Chapter 186: Ghosts (Part II)
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"Donor, why did you cut down this newly grown tree?" Outside Luoyang City, a monk was folding his hands and asked a farmer who was chopping wood in the woods.
"Oh, it's the great monk, my family is going to make a fire, there are big trees around here that are not easy to cut, so this one is easy to cut," said the farmer, as he buried his head and cut down with his axe, and with a few crisp sounds, a green young tree fell.
The farmer went up and chopped off the branches, cut the young tree into several pieces, and piled them aside, presumably to dry it for a few days.
After cutting down one tree, the farmer did not stop, but searched and searched, found other trees of different sizes, and continued to cut down.
"Donor, those are enough for your family for a few days, why do you need to do more cutting?" The monk followed the peasant.
"The rich families in the city will spend copper to buy it, cut more, they can't use it themselves, they can carry it to the city to exchange money" The farmer did not look up, continued to cut down, and in the sound of logging, one by one the trees fell to the ground.
"The donor knows that these trees can maintain the water and soil, and the wind and rain will be good in the coming year, but most of them will depend on it,"
"You monk is really good at talking nonsense, the wind and rain are smooth, it all depends on whether God is in a good mood or not, and what does it have to do with these wood and melon seeds," the farmer was already a little impatient, if it weren't for the monk who sometimes went to their village to help, he was also familiar with it, and changed to another person, so nagging, he would have ignored the other party a long time ago.
"It's windy and rainy, it's all up to God, but this wind and water is up to these trees and grasses."
"What kind of mess, after all, you, a monk, don't want me to cut down trees?" The peasant understood something, and he took the axe with a displeased expression.
"Cutting down trees can naturally be cut, but you must also exercise moderation, you must know that people's desires are endless, and excessive indulgence will eventually harm others" The monk was not afraid, but continued to persuade.
"What moderation, others can cut it, why can't I cut it, the mountains and forests of the emperor's ministers dare not move, this wild forest in the wilderness, you and the monks also take care of me, if I don't cut it," the peasant also had his own cleverness, he threw the axe, rolled his eyes, and crossed his arms and said.
"How can the donor not cut it?" The monk's tone was slightly delighted.
"Every day I have firewood for my family, every day I need for the money, you send it to me every day, and I will do what the king says, and I will not move the grass and trees in this wild forest."
"This?" The monk was speechless for a moment.
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"Master Zhikong, these farmers are too greedy, chopping firewood not only to make their own fire, but also to sell, selling a bundle is not enough, but more, one person is so, everyone is like this, you have a ** before, said that cutting down too many forests, you will not be able to raise a side of water and soil, sooner or later will consume a place of good fortune, turned into a desert, I and other monks walked in all directions, and indeed saw a lot of mountains and forests disappeared, the local barrenness, even grass can not grow. But how difficult it is to persuade these peasants, only a few people who have received favors from us are willing to restrain **, only take what they need on weekdays, no longer cut down more trees, and will replant one or several trees after cutting," several monks stood in front of Ling Chen, saying distressed.
This is Ling Chen's inspection to a temple outside Luoyang, and the local monks confided in him about their troubles, which is exactly what he told before, about the relationship between man and heaven and earth, and this is also a matter of verifying the cause and effect between heaven and earth and man.
Ling Chen was looking for an opportunity to promote coal, and now the distress of these people just provided him with an opportunity.
"Farmers cut down trees for fire, not to blame, and they can't be forbidden, they want to sell to others, but also because others also want firewood for cooking, which is the root of their greed for cutting down trees, if the fire no longer depends on firewood, and there are new materials for fire, then naturally they will not have the greed to cut down trees, and the greed will turn to new living materials, and those who are willing to listen to your teachings are also based on the heart of favor, the heart of return, will be suppressed**, these are the two ways to solve their felling of trees, One is to divert their greed, and the other is to let them suppress their greed, greed cannot be ruined, nor can it be destroyed, only magnified, suppressed and transferred."
"The master has a lofty vision, I really can't wait, I don't know where to find this new fire material,"
"Look for the place you can find, look for everyone, look for your heart, but don't look for the Buddha, the Buddha only purifies your heart, solidifies your will, and breaks your confusion, but it will not satisfy your greed, curiosity, and will not give you good fortune, a qiē claims that people can ascend to heaven, save people's suffering, and make people rise to official wealth, and everything is smooth, all are false, and they are not true Buddhas, in order to expand the believers, they will pretend to be Buddhas, saying that worshipping Buddha can satisfy people's hearts and desires, such as longevity, wealth, glory, and great blessings in the next life, are all false legends"
"Then may I ask the master, how should I seek this immortality, wealth, glory, and great blessings in the next life?" The monk who accompanied Ling Chen to inspect, the dustless monk who had informed him that the prince had the intention of destroying the Buddha, asked boldly at this time.
"Master Wuchen, how can you have such greed, aren't you a cultivator in vain?" A local monk rebuked.
In the end, they can only leave those own obsessions, set their minds, and not be disturbed by the world, and if they are obsessed with themselves, they do not harm the principles of heaven and humanity, then they are the righteous path of cultivation. Dustless, you want to live forever, wealth, glory, and the blessings of the next life, but who do you want to ask for? ”
"According to the master's meaning, it is natural to ask for one's own heart"
"You have a high level of understanding, so you know what to do."
"But the master please forgive the little monk for greed, wealth, glory, the little monk has been sought, but immortality, blessings, but I don't know how to ask, worship the Buddha, the Buddha does not respond, ask yourself, I can't figure out what to do, I can only ask the master to open the way" Wuchen monk said, kneeling down and kowtowing.
"You get up, immortal blessings, I'm afraid it is what all practitioners want, those who step into Buddhism, can endure the ** of mortals, but there are ** that mortals dare not hope for, this is all human nature, but if you want to succeed, you can only work collectively, practice diligently, move forward in one lifetime, until the next life, accumulate in the next life, see through the Buddha nature of all things, see through the origin of everything, and naturally be able to seek immortality and blessings from your own body."
"I see, the blessing of immortality is hundreds of millions of times more difficult than wealth and glory, and it is hundreds of millions of times better, if you want to ask for it, it is difficult for one person to succeed, and it is difficult for hundreds of millions of Buddhas to work together and accumulate in the world to achieve success," Wuchen's comprehension was really high, and he quickly understood the true meaning of Ling Chen.
This is not that Ling Chen is fooling him, but the only feasible way, and the only feasible way for humans in the real world, other than that, a religion of worshipping gods can't do it. The only point is that the practitioner must firmly believe that death is not the end, but that his or her will in the present life will be rooted and that the next life will grow again, so that there is hope, and only then can it accumulate in the next life, so that it will not be successful in one lifetime, and then it will be afraid and disappointed, degenerate and decay, and no longer strive to move forward.
The ancients would not have imagined that the foundation of civilization they had laid would make their descendants no longer worry about food and clothing, no longer be afraid of headaches and brain fever. Future generations should also do the same, accumulate good fortune for future generations, and pass it on from generation to generation, so that a generation of descendants who are truly immortal and enjoy good fortune will appear.
Many fallen people are nothing more than enjoying the present, not thinking about future generations, not thinking about tomorrow, and many people who are moving forward are also thinking about future generations. They are all invisible, and the people of the Hereafter are the incarnations of the thoughts of this life, and the two are one.
Ling Chen himself would say this, because he himself was the Origin Consciousness Locator, and he in this era and him in a thousand years later were all the same person. He already believes that others are the same, after death, it is just to return to their original consciousness, and then at the right time, reflect the ** soul in the present world, and regenerate consciousness.