Chapter 9: Buddha and the Tao
Song Daren is a teacher for the first time, seeing Zhang Xiaofan's hand on his face, listening to the fascination, can not help but be interested in a great, eloquent talk.
Taiji Xuanqing Dao cultivation process from easy and difficult, the first layer of the jade clear realm most people in the first year can be cultivated, but then start, the depth of the difficulties will be revealed, the second layer of the general public will have to practice five years, the third layer is a watershed, the qualifications of the slightly poorer will be stagnant in the life of the here, the better practice of fifty or sixty years is not uncommon.
Zhang Xiaofan listened with his mouth agape, Song Daren smiled slightly and went on.
Taiji Xuanqing Dao's main cultivation method, to the third layer will be roughly taught, and then more is to rely on their own cultivation and qualifications, cultivation of senior masters or will point out one or two, that is also the voice of experience, so that the disciple to take some detours only. Of course, here the so-called "detour", mostly in a hundred years.
The Taiji Xuanqing Dao cultivation to the fourth level of the Yuqing realm, is the root of all laws, can begin to practice other magic arts at the same time, as well as the cultivation of their own magic treasure.
The secret weapon of magic treasure has a long history, the gods in the myths and legends of the heavens mostly have their own magic weapon, the power is outstanding. Between the human world, the cultivation of Taoist priests to the first palm of the heavens and earth, but also has great power, small can be airborne, wind speed, big can shake the sky and earth, destroying the mountain break streams.
And the treasure material is also a variety of strange, but one thing, treasure material how to decide the treasure cultivation after the power of the size, if the mortal iron casting "Sword Royal Thunder real skill", not yet wait to attack the enemy, the sword has been with the owner into the ashes.
As for the green cloud door, because when the green leaf ancestor in the "phantom moon cave" in the ancient sword, "immortal", by which to travel the world, a few unrivaled, all the younger generation of admiration, most of them are practicing immortal sword, after a thousand years, the swordsman generation, almost become the unwritten rules of the green cloud door, is to change the name to the green cloud door. The rules, that is, renamed Qingyun Sword Sect is also not impossible.
However, here, but to mention the big bamboo peak head Tian not easy, he himself is cultivating the sword, body protector "red spirit" is one of the famous sword in the Qingyun door, but he under the seat of the various disciples, I do not know how, but not the slightest encourage them to cultivate immortal sword meaning.
Not only that, he also often "encourage" people to cultivate some alternative magic treasure, this point in the Qingyun door is quite non-negotiable, but one does not have this rule that can not, the second is not easy disciple qualifications of Tian mediocre, the number is small, the people also let him go.
Big Bamboo Peak lineage of disciples, the eldest brother Song Daren cultivation is the most profound, has Taiji Xuanqing Dao cultivation to the fifth layer of the Yu Qing realm, followed by the fourth He Da Zhi, cultivated to the fourth layer. Although he had been initiated for a shorter period of time than Wu Dayi and Zheng Dali, he was the most intelligent amongst the disciples, so instead, he had learned first afterward.
As for the second Wu Dayi, the third Zheng Dali, the fifth Lu Daxin, and the sixth Du Bishu, they were all struggling at the third level of the Jade Clear Realm.
On the contrary, the youngest sister, Tian Ling'er, was too smart, and had been carefully taught by her parents since she was young. Although she had only begun to do bamboo chopping when she was ten years old, she had been practicing Taiji Xuanqing Dao for many years.
Small age, actually in her thirteen years old that year also cultivated to the fourth layer of the jade clear realm, can be driven with magic treasure, is one of the famous early wisdom in the Qingyun door children, extremely get the parents favor and all the masters care love, Su Ru is the famous piece of "amber Zhuya" to give her to do the defense magic treasure.
"Sister is so powerful!" Hearing this, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help but exclaim.
Song Daren smiled and said: "good, the little sister is extremely intelligent, the cultivation of a more gifted, master teacher mother passes her what, a listen to the will, the qualification is far better than us brothers, now she is only cultivation of shallow days, not enough fire, in time, her achievements must be unlimited, far better than us. The development of the Great Bamboo Peak lineage will depend on her."
After saying that, his eyes were full of expectations, obviously very much in love with this delicate and lovely little sister.
Then, Song Daren spoke with Zhang Xiaofan about the places to pay attention to in the cultivation process, and finally said with a straight face, "Junior Brother, there is one last thing I must tell you: the cultivation of this sect is valued to be gradual and down-to-earth. If you are greedy for progress, I'm afraid that greed is not enough, and there will be a great disaster. Success or failure, the original destiny, do not have to force. Such as demons, heresy, evil arts, want to dissatisfaction all want to quick success, and in the end, most of them will be condemned by heaven, pathetic and sad. You have to be careful."
Zhang Xiaofan was horrified, and busily said, "Yes, Eldest Brother, I know."
Song Da Ren nodded, stood up, and said, "That's all for now then! The Taiji Cave is in the back of the mountain, and only disciples who have cultivated the Taiji Xuanqing Dao to the third level or higher can go in to cultivate. Until then, you can practice in your room! It's very quiet here, and Master Teacher and Mother don't usually come, so you work on yourself."
Zhang Xiaofan stood up and said, "Thank you, Eldest Brother."
Song Da Ren smiled sparingly, patted his head, and turned to go.
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Zhang Xiaofan sent Song Daren away, returned back to the house, closed the door, his heart was indescribably excited, even the fatigue from cutting bamboo in the morning was lost somewhere.
He breathed deeply, quieted down, slowly walked to the bed, according to Song Daren taught posture meditation, closed his eyes, in his mind Song Daren taught the Taiji Xuanqing Dao Jade Qing realm of the first layer of the law from beginning to end, was about to according to the practice, suddenly his heart moved, violently opened his eyes, out of breath, "Not right ah!"
The first layer of the Jade Clear Realm that Song Daren had imparted to him was originally the most crude and basic cultivation method in the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, and functioned in only two words: practicing qi. Cultivators, sitting quietly, letting go of the mind to prohibit all kinds of worries, attracting the world's spiritual qi into the body for the great circumference of the day, so as to take a breath with the world, and then realize the creation of heaven and earth. If you can introduce the spiritual qi in the body for thirty-six consecutive circumference, then their own meridians have been stabilized, can be cultivated in a higher realm.
This kind of practice method, this is the Taoist thousands of years of thousands of hammering method, there is no error doubt, but at the moment Zhang Xiaofan heart, but like a storm, swaying. This is all because what he heard today, and that day the monk Pu Zhi passed on to him that set of password, the cultivation method is actually diametrically opposite.
In the night before the grass temple village tragedy, Pu Zhi passed on his recipe, clearly told him, when cultivating the real gas refining, be sure to cut off all connections between themselves and the outside world, the realization of the nature of the self, that is, the so-called: all dharmas are empty, not born, not perishable, not dirt, not pure, not increasing, not decreasing, therefore, there is no color in the air, no feelings, no thought and action, no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, no color, sound, aroma, taste, and touch, no eye, and even no consciousness, no ignorance, and also no ignorance exhaustion, and even no ignorance! There is no ignorance, no end of ignorance, no old age and death, no end of old age and death, no suffering, collection and destruction, no wisdom and no attainment. (Note: From the Prajna Heart Sutra)
This kind of profound and withering reasoning, Zhang Xiaofan at this time since can not understand clearly, but the two practices are fundamentally different, he is distinguishable, at the moment the heart is confused, do not know what to do.
In fact, Zhang Xiaofan does not know, Taiji Xuanqing Dao is certainly the Taoist supreme method, but Pu Zhi in his body to send a great wish, sent a lifetime of expectations, the set of oral tradition, but also is the Buddhist supreme method of Dao - Da Brahma Prajna.
Two great dharma, two very different ways of practicing, but to start from the root.
Buddhism and Taoism, a long history, old and dead, the art of cultivation also each originated in their schools of thought. Take Taoism as an example, its main idea lies in a "Tao" word, so-called: the Tao gave birth to one, a life of two, two gave birth to three, three gave birth to all things. All things are negative and negative, but hold the yang, and the center of the qi is harmony. (Note: This is from the fifth chapter of the Tao Te Ching).
Taoism, on the other hand, has its roots in Taoist thought, and even the triple realm of Taiji Xuanqing Dao is named after the Taoist myths of Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing, commonly known as the "three chings" of Yuan Shi Tian Zun, Ling Bao Tian Zun, and Daode Tian Zun. Taoist cultivation is about being one with heaven and earth, being one with nature, and using one's body to control natural creation and transform it into great power.
On the other hand, the Buddha, the main idea is "things should be nothing to live in and its mind, all the dharma, is not separate from the self-nature". It is also said: "When is the nature of the self, the original purity; when is the nature of the self, the original birth and death; when is the nature of the self, the original sufficiency; when is the nature of the self, the original unshakable; when is the nature of the self, the ability to generate ten thousand dharmas! (Note: From "The Tantra - The First Line of Action") Buddhist cultivation focuses on the realization of oneself and the illumination of the five skandhas, and this is the reason why "84,000 wisdoms can be born out of the General Wisdom".
Buddhism and Taoism ideas are very different, the practice of law is naturally contrary, just thousands of years each keep secret, unknown. And at the moment the Qingyun door on the big bamboo peak on a small disciple Zhang Xiaofan, but by this matter to get a big head.
"Exactly which is right?"
Zhang Xiaofan jumped out of bed, walking back and forth in the room, only to feel a chaos in the brain, nonsense, and do not dare to ask people, and finally only to sit on the edge of the bed, a long sigh, do not make a sound.
He is not a smart person, born in a farming family, age and small, and no insights and decisions, such as this big event he thought about, in vain half a day, but still can not think of a reason to. At the end of the day, Zhang Xiaofan said to himself in his mind, "Forget it, anyway, when Master Pu Zhi did not say this situation, I cultivate both together, that is." At that moment, he no longer thought much about it, instead, his heart was relaxed for a while, and he went back to bed, sat in meditation, and went ahead to cultivate the Taiji Xuanqing Dao.
Just he thought of easy, do it is completely different scene. Taiji Xuanqing Dao refining gas, to open the pores of the body, attracting heaven and earth into the body along the meridians run, so as to exercise and stabilize the body vital energy and internal meridians; Da Brahma Prajna, but the requirements of the realm of silence, closed the whole body thought line of knowledge, the body as a world, the only see the nature of the self, in order to deepen the heart of the true essence, solid root and cultivate the elements.
The two sets of law is opposite, but made Zhang Xiaofan suffering, in the next three months, he in addition to daily rain and shine on the mountain cutting bamboo, will be practicing these two major law. Only he practiced Taiji Xuanqing Dao just had a small success, the whole body orifices open, the aura into the body, the next Da Fan Bonjouru but also to close the orifices, into the realm of silence, making the previous efforts, almost all the water.
After three months, Tian not easy one day suddenly interest, come to explore Zhang Xiaofan cultivation situation, did not expect to ask a test, alive to his gas half dead.
Common sense, ordinary people practicing Taiji Xuanqing Dao, to the first layer of the shallow, three months later when there is a small success, can initially attract the world's spiritual qi into the body, running three to five days.
Unexpectedly Zhang Xiaofan qualification is poor, really rare and rare. Cultivate a full three months, actually even the whole body orifices can not control freely, as for the introduction of spiritual qi into the body is even more reluctant, let alone what to run a few weeks of heaven.
Tian not easy to wide-eyed, full of anger staring at Zhang Xiaofan, next to all the disciples are sympathetic, but do not dare to speak out, originally Song Daren would like to say a few words on behalf of Zhang Xiaofan, but look at their own teachings actually practiced to such a point, face, also do not dare to speak, as for Tian Ling'er, is laughing at the side of the joke.
Zhang Xiaofan was full of shame, kneeling in front of Tian Yiqiu, groundless, thinking that no matter how the master scolded, it should be. Unexpectedly waited for half a day, around the senior brother did not say a word, even Tian Yi did not say a word, his heart strange, secretly raised his eyes to look, but see Tian Yi face full of anger, do not know when they are transformed into the color of disappointment, really should be a sentence: no greater sorrow than the heart to die!
Only to see Tian not easy to brush his sleeve up, shook his head, moving his short fat body, actually did not say anything, toward the back hall to go. The crowd of disciples looked at each other in disbelief.
Song Daren had followed Tian Yiqiu for the longest time, vaguely knowing what Tian Yiqiu had in mind, guessing that the master was afraid that he had given up on this youngest disciple.
These three months, Zhang Xiaofan in addition to practicing homework, leisure time busy, helpful, honest, all people are very like him. Mountain dwelling loneliness, is always arrogant Tian Ling'er, suddenly more and their own age similar playmate, even though on the surface from time to time to rebuke, but the heart is also a few points of joy.
Song Da Ren frowned tightly, stepped forward to help Zhang Xiaofan up, saying: ''Junior Brother, Master is just momentarily annoyed, it doesn't matter. As long as you practice diligently, sooner or later you will be recognized by his old man."
Zhang Xiaofan was ashamed in his heart and nodded his head repeatedly, working harder and harder since then.
He went up the mountain to cut bamboo with Tian Ling'er every morning, and while ordinary disciples could already cut black-sectioned bamboo in three months after practicing Taiji Xuanqing Dao, Zhang Xiaofan actually did not cut his first black-sectioned bamboo until half a year later. But every day, rain or shine, his body is practiced quite strong, at least on the mountain will no longer breathe like a cow.
From that time onwards, Tian Yi will not be easy to Zhang Xiaofan do not listen to, Song Daren also asked him a few times at the beginning of the practice, but the more time, Zhang Xiaofan's progress is slow and slow, and in the end, even Song Daren also discouraged, no longer ask him.
Zhang Xiaofan himself does not care, knowing that the qualification is not good, although sometimes have thought that it may not be due to the two methods of cultivation together, but every time I think about it, will think of the monk Pu Zhi's voice and face, the heart of a hot, and then insisted on it. Although it was difficult to practice on this journey, he was persistent and stubborn, but he still managed to survive.
He lived in a secluded place, practicing Taiji Xuanqing Dao during the day, and then practicing Da Fan Bonjouru late at night, so the time was long, and suddenly passed, and before he knew it, three years had passed.
During this period, Zhang Xiaofan also set the worst record since the establishment of the Qingyun Sect: he used three years, that is to say, spent three times the time of ordinary people, and finally will be Taiji Xuanqing Dao Yuqing realm of the first layer of cultivation is completed, can be the whole body orifices control freely, attracting the heaven and earth spiritual qi into the body to run thirty-six weeks of heaven.
However, unknown to everyone, he also practiced Da Fan Prajna, and was able to lay a solid foundation for internal qi control.
When Zhang Xiaofan timidly announced to the crowd at dinner one day, Qingyun Sect Big Bamboo Peak lineage of disciples dumbfounded, such as to see a thousand years of iron tree blossoms, and then all the people let loose a big laugh, Song Daren has grown up quite a lot of Zhang Xiaofan picked up and thrown into the air, even a few times, rejoice in a lot of joy.
While sitting in front of the Tian not easy to look at coldly, hummed, whispered cursed: "Big idiot!"
In these three years, Zhang Xiaofan grew into fourteen years old, because of the daily bamboo cutting, the body is also strong, although younger than his sister Tian Ling'er two years, but the head is already generally high. Tian Ling'er is from thirteen years old little girl, grew into sixteen years old daughter, appearance is even more gorgeous, between the laughter, clear and beautiful.
Tian Ling'er never felt that the other six senior brothers are too big for themselves, old-fashioned, so always like and this silly head of the senior brother to stay together, three years down the line, but is close to each other. But always is Tian Ling'er has the upper hand, Zhang Xiaofan feel that his sister is indeed much stronger than himself, although on weekdays on their own instructions to shout, but they are occasionally teased by the senior brother, she is the first to come forward to fight for their own backs.
Mountain dwelling lonely, but also quiet, between Zhang Xiaofan also asked a few times Tian not easy and Song Daren about the grass temple village tragedy, but that thing so far to investigate no clue, time and again, Zhang Xiaofan heart finally slowly fade down.
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Early this morning, Zhang Xiaofan took the usual firewood knife, alone out of the house, toward the back of the mountain.
Tian Ling'er had completed her bamboo cutting homework two years ago, and no longer went, so Zhang Xiaofan had mostly gone up the mountain alone in the past two years, but Tian Ling'er sometimes had nothing to do, and also ran up the mountain to have fun with him.
Today Zhang Xiaofan did not see the figure of Tian Ling'er, also do not care, alone on the mountain road, another month or so, he will also have to end this bamboo cutting homework.
He is now able to cut two black section of bamboo per day, but is still far inferior to Tian Ling'er, when Tian Ling'er almost finished a day will be able to cut more than ten black section of bamboo.
A month ago, he finally cultivated the first layer of the Jade Clear Realm of the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, and with that, Song Daren passed on his know-how for the second layer. He had practiced for a month, and although it was much deeper than the first layer, somehow, he vaguely felt that it was easier than the first layer instead.
For example, in the first layer, he had to control the orifices of the whole body, and he had practiced for three years before he was able to achieve a small success, whereas the second layer required "transforming qi into essence", so that the heaven and earth spiritual qi introduced into the body would be transformed into essence in the meridians. According to the words of the eldest brother, this is more than ten times more difficult than the first layer, but Zhang Xiaofan realized that it was surprisingly easy.
The root cause, seems to have something to do with that set of "Brahma Prajna", these three years he practiced daily Brahma Prajna, never stop, the internal qi operation has been quite a fire, and the essence of the qi is the internal qi, with that three years of foundation, Zhang Xiaofan progress is extremely fast.
But he himself does not believe in himself, when the next person practiced for a year but he had to practice for three years, this time is most likely an illusion. So he doesn't care, anyway, he practiced on time every day, and no one came to disturb him.
