Enlightenment is the root of wisdom. If you have the root of wisdom, you can achieve enlightenment. If you don't have the root of wisdom, it will be difficult to achieve enlightenment.
Lu Bu didn't quite understand.
After listening to Mitra's lecture on Buddhism, Lu Bu became more and more confused.
In fact, many Buddhist monks themselves don't quite understand it. At least Mitra, who came to hold a Dharma meeting for Lu Bu, couldn't explain it clearly. Mitra told Lu Bu that to understand the Buddha nature, one needs "sudden enlightenment".
It is "clear mind and see nature". But what is "sudden enlightenment", how to achieve "sudden enlightenment", or how to "clear mind and see nature", I'm sorry, Mitra couldn't explain clearly, at least he didn't let Lu Bu listen.
Be clear.
So as for Lu Bu not feeling any "enlightenment", Mitra could only say that Lu Bu did not have "sufficient qualifications" for the time being.
Mitra means that Lu Bu's accumulated merits are not enough. Anyway, the matter of merit is like a leader saying whether a subordinate is good or not. It is OK when he says he is OK, and it is OK when he is told no, and he is OK when he is told no. Merit has an intuitive meaning.
Does the numerical value have a panel like in the game, or does it have a clear merit value? Obviously there is no one. So it is impossible to say how much merit a person has, even if it exists.
Mitra told Lu Bu that if you need to practice and accumulate merit, you will naturally have enough qualifications. At that time, you can enter the Dharma door from the secular world, realize the non-emptiness, pay attention to the sequence of rituals, and practice the Six Perfections and Ten Thousand Deeds.
When Lu Bu heard the secret taught by Mitora, he suddenly realized... It was impossible. He couldn't understand what Mitora was saying at all, or what the words in it meant?
It's not like Lu Bu didn't ask Midora for advice, but after Mitora explained to Lu Bu, Lu Bu felt like a fool.
Mitra theory means that knowing the mind and seeing nature is like water. Water is tangible and invisible. It can be frozen into ice or turned into gas. In the secular world, people are like coming into contact with water, but they only know it.
It is just a form of water, and seeing the nature with a clear mind is like fully understanding the changes of water...from emptiness to non-emptiness, then from non-emptiness to non-emptiness...
Lu Bu didn't listen to Mitra's explanation, and he still had some understanding of his own. However, after listening to Mitra's explanation, Lu Bu's thoughts became even more confused, and only this "empty" was left in his head.
, that "empty", then "empty" and "not empty", "not empty" and "empty"...
Lu Bu asked again, what exactly are "empty" and "not empty"?
Mitra told Lu Bu that if you want to know emptiness, you must know its characteristics. If you want to understand emptiness, you need to eliminate all characteristics. Including the thirty-two characteristics of the Buddha, eighty kinds of shapes, all of which are judged as non-existent.
To make things clear, we must break through the emptiness of our views.
"Seeing the Buddha by his form and seeking the Buddha by his sound are all wrong ways, and the Tathagata cannot be seen." Mitra said in a deep voice, "For this reason, the Tathagata always said, you monks, you know that I preach the Dharma like a raft."
The law should be abandoned, let alone illegal."
The more sincere Mitra's expression became when he spoke, the more confused Lu Bu became when he heard it.
The biggest difference between idealism and materialism is here...
For an advanced concept, idealism will say that if you don't understand it, it's your problem.
And if the materialistic representation cannot be repeatedly proven through practical experiments, then that is my problem.
Idealism means that if you want to explain something to a person, there will inevitably be deviations, just like talking to ancient primitive people about mobile phones, running water, high-speed rails, airplanes, etc. After the primitive people listened, they would naturally have deviations, so "it cannot be explained."
.Therefore, you must have good roots first, and only after you have good roots can you have the fruit of wisdom. As for what the good roots and wisdom fruit are, everyone cannot see or touch them. Idealism means that the first thing is not to contradict it. Only by believing can you see the truth.
Sincerity leads to spirituality.
Materialism means that as long as it is simple physics that can be observed, there is nothing that cannot be said. For mobile phones, you can use a microphone to explain step by step. For tap water, you can use pipes to demonstrate. For high-speed trains, you can use wheels. For airplanes, you can use feathers. Air
It cannot be seen or touched, but it can be proved by experiments that the earth is round and not flat. It can also be proved by experiments. Materialism means that you do not need to believe it first. I will show it to you directly. I am sincere and not sincere.
The results are the same.
Weixin cursed and left the group.
Weixin could pat his butt and walk straight away, just like Mitra. Lu Bu, who had put aside all the questions in his head, ran away, saying that Lu Bu should continue to practice. Once the practice is in place, it will be a natural breakthrough.
But Lu Bu couldn't penetrate it so quickly or throw it down.
If Lu Bu is still young and doesn't have so many aches and pains, then naturally he won't believe in any karma. This is like telling a young man not to look down at his mobile phone every day, as his cervical spine will have problems. If there is no real problem
In the past, young people would never stop torturing their cervical spine.
Only when you feel pain or illness will you feel panic and realize that what you said before is true!
The same goes for Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was almost a pure martial artist. When he found that his body began to decline, his physical fitness declined, and his pain increased, the panic in his heart was not much worse than congratulations on graduating again at the age of thirty-five.
Lu Bu's ability to make a living is to be able to fight. Once he can no longer fight, for Lu Bu, it is like losing the meaning of life.
He easily trusts others and doubts others. To put it simply, he doesn't have many independent opinions and follows his ears. The fundamental reason for this is that Lu Bu himself does not have enough knowledge.
If Lu Bu were in Chang'an at this time, he would happily go to some martial arts school to keep company with Mr. Ma and retreat to the second line without Fei Qian's guidance two or three times. However, Lu Bu is in the Western Regions, and someone has persuaded him to go back.
Don't want to go back.
Not going back is not because of what Lu Bu wants to do, but because of what Lu Bu doesn't want to do.
Lu Bu is not good at politics, so he suffered a lot in this regard. Under Dong Zhuo, under Yuan Shao, in Jizhou, and in Yanzhou, he suffered losses all the way. Some people can learn from it and gain
Growth, but Lu Bu just remembered that he suffered a loss, only lessons, no growth. So Lu Bu subconsciously wanted to avoid it, thinking that by avoiding Chang'an, he would avoid the political whirlpool.
In addition, the environment in the Western Regions is a bit similar to the desert. For Lu Bu, who was born in Jiuyuan, he prefers the life here. He rides wildly on horseback and blows sand thousands of miles away. It seems that there is no restraint between heaven and earth, and he is free.
Lu Bu's soul longs for freedom.
But Lu Bu didn't know enough, so he didn't know that there is no absolute freedom in this world.
Lu Bu was caught up in thinking and exploring concepts such as Buddhism, Buddha nature, emptiness, wisdom root, etc., and naturally he paid less attention to his original responsibilities.
Of course, having said that, in fact, Lu Bu has never paid much attention to the political affairs of the Western Regions. It's just that he sometimes asked about it before, but now he is busy pursuing his own ideals, so naturally he doesn't ask anything.
Lu Bu specializes in studying Buddhism, and the happiest thing is actually not the eminent monks, but the group of people under Lu Bu headed by Wei Xu.
Originally there was Gao Shun who would give some suggestions from time to time and find out some problems, but Wei Xu and others felt that Gao Shun was just a troublemaker, so they simply encouraged Lu Bu to throw Gao Shun into Yumen Pass.
The reason is very correct. Yumen Pass is very important and cannot be defended except by generals. Gao Shun is at Yumen Pass, so everyone can rest assured.
Lu Bu wondered if this reason was wrong? It seemed to be correct. Could it be that Gao Shun was not allowed to go and Wei Xu was asked to garrison at Yumen Pass instead? Wei Xu said that I am not as capable as Gao Shun and asked me to go to Yumen Pass to deal with something.
If you screw it up, wouldn't it mean that you're delaying something important?
So Gao Shun went to Yumen Pass.
Among the Western Regions, Gao Shun, the only one who was more serious about things, left.
Some people don't like serious people and think that serious people are pretentious.
Even when there are some conflicts and disputes, it is inevitable that some people will stand by and try to persuade them, saying, "What's the big deal? Why are you being so serious? Is there something wrong with you?"
People who persuade people don't care who makes sense and who doesn't. It's like someone queuing up on the road to block the situation, and then there is a stalemate there. One wants to block the block, the other refuses, and then the person who is blocked behind comes to persuade,
Will you follow the rules and let the person who blocked you line up at the back, or will you persuade the person who was blocked to calm down? It's possible, but it's more likely that the people who come up from behind will choose to see which person is easier to bully, more like
Which side of the good guys is doing the persuasion.
At least if you point the gun at a good guy, you won't get beaten.
Yes, it’s not based on right or wrong, but on the basis of persuading whichever person looks more like a good person to tolerate it. He will even stand on the side that is clearly wrong and persuade people to agree to jump in line because continuing to block the road will delay him. But
These people never thought that the problem was actually caused by queue jumping, but in the eyes of these people, it became a real problem.
The same is true for Gao Shun. He is serious, and then he is not popular. Because he is really serious, he has to line up and collect things in order, but if everyone receives them in order, how can he take advantage?
So Wei Xu took Gao Shun away first, and then everyone cheered and there was no need to line up.
In addition, Lu Bu, who was supposed to be in charge, was thinking about issues such as a safe Western Region and boundless merit. How could he have time to take care of such small things?
So Wei Xu and others became even more happy.
"Brother! Big brother! Big deal, big deal!" A man ran up to Wei Xu with his head lowered and his waist lowered.
Wei Xu was half-lying under the canopy, with the sun not shining on his face or body.
The canopy is not used by ordinary people, but Wei Xu said that it is not a canopy, it is just a parasol. As you can see, there are no colors and flags, so this is not a canopy, just a parasol.
Wei Xu has gained a lot of weight now, and sometimes he can't even put on his armor.
Because people will get fat, but armor will not. Although the armor has straps, it can be adjusted to a certain extent, but after it exceeds the adjustment range, it will naturally not be able to adapt. So Wei Xu doesn't like to wear armor very much.
Anyway, the Western Region is very peaceful now and there are no problems, so there seems to be no need to wear any armor.
The more you gain weight, the more lazy you become to move, and then you get fatter.
Summer in the Western Regions is still very hot, with a large temperature difference between morning and evening.
But such conditions make the fruits in the Western Regions very sweet...
Wei Xu was half-lying, then while nibbling fruits, he turned to look at the person coming, "Er Gou, why are you so impatient?"
Wei Xu just called him that. After so many years, he didn't think there was anything wrong with this title.
The man named Wei Xu's eldest brother is not really Wei Xu's blood brother, but a soldier who followed Wei Xu all the way. Or he can be called a personal soldier, because he has no name or surname, but he is loyal enough. In addition, Wei Xu followed Lu Budong at that time.
Those who were traveling west were also in poverty. They had no reward, and they could not even pay soldiers. They could only draw big cakes to satisfy their hunger, which meant that these soldiers were all their brothers. When they became rich, they would never forget their brothers.
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From this point of view, Wei Xu did not break his promise.
Now that Wei Xu is prosperous, these people will also prosper along with Wei Xu.
"Brother, hehe, brother, you know," Ergouzi said, "A merchant came to see me a few days ago..."
"The one you were talking about last time?" Wei Xu waved his hand and said, "No, that one requires a war horse. Although the price is good, but with such a large quantity, there will definitely be problems when passing the customs... Then we will be involved again.
It’s not worth it...”
Spices, war horses, the most expensive commodities in the Western Regions.
"Brother, they are willing to double the price." Ergouzi said.
"Hiss..." Wei Xu took a breath, threw away the fruit, and sat up, "Doubles more?"
The price of war horses is already high. Doubling this price and then doubling it will naturally lead to considerable profits.
But after a while, Wei Xu lay down again, "Forget it, really, although the price is really good, the risk is really high. If we are found out..."
As for war horses, selling a few in small quantities is not a big problem.
After all, this is the Western Region, not Guanzhong, and Lu Bu doesn't care much about things, and many systems are imperfect. Small-volume transactions like this are sometimes reported battle losses, and there have always been no problems, but this
The quantity requested by a merchant at one time is too large. On the one hand, it is not easy to deploy. After all, war horses are not ordinary horses. They need to be trained so that they will not be afraid of coexisting with humans and will not particularly recognize the owner's horse. On the other hand, the quantity
It is indeed too big, not dozens of horses, nor one or two hundred horses, but a full five hundred horses!
If the business can succeed, of course you will make a lot of money, but the risks are relatively high.
With Wei Xu's greetings in the Western Regions, of course no one would investigate, but if you take the Guanzhong route, you will inevitably be investigated.
Some time ago, the relevant authorities issued a document saying that they had traced the smuggling of war horses and asked the Western Region to conduct verification.
Lu Bu didn't care too much about things, so the writing naturally fell into the hands of Wei Xu. Wei Xu found an excuse and said that there were soldiers selling privately, and he had already been executed. Part of the money from the sales was recovered, and most of it was sold to soldiers.
used up.
Even if this matter is settled, that's it anyway. But this also left a mark in Wei Xu's heart, so now that Er Gouzi is talking about buying war horses in large quantities, Wei Xu feels that he doesn't want to do this business.
Where there is light, there will naturally be darkness. When the darkness makes the light brighter, the light will make the darkness darker.
Trade in the Western Regions is light, and under the light, there are naturally all kinds of darkness.
In these darkness, there is the sweet smell that dark creatures love most, tempting these people to rush in one by one and sink into the darkness.
"No, brother, they said they have a way!" Ergouzi said, "They said that after several trials, they found that Guanzhong only checks and sells for more than five war horses... so they can
First place the war horses on the right side of Long, and then pass the level in small quantities and multiple times..."
"Oh?" Wei Xu was stunned for a moment, "Is there such a way?"
"Yes, they said it can be done. And they said they even told us how to do it, and they are really sincere about doing business with us..." Ergouzi blinked and said, "Brother, look at this... double it."
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"Double it again... divide it into batches..." Wei Xu stroked the beard on his chin.
This is really a solution!
Spices are hard to get, but war horses are really easy to get. Because Wei Xu and others don’t have spices, but they have war horses.
Before, I didn't dare to sell the goods, but now I have this method...
The techniques of small batches and multiple customs clearance are not only understood by later generations of backpackers.
Wei Xu seemed to see the golden light filling the sky.
"Brother?" Ergouzi called tentatively from the side. If this business is done, he will have a lot of tricks. It will be 500 horses! And it will be doubled!
"It's doubled, I don't want to be too stingy..." Wei Xu said slowly.
Ergouzi nodded at the side: "Yes, yes, brother is right."
"But these five hundred horses are not a decimal number..." Wei Xu continued, "If you want to say a dozen horses, they will be taken out. This horse runs every day, how can it not be damaged? But these five hundred horses...
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If five hundred horses were suddenly damaged, of course there must be a justifiable reason. If the daily damage was reported directly, even a fool would be able to see the problem, and there would be no need to report it to Guanzhong. Those in charge of direct supervision in the Western Regions would be able to discover it.
Something is wrong.
So it's either a matter of making false accounts and then slowly making up for it later.
Either that...
A real battle loss.
Wei Xu frowned and looked around.
Are you making false accounts? The main advantage is that there is less noise, but it will be more troublesome to make up for it slowly in the future. You have to add or subtract some every month, otherwise the supervisors will ask why they have been losing war horses for several months.
Dozens of horses are lost there, etc., which is really troublesome.
Supervisor Zhiyin...
Tsk tsk.
Sometimes Wei Xu really wants to kill those guys, but those Zhiyin supervisors just deal with documents in the official house every day, and then ask if there is any abnormality, and then write it down. Sometimes Wei Xu is impatient and explains randomly, and they
They didn’t chase it down to the end, they just wrote down Wei Xu’s words directly, so that Wei Xu would sometimes have to go back and make up a better version and change the original record.
Calling it an obstruction, it really was an obstruction, but Supervisor Zhiyin only focused on the writing. As long as the writing was correct, they wouldn't do anything more, so Wei Xu just tolerated it. After all, Wei Xu knew that smearing the writing would not be a big problem.
If everyone is smeared inexplicably, the problem will be huge when it is investigated.
Then make a big one?
Wei Xu rolled his eyes and remembered that he had heard that there were horse thieves in that place in the Western Regions...
