Chapter 37 To Eliminate Evil is to Do Good
At the moment when Wang Yuetian was thinking quickly, Murong Ping accelerated the pace of killing. There were already few survivors in Frost City, and there were fewer and fewer under this new wave of killing.
Listening to the screams of the crowd kept coming, the unsad monks within the qi wall became more and more unbearable. He whispered to the Blood Monk with some anxiety:
"Senior brother, although you can't kill because of the Killing Law Seal. But as long as you shoot and injure this Murong Ping as before, you can save all the living beings in this Clear Frost City.
Why do you want to sit back and watch this Murong Ping kill innocents indiscriminately?"
When the blood monk heard his junior brother say this, he couldn't help but sigh slightly, and slowly spoke:
"Senior brother, you don't understand. At the beginning, I went crazy in my practice, which led to a killing spree in the Demon Suppression Tower. At that time, I not only killed many sinners in the tower, but also mistakenly killed many fellow disciples and brothers, and made a great mistake that will not be paid for for a lifetime!
Later, I went all the way out of Myohoji Temple in a groggy state, and I didn't know how many innocent people I had killed along the way. When I woke up again, I had been planted by my master to kill the magic seal.
Senior brother, others don't know about this trapped demon heart lock technique, you should know it. ”
When the unsad monk heard the blood monk say this, he was even more puzzled, and couldn't help responding:
"The Demon Locking Technique is the most mysterious mastery of my Miaofa Temple. The original intention of this technique is to lock the seven emotions and six desires of the cultivator through this secret technique within the realm of the cultivator's consciousness, so that the practitioner can let go of his attachment and gradually achieve the four major emptiness.
This secret technique is originally a method that helps to cultivate the mind, as long as you understand the true meaning behind the various seals and no longer have attachment in your heart, then this technique will be lifted by itself. It wasn't until later that it was used more to trap some sinful wicked people so that they could no longer have evil thoughts. But what does all this have to do with my brother's inability to save people?"
Wang Yuetian, who had been listening carefully beside him, heard what the unsad monk said about enlightening Buddhism and self-liberation. His heart couldn't help but move: as long as the mind is cleared and no longer attached, the spell can be lifted by itself, and this spell is a restriction on human behavior within the realm of consciousness. Could it really be as I had guessed before, this Trapped Demon Locking Technique is a high-level hypnotic technique!! if that's really the case, I might be able to try to break it!
While Wang Yuetian was thinking, the blood monk then said to the unsad monk:
"I am not angry, although I have killed countless people in my life, but before the change of demon suppression, I have always had a clear conscience, and I firmly believe that the people I kill are the ones who should be killed. But I never expected that in the Demon Suppression Temple, I made a big mistake due to the loss of control of the demon heart.
The Master planted this Dharma Seal of Killing for me, hoping that I could break through the obstacles through this Dharma Seal trial, understand the true meaning of killing and life, good and evil, and rediscover the path of enlightenment that I was seeking.
Therefore, before I have confusion in my heart about good and evil killing, I can neither kill nor save sentient beings. Otherwise, it will only make my confusion about killing and living deeper. Today's rescue of the junior brother is an exception, and for the other people in this scene, there is really nothing that can be done to be a brother. ”
When the unsad monk heard the blood monk say this, he was even more puzzled:
"Master, this killing seal just can't have killing intent, and it can't kill. It is hoped that this Dharma seal will arouse the recipient's heart for goodness. How can you stop my senior brother from saving people? I don't understand what senior brother says. ”
Just when the blood monk just wanted to answer the question of the unsad monk. Wang Yuetian, who had been listening to the side, felt that the time had come, and the light in his eyes flashed, and immediately interjected:
"Master Bu Sad, the law in this world has both yin and yang. Although good and evil, killing and living seem to be opposites, they are actually mutually beneficial. How the two change is often only a matter of a person's thoughts. ”
Not only was the monk not sad, but even the blood monk was stunned when he heard Wang Yuetian's words. Seeing that Murong Ping was killing more and more people, Wang Yuetian didn't have time to pretend anymore. Without pause, he continued:
"Do you remember the allusion of the Buddha who gave meat to feed the eagle in the past? At that time, the Buddha was also compassionate and wanted to save the pigeon that was hunted by the eagle. But if the pigeon is saved, the eagle will starve to death.
In the same way, sometimes saving someone's life may also be killing another's life. This Murong Ping's current system is extremely expensive, and if he can't absorb the essence of a living person, he will starve to death like that eagle.
This cause and effect of life and death is also linked to each other. Now that Master Bufu has rescued everyone, it is equivalent to killing this Murong Ping in disguise. If he just beat this Murong Ping away, Murong Ping who fled here would still kill other people. Other people who didn't have to die would have died because of Master Bufu's act of saving people today.
Cause and effect are mysterious, and karma is difficult to open. It is precisely because of this interlocking cause and effect of life and death that the master of non-anger cannot act easily. I don't know if the disciple's idea is correct, don't be angry with the master. ”
The monk was not angry when he heard that Wang Yuetian had actually guessed his thoughts, and although he was shocked in his heart, there was not much change in his face, just nodded slightly.
Seeing his senior brother nodding his head, the unsad monk couldn't help but feel anxious, and just wanted to open his mouth to persuade again, but he didn't know how to persuade for a while.
Wang Yuetian couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw that the monk was not angry and responded to him, and at the same time secretly said to himself in his heart: Blood monk, blood monk, as long as you are willing to answer with me. Now that the unsad monk is seriously injured and can no longer fight the enemy, only you are the only one who has a chance to survive in this battle. Without your help, the people of this city will be doomed. For the sake of the lives of all the people in this city, I will help your blood monk return to the killing path today!!
Wang Yuetian thought about it and continued:
"Don't be angry with the master, the disciple has a few doubts that he wants to ask you, and I hope the master can explain the doubts to the disciple. ”
The blood monk saw that this Wang Yuetian had been chatting with him unhurriedly, as if he was not afraid of Murong Ping, who was getting closer and closer, and he actually seemed to be indifferent at this moment of life and death. Although he was slightly puzzled, he still said to Wang Yuetian:
"What do you have in doubt?"
"Master, in your opinion, is this killing evil, and is this life good?"
When the blood monk heard Wang Yuetian's words, he didn't answer, because this was also something he hadn't been able to understand. But when he heard Wang Yuetian ask this, as if he wanted to wake himself up, the blood monk couldn't help but shake his head slightly, because he didn't believe that he would be enlightened by the young man in front of him.
Seeing this, Wang Yuetian did not wait for the blood monk's answer, but continued by himself:
"Master, the Buddha regarded life as good and killing as evil. Say to the wicked people, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha. To the good people, it is better to save a life than to create a seventh-level floating slaughter. Many times, both seem to be right, and they can be both, but they are not opposites.
But sometimes, the two can seem contradictory. For example, in today's situation, as the Buddha said, killing is a sin and a karma, and not killing is good and a great merit. Is it good or evil to kill one person and save thousands of people, or to kill or not to kill? Is it good or evil to kill thousands of people because of compassion and not killing a single person?"
The Blood Monk still didn't answer, because it was also a question that had been trapped in his mind for a long time. If he finds the answer to this question, the killing circle that exists in the realm of consciousness will not be able to trap him. But this blood monk didn't believe that Wang Yuetian could answer this question. Because the answer to this question seems to him to be contradictory and unsolvable, which is the biggest reason why he has been trapped in the Killing Seal.
Seeing that the blood monk was still silent, Wang Yuetian was not in a hurry, but continued to answer with his own thoughts:
"The disciple thinks that killing is not an end, but a means. Killing itself does not mean good or evil. The last two sentences in the recipe of your temple: All things are undecided, and good and evil are all in people, isn't this the truth?
Sometimes, not killing does not necessarily mean good, and killing does not necessarily mean evil. When the butcher's knife slashes at the wicked and uses the butcher's knife to save sentient beings, then killing is true and good, and not killing is hypocrisy!!"
When the blood monk heard this, although he felt it in his heart, he said to Wang Yuetian:
"Amitabha, I understand all the truths that this little benefactor said, and I have also told my master. But when the master planted the killing seal in the sea of my divine consciousness, he also left this passage in my mind:
The reason why Buddhist disciples cannot kill is not because of the good and evil that this killing represents on the surface, but because of the long-term compassion of Buddhist practitioners.
Buddha cultivators have a compassionate heart, and the people they see are all living beings, regardless of good and evil. In the view of Buddhist practitioners, all living beings have good roots and evil thoughts, and there is no difference. Therefore, for Buddhist practitioners, there is no one in the world who cannot be saved, and there is no one in the world who should be killed, and there are only people who should be saved!!
It is precisely for this reason that killing good people is evil, and killing evil people is also evil! As for sentient beings, Buddhist cultivators can only educate, not kill. The method of killing and stopping killing only temporarily calms down the incident, but in fact it does not eliminate any karma, but only leaves the deceased with greater evil thoughts in vain, and sows another layer of evil consequences for future generations.
If this continues, it will eventually follow the cycle of cause and effect, harming others and oneself, and there will be no end. Only by using the Dharma to transform people and make them sincerely repent of their sins can karma be truly eliminated and sentient beings no longer suffer from samsara. ”
When Wang Yuetian heard the remarks of the Blood Monk Master, he couldn't help but be stunned. This time the Buddha is really ingenious, it can be said that it is directly to the essence of Buddha cultivation! It seems that this time I have met a really powerful master of Buddha cultivation!!
If the real person of the Blood Monk Master is here, he may not be able to win against him for a while. But since what remained in this blood monk's divine consciousness was only a few words, then there was absolutely no possibility of failure!!
He was stimulated by the ingenious Buddhist principles of the Blood Monk Master, but it aroused Wang Yuetian's desire to win! After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but say:
"What the master said is not true.
The disciple thought that although the words of the master were deeply rooted in the essence of Buddhist cultivation, they unconsciously confused the difference between good and evil.
As the disciple said before, although this good and evil, life and death can be converted into each other in one thought, it is not completely without difference.
If there is no difference between good and evil, it is all possible. Isn't it black and white reversed, and there is no distinction between good and evil?
The master asked himself, is this heart that does not distinguish between good and evil the heart that the master is pursuing?"
Wang Yuetian's question made the blood monk speechless for a while, because this blood monk was unable to break through the obstacle of life and death because he had a clear distinction between good and evil, and his separation heart was too heavy. And Wang Yuetian is staring at the obsession of the blood monk as a breakthrough to break through the blood monk's killing seal!
"The disciple thinks that in this world, good is good, and evil is evil. Although sometimes the two can be transformed, for the vast majority of people, good and evil can be distinguished. For us Buddhist practitioners, although the four major ones are empty, we should have a clear mind.
We must understand a truth, the goodness that we Buddhist practitioners pursue is not just eating fast and reciting the Buddha to enlighten all people. Sometimes to get rid of evil is to do good!!"
Wang Yuetian's sentence to eliminate evil is to do good, which made the blood monk's eyes flash, and the fixed thinking that killing is a sin, a great evil, and a great karma that has been trapped in his heart for a long time has a trace of loosening.
"The Master's Guru said that the most important thing for a Buddhist practitioner is to have a compassionate heart. The disciples agreed with this.
However, as for the theory of killing the wicked, the disciples still believe that not killing the wicked is only hypocrisy, and killing the wicked is a great good.
In the eyes of the disciples, killing the wicked and saving sentient beings is a blessing for sentient beings to reinvent themselves. And for the wicked man, it is actually a good thing.
If we turn a blind eye to the wicked people's deeds and let their sin increase increase, will we not watch them fall into the Infernal Hell and turn a blind eye? Is this the compassion of a monk?
The disciple thinks that it is naturally good to be able to persuade the wicked to do good, but if they can't persuade them to do good, for the sake of the lives of all people, and for the sake of the wicked person's lack of accumulation of karma. The only way to kill him and help him reduce his karma is the best for him!
In the disciple's view, when Master Bufu beheaded the person who deserved it, he was not killing him, but cutting off his karma. O great compassion to save people from the sea of suffering.
Don't be angry with the master, everyone calls you a blood monk, but the disciple thinks that as long as you control the killing heart with the Buddha's heart, the people you kill are all people with deep karma, then everything the master does is the good that the Buddha said!!
Didn't the master also say that good and evil are only appearances, and compassion is the root. As long as you keep the Buddha's heart, killing can also be good!
Don't be angry with the master, kill the living being to protect the living, and cut the karma not the person! This is the great compassion of the master!!"
When the blood monk heard Wang Yuetian's statement, the killing word that flashed with Buddha's light hidden in the depths of the Divine Sea shattered, and finally turned into a little starlight and dissipated into the blood monk's divine consciousness!
In a holy place of Buddhism thousands of miles away, a monk with a face full of treasure is sitting on the top of the Jiupin Lotus Platform and preaching the Mystic Law scriptures to everyone below. Suddenly, he seemed to feel something, his face changed slightly, and he muttered:
"Hmm, who broke the old man's non-killing law seal, so that he didn't fall into anger and killed. ”
And at this moment, Murong Ping finally slaughtered all the people in Qingshuang City, and there were only a few and less than a hundred people left! Just when Murong Ping was about to kill all the people in the city again, the voice of the blood monk came into his ears again:
"Amitabha, Murong donor, the donor has killed so many people today, why don't you stop here?"
Murong Ping, who was rising from the killing ground, heard the words of the blood monk, and thought that the blood monk finally couldn't stand it, and his kindness was great. He couldn't help sneering in his heart, and said forcefully to the blood monk:
"Quack, don't be angry, master, when I rush to the realm of the Yuan Infant, I will stop killing, before that, please forgive me for being difficult to obey!"
Before Murong Ping's words were completely falling, his whole body was locked by an extremely powerful killing intent! Under the shroud of this powerful killing intent, Murong Ping's blood all over his body was stagnant, as if it had been condensed!!
Before Murong Ping could react to what had happened, he only felt a flash of golden light in front of him. At the same time, the Blood Monk's voice full of killing intent exploded in the depths of his mind:
"I wanted to become a Buddha, but I didn't want to, so I was forced to go from Buddha to Shura!!"