I'm looking for fairyland alone

Chapter 129 Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism

The old celestial master put his hands behind his back: "How can it be so simple to achieve immortality? If you can become immortal by following the steps of the predecessors, then there will not be very few characters in this world who can reach this level."

"As for your question, I have no ability to answer it for you, because the old man's thoughts are naturally different from yours, that is to say, the Tao is different."

Lu Zhen stared at the side face of the old celestial master: "Dare to ask the old celestial master's way?"

"What's there to talk about about the old way? After decades, it's just a pile of bones, and it won't be of any reference to you." The old master laughed at himself, "You can only be inspired by the way of the predecessors."

After a short pause, the Celestial Master continued: "Your question has been discussed by predecessors. Guo Xiang said, 'There is nothing in living things, but things produce ears', and he also said, 'Everything must be right by everything. For the natural one', that is to say, the changes of all things in the world are natural."

Lu Zhen pondered and said: "The artifact is unique in the realm of Xuanming?"

"That's right." The old celestial master was persuasive, as if he was teaching his disciples, "Divine artifacts are uniquely transformed into the realm of mystery, and famous teachings are also included in divine artifacts. Therefore, famous teachings are also natural and in line with human nature, so they are also unique. 'Famous teaching is natural'."

"Famous religion in the ancients may mean the king, relative and teacher of heaven and earth, but if you understand it as benevolence and righteousness as you said, then your doubts will naturally not be a problem."

"Since all things are uniquely formed in the realm of mystery and darkness, and all things are born independently, all real existences are self-sufficient and cannot be separated from each other. Of course, they are all in line with the laws of heaven and nature."

The old celestial master pointed to the sky, and then pointed to his chest: "Look, isn't the law of heaven connected with me? What you said about inaction and existence are one, and the inaction of Taoism and the benevolence and righteousness of Confucianism are also the same." There is no contradiction at all."

Lu Zhen recalled the words of the old heavenly master, and murmured: "Does this break the gap between the way of heaven and the human heart?"

"For Guo Xiang, the way of heaven and people's hearts, inaction and action are not a problem." The old master said leisurely, "This is Guo Xiang's way, but not your way, so even if you listen to this, maybe it's just I feel that what he said makes some sense, instead of believing in it deeply, and regard it as the standard of my life."

"You have doubts in your mind. You probably haven't finished reading the book I borrowed from you. Once you read it carefully, you will naturally understand it, and I don't need to mention it."

"Guo Xiang's way..." Lu Zhen thought for a long time before saying, "'As far as everything in the world is concerned, there is only one principle', from the principles of heaven and earth to the principles of human hearts, from the principles of nature to the principles of human relations, in Guo Xiang's Like here, Confucianism and Taoism have become a family."

The old celestial master smiled and said: ""The Doctrine of the Mean" says that the destiny is called nature, the willfulness is called Tao, and the cultivation of Tao is called teaching." Shuo me too, my inherent also, Foss ears carry on'. "

"When it came to Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi also said, 'Before there was heaven and earth, after all, there was only reason. If there is this reason, there will be this world. If there is no such reason, there will be no such world. No one has nothing, and there is no record. .If there is reason, there will be energy, and everything will develop when popular'."

"In the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Wang Yangming also said, 'There is no goodness and no disgusting body. There is goodness and maliciousness. Knowing the good and knowing the evil is liangzhi, and doing good and eliminating evil is investigating things'."

"Throughout the development of Confucianism, it has always been interpenetrated with the development of Taoism. Among the ancients, there are not a few people who advocate the unity of Confucianism and Taoism, and there are even many people who advocate the unity of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism."

Lu Zhen looked at the old heavenly master: "When the mind is born, all kinds of dharmas will be born, and when the mind is gone, all kinds of dharmas will be destroyed. If a thought does not arise, then life and death will be lost. Buddhism and Taoism have similar concepts of inaction, and Guo Xiang's Taoism, which is close to Confucianism, is incompatible. .”

The old master said: "Patriarch Chongyang said, 'Confucianism, Buddhism, households and Taoism are interlinked, and the three religions have always been one ancestral style'. There are no two ways in this world, and saints do not have two hearts. The branch is easy to understand."

After thinking for a while, Lu Zhen was puzzled and said: "If everyone's interpretation of Taoism's so-called Dao is different, then some people must be wrong and some people are right. Even those seniors who have become immortals have different opinions, but they also passed away after becoming immortals. , is it true that the wrong way is also not hindered from becoming immortal?"

"Maybe they are all right?" The old master picked up a stone casually, "Look at this stone, you can see different scenes from different directions."

"If you see but don't see it, it's called Yi; if you hear it but don't hear it, it's called hope; if you don't grasp it, it's called Wei. These three cannot be questioned, so they are mixed into one."

"Compared with Tao, how insignificant is human life? How shallow is knowledge? 'Life has a limit, but knowledge has no limit. If there is a limit, follow the limitless, and perish yourself', let alone fully understand the omnipresent, congenital road?"

"What each of us recognizes is only a corner of the Tao, so it may be wrong in our view, but not necessarily wrong in the Tao, or it may be contradictory in our view, but not necessarily contradictory in the Tao, because the little The hearts of the people cannot grasp the unspeakable and unseen Tao.”

Lu Zhen doubted: "Since this is the case, how can I ensure that the Tao I have obtained is somewhat real and not a fictional Tao?"

"How can this be guaranteed? Just think that you are on the right path, so go on with confidence." The old master sighed, "This is also the most difficult hurdle for people in my generation. If you go wrong, then at last Death may be the only way to confirm that you have made a mistake, but at that time, what is the use other than remorse?"

"It's like the first step of feeling qi. Some people meditate for two days and feel that the pubic region is unobstructed, as if there is an air flow passing by, and they think they have sensed qi. In fact, most of them are just illusions. In serious cases, they can even be said to be insane. .”

Lu Zhen let out a sigh of relief: "This road is really cruel. If it is really like what you said, you won't know your way until you die..."

"You are already the most talented person I have ever seen, and you still lament the cruelty of cultivating the Tao, so why do others practice?" The old master squinted his eyes and looked at Lu Zhen, "If you want to cultivate yourself, you should cultivate your spirit. The "Taixian Zhenjing" calls "the way of benefit and change". Those who are "beneficial" benefit the essence; those who are "easy" change their shape. If you can benefit and change, you will be named in the immortal book; if you don't benefit from the difficulty, you will not escape death."

"Qi turns into blood, blood turns into essence, essence turns into spirit, spirit turns into liquid, liquefaction turns into bone. If you practice tirelessly, you will be full of spirit. For one year, you can change your qi; Four years to change the veins, five years to change the marrow, six years to change the bones, seven years to change the tendons, eight years to change the hair, and nine years to change the shape. "Shaping changes" means change, change means enlightenment, and enlightenment means immortality."

"The so-called Yi Qi, when we perceive Qi and practice the exercises, we are already doing meditation and breathing, so by this standard, you are now full of energy, you have reached the stage of Yi Jing, you have achieved something in the immortal way, and you still sigh What cruelty?"

Lu Zhen said with a wry smile: "The junior is still struggling to cross the sea of ​​suffering, you really think highly of the junior."

"Hahaha, don't you think of old age too?" The old heavenly master laughed loudly, "If his aspirations are true, he will throw his body into a hungry tiger, forget his body and be destroyed, walk through fire and water, and stick to his aspirations, then there will be no worries; His aspirations lead to the true nature of the heart.”

"Go on with peace of mind, don't worry too much, the Tao is walked out, not thought out, dry thinking is useless, but there is a risk of going crazy."

Lu Zhen looked at the road under his feet and sighed: "My way..."

If the pursuit of the Immortal Way of Feathering requires a Dao to rely on, then what is his Dao?
Thinking of his two lives as a human being, Lu Zhen found that he seemed to be a hollow person.

He kept on pursuing the immortal way, but apart from an empty immortal way, except for the surgery, there was only a body left, and there was nothing to fill his immortal way.

(End of this chapter)