"Virtual Universe?" Lin Li froze.
The Buddha's pursuit was actually a virtual world?
If the Dao of reality could not be attained, then give up. Turn back.
Even Earth Civilization, once its network technology developed to a certain point, began contemplating consciousness uploading. Not to mention extraterrestrial civilizations.
As long as the technology was advanced enough, it was entirely possible to create a virtual world that felt almost no different from reality.
Huang Ji said, "Seeking the Dao means seeking the Dao of our universe's reality. But the Buddha voluntarily descended one dimension, seeking the supreme through emptiness."
"To put it plainly, one lives in one's own world and controls 'rules' that are inherently one level beneath oneself."
"That is why the Buddha held nations in his palm. The Great Chiliocosm contained everything."
The Buddha's nation was the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, meaning a realm opened by the enlightened.
This was a virtual world. Anything one wished to do could be easily accomplished. Naturally, it was ultimate bliss!
Its only drawback was that the upper limit of progress was sealed off.
Everything that happened within it was either purely virtual or simulated using the knowledge possessed by its creator.
And the creator's knowledge came from the real universe. Therefore, no matter how much the creator researched within the Virtual Universe, it could not help that civilization progress in the real universe.
Huang Ji sighed. "Daoism speaks of transcendence, of transcending upward."
"Buddhism speaks of enlightenment, of turning back to reach the shore... If the path upward is blocked, then stop walking it and transcend downward instead..."
Dao and Buddha, these two cultural currents, were opposed yet unified.
One stood from the perspective of the universe, recognized the highest realm, and then established an ideal goal.
The other stood from