Chapter 159: The Way to Survive the Thunder Tribulation (Part 2)
Tao, it can be said, but it is not an eternal way. Name, it can be named, but it is not an eternal name. "No" is the beginning of heaven and earth; "you" is the mother of all things. Therefore, "no" is always used to observe.
It's wonderful; it's always "there", and you want to observe its effects. These two have the same origin but different names, and they are both called mysterious. Mysterious and mysterious, they are the door to all wonderful things.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, when he fell into obsession, he suddenly thought of a passage in the Tao Te Ching.
This passage is the opening sentence of the Tao Te Ching. In the past, the late Tang Dynasty had no insight or understanding of this passage.
After all, everyone’s understanding of Tao is different.
Li Rong in the Tang Dynasty said: "Tao is the ultimate principle... It can be named after principle, so it is called Ke Dao. Therefore, I don't know its name, so it is called Tao. Those who are not Tao are not the common Tao in the world."
Also, the common way in the world is to value etiquette and righteousness, to admire pomp and glory, to sacrifice oneself to gain fame, to forget oneself in order to seek profit, and to lose virtue to gain virtue. This teaching can only be practiced. Now that we have discarded the beauty of benevolence and righteousness, we have taken the reality of morality.
, the act of pouring thin breath back to the source of honesty and integrity, and counteracting the constant emotion, so it is called the extraordinary way."
Li Rong interpreted "Chang Dao" as "the common way" and believed that Laozi's way was not the common way (Confucianism).
Sima Guang's interpretation is close to the second view.
Sima Guang said: "Those who talk about the Tao in the secular world all think that the Tao is subtle and cannot be said in words. I think otherwise, the so-called Tao can also be said to be the Tao, but it is not what ordinary people call the Tao...the so-called Tao of ordinary people."
, frozen in things."
Sima Guang, like Li Rong, both advocated that Tao can be expressed in words, but they did not interpret the "normal Tao" from the ontological sense.
This is what they have in common, and what sets them apart from the vast majority of interpreters of Laozi.
But the two of them gave specific explanations of "the ordinary way". One refers to the common way in the world, and the other refers to what ordinary people call the way.
Although the literal meaning of the two is almost the same, the actual connotation is quite different.
As a Taoist priest, Li Rong's "conventional way" obviously refers to Confucian ethics and ethics. As an orthodox Confucian scholar, Sima Guang could not agree with Taoist Li Rong's views.
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His distinction between the Tao of Lao Tzu and the Tao of ordinary people is based on the level of understanding. He criticized the so-called Tao of ordinary people as "stagnant in things", which means that ordinary people's understanding is limited to specific things and can only understand and express specific things.
The "Tao" in things cannot go beyond specific things and understand the completeness of Tao.
It can be seen from this that different people have different views on Tao. For the same Tao, different worldviews formed by different life experiences will lead to different views on Tao.
From here, the late Tang Dynasty realized that everyone's Tao is unique, and this is the magic of self-created Tao.
Just like two people perceive the same Tao, but with different life experiences and different worldviews, their Tao is different. Therefore, the Tao created by living beings cannot always be the same two Tao.
And similarly, life perceives the innate Tao. Different lives have different Tao.
At this time, Tang Mo had a different understanding of this passage in the Tao Te Ching, and for a moment, he fell into an epiphany.
"What is my way?"
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, I asked myself again.
"The best way for every lord to practice is the Emperor's Way, the King's Way, the Emperor's Way, also known as the Emperor's Way. This is the best way for every lord, and my way should also be the Emperor's Way."
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, he quickly realized his own way, which was the emperor's way.
The Emperor's Way is an acquired way, but everyone's Emperor's Way is not mentioned. Everyone's Emperor's Way needs to be created by oneself.
Therefore, in the late Tang Dynasty, it is better to say that he created his own unique way of the emperor than to comprehend the way of the emperor.
"The outer sage and the inner king are the emperors and my way."
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, he realized: "My Tao is based on my will and world view. It governs other Tao and integrates other Tao. This Tao has the ability to grow and expand infinitely. This is my Tao.
My Tao is not fixed or rigid, it can change as my heart changes. This is my Tao."
As Tang Mo realized his own way, in an instant, Tang Mo's aura surged again.
Although Tang Mo has not yet successfully merged with the Tao, Tang Mo's strength has still increased a lot at this time, and as Tang Mo realizes his own Tao, he can merge with the Tao at any time.
"The way of the future, the way of the innate, the inner and outer are unified, I choose the third way of unity."
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, he was able to merge with the Tao at any time. When faced with a choice, he did not hesitate to choose the third way to merge with the Tao.
As he made a choice, the Tao he comprehended was instantly integrated into his body, his soul, his realm, and everything about him.
With the integration of his Tao, Tang Dynasty's cultivation instantly broke through to the combined Tao stage. At the same time, Tang Dynasty's domain began to transform. With the support of his Tao, his domain seemed to have a soul.
In an instant, the realm of the late Tang Dynasty turned into the world. This is the real world.
A space supported by the Tao is the world. Because with the support of the Tao, such a space can give birth to life. Life can be born. The space has the ability to grow, and more Tao can be born. Such a space is the world.
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The realm of the late Tang Dynasty is the product of the late Tang Dynasty’s insights, worldview, and the integration of spirit, energy, and spirit. This realm is a space, a space under its control. It improves with the improvement of the late Tang Dynasty’s cultivation, and is now integrated into the late Tang Dynasty.
The Tao, this domain space has the support of the Tao.
With the support of Tao, this realm naturally becomes the world, and this world is also a world controlled by the late Tang Dynasty. Because it is supported by the Tao of the late Tang Dynasty, it will improve as the cultivation level of the late Tang Dynasty improves.
This world is also the world of the late Tang Dynasty, and it is his inner world. It can be said that the late Tang Dynasty has embarked on the first road of harmony at this time.
But at this time, Hedao in the late Tang Dynasty was not over yet, because late Tang Dynasty not only wanted to take the first road of Hedao, he also wanted to take the third road of Hedao.
Most people take the first and second paths of harmony, and the third path of harmony, in the eyes of many people, is a dead end.
But if you want, you choose the third path of harmony.
"Although the third path of harmony will be more difficult, for me, it is the most suitable. The most important thing is that once the third path of harmony is successful, there will be many more choices.
Ascension will also allow you to continue to rapidly improve your cultivation."
I was thinking in my mind at the end of Tang Dynasty.
The third path of harmony is more difficult to practice, but once the third path of harmony is successful, it will not only be more powerful, but also there will be no need to face the choice of ascension.
Because ascension is the way to detachment, non-ascension is the way to be a saint, and the third path can balance ascension and non-ascension, thereby achieving a state of detachment but not detachment. Once this state is successful, the benefits are endless.
Just like this, ambitious beings will choose the third path of harmony, and in the late Tang Dynasty, they naturally chose the third path of harmony.