Hearing Monkey King's words, Chen Ang laughed, "If that's all, Monkey King, you're mistaken!"
"Previously, I talked to you about the Dharma, about the non-self outside of the heart, about the impermanence of all actions, and about the non-self of all techniques. Now, I'll talk to you about the Mahayana Dharma, about the impermanence, non-self, and Nirvana, because these three are the fundamental Dao of Buddhism. Even if it's not what Buddha said, it's still the Dharma. If it's not, even if Buddha said it himself, it would still be a false Dao."
"The Great Dao is wonderful in all things. We can see it, but it's just one in a trillion. You should know that what the naked eye sees is very different from what your Dharma eyes see. Under the red, there are thousands of colors other than purple. Mortals can't see it. Above the palace sound, mortals can't hear it! Sound and appearance are the masters of the six senses. Buddhism says that if the world is divided into the real and the illusory, then all those with supernatural powers and mortals will be lost in the illusory world and not see the real world. "
"That's why Buddha says that appearance is a real and illusory image. It's like looking at flowers in a mirror or fishing out the moon in the water. Because the real world is in your consciousness, it's because of 'me'. That's why there's no 'me' in all techniques. They're all appearance, not emptiness. "
Tai Qing Sage laughed, "Mortals look at flowers, it's just a performance! Immortals look at flowers, it's just vitality! Buddha looks at flowers, it's just a thought! These three are not separated from appearance, but the real flower has no self. That's why we don't know. "
Wukong suddenly said, "I grew up on the shore of the East Sea. I once heard a story in the Ao Lai Nation. It said that one day, a great wave suddenly rose from the sea and washed a divine turtle ashore. The king of the Ao Lai Nation took all the people of the nation to see it. There were three blind people, but they couldn't see the appearance of the divine turtle. They had no choice but to go forward and touch it. One of them touched the shell of the divine turtle and shouted, 'So the divine turtle is a big turtle.' Another touched the head of the divine turtle and scolded him, 'It obviously looks like a flood dragon.' The last one only touched the buttocks of the person in front of him. He laughed and retorted, 'What nonsense are you guys talking about? It's obviously someone called Shen Ao. I touched his buttocks!' "
"So the deities and demons in this world are all a bunch of blind people. They can only see the appearance of the Godly Turtle and believe it to be real. As for what it actually looks like, they have no idea. That's why the celestial beings in the Heavenly Court see Vital Qi, the Buddhas of Spirited Mountain see thoughts, and the mortals can only feel the appearance of sex. The celestial beings and the Buddhas laugh at the mortals, but they don't know that what they see is also the appearance of sex. "As he spoke, he couldn't help but dance with joy, his monkey face winking and making funny faces.
Chen Ang laughed at it. "You've touched the edge!"
Then he said to Reverend Taiqing, "When I saw this flower, I knew it was not complete. Clinging to appearance, seeking emptiness, and obtaining truth from emptiness. It could be said that clinging to illusion and seeking truth. What he learned was the principle of borrowing the false to cultivate the true. It was to borrow all kinds of obsessions to seek the complete form and get closer to the truth. I don't seek to comprehend the Dao in a day. I just want to gradually get closer. " Chen Ang was talking about the pursuit of science. He used the appearance as a metaphor for the truth of scientific research. That was to use the material attributes of things to explore the laws and connections behind them, which was emptiness. Through this law and connection, one would turn into a deeper understanding of the material attributes of things and finally reach the process of gradually approaching the truth.
That was Chen Ang's desire to seek the Dao. If he were to use the Dharma as an analogy, he would be close to emptiness and close to emptiness to break through a layer of appearance. He would pursue the realm of all Dharma.
In the Mahayana Buddhism, such a method could be said to be deeply obsessed and contrary to it.
The Grand Pure One only sighed. "Fellow Daoist, you can be said to be a person with great perseverance, great determination, and great wisdom. However, if you don't seek liberation, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the Dao. " He watched as Chen Ang tapped slightly on the Lianhua on the Spirited Mountain. A white lotus was formed from countless strings, turned into quarks, and then gathered into atoms. Finally, it formed a cell, divided and grew, and a Lianhua bloomed. However, there was a material world in the Lianhua. It was born from the explosion of point particles. In the blink of an eye, the universe cooled down and gathered into a galaxy, opening up a boundless sea of stars.
The various principles of Chen Ang's exploration of the material world were condensed in this flower. There was an information model of the universe, covering various information phenomena in the macroscopic and microscopic levels.
Although the Monkey King had a pair of psychic eyes, he could only see a fraction of this flower. Although he understood it, his mathematical foundation was too poor. He only knew a little about it. Only the Grand Pure One had seen the wonders of it and understood it in his heart.
Chen Ang asked, "I wonder what this flower looks like in the eyes of the Grand Pure One?"
Lao Dan pondered for a long time before sighing slowly, "The Dao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things. All things bear Yin and embrace Yang, and the Qi is harmonious. " He pointed in the void with his right hand, revealing a bit of chaotic Qi of vitality. Then, the Yin and Yang were transformed, and the three elements were activated. A green lotus was created out of thin air, containing a world of Qi of vitality. It floated in the sky and sank to the ground. Then, the infinite Qi of vitality gave birth to all things and nurtured all things. "One is the gathering, dispersing, and condensing of Qi of vitality to give birth to all things," he pointed in the void with his left hand. Suddenly, a golden lotus appeared from the void.
He continued, "The other is the thought of the power of vow, which can be formed with a thought."
Chen Ang smiled and suddenly said, "The flower is over there!"
Lao Dan clapped his hands and laughed, "The flower is over there!"
There was a world of thought in the golden lotus, which was the dream of Laozi. It was exactly the same as the creation that Chen Ang had previously.
The two worlds showed the appearance of all things that Laozi had seen through. All kinds of Qi of vitality were born, and the power of vow was manifested. It was incredible. Chen Ang had to study for a long time before he could learn and comprehend all kinds of Dao fruits in the two Lianhua flowers. After all, the green bull and the Monkey King were creatures of this world. They were more clear about the world of Qi of vitality, and they were not unfamiliar with the world of thought. Instead, they could comprehend a lot of things. Although it was not much, it was still terrifying.
The mountain sparrow that Erlang Xiaosheng transformed into was even more fascinated by the three Lianhua flowers. He could not help but fly into the hut. However, the expressions of the Liuding and Liujia Immortal Generals changed. They thought to themselves, "Why is Erlang Xiaosheng so reckless? He has offended the Sage. What should we do? We can't stop him, nor can we not stop him. Why make things difficult for us? " Quan Yi thought for a while and said, "After all, he is the nephew of the Great Heavenly Lord Jade Emperor. How can we offend him? In the future, we can just apologize to the Grand Supreme Lord Laozi. The Grand Supreme Lord did not do anything, so he will not be calculative with us. "
After all, it was the authority of the Great Jade Emperor that suppressed the Grand Supreme Lord, allowing Erlang Xiaosheng to fly to the branch of the Lianhua flowers.
The Monkey King and the green bull could not understand what they were saying. Yi Xi was even more confused. He could only ask the Sages, "Why are the two Sages laughing? Is there a deeper meaning behind it? "
"The Great Dharma of Buddhism is to create something out of nothing. It is often regarded as an illusion by the heretics, but that is not the case! Everything in the world is formed by the Great Dao. Where the Dao is, everything exists. Arhat is able to use the Buddha's light in his heart to guide the Buddha's Dharmakaya. He's able to reach wherever he wants with his mind. He's able to create a Buddhist country in his palm and a world in the sand.
When Chen Ang explained, he interspersed some wonderful supernatural powers. He explained clearly the Dharma of Buddhism, the Heart Light Escape Technique, the Buddhist Country in the Palm, and the Eternal Sand World. It was just that the principles were obscure and difficult to understand. The green bull sat with the Sage all day long and comprehended 30%. Erlang Xiaosheng saw three Lianhua flowers and had extraordinary wisdom. He comprehended the most but only 60%. The Monkey King's foundation was shallow after all. He was slightly weaker than the green bull and only comprehended 25%.
The rest of the ordinary deities and even Yi Xi could only comprehend a fraction of the essence. They could not become supernatural powers.
Chen Ang first talked about the fundamental law, and then demonstrated the four great divine abilities. Although it was clear that he touched upon the fundamental meaning of the Mahayana scriptures, only those with profound wisdom could understand the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, deliver all living beings from suffering, and even reincarnation, the secrets of the underworld, and the profound truth of the spiritual mountain. So the Western Paradise Spirited Mountain was not here, not there, not in the middle.
It was not in Chen Ang's flower, nor was it in the Western Paradise. The Spirited Mountain was in everyone's heart, at the top of the bier.
The Buddha used his great power and wisdom to form the Spirited Mountain and form the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. This mountain was Mount Meru, the place where all living beings were enlightened. Seeking inward was the foundation of consciousness. Seeking outward was the manifestation of the Buddha, the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
Chen Ang's Spirited Mountain appeared in the flower. It wasn't that he had conjured a Spirited Mountain, but that the Spirited Mountain was actually there, and Chen Ang had seen it. That was why there was a Tathagata sitting on the throne and three thousand Buddhas listening to him. The emptiness of the world floated in form. Outside of form, all living beings existed. That was why all living beings existed in emptiness. When one saw emptiness, one would see form. If one wanted to see form, they would see form.
It was not Chen Ang's creation, but all living beings were there, waiting for you to discover them! Because of this flower, Chen Ang saw Lianhua here. That was why it appeared here. If Chen Ang needed it, he could see jade, Bodhi, birds and beasts, and even a world. This was a wish, a thought, and a creation!
This was the principle of Mahayana Buddhism. If there was Buddha in one's heart, then Buddha would be at ease and could be saved. That was why Buddha was called God Buddha. If it was like the Buddhism before Mahayana, there was no self outside the heart, there was no need to seek external help. Buddha was just an enlightened being. He could not save people, nor could he teach people self-salvation.
Therefore, in Mahayana Buddhism, the monks cultivated internally and learned Dharma. However, they asked their believers to use other people's hearts as their own and seek salvation from God Buddha.
Therefore, Zen could curse Buddha and ancestors because they did not seek external help and were self-aware. However, for believers who could not be self-aware, they could only create a God Buddha and use other people's hearts as their own to seek salvation. Therefore, Chen Ang smiled and said, "The so-called Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss is but a flower in the mirror, the moon in the water. Those who cannot be self-aware seek nirvana and seek salvation through the sea of bitterness. The so-called Bodhisattva's Way is just an illusion. It has to be the true self. "
After the two sages finished talking about Mahayana Buddhism, they sensed that they had finished talking. They immediately stopped and let the three of them go back to realize on their own. Chen Ang turned around and gave Monkey King the homework that he owed for the past two days, and chased him back to study. The immortals in the surroundings dispersed, and the auspicious clouds in the sky disappeared. Only the mountain sparrow bowed three times to the two sages before flying away. A black dog chased after it.
Taibai Jinxing arrived late in the sky. Looking at the scattered immortals, he slapped his thigh and said, "The Great Heavenly Venerable sent me to deliver the decree. Who would have thought that I would be called by the Barefoot Immortal and be late. The Grand Supreme Elder has already gone back to sleep. How can I reply to the Great Heavenly Venerable's decree? Fortunately, the surroundings were quiet and did not disturb the Spiritual Mountain. I can go back and report to the Great Heavenly Venerable. "
As he spoke, he pulled the Vigorous Ghost King who had left late and asked, "Have the two sages alarmed the Spiritual Mountain?"
The Vigorous Ghost King replied, "Lord Taibai Jinxing, you're late! The Spiritual Mountain has not been alarmed, but you did not have the chance to see the Saint's great mystical abilities. What a pity! "
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