After Adros recited the verse, he gave a long laugh and ordered Garuda to take the nectar of immortality to save his mother.
Garuda came to the Naga Dragon Snake clan and took out the nectar of immortality in exchange for the freedom of his mother Vinada. When he arrived, all the dragons and snakes knew his origin, and they were all very excited. Especially the mother of dragons and snakes, Garuda's aunt Gadlu, grinned endlessly.
When Vinada saw her son coming over, she looked sad. Although she did not see the methods Garuda used to steal the nectar of immortality, she knew very well that her son would inevitably take something from the hands of the masters of Mount Sumeru. It took a lot of effort.
"Okay, give me the nectar of immortality, and then my bet with your mother will be voided."
Gadlu smiled and swore directly to heaven and earth that as long as Garuda gave her the nectar of immortality, then Vinada would no longer be her slave.
Garuda didn't say much, and he happily placed the nectar of immortality on the grass in front of him, then stood in front of his mother and looked at the dragon and snake clan coldly.
Those dragons and snakes, from the mother snake to the ancestors of dragons and snakes, to the ordinary snake people, all had their eyes shining brightly as they looked at this magical nectar of immortality.
"I suggest that before taking it, you should take a bath to purify yourself and offer sacrifices to the World Honored One. This treasure should not have been obtained by your dragon and snake clan."
Upon hearing Garuda's suggestion, these dragons and snakes were stunned, and suddenly thought that Garuda was right. After getting the nectar of immortality, you should really pay respect to the Lord Vishnu. After all, he got it by churning the ocean of milk.
Garuda glanced at them lightly, then took his mother and flew away from here. As for the nectar of immortality, Venerable Zhengfa Ming will naturally take it back personally.
Just as they began to prepare for the sacrifice, a solemn and graceful goddess wearing a crown and white heavenly clothes stood next to the nectar of immortality and held the white jade bottle containing the nectar of immortality in her hands. It was Ade. A disciple of Ross, he named her the goddess of Zhengfa Ming.
"Which god are you and why did you take our things?"
Gadlu's expression changed drastically. She did not recognize that the dignified and beautiful goddess in front of her was actually the good old god, the God of Medicine and the Horse Boy.
The only thing she could be sure of was that this god was extremely powerful and was obviously a master of heaven and earth, far beyond their comparison.
This god had kind eyes and a peaceful demeanor. He glanced at Gadlu, shook his head and said, "This immortal nectar is a treasure that all the gods in the sky want. It's a pity that you, the dragon and snake clan, have no predestined relationship, so they keep it by force. , can only lead to disaster."
After she finished speaking, she sighed softly and left directly. However, Gadlu, the snake mother of the dragon and snake clan, and the eight snake clansmen all stood in front of Zheng Faming and refused to let her go.
"What, do you want to fight me?"
Zheng Faming had a smile on his face, quite surprised by the courage of the dragon and snake clan.
"I don't dare to fight against the Venerable, but the Venerable wants to take away our treasures, so he should give us an explanation."
Gadlu also risked his life and watched the treasure being taken away, but she couldn't do it without saying a word.
"If you want to speak the Dharma, let Garuda give it to you. This nectar of immortality was originally lent by him from me. I just took it back."
An auspicious cloud rose under Zheng Faming's feet, lifted her body up, and walked away leisurely, leaving only the dragon and snake clan stamping their feet, beating their chests, and yelling.
"Let's go find Garuda. Why did he deceive us?"
"Yes, go find him to settle the score."
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"You don't need to look for me anymore, I'm back."
While the dragons and snakes were discussing one after another, Garuda appeared in front of them without knowing when.
He sent his mother to Adros, but found wounds all over her body. In a hurry, he asked his mother where these wounds came from. Garuda knew very well that because of the star robe that Adros had given him, Garuda had no way of harming his mother.
Gadlu could not harm her directly, but she could order Garuda's mother to harm herself directly. This is also the reason for the scars all over Vinada's body.
In anger, Garuda immediately flew back to the place where the Dragon Snake clan was, and directly declared his oath to them: "From today on, I will feed on you Dragon Snake clan, and I will devour a Naga dragon every day." The Snake King and five hundred ordinary Naga dragon snakes. Not only am I like this, but my descendants will also be like this when they reach adulthood."
The so-called Naga Dragon Snake King is a dragon snake that already has the strength of a god. This oath Garuda took was simply to exterminate the Naga, Dragon and Snake clan. One dragon and snake king per day means 360 dragons and snakes per year. Garuda himself is fine, and the Dragon Snake clan has many descendants, so he can still handle it, but once his descendants grow up, it will be extremely terrifying.
After hearing Garuda's oath, the ancestor of the Eight Great Dragons and Snakes was furious. He quickly moved forward and surrounded Garuda, hoping that he would cancel the oath.
When Garuda saw the eight ancestors of dragons and snakes gathered around him, his expression did not change. Instead, he sneered, spread his wings, flew up the clouds, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
When the Dragon Mother and the Dragon Snake Ancestor were still looking for the shadow of Garuda in the sky, they suddenly heard an exclamation. They hurried over to take a look, only to see a junior they liked very much, who had been eaten until only the fur was left. Bones and blood.
On the other side, Adros was studying and discussing the method of practice with his disciples. Seeing Garuda coming over, he sighed and said: "Garuda, if you want to practice the method we are talking about, you first need to observe the precepts." . But now you are filled with anger, how should you keep the precepts?"
Garuda clasped his hands together and said to Adros: "Your Majesty, my mother suffered a great disaster. As a child, I naturally want to avenge her. As for practice, forget it if I can't make progress. Even if I can't be the master in this life, I will always do it." Be enemies with the Naga Dragon Snake clan.”
Observing precepts, meditating, and cultivating wisdom are the paths of practice that Adros discusses with his disciples. It is based on the yoga technique of the Indian divine domain, supplemented by other methods. Adros didn't know much about the path of cultivation of the great humanistic master of later generations, so he simply put aside all his knowledge and started researching from scratch.
Regardless of gods or humans, if you want to practice this way, you must first observe the precepts. Observing the precepts does not mean observing prohibitions. It does not mean that people who practice this way or gods should not do anything, but that they should do something.
Precepts are the integration of behaviors, habits, qualities, nature, nature, etc. To keep the precepts is to cultivate one's own moral character and stay close to the natural rules of heaven and earth. Its ultimate goal is to eliminate worries. For all living beings, they cannot achieve this step right away at the beginning, so they need to slowly achieve it based on observing the prohibition.
Meditation is also a way to stop and eliminate worries, making the mind calm, peaceful and focused. Not only does it eliminate worries, but when you practice meditation to a profound level, even joy and happiness disappear, and your heart is only in an extremely peaceful, subtle and sublime state.
Unlike the practice of observing precepts, outsiders can see what one's state is like. The way to meditation lies only in your own mind. Adros and his disciples, in order to help subsequent practitioners understand their own realm, divided meditation into eight levels, including the four form-realm jhanas and the four formless jhanas: the first jhana, the second jhana, and the third jhana. , the fourth jhāna, concentration on the infinite place of emptiness, concentration on the infinite place of consciousness, concentration on the place of nothingness, and concentration on the place of non-perception and non-perception.
Practitioners have different understandings of heaven and earth, and the root cause is their different wisdom. Wisdom is the way to observe the world and understand the situation of one's own body, mind and others. Only with wisdom can we eliminate all worries and relieve all pain.
At this time, all practices no longer even need guidance from the Dharma. The path of practice is wherever you go. For practitioners at this stage, their own existence is a path of cultivation.
"Teacher, Garuda is angry by nature, and it is indeed difficult for him to follow the path we have. In the future, there is no chance that there will be a path suitable for him."
Maitreya bared his chest and smiled. Ever since he found a new teacher and got a new name, his smile was brighter than before.
After hearing Maitreya's words, Adros nodded slightly: "That's right, our path has not yet been practiced, and we don't know what the future holds."
After hearing what Adros said, Zheng Faming frowned and asked: "Teacher, you once said that all the ways of practice should be applicable to countless sentient beings and can be tried. Now that the method has been created, when will we use it? Spread to heaven and earth."
"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, observing precepts, meditating and cultivating wisdom are the right paths. However, there are still some imperfections in these three methods of practice. We will spend a few more years to perfect them."
"We all meet sentient beings in the ten directions in the human body. This practice method naturally starts from the human realm. In the future, when I am born, this method will appear in the world."
"Sir, have you not been born yet?"
Garuda's mother Vinada was very confused. She already knew that her youngest son Garuda had become the mount of this powerful god. However, seeing that he seemed to be a noble lord, Vinada accepted it. .
When listening to these venerables discussing the methods of cultivation, this goddess, the granddaughter of Brahma and a goddess with a long history of family education, couldn't help but marvel. It came from yoga, but it was different from yoga. It opened up a new spiritual practice, which really amazed her.
With her state of mind, she was unable to see who was weaker or stronger between this new method of practice and the supreme yoga technique developed by Prajapati Brahma, World Honored Vishnu and Mahadeva Shiva.
The only thing she can be sure of is that if she embarks on this path, she will definitely gain something else.
When she heard the Dharma lecture just now, Vinada was very serious and did not dare to miss a single thing. It was a bit strange to hear Adros say that he would wait until he was born in the future to teach this method. Isn’t this Venerable sitting in front of her properly
Zheng Faming held the jade purification bottle and smiled brightly: "Those who will be born in the future will be teachers, but they are not teachers."
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