Chapter 1270 If I ask for it, the sky can't be without it
"You said...what do people live for?"
Gu Qingfeng didn't have many friends, and there were even fewer friends with whom he could talk to him intimately. When he was unhappy, troubled, and confused about life, he could only chat with the old monk for a few words and said: "When I was young, I always
As I fight and kill all day long, I only think about how to become stronger, but I haven’t thought about this problem carefully. Maybe it’s because I have experienced too much. Especially recently, I have become more and more confused, and I don’t know what the purpose of living is.
?”
After a long time, the old monk's old voice came.
"The questions asked by ancient laymen are questions that everyone will encounter, and they are also a stage that everyone will inevitably go through on the road of life."
"so what."
"So, the ancient layman shouldn't ask me this question, but should ask yourself. After all, everyone pursues different things. Some pursue family happiness, some pursue fame and fortune, and some pursue power, the avenue, and the true meaning of life.
, the pursuit of cause and effect, the pursuit of the origin of heaven and earth... I don’t know what the ancient lay people wanted to pursue.”
Family fun?
Fame and fortune?
that power?
Avenue?
The true meaning of life?
Cause and effect?
Gu Qingfeng had no interest in any of this. He thought for a moment and said: "I don't have any lofty ideals or grand wishes. If I say what I want to pursue in this life, I really don't know. Maybe it's the one I've been pursuing since childhood.
Hide the illusory freedom in your heart."
Nodding, Gu Qingfeng seemed to be somewhat confirmed, and continued: "Well, it should be like this, living freely, without worries, and living without restraint."
"Since the ancient lay people have what they pursue, why bother asking the old monk."
"I used to think that the life I pursued was not high, and could even be said to be very simple. But now I find that it is easier said than done. After all, I live in the secular world and have seven emotions.
There are also six desires, and naturally they cannot avoid the vulgar. Since they cannot avoid the vulgar, it is impossible not to have troubles. If there are troubles, there will be fetters. If there are fetters, it is impossible to live freely and carefree."
The topic changed, and Gu Qingfeng said again: "Of course, if you cut off the seven emotions and six desires, and then become selfless, you may not have worries anymore, but if you think about it carefully, if people had no worries, how boring would life be? How boring.
, you don’t even have any fun, so what fun is there?”
"Since the ancient layman can say this, he must have understood the word freedom in his heart. So in the eyes of the ancient layman, what does it mean to live freely?"
"It's very simple, just four words, do whatever you want." Gu Qingfeng was silent for a long time, and then added: "If I want it, the sky cannot be without it; if I want it without it, the earth cannot be there. This is probably what I want, and it may also be that what I pursue is true.
To put it bluntly, I am the only one in heaven and on earth who can achieve true freedom and freedom."
"If I want it, Heaven cannot exist. If I want it, Heaven cannot exist... I am the only one in heaven and on earth..." The old monk murmured these words, and there seemed to be some trembling in his old voice as he said: "Amitabha...
…Are you, the ancient layman, prepared to become the overlord of this world?”
"The overlord between heaven and earth?" Gu Qingfeng shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "Not interested, not to mention that you don't have to be the overlord between heaven and earth to be the only one in the world."
"Amitabha."
The old monk said another Buddhist saying.
Gu Qingfeng said: "In practice, what I cultivate is my heart, and what I practice is the Tao. What I cultivate is a free heart, and what I practice should also be a free road. Are you right?"
"Congratulations to the ancient layman."
"Congratulations to me?"
"Congratulations to the ancient layman for understanding the true meaning of the word freedom."
"It's just that I have some enlightenment. Unfortunately, my heart is not at ease now, and I can't walk on that path of freedom."
"At least, the ancient layman knew what he wanted and was not lost. As long as the ancient layman pursues what he wants, I believe that he will be able to cultivate a true free heart and embark on a true free path."
"I hope so."
There was another moment of silence.
Gu Qingfeng asked: "Old monk, do you believe in fate?"
"I don't know."
"Then do you believe in cause and effect?"
"I believe it."
"Haha." Gu Qingfeng laughed and then asked: "Then you said cause and effect and fate are the same thing?"
The old monk was silent for a while and then responded: "I don't know."
"I still remember you said, don't regard coincidence as fate, let alone chance as cause and effect. You also said that all living things in this world, including humans, immortals and demons, and even gods and Buddhas, are inseparable from cause and effect.
The two words are fate and luck, they are nothing more than cause and effect."
The old monk said a Buddhist saying again.
"The pilgrimage to the pagoda of all living beings that I gave birth to nine years ago, as well as the ancient taboos, and the drop of blood of original sin, I believe are neither accidental nor coincidence. It seems that there is God's will in the dark.
It has already been doomed, even you hiding in this bone jade of annihilation are no exception."
When he said this, Gu Qingfeng seemed to have some enlightenment and said: "Actually, I feel more and more that all living things in this world, including immortals, demons, demons, humans, Buddhas and gods, are all chess pieces, and this is the chess game of cause and effect.
Pawns in the chess game of destiny.”
"For many people, the cause and effect have been determined since they were born, and their destiny has already arranged their lives. They cannot change it, they can only do this."
"There are also some people who are unwilling to obey the destiny, let alone be its pawns, and try to change their fate against the will of nature, which is the so-called cutting off the cause and effect."
"Haha, I didn't understand before why it was necessary to cut off the cause and effect."
"I don't quite understand why it is said that only by cutting off cause and effect can one become a god."
"Now, I seem to understand a little bit. It is not important at all whether you can become a god by cutting off cause and effect. What is important is that by cutting off cause and effect, you can get out of this chess game and no longer be subject to fate. I think this is the fundamental reason.
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"I just asked you, why do people live?"
"You answer, ask for what you want, whether it is fame and fortune, or rights, or the road, or the truth, haha... These are just branches of desire on the road of life. They will eventually return to the road of life, and this
The end of the road of life is to cut off the cause and effect."
"If there is an end to life, I think it should be to cut off the cause and effect."
"If life has an origin, I think it should be the cause and effect."
"If there is a true meaning in life, I want to cut off the cause and effect."
Gu Qingfeng spoke so softly, during which the old monk remained silent.
"What a pity! It's such a pity. It's not easy to cut off cause and effect. If you want to cut off cause and effect, you must first understand cause and effect, which is a so-called path of seeking. Many people are lost on this road... because of this road
It’s endless, and the day you start searching, you’ve already lost.”