Chapter 68: Merit
In addition to the supernatural mana attainments of the body and mind, there is another kind of attainment, which is called the achievement of merit by practitioners. This kind of achievement is not to verify the subtlety of supernatural powers, but to verify the natural manifestation of the body and mind.
What is the natural manifestation of the mind and body? This may be a little difficult to understand, but it is the subtlety of every kind of living being, even the animic thing, between heaven and earth, that exists silently day and night.
For example, a tree grows naturally between heaven and earth, bearing rain and dew and sunlight on the top, and mountains and rocks on the bottom, growing from young buds to towering to the sky, from glory to withering, nourished by all things, and finally returning to heaven and earth. In the midst of this, it can be said that the cultivation of the practitioner's body and mind is equivalent to the cultivation of the physical and mental verification of the practitioner, and the trunk, branches, leaves, and even flowers and fruits that grow are equivalent to the magical power achieved.
However, when a tree grows on the earth and under the firmament, it does not only grow, but also produces fruits, flowers and leaves that can be eaten by other living beings for long-term nourishment. And take root in one side, store water and soil, conserve the land atmosphere, self-protect vitality, and moisten the work of one side. This is the so-called work of natural manifestation.
A tree in the mountains is already like this, and the practitioner also has the natural manifestation of his body and mind, and in a certain way, it is also the same as the tree, and the person who has achieved great success in cultivation has the same as the earth, and the place where he stands is connected to the weather and the earth's qi, from stabilizing the qi of heaven and earth to the counselor of heaven and earth, reconciling all things, eliminating killing machines, and regulating yin and yang. In terms of things, it is to dig out the heaven of its own agility, and to receive disciples to inherit and extend blessings. Enlighten sentient beings to transcend life and death and other practices.
This kind of natural manifestation is contained in the practice from the beginning of the practice, and in the great schools of practice, especially among the Taoist sects or the great mountains of Buddhism, monks who do not have the power of natural manifestation are called solitary cultivators. A large part of the reason why many practitioners are called evil cultivators is because they do not have such meritorious practices, and not only that, but they also go against the essence of life and commit indiscriminate killings between heaven and earth. In other words, solitary cultivation is not necessarily an evil cultivation, but an evil cultivation must be an isolated cultivation.
Merit achieves the body of virtue that can be successful. This body of merit is not within the practitioner's true body. But among the multitudes who have received merit from karma. In other words, such a meritorious achievement itself does not have any direct benefit for the practitioner, so of course it is not considered to seek more supernatural powers. But because of this, the merits are repaid by heaven and earth. In the midst of the mystery.
In fact, there are very simple sayings in the world that can also explain the wonderful use of some meritorious achievements. For example, 'the ancestors planted trees. Descendants enjoy the shade', 'When Lu Mo planted thorn trees, he was exempt from hanging his children's clothes' and so on. Between heaven and earth, among the crowds. This is especially the case, which is the way to peace and the blessing of the same fate.
This is the reason for the actions of Xuantian, and another point that needs to be pointed out is that in the verification of a master like Xuantian, even in the same heaven and earth, there is no difference between the body of others and one's own body, and there is no difference between what others receive and what oneself receives, but what they do is different.
Only after understanding this, can we understand why in the face of the invitation of the people of the Dao Sect such as Jingbaili to stay in the world, Di Xuantian frowned. From the perspective of various conditions for staying in the world, the first thing that can be determined is that Di Xuantian can stay in the world, but the decision is still made in the mind of Di Xuantian, it depends on what his mind is!
Facing the people who knelt on the ground, as well as Huang Weiyang, who was watching the excitement on the side, and the cultivators who sent out their sincere wishes at the foot of the mountain, Di Xuantian waved the silver silk to whisk the dust, and did not immediately reply to the words of shock, but floated up, transformed into a hundred zhang body, took the three mountains as the seat, crossed his knees in the air, and smiled slightly at the black armor in the void: "Boy from Broken Ci Mountain, we meet again." Rude and rude, my old man didn't scare you!"
Although the black armor body can't move, but since Di Xuantian appeared, he has been paying attention to the movement on the feather platform, at this time, seeing Di Xuantian leave everyone talking to him, he was not very surprised, he smiled and said: "Daomen old man, you and this Huang Weiyang are really a good pair of masters and apprentices, they are all not dead by my knife, and they are busy greeting people after coming! I know that I didn't kill you with a knife, but when you woke up at this time today, it was beyond my expectations." Hey, I deserve to be the first person in the Daomen, and I now understand that the layout of the world's masters is not for the purpose of strategy, but for the operation of heaven and fortune, and I should learn from you in the future!"
"Later?" Di Xuantian's silver eyebrows lit up, and his face did not decrease a trace of softness, but the words he said carried an incomparably domineering attitude, "Why, listening to your tone, it seems that you are completely sure that you will be able to escape today?"
Hei Jia said in surprise: "Escape? Di Xuantian wants to be wrong, is it necessary for me to escape?"
The black knife was restrained, and the black armor was still so arrogant, Di Xuantian couldn't help but praise: "If you talk about perseverance, you are much stronger than me, an untalented apprentice." But at this point, there is still no fear, and it is not blindly stubborn, it seems that you must have some fear, I don't know if you can sue me, an old man?"
Hei Jia hadn't answered yet, and Huang Weiyang, who was on the feather platform, was a little dissatisfied with Di Xuantian's derogation of himself, secretly rolled his eyes, and took the opportunity to interject first: "Hei Jia, if you want to say that the demons under your command took advantage of the elite of the Daomen Sect to come to this opportunity to besiege the ten major sects of the Daomen, and how many disciples of the Daomen have been taken away, then you can save your saliva and don't need to say anything more." ”
As soon as these words came out, all the sect masters of the Dao Sect were shocked and angry, they never imagined that the black armor would be so insidious, and he was here to deal with the monks, but he sent monsters to attack his sect. At the same time, it is also a little reminiscent, no wonder I always feel that Black Armor appears this time, and it always seems that his actions are a little grinding, as if he is deliberately delaying something. It turned out that in addition to competing for the Heavenly Providence Flower, his more important thing was to drag everyone down, so that his Broken Cishan demons could capture the Daomen Sect and be present.
If his treacherous plan succeeded, the sects of the Dao Sect would not only lose their foothold, but would simply become a joke in the cultivation world. However, listening to Huang Weiyang's words just now, it is obvious that he has already taken the candle first. Sensing Heijia's intentions, and having already made arrangements, they immediately put their minds at ease.
Sure enough, when Hei Jia heard Dao Weiyang's words, he also said 'um' in surprise. Huang Weiyang also followed his voice and exaggerated 'um', and sneered: "Uh-huh, what's so good! Do you think that just because you are smart people, we are all stupid? Do you think that if you consume us so much in this rash mountain, we will be stupid to play with you?"
Heijia said: "Huang Weiyang." You're trying to trick me. It's not that simple. The masters of the Dao Sect are exhausted, except for Han Hongguang of the Earth Sect, almost all of them are here, even if there are still some masters who stay in the sect. Could it be that the monsters I sent out are all waste?" It seems that he doesn't seem to believe what Huang Weiyang said.
Huang Weiyang listened. Shrugged his shoulders. Pretending to be surprised, he said, "Huh, why don't you know?" and turned to Yuan Wuyi, who was standing alone in the void in the distance, and said: "Senior Brother Yuan, why didn't you tell him that you had already made an appointment with Lotus Venerable, please the bald head of the Buddha Gate...... No. The great monks and masters of Buddhism who stay on the mountain all day long go out of the mountain and move their muscles and bones, and Pudu Pudu is full of miscellaneous birds and beasts?"
Did it turn out that the Buddha Gate came to help? Actually, it was Yuan Wujiao who arranged it, and everyone in the Daomen was confused now, if it was really as Huang Weiyang said, then Yuan Wujiao was a traitor to the Daomen? So they all went to see Yuan Wujiao, wanting to hear his reaction, but Yuan Wuji didn't say a word, didn't respond, and the expression on his face was strange, as if he was not present at all.
When Hei Jia heard this, he couldn't help but muttered in his heart, if there is a person in the Buddhist sect who makes a move, then it will be difficult to say, but how much of Huang Weiyang's words are true, I saw that he was silent for a while, and finally sighed slightly, and said: "I see, the strategy of heaven and earth is not wasted, although it is a latecomer, it can take the lead, heaven and earth enter the game, all in the palm of the hand, the means of purifying the Xuantian, Heijia can only admire." I was actually a little unconvinced just now. Now it seems that I want to fight you, and I'm really a little tender. It's just a pity that your ascension is imminent, otherwise, I would like to compete with you again and win you again. Why don't you make this great wish and stay in the world, so that I can have an eye-catching opponent!"
Hei Jia said this kind of thing at this time, and in the ears of all the cultivators, of course he felt that Hei Jia was agitating Xuantian and didn't want him to stay in the world, so he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. At the same time, many people shouted, telling Di Xuantian not to be provoked by the black armor, but to remember countless living beings and stay in the world. When Heijia and the thirty-two were fighting just now, he personally said that the Buddha Lotus Huazun had died in his hands, although he didn't know whether it was true or not, but looking at the thirty-two phases, I was afraid that nine times out of ten it was true. Now that the two pillars of the cultivation world are left, only the support of the Dixuantian single tree is left, and everyone naturally hopes that he will stay in the world.
In the face of the hustle and bustle, Di Xuantian waved the dust again, and the cultivators suddenly quieted down. In the silence of the mountain, I only heard Di Xuantian open his mouth and said: "The boy of Broken Ci Mountain, don't worry, the Daomen has been in charge of Xuanzong for three hundred years and soared, and Di Xuanlan will not make an exception to stay in the world!"
As soon as these words came out, all the cultivators were immediately anxious, but they listened to Di Xuantian continue: "Everyone should be restless, people from one generation do the things of one generation, and the predecessors do not take away the actions of the descendants, I have already done everything that should be done, and I have done enough. Later generations also have what future generations should do, not only to enjoy the shadow of the previous generations, but also to inherit the responsibilities of the predecessors, which is also the way of heaven and earth. What's more, now that my layout is not yet known, this black armor may not be able to get out of this situation. Even if he is lucky enough not to die today, will Poor Dao still not believe in his disciples? There is a desolation, and he can lead the Dao Sect to deal with this catastrophe of heaven and earth, the rebellion of demons, and the poor Dao can fly up with peace of mind!"
Di Xuantian's tone was flat but unmistakable. Huang Weiyang was stunned when he heard it first, the old man had never been dissatisfied with himself, but he didn't expect that at such a critical moment, he could believe in himself so much, which made him surprised, and shouted: "Old man, you ......" After calling out, he found that he forgot what to say. When the people of the Daomen heard Di Xuantian's words, they knew that he had made up his mind, and now they really didn't know it, so they had to give up the idea of persuading him to stay in the world.
What does Di Xuantian's words mean? From the point of view of the merits and achievements of the practitioners, the reason why Di Xuantian is bent on killing the black armor is not to kill the black armor to achieve merit, but on the contrary, it is because the body and mind have manifested nature that he wants to kill the black armor. A practitioner does not show merit for the sake of making merit, but it is precisely in the course of doing and stopping that he naturally achieves meritorious deeds. This kind of achievement arises from the physical and mental evidence, and does not exist deliberately, but is formed by the cause, so it is called natural manifestation. He who is called natural is also called a person who does nothing because he has done nothing, and he who is called an embodiment is also known in terms of what he has accomplished.
Therefore, Di Xuantian will not stay in the world because of the black armor, because this is putting the cart before the horse for him. Moreover, if everything depends on him, why should there be a desolation? Then why should the Daomen have risen to the heavens after the generations of forgetting their love, and it is better to be one person from generation to generation? Only in this way, how will the descendants practice, and even the meaning of survival will be lost.
After Di Xuantian said this, the first person to speak was none other than Hei Jia. I only heard him smile and said, "What Di Xuantian said is very reasonable, and I can't help but benefit a lot." Having said that, everything that should be said has already been said, since there is no point in delaying, and your old man's layout is to use the power of heaven and earth of the Mandate of Heaven to kill me, then I can't wait any longer, otherwise as soon as the Mandate of Heaven blooms, my little life will not be guaranteed, then I will play too much!"
When Huang Weiyang heard this, he was suddenly alert, and said with a sudden change of color: "The fate of the world is blocked, and your subordinates have been stopped, who else can help you get out of trouble here?" (to be continued......)