"You said... what is the purpose of life?"
Gu Qingfeng has no friends, and there are very few friends who can talk to each other. When he is upset, troubled, and full of confusion about life, he can only chat with the old monk, saying: "When I was young, I used to have Fighting and killing every day, I only think about how to become stronger, but I haven't thought about this issue carefully. Maybe it's because I have experienced a lot, especially recently, I am getting more and more confused, and I don't know what the purpose of living is. ?”
After a long time, the old monk's old voice came.
"The question asked by the ancient layman is a question that everyone will encounter, and it is also a stage that anyone will inevitably go through on the road of life."
"so what."
"So, the ancient layman should not ask me this question, but you should ask yourself. After all, everyone pursues different things. Some people pursue family happiness, others pursue fame and wealth, and others pursue power, the way, and the true meaning of life. , pursuing cause and effect, pursuing the origin of heaven and earth... I don’t know what the ancient layman wants to pursue.”
Family fun
Fame and fortune
that power
avenue
The true meaning of life
Karma
Gu Qingfeng didn't have any interest in these things. He pondered for a moment and said: "I don't have any lofty ideals or grand wishes. If I say what I pursue in this life, I really don't know. Hidden in the heart of the illusory freedom."
Nodding his head, Gu Qingfeng seemed to have some confirmation, and continued: "Well, it should be like this, free, without worries, and living without restraint."
"Since the ancient layman has something he is after, why bother to ask the old monk."
"I used to think that the life I pursued was not high, and it could even be said to be very simple, but now I find that this is easy to say, but it is not so difficult to do. After all, I live in the secular world and have seven emotions. There are also six desires, so it is inevitable to be free from vulgarity, since it is impossible to avoid vulgarity, it is impossible to have no afflictions, if there are afflictions, there will be fetters, and if there are fetters, it is impossible to live freely and carefree.”
The subject changed, and Gu Qingfeng said again: "Of course, if you cut off the emotions and desires, and then get too selfless, you may have no worries, but if you think about it carefully, if people don't have worries, how boring is life? How boring , there is no fun at all, what fun is there?"
"Since the ancient layman can say this, he must have understood the word freedom in his heart, so in the eyes of the ancient layman, what exactly is to live freely?"
"It's very simple, four words, do whatever you want." Gu Qingfeng was silent for a long time, and then added: "If I want it, the sky cannot live without it, and if I want it without it, the earth cannot exist. This is probably doing what one wants, or maybe what I pursue is true. To put it bluntly, in the sky and on earth, only I am the only one who is the only one who can find true freedom.”
"If I want it, the sky can't be without it, if I want it to be nothing, the sky can't have it... the heavens and the earth, I am the only one..." The old monk murmured these words, his old voice seemed to tremble a little, and said: "Amitabha... the ancient layman , are you going to be the overlord of the world?"
"The overlord between heaven and earth?" Gu Qingfeng shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "I'm not interested, not to mention that you don't have to be the overlord between heaven and earth to be the only one in heaven and earth."
"Amitabha."
The old monk typed another Buddhist word.
Gu Qingfeng said: "Practice and practice, what you cultivate is the heart, what you practice is the way, what I cultivate is a free mind, and what I practice should be a free way, are you right?"
"Congratulations, Master Gu."
"Congratulate me for what?"
"Congratulations to the ancient layman for realizing the true meaning of the word "freedom."
"It's just a realization. Unfortunately, I'm not at ease now, and I can't walk the way of freedom."
"At least, Layman Gu knows what he wants and is not lost. As long as Layman Gu pursues what he wants, I believe that he will be able to cultivate a truly free heart and embark on a true free path."
"With your kind words, I hope so."
There was another silence.
Gu Qingfeng asked: "Old monk, do you believe in fate?"
"I don't know."
"Then do you believe in cause and effect?"
"I believe it."
"Hehe." Gu Qingfeng smiled, and asked again: "Then you say that cause and effect and fate are the same thing?"
The old monk was silent for a while before responding: "I don't know."
"I still remember what you said, don't regard coincidence as fate, let alone cause and effect by chance. You also said that all living beings in this world, whether human beings, immortals or demons, even gods and Buddhas, cannot be separated from cause and effect. Two words, fate is fate, luck is also, it is nothing more than cause and effect."
The old monk typed a Buddhist word again.
"Nine years ago, I conceived the pilgrimage of all living beings and Buddhas, the ancient taboos, and the drop of blood of original sin. I believe it was neither accidental nor coincidental. It has long been doomed, even you who are hiding in this mortal bone jade are no exception."
When he said this, Gu Qingfeng seemed to have realized something, and said: "Actually, I feel more and more that everything in this world, all living beings, immortals, demons, humans, Buddhas and gods, are all chess pieces, and this game of karma is also this game. Pawns in the chess game of fate."
"For many people, karma has been established since birth, and fate has already arranged his life. They can't change it, they can only do so."
"There are also some people who are unwilling to obey the arrangements of fate, let alone be pawns of fate, trying to change their fate against the sky, which is the so-called cutting karma."
"Hehe, I didn't understand before, why it is necessary to cut the cause and effect."
"I don't quite understand why, in the legend, only by cutting off cause and effect can one become a god."
"Now, I seem to understand a little bit. It doesn't matter whether you become a god or not by cutting off cause and effect. The important thing is that by cutting off cause and effect, you can jump out of this game of chess and never be subject to fate. I think this is the root cause .”
"I just asked you, why do people live?"
"You answer to ask for what you want, or fame and fortune, or power, or the avenue, or the truth, hehe... These are just branches of desire on the road of life, and they will eventually return to the avenue of life. The end of the road of life is to cut off the cause and effect."
"If there is an end to life, I think it should be the cause and effect."
"If life has an origin, I think it should be the cause and effect."
"If life has true meaning, I think it is to cut off cause and effect."
Gu Qingfeng spoke in such a soft voice, during which the old monk kept silent.
"What a pity! It's a pity. It's not easy to cut off cause and effect. If you want to cut off cause and effect, you must first understand cause and effect, which is a so-called road of seeking. Many people get lost on this road... because this road is Endless, from the day you start searching, you have already lost."