Chapter 133 The Path to Buddhahood
The undead have the aura of the Undead Abyss. As long as your cultivation is higher than that of the undead, you can detect the undead.
Ning Ruoxi walked into the Buddha Hall under the watchful eyes of Shi Kong. Shi Kong did not leave. He had heard from his disciples that Ning Ruoxi practiced Buddhism, and he wanted to stay and see for himself whether it was true.
If Ning Ruoxi really practiced Buddhism, then she would be practicing dual cultivation just like him.
There were many people in the Buddha Hall. Ning Ruoxi found an empty seat and sat down, then began to practice Buddhism.
When Shi Kong saw the Buddhist path appearing on Ning Ruoxi, he smiled with satisfaction.
He knew cause and effect. The deeper Ning Ruoxi's Buddhist practice, the more ties she would have with Lingshan. In the future, Ning Ruoxi might be able to take over Buddhism.
Shi Kong wanted to train Ning Ruoxi as his successor, but Ning Ruoxi had never practiced Buddhism before.
Now it’s a good start for Shi Kong.
Five years had passed while Ning Ruoxi was sitting there. The disciples in the Buddha Hall had been replaced by one batch after another, and each batch of disciples looked at Ning Ruoxi with envy and jealousy.
Only Ning Ruoxi could be so willful as to stay in the Buddha Temple as long as she wanted. During this period, Shikong also came to visit Ning Ruoxi many times.
Ever since Ning Ruoxi broke through to the middle stage of the fusion period, she felt that her cultivation speed had slowed down again. Even when she used Buddhism, her cultivation speed did not increase much.
"Which link went wrong?" Ning Ruoxi stopped practicing for a rare time. She looked at the Buddhist power surrounding her body and fell into deep thought.
Lin Shuang explained bluntly: "Disciple, don't you find a problem? You have no understanding of things like the Buddha Way, the Blood Way, etc., but you directly condensed them on the way of asking questions."
"I understand!" Ning Ruoxi thought of the key point of the problem.
What Lin Shuang meant was that the Way of Ice was something Ning Ruoxi realized on her own, but the Way of Buddhism was not something that was realized through realization.
Ning Ruoxi still doesn't know what the essence of Buddhism is. She somehow mastered Buddhism while asking about the way.
It's not difficult at all.
"If I understand what Buddhism is, can my cultivation speed be further improved?" Ning Ruoxi stood up and walked out of the Buddha Hall, ignoring the gazes of the disciples around her.
"Please tell Master Shikong for me, I want to see him!" Ning Ruoxi said to the disciple guarding the door of the Buddha Temple.
A disciple guarding the gate bowed to Ning Ruoxi and left in a hurry.
Ning Ruoxi returned to the Buddha Temple and waited quietly.
After about a cup of tea, Shikong arrived.
The two of them sat cross-legged, and Shi Kong showed concern on his face, "Miss Ning, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Master Shikong, I have a question that I don't understand. Please answer it for me."
Shi Kong smiled and said, "You say."
"What is Buddhism?" Ning Ruoxi asked.
"Buddhism?" Shi Kong's smile froze. Was Ning Ruoxi serious about this question? If she doesn't know what Buddhism is, how can she control it?
Although Shi Kong was puzzled, he still explained to Ning Ruoxi: "The Buddhist path is also called the path of Dharma, the way to become a Buddha."
"Everyone has a different understanding of Buddhism, but the simplest explanation of Buddhism in the scriptures is that Buddhism is to stay away from the troubles of life and death and achieve the supreme enlightenment."
One needs to comprehend the Tao by oneself. Other people’s understanding of the Tao will limit one’s own growth, so what Shikong said was very superficial, like a fuse.
"There are three ways to become a Buddha. The first is to become a Buddha through sudden enlightenment. This depends on one's understanding. If you understand what a Buddha is, you can become a Buddha right away. There may be a statue of you standing in this Buddha Hall."
"The second is to cultivate oneself and become a Buddha, to learn the Buddha's process of becoming a Buddha, and to walk the Buddha's path. The limitation of this path lies in the Buddha's achievements. There will never be a chance to surpass the Buddha."
"Third, he became a Buddha through the guidance of the Buddha. I won't go into detail about this. It is still unclear whether there is a Buddha alive today."
"Generally, outstanding disciples choose the first way to become a Buddha, but it is difficult. Disciples with average talents choose the second way to become a Buddha. Although it has limitations, it is safe. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages."
Lin Shuang felt overwhelmed after listening to Shi Kong's explanation, "This Buddhism is really troublesome. If you say this, practicing Buddhism is difficult!"
"If it were me, I would probably choose the first way to become a Buddha, but what is the way of practicing Buddhism that suits me?" Ning Ruoxi seemed to be thinking about something.
Shi Kong was also curious about what choice Ning Ruoxi would make. He did not leave, but just looked at Ning Ruoxi quietly.
Ning Ruoxi recalled the Buddha statue she saw on the road. Only after the Buddha statue merged into her body did she attain Buddhahood.
The Buddha statue was very ordinary, just like a human being with a golden body, without any distinctive features.
"The Buddhist and Taoist techniques I have learned only have the Six-Power Technique, but there are six statues of the Six-Power Buddha. They all have their own special abilities, and they are all separate. Why not combine the six abilities into one and follow the true path of the Six-Power Buddha?"
The Buddha's path appeared in front of Ning Ruoxi. Ning Ruoxi's eyes were stained with a faint golden light. Ning Ruoxi stretched out her right hand and actually touched the Buddha's path directly. A powerful Buddha's light bloomed from her body.
Buddha nature manifests.
This is the Buddha's light that the statue of Buddha with the Heavenly Eye and the statue of Buddha with His Heart shine upon Ning Ruoxi, and now it is all revealed.
Ning Ruoxi's Buddhist path turned into a Buddha statue, which was the one she had seen on the road. Ning Ruoxi touched the Buddha's light with her hand and touched the eyes and heart of the Buddha statue.
The originally ordinary Buddha statue seemed to have spiritual consciousness at this moment.
Shi Kong who was standing aside was already stunned. Ning Ruoxi was truly the chosen Buddhist girl. She actually created her own Buddha statue, even though Shi Kong could see that the statue was incomplete.
But this Buddha statue is also a Buddha. Strictly speaking, Ning Ruoxi has walked out of her own Buddhist path. She is already a Buddha, and a living Buddha!
Even someone as powerful as Shakyamuni has not yet been able to clearly define his own Buddhist path, let alone manifest the Buddhist path in a Buddha body and condense a Buddha statue of his own.
"The Buddhist path I am on now is the Buddhist path that I have truly comprehended."
Ning Ruoxi absorbed the Buddha statue into her body, and at this moment her cultivation speed reached an unprecedented speed.
Shi Kong left quietly and used his spiritual consciousness to carve out a Buddha statue of Ning Ruoxi. After it was completed, he ordered his men to send it to the Wuzu Temple for his disciples to worship.
At the same time, wisps of incense scent floated into Ning Ruoxi's body, and the power of the incense was also helping Ning Ruoxi to increase her cultivation.
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"Why is there an extra Buddha statue in Wuzu Temple?"
"Do you think this Buddha statue looks like a Buddhist woman?"
"Now that you mention it, it does seem a bit like that! I feel like the eyes of this Buddha statue can see right through me."
"Yes! I feel like everything about me is exposed in front of these eyes, just like the Buddha with the Heavenly Eye is looking at me!"
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