Chapter 7: The True Meaning of Martial Arts
It is said to simulate the will of heaven, but after all, people's thoughts cannot be the same as the will of heaven. Therefore, what I want to condense is not so much 'Providence' as it is to sublimate the ideas of Confucianism, Taoism, Guoshu and other martial arts of the Ten Directions, and condense the 'True Meaning of Martial Arts' that is similar to the essence of 'Providence'!"
"So, what is the true meaning of martial arts!"
"In ancient times, there were many beasts and humans were weak. At that time, in order to survive, in order to fight with wild beasts, and in order to continue life, there was the first martial arts. The original martial arts were not too fancy, they just imitated fierce beasts, and the human body was the strongest in terms of physical energy, and it was born in order to fight!"
"Later, human beings had various tribes and countries to fight for profit, and then martial arts gradually became prosperous. Martial arts is the study of battlefield fighting, not for health, not for self-cultivation, not for beauty, only for killing, only for saving!"
"This is the true meaning of martial arts!"
"Although the sects and doctrines of later generations have different intentions, they all appear in order to strengthen the strength of the human race. The essence of each manifest doctrine naturally implies a part of the true meaning of martial arts. ”
"All along, I was a little confused. Puzzled by the unbelievable abilities of the martial arts supernatural powers. Now that I think about it, the reason why the 'martial arts supernatural powers' are terrifying is not the martial arts supernatural powers themselves, but the 'will' contained in them. What I think of as martial arts is actually the external embodiment of martial arts. ”
"If you say that, I have actually comprehended the six martial wills. ”
"'Ring ruler' represents the martial will of Confucianism, 'Spear' is the martial will of the national arts, 'Huitian Needle' is the martial will of the doctor, 'Daoxin' is the martial will of the Taoist, 'Sword of the Son of Heaven' is the martial will of the emperor's family, and 'Nine Infants' is the martial will of the anti-thief. ”
"In this way, if you can comprehend the essence of the four methods of Buddhism, several families, vertical and horizontal families, and assassins, comprehend the corresponding martial arts will, and then fuse the ten martial arts true intentions into a furnace and condense them into martial arts true intentions, you will definitely be able to compete with the will of heaven!"
Manpower is endless.
At the beginning, Liu Ruoshui just wanted to use his "Ten Directions Martial Arts" to simulate the "Providence". However, although Liu Ruoshui thought about it repeatedly and racked his brains, the methods he could imagine were unsatisfactory, and they were simply contrary to his goal.
However, this is the most normal thing. After all, manpower is too small compared to "heaven".
A day, a month, a year.
Liu Ruoshui is like the hardest ascetic, sleepless, just thinking about this one problem.
At the beginning, Liu Ruoshui just wanted to simulate the will of heaven. But gradually, his mind broke away from the cage. He gradually realized that unless he was "Taoist" and integrated into the will of heaven. Otherwise, man's mind cannot be exactly the same as Providence's will. Therefore, instead of imitating the will of heaven, it is better for him to condense a "martial true intent" that can be compared to the will of heaven.
In the beginning, it was just delusional. But after Liu Ruoshui thought about it for three years and six months, the delusions of the past became real thoughts.
If Liu Ruoshui can really condense the true intent of martial arts as he thinks. Then, providence can also compete with three points.
This is definitely not a pipe dream.
However, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Among the Ten Directions Martial Arts, he had already comprehended six martial arts wills, and he still lacked four.
Vertical and horizontal families, assassins, several families, Buddhist families. He needed to condense all the martial arts wills of these four doctrines before he could consider the matter of merging the true intent of martial arts.
There is no doubt that among these four doctrines, the martial will of Buddhism is the easiest to condense.
After all, in today's rivers and lakes, there is a temple called Shaolin Temple.
As the saying goes, "the world's martial arts come out of Shaolin", when it comes to the strongest place in the world's Buddhist thought, it is undoubtedly Shaolin. If he couldn't find the answer in the Shaolin Temple, let alone anywhere else.
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Three months later, he ascended Songshan Mountain.
In the solemn hall of Baozheng, Liu Ruoshui lowered his head and asked an old monk with kind eyebrows to shave off three thousand troubles for himself.
And next to him, there were many young novices who were about the same age as him, with bare and green skins, with a blank face.
"Now that you have entered the Buddha Gate, you have forgotten the world! Jueming, you have received the sand vows, and then would you like to meditate and participate in Zen, or practice martial arts?" asked an old monk with dark skin and a thin body.
Liu Ruoshui clasped his hands together, and his face was sad and joyless: "The disciple has escaped into the empty door, so he is naturally willing to meditate and participate in Zen, and often accompany the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha!"
"Very good! In that case, you will enter the Bodhi Monastery and practice the Dharma, which is good!"
After hearing the words of the old monk, Liu Ruoshui didn't speak, just chanted the Buddha's name in his mouth.
For the next month, Liu Ruoshui just meditated, participated in Zen, chanted sutras, and practiced wholeheartedly, as if he was really a Buddhist disciple who practiced wholeheartedly.
If Liu Ruoshui is different from ordinary monks, it is that he is a little too diligent in changing Buddhist scriptures.
The Lotus Sutra, the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, the Jizo Sutra, the Myoho-renge-kyo, and the Generous Buddha Sutra...... In just three months, Liu Ruoshui read hundreds of scriptures, almost reading all the basic scriptures of Buddhism.
Fortunately, compared to the martial arts cheats, these ordinary Buddhist scriptures are not actually valued by Shaolin monks. Therefore, although Liu Ruoshui read the Bible quickly, he did not pay much attention to it.
"It's almost!" Liu Ruoshui put down the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra in his hand and muttered.
When Liu Ruoshui came to Shaolin Temple, he naturally did not come to chant Buddha wholeheartedly. These days, the reason why he studied the scriptures was just to familiarize himself with the essence of Buddhism and comprehend the Dharma. If he really goes on like this, he may be able to become a Buddha on the spot, but it is impossible to comprehend the "true meaning of martial arts" of Buddhism.
Buddhism is divided into levels, including Buddha, Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat, Dharma Protector Vajra, etc. Among them, the Dharma Protector Vajra seems to be the bottom, but in fact it is the force of Buddhism, protecting the immortality of Buddhism.
Strictly speaking, Liu Ruoshui's purpose in coming to Shaolin is actually to study Buddhism's martial arts and the path of Buddhism's "Dharma Protector King Kong". In the past three months, the reason why Liu Ruoshui has done his duty is because he needs to be familiar with Buddhist scriptures, understand the meaning of Buddhist scriptures, and accumulate knowledge. Now that he has read the Buddhist scriptures by heart, it is time to go to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to walk for a while.
For the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of Shaolin Temple, Liu Ruoshui is naturally no stranger. After all, for the past three months, he had to go to the Scripture Pavilion every day to borrow scriptures.
For the past three months, however, he has been borrowing books. But this time, he was going to "borrow" the martial arts cheats of the Shaolin Temple. (To be continued.) )