Chapter 21: The Tao
"Why?" Ping'an looked up at Li Qing's back, he wiped away his tears, his face was full of stubbornness, "Shouldn't all kinds of creatures in heaven and earth be equal?" My father once said that the peach god protects the people and is a good god, why do you want to kill him?"
"You still don't get it. Li Qing sighed, "That prisoner is a pure person, he only has the Great Dao in his heart, no matter whether it is good or evil, whether it is a stranger or a human, as long as the Fa is manifested in the world, and the humanity is broken, it is a heresy in his eyes, and they all deserve to die." ”
"Uncle, if you say that, wouldn't all cultivators be heretics in his eyes, even including himself, because if he doesn't practice, once he cultivates, there is naturally a law, and all cultivators have become the so-called yin and yang who mess with heaven and earth, is he even going to destroy himself?"
Li Qing shook his head and did not answer, but asked rhetorically, "In your eyes, what is the Tao?"
Jin Qiu scratched his head, "Dao, the world often says, the Great Dao is three thousand, I haven't stepped into the threshold of a cultivator yet, where can I say it clearly?"
Li Qing nodded, looked at Ping'an again, and asked, "What about you, what do you think of the Tao?"
Ping An said, "The Tao is the heart, and the ego is the way." ”
Li Qing still nodded, "What exactly is the Dao, whether it is a human being or an alien, there are countless beings in heaven and earth, and all cultivators have their own understanding, and there is no right or wrong, because you can't say that his Dao is wrong, and you can't prove that your Dao is right."
When I first entered the door of cultivation, I felt that the Tao was the mind, which I could not see or touch, but when I had settled down on my mind, I had entered the Dao.
Later, after practicing for a long time, I felt that the Tao should not be just the mind. People often say that there are three thousand avenues, and this way is our different minds, or does it refer to the Dharma contained in all things in heaven and earth?
Is it true that when we practice enlightenment and a certain Dharma between heaven and earth, we have attained the Tao?
I cultivate the mountain method, I can move mountains and turn mountains, I can get thunder law, I can control life and death, I have walked all over thousands of mountains, traveled all over thousands of waters, once turned into a bird, and also served as a general, I feel that I know heaven and earth, heaven and earth are in my heart, I ask myself, have I attained the Tao?"
Li Qing's eyes were a little stunned, standing alone, and looking a little lonely.
It's as if he doesn't belong in this world. The two little ones looked at each other and asked, "Then have you attained the truth?"
Li Qing came back to his senses slightly, and he shook his head. I suddenly remembered that when he used the nail-headed seven-arrow book to kill Shura, when he sat down, he thought he had attained the Tao. Because he saw birth and death, he saw the five elements, and he felt that he had already known the world, so he really thought that he had attained the Tao and was very peaceful.
But when he was in the great array and all his magical powers were gone, he knew that cultivation was not only about knowing, but also about understanding and doing.
It's not enough to just know, because if you know, you may not be able to keep it in your heart, and if you can't keep it, it's like a passing cloud, it belongs to this world, not to yourself.
"The longer I practiced, the more I couldn't understand what the Tao was. Li Qing sighed again, "Because it is everywhere and invisible, I went back to the original and sought answers from my heart." ”
"Did you find it?"
Li Qing laughed, "I found it." My Tao is my persistence, and my heart is my Tao. ”
Jin Qiu hugged Ping'an's neck, "Isn't that similar to what Ping'an said?
Ping'an's face was full of doubts, and he also looked at Li Qing, "I'm going to get the way?"
Li Qing laughed, "What is the Tao? The sun and the moon are self-evident without anyone burning, the stars are self-ordered without being listed, birds and beasts are self-generated without man-made, the wind is automatic without fanning, water is self-flowing without pushing, and plants and trees are self-growing without planting." It is immortal, formless and imageless, but it is the origin of everything, the origin of all things, and the natural truth of heaven and earth.
When you want to do something from the bottom of your heart, and this thing can change the order of heaven and earth. And when you do this, you can not be moved by external objects, you are not motivated by the purpose of cultivation, and you are always practicing in your heart, and when this thing really has a result, then you can be regarded as the Great Dao has been achieved, and you can truly be regarded as attaining the Dao. ”
Jin Qiu said, "In other words, peace can only be regarded as the realm of seeing mountains and mountains?"
Li Qing bowed slightly, "Ping An has already understood his mind, just go down." ”
In fact, these two little guys, Jin Qiu's qualifications are above Ping'an, although he looks hippie and smiling, heartless, but whether it is heart or understanding, he is slightly better than Ping'an.
He looked at Jin Qiu and said, "Now do you understand? As far as that prisoner is concerned, he has set up the Qin Heavenly Prison, supervising the world, destroying gods and temples all the way, sweeping away all cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, whether it is alien or human, there is no distinction between good and evil, as long as it is in the way, it is preventing him from becoming enlightened, and he will be killed." ”
"Uncle, is that man's way humane?"
Li Qing shook his head and said, "Although his Tao seems to be establishing a heart for heaven and earth and a life for the people, but in fact, he is replacing the heart of heaven with his own heart, replacing the mandate of heaven with his own life, the way of observing the sky, and the way of holding the sky, what he practices is not humanity, but the way of heaven." ”
Looking at the two little guys falling into deep thought, Li Qing said, "What kind of realm will have what kind of vision, even if you try hard to imagine substitution, the answer you come up with is only your own answer, not his, so don't substitute yourself for others to imagine what he does, that is often biased."
As long as you stick to your own path and keep going, why bother with distractions. People like him, although they are unborn demons, but this kind of people are often the most ruthless, and it is better not to learn. ”
"Uncle, are you really sure about him?" Ping'an looked at Li Qing, and he finally understood why the master entrusted himself to this uncle who had only met once.
Because even if he didn't encounter the disaster of killing, he had already benefited a lot just by following this uncle, who was indeed a pioneer of the Great Dao Road.
Li Qing pondered for a moment, and he saw the worry in Ping'an's eyes.
Because in the heart of peace, the prison has been in the world for two hundred years, whether it is the peach god, or the descendant of Kunlun Mountain, even his own father, and the master of Jin Qiu died in the hands of that prison official.
That person can be regarded as truly invincible, the real number one in the world.
And although this uncle himself can't see his depth, he has not shown his name for two hundred years, and now even his physical body has been lost, and only one primordial god remains, is he really the opponent of the prison?