Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 63 Fallacy
When Duan Yu heard Xu Zhu's words, he didn't know whether to laugh or get angry.

What a load of nonsense!

"The Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths." Duan Yu wanted to argue with Xu Zhu again: "The first is the truth of suffering, the second is the truth of origin, and the third is..."

Xu Zhu interrupted Duan Yu and said, "Layman, that is Sakyamuni's enlightenment, not his practice."

"Isn't the Buddha's enlightenment just cultivation?" Duan Yu felt like his nose was crooked with anger.

"Layman, you know wheat bran. Have you ever eaten wheat bran porridge?" Xu Zhu suddenly said.

"What?" Duan Yu was stunned, not knowing what Xu Zhu meant by suddenly saying this.

Xu Zhu said seriously: "Wheat bran is what's left after wheat is ground into flour. It scratches your throat when you eat it and it's very unpalatable."

"Even so, there are still many people who can't eat it. Occasionally, when they have a chance to finally eat a bowl of porridge made from wheat bran, those people will only sigh that the porridge is so delicious."

"And people like the layman may have never even heard of this kind of food."

Duan Yu had lived in the Dali Palace since he was a child and had no idea what wheat bran was.

“So it is naturally difficult for lay Buddhists to understand the statement ‘wheat bran is really delicious’. Once they have tasted the wheat bran themselves, they will feel that the person who said ‘wheat bran is really delicious’ is sick.”

"If it was Sakyamuni who said this, then the layman would think he was wrong."

"Because, how could Buddha be wrong?"

"The lay Buddhists would try to understand why wheat bran tastes good, and why the Buddha thinks wheat bran tastes good, but I don't."

"The lay Buddhists would use various methods to make themselves feel that 'wheat bran is delicious', so that they feel as if they understand the Buddha!"

"Is wheat bran really delicious? Is it the lay Buddhist who is wrong? Is it the Buddha who is wrong?"

"Neither. It's just because people are in different positions and environments."

"It's like you, a Buddhist monk, telling a beggar that bear paws are delicious. The beggar cannot understand the taste of bear paws, but only imagines the taste according to his own understanding."

“So, the Four Noble Truths are the realizations of Sakyamuni after he became a Buddha, not the realizations he gained through his practice.”

"To explain Gautama Buddha with the Four Noble Truths is like trying to catch fish by climbing a tree or looking for the moon in the water."

After Xu Zhu finished speaking, Duan Yu was stunned.

It’s not because what Xu Zhu said didn’t make sense, but because it made too much sense.

Don't meddle in matters that are not your responsibility, and you can't say that if you are not in that position.

A full man does not know the hunger of a hungry man.

A full man is full. For a hungry person, what's the point of eating meat? Just stop eating it!
It is difficult for hungry people to understand.

Can the confusion about life of Sakyamuni, a prince, be the same as the confusion about life of a starving beggar?

There is a huge gap between Duan Yu and the beggar, and there is also a huge gap between him and the Buddha.

He understood the beggar's words in the same way as he understood the Buddha's words.

It’s not that there’s something wrong with them, it’s not that there’s something wrong with their words, it’s just that the positions are different.

"But you are the prince of Dali, and you are born with a predestined relationship with Buddhism." Xu Zhu looked at Duan Yu and said, "When you have a happy life, a wife and children, and feel the impermanence of life and the confusion of life, you can embark on the path of asceticism."

"With no money, he has been practicing hard in the world for many years. He has seen all kinds of life and gone through countless hardships. It seems that the prince has a realization in his heart that he can't help but express."

"Now the prince can enter the 'path of enlightenment'."

"Summarize and generalize your own experiences and thoughts, and then grasp the insights from the unknown. Then the prince will become an enlightened being."

“Then you will become a Buddha!”

"Don't be like your uncles who gave up the throne and wealth, thinking that they could become a great monk by practicing in Tianlong Temple."

Xu Zhu sneered and said, "When they see sentient beings, they have not yet developed any doubts, nor have they undergone any hard training. They are only deceiving themselves!"

"It's a pity that they have such a high starting point, but have no chance to become Buddhas. What a pity! Pitiful! Lamentable!" Xu Zhu felt sorry for the monks of Tianlong Temple.

When Duan Yu heard others talking about his practice in this way, he was not happy, but his face turned dark.

Even though he believed in Buddhism and Taoism, he did not think that he could become a Buddha one day.

He wanted to argue, but he didn't know where to start.

Because Xu Zhu's logic is rigorous and his arguments are self-consistent, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

After thinking for a while, Duan Yu still didn't know where to start.

So he said angrily: "Buddhism is full of compassion and mercy, and it saves all living beings. According to what you said, doesn't it mean that only the prince can become a Buddha?"

"That's right!" Xu Zhu said, "This is the truth hidden under history."

"Nonsense!" Duan Yu was so angry that he laughed.

Xu Zhu shook his head and said, "How many eminent monks in history were not from wealthy families? How many were not princes and nobles?"

"Don't look at what they say, look at what they do!"

"Humans are like this, Buddhas are like this!"

“Only in this way can we see the original process of things. Thus, we can discover the Buddhist principles and understand the path to becoming a Buddha.”

"You..." Duan Yu's face turned red a little. He felt that this monk was full of crooked ideas and was very hateful.

Much more hateful than Jiumozhi!

He couldn't even help but feel the urge to teach this bald guy a lesson!

"Calm down, calm down!" Seeing Duan Yu getting excited, Murong Xing quickly stepped forward and grabbed Duan Yu.

"Just study your chess!" Murong Xing comforted Duan Yu.

You can't win the argument with others, and you also break down your own defenses.

It really is... a vegetable persimmon!
Murong Xing had no knowledge of Buddhist scriptures, but there were many strange books in Shi Fei's study, including "Dialectical Buddhist Scriptures" and "Liberation Theology", which he had read but could not understand.

He has no interest in these nonsense.

Seeing the angry Duan Yu, Murong Xing said again: "I want to practice martial arts, you protect me!"

With his level of cultivation, he didn't need anyone to protect him during his practice. He just wanted to distract Duan Yu's attention.

Stop arguing with Xu Zhu all the time!
Can you win an argument with a bald donkey?
Duan Yu saw Murong Xing sitting cross-legged and starting to practice, so he stopped paying attention to Xu Zhu and began to focus part of his attention on Murong Xing and part on the chess pieces.

The more I study chess, the more I feel the profoundness of Su Xinghe's chess.

Before he knew it, he was addicted to it.

In the second half of the night, when Murong Xing completed the circulation of the Qi for today, he saw Duan Yu lying on the ground and sleeping!
Not only did he not protect him, but he was even talking in his sleep, saying things like "Fifth and Sixth Road" and "Third and Fourth Road".

It seems that he was studying chess and fell asleep while studying.

Persimmon you...

Instead, Xu Zhu on the other side saw him open his eyes, looked up and smiled at him.

Seeing this, Murong Xing also smiled at him, but thought in his heart: "This bald donkey has such profound skills!"

The next day was the day for the agreed Zhenlong chess game.

Early in the morning, several people saw a monk coming into the pine forest.

The man had a dignified appearance and it was none other than Jiumozhi.

　I almost forgot, today is the great man’s birthday, so I should update more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)