Jieyin nodded. "Junior brother Xuande is saying that Nuwa, Houtu, and Laozi have proven that there is more than one way to achieve enlightenment.
Laozi can swear to Great Dao to found the religion and preach the truth, and we can do the same.
As long as Western Sect can make sufficient contributions to Primordial Wilderness world, Great Dao will not be stingy with its recognition."
"Then, the next step is the specific matters." Xuande said, his tone calm and determined.
"Establishing Western Sect is not as simple as changing the name. When Laozi established Daoism, he took Golden Core Great Dao as the fundamental law and declared it to Great Dao, which inspired Great Dao Merit.
Western Sect also needs its own fundamental method and needs to make a clear contribution to the Primordial Wilderness world in order to be recognized by Great Dao."
Zhunti thought for a moment and said, "What we are already doing.
Seven Emotions and Six Desires Severance Marvelous Method, is it considered the fundamental Dafa?
This method can help Practitioner cut off Obsession and purify the state of mind, which is completely different from the Mystic Gate Immortal Method practice path.
If this method can be further improved to form a complete practice system, it may not be comparable to Laozi's Golden Core Great Dao."
"It's not just Seven Emotions and Six Desires Severance." Xuande added, "There are also Sanskrit and Western Treasury Coins. These are our contributions to Primordial Wilderness.
Sanskrit simplified the writing of Dao Script, allowing more creatures to record and pass on knowledge; Western Treasury Coins established Trade Dao, allowing Primordial Wilderness's resources to circulate more reasonably.
Although these contributions are not as earth-shattering as reincarnation or creation of human beings, they are better than moisturizing things silently. A little adds up to a lot, and quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes."
Jieyin nodded slowly, stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the West land outside Mount Sumeru.
Mount Sumeru's mountain-protecting formation, Three Talents and Four Symbols Composite Formation, firmly locks the breath of Three Immortal Islands on the three sides of Mount Sumeru's shape. Yellow Center Plum, Bitter Bamboo, and Five-Needle Pine, the three top-quality Innate Spiritual Root strains, each exude their own unique Daoist charm.
Enlightenment Tea Mother Tree's branches and leaves are swaying gently in the wind, Northern Mystery is sleeping under Four Symbols Banana Tree, and his Late Quasi-Sage's heavy aura faintly resonates with Banana Tree's earth, water, wind and fire Four Symbols Power.
Disciples in the mountains Wuzhen, Kong Xuan, Ksitigarbha, Yuan Hong, Wuzhiqi, Medicine Master, Great Strength, Maitreya, Sunlight, Moonlight.
Each is practicing in the dojo, the chanting of Sanskrit echoes in Mount Sumeru, and Western Treasury Coins is circulated in the shops everywhere in Primordial Wilderness.
This is the foundation accumulated by West and Kalpa.
Not ostentatious, not obvious, but so solid that it cannot be shaken.
Jieyin slowly turned around, with a decision already in his eyes: "I believe that Western Sect should take "saving all living beings" as its fundamental purpose and "Seven Emotions and Six Desires Severance" as its practice method.
Anyone who joins my Western Sect, no matter how good or bad they are, regardless of their high or low birth status, can practice this method. If you get one point of Obsession, you will get one point of freedom."
Xuande looked at the two comrades and said in a calm and solemn tone, "In that case, the three of us will choose a day to announce to Great Dao that we will break away from Mystic Gate and establish Western Sect.
Before that, Seven Emotions and Six Desires Severance Method needs to be further improved to form a complete practice system.
Laozi has five realms Golden Core, and we should also have our own realm divisions."
Jieyin and Zhunti nodded at the same time. The three of them sat down cross-legged again. Merit Golden Light, Nirvana Buddha Light and Seven-Colored Buddha Light were intertwined in Quiet Room, like three long parallel rivers, slowly flowing in the same direction.
Among Mount Sumeru Quiet Room, the light of Twelve-Petal World-Purifying White Lotus flickered on and off the faces of the three people.
Outside the window, Three Immortal Islands's innate Spiritual Energy rises and falls like the tide, and Northern Mystery's snoring can be faintly heard under Four Symbols Banana Tree. From Laozi Since the day became enlightened, Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti have never left this Quiet Room room.
The three of them sat cross-legged facing each other, with a light curtain composed of Merit Golden Light floating in the middle, and the light curtain was densely filled with Sanskrit.
That is the West practice system framework that they have deduced over the past few days.
"Golden Core Great Dao of Laozi is divided into five realms, Origin Return, Core Formation, Nascent Infant Transformation, Union with the Dao, Hunyuan, which are interlocking, from mortal to holy."
Zhunti placed Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree across his knees, Seven-Colored Buddha Light was flowing unsteadily among Quiet Room, "My West's practice method should also have a five-level realm, and every step must be consistent with the purpose of saving all living beings."
Jieyin nodded slightly, and the hoarse voice echoed in Quiet Room: "Mystic Gate Immortal Method starts with refining Qi and building the foundation, and ends with Slay Three Corpses and Heavenly Dao. Those who practice it are recognized by Heavenly Dao.
Since I, Western Sect, aim to save all sentient beings, the core of my practice is not to seek approval from Heavenly Dao, but to save myself and all living beings. These five realms should start with "motivation."
Xuande closed his eyes and pondered, while countless law lines in Sea of Consciousness intertwined and collided.
He integrated the knowledge of later generations with Primordial Wilderness's current practice system, and repeated it in his mind. It took him a long time to open his eyes. "The first state, Practitioner. A mortal who sets his mind to the Tao and takes the first step in practice is Practitioner."
To practice Practitioner in this state, you need to have bodhicitta and the wish to achieve enlightenment, take Vow Power as the foundation, and use the precepts as the rope. Practitioner does not practice magic, does not practice Spiritual Energy, and only cultivates a heart towards the Tao.
If the heart is sincere, Vow Power will arise, and if Vow Power arises, all dharmas will find their way in."
"Goodness." Jieyin praised, "Practitioner's state is both the threshold and the foundation.
Mystic Gate Immortal Method is determined by Spiritual Root. Anyone without Spiritual Root will never be admitted.
My Western Sect's Practitioner state does not ask about my roots or background, but only whether my wishes are sincere. Vow Power The deeper the foundation, the thicker the foundation."
The interface of Zhunti said, "The second realm should be named Vajra. Practitioner. After Vow Power is stabilized, you need to temper yourself with Vajra's will.
Vajra is indestructible and indestructible. In this state of cultivation, Practitioner is based on Vow Power, and the precepts are used. It is experienced in the world of mortals, tempered in adversity, and cultivates a Vajra that is immovable.
Vajra Those who have perfected their state will not be invaded by inner demons or disturbed by external demons, and their willpower will be comparable to Innate Spiritual Treasure."
"After Vajra, there is the third realm." Xuande tapped his finger lightly on the light screen, and a Sanskrit appeared automatically, "Arhat. Vajra cultivates the strength of will, while Arhat cultivates the fruit of freedom.
By practicing Practitioner in this state, you have cut off your own worries, cut off all Obsession, and gained great freedom.
Arhat can fly to the sky and escape from the earth, generate supernatural powers on its own, and is not trapped by the cycle of life and death. But the key to Arhat is self-awareness.
You have saved yourself, but you have not yet saved others. Therefore, above Arhat, there is still progress."
Jieyin's eyes fell on Sanskrit on the light screen, and those eyes containing Nirvana Buddha Light flashed slightly. "In the fourth realm, Bodhisattva. Arhat is self-conscious enough, so we should turn to him."
Bodhisattva is a person who takes compassion as his heart, takes salvation as his responsibility, performs six salvations, and extends his reach to all sentient beings with a destiny. Bodhisattva not only saves himself, but also takes saving others as his responsibility.
Cultivation in this state Practitioner is completely consistent with the Western Sect's fundamental purpose of enlightening all sentient beings, and everything in his movements coincides with Compassion Dao."
"The fifth realm," Xuande's voice paused slightly, and his fingertips wrote the most complex and dazzling Sanskrit text on the light screen, "Buddha. A Bodhisattva who has completed his merits and deeds, is consciously aware of others, has perfected his conduct, and has achieved supreme enlightenment is the Buddha."
Buddha is the ultimate of the five realms. Merit possesses all wisdom and is at ease with all dharma. This realm corresponds to the Hunyuan Realm of Laozi, and leads directly to the realm of Quasi-Saint and even Sage."
The framework of the five realms shines brightly on the light screen. Each realm corresponds to a section of spiritual practice, from Practitioner to Buddha, which can be verified step by step and linked together.
But Xuande and all three of them know that the realm framework is just the skeleton. The fundamental thing that really makes this system different from Mystic Gate Immortal Method is how the cultivator Practitioner treats his own emotions and six desires.
"Laozi's Golden Core Great Dao does not borrow the power of heaven and earth, so it can avoid the catastrophe."
Xuande said in a deep voice, "My Western Sect practice method also does not rely on heaven and earth Spiritual Energy, but relies on Vow Power and compassion.
But where does Vow Power come from? From the faith and prayers of all living beings.
This is completely different from Mystic Gate Immortal Method, and also completely different from Golden Core Great Dao.
Golden Core Great Dao seeks inwards, and I, Western Sect, save outwards, save all sentient beings outwardly, and save myself inwardly. The two are mutually exclusive, and one is indispensable."
Jieyin nodded slowly, with a hint of thorough understanding in his hoarse voice. "This is exactly the principle. Practitioner make a wish, Vajra practice, Arhat cut off worries, Bodhisattva save all living beings, Buddha realize perfection.
The practice process of this five-level realm is essentially a process of continuously eliminating Obsession.
Practitioner cuts off "disbelief", Vajra cuts off "fear", Arhat cuts off one's own troubles, Bodhisattva cuts off the "self-consciousness", and Buddha cuts off the last bit of "ego".
Seven Emotions and Six Desires is the general name of these many Obsession."
Zhunti's eyes are full of Seven-Colored Buddha Light, and Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree is vibrating slightly in his hand, seeming to resonate with the owner's thoughts:
"Then, Seven Emotions and Six Desires Severance is the core method of my Western Sect practice.
It does not end with cutting off Proving the Dao by Severing Three Corpses, and it does not end with uniting Heavenly Dao. Instead, it ends with cutting off the seven emotions and six desires and saving all sentient beings. It is a reasonable path."
"It's not just possible." Xuande's voice became calm and deep, and his eyes seemed to penetrate Quiet Room's wall and look in some distant and certain direction.
"After Seven Emotions and Six Desires Severance, if you want to truly attain enlightenment, you need to kill three more bodies."
Jieyin and Zhunti looked at him at the same time.
"Three-body person, Past Body, Present Body, Future Body."
Xuande said slowly, every word was like the truth salvaged from the depths of River of Time, "After cultivating Practitioner and attaining the Buddha fruition position, you have cut off all your worries and made countless achievements, but there is still one bond that has not been broken, and that is time.
Xiu Practitioner exists in time, so there must be a past, a present, and a future.
Past Body carries all the cause and effect and memory of Practitioner in the past, Present Body carries Practitioner's current will and existence, and Future Body carries all possibilities and unfinished business of Practitioner.
If these three bodies are not exhausted, the cultivation of Practitioner will forever be bound by time, unable to transcend the shackles of time and touch the Origin Essence of Great Dao."
Quiet Room suddenly became quiet. Jieyin and Zhunti both repeatedly deduced this conclusion in silence.
The two people's Divine Sense is like two high-speed millstones, crushing, decomposing and verifying the concept of "cutting three bodies".
"Behead Past Body, cut off the cause and effect of the past life, and no longer be bound by the past."
Jieyin's hoarse voice slowly sounded, "Behead Present Body, cut off the present Obsession, and no longer be limited by this body and mind."
Cut off Future Body, cut off all possibilities, and no longer be held back by unfinished business.
After the three bodies are cut off, cultivating Practitioner will completely transcend the long river of time and truly step into the realm of Great Dao.
This is a higher level than Slay Three Corpses, and it is also the method of enlightenment that best suits my purpose, Western Sect."
Zhunti took a deep breath and sighed, "Wonderful. Mystic Gate Immortal Method Slay Three Corpses, the ones I chopped were Good Corpse, Evil Corpse, and Obsession Corpse. After I chopped them, they joined Heavenly Dao."
I, Western Sect Sever the Seven Emotions and Six Desires, have included the Kung Fu of Slay Three Corpses. On this basis, I will kill three more bodies, completely transcending time.
Xuande nodded slightly.
He knew that this road was feasible, but now there was a more important hurdle to pass.
He gently brushed Sanskrit off the light screen, glanced at Jieyin and Zhunti one by one, and his tone became solemn:
"Now that the five realms and the three bodies have been clarified, the next step is the most difficult step today, how to escape from Mystic Gate."
The atmosphere in Quiet Room suddenly became a bit solemn.
Neither Jieyin nor Zhunti spoke immediately.
The two of them are registered disciples that Dao Ancestor Hongjun personally accepted. Although they are not as accepted as direct disciples like Laozi Yuanshi Tongtian, registered disciples are also disciples, and they are the true disciples of Mystic Gate.
Although Xuande never formally worshiped Mystic Gate, he Form Transformation soon became a fellow believer with Jieyin and Zhunti. He also attended Zixiao Palace's three sermons in person.
The Mystic Gate Immortal Method passed down by Dao Ancestor also showed some kindness to him. There are different but real causal connections between the three of them and Mystic Gate.
Laozi can naturally break away from Mystic Gate because he is transformed by Pangu's Primordial Spirit and carries Pangu's Legacy on his body.
Pangu's Legacy's mission imprint is higher than Mystic Gate's master-disciple karma, so when Laozi left Mystic Gate, Great Dao not only did not suffer backlash, but instead used boundless Merit to help him achieve enlightenment and become a saint.
The reason Laozi owes Mystic Gate is not worth mentioning in front of Pangu's Legacy.
But among the three of them, there is no Pangu's Legacy.
Jieyin and Zhunti are the registered disciples of Dao Ancestor, and the karma between master and disciple is real.
Although Xuande has no master-disciple status, he listened to Dao Ancestor's sermons and received Dao Ancestor's teachings. Although this cause and effect is not as profound as Jieyin and Zhunti, it still exists.
If you want to leave Mystic Gate, you must repay this cause and effect. If you forcefully leave without paying the price, Heavenly Dao will inevitably suffer backlash.
"Laozi takes off Mystic Gate, and Pangu's Legacy will offset the cause and effect for him." Zhunti's voice is calm and steady, "We take off Mystic Gate, and we have to pay the price ourselves."
Jieyin was silent for a long time, and Nirvana Buddha Light was bright and clear in those deep-set eye sockets. When he spoke, his voice was hoarse and deeper than usual:
"What's the price? Dao Ancestor passed it on to me, Great Dao, and granted it to me, Primordial Violet Qi. This cause and effect cannot be repaid by ordinary Numinous Treasure.
If we return our own Primordial Violet Qi, the foundation of our enlightenment will be broken.
If you don't pay back Primordial Violet Qi, what can you use to offset it?"
Xuande has been waiting for this moment.
He already had an idea in his mind, an idea that came from the memory of later generations, but could just solve the predicament at hand.
There is a method for Buddhist School in later generations. After practicing Practitioner, Physical Body will not be corrupted and will transform into Golden Body Śarīra, carrying a lifetime of practice Merit.
Those Golden Body Śarīra are not only symbols of faith, but also a carrier that simultaneously seals oneself Merit, cause and effect, and Vow Power.
"There is a way for poor people to do this."
Xuande said with a calm and determined voice, "The cause and effect between us and Mystic Gate cannot be cut off directly, because it is the grace of giving and receiving, and it is a natural cause and effect.
To cut him off directly would be ungrateful. Not only would Heavenly Dao bite back, but Great Dao would not recognize it either.
But since the cause and effect cannot be cut off, then it will not be cut off.
We can condense all the cause and effect, Merit, and mana related to Mystic Gate in our body into one Śarīra.
Then use Śarīra as the core to create a statue of Golden Body.
This Golden Body carries everything I am waiting for in Mystic Gate.
All the things learned from Mystic Gate, all the causes and effects implicated in Mystic Gate.
The day Golden Body is formed is the day when we and Mystic Gate become clear about cause and effect."