Chapter 677: Pure Land of Bliss
"To get to the bottom of it, are you doing business or trying prisoners?" Zhang Chao was a little unhappy, raised his hand and slapped it on the table.
"Hehe, guest officer, don't be too careful, the small is just curiosity, after all, in the Pure Land of Bliss, all living beings receive the Buddha's grace and receive the five precepts of the Buddha, that is, not to kill, not to steal, not to be evil, not to lie, and not to drink. ”
"The five precepts of Buddhism?" Zhang Chao's heart moved.
He suddenly remembered that it was true that monks had rules and precepts, and it was said that there were many rules.
He had also heard a little about the five precepts of Buddhism.
Among them, "not killing" is "benevolence", "not stealing" is "righteousness", "not evil" is "propriety", "not lying" is "faith", and "not drinking" is "wisdom".
It corresponds to the five virtues of the world, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith.
Buddhism pays attention to all sentient beings, especially sentient animals, there is no animal who does not cherish their own lives, no animal is willing to be killed, and there is no ability to resist when killed, but this resentment will not disappear. The person who kills the living beings is unkind, and the sentient beings who are killed hold grudges and want to take revenge, which is the so-called Buddhism that those who owe money must repay their debts, and those who owe their lives must repay their lives, and there is no end to retribution.
Buddhism teaches sentient beings not to kill, not only not to make enmity with all sentient beings, but also to cultivate their own great compassion.
The karma of killing is very heavy, the obstacle is clear-sighted, and the obstacle is that we have to be single-minded. Because a person who is easy to kill must have a heavy hatred, and a person who has a heavy hatred must have a heavy heart, how can he gain a single heart by reciting the Buddha? How can he become meditated by practicing meditation?
Wine can get drunk and make people unconscious, so all alcohol should not be drunk. For example, drinking alcohol is not a sin in itself, but when drunk, it will commit murder, theft, and adultery, so it can be seen that the Buddha's decision not to drink alcohol is to prevent other actions after drinking, and excessive drinking is bound to cause mistakes and is harmful to health.
Non-evil yin refers to studying Buddhism at home, not being able to completely break the desires, only allowing normal couples to do it, and not committing adultery with all men and women. That is, except for husband and wife who are formally unioned, they are not allowed to commit adultery. If it is not his wife, if he cooperates with his desires, he will be called evil.
If we move other people's things without their consent, we are stealing, and we are not allowed to do this at the expense of others and for our own sake.
To not lie is not to deceive others, and to say what is not as good as your heart is to lie. There are big and small lies: such as seeing, smelling, perceiving, knowing, saying and not seeing, hearing, knowing, seeing, hearing, and knowing, and so on, it is a small lie, and it can be repented.
The so-called five precepts of Buddhism fundamentally inhibit the inferior nature of people or living beings.
Although in Zhang Chao's view, it is more in line with the laws of nature to act casually, there is nothing wrong with the precepts of Buddhism.
At least its original intention is to teach people to be good.
"Uh...... This one...... Where I came from, the implementation of these five precepts is relatively poor......" Zhang Chao patted his head, and then made up nonsense.
"Is there such a place?" Xiao Er was even more surprised: "But the guest officer said that there must be one, and it is impossible for the guest officer to casually commit verbal precepts and lie to increase his karma because of this little thing!"
"Whew! yes, yes!" Zhang Chao wiped his sweat, he was negligent, and he almost came here and went straight to the gang.
"However, those people are really, in the Pure Land of Bliss, and they still don't abide by the rules and precepts, do they want to be punished by the Buddha and thrown into the six realms of reincarnation?" Xiao Er shook his head and muttered as if he didn't understand.
"Six reincarnations?" Zhang Chao's heart moved, is there still a punishment mechanism in this world?
"Hey, look at me, I'm patronizing this, what do you want to eat?" Xiao Er stopped dwelling on the topic of drinking and eating meat, and asked Zhang Chao.
"Well, the best food sold in your store is ready!" Zhang Chao waved his hand, there is no wine or meat, then it's okay, anyway, he is here to inquire about the news.
But now it seems that the principle of going to a tavern or restaurant to find out the news does not seem to work well here.
After all, people who don't drink alcohol here naturally don't idle out some useful information.
It seems that if you want to have a further understanding of this world, I am afraid that you will not be able to use some special means!
Zhang Chao thought in his heart, and after getting the other party's noodles, he realized another problem.
I don't know what the currency of this world is!
How do you settle accounts?
As I was pondering, all of a sudden, a melodious bell rang.
followed closely, but saw that this little two suddenly became solemn.
Not only him, but everyone in the entire noodle restaurant, whether it was the diners or the shopkeeper, also got up one after another, their faces full of reverence, and walked towards the door.
"What's going on?" Zhang Chao raised his eyebrows.
"Guest officer, it's time for the service, don't you worship there?" Xiao Er saw that Zhang Chao was still sitting there, and asked puzzled.
"Oh, oh, oh, of course, of course!" Zhang Chao looked suddenly enlightened, and quickly got up and walked outside.
At the same time, the people and monks of the city, all with their faces full of piety, folded their hands and walked in one direction.
Location in the heart of the city!
This scene seems to be similar!
I think that when he was in Red Sea Town, he had seen the Emperor of Heaven play this kind of trick.
It can be said that he still remembers that scene vividly.
At that time, the Emperor of Heaven bewitched the people of the entire Red Sea Town to become his followers, and worshiped and chanted sutras every day, and for a time his prestige was unparalleled.
And that's what happened today.
He followed the people to the square in the city, and saw a high platform erected, about three feet and three feet high, on which an old monk with white eyebrows and white beard was sitting cross-legged on it.
Around him, there were wisps of Yuan power.
These Yuan forces are more peculiar, and they also exude a faint Buddha mang.
Under the high platform, there is a huge incense burner, on which there are three high incense sticks, which have been lit, and the curling green smoke floats up, enveloping the old monk inside, showing its extraordinary posture even more.
"Sure enough, there are still masters here!" Zhang Chao's expression moved, and he looked at the old monk carefully.
This person's cultivation, although he has not yet stepped into the Holy Dao realm, is also the existence of the Yuan Infant Realm.
For this place full of ordinary people, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a god.
"Anitabha!" all the people knelt down and faced the old monk reverently, chanting Buddhist scriptures.
"This is ......" Zhang Chao also mixed in the crowd and pretended to kneel, while observing the surrounding situation.
But with the chanting of these people, wisps of strange power floated up from their heavenly spirits, gathered in the air, and immediately drilled into the body of the old monk.
"The power of faith!" Zhang Chao suddenly realized.
It's no wonder that this world doesn't need the power of heaven and earth, and it can also allow Buddhist masters to appear, and they can continue to improve their cultivation.
It turned out that it relied on the power of faith of these people!
In other words, it is the Hongyuan belief of these people that created the birth of Buddhist masters!
And these people, can they also be seen as ...... Is it a captive human animal in Buddhism?
"Believe in my Buddha, accumulate karmic fruits, have good fortune, and be reborn as a Buddha ......"
"Anitabha!"
All the people continued to worship, making the light on the old monk more and more brilliant.
"That's not right, if these people worship like this all day long, the power of faith gathered together should be not small, but this old monk's cultivation is ...... If you look at it this way, it's a little low......" Zhang Chao quickly discovered the problem.
"Anitabha!" Just as the service was about to end, the old monk suddenly spoke.
Immediately after, a ball of essence flew out of his mouth, directly breaking through the clouds, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The people couldn't see this spirit at all, but Zhang Chao saw it really.
"So that's the case, this old monk is just a master of Buddhism here, just a hard labor used to collect the power of faith of the people, and most of the power of faith he has collected will be dedicated to the existence of higher levels of Buddhism!" Zhang Chao raised his eyebrows, and then the end of the service ended, and he left this place with the crowd.
After all, he can't be too public, otherwise if he is seen to have any clues, it will be a little troublesome.
But in this way, he can save money without going back to the noodle restaurant......
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Zhang Chao is very experienced in the matter of land reclamation.
After a few hours, he had changed his outfit.
Now he blends in with the crowd of people and is no longer conspicuous.
There are many other things that he basically learned.
For example, the currency used here is still very old copper coins and other things, and it is not mainly spars, after all, it seems that there are no spars produced here, and Buddhism people do not need such things for their cultivation.
Real gold, silver, or hard currency here.
Although these things are also of great value in the outside world, because they can be used for refining or medicine, few people will circulate them as currency.
Zhang Chao glanced at the treasure bag, fortunately, there was still a lot of real money and silver stored in it, which he had left before for refining.
With these capitals, he should be able to get unimpeded in this world.
Moreover, the people here do not drink alcohol, do not eat meat, do not visit the Qinglou, and eat vegetarian food every day, which greatly reduces the loss of resources.
At the same time, Zhang Chao also learned that in the entire world, there are no less than 3,000 small cities like the one he is in now.
With so many cities and such a large base of people, the power of faith is enshrined every day, and it feels terrible to think about it.
But in this way, it also shows how huge and vast the world is.
It also became more difficult for him to find those masters of the Ninth Heaven Domain.
The most important thing is that you can't fly here!
As he was wandering around the city, trying to gain as much knowledge and understanding of the world as possible, he suddenly saw two monks whispering on the corner of a street.
Although these two monks are also cultivators, their cultivation is not high, they are only at the level of the Kaiyuan Realm, but their expressions are solemn, and the content of their conversation also made Zhang Chao immediately interested.
It seems that, as the masters of the Ninth Heaven Domain said, this world has indeed changed......
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