Chapter 212: The Buddha's Way
Jiangning Mansion, on both sides of the river, is crowded and bustling, and at the place where the eyes of the crowd meet, it is a huge sailboat. The galleon is full of treasures, piles of gold and silver, and on the deck, there is a group of people who are outside the Tang Dynasty.
At this time, they were gradually retreating to the small boat that had been prepared long ago, leaving only three or two people with good water quality, waiting to be done for the shipwreck.
An Yi and the three of them had already squeezed to the shore during the conversation.
At this time, they didn't know the scene of the birth in the West Heaven, let alone that a long-eyebrow Arhat was coming, so they watched the Tang Yuanwai group come back in a small boat quite calmly. At the same time, the conversation continued.
Although Zhao Bin accepted An Yi's Buddhist paradox theory, his eyes were still full of doubts, and he turned his head to look at An Yi and asked, "We have said so much, so is this member surnamed Tang enlightened or not?"
The little fox also turned his head to look at An Yi, waiting for him to explain.
An Yi didn't answer, pointed at his hand, and said with a smile: "Enlightened or not, you can know when you open your eyes and see." ”
Looking along An Yi's fingers, it was the figure of Tang Yuanwai who was about to change ships, Zhao Bin's heart moved, and he opened his eyes according to his words, and a dark light flashed in his eyes, only to see that the original ordinary Tang Yuanwai was actually covered with ten thousand golden lights at this time, and his eyes hurt.
At this time, the little fox's puzzled voice came in his ears: "Nothing, Dao Chief, you won't lie to people, right?"
Zhao Bin rubbed his eyes and snorted: "You don't have a magic eye, of course you can't see it." ”
The little fox was unconvinced: "We demon cultivators, we can see things that ordinary people can't see, no matter what immortals, Buddhas, demons and ghosts, we can see through it at a glance." What is the use of your Taoist priests, and what is the eye of Lao Shizi? ”
Zhao Bin said disdainfully: "Your demon eyes are indeed a little mysterious, you can observe qi without cultivation, and observe immortals, ghosts, Buddhas and gods, but don't you know that all great cultivators have hidden spells? What are you going to do? Master's Dharma eyes are different, observing the heavens and the earth and omnipotent, looking at the four seasons and knowing the cold and summer, watching the changes of the stars and knowing the change of dynasties, even concealing spells, as long as it is not high, I will cultivate too much. I can see through it at a glance, uh......"
"Say, why don't you say it?" The little fox sneered: "If Tang Yuanwai can really become a Buddha on the ground, then he will become a Buddha, not an arhat or a bodhisattva." If he hides his cultivation, how can you see it? If he doesn't hide his cultivation, how can I not see it!"
Zhao Bin was speechless for a moment, he also thought of this just now, so he couldn't go on. But before, he obviously saw Tang Yuan exuding golden light like a little golden man, how can this be explained?
For a moment, both of them turned their eyes to comfort.
An Yi has been listening to the two of them raise the bar. Seeing this, he couldn't help but smile and explained to them: "What you said is right, and it stands to reason that it is true. But outside of the Tang member in front of him, it is different. Although he is now clear-minded, because he was a layman at home before, he has not practiced any Dharma, so Zhao Bin, the golden light you see is his Buddha-nature aura, not the light of mana......"
In simple terms. It is the difference between Taoism and cultivation.
Taoism refers to a person's comprehension of the Tao, and cultivation is the rule. It refers to the mana cultivated by people.
Both of these are closely related to the practitioner, and even related to each other. But each of them is very different.
No matter how high the cultivation is, it is difficult to protect oneself without cultivation.
That cultivation will always increase slowly as people cultivate for a long time, but the Tao practice completely relies on the ability to comprehend it on its own, if it can't be comprehended, even if there is more mana, it will be in vain.
Mana cannot improve the Dao, and even in a certain way, the Dao will limit the growth of mana, which is equivalent to the bottleneck that practitioners say. And if the Tao is higher than the cultivation, then the mana is very easy to practice.
As long as he is given time, his mana will always be able to increase to the point of being on par with the Dao Xing. However, if the mana is high, it cannot drive the growth of the Tao.
This is also the reason why most practitioners pay attention to the Tao. Except, of course, heresy......
That Tang Yuan is unfathomable, but he has no mana, and there is no trace of cultivation. And the reason why the demon eye can distinguish between immortals, ghosts, demons and Buddhas is that they can only see it by the difference in their respective mana, so in the face of Tang Yuanwai, a freak with no mana, she can't do anything.
The little fox pouted at Anyi's explanation, but did not refute it.
She knew very well the effect of the demon eye, and there was nothing wrong with what An Yi said, so she was silent for a moment, not dwelling on this issue.
Looking at Tang Yuanwai and the others who were returning from the boat, the little fox had doubts in his heart again, and asked An Yi again: "According to what you said, this Tang Yuanwai looks like he is only in his forties, and now he has really become a Buddha?
This is indeed a puzzling question, but An Yi has already considered it, and said with a slight smile: "In fact, it can't be said that, although the Tang Yuan's external understanding is high, it is still not comparable to Guanyin Bodhisattva, just because he is a pseudo-Buddha at best now, and he may even stop here in the future, and although Guanyin is only a Bodhisattva now, if he has enlightenment in the future, his achievements will be limitless." ”
"Why do you say that?"
"What is a pseudo-Buddha?"
One after the other, An Yi glanced at them with a smile, and said: "Come one by one, let's talk about the definition of pseudo-Buddha first...... before he said: "In fact, in Buddhism, the real Buddha only has three horizontal and three vertical Buddhas, that is, three horizontal Buddhas and three vertical Buddhas, a total of five Buddhas...... Don't be in a hurry to stare at it, Master, I'm not mistaken, it's indeed five Buddhas. ”
An Yi blocked Zhao Bin, who was just about to speak, before continuing: "Among the three horizontal and three vertical Buddhas, the three horizontal Buddhas represent space, namely the Medicine Buddha of the Eastern Pure Glass World, the Shakyamuni Buddha of the Suva World, that is, the Buddha of Nyorai, and the Amitabha Buddha of the Western Elysium; And according to Buddhism. What we are in now is the 'Sampa World', which is governed by Shakyamuni Buddha, so the three horizontal and three vertical Buddhas are actually just talking about the five Buddhas. ”
"In addition to these five Buddhas, other enlightened Buddhas like Tang Yuan are actually pseudo-Buddhas. ”
"The definition of a false Buddha. In fact, it does not mean that they are fake and shoddy Buddhas, but although they call them Buddhas, they are far from being ancestors, so I call them false Buddhas. ”
"As I said before, the teachings of Buddhism are self-contradictory, and the source of this contradiction. It is the five Buddhas of the three horizontal and three vertical Buddhas, or the one who comes to the Buddha. ”
"If you come to be a Buddha, it is only because there was no Buddha before him, and the definition of 'Buddha' was proposed by him, that is, he defined 'Buddha'. That's when there is such a thing as a Buddha, eh...... Or rather, thoughts. ”
"If the definition of 'Buddha' is 'the four emptiness', so his own 'Dao' is also the four emptiness, and the 'Dao' here is not the Taoist Dao, but refers to the path of cultivation, or thoughts and perceptions. Because Nyorai insisted on his own 'way' and insisted on his own thoughts, the 'Buddha' he defined was himself. So he is a Buddha, and there is no other 'Buddha' besides him. ”
"Although the other 'Buddhas' are called Buddhas, they are all confined to the mind of the Buddha. In this way, no matter how high their achievements are, they are not as good as they are, so I call them 'pseudo-Buddhas'. ”
"In fact, the practice of Nyolai is not so much about cultivating Buddha as it is about cultivating the 'Tao' and cultivating one's own 'Tao'. And the Buddha cultivators after the Buddha, they are the 'Buddha' who practice. To be precise, what they practice is actually 'Nyolai'. Because there is no Buddha!"
"To use an analogy. Although these flowers and plants under our feet have existed since ancient times, if no one names them, then they are not 'flowers', they are not 'grass', and they may be named something else. ”
"It's the same with Buddha!"
"In the world we live in, many things have existed since ancient times, but the world is ignorant, so there is no one who appears, and Rulai is the presenter of the 'Buddha' ideology, but it cannot be said to be the creator. ”
"Just like what we call 'Tao', the 'Tao' has always existed since ancient times, it is all-encompassing, and even a flower, grass, soil and tree can be called Tao, but flowers and plants are not the Tao itself. ”
"To put it simply, in fact, 'Buddha' is also in the scope of the 'Tao' that has existed since ancient times, but compared to the Tao, it is too single, just like flowers and plants, so it cannot represent the 'Tao', and cannot be called the Tao, so it is only taken out and named Buddha. ”
"And Shakyamuni, as the manifestation of the Buddha, or the creator of the Buddha who 'took out' the Buddha and created the Buddha from the Tao, he actually also manifested the existence of the 'Tao', otherwise it would be impossible to realize the 'Buddha' from the 'Tao'. And since he is a 'Buddha' extracted from the 'Dao', then his practice is still cultivating the 'Dao', because he is a 'Buddha' himself, and of course he doesn't need to cultivate 'himself'. ”
"After Shakyamuni, the current Buddha cultivators, they can't touch the existence of the 'Dao', so what they cultivate can only be extracted from the 'Dao'. And since the 'Buddha' is a little bit extracted from the 'Dao', it is naturally not as profound as the 'Dao', so their achievements can naturally be imagined, and they will never be as profound as Shakyamuni. ”
"After Shakyamuni, they can't be called Buddha cultivation. ”
If you compare the Buddha to a mountain, and any of the fairies, demons, demons, or any other kind of water to water, then whether you are cultivating the mountain or the water, you will be confined to the landscape, and you will never realize the 'Tao' itself, and never know the profundity and vastness of the 'Dao'. ”
"It's like 'summer insects can't talk about ice, frogs sit in wells and watch the sky', the horizon is too small, and it is difficult to have room for improvement. ”
And Buddhism, or the definition of a Buddha, is that the four are empty. But emptiness is the way, and there is also the way, so it is true that the Tang member realizes the Buddha outside, but what he realizes is only the Buddha, the emptiness of the Buddha's family, not the profound 'Tao', so he can only be limited to the 'emptiness' in this life, how can he know the subtlety of 'being'?"
"Guanyin Bodhisattva is different, she has never become a Buddha, that means that she is not deep in Shakyamuni's 'Dao', as long as one day she 'enlightens the Buddha and becomes the Tao', or 'from the Buddha into the Dao', that is, she jumps out of the 'Buddha' restrictions and explores her own path of practice from the 'Dao', the achievement will be limitless, not just a pseudo-Buddha can compare!"
An Yi said this, and couldn't help but keep silent. Because he suddenly thought of himself, did he come into contact with his own way?
In an instant, a kind of realization came to his heart, and comfort suddenly appeared, and he seemed to have been slowly moving forward on the path of exploring his own 'Tao', and never stopped...... (To be continued)
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