The old monk's four-character Buddhist sayings came with mysterious sounds and wonderful sounds, and each word contained boundless Buddhist teachings.
"I dare to ask the ancient layman why he doesn't want to transcend himself. Do he really just want to be a secular mortal with seven emotions and six desires?"
Gu Qingfeng shrugged and responded without hesitation: "Of course."
"I dare to ask the ancient layman why he doesn't want to transcend himself. Do he really just want to be a secular mortal with seven emotions and six desires?"
The old monk asked the same question again, but this time Gu Qingfeng's tone was not so sure, and he asked: "Isn't it difficult?"
"I dare to ask the ancient layman why he doesn't want to transcend himself. Do he really just want to be a secular mortal with seven emotions and six desires?"
The old monk asked the same question for the third time. This time Gu Qingfeng was not so sure, but hesitated for a long time before responding: "Maybe."
"I dare to ask the ancient layman why he doesn't want to transcend himself. Do he really just want to be a secular mortal with seven emotions and six desires?"
The old monk asked the same question for the fourth time. This time Gu Qingfeng was silent for a long time, then shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"well!"
From the ethereal Mount Nirvana came the sigh of the old monk, saying: "Of course the ancient layman didn't know. If he had known, the ancient layman wouldn't be as confused in himself as he is now."
Yes.
Confused.
And he is still confused within himself.
To be precise, today's ancient Qingfeng is lost in itself.
To be precise, Gu Qingfeng no longer knows which one is the real me.
I don't know when it started.
Perhaps after integrating into the original sin, or perhaps when he was searching for cause and effect, as he fell deeper and deeper into the road of original sin and cause and effect in the era of innocence, to this day, he no longer knows which one is his true self.
Is the true self a person of original sin? Or an immoral person? Or a secular person?
He couldn't tell the difference.
In the beginning, when I started to search for cause and effect, although I had doubts in my heart, they were just doubts and there was nothing else. I was able to recognize myself clearly.
But ever since he merged with that drop of original sin blood, he has become increasingly unclear.
Until he ignited the original sin karma fire in Wudao Mountain, slept for ten thousand years, and after waking up, he was completely confused in himself.
He often wonders whether he is no longer himself, but has become the body of original sin, but he just doesn't know it.
This body of original sin may not be an incarnation, but a dharma body.
He did have this feeling, especially after Mandava said that after he ignited the original sin, he awakened the sleeping original sin. This feeling was even stronger.
Not only that.
Gu Qingfeng even suspected that after incorporating that drop of original sin blood, he might not be himself anymore, but the original sin body of Wudao Lord.
Otherwise, how could I have formed inexplicable karma with so many people from the era of immorality?
Everything he has experienced in these years has made Gu Qingfeng doubt this.
"Old monk, do you think I am still the real me now?"
"I can't answer this question."
"Why."
"I don't know, and no one knows. If there is anyone in the world who can answer this question, then the only person who can answer this question is the ancient layman himself."
"If I knew, I wouldn't ask you."
After a while, Gu Qingfeng said quietly: "Old monk, do you know? After the ancient catastrophe, I woke up in the secular world. I once encountered a great path ooze, and a great path seed inexplicably merged into my body."
"I clearly remember that the Dao Seed said something to me back then, saying that they had discovered it, knew about it, and were still looking for me."
"He also told me to be careful about the Posu people, the Kasyapa people, and the Maha people..."
"The great seed also told me, be careful about cause and effect, and don't believe in cause and effect. It's their trap."
"He also told me to be careful about my past lives and not to believe in them."
"Not only that, that Dao Seed also told me to be careful about myself and not to believe in myself..."
"The Great Dao Seed says that as many causes and effects as I have, there are as many past lives as there are, and as many selves as there are past lives."
"It told me not to believe it, and not to believe anyone else."
"It also asked me to find it. It said it had me on its back..."
Gu Qingfeng closed his eyes, as if reminiscing, and then said: "Although it has been a long time, I still remember it clearly. Moreover, I asked you for advice back then. I asked you, what is the Posuo people?"
"What are the Kasyapa people and what are the Maha people? You don't know the answer."
"I also ask you, how many past lives can there be in the so-called cause and effect of past lives? How many past lives and how many selves do you mean?"
"You still don't know the answer."
"I wonder, old monk, do you still remember this?"
The old monk replied: "I remember."
"You didn't answer me back then, not because you didn't know, but because you didn't want to say it, right?"
"Indeed."
"Why?"
"The ancient lay people at that time knew nothing about the Wudao era, and had never embarked on the path of seeking cause and effect. I did not want the ancient lay people to embark on this path, so I did not want to talk too much about the Wudao era."
"I knew nothing about Wudao back then, but it's different now. Not only have I embarked on this path, but I've already fallen into it and can't get out."
"I once advised the ancient lay people not to ask for cause and effect..."
"Come on, is there any point in talking about this now? Besides, was the reason why I embarked on this path that time was because I was seeking cause and effect? That's not the case at all, okay? I was born with original sin.
People, all kinds of cause and effect follow one after another, and they can't be stopped. In other words, I have been a pawn in the chess game of cause and effect since I was born. It doesn't matter whether I ask for it or not, even if I don't
If you ask for help, karma will come to your door."
"Amitabha."
The old monk recited a Buddhist saying and said no more.
"Don't rush to recite Amitabha. First, tell us about the people of the Posu tribe, Kasyapa, and Maha."
"There are some things that I don't want to say, but that I can't say. I hope that the ancient layman can forgive me and don't force me."
"Why can't you tell me?"
The old monk recited Amitabha again, obviously not wanting to answer Gu Qingfeng's question.
"Are these Lao Shizi's Whispers, Kassapa, and Mahas from the Immoral Era? What kind of taboo is this? Or are they some saints from the Immoral Era? What kind of gods?"
No matter what Gu Qingfeng said, the old monk remained silent.
It seems.
The old monk was determined not to answer this question.
Finally, Gu Qingfeng also gave up and said: "Okay, if you don't tell me, I won't force you, but... the so-called past and present life, how much cause and effect, how much self, how much id, how much true self, is