Chapter 621 Zheng Fa's Preaching, Mahayana Buddhism
The believers were bowing their heads when they saw a different person suddenly appear on the altar. Naturally, they were a little confused.
But Zheng Fa was covered in rosy light, and the Buddha's light behind his head was extremely pure. Naturally, they did not dare to doubt it, but their eyes were very confused, not knowing what would happen.
Zheng Fa was also confused - how could I, the head of the Jiushan Sect, sit on the altar of the Leiyin Temple?
He really didn't mean it, it was the golden lotus under his seat that was causing trouble.
Zheng Fa could feel that the golden lotus under his seat was connected to the pure land above his head. Even Lu Yao's golden bowl seemed to be controlled by the golden lotus, protecting him.
When he raised his eyes, he saw that Lu Yaosi had also discovered something. He lowered his head and frowned, looking at Jinlian and asked him:
"What is this?"
Zheng Fa did not answer, nor did he care about those Leiyin believers. He was thinking about how to escape, but he felt it was a bit difficult - there were Golden Immortals everywhere around him, and not a single one of his own!
Just as he was thinking, he felt a hint of warmth coming from the golden lotus under his seat.
The warmth started from his buttocks and legs, and gradually spread throughout his body. Under the influence of this mist, the various spirits in his acupoints and organs became clearer, his body more solid, his expression more lively, and his skills improved greatly!
He was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the Pure Land, and saw wisps of smoke and mist flying down from the Pure Land and falling into the golden lotus.
The Pure Land can nourish the Dharma image, and it can also nourish the immortal body?
Zheng Fa's heart suddenly moved.
He had asked Emperor Jiuyou and others, and learned that if an ordinary immortal wanted to become a true immortal, he had to go through the nine tribulations of the immortal. The nine tribulations were divided into the first five and the last four. The first round was the five tribulations of heaven and man, which required the cultivator to achieve a perfect immortal body - this was not easy. For an ordinary immortal, it would take at least five thousand years to achieve a perfect immortal body.
Even Emperor Jiuyou doesn't have any particularly good methods.
But the Pure Land can actually nourish the immortal body!
Zheng Fa hesitated for a moment, and his spiritual consciousness penetrated into the golden lotus. He felt as if his whole body was flying across the vast sky.
He seemed to be floating on a huge transparent hot air balloon, looking at the Buddhist temples on Xizhou that were as bright as stars.
Wisps of smoke rose from the Buddhist temple, floated into the air, and were then sent into Zheng Fa's body by the golden lotus under his feet.
"Faith... incense..."
Zheng Fa suddenly realized that the Pure Land was like a conversion filter. With the help of the Dharma Assembly, the faith of all living beings was transformed into nutrients for the immortal body!
Now these believers are in a stage of confusion and doubt, and the power of faith they provide is very limited.
In that case...
…
In the major temples of Xizhou, Zheng Fa's shadow opened his eyes at the same time and looked at the countless believers.
These believers did not dare to offend the gods and Buddhas, but they were confused and whispered to each other, secretly making a commotion.
Zheng Fa spoke.
"The two saints Jieyin and Zhunti of Buddhism bestowed upon me the Golden Lotus and appointed me as the heir of the Buddhist tradition." Zheng Fa paused, "In fact, Leiyin Temple is considered the descendant of the Buddhist sect."
“…”
The main hall of Leiyin Temple was as cold as a mourning hall.
Xuan Chengzi and others looked at Lu Yao and other Five Buddhas on the left, and at the golden lotus under Zheng Fa's seat on the right, and inevitably had a strange thought in their minds - could it be that the Leiyin ancestor has come?
Of course Lu Yao would definitely not admit it.
The faces of the Bodhisattvas and Arhats in Leiyin Temple were all filled with anger and panic.
The Glazed Buddha said anxiously, "Buddha, let's work together to break this golden bowl..."
"This golden bowl is connected to the Pure Land."
"We are strong enough if we join forces!"
"I mean, what if it affects the Pure Land?" Lu Yao frowned.
The Glazed Buddha was immediately speechless. He also knew that this Pure Land was the foundation of the Leiyin Temple. If something went wrong, they would be doomed.
Lu Yao took a deep breath and looked at Zheng Fa coldly: "Let's take back the Pure Land first, he can't escape..."
"yes!"
The Five Buddhas of Leiyin Temple, together with the Bodhisattvas and Arhats, began to chant Buddhist scriptures together. Amid the chanting, various Dharma images condensed behind them and flew towards the Pure Land.
Zheng Fa on the altar didn't care about this group of people at all. He just felt that after he finished speaking, the warmth coming from the lotus platform became stronger, and he was very happy.
"Today I will explain to you the true teachings of the saints," Zheng Fa continued. "This teaching is the core of Buddhism."
"If in later generations there are those who differ from the Buddha's teachings I have given, they will be considered as heretics who slander the Buddha and destroy his teachings."
The chanting in the main hall suddenly became chaotic, as if several people could not help but shout out in anger.
Lu Yao's face was filled with even more rage. His expression twisted for a long moment before he sneered, "A wandering immortal, yet you have such a big mouth..."
Xuan Chengzi laughed inwardly, looked at his other two brothers, and said nothing, just watching the show.
The distant underworld.
Emperor Jiuyou stood on Yinshan Mountain, looked into the distance and laughed.
"Emperor..." Yan Changge was a little puzzled and asked, "Why is the Emperor laughing like that?"
Emperor Jiuyou waved his hand, signaling him not to disturb him while he watched Lu Yao get humiliated. He smiled while listening to Zheng Fa's lecture.
…
Zheng Fa sat on the altar, and the believers looked at him with deeper doubts in their eyes.
He stretched out his hand, and there was an ordinary stone in his palm.
The believers looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what he was going to do.
Zheng Faxinzhilun talks about Buddhism, he really can't beat those people in Leiyin Temple, but he can let these people see it!
"What I want to talk about now is the origin of heaven and earth, and where all things come from... This is an ordinary stone, without any spiritual energy."
Zheng Fa squeezed the stone, and it turned into powder. He waved his hand again, and an increasingly microscopic picture appeared before everyone.
Stone powder——molecules——atoms——
The deepest secrets of a stone, its most basic structure, appeared before the eyes of these mortals.
Although Zheng Fa did not explain in detail, everything in the picture had already made some things very clear - the stone just now was composed of such a tiny particle.
The believers became more and more agitated, feeling confused, yet also overwhelmed by a sense of freshness.
Very few people in the Xuanwei Realm used this way of preaching. Even many people from the Leiyin Temple in the main hall could not help but look attentively.
Of course, for some Taoists, the existence of atoms is not a secret, it is just not taken seriously - almost all Taoist methods are based on talismans, and no one cares about this kind of substance without spiritual energy.
Zheng Fa continued:
"I call this thing an atom. It can certainly be divided further, but that has nothing to do with the Dharma I'm talking about today."
After all, these believers had not received basic education, and Zheng Fa had no confidence that he could really explain those more profound theories clearly, so he simply started with atoms.
He tried to simplify the words as much as possible to make them easy to understand.
"The so-called atom is actually very simple." Zheng Fa pointed his finger, and the image of the atom was magnified ten thousand times, revealing the nucleus.
"A nucleus and a number of electrons."
Zheng Fa explained in detail the bonding and separation of electrons and protons, and concluded, "So, at the atomic level, almost only one thing happens: electrons are exchanged. You have one more, I have one less, or we share... It's that simple."
Of course, not all of these believers could understand it. On the contrary, only a few of them could understand it. But everyone in the main hall understood it.
"Now, we only have this one rule..." Zheng Fa spread his palms and said in a tone that was almost magical, "Then, everything will be born."
In Zheng Fa's palm, rocks, clouds, wind, water... the heaven and earth appeared.
"All of this is nothing more than countless simplest atoms exchanging their electrons." Zheng Fa's voice seemed to come from ancient times, carrying the world's deepest secrets. "What's important isn't the rules, but the countless atoms that freely combine to form all this."
In the main hall, Xuan Chengzi suddenly stood up, no longer in the mood to laugh at the joke, and muttered: "Three gives birth to all things... Three gives birth to all things..."
Li Sanxian only felt that goosebumps had grown on his arms again and he was trembling. He couldn't help but stroke it again and again, but his eyes were reluctant to leave Zheng Fa.
Not only him, but every disciple of Tai Shang Dao was looking at Zheng Fa at this moment, unwilling to give up even a single word.
"Now, the constituent elements of most substances are called molecules." Zheng Fa continued speaking slowly.
He briefly explained how molecules interact with each other and concluded: "Thus, molecules do almost only two things: separate or combine."
"You can see that these two are the transfer of electrons between atoms."
"These are also the two simplest rules. Through these two rules, one substance can be transformed into another."
The main hall fell silent.
Although Lu Yao and the others didn't know what Zheng Fa was going to say, the simplicity and depth of his words still attracted everyone.
"Now we have countless molecules." Zheng Fa raised his voice and said in a tone of witnessing a miracle, "Now let's assume the simplest change—"
He pointed his finger, and the scene in front of him changed again.
"I'll call this molecule A. Suppose that molecule A can form molecule B. Molecule B reacts with something else to form molecule C. Molecule C reacts with something else... Now, molecule A is formed."
Xuan Chengzi widened his eyes.
"Now, if the final number of generated A molecules is greater than before," Zheng Fa said with a hint of a smile, "we can say that A molecules are multiplying."
"Even molecules B and C will increase in number."
The Great Hall was eerily quiet. Everyone understood the meaning behind this, but they all felt a sense of disbelief.
Zheng Fa's voice was low, but the words he spoke were like thunder, exploding in everyone's ears: "Life is born."
"this……"
Xuan Chengzi stared at Zheng Fa in a daze, his vision suddenly becoming blurred. He felt that Zheng Fa sitting on the lotus platform and the portrait in the Taishang Dao were vaguely similar.
Among the Arhats and Bodhisattvas of Leiyin Temple, a few could not help but put their hands together and bowed solemnly to Zheng Fa.
Zheng Fa didn't finish speaking.
"Of course, not all molecules can replicate themselves in this way," he explained. "But if we have enough molecules and a complex enough environment, eventually, it will happen."
"And once life begins to reproduce, it will start from a small chain of reactions, which will grow larger and larger and more numerous."
Xuan Chengzi couldn't help but speak. Like a student, he respectfully replied, "Master Zheng is right."
The picture in Zheng Fa's hand changed again.
"When this self-replicating life became more and more numerous and more and more perfect, cells... appeared."
Lu Yao's expression changed slightly.
He is the founder of the Dharmakaya method and naturally knows the existence of cells.
In other words, no one does not know about the fruits of the Tao in the main hall.
It was Zheng Fa who explained to the believers what cells were.
"Cells can actually do a lot of things," Zheng Fa continued, "but there's one thing they can't do."
Li Sanxian couldn't help but ask, "What?"
"think."
“…”
"It's more than just cells," Zheng Fa explained. "Your nose doesn't actually know what flower you're smelling, and your eyes can only see, but they can't recognize..."
"No organ in the human body can know this on its own."
Although this statement was a bit confusing, the Daoguo of Leiyin Temple were not ordinary people, so they naturally understood his subtext.
"Master Zheng, are you saying that only when countless cells come together can thoughts be formed?"
Li Sanxian and Zheng Fa were most familiar with each other, and at this moment he couldn't help but speak again.
"Exactly. Without even these specific cell combinations, we wouldn't be able to cultivate at all," Zheng Fa explained. "My disciple Gu Chang has a paper on spiritual intelligence systems that explains this in detail."
Xuan Chengzi was silent for a moment, then said with emotion, "Master Zheng's teachings have really opened my eyes..."
"I've just started." Zheng Fa shook his head.
Just beginning?
Xuan Chengzi was stunned.
Even the other people in Leiyin Temple looked at each other in surprise. Although Zheng Fa did not talk about any Taoist teachings, the profound and grand demonstration he just gave them a lot of insights, and they even had some understanding.
But now Zheng Fa said, this is just the appetizer?
Zheng Fa smiled. If his "Origin of Dao Fruit" only had this much, why would it take so long?
He glanced at the dozen or so Golden Immortals who were surprised, and stated the most important concept in his "Origin of Dao Fruit":
"From simple atoms, everything in the universe can be created."
"It's just molecules of dead matter that can form life and reproduce themselves."
"Cells without any ability to think form human beings, allowing us to think, communicate, cultivate, transcend life and death, and create the world."
Xuan Chengzi seemed to understand something: "Master Zheng, you mean..."
"Each single, weak individual, atom, molecule, cell, under certain rules, will undergo a quantitative change that will lead to a qualitative change—creating something new, even a miracle completely beyond their own predictions and capabilities."
"I call this phenomenon... emergence." Zheng Fa paused, then continued, "This is the victory of the many over the few."
The smile on Xuan Chengzi's face slowly faded, and he seemed to know what Zheng Fa was going to say.
Zheng Fa looked at Xuan Chengzi, then at Lu Yao, a sneer on his face: "You and I, no matter how high our cultivation levels are, are in reality just individuals within the human race, perhaps just larger atoms, larger cells, or at most, an organ."
In the underworld, the smile on Emperor Jiuyou's face slowly faded, and he closed his eyes.
"Emperor?"
"Tianhe..." Emperor Jiuyou said in a low voice, as if sighing, "You have such a good eye."
(End of this chapter)
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