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"What is the god of Qianmin?"

"The god of music in the sky."

"What is an Asura God?"

"That is, not a god."

"What is Garuda?"

"That is, the god of the golden-winged bird."

"What is the god Kinnara?"

"That is, the heavenly singing of God."

"What is the god Maharaja?"

"That is, the python god."

"Who is the good god and which is the evil god?"

"Everyone is a good god and everyone is an evil god. There is no fundamental difference between good and evil. ”

"In this way, the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon are mixed with good and evil, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood?"

"Definitely? Buddhism advocates that the afflictions of ignorance can be gradually subdued and cut off in layers, and when the ignorance is cut off, the Buddha nature will be completely consummated, which is called the Bodhisattva who has broken off the afflictions, and has entered Nirvana through life and death, and there is no good or evil at all. As for the question of good and evil, it is only a concept in the worldly law. Stepping out of the worldly Dharma is that there is no good and no evil. Good is different from evil, and if there is good, there must be evil, so the purpose of Buddhism is to neither talk about evil nor good. In fact, there is no absolute question of good and evil, even in the worldly law, just as poison can poison people and save people, and good medicine can save people or kill people. Therefore, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Holy Throne, although they themselves have no good or evil to speak of, and they see that there is no difference between good and evil in sentient beings, and only in this way can they come to purify sentient beings in an equal and loving manner. Good and evil are nothing but the self-attachment of ordinary beings. ”

"Abbot! Buddhism does not speak of good or evil, so is the essence of human nature good or evil? ”

"Wu Jing! It seems that you have not yet grasped the true meaning of what the old man just said. ”

"Abbot! Before Wu Jing entered the Buddhism, although he was a martial artist, I was interested in the various schools of thought in the world. Sex is evil? The strife is still well understood. Mencius said that 'at the beginning of man, nature is good', Xunzi talks about sex is evil, Yang Xiong believes that human nature is a mixture of good and evil, Gongsun advocates that there is no good and no evil in human nature, and Xuzi talks about no good and no good, and even people admire Mencius to advocate 'food, sex, and sex', and most of the descendants tend to Mencius. Because Confucius and Mencius are the orthodox ideas of Confucianism. ”

"Amitabha! Wu Jing! As long as you devote yourself to the Buddha, one day you will realize the opportunity of Zen, and you will no longer be disturbed by the 'nature of goodness?' Sex is evil? 'In the midst of strife. At that time, you will be transcendent, and there will be no distinction between good and evil. ”

"Abbot! All in all, there is still a theory of good and evil in Buddhism. ”

"Amitabha! Wu Jing is reasonable. The Buddha said, 'All living beings on the earth have the wisdom of the Buddha', and all living beings have Buddha nature. That is to say, Buddhism also advocates the theory that human nature is inherently good. However, in fact, Buddhism can be said to be a theory of sexual goodness, but it can also be said to be a theory of sexual evil. However, the essence of Buddhism does not belong to either the theory of sexual goodness or sexual evil. ”

"That being the case, the good and evil of Buddhism should be determined by fate."

"Wonderful! All living beings have Buddha nature, which is the theory of goodness; All sentient beings have not yet attained Buddhahood because of the obstacle of ignorance since beginninglessness, but this is the theory of sexual evil. Because, the sexual goodist can prevent evil and return to good, and the sexual evilist can go to evil and become good; The two have different views, but the purpose is the same. Therefore, Buddhism can be adapted to the situation and depends on the circumstances.

Fundamentally, whether it is a theory of sexual goodness or a theory of sexual evil, they are only discussing the nature of the present life. It is said that the nature of good and the nature of evil is calculated from the time when the wah falls to the ground, that is, the good and evil deeds before this life, that is, karma. But they do not have the power to hold accountable for good and evil deeds in the afterlife. Mencius emphasized rational values, so it is said that it is good; Xunzi focuses on the transformation of physical nature, so he says that sex is evil. In reality, they are all one-sided.

In this sense, Buddhism is neither a theory of sexual goodness nor sexual evil. Because a Buddha sees all living beings as having Buddha-nature, he looks at it from before the beginning and ends up with the goal of 'Buddha-nature'. From the present life, it is impossible to judge good and evil, and in the eyes of sentient beings, the Buddha nature of good and the ignorance of evil are fundamentally inseparable from each other. When there is Buddha nature, there is already ignorance, which are two sides of the same body, and in life and death, it is ignorance; Birth and death are Buddha natures. The nature of matter arises from ignorance, and reason sprouts from Buddha nature, so it is not right to say that human nature is good, but it is also wrong to say that it is evil. If we look at the current life, good and evil, rationality and materiality, are innate, and if you invest in good, you will be good, and if you invest in evil, you will be evil. ”

"In this way, what are the similarities between the Buddhist concept of good and evil and Yang Xiong's mixture of good and evil, as well as Gongsun Tzu's theory that there is no good and no evil, and that there is no good or bad in the sex of the confession?"

"Amitabha! Don't be so messy. The Buddhist view of good and evil is so extraordinary that no one can replace it. Buddhism says that good is evil, but in essence it says that there is no good and no evil. But this cannot be equated with Gongsun's theory that there is no good and no evil, because in the position of ordinary people in the real world, human nature is not without good and evil, and it is only after birth that the name of good and evil is tried to be added. Fundamentally, the theory that there is no good and no evil does not reveal the origin of human nature. Buddhism, on the other hand, believes that the concept of good and evil in human nature is not static, and it is necessary to completely abolish all good and evil and the conclusion that there is no good and no evil. ”

"Amitabha! After the old abbot said this, Wu Jing gradually became enlightened. ”

"Amitabha! Stop saying good and evil, and you will wake up immediately. ”

"Thanks to the old abbot for his enlightenment. Please ask the old abbot to continue to speak for his disciples. ”

"Good (loaded)! What other Buddha's reasoning do you have? ”

"Disciple, may I ask, what do you mean by all living beings?"

"The vast number of sentient beings means that the sentient beings of the universe and the vast worlds are innumerable."

"What is the world?"

"Buddhism regards every thousand worlds as a Buddha land, including a thousand cubic solar systems, which is equivalent to a nebula in the heavens. It refers to a thousand solar systems as small worlds, a thousand small worlds as middle worlds, and a thousand middle worlds as large worlds. ”

"What is Western Elysium?"

"The so-called Western Elysium, also known as the Pure Land of Mida. Although its position in the Huayan Sutra is not high, it is the most influential and 'reputable' of all Buddhist countries in the minds of Buddhist monks in the Central Plains and Fusang in the East. The "Amitabha Sutra" introduces the Western Elysium and says: "From the West, there are more than 10 trillion Buddha lands, and there is a world name called Bliss." This means that Elysium is ten trillion nebulae separated from this Earth. The Pure Land sect is aimed at reciting Amitabha Buddha and reincarnating in the Amitabha Western Pure Land after death. ”

"What is the Western Elysium?"

"The Western Elysium depicted in Buddhist scriptures is a wonderland of perfection, majesty, and wonder. There, the land is paved with gold, and all the utensils are made of countless pearls, agate, and hundreds of spices. In the Western Pure Land, sentient beings are free from any suffering and enjoy infinite pleasures. If you eat and drink, then the Seven Treasures Bowl will appear in front of you...... Hundred flavors of food, natural full, clothes and fruits, flowers and fragrance, covered banners, subtle vocal music, the house, the palace pavilion, called its shape and size, or one treasure and two treasures, and even immeasurable treasures, whatever you want, should be thought of, blow it away. In that Western Elysium above the dark sky, all the pain and sorrow of the world will suddenly disappear, and people can get the happiness and happiness that the world cannot ask for. This perfect world is the Pure Land of the Buddha Kingdom created by the power of Amitabha Buddha's wishes. Within the Ten Dharma Realms, there are the Pure Lands of the Buddhas of the Ten Directions, and the Western Elysium is only one of the Pure Lands of the Immeasurable Buddha Kingdom. ”

"Western Elysium is just one of the Pure Lands, so what about the other Pure Lands?"

"All pure land is wonderful. Therefore, some of the disciples of the Three Jewels of Buddhism do not want to be reborn in the Western Paradise but are willing to be reborn in the world. Master Dao'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Master Xuanzang and Master Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty were all Maitreya Pure Land who were willing to die in the inner courtyard of the world. If you are a Buddhist with profound sorrow and strong faith, there are also Buddhists who do not want to be reborn in other Buddha lands and wish to live in the world for the rest of their lives.

As for the Hua-Tibetan world, that is, the lotus Hua-Tibetan world, the Huayan Sutra says that it is the manifestation of the Buddha Virushana, all kinds of living creatures and animals, mountains, rivers and earth, all phenomena are the Buddha's light and Buddha body, and all sounds are the lion's roar of the Dharma. Buddha Virushana is the head of the Lotus Tibetan world, and his land is all the pure land of Buddhism for sentient beings. The composition of the lotus flower Tibetan world is particularly wonderful, and it is held by the countless wind wheels of Mount Meru. The lowest wind wheel can hold all the treasures above, and the top wind wheel can hold the sea of perfume, and there is a great lotus flower in the sea of perfume, surrounded by the Vajra Wheel Mountain. There are countless perfume seas in the lotus flower Tibetan world, each perfume sea has its own big lotus flower, and each lotus flower contains countless worlds, so it is called the lotus flower Tibetan world. There are many layers of worlds contained in the lotus flower, and the thirteenth is the world of sampa, which is inhabited by human beings. Since the whole lotus world is a bright and splendid world, everyone in the world of sampa can become a Buddha. Everyone has the nature of a Buddha, and as long as the nature of a Buddha is manifested, one can attain Buddhahood. ”

"Amitabha! The Pure Land of the West, how far away! ”

"Amitabha! The Pure Land of the West can reach the infinite horizon as far as the horizon, and the near can be in front of the limited eyes. The key lies in how you cultivate your mind. ”

"Abbot! Wu Jing has learned what the Western Elysium is, but she doesn't know what the eighteen-layer Brahma is. ”

"Heaven is not just about heaven. It includes the six heavens of desire, the seventeen or eighteen days of the color realm, and the four days of the colorless realm. The six heavens of the desire realm are also known as the six heavens of desire, that is, the four kings, the heavens of Lili, the sky of the night, the day of Tushi, the day of joy change, and the day of his transformation. The color realm is above the six heavens of the desire realm, and is specifically divided into eighteen layers of Brahma, which are high above the earth and the desire realm. The color world is four meditations and eighteen Brahma. The first three days of meditation, that is, Brahma, Brahma, and Great Brahma; Two meditation three days, that is, less light day, immeasurable light day, aurora pure day; The three meditations are three days, that is, the less pure heaven, the immeasurable pure heaven, and the whole pure heaven; The four meditations and nine heavens, namely the cloudless sky, the blessed life day, the Guangguo day, the troubleless day, the heat-free day, the good present day, the good seeing day, the color of the sky, and the great freedom of the day. The four heavens of the colorless realm are the boundless sky of emptiness, the boundless sky of cognition, the heaven of nothingness, and the non-thinking and non-thinking of the sky. ”

"What are the eighteen layers of hell?"

"Hell is the lowest spatial location of the six realms of the Desire Realm, and the eighteenth layer is not a definite number, it is only low. It doesn't matter how many hells there are, as long as people don't dare to be evil, and it's enough to be good and Buddha. ”