Chapter 4: Yao Chi on the Path
When he was laughing and intoxicated with the beautiful scenery, the Jade Emperor seemed to think about it, and said to himself: "Yaochi Wonderland does not distinguish between cold and heat, warm as spring, beautiful, and tireless, can such an excellent place be preserved forever?"
Taishang Laojun dusted off the dust, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the so-called human law of the earth, the law of the earth, the law of the sky, the law of the heaven, and the law of nature." People are not good for 100 days, flowers are not red for 100 days, when you go, you go, you stay, you stay, you don't have to force it. ”
The Jade Emperor nodded slightly, showing a hint of regret, and said, "Since the emperor said the way of heaven, can you tell me what this is the way?"
"Your Majesty, let's talk about it. This Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things. All things are negative yin and embrace yang, and they are impulsive and think that they are harmonious. ”
Lao Jun continued: "The Tao is Tao, the Tao is very Tao. The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth, and the nameless is the mother of all things. Therefore, there is often no desire to observe its wonder, and there is often a desire to observe it. The two have the same name and different names, the same name is the mystery, the mystery and the mystery, the door of all wonders. ”
Hearing this, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but smile, stroked his palms and praised: "Wonderful, what a mystery, mysterious, all wonderful! The phoenix crown on the queen mother's head trembled, and she also nodded in approval.
The Jade Emperor asked again: "Since this Tao is so subtle and so good, why are there so few people who have attained the Tao?"
Lao Jun habitually stroked his white beard and replied: "Your Majesty, this sergeant hears the Tao and acts diligently; this sergeant hears the Tao, if he survives, he will die; this corporal hears the Tao and laughs loudly! If he does not laugh, it is not enough to do the Tao." ”
"Exactly! exactly!" the Jade Emperor and Lao Jun both looked at each other and laughed.
The Jade Emperor turned to look at the Buddha Rulai, and said with a sly smile: "Since the Dao Ancestor said the Tao, how can the Buddha not talk about the Buddha?"
Rulai groaned for a while, and said in a deep voice: "This Buddha is an enlightened being, all living beings have Buddha nature, and everyone can become a Buddha." However, there are eight sufferings in this living being, namely, birth, old age, sickness, death, love and separation, long-term resentment, and inability to ask for and let go. People in this world are obsessed, obsessed with fame, often can't see enough, self-oriented, often can't let go, and often say that they think they are enlightened, but they are fascinated by the mirror. So this Buddha is just a word of enlightenment. ”
"Hmm... The Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother nodded frequently.
"Now that I am in charge of the universe, the Nine Heavenly Realms, the Four Seas Dragon Palace, the Netherworld Mansion and the Dongsheng Divine Continent, the South Ganbu Continent, the West Niu He Continent, the North Julu Continent, and so on, all of these are not the imperial land, all under my jurisdiction, it can be said that the universe is unified, and the prosperous era is peaceful. ”
"However, recently, there have been rumors among the ministers of the Xianban, saying that after a long period of peace, prosperity will decline, and people's minds will change. This rumor has been banned repeatedly, making it difficult for me to sleep and eat, and quite a headache. Ask the two of you, from your point of view: There are so many immortal officials, why are they the emperors, and what is the secret of the way of this king?"
The Jade Emperor held his long beard and looked at Taishang Laojun and Buddha Rulai.
Lao Jun and Rulai glanced at each other, and they were silent.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother said, "Your Majesty sincerely asks, and you should not have any scruples." ”
Lao Jun saw that the queen mother had spoken, and said, "Buddha ancestors, please!"
"Where is it, the emperor is old, the emperor is respected, the emperor first, please!"
Seeing this, the queen mother opened her mouth slightly: "Lingshan is thousands of miles, come from afar as a guest, or the ancestors of the Buddha please." ”
Rulai Ji said: "Thank you to the Queen Mother, such a poor monk will throw bricks and lead jade." This way of the emperor lies in domination, that is, to establish rules, strict control, heavy rewards and punishments, but also to spread education, benevolence and well-being, so that they can work together with one heart and one mind, and work together to achieve great things, which is the words of the poor monk's family. ”
"As for the way of this king, it is quite profound, and the poor monks really don't know it, so don't blame Your Majesty and the Queen Mother. When he finished, he put his palms aside.
The queen mother turned her eyes to the old king,
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, is this the way of the king, if you govern a big country and cook a small and fresh ......" the old monarch gushed endlessly: "Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs; ”
"But the lord of ten thousand times, and the world is light on the body, light is lost roots, restlessness is lost monarch...... Lao Jun dusted off the jade handle, extremely elegant, and finally concluded: "If you don't do anything, you will lose your cure." ”
"If you don't do anything, you can't cure anything?" the Jade Emperor stroked his long beard in his hand, pondering the meaning of this sentence, and pondered there.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother suddenly asked: "Now that the teachings of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism are widely spread and famous, and there are often immortals, high-ranking talents, and knowledge of the three religions, what is the difference between the teachings of your three schools?"
Lao Jun glanced at Rulai and said: "Cultivating in the sky, cultivating Confucianism in the world, and cultivating Buddha in the world are really different paths to the same end, and all laws are one." ”
The Queen Mother asked again: "All laws are one, where does this one be?"
Rulai opened his mouth slightly, and replied with a smile: "This is the way of heaven." ”
Lao Jun dusted off the dust again, and continued: "The way of heaven is firm, the earth is yellow, and humanity is impermanent. This heavenly way is mysterious, difficult to guess, you must first get married, understand geography, and follow nature, in order to gain insight into the way of heaven. Otherwise, it's not the way of heaven, but God knows. With that, all the saints clapped their hands and laughed.
On the same day, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother set up a peach feast to entertain the two saints, until the face was slightly drunk and the sky was about to dark, and then the banquet was dispersed.
If you come to say goodbye to the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, and Laojun, you will go to the outer circle of Yaochi Xian.
Suddenly, I saw a large number of white flowers competing to open, the flowers were luxuriant, the beauty was incomparable, the fragrance was refreshing, if you came to get close to the closer look, you saw that the flowers were as big as a plate, the flowers were clustered, white and flawless, and there was a large cluster of yellow stamens in the middle.
"It turned out to be Qionghua. "Rulai Xindao. When he was about to leave, a whirlwind in the flat ground suddenly rolled inexplicably, and suddenly the petals of Qionghua fluttered with the wind, and the light was brilliant, among which a few flowers and leaves fluttered in front of the Buddha, such as a thought, secretly thought to himself: "Qionghua is a precious flower in the world, it is rumored that Emperor Yang of Sui in the world went to Yangzhou three times in order to enjoy Qionghua, so that the body was wiped out, there is an ominous meaning." ”
"Autumn can be known in one leaf. Today, this Qionghua fell for no reason, is it an omen?"
Thinking of this verse, Rulai opened the supreme eye to investigate.
But I saw that there were five Qionghua flowers and leaves floating to the five directions of Yaochi Wonderland, Lingxiao Treasure Palace, Tushi Palace, East China Sea Dragon Palace, and Netherworld. The relics are for the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, to get the Buddha's eyes!", suddenly blessed the mana to the wisdom eye, the supreme wisdom eye suddenly flashed golden light, such as the supreme wisdom eye to carry five golden lights respectively to the netherworld, the East China Sea Dragon Palace, the Yaochi Wonderland, the Tushi Palace, and the Lingxiao Treasure Palace.
In a moment, frame after frame flashed under the eyes of the eye:
A monkey broke into the netherworld, laughing loudly, and the king of Hades and the imp trembled;
The monkey pulled out the Dinghai Divine Needle at the bottom of the sea, and the Dragon Palace shook the mountains and panicked;
The monkey happily ate the peach, as if no one was there, and lay on the tree with his legs crossed and burped;
The monkey sat on the top of the lid of the gossip furnace, holding a large handful of gold pills and drinking, and shouted with joy;
The monkey danced a big stick to make trouble in the heavenly palace, killing all directions, invincible.
The picture is fleeting!
"Good, good!" "Rulai has already been in his heart at this time, and his heart is like a mirror.