Chapter 2: The Hanged Man

After chatting for a while on the steps of the main god, the monk of the seven nights followed Xiao Xuan into Xiao Xuan's room world, which can be regarded as a taste to cater to the monk, after entering the room world, Xiao Xuan directly designed this place into an extremely quiet mountain ancient temple, and the gluttonous beast was lying on the edge of a waterhole in the ancient temple, and as soon as its mouth sucked, a spring of water was sucked up, drenching its hair, and between a suck and a spit, this pool of water entered a dynamic cycle, constantly washing its hair, It's having a lot of fun on its own.

"Amitabha, if this is not the main god space, but the real eternal world, here, there is a temple and one or two walkers, plus this divine beast town brake, it is indeed an excellent place to eat and pray Buddha in the hearts of poor monks."

"Then I'll open a nunnery next to it and be your neighbor." Xiao Xuan made a joke, at this moment, in Xiao Xuan's heart, the status of the Seven Nights Monk, past all the previous teammates, he is mysterious, he is unpredictable, he has enough qualifications, in this team, not to mention being on an equal footing with Xiao Xuan, but it is also a storage that Xiao Xuan cannot ignore.

This monk is not relying on Xiao Xuan to live, if Xiao Xuan gives up on him, Xiao Xuan also believes that this monk will never die so easily, for this kind of teammate, Xiao Xuan can't talk about liking or hating, but I have to say that the Seven Nights Monk can indeed make Xiao Xuan worry a lot less, if there are a few more members like the Seven Nights Monk in the team, then the future and prospects of the Chinese team are undoubtedly terrible, but there are two of them in the team, which is already a great thing, and there are really a few more, It's really a team at the level of the god squad or the demon squad, and the ordinary squad really doesn't dare to think about it.

For Xiao Xuan's ridicule, the Seven Nights Monk seemed to have immunity. He walked among the ancient temples, which were completely built by Xiao Xuan according to his own thoughts, so the Seven Nights Monk really visited. It is still a kind of inner world of Xiao Xuan, and he walked down half a circle. The Seven Nights Monk also had to sigh lightly:

"Amitabha, Xiao Xuan, you have a deep understanding of Buddhism."

This is not a question, but a declarative sentence, after visiting half a circle, the Seven Nights Monk is now this ancient temple is very cleverly constructed, and many subtleties are also in line with the Buddhist truth. Even in the world, it is extremely difficult to build such a temple that is purely impregnated by Buddhist concepts, after all, the so-called monks in the world, there are really a few catties of Buddhism in their stomachs, and there are indeed not many of them, most of them are parallel goods that cannot be memorized by several volumes of scriptures, so it is too difficult for them to build temples according to the concept of Buddhism.

"I've read Buddhist scriptures before." Xiao Xuan casually said a reason.

When the monk of the seven nights heard this, he shook his head slightly. Said: "If you just read the Buddhist scriptures, you will never be able to form such a temple in your mind, here. The poor monk saw the characteristic forms of several ancient temples, Xiao Xuan, the poor monk was very curious, did you ever spend time in various parts of Asia to observe and explore those ancient temples that still exist or have long been dilapidated and only ruins remain? ”

Nanaya's eyes are very sharp and difficult to fool, and he can spot extremely subtle things and make eye snoops.

Seeing that the other party was going to get to the bottom of it, Xiao Xuan didn't hide it, and nodded: "It's not just a Buddhist temple. There are many Taoist courts, and even some relics of Islam and Christianity. I have been there on purpose, and the teachings of various religions as well as books. It's all a bit dabbling. ”

"Why is that?"

"Can I say it's for fun?" Xiao Xuan asked rhetorically.

"Amitabha, the poor monk thinks that Lord Xiao is a person who can calculate gains and losses when doing things, and doing things with pure interests and hobbies is definitely not Lord Xiao's behavior style."

"Haha." Xiao Xuan laughed twice, and then his heart moved, he suddenly felt that he could tell the secret in his eyes to this monk, this monk reincarnation of the seventh life, is really well-informed, and Buddhism also has its own special divination and prediction skills, and the monk of the seven nights may also have some research on this aspect.

"Monk, the reason why I do those things is for it." Xiao Xuan pointed to his eyes, however, when he was about to say another word, Xiao Xuan's body suddenly trembled, the muscles of the whole body began to tremble, and blood seeped out of his eyes. Xiao Xuan's eyes emitted a yellow and white light, in this light, Xiao Xuan saw a very bloody picture, in the picture, there was a person who was directly hung up by the rope, the rope was deeply embedded in the flesh and blood in the throat, this person did not struggle, did not shake, he looked very calm, like ...... It's already dead, and this person Xiao Xuan is very familiar, so familiar that he can't be more familiar, because this person ...... It's Xiao Xuan himself!

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Xiao Xuan half-knelt on the ground, the blood in his eyes gradually stopped, and the physical discomfort quickly dissipated, in fact, after continuous strengthening, when Xiao Xuan's eyes predicted some future pictures, his body rarely regenerated such an obvious overreaction, but this time it was obviously different, this time the foreshadowing came more strongly and more directly, and the most important thing was that Xiao Xuan saw himself in the picture, which was his own foreshadowing of himself, a kind of foreshadowing that he saw what he would do in the future, so, Xiao Xuan would have such a big reaction.

Seeing that Xiao Xuan was suddenly unwell, the monk of Qiye was just supporting him, and seeing that Xiao Xuan was quickly recovering, he also stood quietly beside him, without speaking, Xiao Xuan took a deep breath, wiped the blood from the corners of his eyes with a tissue and asked Qiye: "Monk, do you believe in fate?" ”

"Amitabha, the poor monk doesn't know how to answer." The monk of the Seven Nights was very single, and did not directly choose to answer the question directly, "However, as a monk, the poor monk is willing to use some theories and teachings in Buddhism to discuss with you. ”

"Hehe, okay, monk, do you know divination?" Xiao Xuan asked this directly, if the Seven Nights Monk could also do divination, then things would be much easier.

"The poor monk doesn't know Buddhist divination, but some other metaphysical divination, the poor monk can do some."

In fact, Buddhism, Taoism, and even some more metaphysical Confucianism can be called "metaphysics". However, there is a difference between the two, and in the early days of metaphysics was only a doctrine relative to the worship of Lao Zhuang, so it was originally called Neo-Taoism. In general, metaphysics was a group of intellectual elites at that time who jumped out of the traditional way of thinking (Xiu Qi Zhiping). A philosophical reflection on the universe, society, and life, with a view to rediscovering a spiritual home for scholars after the crisis of orthodox Confucian beliefs.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Buddhism in order to expand its influence in the local area attached to metaphysics, Buddhism expounded the Buddhist doctrine in metaphysical language, so Buddhism became very popular, after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, metaphysics has merged with Buddhism, Buddhism was first attached to the Huang Lao family after the introduction of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Wei and Jin dynasties were attached to metaphysics. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism gradually spread to the Sui and Tang dynasties and formed various sects.

Buddhist Prajna thought was introduced to China around the time of the Two Jin Dynasty, and Buddhists used metaphysical concepts and propositions to explain their ideas in order to make it easier and faster for this thought to enter the upper ruling class and the scholar class. However, due to the excessive use of Lao Zhuang metaphysical concepts and propositions to compare and interpret the Prajna scriptures, Buddhism has been metaphysical in a certain way. There are many schools within metaphysics, such as the Guiwu school, the Chongyou school, the Duhua school, etc., the influence of these schools has caused the division of Buddhism, and in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a debate within Buddhism about the so-called "six schools and seven sects" because of the different understandings of Prajna thought.

Only the monks in the "Biography of High Monks" have 64 famous monks such as Zhi Dun, Dao'an, Seng Zhao, and Buddha Tucheng, all of whom have a very high level of metaphysics. It is not difficult to see the grand occasion of the confluence of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Xuanfo. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Although the metaphysicians were well versed in Buddhism, they did not apply Buddhist theories in the Zhulao Zhuang column. Taoism in the Northern and Southern Dynasties also began to absorb a large number of Lao Zhuang metaphysics and Buddhist theories to construct theology. After the decline of metaphysics, they were respectively Taoism, Prajna. Inherited by Zen Buddhism. As a kind of epochal ideology, metaphysics is also 'laughing and disappearing'.

In short, metaphysics is a higher layer above many religious students, and it belongs to a kind of superstructure, so some so-called Xuanmen people can be highly respected monks, Taoist ancestral court leaders, and even a generation of Confucianism. The Seven Nights Monk is the reincarnation of the seventh generation, and in Buddhism, it is more noble than the so-called Living Buddha of the Six Lands. He can naturally be called a man in the Xuanmen.

"Okay, you can tell me about the foresight of metaphysics first." Xiao Xuan sat down directly beside the gluttonous beast. His head rested on the fur of the gluttonous beast, and the gluttonous beast deliberately leaned a little. So that Xiao Xuan can sleep more comfortably.

"Amitabha, the various practices of metaphysics for thousands of years can fully prove its scientific and reliable, and its core idea is the 'information holographic theory', that is, everything has an internal connection, and the information of any thing can find the corresponding information in any other thing. For example, the best understanding is that birthdate, palmistry, face, astrology, etc., can accurately reflect most of the information of individuals or related people and things, a word you blurt out, and even the diviner thinks of you and shakes a hexagram out of thin air, and this hexagram also contains all your information. Of course, mountains and rivers, even a fallen leaf, a bird's cry, may also have information about you. This is the mystery of metaphysics, which may seem incredible to ordinary people, but those who have really studied metaphysics naturally understand the truth and can truly appreciate the magical accuracy of this information.

Although the poor monks did not study the broad and profound metaphysics, there is a problem in many cases, the tens of thousands of methods of metaphysics can only reflect and know the information of our fate, but do not solve the essence of the composition of fate, or the inevitability of fate. Metaphysics can help people improve their luck and even avoid minor disasters, but it cannot solve the most fundamental problems such as catastrophes and birth, old age, sickness and death. Fortune tellers often encounter the helplessness of 'this inexplicable', which shows that no matter how wonderful metaphysics is, there are limitations.

When Xiao Xuan heard this, he nodded, he also had some research on metaphysics, and the views he got were actually similar to those of the Seven Nights Monk, but what his eyes could see was not a small illness or a small disaster, what his eyes could see was only the picture of life and death, which in metaphysics, belonged to an unbreakable disaster, a bit similar to the king of Hades who would dare to keep you until the fifth watch.

Therefore, the poor monk should first return to the Buddhist theory of the operation of the entire universe to find the answer. The Buddha said that the principle of the operation of all things is very simple, that is, 'fate'. There is no real ruler in the universe, and fate is not the arrangement of any dominant god, but the cause and effect of good and evil in one's own life and even in one thought and deed. And this kind of gain and loss is not necessarily just the appearance of this life. It's like when you buy something, you have to pay, although you can pay it on credit, you have to pay it back. And this money is actually the same as what you pay in exchange. Otherwise, everyone asks for it, but they don't pay. Where did the requested things come from? ”

"That's right, even if it is as powerful as the Lord God, it can change its control, but it can't really control our destiny, and in a certain way, we can still be autonomous, for example, the Lord God can threaten us with death. But it doesn't stop us from not wanting to be born. Xiao Xuan echoed while thinking about Qiye's words.

"Good karma, which is good deeds, and bad karma, which is evil deeds, are basically balanced in the universe, but they are absolutely balanced for individuals. This is very easy to understand, that is, the balance of yin and yang, if the imbalance within the system reaches a certain degree, it will lead to the collapse of the system. The universe is infinite for people, the collapse time of the universe can be regarded as infinite for people's life, the universe, including Buddhas, has the cycle of coming, living, and destroying, and the connotation of the universe is infinitely greater than that of one person, so good and evil karma is absolute for a person. It's called karma. Only an absolute causal balance of individuals can guarantee a relative causal balance in the universe.

Fortune tellers will encounter a common phenomenon of "more money and weaker body", which means that if a person can obtain more material wealth in this life, then there will be a big deficit in life expectancy or health to balance. Therefore, it is not necessary to have wealth as a good life. Feng Shui metaphysics and other methods of changing life are also considered to be a kind of "helping fate", which will have some impact on fate, but it is a method of treating the symptoms but not the root cause, or the method of demolishing the east wall instead of the west wall, the total amount of good and evil cause and effect of your personal destiny has not changed, so it is just a certain form of transformation, such as exchanging your fortune for money and goods, or exchanging money for health and longevity, etc. Moreover, the real "unjust creditors", creditors who owe karmic debts in the past. I won't let you go, your big disaster can be avoided on the first day of junior high school, and you can't hide from fifteen.

Nowadays, many people worship money. As everyone knows, there is generally a fixed amount of wealth in a lifetime, and if you do great good deeds, you can increase it a little. There are some great evils that will be reduced, but if you take too much money or even overdraft when you are young, you will naturally be poor or even die early in your later years. Now many violent deaths seem to be the result of financial overdraft, so there is no need to be too attached to the so-called wealth, and it is already a great blessing to be able to live a happy life. What's more, not all retribution is manifested in this life.

This is the "trap of fate", and it is also a good explanation for what many people call the "paradox of fate", that is, whether the poor monk chooses a different path means a different fate, the answer is that the path may be different, but the result is the same end. For example, if you choose to be a teenager and be lonely in old age, or you choose to be a late bloomer and enjoy your old age, the process of the two is different, but the connotation is actually the same.

If you know the information about the "causes" you planted in the past, you can roughly estimate the "effects" you will receive in the future. If you "fertilize" more when the fruit has not yet been received, that is, if you do good deeds, you may get greater good results, but if you not fertilize at this time, you will not only not fertilize but also generate more evil causes and poison yourself and others, which will naturally affect the "fruits" you will receive in the future.

Therefore, it is very easy to understand why the "Four Disciplines of Enlightenment" and many Buddhist and Taoist monks have personally verified the view of "self-reliance", and even the Iron Mouth Divine Calculation and even the Immortal Dao cannot predict their future. Therefore, the way to change one's future is very simple, which is to do good deeds and accumulate virtue and cultivate the mind. And because ordinary people don't know how to accumulate more blessings for themselves, they are always tempted by their own various habits and habits, and it is naturally difficult to escape the traps set by fate. ”

"Then, can the fate of the act, the fate of being predicted, be changed, or, as the Buddha said, how should it be changed?" Xiao Xuan asked.

"No god or Buddha can help you truly forgive your karmic debts, you can only rely on your own actions to 'repay your debts', and doing more good karma will naturally eliminate more negative karma. Destiny is in our own hands, in the current thought and deed, people do not need to be superstitious about fate.

Fortune-telling and divination are popular among four kinds of people: eunuchs and merchants, and illness and poverty. These four types of people can also be said to be the customer base of fortune telling and divination. The reason why these four types of people prefer fortune telling, physiognomy, drawing lots, and divination is because they can feel the turmoil of the world more than others. Buddhism hopes that people who study, work, and live should understand life itself, and rely on their own lives and efforts to win some achievements. Buddhism calls this "righteous life"*. And the speculation of entrusting it to "divine will" is really very useless in one's own life and achievements, at most it is a short-term psychological comfort, and vice versa!

Buddha is not a god. The Buddha is neither a creator nor a savior, nor does he preside over the destiny of mankind. Buddhism advocates fortune and self-reliance. The Buddha does not bless any good person or punish the wicked, it is we who bless or punish us: we are responsible for our own actions - cause and effect are conceited, and our destiny is really in our own hands.

The Buddha is a teacher who compassionately teaches us to truly know ourselves, to purify ourselves, to perfect ourselves. The Buddha is the practitioner of this idea, a pioneer who pursues self-eternity and enlightenment, and shows us the experience, the lessons, and the right path.

As we walked in this way, he rejoiced in admiration and encouragement; If we go wrong, he will stand up and call and repeat the truth; But it is not a harsh criticism or a forced indoctrination of his ideas into us; Instead, sit down and discuss with us, and finally identify a direction and path that is right for us, and light a beacon of wisdom for us. ”

When Xiao Xuan heard this, his face was enlightened, and then he got up, stood in front of the Seven Nights Monk, and turned to look at the Seven Nights Monk with a very contemptuous gaze:

"Monk, have you appeared, you just said a lot of nonsense to me...... What is the difference between what you said and what you didn't? ”

"Amitabha." The monk of the seventh night glanced at Xiao Xuan deeply and said, "That's because you have something, and you didn't tell the poor monk." ”

"Hehe, then I'll tell you now, my eyes can sometimes see the picture of the future, and I haven't missed it, and the picture of the future I see is really born in the end." Xiao Xuan told his secret.

"So, can you tell the poor monk what picture you saw just now?"

"I saw me hanging from a rope, and I looked like I was dead." Xiao Xuan described.

"Dead?" The Seven Nights Monk asked repeatedly.

"I was hanging, not struggling, looking, dead."

"In other words, you can't be sure if you're going to die?"

"The Fusang sister-in-law in the next mission world "Ghost Will Show", but she was hanged, could it be that I became her substitute ghost?" Xiao Xuan guessed.

"For the dead?" The monk of the seven nights bowed slightly, and said: "There is really such a possibility, but can you draw that picture for the poor monk, the poor monk wants to see and study it with his own eyes as much as possible." The Seven Nights Monk said.

Although Xiao Xuan's painting is not particularly good, he also learned some painting with his sister when he was a child, and at this time, painting is just a rough description, which is not too difficult, and in the room world, there is no need for Xiao Xuan to paint it himself, as long as he designs it in his mind, an oil painting describing the picture that Xiao Xuan saw before appeared in Xiao Xuan's hand.

"This painting is very interesting." Qiye said, "First of all, the poor monk has one thing that he believes in very much, and you believe it too. ”

"That is, I'm not dead." Xiao Xuan said.

That's right, no matter what the facts in the painting are, Xiao Xuan will never think that he is dead, whether it is now or in the future, he will not believe this, otherwise, he is not worthy of coming this far and becoming a strong man.

"That's right, since you're not dead, you're hanging from a rope, like hanging yourself, which is exactly what happened in the original movie of the next mission world, which means that we might replace some of the things that the original movie theme did."

Xiao Xuan enjoyed the feeling of discussing with the Seven Nights Monk, and he immediately said: "It means that in the next mission world, we are not actually the audience in the cinema, but the actors in the movie?" Our identity is no longer the victim, but the ghost who goes to harm others? (To be continued)

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