Chapter 701 Ask the Buddha 'Second'
This has become a philosophical topic, which is very similar to the famous philosophical questions in previous lives. Book friends uploaded who I am, where I came from, and where I will go, which is extremely profound. However, Chen Pan could still barely understand it, but he just felt that it was wrong.
"Master Buddha, you said that the cause of the previous life creates the result of this life, and then affects the next life. The implication is that no matter what you do in this life, it will be determined by the cause of the previous life. This cannot be changed, and it will also lead to the impact of the next life. In other words, many things will not change whether they are done or not. So what is the meaning of life in a lifetime?" Chen Pan asked.
Buddhism advocates that in this life, no matter how much you care about resentment and suffering, you can benefit the next life. Although it sounds very beautiful, there is a negative thought in it. In addition to other Buddhist thoughts and precepts, although it is not as good as Taoist inaction, it is still not far from that of a modern person who has experienced the thoughts of the past life.
Amitabha shook his head: "No," the cause of the world creates the fruit of this life, but it will not determine the fruit of this life. The so-called fruit of this life actually refers to the beginning of this life. If the donor compares to the previous life before meeting me, to the present life, and to the next life. If you did not appear in the sea of thunder of the immortal heaven, you would not meet me, and if I did not appear there, I would not meet you. In addition, the reasons and various influences of where you went before, these can be regarded as causes."
"The result of these causes is that I brought you here, which becomes the result of your life. After that, this cause will continue to affect you, but it cannot determine you. Everything you do will become the cause of the future, and you can choose to stay. Become a member of Mount Sumeru, or choose to leave, return to the world outside the Buddha's kingdom, and even have more other choices. This creates a variety of different futures."
"These different futures are obviously not determined by you before, but they are still inevitably affected by those causes. "The causes of the world create the results of this life and will also affect the results of the future, but the real cause of the results of the future is how you act in this life."
Chen Pan rubbed his temples, and cold sweat came out. Buddhism was full of prophecy, and it was true that it was the same in both the previous and present lives. Amitabha Buddha's words seemed to briefly explain the cause and effect of the entire past and present lives and the future. However, he still didn't understand it very well.
"I don't understand what the Buddha said very much, but I understand a little bit. However, I still have a question. If everything is true as the Buddha said, there is a cause, how did the first cause in the world appear?" Chen Pan asked. After hearing the Buddha's words similar to prophecy, he couldn't help but have the idea of studying.
But Amitabha shook his head: "I don't know, if I can understand, my Tao will be proved."
"Your way? I'll ask, "What way are you practicing, Master Buddha?" Chen Pan asked in confusion. Seeing that Amitabha had intertwined space patterns on his body before, perhaps it was the way of space. Now it seems that it is not.
Amitabha still shook his head: "Good, good. I don't know either."
"Ah!" Chen Pan was extremely surprised. A strong man in the Hunyuan realm didn't know what his Tao was. How could this make those people who have been stuck in the saint realm or even the quasi-saint realm bear it?
"Master Buddha, you..." Chen Pan felt that the other party seemed to be lying to him, but Buddhism has always advocated not to tell lies. Is this life different? Or what taboos do the other party have?
Amitabha smiled slightly: "Don't be surprised by the donor. I dare to ask the donor, what is Tao?"
"This..." Chen Pan was suddenly asked. As a practitioner, his various skills should be from the Taoist lineage in his previous life, but now he really doesn't know what Tao is.
What is Tao? Chen Pan didn't know that all his knowledge about practice was learned from others. Tao patterns should be a manifestation of Tao. There are still many things about Tao patterns, but no one has ever said seriously what Tao is.
After thinking for a while, he still couldn't come to a conclusion. Chen Pan bowed respectfully to Amitabha Buddha and said seriously: "I am stupid and don't know what Tao is. I'll ask the Buddha to give you advice."
Amitabha shook his head: "I dare not say the advice, because I don't know what Tao is. Tao is too mysterious, and no one can tell what it is. The so-called understanding is just a personal exploration, but it is not necessarily true."
"It's okay, I don't want to learn from you, the Buddha. I'm just the first time I've heard of this kind of problem. I want to learn from it. I'd like to ask the Buddha to give you advice." Chen Pan said quickly.
Amitabha nodded: "This is very good. The broad sense of Tao is not something that I can understand. However, the narrow sense of Tao can be regarded as a road."
Chen Pan nodded: "The Buddha said it is reasonable." There is a saying in the world that the way and the way can be regarded as synonyms. And when Amitabha Buddha said this, Chen Pan suddenly realized that this is indeed the case. Every monk has a Taoist pattern suitable for his own practice, so it may not be regarded as a way.
When practicing different path patterns, you will choose different paths and embark on different paths from then on. I don’t know how Amitabha Buddha understood it. Chen Pan listened carefully. Listening to a Hunyuan Realm explaining the understanding of the Tao is the same great opportunity.
Amitabha Buddha continued, "There is a saying that the same destination is the same as the beginning of the Tao. From the beginning of our practice, we are equivalent to standing at the same starting point and then heading to the same end point. There are countless roads between these two points for us to choose from, and these roads are the roads."
"Some roads are sunny, some roads are full of murderous intent, some roads are flat, and some roads are in ruins. As for which one to go, it depends on your own choice." said the Buddha.
Hearing this, Chen Pan was a little surprised again: "I chose it myself? The path mentioned by the Buddha should mean the Tao pattern."
Amitabha nodded: "It's not exactly, but it's almost the same."
"But this most suitable Taoist pattern was chosen by the Law Jade Book, not by itself." Chen Pan said.
Amitabha shook his head: "No, the choice of the Law Jade Book actually comes from yourself. Your personality, temper, race, blood, hobbies and even pursuits are all the reasons for making the choice of the Law Jade Book. In other words, although you do not make a choice directly, everything you have indirectly made in your daily routine."
So that's it. Chen Pan nodded. Although he couldn't fully confirm whether the other party was right, it was basically the case. Take Yang Zhu and Meng Xuan for example. Yang Zhu was impatient and practicing the Fire Way Pattern is very suitable, but if he was asked to practice the Ice Way Pattern, it would be difficult to improve. On the contrary, Meng Xuan was the same. (To be continued...
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Chapter 701 of the "Two" of the Great Physics's Immortal Cultivation
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