Huang Ting Xiandao

Chapter 113 114. Speaking Buddhist scriptures, Mo Xian vs. Nangong Yan

After Nangong Yan heard the reply, she snorted, her face was full of displeasure, and her thoughts of debating the scriptures faded away: "It's such a big air, how dare you let the prince and princess go to his backyard!"

The little Taoist looked at it and said quickly: "It's not the same thing. No one disturbs you in the back, and it looks clean."

The little Taoist could talk, Zhui'er heard it, and immediately said: "Miss, the backyard is good, there are no idlers."

Zhui'er had good intentions, since Nangong Yan offended the temple master, she thought of Mo Xian, and thought that only Mo Xian might be able to change Miss, she was deliberately saying good things.

The princess smiled: "Since we are here, let's go and have a look."

The prince did not speak, he was also interested in the person who made Nangongyan suffer, the three of them came to the backyard with some guards, Mo Xian turned his back to the door, and was looking at the ancient locust tree.

Hearing someone coming in, Mo Xian turned his head and said with a salute, "Your honor is here, outsiders are polite."

He didn't meet the prince according to the usual etiquette. A secular person should kneel and bow in this situation. Mo Xian just bowed. He only kneeled down to his parents and teachers, and didn't worship the king of the world. This is the demeanor that a practitioner should have.

Nangong Yan was obviously displeased, but Mo Xian didn't know how to look at her face, but the prince remained calm, looked at the ancient locust tree, and said, "Is this the famous ancient locust tree?"

"That's right, Gu Huai Temple got its name because of that. People are alive, but it's just a dream. Please sit down." Mo Xian made an invitation, and everyone sat down. He also sat down, the Taoist priests poured tea, and the rest of the people stood behind the prince and others. Mo Xian could see that these people possessed martial arts, so it was no wonder that the prince's safety came first.

Mo Xian took a sip of tea: "I don't know the prince, but Miss Nangong is here, what can I teach you?"

"I'm here because Miss Nangong said that you want to argue with her, so you invited me to be a witness." The prince said with a smile.

"Debating the Sutra? Is it the Debating Dao Sutra or the Buddhist Sutra?"

"Of course it's the Buddhist scriptures. I fooled you last time and changed the subject. This time it's not so easy." Nangong Yan said.

Mo Xian shook his head: "Miss Nangong, I'm not good at this. The scriptures of the Buddha are so subtle that even an eminent monk would not dare to say that he is proficient in Buddhist principles and Buddhist scriptures. As a person who practices morality, how dare I argue with the lady?" Buddhist scriptures!"

"Mo Xian, don't you dare just say it, why don't you just say it, why don't you bother to talk to the little girl!" Nangong Yan was a little annoyed, no wonder, there was something in Mo's gossip, which contained insinuation.

The prince and princess looked at them with interest, while Ziyuan and Xie Cao'er smiled, only Nangong Yan was a little annoyed.

"There must be a purpose in debating the scriptures, whether it is on the Buddhist scriptures or something else, Miss Wang will enlighten you." Mo Xian saw that it was almost the same, he argued with Nangong Yan, the purpose was not on Nangongyan, but that the drunkard's intention was not to drink, but to If it wasn't for the prince coming, he was going to shut Nangongyan's door.

"As you said last time, the Buddhist scriptures are lying!" Nangong Yan asked a question angrily.

"Miss Nangong, from the eyes of unbelievers, the Buddhist scriptures are lying, because people either see is believing, or follow the description of others. The person described by others must be a trustworthy person, or it is recorded in historical books, but there are inevitably lies. There are many in the Buddhist scriptures. Absurd theories are lying to unbelievers, but it is another matter for believers. I did not say that the Buddhist scriptures are lying. The Buddha sees everything, whether it is the world or the world. See, what I hear is indeed like the Western Pure Land, because the Buddha has no malicious intentions, and all the negative things for us do not exist in the Buddha." Mo Xian said.

Indeed, regarding the descriptions in the Buddhist scriptures, people in the world are divided into two types: those who do not believe and those who believe. For those who do not believe, there is no need to say anything. If you do not believe, there is no way to explain it. , one is faith, since the Buddha has great supernatural powers, of course everything is true, this is a kind of superstition, but superstition is not necessarily bad, and the other is faith after enlightenment, as the Buddhist scriptures say: " The Tathagata is a true speaker, a true speaker, a true speaker, a non-deceived speaker, and a non-divergent speaker!"

There is a story that illustrates this problem.

A general asked a Zen master, what is heaven and what is hell?

The Zen master said: "Go away!" The general was furious, and he wanted to strike with a knife!The Zen master said again: "This is hell!"

When the general heard this, he immediately put down the butcher knife, feeling deeply ashamed; the Zen master said slowly: "This is heaven!"

In the eyes of enlightened people, where is not Bodhi!There is no evil in the heart, and there is no evil in the eyes, because the Buddha said that everything is created by the mind.

"You agree with my point of view. The truth in the Buddhist scriptures is universally applicable." Nangong Yan said, although she was not sure, she felt that she had won. The words were rounded.

Mo Xian smiled: "You still don't understand, anyway, the Diamond Sutra says: Buddha really has no Dharma to say, if you say that the Buddha has something to say, it is slandering the Buddha, the Buddha has no self, human, human, living beings, and life. "

Mo Xian understood very clearly that Buddhism is only a road leading to self-transcendence. There is no one truth that is universally applicable. Buddhism is a method of inner seeking, twelve karma, reincarnation of life and death, starting from ignorance, formation, consciousness , name and form, the six entrances, contact, feeling, love, grasping, existence, birth to old age and death, this is the gate of flow and revolving. Effects; love, grasping, and existence are the present causes, feeling the future effects; birth, old age and death are the future effects.The twelve links form causality and the condition of birth and death for each other, which is the total causal cycle chain involving the past, present and future.

Pay attention, all of this is based on idealism. Looking back and destroying the door is the beginning of old age and death. Reverse the cause until the extinction of ignorance. Nothing is false. Only when you realize this, Buddhism is the way to personal liberation. , although Mahayana Buddhism is said to benefit all living beings, it is necessary to realize it by oneself.

It is not wrong to say that Buddhism is the truth, but it is not true to say that it is universally applicable. Oranges born in Huainan are oranges, and those born in Huaibei are oranges. There is no truth in the world that can be like this. If there is, Probably only when looking at things from the perspective of movement, the change of things is eternal.

"Didn't you prove my point by using the words in the Diamond Sutra?" Nangong Yan said.

Mo Xian couldn't help laughing: "The Buddhist scriptures you are talking about are not the Buddhist scriptures taught by the Buddha. Although the words are the same, there are hundreds of thousands of miles of difference inside."

"You are talking nonsense. The Buddhist scriptures say precepts. If you misinterpret the Buddhist scriptures, aren't you afraid of going to Avici Hell?"

"Going to hell is not necessarily a bad thing. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said, I will not go to hell, whoever goes to hell, the hell the Buddha said is not controlled by the Buddha, nor by the bodhisattva and arhat, but the self-ignorant heart, Or greedy heart, or hatred, and do evil things, and you will get evil rewards by yourself. The Buddha saves people, and those who can save people will naturally be saved. In a word, hell is only in your heart, and the pure land is also in your heart." Momo Said idle.

Mo Xian's words are closer to Zen. Zen advocates not to establish words, but to communicate from heart to heart. , never like to hear... I have no way to cultivate here, and I can't prove it. Drink and peck, each has its own share, so don't worry about it." He also took a wooden Buddha to warm the fire.They believe that the ordinary mind is the Buddha's mind, and everyone should be the protagonist, a person who is the only one who respects himself and is free from external temptations.

Obviously, Mo Xian's statement was not approved by Nangong Yan, and she changed her voice: "Buddha and Taoism, Taoism is only a way to become a celestial being, and you are still in the six realms of reincarnation. You practice Taoism, pursue longevity, and if you live long, you will be blessed." Once it is exhausted, it will still turn into reincarnation."

"I practice the Tao. A true Buddhist may not be like you. The Tao only talks about this life and does not seek the afterlife. The Taoist is free and unrestrained in the world and has a long life. Since ancient times, Buddhism and Taoism have slandered each other. These things are not you. I can understand." Mo Xian said indifferently, a mortal woman who talks about Buddhism and Taoism in vain really does not know the heights of heaven and earth.

Needless to say, Mo Xian, Xie Caoer and Ziyuan also frowned. Since ancient times, Buddhism and Taoism have been at odds. Since hundreds of years ago, Buddhism and Taoism have learned from each other. , For a long time, Taoism said that Buddhism is only about sexuality, only cultivating ancestral nature and not life, so the Yin and spirit can only be strong, but Buddhism says that the family is attached to me, and if the ego can't get rid of it, how has it become the way.

Hundreds of years ago, Buddhism and Taoism advocated the unity of the three religions. Although they have different foundations, they are all absorbing some of the other's ideas. Metaphysics of Buddhism, and even Zen and Taoism are proofs.

There is still a difference between celestial beings in Buddhism and immortals in Taoism. Celestial beings are one of the retributions of the six realms of reincarnation.

"You can say that the Buddhist scriptures are lies, but I think the Taoist scriptures are also absurd. How can an immortal make a place smooth?" Nangong Yan said again, "People are people. Unless they intend to, how can they influence the surroundings unintentionally?"

As soon as Mo Xian heard it, she knew that she had mentioned Zhuangzi. This is a fable in Zhuangzi. There is an immortal on the mountain of Miaogushe, who has an extraordinary appearance, absorbs the wind and drinks the dew, and swims beyond the four seas. The year is ripe.

Mo Xian glanced at Nangong Yan, saw the prince and concubine beside her were smiling and watching, and suddenly calmed down: "Zhuangzi is more of a fable, and he uses fables to speak the truth. To ordinary people, he doesn't take it seriously, but to us For practitioners, it is true and not false."

Nangong Yan said the scriptures were absurd, but Mo Xian said in fables that this is a well-known fact in the world. The prince is a smart man. Seeing Nangong Yan's repeated reprimands, Mo Xianyi responded calmly. With this kindness alone, Nangong Yan has already lost , but Nangong Yan is a friend of the crown prince and the only daughter of the great general Nangonghe, so she doesn't deal with Nangonghe, otherwise, with Nangonghe supporting the sixth prince, the prince would feel uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)