If you have gained a human body, don't let down this human body, and know that you want to take the path of liberation, then you will become a Buddha and become an ancestor and rely on this human body to cultivate, and you don't know how to cultivate, and you will do everything for the pleasure of this body's clothing, food, housing, transportation, etc., and create immeasurable negative karma, then in the three evil realms and within the four lives, there is also our share, so this person's body is really a turning point, a human disaster.

Most of the inner pill techniques that are popular in the world are passed down by Zhong Lu Erxian and have become the most important cultivation method in Taoism. Since the Great Sui Dynasty, all the Taoist sects have all taken the cultivation of Neidan as their purpose. Therefore, Zhong Lu's preaching is of epoch-making significance in the history of Taoism.

However, could it be that before Zhong Lu Erxian, there was no Dan Dao? Not only that, but there were many more. Such as the Wenshi faction, the Sanfeng faction, the Xiantian faction, the Wuliu faction and so on.

Historically, the inheritance of Taoism in various sects was different, and the Danfa they cultivated took different routes.

Just talking about the concept of "Yuanshen", it is not very unified. It's just that modern times have basically stipulated the definition of the Zhonglu school as a standard. In fact, the primordial spirits cultivated by each sect are different. Some sects' primordial spirits are condensed in this way, and some are condensed in that way, all of which are different.

Some of the primordial gods are condensed by the three souls and seven spirits, and the theory of this school is that if you practice the essence but not the soul, the gods can't do it.

Some of the Yuan Shen is to combine the Taoist and internal cultivation of the school, and the blessing of the ancestor can be condensed, in short, unlike when practicing Qigong, a ball of qi is made in the stomach, and the gas is transformed into a Yuan Baby, so I think I have practiced the Yuan Shen.

This kind of "qi baby" is not very useful for the true cultivation of the Yuan Shen Dao. Once a person dies, this mass of qi will also turn into nothingness, and he will not be able to go to Dao Mountain, and he will not be able to help others preach. The Danfa inherited from some sects is very troublesome, and you must meditate for a long time before you can go out of your spirit. Some can have a thought, and the primordial spirit will go out, without the need to meditate and meditate.

Some sects of the original gods, after going out, can also be divided into several, dozens of ranges, after the differentiation of the original gods can also be outside the apprentices, or in a certain place for a land god. Some sects of the Yuan Shen can only go out from a specific acupoint, such as the Mud Pill Palace, and the same is true when they come back, and some Yuan Shen moves a lot when they go out, but when they come back, they are silent, and they come in and out.

As soon as some primordial spirits jumped out, they completely arrived in another world, and looking at our material world was like seeing flowers in a fog. And when some of the primordial spirits come out, they can still wander in our world, and they can even do gong, and their kung fu can even move mountains and seas.

If you really have the opportunity to go deep into the folk to understand the aliens from all walks of life, you may really find that there are still many sects in the land of China The ancient Danfa inheritance has not been broken, and it is still hidden in the people, silently inherited, but it is not known.

In addition, the hidden lineage, the Danfa they passed on is rarely known, and their Danfa is definitely very different from the Danfa that is popular in the world now, and there may be many ancient Danfa. In fact, many ancient lineages have been secretly inherited among the people, and there are few successors, some are inherited from the Dharma, some are inherited from generation to generation, and some hermit sects only open the mountain gate once in one or two hundred years, and go down the mountain to accept disciples.

For various reasons, these secret lineages have not been incorporated into religion, and the inheritors of the lineages have been incognito and unknown for many years. If you are interested, you can check the Taoist collection, and you can also find out the founding time and background of some sects.

In fact, there are still many sects of secret inheritance, which cannot be found even in the Daozang. This is just an example, not for any sect, on the contrary, any Taoist sect that cultivates is worthy of respect and affirmation as long as it leads people to goodness and is based on qi training. It's just that the cultivators of my generation should be broad-minded and broad-minded, and don't think that those who have been included in the current religious system are orthodox, and those who have not been included in the religious system are the side paths.

Otherwise, if Zhong Liquan's master Wang Xuanfu has other descendants of the Taoist branch practicing among the people, one day he also wants to go out of the mountain to promote his Taoism, but he is not a Longmen sect, nor does he belong to other religions, and he has not filed in the Taoist Association, and he has not had time to put on this religious coat, and you also regard him as a cult and evil law?

Those who are truly interested in spiritual cultivation should keep their eyes open and correct their mentality. What kind of practice do you want? Is it a religious spiritual life, or is it a real practice?

It may be a nameless sect in the history of religion, but it is a wonderful flower among the real sects of practice. Maybe you have converted to a certain religious group and become a descendant of such and such a sect for many generations, and in front of others, you are very proud of this identity, and you are somewhat complacent in wearing this Taoist robe or monk's robe. But after many years have passed, maybe you find that you are still the same, although you have written countless books, you can also preach the scriptures, and you will talk about the Tao, but you know in your heart that the scriptures are scriptures, and you are still you.

Although I meditate every day, I knew in my heart that I would never be able to meditate every day. Although I also do morning and evening classes every day, you know that it is no different from reading a book and doing self-study. Day by day, kowtowing every day, chanting scriptures, knocking on wooden fish, plucking prayer beads, but the habits and troubles have not been eliminated at all, and the personality and mentality are still the same, and there is no change. I also know in my heart that this is not real practice.

It's just another life. Maybe you have acquiesced in this kind of life, and you live in the aura every day anyway, who knows if you have a real cultivation or not? Maybe you are not willing to live this kind of life and want to find a true Master. Where is this Master? Maybe he's like Master Huineng, who can't read a word.

Maybe he is like the sweeping monk in "Tianlong Babu", obscure, or maybe he is like the monk Jigong, crazy and eating dog meat.

Such people may have no culture, they may not have status, they may not have status, they have no identity, but they are true cultivators. Are you willing to go with them without complaint, regardless of their name? Aren't you afraid that people will say that they are liars? Are you not afraid that you will lose the respect of other believers for you?

Therefore, cultivation is really not something that ordinary people can do. There are too few people who can walk the right path in this life. In particular, there are many people who have taken the wrong path and do not know it, maybe some people repent after decades, but more people have been obsessed with it until the end of their lives, how sad.

Cultivation is just cultivation, don't make it so complicated. To put it more simply, any practice that ends up is the two words "cultivating the mind." Any way, any method, meditating, chanting, mantras, drawing talismans, stepping on and so on, is just assisting oneself in cultivating one's mind. Guangchengzi, Chi Songzi, Lao Tzu, Peng Zu, Rong Chenggong and others did not have Taoism, they were just practicing in the way of Taoism.

Before religion came into being, the practice had already begun, and many of the practices of that period were very real and pointed straight to the source of the Great Dao. Unlike the exercises practiced by modern people, too many religious elements and some feudal superstitions have been added, and they have long been changed beyond recognition.

However, some people are still obsessed, but they think that in order to practice, they must take refuge in religion and put on the cloak of religion. And stubbornly believe that only those who have entered the religious system and have religious beliefs can be regarded as cultivation. This is the biggest misconception about spiritual practice.

In fact, true practice has nothing to do with religion. Otherwise, there will be no more monks in front of the gates of hell. If you want to really practice, then the first thing to do is to find someone who really understands practice.

This person may be mixed with religion, or maybe he is mixed with society. Maybe it's a monk, maybe it's a farmer, maybe even a beggar. Therefore, I hope that all those who come to sincerely seek the Tao will not be so superficial in their vision and broad-minded. Especially for some little-known practitioners and the methods they practice, don't look at them with religious lenses at every turn, because that is likely to cause you to miss out on a truly masterful and clever method.

"Lengyan Sutra" cloud: "If you can turn things, it will be the same." "It is said that all sages can turn all things, not be turned by all things, be at ease, and be true everywhere. I am an ordinary man, because of the obstacle of delusion, so he is turned by all things, like grass on the wall, the east wind blows to the west, and the west wind blows to the east, and he cannot be the master.

Some people are flickering all day long, evacuating and relaxing, absent-minded, even if they do kung fu, they are still coming and going, intermittent, often in joy, anger, sorrow, right and wrong, and troubles. Seeing the eyes, hearing the sound, smelling the nose, tasting the tongue, feeling the touch, knowing the law, six roots to six dust.

Without enlightenment, he was green and white, old and young, men and women, and his thoughts were chaotic. To those who are agreeable, they will be happy and greedy, and to those who are disobedient, they will be troubled, disgusted, and disgusted, and delusional thoughts will arise in their hearts. Its light delusions can also be used to do good deeds, but if it is coarse delusional, there are all kinds of unrighteous and evil thoughts, full of filth and turbidity, and nonsense, which is unspeakable.

Zen Master Baiyun has a song: "If you can turn things, it will be like coming, and the spring flowers will bloom everywhere." has a pair of poor hands, and it has never been easy to dance three sets. ”

And the "Diamond Sutra" cloud: "This is how to subdue their hearts." Confucianism also has a saying that "absent-mindedness, blindness, hearing but not hearing, and eating without knowing the taste".

Confucianism is angry, but it is still possible to be so unturned by things, how can we Buddhas not think about life and death, as if saving our heads? We should put down our bodies and minds, strive to seek the Tao, and temper and test ourselves in the process of use.