345. Buddha and Tao

"Senior Mo, how old are you?"

Mo Tiange crossed his knees to breathe, and the little girl of the Lu family, Lu Qiongying, looked at her with her chin propped up, and suddenly asked like this.

Mo Tiange opened his eyes and smiled faintly: "How do you ask this question?" ”

Lu Qiongying tilted her head and looked sleepy: "I think that the seniors look young, not like they have eaten the Dan yào of Dingyan Dan, but grandpa said that the seniors have already built the foundation in the late stage, maybe they are older than him......"

This little girl, is it naïve and innocent to say such things?

Mo Tiange glanced at her and said, "You have eyesight, can tell if others have eaten Dingyan Dan?" ”

Lu Qiongying embarrassedly mō her head: "Don't be surprised seniors, I see a few aunts on weekdays, and I always feel that although I look young, my behavior is unnatural...... But the seniors can't see it at all."

Of course, although Mo Tiange has also eaten Dingyan Dan, she is a hundred years old, and in terms of the longevity of the monk Jiedan, she is already a young man.

But she just smiled and said: "I have also eaten Dingyan Pill, and now I am over 100 years old, but I am not yet halfway through my life, so you can't see it." ”

"Oh, that's the case......" Lu Qiongying lost interest, her eyes turned, but she began to ask with great interest, "Have you been to many places before, but what are the interesting things?" ”

This question made Mo Tiange pause for a moment, she thought for a while, and said: "I followed my uncle around when I was young, although I have been to many places, but at that time, my cultivation was still low, and I thought about earning enough spirit stones to cultivate every day, where would there be any interesting things?" If you can cultivate safely and steadily, and have a spirit stone to buy Dan yào to eat, you will already be very satisfied. ”

Lu Qiongying listened and blinked: "It turns out that the predecessors used to be so bitter......

"What kind of bitterness is this? My uncle is a foundation building monk, the two of us still have a place to live, which is already very good, and there are many minor monks, it is not easy to rent a dòng mansion with aura......" Speaking of this, she remembered the many injustices she had seen with her second uncle in the past few years, and couldn't help but be stunned, and finally sighed, "It's not easy to scatter cultivation......

She hadn't remembered these past events for a long time, she was now a profound cultivator, her identity was extraordinary, she was no longer a little monk who was struggling at the bottom of the immortal cultivation world back then, but now that she thought about it, she missed her second uncle more and more. How good would it be if the second uncle could see today?

Thinking back from her memories, she glanced at the little girl, suddenly smiled, and said slowly: "I know what your grandfather sent you to do, you are a little girl who has not experienced the world, it is too embarrassing for you to do such a thing." Let's be honest, if I want to be unfavorable to your Lu family, with my cultivation, there is no need to be false and wrong. Of course, it's good with you guys, I do have a plan, and since I have made it clear, it's better to be honest. ”

Seeing that although her gaze was calm, it was hidden in her edge, Lu Qiongying was shocked in her heart. Grandpa called her over, it was really to test whether this strange senior had other plans, if there was no plan, then take the opportunity to let her give some advice, if it was suspicious, then the Lu family should prepare early.

She has been smart and clever since she was a child, and she has always been favored at home, and she feels that she pretends to be innocent, and it should be easy to deceive this senior, but she didn't expect that she is only eighteen years old, where can she compare to this predecessor who has lived for hundreds of years? She faintly regretted in her heart at this time, if this senior really had any bad intentions, she was only the seventh layer of qi refining, where could she save her life?

"Former ...... Senior ......"

Mo Tiange smiled slightly, still as kind as just now: "You don't have to be afraid, I don't want anything from your Lu family, I just ask about something, if you answer everything, I will leave." ”

"Senior" heard this, Lu Qiongying was a little anxious, grandpa had already ordered, as long as this senior was not ill-intentioned, he must be encircled, after all, it was rare for them to see a monk in the later stage of foundation building

Mo Tiange was unmoved, raised his hand, stopped her words, and continued: "You answer well, if you are satisfied, I will give you some benefits." ”

Lu Qiongying hurriedly swallowed back the words behind her, although she was anxious, she also knew that she couldn't afford to offend this senior, and the other party promised her benefits......

"Whatever the seniors want to ask, the juniors must know everything." At this time, Lu Qiongying's attitude was respectful, and she took off the deliberately innocent little girl's tone, like a monk.

Mo Tiange felt that she was more pleasing to the eye, so he smiled, and still said gently: "You first tell me about the general situation in the clouds." ”

A hint of discoloration flashed in Lu Qiongying's eyes, obviously not understanding what was going on, but she still said honestly: "I don't know what Senior Mo wants to know?" ”

"Sects, spiritual veins, and countries...... Everything's been said. Mo Tiange said lightly, "As much as you know, just say as much as you know, and if you say more, I will appreciate more." With that, she put her hand into the Qiankun bag, took out a yù bottle, and threw it to Lu Qiongying.

Lu Qiongying took it, opened it and saw that it was a Qi Gathering Pill, a whole bottle, there were thirty or fifty pills

She was overjoyed in her heart, even if she was a very favored junior of the Lu family, she also ate Qi Nourishing Pill on weekdays, and she only got a small bottle of Qi Gathering Pill every year, about five or six pills. This strange senior is so generous

Thinking of this, she became more and more respectful: "Yes." ”

This Lu Qiongying, who is also a smart girl, listened to Mo Tiange's words, and guessed that this senior was probably not from the clouds, so she carefully started from the region in the clouds, and then slowly talked about the sects and the like.

Mo Tiange just listened quietly.

The land in the clouds is large, extending in all directions, and there are many countries, but there are only three big countries, Dongtang Kingdom, Southern Zhou Kingdom, and Beilin Kingdom, which occupy most of the land in the clouds. Different from Tianji, these three kingdoms are all supported by the Immortal Cultivation Sect, Dongtang Kingdom and Southern Zhou Kingdom are the territory of the righteous path, while the Northern Lin Kingdom is the territory of the Demon Dao.

On weekdays, these three kingdoms are also at peace, after all, there is no concept of righteousness and evil in the clouds, whether it is the right way or the devil's way, they all take the principle of being good in the world, unless there is a conflict of interests, they will fight each other.

Dongtang country is mainly cultivators, but also the largest of the three countries, the number of small and medium-sized sects is innumerable, a total of five can be called the gate sect: Jiuyan Sect, Danxia Sect, Jingxu Gate, Pufa Gate, Five Elements Valley.

Among the five major sects, Jiuyan Sect is the most powerful, it is said that there are nine disciples under the patriarch of the founding school, these nine disciples are very outstanding, and they jointly established the sect, respecting their master as the patriarch of the founding school, so it is called Jiuyan Sect.

The Danxia Sect was originally second only to the Jiuyan Sect and was also a big faction, but it had declined in recent years, and among the five factions, it was only stronger than the Five Elements Valley.

Jingxumen and Pufamen are equally powerful, among which Jingxumen is a woman because the patriarch of the founding school is a woman, and most of the female disciples are women.

In addition, the Five Elements Valley is a sect that majors in formation, and it is rumored that the disciples in the sect have good formation attainments, but this kind of sect that focuses on partial sects has never been very prosperous, so the Five Elements Valley is the weakest of the five major sects. However, despite this, the other sects did not dare to bully each other at all, after all, the biggest barrier of the mountain gates of each faction was the mountain protection array, if they offended the Five Elements Valley, when they fought, they would be in trouble.

In the Southern Zhou Kingdom, Confucianism controlled the government, and Buddhism controlled the state religion. Most of the civilians of the Southern Zhou Kingdom believed in Buddhism, and there were Buddhist temples everywhere, and incense was flourishing. Confucianism, on the other hand, controlled the power of the state and educated its subjects through academies. Because Confucianism and Buddhism have different aspirations and similar teachings, the two are very harmonious.

Mo Tiange was very curious about this, although she knew that there was such a thing as Buddhist cultivation elsewhere, she had never seen it in Tianji, so she inevitably inquired a few more words at this time. It's a pity that this Lu Qiongying has never traveled, and Antarctic Island is far away from the mainland, so she doesn't know much about Buddhist cultivators.

However, Lu Qiongying doesn't know anymore, but Buddhist cultivation is common in the clouds, and she also knows a rough idea.

The so-called Buddha, Wuya, is said to be a sect handed down from ancient times. They pay attention to cause and effect, strictly discipline themselves, believe that all evil thoughts arise from the heart, cut off people, and cultivate penance to become Buddhas.

This made Mo Tiange feel a little weird. The so-called cause and effect, she naturally understands, and there is also such content in the Taoist scriptures of cultivators, but it is not as cautious as that of Buddhist cultivators.

The path of practice for a Buddha practitioner is nothing more than three sentences: impermanence in all actions, selflessness in all laws, and silence in Nirvana. The so-called impermanence of all things means that everything in the world is impermanent; There is no self in all laws, and the Buddha should let go of the obsession in his heart and find his true self; Nirvana is the ultimate destination of Buddha's pursuit, immortality and immortality, as proof of eternal life.

Mo Tiange slowly realized in his heart, and deeply realized that the so-called Buddhist cultivation actually had something in common with their Taoist cultivation. For example, cause and effect, such as the impermanence of the world, such as abandoning obsession. But on the other hand, the teachings of the Buddhas are very different from those of their practitioners.

The Tao Sutra says that heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are used as dogs, that is to say, heaven and earth do not care whether they are benevolent or unkind, and all things are born and destroyed by themselves, and have their own fate. Therefore, the cultivators of the Heavenly Pole have never had the concept of benevolence, cultivating immortals is a road full of thorns, and if they want to cultivate true immortals, they must fight a bloody path. Kill with demons, kill with monsters, and even kill with the same kind. Listening to Lu Qiongying's words, the cultivators in the clouds are no different from the heavenly poles.

But this is not the case with Buddhist cultivation, they cultivate their minds and cultivate themselves, and rarely act in vain to kill, unless they have to do so, they will stop killing by killing.

Therefore, in the clouds, there are few monks and Buddhist cultivators who are trapped in their state of mind, and it has always been easier for them to advance to the level of Jiedan and Yuanying than cultivators. But their disadvantage is that their cultivation speed is too slow, if a cultivator can produce one foundation building cultivator out of a hundred qi refining cultivators, they need hundreds to produce one.

Mo Tiange listened to this and fell into deep thought, she felt as if she had grasped some key point.

Both cultivators and cultivators have contradictions in their teachings, but there are fewer cultivators, at least they can justify themselves, but in some places the cultivators simply do not make sense.

Cultivating immortals and cultivating their hearts, this is something that these cultivators have known since they set foot on the immortal road, but why are they like demon beasts, full of bloody battles?

This chapter is boring, but it's not inconsequential, and these dry teachings are related to the ending. In addition, the teachings of the Tao and the Buddha in this article are distorted, and there are many differences between the Tao and the Buddha in reality, so please don't take it seriously.