Tongtian Sect Master casually sat on the right side of Cattail Hassock, and the golden light of Cattail Hassock seemed to be slightly agitated by the hidden vigor on his body.
But he quickly stabilized and curled his lips, acknowledging the comfort of Cattail Hassock.
Both parties sat down, Qi Flow communicating.
Above Spirit Mountain, it was quiet for a while, except for Merit Pool water ripples and faint Buddhist chants.
"Three fellow Daoists came from afar, and I and my senior fellow apprentices are very grateful."
Daoist Zhunti was the first to speak, with a consistent smile that mixed pain and shrewdness on his face.
"Since we are discussing the Tao, we should be honest with each other and exchange our experiences.
My Western Dao may be different from Kunlun, but it is also a corner of the road.
Today I'm going to throw some light on the subject, starting with Nirvana Great Dao, the poor Daoist, and Western Dao, who participated in it together with my senior fellow apprentices, and I'd also like to ask three fellow Daoists for their guidance."
Zhunti stopped smiling, his expression turned solemn, and a unique Daoist charm of emptiness, liberation, and freedom from suffering began to flow from his whole body.
He did not directly explain the profound methods, but started from the most basic understanding:
"I observe Primordial Wilderness, all living beings are suffering. Life, Old Age, Sickness, Death, separation from love, meeting of resentment and hatred, not being able to seek what you want, the five yin beings blazing... This is the essence of suffering.
Living beings are sunk in desires and clinging to appearances, their hearts are enslaved by form, and their spirits are burdened by things, so they cannot feel at ease or be liberated."
Zhunti's voice has a strange appeal, as if it can evoke the resonance of troubles and impermanence deep in the listener's heart.
"My Nirvana Dao is not destruction, but annihilation.
End ignorance and troubles, end attachment and delusion, and end all sources of suffering.
Like a candle, worries are the flames and obsessions are the fuel. My way is the wind that extinguishes the light and draws away the fuel.
Finally, we reach a state of Annihilation Nirvana without suffering, without attachment, and without disturbance.
This state is not empty, but the state of absolute purity, completeness and freedom after all worries are gone."
As he explained, an illusory scene vaguely appeared behind him:
All living beings struggled ups and downs in the world of mortals, with painful faces; then, a bit of coolness Annihilation fell like moonlight, and those struggling phantoms gradually calmed down and faded, and finally returned to a state of "empty silence" without sorrow or joy, but full of indescribable tranquility.
This scene is not a supernatural power, but a natural manifestation of Great Dao Insights.
"However, if you only seek yourself Annihilation, it is nothing more than Hinayana."
Zhunti changed the topic and looked at Jieyin, and the two Qi Flow blended together.
"My senior brother and I were born in Western Lands. We saw that Western Lands was barren and all living beings were suffering especially, so we made great aspirations.
I vow to save all Western Lands sentient beings, and even Primordial Wilderness all Destined, so that we can ascend to bliss together and share purity.
This is Western Dao that my brothers and sisters participated in, and it is also the extension and practice of Nirvana Great Dao.
Not only Annihilation oneself, but also to create a suffering-free Pure Land and Jieyin sentient beings to jointly prove Bodhi."
"In order to achieve this wish, we need to practice Six Perfections and Myriad Practices, accumulate boundless merits, resolve endless Karma, be perseverant, and move forward step by step.
Western Lands Although you are poor, you can sharpen your Daoist mind; although all living beings are suffering, they can cultivate the blessings.
With a Annihilation heart, perform compassionate deeds, and use the power of wisdom to build a Pure Land nation. This Dao It is extremely difficult, but the original intention will not change and the determination will not waver."
Zhunti's narrative combines personal practice with grand vision. Although it is rooted in "suffering" and "Annihilation", it shows a powerful Vow Power and practical spirit of actively Enter the World and transforming the environment.
This is very different from the mainstream thinking of Sanqing Clear and Non-Action and Mystic Sect of letting nature take its course and focusing on individual detachment.
Sanqing Listen quietly.
Taiji Diagram rotates slowly in Laozi's eyes, as if deducing the growth and decline of Yinyang and Karma context behind "Annihilation" and "ambition".
Primordial Heavenly Lord looked unmoved, but in his mind he was judging the similarities and differences between "establishing order" and Mystic Sect "complying with order".
Tongtian feels that this method is too convoluted and too "soft".
It's not as satisfying as cutting through the worries with a sword, but I also admit that the tenacity of "not giving up until the goal is achieved" is a bit interesting.
After Zhunti finished speaking, he nodded slightly and handed over the home court to Jieyin.
Daoist Jieyin had been listening with his eyes closed, and then slowly opened his eyes full of compassion.
His voice is deeper and slower than Zhunti, but it seems to have a dreamlike trance and penetrating power directly to Suchness:
"What my junior brother said is the foundation of my Western Dao. What I have learned is a little supplementary. The first is Dream Dao, and the second is Great Vow Dao deepening."
"Dream Dao?" Primordial Heavenly Lord's eyebrows moved slightly, showing some interest. Laozi also raised his eyes.
"All conditioned phenomena in the world are like bubbles in a dream, like dew or lightning. They should be viewed as such." Jieyin said slowly.
"The poor Daoist realizes that the 'suffering' that all living beings are indulging in, the 'appearance' that they are attached to, and even this vast Primordial Wilderness, numerous and eternal treasures, at their root, is it not just an infinite dream?
The only difference is that all sentient beings are those who are lost in dreams, drifting around with Karmic Retribution without realizing it is a dream; and we as cultivators should seek to wake up from their dreams."
Behind him, the scene changed again.
A layered and bizarre dream world emerges, in which all living beings are joyful and sad, and are obsessed with it.
Then, a clear light rose from the shadow of Jieyin, illuminating the layers of dreams and pointing to the seemingly non-existent "reality" outside the dream.
This is not to deny reality, but to illustrate a cognitive leap - to see through the illusion of appearance and point directly to the essential reality.
"Dream Dao, it is not about indulging in illusions, but using falsehoods to cultivate truth and achieve enlightenment in dreams.
Observe all impermanence, break all self-grasping, know that all situations are created by the mind, so the mind can not change according to the situation, and get Great Freedom.
This Dao, which complements Annihilation, is the sublimation of wisdom."
Dream Dao of Jieyin provides a unique epistemology and method of breaking attachments.
"As for Great Vow Dao..." Jieyin's eyes swept over Sanqing, especially lingering on Laozi.
"It is easy to make a wish, difficult to fulfill it, and even harder to fulfill it.
In particular, it involves the realization of sentient beings and the establishment of Pure Land, involving boundless Karma and vastness Karmic Retribution.
The way of my ambition is to use my wishes to bring about results, and to fulfill my wishes with actions, Karma repay each other, and Vow Power become the sea.
He explains in detail how to break down big vows into concrete, practical steps.
How to use one's own practice and merit as "fuel" to promote the realization of Vow Power, and how to use Vow Power feedback to accelerate practice and resolve disasters.
It was even mentioned that when Vow Power is powerful and pure enough, it can even influence and pull Heavenly Dao Law to a certain extent, creating conditions for the development of Pure Land.
"Western Lands Being barren is a calamity and fate.
It is precisely because of scarcity that all sentient beings are more eager to seek salvation; precisely because of suffering, the determination to practice and break attachments is stronger; precisely because of the entanglement of karma and retribution, the wonder of resolution through the power of vows is even more evident.
The way of my brothers is to draw a picture of 'Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss' on the background of 'barren suffering'. The difficulties here are as extraordinary as one can imagine.
The supplement of Jieyin connects the theoretical basis (dream view), practical method (willing action) and ultimate goal (Pure Land) of Western Dao.
It has formed a complete system that is logically self-consistent and firm-willed despite difficulties and obstacles.
In particular, the concepts of "Vow Power leads Karma" and "cultivating in hardship" deeply touched Sanqing.