Chapter 689: Unity of Opposites
The Western religion is flourishing, this is the Western religion is flourishing, and there were not so many people gathered in Chang'an when the Tang monks held the water and land conference. But as soon as Master Huineng came, the southern believers followed from far and wide, which directly affected the price of Chang'an, and for a time the prices of various incense and Buddhist utensils in Chang'an, as well as Buddha statues and Buddhist scriptures, rose one after another.
The people of Chang'an have never seen such a scene, and it is more noisy than the water and land conference thirty years ago.
Even the monsters in the demon city have formed a team to enter the city, just to hear how to become a Buddha by having an epiphany, eating and drinking tea and suddenly becoming a Buddha, this epiphany to become a Buddha is really exciting.
"If there is such a convenient way to become a Buddha, I would like to try it." Yun Yao couldn't help but say, she knows very well that the epiphany of becoming a Buddha is at most to promote the popularity of everyone becoming a Buddha, so that everyone knows that they have a chance to become a Buddha, but they can't really become a Buddha on the spot, after all, Western religion still has a threshold, and it is not easy to understand your own Buddha nature.
"No wonder in the future, some people will refer to the four evils of exegesis, pure talk, Zen Buddhism, and hometown wishes. Although it is not against production or family, believers have their own understandings and behaviors, and they are not bound by traditional Western teachings, so they can be said to do as they please. "Although everyone has Buddha nature, as long as they can have an epiphany, they can become a Buddha, but it is not really so casual, and you have to talk about some rules.
This time, Shenxiu invited his junior brother Huineng, which is to be vigorous and lively, so as to stabilize the status of Western Religion. Although Shenxiu and Huineng have different concepts, they must praise the monks at this time. At the moment everything is going well, and Zen Buddhism seems to have become an unstoppable torrent.
This is the great prosperity of Western religion, and for a while, the light of Buddha appeared in the sky over Chang'an, and Yun Yao was dumbfounded. She knew that this time was the real Daxing, before Tang Seng could only be regarded as allowing Mahayana Buddhism to receive official support, and it took another thirty years to really loosen the shackles, and Zen Buddhism completed the Western religion in one fell swoop.
Bursts of Sanskrit sound can be heard in the Three Realms, the Western Sect Qi Luck overflows the Spiritual Mountain, the Golden Lotus opens, the saints congratulate, and the colorful glow blooms like fireworks, up to the Thirty-Three Heavens, down to the Nine Secluded Yellow Springs. The two saints of the Western Sect shook the heavens and the earth, the creatures of all races bowed, and all things in the Three Realms bowed down, and even the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother had to bow to the west.
Yun Yao looked at Chang'an Buddha Guang in silence, knowing that the luck of the Western Sect had reached an unprecedented height, far surpassing the time when the Sect of Interception was strong. After all, the era of the Sect of Interception did not say anything about the great revival of the Sect, but the Western Sect of the Great Revival was recognized by God.
"Now all I can do is survive, and it's impossible to compete with Western religions." Yun Yao sighed, seeing the grand atmosphere of the Western Sect, he would not consider going head-to-head with the Western Sect, so he could only avoid the edge for the time being.
Although it is not terrifying, it is also like a man's back, and he deeply feels the gap. Zhu Cheng has been developing for thousands of years, and he is still just a chicken and a dog in front of the Western Sect, even if it is Heavenly Court now, he can only bow down and live with his tail clamped.
"Did you see that? This is the great prosperity of Western religion, and the way of heaven has no eyes. At this time, it is naturally indispensable to complain to the Black Lotus monk, he specially came to complain to Yun Yao, in his opinion, the Western Sect is indiscriminate, and it is not worthy of such care from the Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Dao still takes care of them, this is not the Heavenly Dao without eyes or what?
Yun Yao looked at everything around him that was fixed, and thought to himself that the Black Lotus Monk really didn't come out cold every time, and couldn't help but say, "I've been constantly changing since we first met, but you haven't changed. I have to say one thing bluntly, I hope you don't get angry, that is, I understand more and more why Western religions are flourishing because they don't have the same clear concept of right and wrong as you. ”
The Black Lotus Lay glared at Yun Yao, although they resumed cooperation, but their ideas did not converge, they only cooperated because the Western Sect was their enemy.
Yun Yao continued: "Sometimes I think that morality is the way of alliance of the human race, but morality is also a weapon to divide society, not only morality, but also aesthetics, knowledge and other things pursued by living beings are used to establish small circles and divide society. Wouldn't Buddhism be more tolerant if it doesn't have a concept of right and wrong? In fact, the "Tao Te Ching" handed down by Taishang Laojun also contains the view of transcending good and evil, heaven and earth are unkind to all things as dogs, and saints are unkind to the people as dogs. If the saints also have good and evil morality, then they will stand in line, and they will not be able to treat the Three Realms and all races fairly. ”
Yun Yao is still improving, and after the showdown with the Black Lotus monk, she also considered a lot of questions of right and wrong, and found that in fact, Taishang Laojun's views are the same as those of Western religion, which is to downplay right and wrong. It's just that Lao Jun has not established a huge force, so everyone always thinks that only the Western religion is like this.
Of course, although both are indifferent to black and white, their purpose is different, and Western teaching is to prove that everything is nothing. And Lao Jun is doing nothing and doing nothing, it is because the saint is not benevolent so he loves the world equally, the work of the saint is not to take care of everyone's food, clothing, housing and transportation, but to maintain the whole system can continue to operate, he is facing the way of heaven and the law, is the node connecting the way of heaven and the three worlds, only unkindness can not be disturbed.
"What you say, the Tongtian Sect Master will definitely not agree." "According to what you say, the split between the three religions of people, expounding and intercepting religion was also because of morality. Because the Yuan Shi Tianzun and the Tongtian Sect Master have morality, they will split? However, if Taishang Laojun has no morality, why should he help Yuan Shi Tianzun in the Zhuxian Array? "The Black Lotus monk said that Yun Yao didn't cultivate immortals and cultivated stupidly, and he didn't even distinguish between right and wrong.
Sure enough, the Black Lotus monk still insisted on his opinion, and Yun Yao just thought about it, after all, she was not a saint, and now although she and the Western Sect are not enemies, there are already many causes and effects, and sooner or later they will be liquidated.
"Only by understanding how the enemy develops can we find their weaknesses. Layman, you should not have a sense of disgust, thinking that not distinguishing between good and evil is evil, and distinguishing between good and evil is justice. Facts have proved that good and evil morality can also be the danger of social division, while the absence of a moral stance can be all-encompassing. Therefore, the Tao Te Ching says: The good is like water, the water benefits all things without fighting, and the evil of all people, so it is more than the Tao. Is water good? Is water evil? It's all and no, the water benefits everything, but there is a lot of filth in the water. "The great revival of Western religion is the most flowery stage since the flood and famine, which can be described as the summary of an era and the beginning of an era, and we cannot defeat it if we do not face it squarely." Yun Yao is very calm, and will not really join the other party just because he understands Western teaching. The tolerance of Western religion is worth learning, but they think that everything is nothing, which is not acceptable to Yun Yao.
Fortunately, there is also the "Tao Te Ching", although Yun Yao's realm is not very high, but he will continue to study hard, and he who can fight against tolerance must also be tolerant, Taishang Laojun has already buried a son, and his strategic vision is at least 100,000 years longer than the Black Lotus monk, and of course at least 1,000 years longer than Yun Yao.
Only now did Yun Yao know why the master enshrined the Tao Te Ching as a treasure, because the Tao Te Ching is the treasure of the monk. Although Lao Jun was afraid that mortals would not be able to read it, he repeated a lot of content, but the broad ideas in it became more and more vivid with the improvement of the realm.