Chapter 9: The Four Teachings on the Tao
As soon as the Sanskrit sound of the Taoist fell, the quasi-Taoist followed. The Avenue of Cause and Effect and the Avenue of Silence complement each other, and listening together makes it easier to perceive and benefit the listener a lot. The Sanqing sage almost completely understood the teachings of the Western religion at this moment.
The Xuanmen cultivates this life, while the Western religion cultivates the afterlife. Although they are both cultivators, they can reach the Heavenly Dao, but there is a world of difference between the two. If a cultivator does not cherish the present and only pins his hopes on the next life, how to strengthen his Dao heart and face the ups and downs, if the world only wants to be blessed in the next life, how can he fight in this life.
The Xuanmen Taoism requires practitioners to be calm and not afraid of the future, while Western teachings advocate hiding from this life in order to seek future lives. Of course, the Western teachings are not useless, and for those practitioners who are tough in the Dao and limited by their qualifications in this life, the Western teachings can allow them to break through to a higher realm in a short period of time.
At the end of the discussion of the saints of the four sects, the quasi-Taoist mentioned the preface again, and Lao Tzu knew that he could not shirk it when he saw this. Sanqing glanced at each other, and then Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun spoke: "What the two Daoists invited before, we can't ask for it, but the two of you are a little late!" ”
At this time, Zhun Ti's face was like a roller coaster, first his face was happy, then he became confused, and finally he became purple, and he was angry.
"Oh? I don't know what Brother Yuan Shidao means by this? Could it be that all the disciples have returned to the mountain gate? After stopping the would-be Daoist, he asked directly.
Seeing Zhun Ti's appearance, Yuan Shi Tianzun glanced at Zhun Ti with disdain, and then explained, "It's not that the disciples have returned to the mountain gate, but that the disciples under the sect have already passed half of the Dao competition, and now the disciples who are left behind are already in the realm of Daluo. ”
Hearing Yuan Shi Tianzun's words, even the face of the Daoist, who had always been in a stable state of mind, changed unnaturally, and it was really Yuan Shi Tianzun's words that smacked the faces of the two of them. As the saying goes, you don't slap people in the face, and you don't expose your shortcomings when you scold people! Both sides are Saint Venerables, and Yuan Shi Tianzun's words made the two of them embarrassed for a while.
Fortunately, both of them are not idle people, and they did not get mad on the spot because of Yuan Shi Tianzun's words, and after calming down their emotions, the Taoist said unhurriedly, "In this way, it is too late for me to wait, but the disciples compete with each other, and the difference in the realm is not difficult for saints such as us!" ”
Receiving the Taoist to say this, the Sanqing sage is not easy to refuse, only to see Yuan Shi Tianzun say again, "Since Daoyou said this, we will naturally not refuse, but I am afraid that when the Daoist friend is not strong, the Daoist heart will collapse if he loses the competition, but he sees that the Taoist friend is also confident, and it is not a problem to think about it. ”
Even if Yuan Shi Tianzun agreed to the competition, he still disgusted the two of them, of course, if the disciples of the Daoist sect really collapsed, Sanqing would still be happy.
After the discussion, Sanqing immediately convened the disciples of the sect for the third round of the competition, but due to the participation of the Western sects, the rules of the competition have changed, and the Sanqing saints still need to re-announce the rules of the competition.
"Today, there are Western Sect Guides Daoist people bring their disciples to exchange Taoism, and when the competition is a while, the Western Sect disciples will also participate in it, this competition is not better than Taoism, only about the Divine Channel, and I hope that the disciples will show me the supreme magic power of the Xuanmen in front of the visitors!" After saying this, Yuan Shi Tianzun casually displayed the detailed rules of the competition in the air.
When the disciples in the audience heard this, they understood the meaning of Yuan Shi Tianzun's words, although they didn't know why Shizun (Shibo) arranged it like this, but as disciples, everyone would carry it out without discount.
The competition was carried out under the condition that both sides had their own intentions, and the shortlisted disciples of the two sects entered the ring in turn to compete with the visiting disciples of the Western sect. In the face of the Western disciples, the three sects all had an invincible attitude, and they made sharp and decisive moves, and the Western disciples who fought were defeated one after another.
Seeing this scene, although they were prepared in their hearts, they still felt embarrassed when they really faced it. However, the Sanqing saint showed a different performance when he saw this scene.
Lao Tzu sage stroked his long beard, honor and disgrace were not shocked; The primordial saint was smiling, but not majestic, indifferent to the situation in the field, but he deserved to be so; The Shangqing Tongtian Sect Master glanced at Zhi Yin and Zhun Ti with a look of disdain, as if to say that he was still begging to compete with my Xuanmen disciples, but when he saw some Western Sect disciples with good qualifications, he showed a sense of regret.
The disciples of the three sects quickly and tacitly sent the disciples of the Western Sect out of the ring, and then stood aside proudly one by one and waited for the comments of the saints. Seeing this, the two saints in the West sighed slightly, sighing that the Oriental people are outstanding and talented, but the Zhun Ti saint was furious, and scolded secretly in his heart: "Xiao'er is presumptuous, you just wait for the master to underestimate me, I didn't expect you beasts to dare to do this!" Thinking of this, I wanted to teach the disciples of the Three Sects a lesson.
The Sanqing sage was naturally very proud when he saw that the disciples were winning one by one, that is, the sage of Lao Tzu saw that the disciples showed an invincible expression, and admonished a few words without being salty.
For Lao Tzu's exhortation, the disciples naturally accepted it humbly, and after being excited for a while, they each returned to their own positions, waiting for the arrangement of the master and uncle.
"Two fellow Daoists, the disciples of the sect have finished the competition, and you can also give you some advice!" After the disciples in the field calmed down, Yuan Shi Tianzun came forward to speak on behalf of the Sanqing Sage.
At this time, the guide and Zhun Ti have also recovered their saint mentality, after hearing the words of Yuan Shi Tianzun, the guide Taoist stepped forward directly and said, "The three Taoist friends are full of talents, the Tao is stable, and the poor Dao sighs that it is not as good, that is, the competition, the winner should have a reward, just my Western holy relic Bodhi Linggen knot, the poor Dao brought nine pieces this time, and it was the right to be a reward, and it was divided into the disciples who won in the field." After speaking, I saw that the person who received the Dao waved his hand casually, and the nine spiritual lights shot at different disciples in the field.
At the moment of the spiritual light, the disciple who got this opportunity was at a loss for a while, Ling Xuan looked at the Bodhi Zi with golden light in front of him, although he longed in his heart, but the elders of the sect did not speak, and he did not dare to put it away directly.
Seeing that the senior brother shot was nine Bodhi seeds, his heart ached, but he saw that the Xuanmen disciples in the audience did not accept it directly, and the disciples who did not get it were also indifferent, so he continued, "Senior brother shot the atmosphere, I think I am barren in the west, but there are also these ten congenital spiritual root Bodhi trees, and the Bodhi seeds they have will have one hundred and eight in ten thousand years, all of them have unlimited vitality, and they have the effect of calming the mind and clearing the mind, and the immortals eat it, and its divine effect is no less than that of the ginseng fruit and peach, and it is only slightly inferior to Huang Zhongli!" ”
Zhun Ti's words successfully aroused the attention of all the disciples, and the disciples who had not been rewarded showed envy one after another, but that's all. After listening to Zhun Ti's words, Lao Tzu didn't know the purpose of Zhun Ti, but after looking at the disciples in the stand, he nodded with satisfaction in his heart.
"Since you have received the sage's reward, you can accept it! However, this thing is a foreign object after all, and it should not be relied on too much! In the end, the sage of Lao Tzu asked the disciples to accept the Bodhi Zi.