The talisman is useless? That poor Taoist had no choice but to wear armor.

Chapter 323 Zhang Qingxiao: Aladdin's magic lamp? Don't mess with it

It’s no wonder that these masters got angry.

There is actually a huge difference between the Taoist and Buddhist methods of practice.

The Buddhists practice the path of incense and burning candles. The more tourists there are, the more popular the incense will be. The easier it is for them to practice, and the faster they will practice.

But Taoism emphasizes the following of nature, the unity of man and nature, and it cultivates oneself, that is, relies on oneself.

Whether the incense is popular or not has nothing to do with them.

After all, Taoism was a sect for cultivating immortals when it was first founded.

The reason for building a Taoist temple is actually to provide a place for cultivation for disciples recruited internally.

It is not for you to worship God at all.

The statues built inside the Taoist temple are also some of the ancestors in Taoist history who practiced Taoism and became immortals.

It was built there just for you to know about it, and it is for our disciples to worship.

In order to become familiar with those ancestors who have become immortals, when you encounter demons that you cannot deal with in the future, you will have more choices when you pray to the gods, and you can ask the ancestors to come down to earth to help slay the demons.

At the same time, the sect erected the statue to give some encouragement to later disciples.

The general meaning is, you see, the statues standing in this Taoist temple are all ancestors who practiced Taoism and became immortals in the past.

If you work hard, you will have the opportunity to erect the statue here in the future for future disciples to worship.

The Buddhists made statues of gods and attracted incense.

The more pilgrims worship a deity, the faster the deity behind the statue will become more powerful.

That's the difference between the two sides.

The difference between the two sides is too great.

Many ordinary people in later generations have many misunderstandings about Taoism. They think that Taoism also needs incense and cannot survive without incense. In fact, this is not the case at all.

It is actually better for them without incense. They can devote themselves fully to their practice without being disturbed by outsiders.

This is why many Taoist ancestors built their own Taoist temples in the deep mountains and forests, just to avoid the world.

Avoiding the disturbance from ordinary people in the secular world is also to prevent things like today from happening.

Those who are able to practice Taoism are able to endure hardships.

You can grow your own vegetables and live a self-sufficient life in the mountains. In the later stages of training, you don’t even need to eat and can just practice fasting.

What do you want money for?
Just like what these leaders complained about.

What's the point of giving them tens of thousands of dollars in income a day?
The dogs shook their heads.

They live in seclusion in the mountains all year round and have very low material requirements.

see a doctor?

Those who practice cultivation in the mountains have very good bodies, without any illness or disaster. What illness do they need to see?

Let’s talk about the five Taoist arts: mountain medicine, fortune-telling and divination.

The Taoist priest himself is a doctor, and a Chinese medicine practitioner at that.

If they get sick, they can just prescribe some medicine for themselves and get better, and they practice cultivation every day.

Where does the disease come from?

No more material needs.

Money naturally becomes waste paper.

There is no QR code on me and no store to trade with.

What are those bundles of money for?
On the contrary, the fruits and vegetables they grow themselves and are eaten by pilgrims and tourists are very precious in their eyes.

Because it's pure, natural and harmless.

They take money to buy vegetables at the foot of the mountain, but they still complain about the pesticide residues on the vegetables.

The artificially farmed chickens, ducks, and fish at the foot of the mountain have a strong fishy smell and are unhealthy.

How can these leaders not complain?

Get these people away quickly so you can practice cultivation.

Some leaders are already old, and they think that if they can make further progress in their later years, they can extend their support and live a few more years.

Improve your cultivation while you are alive, and you will have a high status in the underworld after you die. I don’t have enough time to rest, and now I am disturbed by these people. I am so upset.

Is this guy here to send them incense? This guy is here to kill them.

Some chief monks even complained about Buddhism.

Is this okay? Xiaogou, what are you doing? Can you guys who are repairing the incense road work harder? Take the tourists away quickly.

A group of masters gathered together to discuss how to solve this matter?

But so far no good method has been found.

It was also the first time for them to experience the feeling of being surrounded by money, which was really painful.

I used to see Buddhist temples crowded with people, but now I realize that some money should really be earned by Buddhists, and they are not jealous of the incense they pass on.

It takes some skills to handle so many tourists.

Just at this time a smart guy came up with his idea.

He said, "My fellow pilgrims, I have a plan. The pilgrims who go up the mountain to burn incense and worship Buddha all have their own desires. Since they all come for desires, why don't we change our thinking? If we satisfy all their wishes at once, then they won't come again in the future, right?"

Da Congming continued, "If someone wants money, we give him a fortune charm to make him rich; if someone wants health, we cure his illness; if someone wants a child, we give her a soul.

Then the world will be blessed!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Qingxiao's face changed immediately.

Listen, listen to what kind of wolfish and tigerish words are these?

I didn't expect that I had already started to take the crooked path.

Can this be done?

Zhang Qingxiao was the first to say, "I think this method won't work. It's too far-fetched. Although your idea is correct, you have overlooked a little bit of human nature.

Human desires can never be satisfied. Human nature is greedy. Those who want to get rich will want 10 after they get 10, and then they will want 100 million or 1000 million. There is no limit to money and it will never end.

Once the floodgates of desire are opened, the tide of desire will never stop. Not only will it not be able to solve our problems, it will even be worse than it is now."

Zhang Qingxiao pointed it out directly.

Human nature is greedy.

The wish-fulfillment solution is too far-fetched.

If it's not handled properly, the Taoist temple will become Aladdin's magic lamp.

They give you whatever you ask for. Who the hell is going to go to work in the future?

Go to the Taoist temple and burn some incense, and all your problems will be solved.

Zhang Qingxiao estimated that if this were really done, someone would be able to go to the Taoist temple to burn incense as a job.

So this method definitely won’t work.

Listening to Zhang Qingxiao's words, all the Taoist priests in the Taoist temples nodded.

Makes sense.

Indeed it is.

Then, the old Taoist priest looked at Zhang Qingxiao.

He said, "Qingxiao, you usually have the most ideas. What do you think we should do in this situation? If you have any ideas, please tell us."

Zhang Qingxiao will take over as the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain in more than a month.

In this case, there is naturally no problem for him to express his opinion.

And it’s time for him to attend this kind of high-level meeting.

The old Taoist asked him what he meant.

Zhang Qingxiao thought for a moment and said, "In fact, this matter is easy to solve. To put it bluntly, when our Taoist sect was first established, it was for the cultivation of our own disciples.

In this case, we might as well be tougher. Those Taoists who want to practice in peace should just close the mountain gate and take a firmer attitude and not be led by tourists.

As for our Longhu Mountain, we can issue an announcement and get tickets. Once the daily tickets are sold out, you will not be allowed to go up the mountain. This will naturally solve the problem.

Another point is about Buddhism. I think we can contact them and help them to stand firm.”

(End of this chapter)