When it comes to deceiving people's hearts, Buddhist methods are indeed far superior to Taoism. In previous generations, there were people who achieved the body of Shuiyue Guanyin and traveled across the country, becoming monks.
The Nine Lotus Sect is closely related to Buddhism and has a very long history. I don’t know how many years ago, there was a powerful man named Luo who preached in a barren mountain and explained the essence of Buddhism and Taoism. Vacuum is the foundation of the universe.
Later, the number of people listening to his sermon gradually increased, and everyone called him Luo Zu. One day after Luo Zu finished preaching, he shook the world and left through the sky.
His disciples regarded each other as "Luozu" as their ancestors and formed the Luo religion. Many powerful people came out and became very popular for a while.
Because Luo Zu taught that everything was created by the heart and not written in words, the powerful figures in the Luo religion each understood the wonderful method. Because of their different temperaments, there were many schools.
Later, these sects gradually clashed, splitting the huge Luo Sect into pieces, and spawning many secret sects, such as the Nine Lotus Sect being one of them. At the same time, the "Nine Lotus Sutra" is more Buddhist in essence. It is said that to practice to the highest depth, you need the help of the incense and vows of all living beings.
Therefore, they often take advantage of the chaos in the world to develop believers.
Since the Nine Lotus Sutra has such a demand, Shen Lian can probably guess some of the other party's purpose. Although the two people's words were flat, in fact, the Taoist heart had already begun to fight, but Shen Lian Yin Shen did not leave the body, so as not to really break their faces.
After all, if there is no complete certainty, monks rarely engage in life-and-death battles, unless it involves enlightenment.
Chao Xiaoyu is the first person Shen Lian has seen who can match him in terms of soul even though he is at a similar level to him. From the beginning to the end, Shen Lian never suppressed the opponent and took the absolute initiative.
Facing Chao Xiaoyu's words, Shen Lian smiled faintly, and the moonlight fluctuated like water. The conflict between the two minds became more and more intense. Although it was invisible, it also affected the material world. In such an atmosphere, he whispered: "I am in Qing When I was studying metaphysics, I never heard of the difference between outsiders and insiders. If there are outsiders, in my opinion, they are all outsiders except me."
When Chao Xiaoyu heard, "Everyone except me is a heretic," the originally tug-of-war situation between Taoist minds changed in an instant. However, she was shocked. Her originally dreamlike and charming temperament disappeared, and her appearance There is no change, she looks more like the pretty girl next door.
However, Shen Lian, who caught the change in Chao Xiaoyu's energy, did not take advantage of the victory to pursue him. His Taoist heart was clear, but his eyes were as clear as the stars in the dark night, calm and peaceful.
Chao Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Jun Shen's words are already a shortcut."
Of course, the previous sentence was not understood by Shen Lian himself, but he saw it from other places. In fact, the reason why Chao Xiaoyu is so deeply touched is because the Nine Lotus Dharma follows the Shinto way and gathers all living beings to believe that 'all living beings are not me, and I am not all living beings'. However, it has to rely on the will of all living beings, so it is difficult to maintain the true self. .
Except for me, everyone is a heretic.
It is the Dharma that is heretic, not me.
In fact, Taoism seeks true nature, Buddhism talks about enlightenment, and Luo's teachings are empty. The principles are simple and clear, but knowing is one thing, and fully understanding is another. The most rare thing is the unity of knowledge and action.
Shen Lian's wonderful words only touched Chao Xiaoyu for a moment, causing the two of them to confront each other and give them an opportunity to escape. If they continued to pursue him, not to mention that Shen Lian was still not sure of victory, even if he won, it would be difficult. Retreating completely would not be of any benefit to his cultivation.
"The classics of Buddhism and Taoism are all words, but they still cannot make us transcend. Moreover, they are only shortcuts. The great road is between the tongue and the tongue. It can be understood." Shen Lian smiled. There is indeed epiphany in the world, but epiphany Who cares about the accumulation of years and days before.
After Chao Xiaoyu heard this, he lowered his head slightly, and a strand of long hair was scattered at the corner of his mouth, which was beautiful and elegant.
The sound of the piano sounded just right, like a soft sigh, like the dewdrops swaying slightly on the green leaves on the water lotus, or like the breeze blowing through the willow tops under the bright moon.
This piece of music is composed of many uneven combinations of single notes to form a natural melody, which is like the blending of heaven, earth and people, making people naturally enter a pure and ethereal state.
Shen Lian felt relieved, closed his eyes, and listened to the wonderful sound.
It's like being in an empty mountain with flowing springs, the bright moon among the pines, and finally the sound of the piano stops and can no longer be heard.
The guqin has been put away, and the sake has been replaced on the table. It is particularly refreshing, with a sweet aftertaste in the mouth, and the body and mind are refreshed.
The two of them talked about mysteries and Taoism, talking about all things physics, the wonderful things of ancient and modern times, and before they knew it, the moon reached the zenith of the sky.
When it came to parting, Chao Xiaoyu didn't mention a word about his purpose, and Shen Lian came ashore again. At this time, the moon was shining brightly, the Milky Way was shadowing each other, and everything was clear inside and outside.
Only his heart was still not at peace.
Chao Xiaoyu's words are clear and wonderful, and his magic power is profound. As a descendant of the Nine Lotus Secret Sect, his purpose is obvious, to achieve his own success with the help of the incense of all living beings.
Of course, it is not possible to practice the Nine Lotus Sutra only if all sentient beings have enough incense and aspiration.
Otherwise, I'm afraid not many monks will take the incense and fire path.
In fact, the quick success of the divine way is the most dangerous. Once it fails, the soul will be damaged, and the natural aura will also suffer.
It's just that once this path is achieved, the Yin God can be transformed into an immortal aura, and the aura can be differentiated into countless incarnations, making it almost immortal. It is better than other paths in terms of staying safe and protecting one's life.
If Chao Xiaoyu took this path, she would definitely be incompatible with the Empress. Maybe she already knew that the Empress wanted to see him, so she approached him in advance and wanted to use him to do something.
But Shen Lian was not deceived by Chao Xiaoyu, and the Lingtai was not ambiguous from beginning to end, so the other party gave up on his previous plan.
It is impossible for the empress to be unaware of the Jiulian Sect and Chao Xiaoyu. It is very likely that they have already started fighting between them, and Shen Lian's cultivation is enough to disturb the balance between the two parties. He coincided with the meeting and got involved in the situation. It seemed necessary to advance or retreat. Only after meeting the empress did he know.
After Shen Lian returned to the hospital, Ruoxi was already asleep. He covered the girl with the kicked-off quilt and he fell into deep concentration as before.
After listening to the wonderful sound of Chao Xiaoyu, he fell into a particularly deep trance tonight. In the Niwan Palace, which was also in the Purple Mansion on the Lingtai, the innate god holding a jade Ruyi appeared as scheduled.
His attention gradually focused on the jade Ruyi. Ruyi's ability to imitate the shape of a human hand symbolizes the extension of human will.
At the same time, in the human world, its function is to relieve itching. Therefore, it actually symbolizes the ups and downs of distracting thoughts in the human heart, so it has the meaning of stopping wandering thoughts.
In the past, Shen Lian could only visualize the general shape of this wishful thinking, but could not clearly see its texture. There seemed to be new progress tonight.
There seem to be many lines on the Ruyi handle, which can be roughly divided into nine lines, but it is unclear what they are. When he focused his attention on it, an ancient formula flowed from his heart, which was obscure and difficult to describe.
p.s. Thanks to the 588 rewards from both pagodas