Chapter 150, Merit

"Interesting?" June didn't understand what else was interesting in the scriptures.

So he got up and took the two scriptures on his desk and read them against each other.

It's really interesting to find.

These two scriptures, the Taoist scriptures that have always been incomprehensible, are easy to understand here, and even tend to be vernacular.

However, the Buddhist scriptures, which have always liked to purify all sentient beings, are extremely obscure, making people look at flowers at first glance.

"It's really interesting!" June chuckled.

Li Chengjing nodded and explained: "Actually, the scriptures of the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism can be regarded as an understanding of the merits in the "Jade Emperor Speaks of the Immortal Sutra". Taoist Lu Zu said: Meritorious service is good heart, virtue is good deeds, and the unity of faith and action is meritorious. In this, because there are good deeds without intention, and there are good deeds without intention, and there are good deeds without good deeds, etc., Lu Zu also proposed that Yin virtue said, and Yang virtue said, which can be regarded as a supplement to merit. In the final analysis, it is to teach the world that if you do good, you will reap good results. ”

"The Tao has always been lofty, like seeing flowers in the fog, you can see it, but you can't touch it. However, the matter of merit is like spring and autumn, falling on the ground, rooted in the soil, and the low cannot be lower, there is no such thing as immortals, and everyone can cultivate. ”

June looked through the scriptures and said, "Yes, Lu Zu seems to be afraid that people don't know how to do it, and there are many specific ways to do good deeds recorded in the back of the scriptures, and some of the stories he has seen and heard, which are really detailed!" ”

After reading this "Lu Zu Sande Said", even a singer like June, who doesn't read much, seems to have understood the merits of "The Jade Emperor Talks about the Book of Immortals". 33

"This Lu Zu is really afraid that people don't understand, for fear that no one in this world is willing to do good deeds."

In June, he closed the scriptures and threw himself to the ground for the five bodies that Gao Zhen, one of the five ancestors of Taoism, admired.

Then, she picked up the "Six Ancestors Altar Sutra" and frowned, and asked: "Master, the same matter of merit, why has it always liked to educate mortal Buddhism, but it is so secretive, if there is no "Lu Zu Sande Said" This pearl and jade is in front, I am afraid that the six ancestors of the Buddhist family have fallen into the devil's way." ”

June expands the first page and points to the middle line of text.

"The six ancestors said: Inner humility is merit, appearance is virtue in etiquette, self-nature to establish ten thousand laws is merit, and faith is virtue out of the body!"

"It's really a guide to demons!" June sighed.

Li Chengjing said with a smile: "I can't understand it like this, to be precise, the two doors of Buddhism and Taoism are actually the same path, but they use two different points to explain the merits. ”

"Taoist merits, falling on the flat ground, starting from the end of the slightest, by a little bit of small good deeds, accumulation into a mountain, like the sun is born, the first child is gentle, bright side, to the end like the sun in the sky, shining on the earth, is a bottom-up, slowly drawing the method."

Buddhism, on the other hand, chose the most painful path from the beginning, which is inseparable from the word nirvana, which is the root of Buddhism. Buddhism does not teach people to be good, but believes that doing good is also a very serious issue, and there are so many people in history who have the intention to do good deeds, but have done evil things. Therefore, Buddhism began to be strict with itself at the beginning, first cultivating oneself, and then crossing others. ”

"When you have the Dharma in your heart, you can do good deeds in moderation. But it also invisibly raised the threshold for Buddhism to cultivate merits, and non-eminent monks and great virtues could not add merit. ”

June's eyes widened and he asked, "Doesn't that mean that so many good men and women build bridges and pave roads, but in the eyes of Buddhists, they are nothing and have no merit?" Then why did they donate sesame oil money, and they still have to say that the merit is immeasurable? Isn't that a lie? ”

June recalled the money he had thrown into the temple's merit box, and suddenly felt a little angry.

Although the money is not much, for a singer like her, even if it is a penny, it is precious.

"Monks are so hateful!"

Looking at June's angry appearance, Li Chengjing smiled.

Pilgrims donate money and materials in exchange for the monk's sentence "merit is immeasurable", which is naturally without merit, because it is just a word of encouragement.

"Don't be angry, if you donate money, you may save the monk who is about to starve to death, although there is no merit in Buddhism, but there is yin virtue in Taoism. It's not going to be bad after all! ”

"Hey, after all, it's the Taoism that bears everything!" June sighed.

Li Chengjing was amused by June.

Rubbing her head, he shoved her back into the Three Demons Golem.

The smile on his face faded.

"The Jade Emperor Speaks of the Immortal Sutra", "Lu Zu Sande Said" and "The Six Ancestors Altar Sutra" are of great help to Li Chengjing.

This kind of help is not a spiritual help, but a help for the present situation.

After reading these three scriptures, Li Chengjing understood why Erlangtang would rather lay down the Nine Sons Tianhe Array and exile this place than kill the weird, exterminate the roots, and save the survivors.

In the final analysis, it is still the word merit.

According to Erlangtang's style of acting, although the monks of Erlangtang did not care too much about cultivating merits, they did not want to burden themselves with debts.

The strange changes in the city, even the Gao Zhen of Erlangtang, did not dare to say that the people who were strangely polluted were the ones who deserved to die.

If all these polluted people are killed, it is difficult to say whether it is a merit from heaven or a punishment from heaven.

It is not easy to cultivate immortals, and Erlangtang is not willing to bet on this uncertain result.

If you ignore it and let the people of Hongcheng migrate to other places, in case the pollution spreads, then Erlangtang will also not be able to escape a karmic debt.

After all, Hongcheng is under the jurisdiction of Erlangtang, and if he is left alone, his crime is unforgivable.

Since it is wrong to do it, it is also wrong not to do it, in order to be foolproof, Erlangtang finally chose to completely banish this place, so that the people in Hongcheng will fend for themselves under the flowing water of time.

This is the idea of not seeking merit, but seeking no fault.

Li Chengjing understands that if it were him, if he had the ability, I am afraid he would also make this choice.

But the problem now is that Li Chengjing is also among the exiled people, and he Erlangtang Song Youde and Fu Qin can choose to sacrifice themselves for Erlangtang, and they are also sitting on their own before Hongcheng is expelled from the world, so as to prevent the soul from being unable to return to the underworld.

But Li Chengjing doesn't owe Erlangtang anything, how can he be willing to wait for death.

"In that case, then there is nothing to hide and scruple about now!"

After making up his mind, Li Chengjing no longer had any scruples, and spent the night around Hongcheng, braving the wind and snow to collect a large number of cultivation materials.

During this time, he wanted to improve his cultivation as much as possible and fight hard.

Therefore, Li Chengjing directly took away the small half of the weapons in the treasury, returned to his home, and directly set up a feng shui array to retreat and cultivate.

And the wind and snow in Hongcheng seem to be getting bigger and bigger day by day.

When Ge Shiqing knocked on the door of Li Chengjing's house, the entire Hongcheng City had almost disappeared and was already buried in the snow.

Some people died, but not completely......