Chapter 1325: A Discussion of the Dao and a Contest of Arts
Lu Zheng had not attended a Dao-discussion gathering for the first time.
It was just that all the ones he had experienced before had been Buddhist debates. This was his first time participating in a daoist discussion.
And well... the two could not be called exactly alike, but they were much the same. The only difference was that the atmosphere seemed a little friendlier.
But that was only natural. They were all daoist sects from Yizhou Prefecture. This differed from the debates between the young disciples of Guang Yue, Great Glass Temple, Rakshasa Temple, and Great Spinal Artery Temple, as well as the contests of arts between Fahua Temple and Great Brahma Temple.
Jade Yang Temple expounded on the principles of Pure Yang cultivation; Ancient Pine Temple spoke of the cycle of time, withering, flourishing, and reincarnation; Lin Yuan Temple took "the utmost origin, the utmost infant" as the subject of this discussion. Yuan Jing also chimed in from time to time, his theme being "formless and shapeless," while Profound Crane Temple and Clear Wind Temple merely stood by and made up the numbers.
Such discussions of the Dao and Dharma were clashes of theory, akin to fundamental science. Though they dealt in great principles, they were not secrets, so no one feared being overheard or worried that someone might glean their inheritances or weaknesses from those grand truths.
Or rather, if someone could discern their cultivation methods and flaws from these theories, that person would be a heaven-born prodigy. Whether such a person chose to use that knowledge against them or not made no difference to them.
And if someone could gain enlightenment from these great principles and take another step forward, then so long as they