Chapter 110: Lao Tzuer wants to note
He Weitong, who had entered the state of concentration, couldn't care about anything, he saw many things from the phantom that he had never seen before.
His eyes were opened, what hills and mountains, Si Tou, were all things outside his body, he let Si Tou play by himself, and then he didn't care.
Whether it was wind and rain, or exposure to the sun, he was motionless, the sky was dark and white, white and black, He Weitong sat here for half a month.
During this period, he didn't even make a single movement, as if he was dead.
Half a month later, on a cool morning, it was already early spring, He Weitong slowly opened his eyes, and he broke away from the world of Dao.
He was a little hungry, and he could have continued to settle down if it weren't for the physical protest.
In the past half a month, he has gained a lot, and it can be said that he has obtained a part of the inheritance.
He Weitong didn't know if his understanding was really good, or if it was the providence of heaven that allowed him to get this inheritance, in short, the whole process was very smooth, and it was not as difficult as he imagined.
Of course, this was his first realization, and he didn't know if his speed was normal or abnormal.
He was given a book, the fundamental work of the Heavenly Master's Taoism.
"Lao Tzu Er Wants to Note" is a classic book that has been lost and only a small part remains.
"Lao Tzu's Notes" is Zhang Daoling's commentary on the "Tao Te Ching", in other words, Zhang Daoling's understanding of the article "Lao Tzu".
In Zhang Daoling's eyes, the content of the Tao Te Ching is very different, and his understanding is different from others.
Therefore, "Lao Tzu Xiang'er Note" is nominally a commentary on the "Tao Te Ching", but in fact it is "Tuo Yu" and "Tao Te Ching" has achieved the purpose of "returning to the beginning of training" and "helping the people".
It systematically transforms the Tao Te Ching by means of additions, deletions, tampering, and distortions, deifying the Tao, highlighting the exhortative significance of its "sermon commandments", and guiding people to pursue the Taoist ideal of becoming immortals.
Through this interpretation, the transformation of philosophical texts such as the Tao Te Ching into religious classics has made theoretical preparations for the formation and spread of Taoism, and is an important symbol of the founding of Taoism.
In the final analysis, "Lao Tzu's Thoughts" is a book in which Zhang Daoling absorbs some of Lao Tzu's views and then integrates his own views.
"Lao Tzu Er Xiang Note" is also a part of the circulation, which is from the monuments of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.
He Weitong got the whole book this time.
Through study, He Weitong had a preliminary understanding of Zhang Daoling's thoughts.
This book does not teach people how to cultivate, but contains some theories.
"Xiang'er Note" equates "Tao" with "one", and believes that "one" is scattered as qi, and the polymorphic form is Taishang Laojun, Changzhi Kunhua, or words are nothing, or words are natural, or words are nameless, all have the same ear, and now preaching and teaching people, keeping the commandments is not violated, that is, keeping one; If you don't do it, you are a husband. ”
In this way, the Tao or One is both the origin of the universe and the Supreme Laojun, and the philosopher Lao Tzu has become the god believed in by the Heavenly Master.
"Xiang'er Note" believes that by keeping the essence well, you can achieve immortal longevity.
advocate harmony with the five internal organs and five elements, "harmony is mutually beneficial, and war is mutually restrictive"; Elaborate on the essentials of the art in the room: "If you want to make the gods immortal, you should be self-controlled", thinking that if you get this essential, you can also live forever. In order to defend oneself, it is required to be thoughtless, nameless, not greedy for honor and favor, not competitive, not for evil, etc. "Obey the commandments, accumulate success, accumulate essence into gods, become immortals, and take this as a treasure", this is the program of "Xianger Note" to become immortals.
After reading this book, He Weitong knew how Taoist philosophy became Taoist theology step by step, and also knew how Lao Tzu became Taishang Laojun step by step.
There is an idea in the book, that is, to worship Lao Tzu as the master of the Heavenly Master and Taoism, mythologize step by step, and finally become the supreme god.
He Weitong does not deny that Lao Tzu in this world may be a powerful cultivator, but to say that he has reached the height of myths and legends, He Weitong does not believe it.
Because the level of this world is not particularly high, he can feel it.
He Weitong felt that the most powerful cultivators would reach the point of becoming immortals.
As for Da Luo Jin Xian, the saint didn't dare to think about anything.
Moreover, now that we are in the era of the end of the Dharma, it is difficult to become a cultivator, let alone become a saint.
Now it is taking advantage of the troubled times, there are still a few cultivators in the world, and after the founding of the country, I am afraid that even these will disappear, and the aura, cultivators, and the underworld will all disappear.
This may be what Taoism often calls the calamity.
Birth, death, and restoration are the basic laws of all things in the universe, and the laws of their operation are the Tao.
He Weitong, the scientific name of this law, does not know what the driving force of the world is, and human beings do not seem to have figured it out.
But at the level of cultivating immortals, Lao Tzu gave an answer, which is the mysterious and mysterious, indescribable Tao.
Whether heaven and earth are unkind, or whether heaven is merciful, it is a matter of the mentality of all living beings, and the way of heaven is one thing for sure, which is fair to all things, to all living beings, and even to the way of immortals, Buddhas, and demons.
In heaven and earth, all living beings are rushing to advance, they are struggling for survival, fate is intertwined, forming various causes and effects, with the reproduction of life, this survival struggle is becoming more and more intense, and the contradiction erupts under the inducement of a certain factor, and it becomes a calamity.
This statement is applicable both in the world of cultivating immortals and in the world of technology.
The outbreak of war in mankind is also a calamity.
The world of cultivating immortals, the dispute between Dao and demons, the first tribulation of the Dragon and Han Dynasty, the Romance of the Gods, and the Journey to the West, are all contradictions between living beings, causing cause and effect and leading to the outbreak, either because of the territory or because of the doctrine.
However, all of the above tribulations can be recovered, while immeasurable tribulations cannot be recovered.
The calamity is just a struggle between all things, while the immeasurable calamity is the causal collapse that supports the operation of the universe, and this calamity is to bring everything back to chaos, and no one can reverse it.
However, in the era of the end of the law in front of us, it should not be considered an immeasurable calamity, it should only be a calamity.
These are the truths he saw from "Lao Tzu's Thoughts".
Energy obeys the law of conservation, and Reiki does not arise or disappear out of thin air, but only transfers from one object to another.
It may be that there are too many monks who can survive in the world, which has caused the aura of the world to become less, so this tribulation has been formed.
Those immortal cultivators who had absorbed most of the aura might have left this world.
As a result of this tribulation, the Xiuzhen civilization completely disappeared and became a world entirely composed of technology.
Of course, this does not mean that the world will be downgraded, and if science and technology develop well, there may not be no chance of detachment.
The concepts of parallel universes, wormholes, and the like are similar to some things in the Xiuzhen civilization.
According to the theory in the book, he has every reason to believe that this scientific and technological revolution is a calamity of calamity, a calamity for cultivators.