"Yes, it is indeed merit, merit and virtue. Merit refers to too many things in general, but it must be integrated with virtue. However, seeking merit is, in the final analysis, just seeking luck."
"Luck?"
Wei Yang became more and more confused after hearing what the old man said. Merit and luck are two completely different things. How can they be confused? This shouldn't be the case?
Merit, to put it bluntly, is just doing good deeds. Even if it's more serious, it can bring great merit to a clan. It can also lead to becoming a saint, but it is not as difficult to obtain as luck.
And the luck is really not small. At a small level, it is the air of the emperor, the air of the people, and the air of enlightenment. But if it is a large scale, it involves too much. The fate of heaven and the earth.
Virtue, the Emperor's Dragon Qi, Wuchang Fengyou, and the merit of imparting karma are enough to demonstrate the importance of luck.
"Merits are doing good deeds, and luck is the trajectory of the great road. It is better to say it is a trajectory than the merits contained in the great road. Qi luck represents a living being, conforms to the rules of heaven and earth, and creates its way. And in the lower realm,
If you want to get luck out of thin air and bless your body, the easiest way is to impart karma."
What the old man said is right, heaven and earth are kings and masters, and heaven is the leader. Those who are not lucky enough cannot get the unique way of heaven and get close to them.
The virtues of the earth cannot be obtained by those who do not have great perseverance and make great contributions to the world. The dragon spirit of the emperor cannot be obtained by the sage king and virtuous ministers who work hard. The phoenix blessing of Wuchang cannot be obtained by those who are not the most sincere and filial piety.
Of.
As for the merit of imparting karma, although it is simple, it is the largest amount. It is easy to obtain and even easier to lose. Moreover, the cycle of luck is not only obtained by each person, but also by the people around him. It is not just one of them.
"Whether it is the luck from heaven, the virtues carried by the earth, the energy of the emperor's dragon, the blessing of the five constants, the phoenix, or the merit of teaching, although it is the destiny of the life of the world, it is not the same as benevolence, righteousness, and etiquette.
It is related to virtues such as wisdom, trust, loyalty, filial piety, brotherhood, integrity, forgiveness, courage, surrender and so on.
A wise person is accompanied by his luck, a monarch and a saint protects his luck, and a person who understands the way controls his luck. Those who kill three corpses to achieve enlightenment are good at Shinto magic, so they can control their luck, and those who become saints through merit are mostly monarchs and saints.
, luck will protect his body, and the three disasters and nine disasters of the great road will not come. Only a wise person is the honor of the Nine Fives, takes all people as the way, and is supported by virtuous people, then luck will accompany his body."
"What do you mean, the emperor doesn't need to practice cultivation? As long as he cares about all the people and is supported by virtuous people, he will be blessed with luck?"
"Yes, that's what it means. This is also why many kings have no idea of the suffering of the people, but they have the help of wise ministers and generals, so they can achieve the results of opening up territories and expanding their territories, and a peaceful and prosperous age. To put it bluntly, it is the destiny of heaven and the cultivation of virtue in the earth.
, the intersection of the emperor's and dragon's energy creates this fruit, which cannot be fought for by manpower, and cannot be taken away by others. It is just that the time, place and people are favorable.
Wuchang Fengyou, on the other hand, is determined by human beings, either from a single virtue such as benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, trustworthiness, loyalty, filial piety, brotherhood, integrity, forgiveness, courage, etc., or from the combination of three or five kinds of virtues. No one is perfect.
, no one dares to speak lightly of those who have cultivated their moral integrity and perfect virtues, and if these people can be accepted and used by their subordinates, it will be a good luck for the sect, the master, or the ministers.
Law.
The task of imparting karma seems to be the simplest, but the road is the most difficult to follow, because once the disciple goes against the path and goes against the road, it is not luck, but misfortune. Three disasters and nine disasters will undoubtedly not gather around him, and the consequences will be
It’s enough to be scary.”
Seeing that Wei Yang was still deep in thought and silent, with his brows almost knitted together, the old man smiled slightly, knowing that he was verbose and Wei Yang could not hear clearly.
"To achieve enlightenment through merit and virtue, all of them are great merits. The good deeds you do to accumulate merit are just small merits. And those who have great merits and virtues are all caring about the common people in the world, seeking blessings and solving misfortunes for them, or establishing sects and teaching them to the common people.
The method of meritorious deeds and virtues, this is great merit."
"But there are also people who have evil intentions in their hearts, and the Dharma they teach is a way to confuse the people. Isn't it also possible to achieve enlightenment and become a saint through merit?"
"What is good? What is evil? If a creature thinks it is right, it is good; if a creature thinks it is evil, it is evil. Good and evil are opposites, but they also complement each other, and they are the rules of Taoism.
It’s all within the great road, it all depends on how you look at it.”
Yes, in this way, it makes sense that Jieyin, Zhunti and others can become saints.
"And the luck to become a saint is the energy of the people of a certain people, gathered in one person. This person should be the leader of a people, and lead the people to achieve many virtuous results, and then the luck can become a saint. But it can be achieved through merit.
No matter whether you try to prove the Tao or rely on luck to prove it, you have ignored the root of it."
"What's the source?"
"Education. The so-called enlightenment of luck is to educate a people to have a heart of merit, so that the merits of a people can be gathered into the destiny of a world. This way, the destiny of heaven will protect you, and the earth will carry you.
Yude works under him, the imperial dragon energy accompanies his body, and the five constant phoenix blessings return under him. Merits and luck are all under education, and education is the merit of imparting karma."
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Hearing what the old man said, Wei Yang couldn't help but feel something in his heart. This was quite feasible. From this point of view, teaching merits was the best way to gain luck.
It's a pity that the merits of teaching are too variable. Just like Yuanshi Tianzun, although he has luck to protect his body, although he has the power to kill three corpses to prove the Tao, and although he has performed meritorious deeds and established virtues, he can be ruined by his disciples. In the end, due to selfishness
It is really sad to cause trouble and cause the body to die and the soul to disappear.
"In my opinion, all methods of enlightenment have something in common, which is to take education as the basis, seek luck to infuse one's body, cultivate one's moral character, seek the power of merit, and kill three corpses in order to achieve the goal.
The heart of justice, this is the only way to obtain the great truth."
In this eloquent conversation, the last sentence was the most real and the essence that made Wei Yang's eyes light up. He finally understood why the old man said that his way was different. He had to follow the path of killing three corpses to prove the way.
Reason.
"What about me?"
"You? I also don't understand you. You didn't perform any meritorious deeds originally, but you still have great merits gathered in you. It's not your own, but obtained from outside. I was also confused at first.
, but since the monkey left, I have understood that your merits are obtained by intercepting what your disciples gained, so that you have merits.
But your merits, after all, are external forces. To put it bluntly, they are stolen and do not belong to you. Although they are around you, they cannot be refined for personal use, and because of the merits of imparting karma, the Qi of one side of the Tao is
Luck is with you, making your strength even more mixed.
In this way, although it is a good thing, it is also a bad thing. If it is a good thing, you will naturally become the favored son of heaven and will not be abandoned by the world. If it is a bad thing, you will be like this. It is difficult to have a future and you will not be able to follow the extreme path.
, so it cannot fit into one avenue."
"Senior, is there really no other way?"
"Yes, it is very difficult, very difficult, very difficult. Unless you can gather merit and luck and use them, you may be able to create a road that is unique to you. Remember, it is the real road, not that you refine a world and establish it.
Make up your own mind.
Whatever you do depends on your original mind. Whether it is to inherit the way or to destroy the way, it is all based on your original thoughts. How to walk out of an extreme path, listen to your heart. That's all, you can think about it yourself.
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The old man seemed very tired and did not want to talk to Wei Yang anymore. If he had not seen his shadow in this person, or could inherit his path, the old man would never want to be so open-minded and ask the other party in such detail to make the other party know something.