"...Li Zhenying, Li Xuan and others sent Princess Iron Fan to Mount Luojia. When they came out..."
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"Ouch!"
Before they left Luojia Mountain, they heard the roar of noisy beasts in the distance. Li Xuan and others felt strange. The Guanyin Master's dojo was full of spiritual beings, so how could there be chaotic roars of beast spirits. "Several people"
The Eight Immortals "felt that it might be an external beast that entered Luojia Mountain by mistake, so
They followed the sound, thinking to help Guanyin Bodhisattva solve the problem and send the beasts away. However, when a few people climbed over a hill and came to a valley with thousands of flowers blooming, they saw a bear stealing honey and howling.
, I suddenly felt a little confused.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch..." But he said that the bear was strong and huge, but he had to make careful movements to eat the honey very cautiously, which was very funny. And, strange to say, the bees did not actually sting the bear.
, all were blocked from its body-protecting fairy light, and I really didn’t know what the bear was calling.
Li Xuan looked back at Lan Caihe and He Qiong, who were a little confused, and said, "You don't know him, do you?"
The two "Eight Immortals" who were still very young nodded, "I don't recognize it." He Qiong said: "Looking at the bear's body-protecting immortal light, its cultivation level is unfathomable. It must be a powerful demon immortal. How can it steal honey here?" Lan Cai said
Hedao: "Also, why is it making so much noise? It's obviously not hurt?"
Li Zhenying said with a smile: "This bear is really strong. When Sun Dasheng escorted Jiang Liu'er to the West to obtain scriptures, this monster once stole Tang Xuanzang's cassock and fought a battle with the Great Sage, but the outcome was inconclusive. Later, Guanyin Bodhisattva helped Sun Dasheng
I subdued this beast and adopted it as the mountain god of Mount Luojia. I don’t understand why it stole honey or why it kept barking even though it was not injured."
Several immortals couldn't figure it out, so they simply approached and asked for details. The black bear spirit who was stealing honey, or rather robbing honey, sensed someone coming, so he quickly wiped the honey on his mouth, smoothed his matted fur, and pretended
The “good guy” mold
Like greeting everyone, "Hey, hello. I'm Xiong Zhu, I've met a few immortals." Sure enough, even Hong Hai'er, who has such a vicious temperament, can become literate and courteous after following Guanyin. It's natural for this idiot to
Nothing wrong, very polite.
Li Zhenying, Li Xuan and others were not rash and rude people. They also introduced themselves politely, and they became acquainted. After saying a few polite words, the "Eight Immortals" asked about "stealing honey" and "screaming".
question.
The black bear spirit said: "Oh, that's it. I like eating honey very much, but the Bodhisattva said that I should abstain from oral desires and only give a little bit every year. Old Bear, I am so greedy that I often come to this valley to steal some. Don't tell me.
Master Guanyin."
"Um..." Li Zhenying and others looked at each other and thought to themselves whether this bear was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. Master Guanyin has the ability to see three thousand worlds, how could he not even know the affairs of his own family? "This flower
They are all planted by Taoist Xiong? They are well taken care of, they must be very hard-working.”
"Yeah." The black bear spirit licked the honey from the corner of his mouth and replied, "Bees work hard and have to collect flowers from so far away... so far away to make honey. I can't bear it, so I specially used magic to plant them in this valley.
I have these flowers and take good care of them on weekdays so that they bloom all year round. Although it takes a lot of energy and mana, it can atone for my behavior of stealing honey. Hehehe..." The bear smiled sincerely, without any falsehood.
"Then why are fellow Taoists howling? Are the bees blocked by the fairy light?" Li Zhenying asked again.
"Howling is also atonement." The black bear spirit said, "No matter what, it is wrong for me to steal honey, and I should be punished. It turns out that I don't need fairy light to protect my body, and I am allowed to be stung by bees, but I am an old bear.
Rough skin and thick flesh,
Bees can't sting; secondly, Guanyin Bodhisattva said that bees will die after stinging people. It's already wrong for me to steal honey, how can I cause the bees to die, so I used fairy light to block the bees, but I still simulated being stung.
sting pain
If you feel it, you will punish yourself." Not to mention whether there is a problem with the black bear spirit's sentence of "punishing yourself", it just said that it wanted to steal honey without telling Master Guanyin, but then turned around and said that Guanyin told it
The bee will die, but the bear actually thinks that Guanyin doesn't know about his behavior. "Of course, I am covering my ears and stealing. After all, stealing is wrong. In fact, sometimes I also think that it is actually a sin to punish myself."
"Oh? How do you say this? How can it be a sin?" Black Bear's words aroused the interest of Li Zhenying and several "Eight Immortals", "Shouldn't it be redemption?"
"No, no, no, it's a sin." The black bear spirit said, "I have a friend who is a crow spirit. Once we were drinking. After drinking too much, he said that the essence of 'punishing yourself' is self-comfort.
This kind of behavior does not provide any compensation to the victim, but will make the victim feel better. The purpose of "self-punishment" is to make the victim feel at ease and to make the victim feel relieved.
The feeling of guilt makes it easier for those who harm others. Just like me, punishing myself with simulated stings will make me feel that stealing honey is no longer so hateful, but in fact, to the bees, does what I do mean anything?
It’s better that I never steal honey again. Stealing honey is a sin of oral desire, and self-punishment is a sin of heart desire; the sin of oral desire is hurting bees to satisfy myself, and the sin of heart desire is not making up for the bees.
But I comforted myself, which reduced the mental torture I should have endured, and weakened the mental punishment I should have received. Alas~ the so-called 'self-punishment' is actually a 'reduction' of punishment through improper behavior, so it is a sin. Crow
He also said that some people who have done evil do not stop immediately or make amends to the victim, but instead pray to gods and Buddhas, or release animals and donate money to do good deeds, maybe to a certain extent.
In a sense, it is a 'good thing'. However, for the evil people themselves, their essence is still fear of sin, avoidance of sin, and delusional opportunism to reduce their own sins, which are also sins. If you are guilty, you should face it head-on, rather than looking sideways and avoiding it; self-punishment is ineffective.
It is the person who should make amends for the harm; merits and demerits cannot be offset, and self-consoling good deeds cannot compensate for the evil deeds done... In short, I am guilty, old bear."
"Um..." Li Zhenying and others felt that what the black bear spirit said made sense, but they felt that something was wrong. In addition, several immortals thought for no reason that the crow spirit in the black bear spirit's mouth seemed to be "the one" they were familiar with. "Since
You know the sin of oral lust is wrong, so why don’t you dare?”
"Because of greed." The black bear spirit said straightforwardly, "Bodhisattvas are not allowed to drink alcohol, eat meat, and don't eat some sweets. Old bear, I will be greedy to death. Just sin, the crow spirit said who is not guilty in the three realms. Since
They are all guilty, so what should I be afraid of, old bear? I am almost dying of greed, but I still care whether I am guilty or not?" This is truly "poor and poor".
"Uh... Okay." Li Zhenying and others didn't know what to say. Although this bear stole honey, he can atone for his sins, understand the suffering of bees, and use his own mana to plant flowers in the valley, which is considered good.
Several people chatted with the Black Bear Spirit for a while. As the light gradually faded, the Black Bear Spirit said that he was sleepy, so Li Zhenying and others bowed and left. After leaving the Guanyin Dojo, the "Eight Immortals" remained silent, as if thinking.
I have realized something. Especially those who have done evil things with "half of their souls"
Lan Caihe, he thought to himself: "What Taoist Xiong said makes sense to a certain extent, I will definitely keep it in my heart. The swing girl said last time that all the souls hurt by me were in the Jiuli tribe near Shiwanda Mountain. This
I was traveling with friends for the first time, so I just happened to go there to make up for my mistakes..."
Li Zhenying didn't know what the "Eight Immortals" were thinking. She held up her hands and said to several people: "Everyone, the task is completed. The little girl still has something to do. Let's break up and say goodbye."
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