The Scholar of Great Wei
Chapter 254

Lay Down the Butcher's Knife and Become a Buddha on the Spot, Huijue Concedes, Chanting Sutras and Debating the Dharma

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Western Continent.

Tianzhu Temple.

Divine Monk Jialan's gaze was now utterly stunned.

He stared at Xu Qingxiao.

His eyes held nothing but shock-unparalleled shock.

The three Dharma seals.

These were the supreme truths of the Buddhist Order, the truths it had tirelessly sought all along.

An ancient Buddha had once said that there were three standards for determining whether someone was a true Buddha. Anyone who attained even one of these three would be a true Buddha.

Yet he had been unable to explain these three standards. They were impermanence, absence of dharma, and stillness, but the Buddhist Order did not know precisely what they meant.

They called them only the three Dharma truths, or the three Dharma seals.

Throughout the ages, debates within the Buddhist Order over the three Dharma seals had never ceased.

Yet today, Xu Qingxiao had spoken the true meaning of the three Dharma seals.

How could this not astonish him?

The three Dharma seals.

They were the sole standard for identifying a true Buddha. As long as you met the requirements of the Three Dharma Seals, you were a true Buddha.

Even if a true Buddha refused to acknowledge you, you were still a true Buddha.

If you did not meet them, even a true Buddha personally declaring you a Buddha would mean nothing.

The three Dharma seals.

Impermanence of all things: everything was impermanent. Between this instant and the next, countless changes would occur. Whether good or bad, all things would change.

Birth, aging, sickness, and death, or love, hatred, parting, and separation-you needed only to understand that all of these would change. Then, by maintaining a tranquil heart, you would suffer no pain.

You were afraid of death because you dreaded it. Yet from the moment you were born, you knew that people

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