"The second trial is the discussion of the Dao you've been looking forward to!"
Qin Tian chuckled, not at Amitabha, but at himself. "What qualifies me to discuss the Dao with you?"
Qin Tian had a clear understanding of himself. He considered himself nothing more than a minor cultivator who had achieved a little success in cultivation, someone with, at most, a promising future.
But who stood before him? Amitabha Buddha, an Enlightened One, a Great Emperor-a figure who stood at the very ceiling of power in either world.
He himself was just an ordinary man, a small fry.
What virtue or ability qualified him to discuss the Dao with a Buddha?
"Let's call it listening to your teachings instead." Qin Tian smiled freely.
"That will do."
Amitabha nodded and asked solemnly, "What do you think a Buddha is?"
"An Enlightened One?" Qin Tian replied hesitantly.
"Then... what is an Enlightened One?" Amitabha Buddha continued.
Qin Tian pondered for a moment. Although there had been many explanations in his previous life, he himself knew little about the subject, so he simply admitted, "I don't know!"
Amitabha said solemnly, "An Enlightened One is someone who has attained complete understanding, who knows why he acts, who understands every step he takes."
"An Enlightened One is a 'person' who has transcended the 'self' of the conscious mind and witnessed the original face of life!"
"Enlightenment is a state of life attained by a 'person' through cultivation."
Amitabha formed the Dharma Teaching Seal with his hand. "Thus, all people possess Buddha-nature!"
With one enlightened thought, you were a Buddha; with one deluded thought, you were human.
A Buddha was an enlightened human; a human was a lost Buddha.
Qin Tian sank into thought. Then what about me?
*I certainly don't deserve the title of