Vol 3 Chapter 36: Equality is virtue

This chapter caused me a headache, so let’s take a look at it. There will be no more boring content later. It is really hard and unsightly to write this kind of stuff. The main reason is that the problem was painfully used before, and I had to explain it. At the same time, it can be regarded as a distinction between Buddhism and Taoism. After all, in other great worlds in the future, you will still encounter Buddhism, so let's lay down the bottom first.
The fact that Shi Xuan became a named disciple of Mo Yuan quickly spread throughout the Penglai faction. Many outside disciples bowed their heads and paused, regretting that if he had answered "I don’t know" at the time, how good would it be, only a few disciples would I remembered that Shi Xuan was the sect that Mo Yuan had undertaken and entered. Although he didn't ask about it for two years, who would dare to say that there was nothing tricky inside.
And Shi Xuan was outside Mo Yuan Cave Mansion at this time, accompanied by Mo Yuan looking at the misty and misty beauty of the distant mountain peaks. When he just left the Temple of Heaven, Meng Li’s complicated eyes made Shi Xuan a thorn in his back, but he thought that he was tough. It's backing, and it's a lot better, at least no one will send themselves to Penglai faction by taking a task.
"But I wonder why I will accept you as a disciple as a teacher?" Mo Yuan, who was facing Shi Xuan's back, suddenly faintly uttered, making Shi Xuan who was uncertain about it startled.
Shi Xuan replied respectfully: "The disciple does have this question." Judging from Mo Yuan's consistent behavior, it is better to tell the truth in front of him.
"Do you remember the problem of being a teacher yesterday?" Mo Yuan looked at the distant mountains.
"Remember, what you asked, Master, was,'If one day, your relatives, friends, masters of Taoist priests block your path, will you kill? Or not?' What the disciple answered was'don't know'." Is it really related to that question? ?
Mo Yuan didn't say any more, but pointed to the misty distant mountain: "Look, there are two roads on that mountain. Do you know which one can get out of the mountain?"
"I don't know, only one or two on-site investigations can be known." Shi Xuan answered honestly.
Mo Yuan nodded: "This is the attitude of practice, talking about one's mind and nature. It is just rootless wood and water without a source. Only after being tempered by the world, facing various choices, and experiencing various consequences, can you Really know your own nature."
"But master, is it good to kill? Or not to kill?" Shi Xuan asked all the outer disciples' questions.
Mo Yuan turned his back and looked into the distance: "Visibility is merit, equality is virtue. Under the way of heaven, all natures are equal, and there is no situation where no one can go. From a small perspective, you In general thoughts, there is no distinction between good, evil, or lewdness, only the difference between wedge and nature."
Seeing Shi Xuan puzzled, Mo Yuan did not answer directly, but took the topic to the other side: "Look at this avenue, the road is wide and the road is good, the surrounding trees are shaded, and the trail is rugged with strange rocks, winding dangerously. There are poisonous snakes and beasts on the cliff. Which is the way to survive?"
"I don't know." Shi Xuan could only answer like that.
Mo Yuan used a magic technique, and the view of the mountain peak appeared in front of him. The road was nowhere to be found after reaching a cliff. Although the trail was extremely dangerous, it stretched beyond the mountain and was a thoroughfare. .
"Master, do you want to tell me, don't give up on the road of cultivation because of difficulties and obstacles?" Shi Xuan could only think of this.
"The truth is good, but it's not what I want to tell you right now. Look at the roads on this mountain." Mo Yuan pointed to another mountain with a avenue and three trails. The specific situation was the same as before.
Mo Yuan didn't wait for Shi Xuan's answer, but he waved again. The landscape of this mountain clearly appeared in front of him, but unlike before, the three small roads were dead ends, and only the main road was the thoroughfare.
"For different mountain peaks, the road may be a dead end, or it may be a way to survive, and the same is true for a small road. To kill or not to kill, for people of different natures, it is naturally possible to kill is a way to survive, not to kill is a dead end, and there are also Maybe killing is a dead end, but not killing is a way to survive."
Shi Xuan looked at Mo Yuan, wanting to know what he wanted to explain.
"The same is true in xinxing cultivation. There are various ways for you to choose. For different people, this person may be a dead end, that person may be a way to live, and there is also the possibility of the other way around. You do not finish. , I never know whether the choice is good or bad, what should you use as the basis for your choice?" Mo Yuan glanced at Shi Xuan lightly.
Shi Xuan thought for a while: "According to his own heart and nature."
"This is what the teacher wants to explain. Everyone's heart and nature are different. There are good and bad, but as long as you choose a path that fits your own nature, you can hope for the soul, and there is no difference between superior and inferior. ." Mo Yuan cast a conclusion flatly.
"Among these many great worlds, there are those who kill their fathers, mothers, brothers, brothers, wives, and children, kill the common people, achieve the avenue of killing, and finally turn good fortune to create a world, and some give up the opportunity of enlightenment for their wives and children. But they are advancing by leaps and bounds. In a short period of time, they are proving good fortune. Can you say which of them is higher and who is lower?" Mo Yuan pointed to two of the twenty-seven brightest stars in the sky. Now and now, the hidden time is not as good as other ordinary stars, and the other 22 stars are now brighter. There are five such stars in total.
Shi Xuan let out a sigh of relief: "The question before that, Master, you mean to kill or not to kill, there is no difference between them, just see if you can directly refer to your own nature."
Mo Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
"But master, if I discover in the future that my nature is to kill relatives and friends, Taoist masters and masters, will you treat me equally according to the principle of equality?" Shi Xuan felt very contradictory.
Mo Yuan turned his head and glanced at Shi Xuan deeply. He twitched at the corner of his mouth, and he actually showed a smile: "Naturally, before your cultivation level surpasses you as a teacher, you will be blown to death by a thunder."
"Ah?!" Shi Xuan's answer was unexpected, and he saw Mo Yuan's smile for the first time.
Mo Yuan's smile quickly faded, and he changed back to his previous cold expression: "I just talked about the way of heaven, but now this issue is humane. The teacher hasn't let others kill himself and complete the compassion of others. Hearted."
"But..." Shi Xuan was somewhat contradictory.
"The way of heaven is for one's own practice, not to regard goodness as beauty, not to regard evil as ugliness. As long as one can see one's nature, one can see the way of the soul, but the way of humanity is for others, and it also affects oneself in turn. , No master is willing to kill his own disciple in the future, and no disciple will sincerely worship his disciple under the master who has practiced the dharma tool someday. Other humanitarian relationships are similar. On the other hand, the monks who are extremely vicious and plundering everywhere are also difficult to walk in front of the Yuanshen Avenue, because the world is enemies, shouting and screaming, and the possibility of falling is far higher than other monks." Let's talk about the difference with humanity in detail.
Seeing Shi Xuan's understanding, Mo Yuan added another sentence: "So those monks whose nature is to kill will be much harder than normal monks in the future, but those who can kill from this path are all Don't be a little peeper, you can't be too careful after encountering it."
"But Master, why is the nature so different? Can you change the nature?" Shi Xuan felt that this kind of good can only change for the better, and the bad can only change for the bad.
Mo Yuan said lightly: "This is the foundation of our Taoist practice. Everything in the universe, as large as the stars of the world, as small as dust and ants, are all derived from the Tao, but they are contaminated by the acquired and gradually deviated. In its original form, the process of cultivation is the process of removing acquired contaminants, returning to nature, and approaching the Tao. However, in this process, Buddhism talks about xinxing, and physical training is just a skin for xinxing cultivation to protect against wind and rain; It is the world where the teaching method is the closest to the Dao, and then cooperates with the cultivation of the xinxing. Of course, both must finally condense the Dao seeds and be in harmony with the body."
"'Tao' has no distinction between good and evil, but it has the truth of good and evil. Rain nourishes everything is good, and it is evil to set off a flood. In this way, the nature of the Tao is naturally different."
"However, since'Tao' itself has no distinction between good and evil, its good and evil are in one body and can be converted at will. Then there is a way to change nature. One is to use the precepts to slowly correct the nature and transform it into good. The second is through reincarnation, accepting the contamination of the good in the purest baby, and thus transforming to the good. Both of them are not successful for those with great perseverance. For example, in the latter, there are senior monks who use secret treasures to reincarnate ten times. Gong accomplishes the good nature. But in the end, the ultimate of xinxing cultivation is to be able to change the nature at will to correspond to different things and things, just like the Tao."
"I understand a little bit." Shi Xuan understood a little bit.
Mo Yuan nodded and said: "You only need to have a general impression, but you don't need to think about it now. It's not too late to think about these issues after you get to the golden core. For the golden core, it still has to fall on the firmness itself. Stick to the original mind and stick to the road, but this original mind refers to the choice of the road, not the original mind of the nature."
Shi Xuan respectfully said: "Disciples, remember."
Mo Yuan was silent for a while, then said: "I forgot to give you a dao name just now, but it depends on your own preference. My generation is a spirit, and my dao name is Lingyu, but it is not commonly used. Your generation is a heaven, so the name is Tianxuan. Then remember to report to Senior Brother Lingxing."
After that, Mo Yuan waved his hand: "Go down. Go to the Tianyahaijiaolou and choose a practice method and a true practice method. For the teacher, you will choose a wind-based practice method during the out-of-aperture period. If you do not feel obstructed during cultivation If this is the case, the practice of "Heaven and Earth Liuhe Shenfeng True Explanation" should be very suitable for you."
"Yes. But Master, you haven't answered the disciple. Why do you accept the disciple as a disciple? Is it really because you answered ‘don’t know’?" Shi Xuan was very confused about this question.
"Well, at this stage, it is not appropriate to make any choice. If they have taken care of their nature at this stage, then what else to practice as a teacher? Let them be a teacher." Mo Yuan said coldly.
Although he felt that Mo Yuan's explanation was far-fetched, Shi Xuan did not dare to ask more.