Everything starts with Jin Yiwei

Chapter 747 Good People Need Gradual Cultivation, Bad People Need Epiphany

Xinglong South Street.

A newly opened rice shop.

Qin Zhan took out the rice jar: "Benefactor, here's a jar of polished rice, it's full."

"okay!"

The little guy at the rice shop quickly filled the millet jar that Qin Zhan handed over.

"Ten cents!" said the boy.

Qin Zhan held the millet vat in both hands and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk is here for alms."

Rice shop guy: "..."

I'm sorry, is it like this for monks to make alms these days?
The rice shop guy's heart is broken!
"Hahaha, just kidding, just kidding."

Qin Zhan said with a smile, took out ten cents and handed it to the spirited guy.

The little guy is just working for others, so there is no need to make things difficult for him.

The little fellow swallowed, stretched out his thumb and said, "Little master, you are so humorous!"

Qin Zhan: "..."

After buying vegetables and rice, Qin Zhan trotted back to Tianlong Temple.

As soon as he entered the temple, he shouted loudly:

"Master, master, I watched the story recorded in the Buddhist scriptures yesterday, and suddenly thought of a question, why do good people have to go through ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships to become a Buddha, while bad people only need to put down the butcher knife to become a Buddha?"

The old monk sat cross-legged on the dilapidated lotus platform, closed his eyes and meditated, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said expressionlessly:
"Good people need gradual cultivation, and bad people need epiphany."

"The road to becoming a Buddha is never smooth, nor does it happen overnight."

"The laying down of the butcher's knife in Buddhism does not refer to the butcher's knife that actually kills, but refers to malicious, evil words, evil deeds and all delusions, delusion, confusion, perversion, separation, and attachment."

"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha right away, that is, let go of everything, the four elements are empty, this is a Buddha!"

"The essence of the butcher's knife is the confusion of all beings about themselves. All beings are obsessed with themselves and obsessed with themselves. Therefore, people themselves are the last obstacle to becoming a Buddha."

"In my opinion, the difficulty of letting go of the butcher's knife is far greater than going through the ninety-nine and 81 difficulties. And the 81 difficulties are just a false finger. If you realize it, you can immediately become a Buddha!"

Qin Zhan's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he gave a thumbs up: "Master's Buddhism is profound!"

It has to be said that no matter how many tricky questions Qin Zhan came up with to ask the old monk, the old monk could always answer fluently.

It can be seen from this that the old monk is definitely not as simple as it appears on the surface.

It's just a pity that the old monk didn't pass on the practice of Buddhism and Taoism to him for a long time. In the past 12 years, Qin Zhan has been familiar with the three thousand Buddhist scriptures in Tianlong Temple, and even reached the state of reciting them fluently, but he still hasn't obtained the real primordial spirit method !

This made him very anxious, but now he is still too young, it is almost impossible to leave Xinglong County alone and go to other places to find Yuanshenfa.

These 12 years are truly wasted!

But in the past 12 years, Qin Zhan was not boring at all, after all, there was this wise old monk here to talk to him and relieve his boredom.

And Qin Zhan felt that the system would never target the target.

Since it has established a template, it will never make mistakes. Qin Zhan definitely has a big background and is backed by a big force.

Because the orphans, talents and other items are all formulated by Qin Zhan himself, there is no reason for the problem to arise only from the background.

Therefore, Qin Zhan guessed that this old monk was probably born in a top Buddhist temple and possessed the most orthodox Yuanshen method of cultivation.

It's just that he hasn't taught Qin Zhan this Yuanshen method yet, probably because he feels that the time is not yet.

It may also be that reading the three thousand Buddhist scriptures before learning the Yuanshen method is the only way to practice!

Therefore, he will not delay the things that the old monk asked him to learn and let him see.

After eating the fast meal, the master and the disciple sat cross-legged on the dilapidated lotus platform as usual, meditated and chanted scriptures face to face, and sometimes discussed Buddhist principles.

"Fan Hai, you have been a beginner for twelve years. In a blink of an eye, twelve years have passed. Are you complaining about the master, why didn't he teach you the method of cultivation, and only let you study these boring Buddhist scriptures?"

The old monk said: "You know it from birth, and you are born with Buddha bones. You should have seen it when I used Buddhism to save you."

"That's right, as a teacher, I have a cultivation base."

"There is a reason for a master not to teach, and apprentices won't ask too many questions." Qin Zhan replied.

"Be a human being first, then cultivate. Now that you are still young, you don't have to rush to practice for a while. If you have outstanding talents, it may not be impossible to become a golden arhat once you suddenly realize it!"

"So for Buddhist practice, age has never been a problem." The old monk said in a deep voice.

Qin Zhan blinked his eyes when he heard the words, and then nodded: "Master, this apprentice understands!"

"Well, what else do you want to ask?" the old monk said again.

"Master, I want to know about the division of realms in Buddhist practice." Qin Zhan said.

"Buddhist practice, there are two main roads, one is the road to becoming a Buddha in the body, and the other is the road to becoming a Buddha in the soul, and the Buddha is a master who has both roads."

"As for the realm of Buddhist practice, there are many kinds of people. Many people have different ideas. Leaving aside the path of a monk, our Buddhist major is Yuanshen method."

"Let's talk about the Yuanshen method today. The realm of the Yuanshen method can be roughly divided into four levels: Shenzang, visualization, imperial object, out of body, nine kalpas, arhat, bodhisattva, Buddha, and Buddha."

"Among them, only the five levels of Shenzang, visualization, imperial objects, out of body, and nine kalpas are the divisions of practice realms, while Arhats, Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, and Buddhas are only divisions of Buddhist fruit status."

"So such a realm may not be called a realm, because many Arhats, Bodhisattvas, and even Buddhas have the same realm of practice, but their strengths vary."

"As far as the realm of practice is concerned, Shenzang is the starting point of the road of practice. Opening the treasure of the human body's spiritual consciousness is considered the introduction of the primordial spirit method."

"Then majoring in a visualization map and began to continuously strengthen the power of the primordial spirit, and finally can reach the level of imperial objects. This is a watershed in the practice of the primordial spirit."

"After reaching the imperial level, you still have to continue to temper the primordial spirit until you can condense the primordial spirit and make the primordial spirit come out of the body. This is considered to have entered the realm."

"The next Nine Tribulations can be regarded as the end of the cultivation of the Yuanshen method, and it can also be regarded as endless, because the so-called Nine Tribulations means that the Yuanshen must go through nine great kalpas before reaching the level of Yuanshen Dzogchen!"

"At this level, if the Dharma is profound, you can prove the true Buddhahood, but it is extremely difficult. Many people can be regarded as masters if they can reach the seven kalpas. Many Bodhisattvas and Arhats are in this realm." The old monk said in a deep voice. .

Qin Zhan listened very carefully, and felt that the old monk really had a clue!
"Master, what realm is the Buddha?" Qin Zhan asked.

"Buddha is the pioneer of Yuanshen method, and also the perfecter and master of the monk's path. He should be in the realm of nine kalpas, even the legendary ten kalpas!"

"And his physical body has also reached the state of vajra indestructible, immortal and immortal." The old monk said.

"Then what is the monk's path that the master said?" Qin Zhan asked.

The old monk thought about it carefully and sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "The primordial spirit method of the Buddhist world is the foundation. Cultivate the primordial spirit, and then use the primordial spirit to feed back the body, and finally become one with the heaven and earth, and achieve an immortal golden body."

"However, this kind of road has great limitations. If you become one with the heaven and the earth and become a part of the heaven and the earth, you will have no freedom at all. Therefore, many people only cultivate the primordial spirit, and do not want the heaven and earth fruit status. , as long as you are free!"

"But then everything changed."

(End of this chapter)