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Chapter 181: Plot and Sword Master’s Sword [Please subscribe]

On the north side of the town.

Everyone looked at the Ten Good Karmic Buddhas who arrived holding the certificate of credence from a distance, and the envoys behind them frowned slightly.

Venerable Juntian said, "The Ten Good Karmic Buddhas have an excellent reputation at the gate of Buddhism and are known as the most merciful and compassionate Buddha in Qingtian Temple. He is the leader of this trip. The purpose may not be to start a war directly."

Everyone nodded.

In a diplomatic situation, who takes the lead conveys a lot of meaning.

Venerable Haotian: "The purpose of letting the Ten Good Deeds come forward in Buddhism is probably to ease the conflict, and it doesn't want to break up with us directly. We need time to complete the construction of the Twelve Great Passes on the border, and the Wei Dynasty also needs to wait for the Zhengzhishishengsheng The monk is taking the final journey to become a saint. Both sides are now racing against time."

When everyone heard this, they were all sighing, a little hopeful, and more pessimistic and worried.

There has never been any era like today's world. The Southern Jin Dynasty clearly had saints in charge, but they were overwhelmed by the forces of the other side. There was even the worry of the destruction of the ancestral temple and the collapse of the Taoist tradition.

Venerable Yan Tian said, "Those bald donkeys in Buddhism may talk about great kindness and compassion, but they have never been lenient when it comes to occupying land and servicing the people. I don't know how many temples have been reduced to harboring filth and evil. The banquet is probably still holding back something bad."

Sword Master Zhongli Xiu said disdainfully, "What's so hard to guess? Attacking a city and seeking a country is nothing more than a frontal attack, or an internal attack. If I were one of those bald donkeys in Buddhism, I would definitely find a way to gain such a strong position. Internal divisions, frontal threats and cowardly enemies, and then sending some little bald donkeys to Jianye in an open and honest manner in the name of missionary work. Internal divisions will rein in the internal divisions, but you aristocratic families are accustomed to hedging their bets."

Yao Chilong said dissatisfiedly, "Senior Sword Master, please be careful. Our family has dedicated its efforts, and even the family's heritage has been revealed. We can learn from the public spirit of the world."

Yuan Patriarch Yuan Yushi directly clasped his fists and said, "Please ask the Holy Master for guidance."

Ancestor Zheng, Old Eccentric Qi, and some other ancestors from aristocratic families stood up one after another to jointly express their position to the saint.

They can't do their best and still be treated as weaklings and traitors for no reason, right?

Although these aristocratic families are indeed used to betting on both sides, they are not so brutal and crude in their operations!
The normal operation is actually to let the most outstanding and outstanding sons and nephews of the family serve different forces. No matter which force wins, the family will eventually continue to exist and be glorious.

If it is as rough as what the sword master said, which force would dare to use the son of the family?
Yi Hongyuan looked at Zhongli Xiu and said, "Fellow Sword Saint, be careful what you say. If it chills your comrades in arms and is not conducive to unity, please don't say it again."

Sword Master Zhongli Xiu clasped his fists and then raised his hands to everyone.

As for apologizing, he didn't say a word!
A swordsman would rather take the straight path than seek it from the crooked path.

Besides, he didn't say anything wrong. It's impossible to expect him to apologize!

Everyone also knew that the sword master had a bad temper, and they didn't expect him to apologize, but everyone was old and naturally knew that when it was time to speak up for themselves, they must speak up for themselves.

Tuoba villager came out to smooth things over, "The north is led by Qingtian Temple, and the core of the Dharma practiced by Qingtian Temple in its first lecture is the Great Dream Sutra. He probably intends to restore the ancient world. The orthodox Landuo Temple Omniscient and cultivating the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree is essentially an ancient method. However, the higher-ups of Xuanmen mostly practice modern methods. It is impossible for our two families to coexist, so we should give up our illusions!"

Everyone nodded when they heard the words.

Yes, give up your illusions and prepare seriously for war. What you can't get on the battlefield, you can't get at the negotiation table.

In fact, below the saints, even if Buddhism and Taoism have different paths, there is no absolute difference. The paths they take are basically more inclined to the modern method.

In essence, they are all about combining heaven and earth, but the methods and concepts of combining heaven and earth are somewhat different.

Taoism believes that the unity of heaven and earth is essentially more in line with today's law, more like the harmony of heaven and man.

It is believed that the inner and outer body and mind depend on the body for their existence. All spiritual knowledge and experience are obtained through physical sensations in the material world, and the psychology itself has nothing.

So the sky has sun and moon, and humans also have yin and yang.Heaven has five elements, and humans have five internal organs.

Therefore, the premise of cultivating the Tao is "long life and long vision", and then through "long life and long vision" to study the rules of the universe and return to the origin. This process is also called "proving the Tao", which is also the so-called "returning to the root and restoring life".

The unity of heaven and earth, or the unity of heaven and man, is a concept inherited from Taoism.

Of course, this may also be related to the fact that most of the foundation of Taoism comes from the Three Saint Sects.

The Three Saint Sects changed the laws of heaven and earth, forcibly reversed the concepts and paths of cultivation, and made the current Dharma popular in the world.

but.

The core philosophy of Buddhism is that all things are created by consciousness.

Everything will be classified as joy, anger, sorrow, joy, thought, etc., and everything is just a thought.

Therefore, it is necessary to hone the mind to a balanced and stable state, decompose all love, hate, impermanence, and six dust stains from the heart, and gradually eliminate the discomfort, sustenance, and overload, and reach the state of precepts, concentration, and wisdom. .

The absence of worries is called "silence", the absence of life and death is called "annihilation", and the state without worries and birth and death is nirvana.

If one can see the original mind, which is originally peaceful, then one can see the Tathagata.

The goal of everything is to find liberation, especially spiritual liberation. The physical body is nothing but a stinky bag.

Therefore, Buddhist concepts are essentially transcendental!
In a sense, the present method is somewhat contrary to Buddhist philosophy.

Many eminent Buddhist monks who practice modern Buddhism will eventually build a "Lingshan Pagoda" on the spiritual platform, and begin to unite the heaven and earth in their hearts, and unite the spiritual mountains in their hearts.

That is to say——

Buddha is not far away in Lingshan, Lingshan is only in your heart.Everyone has a Lingshan Pagoda, so that it can be repaired down to the Lingshan Pagoda.

Therefore, the more eminent Buddhist monks practice to a higher level, the deeper their attainments in the soul will be, and they will be able to save and transcend sentient beings.

but.

It is never the middle and low-level monks who decide which path the spiritual world will take in the future, but the saints.The first lecturer was a person who had truly seen the magnificence of the ancient times in a dream. Once he decided to follow the ancient method, the future of Buddhism would lie in the ancient method.

Not to mention that now there is another perfect omniscience. Once he completes the holy path with the ancient method, it is inevitable that Buddhism will completely turn to the ancient method.

Just the ancient world
Even those who only know scales and claws are filled with infinite yearning in their hearts.

The most important thing is Shouyuan. Today's monks are too miserable and Shouyuan is too stuck. I don't know how many monks die of old age in the process of seeking the Tao.

How old does it take to understand potential, and how long does it take to understand meaning? Once you miss the perfect time to break through, you will most likely be cut off from this path.

And if the laws of heaven and earth change again and we embark on the path of cultivating ancient methods, I will feel overflowing with happiness just by thinking about it!
But it seems that it is basically impossible for Xuanmen to turn to ancient methods at present. After all, the ancestral court of Jiuxuanmen has been lost. Even if Yi Hongyuan wants to practice ancient methods, he does not have the conditions now.

The battle of orthodoxy has always been the most cruel battle. One party will either disappear completely, be forced to integrate, or be forced to change paths and become a low-income person.

Zhongli Xiu's eyes released a brilliant light, and he said with fighting spirit, "Since we have to compete on the battlefield eventually, why not let someone set up a big banquet for the northern envoy and let them weigh it too?" Consider whether you can bite us."

The fighting spirit in Sword Master Zhongli Xiu soared into the sky, as if he could pierce the ninth level of the sky.

On Zhenbei City, everyone looked at the Sword Master Zhongli Xiu with awe.

In recent days, they often listened to the sermons of saints and made great progress in their cultivation, but they never thought that Zhongli Xiu was the one who made the most progress.

He really deserves to be the one who dares to openly clamor to break the Four Supreme Sword Techniques!
Yi Hongyuan nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhongli Xiu suddenly laughed.

He didn't make too many moves, he just pointed his swords at the Ten Good Karma Buddhas of the Northern Wei Dynasty and other members of the envoy.

In just an instant, everyone felt the vitality of heaven and earth between heaven and earth, as if they were all converging towards Zhongli Xiu's sword finger, so that the heaven and earth dimmed.

at the same time.

Everyone in the Buddhist sect was awed. Although Sword Master Zhongli Xiu had not yet drawn his sword, they could already feel the sword coming, penetrating their souls.

Infinite Buddha's light emerged from his body to resist Zhongli Xiu's sword intent.

puff!
Behind Shi Shankar, several Arhats who were on the mission turned pale and spit out a mouthful of blood, and the Buddha's light on their bodies also dimmed.

"Amitabha, good, good."

The Buddha of Ten Good Karmas clasped his hands together, showed compassion on his face, emitted the light of his relics, and protected himself and all the Bodhisattvas and Arhats behind him.

In just an instant, the envoys from Qingtian Temple in the Northern Wei Dynasty seemed to have returned to the pure land of the Saha World. The light of Buddha was everywhere, Bodhi was everywhere, and the sound of Zen and Buddha were singing everywhere.

A sense of great kindness and compassion spread, subduing the demons in everyone's hearts, resolving their karma, and returning to a state of great enlightenment.

Buddhists understand that this is the embodiment of the Pure Land of the Spiritual Mountain in the heart of the Buddha with the Ten Good Deeds.

But at this moment, Sword Saint Zhongli Xiu drew his sword.

A sword flew across the sky, opening up the world and breaking through the pure world.

There is no compassion, no hatred, no joy or sorrow, just a simple meaning. I draw my sword!

In an instant, all the Buddhist monks felt that the scene in front of them had changed, and they came directly to the boundless sea of ​​​​fire. The fire was raging and seemed to burn everything.

The Bodhisattva is burning, the temple is on fire, and the monks are frightened.

Extreme happiness seems to have turned into a flaming hell.

but.

In the eyes of the Buddhist monks, the blazing fire in front of them is a flame but not a flame. They are also essentially swords!
The sword of the Sword Saint Zhonglixiu.

At their level, they should essentially no longer be afraid of fire, and may even be able to completely ward off fire.

But the blazing fire in front of them was still terrifying in their hearts, like a real natural disaster.

In a trance, they seemed to have returned to their childhood. They had not yet gone too far on the path of spiritual practice. At this critical moment, they encountered a fire and completely felt the ruthlessness of the fire.

Everything is so small!

The faces of all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Arhats all changed slightly. This sword was really too pure, pure flames, pure sword intent, pure killing, pure ruthlessness, there was no reason to explain it.

Because I drew my sword, your pure land of bliss was destroyed and burned. This is a very simple and unquestionable truth.

But it is precisely because of its purity that it is extremely powerful and terrifying.

All the Buddhas were surprised, but they never thought that Zhongli Xiu's sword intention was much purer than they imagined.

The Buddha of Ten Good Karmas clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, the Sword Master is worthy of being a Sword Master. This sword's will is really powerful. But it's just too ruthless!"

As soon as the Ten Good Deeds were spoken, sweet rain began to fall from the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss and began to extinguish the fire.

but.

The fire is still raging and has not been put out!
(End of this chapter)