The patriarch sighed, and the immortal was silent.

After a long time, a boy came in outside and asked respectfully, "Master, there is an elder outside who asks to see you." ”

The patriarch said: "This is the Great Fortune of Tianjie, the original family has a lot of money, and there is no worry about life." Later, I saw a poor monk who was starving and fainting, and when he saw him, he gave up half of his wealth to him without saying a word. Later, he went to Lingshan in person, offered the treasure of the Western Buddha, and offered the three treasures. This man is a truly virtuous man, boy, and invite him in quickly. ”

"Command. When the boy heard this, he hurried out.

If there is a mortal son among them, after hearing the words of the patriarch, I am afraid that he will immediately jump out and scold the Buddha and monks for collecting people's wealth and being greedy. There are also rich and poor people in those days, but Erer.

If in the past, Shi Zixuan would probably think so. But now he has entered the Tao and cultivated and chanted the scriptures. only to know that it was all mortal speculation.

In the realm of heaven and man, the ground is paved with glass and red gold, and the buildings are all precious and precious pearls, which can be taken and obtained, how can it be a treasure?

The "treasure" in the patriarch's mouth is not money, but merit, which is the self-cultivation of sentient beings. The old man who is blessed with good fortune is willing to give away his own blessings, this is the real elder and the true morality.

Shi Zixuan admired it in his heart, and asked himself at this time, he couldn't do this.

At this time, an old man came in from outside the cave, his white hair drooped down his knees and eyebrows, his old bones trembled, he was a kind old man with kind eyebrows and good eyes, and he was a moral person with good wealth and good fortune.

When the old man came, all the immortals stood up and saluted, praising his good heart and good deeds.

The old man came to the patriarch and respectfully bowed: "Little old man visits the patriarch." ”

"You are a true blessing, a Qing cultivator, and if you don't listen to Dafa, you can live forever. If you don't enjoy the blessings of Heaven Street today, what is the matter here?" the patriarch waved his hand to stop him from bowing, and asked Tong'er to bring him a throne and give him a seat.

The old man said: "I just coaxed the children to play with the grandson in the heavenly street, and suddenly heard that the patriarch wanted to answer three questions from all beings, so I rushed here." ”

The patriarch said, "Good." You are also one of the sentient beings, what questions do you have?"

"I have a great-great-grandson, because he didn't know the good fruit when he was young, he created great evil, and fell to the mortal world to suffer. When I saw that he was suffering and could not enjoy peace, I asked the patriarch to give up mercy and remember that I had done more good deeds and saved him from suffering. ”

When the old man talked about his grandchildren, he couldn't hold back his tears.

The patriarch shook his head and said, "How much magic power I have, I can reverse cause and effect." You are also a celestial and human blessing, how can you not know that supernatural powers are inferior to karma. What sentient beings receive is done by sentient beings. You don't have to ask me, I can't do it, and I can't answer you. ”

The old man begged again: "I don't know, it's just a luxury." Patriarch, please give me a way, so that I can give my grandson a dream, so that he can escape the robbery as soon as possible. ”

The patriarch said: "There is no other way to do this, but it is a cliché. It's easy to say, but it's hard to say. But do a good deed every day, and practice it yourself. ”

The old man said: "It turns out that it is to do good deeds and accumulate virtues. It's just the patriarch, Lao Er, I was in the world at that time, planting good roots early, and the descendants of Yu Yin, isn't it enough to let him get out of trouble?"

The patriarch said: "What the ancestors left behind is yin virtue. Those who are virtuous will have a long life, wealth, and blessings. When you see a disaster, you will disappear, and you can turn evil into good fortune. But this is all rootless water, take some today, take some tomorrow, accumulate over time, and eventually the well will dry up. ”

The old man said, "How should this be?"

The patriarch said: "It is better to accumulate merit than to accumulate yin virtue." ”

The old man asked, "Ancestor, what is merit?"

The patriarch said: "Listen to me, there are poems as proof:

'Merit is the true blessing fruit, there is a good reward accumulated over the years, he redefines the merit position every year, and the blessed land of heaven has a name. The world asks you to accumulate merits, do good deeds for a long time and get true blessings, and do not fail to do good because of small deeds, do not ask for rewards or fame. Once Deman ascends to heaven, the lotus in the pool of merit, the world asks you to accumulate merit, and you will not regret it when you come to the catastrophe. ’。 ”

The old man bowed and said, "Thank you for telling the patriarch, the little old man is going." ”

The old man left, and the immortals got up to send him off.

After a while, the boy came in again and asked respectfully, "Ancestor, there is a white snake outside, somehow, just kowtowing in tears." ”

The patriarch said: "It was a little snake on Mount Emei, who accidentally ate a pill by chance and became spiritual." Since it can come here, it is a chance. Boy, send it in. ”

When he was young, Dao Tong led a three-meter white python in.

The white python, with his head down, was very respectful, and in front of the altar, he didn't make a sound, just wept.

The patriarch suddenly smiled and said, "When I first practiced in Feilai Mountain that year, I made a wish. But those who can have the opportunity to enter this mountain can increase their supreme strength and not be polluted with vulgar dust. You, white snake, are also an opportunity to come to this mountain today. ”

The patriarch pointed a little, and the white snake's eyes showed a little confusion, and suddenly there was a clear feeling in his mind, he knew many things, and coughed in his mouth, and spit out a ball of bloody bones.

Shi Zixuan knew that this was the ancestor who was using great mana to ignite this white snake, ascending to the sky in one step, understanding human nature, and turning the horizontal bones in his mouth.

"Little snake, thank you to the patriarch for enlightening. The white snake was overjoyed, although he did not turn into a human body, but after all, he had a chance, and hurriedly thanked the ancestor.

This white snake has a crisp voice, like a girl.

The patriarch said, "Today I would like to answer three questions from sentient beings, you are one of the sentient beings, but what can you ask me?"

The white snake wept and said, "Ancestor, I want to ask about something. How unjust is this heaven and earth, and why is it created to make people. Think about the immortal path, the human body cultivator, why he was born to practice. Animals like me have the heart to seeker, but they are nowhere to be found. Even if he had the opportunity to practice and was bumped into by the human defender, he would either be taken away, or killed to take the pill, and there would be no bones left. How unjust is this. ”

The patriarch said: "Since you say that it is unfair, let me ask you first, if you leave the mountain today, you are bumped into by someone, kill your body, cook snake soup, you have a trace of true spirit resentment, and you do not want to enter the underworld reincarnation, what should you do?"

The white snake didn't think about it, and said angrily: "He harmed my life, if I have the opportunity, I will naturally kill him, if I have to, I have to torture his family and friends, otherwise how to eliminate the hatred in my heart." ”

"Good, good. ”

All the immortals present thought at the same time, and the white snake was clever, knowing that he had done something stupid.

When the patriarch heard this, he didn't get angry, and said, "I'll ask you again, after you finish this, you lose your anger and go to the underworld to reincarnate, and in the next life he is unwilling and comes to harm you again, what should you do?"

White Snake thought for a long time and said, "Kill him again." ”

The patriarch sighed and said, "Kill, kill, kill, either you kill me, or I kill you." Entanglement, life after life. When will I be liberated?"

The white snake said: "Ancestor." I found a dojo and cultivated to become a Taoist. How else is he going to kill me?"

The patriarch said: "If you don't accumulate good deeds, how can you become enlightened." If you are not innocent, how can you be blessed? No wonder you fell into a fetus and couldn't be freed. I'll just say the roots. The person who killed you may have been your parents in your previous life. Because you were unfilial at that time and did not support your heavenly years, he ate your stomach in this life, and eliminated the evil causes of your previous life. In the future, he will not die well, but he will have the same cause with you. ”

The white snake still didn't understand, and hissed: "In the past life and the next life, what does it have to do with me." I just want to be free for the rest of my life. I no longer remember the afterlife, even if the day collapsed and the sun fell. ”

Shi Zixuan listened to the words of the white snake, and suddenly remembered the sentence, "After I die, I will care about the flood." ”。

The patriarch sighed, made a proverb, and said, "It's not that heaven and earth have no justice, it's just that your heart is uneven." The fate of a life is not over, and the Bodhi fruit is self-distinct. Poor foolish to worry about himself, turned around and laughed in front of the door. Self-righteousness is free, but I don't know that the sea of bitterness is not half of my body. ”

With another long sigh, he said, "Go, go." ”

With a wave of his long sleeves, he sent the white snake to the foot of Feilai Mountain.

After a while, the boy came in again and asked respectfully: "Patriarch, there is a Taoist who drives the clouds outside, saying that he has been here eight times for this puja, and the patriarch has never seen him. ”

All the immortals were in an uproar, and they all secretly guessed where this was sacred, and they were so bold and behaved in front of the patriarch.

The patriarch also smiled when he heard this, and said, "This person is also a good man, who became enlightened in his early years, and listened to lectures in front of my altar. At that time, there were very few cultivators, and they all had dojos. But he did not ask me for it. I said that my Qingwei Cave Heaven, although the place is not small, but in the future, it will be divided with destined people, there is only one garden, in which some spiritual roots are planted, are you willing to guard a garden?"

The man rejoiced, and answered, saying that he had no name, but that he was looking for one. I said that you are not my disciple, so it is not good to give a Dharma name. Since you have a garden, why don't you call it a 'town garden'." ”

As soon as the patriarch's voice fell, all the immortals laughed and praised him, only Shi Zixuan almost laughed out loud, and his expression was extremely strange.

"The garden of that town is deep, and now I also want to spread a pure vein and set up a mountain gate, but his garden is too small, just put a Taoist temple, and build a jade palace is too small. I came here several times, but I was afraid that I would give him a dojo and let his disciples make their debut and enter the world. ”

When the patriarch told him why, he asked the boy to go out and bring him in.

When he was young, the boy brought in a Taoist, who was magnificent, with two sleeves and extraordinary dignity.

After entering the inside, he bowed down to the immortals first: "Poor Dao Town Garden, I have seen all Taoist friends. ”

The immortals got up to salute in return, and Zhenyuanzi walked to the Xuantan, bowed and bowed, "Meet the teacher." ”

The patriarch asked him to get up and said, "You are also the ancestor of the same lineage, so you don't have to bow to me. ”

Seeing him get up, he asked again, "You are not there to practice in Wanshou Mountain, why did you come to me?"

Zhen Yuanzi said with a smile: "Teacher, I heard you talk about the third tribulation of the monk here, and I have a kinship. Although I am not affected by this great calamity, I am worried about my disciples and grandchildren. I came here to ask for a wonderful way to survive the catastrophe. ”

The patriarch asked, "Who are all in your sect practicing now?"

Zhen Yuanzi said: "There are no ordinary masters, no primates, they are all true cultivators." ”

The patriarch said: "No matter the earth immortals, heavenly immortals, arhats, or bodhisattvas, as long as they are cultivators, they want to be stable and comfortable, they must enter the world and cross people." ”

Zhen Yuanzi said: "How can you enter the world." ”

The patriarch said: "Don't show the saint and confuse the world." Let people appear in the human body, let the animals appear in the body of animals, and walk in incarnation; Don't fight for incense, don't take good resources, and always remember moral sayings; Follow the fate, and do the world's things. ”

The patriarch set the three precepts for practitioners to walk in the world, which will also be known as the "Three Moral Precepts True Law" in the future, and are the first major precepts in the world's true cultivation.

When Zhen Yuanzi heard this, he frowned and said, "Patriarch, these three precepts are set, but I am afraid that the disciples in my sect cannot do it." If you release the mountain gate like this, if you have an undetermined mind, won't you fall into the calamity and can't get out?"

The patriarch said, "It's also easy. I will open a 'Nine Dragons Xuanhuo Altar', which is full of heavenly true immortals, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and put down one hundred and eight levels, as long as you pass, you will have a true cultivation of the Tao, and you can enter the world and cross people. ”