I am immortal

The young monk looked at the Taoist priest in front of him and said thoughtfully:

"Fangcun Mountain, Qi Wuhuo..."

He looked the Taoist priest up and down, then suddenly smiled and said, "It turns out it's you, it's you, Buddha, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" He took half a step forward, pointed at the Taoist in front of him, and scolded. : "Is it true that the person who fights demons with his true martial arts, the Supreme Being Xuanwei, and whose hands are stained with the blood of Buddhas is you?"

"Is it you who has killed countless people with your own strength?!"

"as well as--"

The golden cicada in front of the Buddha had clear and calm eyes and said:

"Are you the one who single-handedly caused the blood debt of Landa Temple?"

The Taoist said: "What happened at Landuo Temple was done by Taoist friend Shangqing Dongxuan, not by Pindao."

The golden cicada in front of the Buddha laughed loudly and said: "You said it was him, and everyone also said it was him, but why can't this [him] be [you]? Everyone else is wrong, but I am different." He He stretched out two fingers, pointed at his eyes, and said:

"Lord Buddha, I have a lot of tricks. I only look at the true appearance. You can hide it from others, but you can't deceive me."

"However, whether those gangsters are bald or not has nothing to do with me whether they die or not."

"Buddha doesn't care."

He shrugged his shoulders casually and said: "They are full of blood and persistence, sitting on the lotus platform, but their hearts are full of mud. It's just Buddha that I don't want to take action. Otherwise, I should He took out the magic pestle and cracked open the heads of the monks one by one just like hitting field rats."

Qi Wuhuo said, "You want to kill them?"

"No...you've already done it."

The golden cicada monk in front of him had a very faint smell of blood.

Jin Chan smiled and replied: "I am the monster they call me. Is it wrong to kill them?"

"Besides, if something like this happens, Lord Buddha is here to save them."

Qi Wuhuo asked, "How to save him?"

Jin Chan said: "There are only two solutions to such a matter. One is to sit back and let them do whatever they want and kill people. However, killing people hinders their spiritual practice. If they are allowed to continue doing so, they will inevitably fall. Infinite purgatory; and the second method is to inform the world of his behavior."

"So the common people were furious and used all the power of the world and heaven to surround and kill these monks who strayed from the path."

"Because living people have the desire to kill and perform acts of killing, it hinders the purity of mind and hinders spiritual practice."

"What does Emperor Zhenwu think of this?"

"Whether I sit back and ignore it or announce it to the world, there will be living beings who are angry, murderous, troubled, and fall into purgatory. How miserable is it?"

Qi Wuhuo asked, "What should I do?"

The handsome monk showed his white teeth and said with a smile: "Of course only the poor monk will kill them himself."

"In this way, those evil monks no longer need to commit murderous crimes; and the poor monks do not need to tell other people to let them have murderous thoughts, so that when I fall into purgatory, I am the only one who kills and commits murder, and ends up in endless purgatory. This is the so-called all kinds of things. The pain is all mine, what do you think of Emperor Zhenwu?"

The Taoist was speechless: "...it seems reasonable, but it is evil."

Jin Chan laughed and said, "That's right."

"So these so-called 17-channel Buddhist teachings are all full of errors and omissions. Lord Buddha, I can discuss the Dharma with them one by one. I can prove that their Dharma is nihilistic, and I can also prove that there is no Buddha in this world. , and then told them the next moment that the so-called seventeen-channel Dharma was nothing but an illusion of the beggar who knelt in front of the Bodhi tree before his death."

"But these are all like dreams and bubbles, without any meaning."

The golden cicada smiled and asked: "What does Emperor Zhenwu think is meaningful?"

Qi Wuhuo stretched out his hand to touch the giant ink-colored snake next to him, and replied: "It seems that you think the Dharma in their mouths is false, but you did not say that [Buddha Dharma] itself is false. It seems that you think your own Dharma is real, and the rest All empty."

Jin Chan smiled and replied calmly: "Yes."

"I came to this world not to teach the Dharma of the seventeen lines, but to teach the true Dharma of Buddhism. Great Emperor Zhenwu, the road ahead is broad and the Dharma is boundless. Can I give in? I use Taoism to drive away the Buddha, but It’s too domineering.”

The golden cicada in front of the Buddha finally revealed his true goal.

He didn't really come here for the Seventeen Channels of Buddhism, but he didn't really abandon the Buddha.

Qi Wuhuo asked: "What is Buddhism?"

Jin Chan couldn't help but laugh: "Haha, it seems that Emperor Zhenwu also has some research on my Buddhist dharma. Are you here today to test my basic foundation in Buddhism? Hahaha, come on, come on, Come on, come on!”

"Emperor Zhenwu wants to block [me]?"

"Let's try it first!"

The golden cicada suddenly took a step forward, and the river reversed. The monk's robes were rolled up, and his body was like lightning. In the blink of an eye, he had disappeared. The Taoist lightly stepped on the black snake under his feet. The black snake seemed to be black with the help of the mysterious, and it roared silently. , the scales flowed, and electricity shot out in the void. The speed was not inferior to that of the monk with extraordinary heels.

It is the way to walk.

What is at stake is the understanding of Tao and Buddhism.

Jin Chan clasped his hands together, with a handsome expression, but his eyebrows were wild, and said loudly:

"Hahaha, since Emperor Zhenwu is so interested, Lord Buddha, I will tell you about this immeasurable Buddha Dharma so that you know why this world needs Dharma!"

"My Buddha's Dharma is for enlightenment, for the destruction of illusions, for ascetic cultivation, painstaking effort, and asceticism."

"For the sake of clarity..."

While walking in a hurry, the monk's skills were extremely high. He was especially garrulous and chattering, but his sentences were clear. He fully conveyed the mysterious and true meaning of Buddhism. When passing the mountain, he said that "all conditioned dharma is impermanent", that is, all things that are caused by the combination of causes and conditions. , it can be said that everything that can be touched has no final conclusion and no normal state.

Talk about the endless, wonderful lotus flower.

Zhenwudang Demonic Way: "The Tao can be Tao, but it is not the eternal Tao."

One says that impermanence is inconclusive, and the other says that what can be said is not the eternal road.

This means that none of the ways that people can talk about can be called "eternal ways". In fact, they all change, and this change is also inconclusive. However, although there is no conclusion, all the ways of "impermanence" are included. Under that indescribable, indescribable, but inevitable existence of the "Eternal Way".

Just six words, all of this monk's Buddhist teachings are included in it.

The Dharma is impermanent, but the Great Way is eternal.

Jin Chan's expression became more solemn, but his speed remained unchanged. There was water in the distance. The monk suddenly landed on the lake. The ripples of the water should not fall on him. The Buddha's light was brilliant and magnificent, clear and quiet. He put his hands together and said: "[Everything All leaks are painful]!”

"All sentient beings, all suffering and troubles, are poisons, can be drains, can be called obstacles."

"How to break it, how to solve it?"

Jin Chan told many methods of practice.

The Taoist replied: "Go to the extreme of emptiness and keep quiet."

The six words made Jin Chan's expression stagnant. His expression gradually became serious, and the Buddha's light around him became more intense than before. It turned into a stream of light and swept across the road ahead. He once again explained the mysteries of Buddhism in his mouth, but the Taoist sat there. On top of the giant snake, he still just followed unhurriedly, but his words were concise and concise, but there was a magnificent view, encompassing the magnificence of the Buddha's teachings in six words.

He came from the mountains and left from the water. In an instant, he walked through wasteland, high mountains, deserts and snow-capped mountains. He talked about the Four Noble Truths, the Eight Sufferings, the cessation of all sufferings, the five aggregates and various phases, and the look of the golden cicada. And his attitude went from being arrogant and natural and free and easy at the beginning, to becoming more serious and tense.

He spoke faster and faster, and his words became sharper, but his expression was no longer relaxed.

In the end, many of his Buddhist teachings were destroyed by this Taoist.

No matter how many wonderful methods Jin Chan said and how many examples he gave, the Taoist only spoke lightly and concisely, and only said six words each time. It seemed that if he said one more word, he would lose. It seems like, and these six words each time, six words each time, one after another, seem to form a majestic and majestic atmosphere.

Each time the answer was calm.

Each answer seemed to be heavier and more powerful than the last time.

Jin Chan, who listened to the Dharma in front of the Buddha, felt endless ripples in his heart.

Is this the disciple of the Supreme Being? !

Are the disciples of Tao Ancestor really so terrifying? ! How many years have I been in front of the Buddha, yet I can't say that I can't compete with this supreme disciple? !

It is said that Taishang's disciples have great understanding, but their foundation is not as solid as that of Yuqing's disciples.

It is not as good as the free and uninhibited disciples of Shangqing.

Even if there is only one Taishang disciple, it can't be justified. What if we meet the other Yuqing disciples again? What if I meet a Shangqing disciple again? !

Jin Chan, who had already defeated all the Buddhas in the Western Heaven's Seventeen Lineages, remained silent for a long time.

In the end, he exhausted the Dharma, but he never let the Taoist say anything more.

If this is the road to practice, then we are already at a dead end on this road, with nowhere to go. So we stopped, clasped our hands together, turned around and asked, "You are criticizing my Dharma. Then I ask you, poor monk, what's the point?" road?!!!"

With this loud shout, the Buddha's light circulated, and the sound echoed around, as if it could make the heaven and earth shake.

It caused the river to stop flowing, the mountains to reverberate, and the vegetation to sway like waves.

Taishang Xuanwei thought for a while, then pointed at the sky, the earth, and the golden cicada in front of him. The monk who was so arrogant and arrogant since he was born seemed to understand what the Taoist in front of him meant, and he also felt this Describing the huge aura inside, he said: "You mean...everything is Tao?"

So, Buddha is the Tao?

The Taishang lineage is so transparent, yet so arrogant!

Jin Chan originally felt that his background, his understanding, and his talent were enough to support his arrogance. Among all the Buddhas, he was the most proud. After a few years since he left the mountain, he had already had two people in the human world. In the past two years, I have been invincible. I never thought that today I would see a guy who is more arrogant than me.

But he soon knew it.

What is the arrogance of the Taishang lineage?

Then he saw the Taoist retract his finger and said, "No."

"All things are naturally just all things, certainly not Tao."

"Tao is the mother of all things."

It is the source of all things and all kinds of things.

But not everything itself.

Tao is also the source of Buddhism.

Jin Chan's expression froze.

Although Qi Wuhuo had a glimpse of the future relationship between the monk in front of him and himself, he never said anything bad to him because of it. He only explained it gently and described it: "Tao, if it describes the state of [Tao], then Tao should be It is the beginning of heaven and earth, and if we must give it a name, it is the mother of all things.”

Jin Chan was silent, standing here with a slight sigh and a complicated look on his face.

Instead, the Taoist asked casually: "So, Jin Chan, why do you practice Buddhism?"

Jin Chan said: "Practicing Buddhism means practicing Buddhism. It can not only cultivate oneself, but also save the common people."

The Taoist pondered for a moment, then went through all the things he had seen, and all the things Jin Chan knew. There was the Landa Temple, and there were the methods of the Seventeenth Lineage of Buddhism a few years ago, which, with the help of the Dragon Lineage, made the world full of temples. , and then said:

"So, it is said that it is to save the common people, but whether it is the existence of those in the Buddhist Kingdom in the West, or you who have come down from the mountain to enter the human world, is it for the common people, or do you hope that the common people will enter Buddhism, strengthen the Buddha's lineage, and make Buddhism flourish?"

"Is it your goal to save the world, or is it just a high-sounding means?"

Jin Chan was speechless and turned pale for a moment.

"Poor monk..."

The Zhenwudang Demon Emperor in front of him laughed to himself and said, "Why don't you call yourself Buddha?"

"I prefer the way you were unruly and independent just now."

Jin Chan sighed speechlessly.

Qi Wuhuo simply sat down cross-legged and asked: "Today's Buddhism uses Hinayana Buddhism as a way to cultivate oneself. The so-called salvation of the common people is actually the hope of universal salvation of oneself with the help of common people. It is not a Hinayana. It can only save "me". And "Fellow Practitioners with Me" is just "Medium Vehicle"."

Jin Chan felt that this Taoist was fooling her, but subconsciously bowed and said: "Dare to ask Mahayana."

The Taoist smiled and said, "How do I know?"

Jin Chan: “…………”

For a moment, my heart was on fire, and I wanted to shout loudly "Buddha" again, but the Taoist in front of me said:

"I don't know the Buddha, so I'm just saying this. If you listen to me, who can become a Buddha if you practice your Dharma?"

Jin Chan said: "Those who practice Hinayana Buddhism can only become Arhats at most, but cannot become Buddhas."

"This is not the case with Mahayana Buddhism."

Qi Wuhuo said: "Practice Mahayana Buddhism and claim to save all sentient beings. In fact, it is to spread the Dharma to the outside world and cultivate the Buddha's kingdom within. Those who become Buddhas are those who pass on the Dharma lineage, aren't they? They want the common people to support them and plunder the world. Those who use their luck to cultivate themselves.”

Jin Chan nodded silently.

The Taoist said: "What if it's the other way around?"

in turn? ! !

Jin Chan seemed to understand something. He slowly raised his head and saw the Taoist in front of him with a smile: "It's just teaching the Dharma without being supported by it. It's just teaching Buddhism, not the so-called rules of refuge, and abandoning the so-called respect of the sect." Humble, but just keep what the monk under the bodhi tree told you."

“Get rid of the bad and keep the good.”

"The Buddha taught you the Dharma, and you just teach the Dharma."

"And the disciples who are taught by you will also teach the pure Dharma and principles."

"In this way, everyone can become a Buddha."

boom! ! ! !

As if his mind was shaken, Jin Chan's pupils shrank, and he seemed to have glimpsed a different direction from the Buddhism of this era. He subconsciously blurted out: "How can you practice Buddhism if you don't take refuge in the Buddha? If you don't worship the Buddha?! How can you practice Buddhism if you stay away from the Buddha?! "

"You are doing evil!!"

The Taoist asked, "Where is the Dharma?"

"Inside a temple, or on a form made of clay?"

Jin Chan said: "In my heart, I can't forget it for a moment!"

His voice paused.

It seems that the answer has been found.

The Taoist in front of him stretched out his finger, pointed at Jin Chan's heart, and said: "The Buddha Dharma is the Buddha. The Buddha Dharma is in your heart. Isn't the Buddha also here? Where you are, where the Buddha is, so the six realms around the world." , Buddha can be seen everywhere.”

"And where the heart is, it's only within an inch."

"Within a square inch."

"This is the Buddha's land!"

Within a small area, there is the Buddhist Kingdom...

Jin Chan was stunned and lost his mind. He only felt the roar in his heart and his body trembled. He saw the Taoist cross-legged here, infinitely high and infinitely wide. Suddenly, he suddenly understood something and recalled what the Taoist had said before.

"Fangcun Mountain..."

A square inch is the Buddha's country.

It is at the foot of Fangcun Mountain that the golden cicada sees me.

This is the golden cicada meeting the Buddha.