Chapter 36 Equality is Virtue
ββThis chapter gives me a headache, so let's just make do with it, there will be no more boring content like this, writing this kind of thing is really hard and not good-looking. The main reason is that I used that problem painfully before, and I have to make an explanation. At the same time, it can be regarded as a difference between the law of Buddhism and the law of Taoism, after all, when you go to other worlds, you will still encounter Buddhism, and now you will lay down the bottom first.
The fact that Shi Xuan became a registered disciple of Mo Yuan soon spread throughout the Penglai faction, and many disciples of the outer sect hung their heads and regretted not being at the beginning, if they had answered "I don't know" at the time, how good it would be, only a few disciples remembered that Shi Xuan was the sect that Mo Yuan had to bear and entered, although he didn't ask for two years, but who dared to say that there was no greasy inside.
And Shi Xuan was outside Mo Yuan's Cave Mansion at this time, accompanying Mo Yuan to look at the beautiful scenery of the mountain peaks in the distance and shrouded in mist, when he just left the Heavenly Palace, Meng Li's complicated eyes made Shi Xuanmang stab his back, but thinking that he had a tough backer, it was a lot better, at least no one would take the task to send him to the Penglai faction.
"But I was wondering why would the teacher take you as an apprentice?" Mo Yuan, who was facing away from Shi Xuan, suddenly spoke lightly, which startled Shi Xuan, who was a little uncertain.
Shi Xuan replied respectfully: "The disciple does have this question. Judging from Mo Yuan's consistent behavior, it is better to tell the truth in front of him.
"Do you remember yesterday's question for the teacher?" Mo Yuan looked at the distant mountains.
"Remember, Master, what you asked was, 'If one day, your relatives, friends, and Taoist teachers block your path, will you kill or not?' the disciple replied, 'I don't know.'" "Does it really have something to do with that?
Mo Yuan didn't continue, but pointed to the mist-shrouded distant mountain: "Look, there are two roads on that mountain, do you know which one can get out of the mountain?"
"I don't know, I can only know if I investigate one or two on the spot. Shi Xuan replied honestly.
Mo Yuan nodded: "This is the attitude of cultivation, talking about one's own heart and surname, just a tree without roots and water without a source." Only after being tempered by the red dust, facing all kinds of choices, and experiencing various consequences, can you truly know your true surname. β
"But master, is it better to kill your own surname, or not to kill your real surname?" Shi Xuan asked all the outer disciples their questions.
Mo Yuan turned his back and looked into the distance: "Seeing the surname is merit, and equality is virtue." Under the way of heaven, all the original surnames are equal, and there is no situation where anyone has no way out, and in a small way, in all your thoughts, there is no difference between good, evil, silver, etc., only the difference between the gong and the surname. β
Seeing that Shi Xuan was puzzled, Mo Yuan did not answer positively, but took the topic to the other side: "Look at this avenue, the road is wide and good, surrounded by green trees, and that small road is full of strange rocks, coiled around dangerous cliffs, and poisonous snakes and beasts are on it. Which is the way to live?"
"I don't know. Shi Xuan could only answer like this.
Mo Yuan used a spell, and the landscape of that mountain appeared in front of him, and the avenue was no longer accessible after reaching a cliff, although the trail was extremely dangerous, but it stretched all the way beyond the peak, it was a thoroughfare.
"Master, do you want to tell me that the path of cultivation should not be given up because of difficulties and dangers?"
"That's true, but it's not what I'm trying to tell you right now. You look at a few more roads on this peak. Mo Yuan pointed to another mountain peak, on which there was a big road and three small paths, and the specific situation was the same as before.
Mo Yuan didn't wait for Shi Xuan to answer, he waved again, and the landscape of this mountain peak clearly appeared in front of him, but unlike before, the three paths were all dead ends, and only that avenue was a thoroughfare.
"For different peaks, the avenue can be a dead road or a living road, and the same is true for the path. To kill or not to kill, for people with different surnames, it is naturally possible to kill is a way to live, not to kill is a dead way, and it is also possible to kill is a dead way, and not to kill is a way to live. β
Shi Xuan looked at Mo Yuan, wanting to know what he wanted to explain.
"The same is true in the cultivation of the heart surname, there are all kinds of paths for you to choose, for different people, this person may be dead, that person may be alive, and the other way around. If you don't finish, you will never know whether your choice is good or bad, what should you use as the basis for your choice?" Mo Yuan glanced at Shi Xuan lightly.
Shi Xuan thought for a while: "According to your own heart and surname." β
"This is what I want to explain for the teacher, everyone's heart and surname are different, good and bad, but as long as you choose the path that is consistent with your own surname, you can hope for the original god, and there is no difference between superior and inferior. Mo Yuan threw out the conclusion in a flat tone.
"In this many worlds, there are those who kill their fathers, mothers, brothers, brothers, wives, and children, kill all the people, achieve the road of killing, and finally operate and create a world, and there are also those who give up the opportunity to become enlightened for the sake of their wives and children, and after being reincarnated, they advance by leaps and bounds, and they have achieved enlightenment in a short period of time, can you say which of them is higher and who is lower?" Mo Yuan pointed to the two of the twenty-seven brightest stars in the starry sky, these two stars are hidden and appearing, and the hidden time is not as good as other ordinary stars, and now it is brighter than the other twenty-two stars, and there are five such stars in total.
Shi Xuan exhaled: "The question before that, master, what do you mean is to kill or not, there is no distinction between superior and inferior, just see if you can directly point to your own surname." β
Mo Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
"But master, if I find out that my real surname will kill my relatives, friends, and Taoist teachers and master to achieve the Great Dao, will you follow the principle that equality is virtue and treat me equally?" Shi Xuan felt very conflicted.
Mo Yuan turned his head and glanced at Shi Xuan deeply, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he actually showed a smile: "Naturally, before you became a teacher, a thunderbolt blasted you to death." β
"Huh?!" This answer was beyond Shi Xuan's expectations, and he saw Mo Yuan's smile for the first time.
Mo Yuan's smile quickly retracted, and he changed back to his previous cold face: "I just talked about the way of heaven, but now this problem is humane, and the teacher has not let others kill himself to fulfill the compassionate heart of others." β
"But......" Shi Xuan was a little conflicted.
"The way of heaven is for one's own practice, not to be good for beauty, not to evil for ugliness, as long as you can see your own surname, you can see the way of the original gods, but humanity is for others, and it also affects oneself in turn, no master is willing to kill his own disciple after receiving it, and no disciple will sincerely worship the apprentice who will give the apprentice to the master who has practiced the magic weapon one day, and other humane relationships are similar, on the contrary, that kind of poor and vicious, It is also difficult for the monks who are plundering everywhere to get to the front of the Yuanshen Avenue, because the whole world is the enemy, shouting and shouting and killing, and the possibility of falling is much higher than that of other monks. Mo Yuan elaborated on the difference between heaven and humanity.
Seeing that Shi Xuan had some understanding, Mo Yuan added: "Therefore, those monks whose surname is 'killing' will have a much more difficult road than normal monks, but those who can be killed from this road are all people who cannot be underestimated, and it is not too careful to be careful after encountering them." β
"But master, why is the original surname so different, can you change the original surname?" Shi Xuan felt that this kind of way that the good can only become good, and the bad can only become bad, is really terrifying.
Mo Yuan said lightly: "This is the foundation of our Taoist practice, all things in the universe, from the stars of the world to the dust and ants, are all derived from the 'Dao', but they are all contaminated by the day after tomorrow, and gradually deviate from their original appearance, the process of cultivation is to cut off the acquired contamination, return to their original surname, and approach the process of 'Dao', but in this process, Buddhism is the main talk about the heart surname, and the physical cultivation is just the skin of the heart surname cultivation to protect from the wind and rain; Dao's closest heaven and earth, and then cooperate with the heart surname to cultivate. Of course, both of them must condense the Dao seed in the end and become in harmony with the body. β
"There is no distinction between good and evil in the 'Tao', but there is good and evil, rain is good to nourish all things, and it is evil to set off a flood, and so on, so the original surname from the Tao is naturally different. β
"However, since there is no distinction between good and evil in the 'Dao' itself, and its good and evil are one and can be transformed at will, then there is a way to change one's own surname, one is to slowly correct one's own surname with the help of precepts, so that it can be transformed into good, and the other is to accept the contamination of good in the purest infant through reincarnation, so as to transform it into good. Both of them are not those who have great perseverance and cannot succeed, such as the latter, there are senior monks who have reincarnated ten times through secret treasures, and with the merits of ten generations of good people, they have achieved the original surname of goodness. But in the end, the ultimate in cultivating the heart surname is to be able to change the original surname at will to correspond to different things and things, just like the 'Dao'. β
"I kind of get it. Shi Xuan was a little clear.
Mo Yuan nodded and said, "You just have a general impression, but now you don't have to think about this, it's not too late to think about these issues when you get to the top of the golden pill." For Jindan Avenue, it still has to fall on the firm itself, stick to the heart, and stick to the road, but this heart refers to the choice of the road, not the heart of the surname. β
Shi Xuan said respectfully: "Disciple, remember. β
Mo Yuan was silent for a while, and then said: "I forgot to give you a Dao name just now, but it doesn't all depend on your own preferences, my generation is Ling, and my Dao number is Lingyu, but it is not commonly used." Your generation is heaven, and the Taoist name is called Tianxuan. When the time comes, remember to report to Senior Brother Lingxing. β
After speaking, Mo Yuan waved his hand: "You go down." Go to the end of the earth and choose a practice and a true method of sacrifice. For the teacher to see that you chose the Feng surname exercise during the out-of-body period, if you don't feel hindered when you practice, the exercise of "Heaven and Earth ** Divine Wind True Solution" should be very suitable for you. β
"Yes. But master, you haven't answered the disciple yet, why do you want to accept the disciple as an apprentice, is it really because you answered 'I don't know'?" Shi Xuan was very puzzled by this question.
"Well, at this stage, it's not appropriate to make any choice, if they all see their own surnames at this stage, then what else do they practice as teachers, worship them as teachers. Mo Yuan said coldly.
Although he felt that Mo Yuan's explanation was very far-fetched, Shi Xuan didn't dare to ask more, respectfully said goodbye, and set up his sword light and flew towards Tianshu Peak again.