Chapter 165: What is Faith?
Yes, life is miserable, Cai Gen doesn't know where the bitterness comes from, and he didn't say hello when he came, to tell the truth,
"I don't know."
Everyone is proud of what they know and others don't know, even if it's a tree,
"All suffering arises from ignorance, and human beings develop prejudice and stubbornness because of ignorance, and suffering arises from this."
Ah, Cai Gen doesn't quite understand, this is a bit mysterious for him,
"What is ignorance?"
This rhythm is so good, it is very similar to the reappearance of the dialogue between the Buddha and his disciple Anan, the Bodhi tree god is intoxicated, and he can also give people the scriptures, and the voice of the man and woman is more blurred, and the demagogy is stronger.
"What is ignorance?
I don't know the past, the future, and the relationship between the past and the future;
I don't know the inside and outside, and I don't know the relationship between the inside and the outside;
ignorance of the act, the consequences, and the connection between the act and the consequences;
I don't know the Buddha, the Dharma, the Sangha, and I don't know the way to stop suffering;
I don't know the practice of suffering, gathering, extinction, and Taoism, and I don't know how to stop suffering;
I don't know the cause and everything that follows from the cause......
ignorance of good, evil, guilty, innocence, habituality or abnormality;
I don't know the origin of the difference between good, bad, dirty, and pure, and I don't know anything about it.
There is no true understanding of the consequences of the six senses.
For every cause of self, suffering, craving, and love that arises from dependent arising.
Not knowing, not seeing, or only knowing one of them, and not being able to understand all of them, these ignorances, ignorance, and great darkness are called ignorance.
Do you understand? ”
Cai Gen forgot to smoke the cigarette when he heard it, and he was completely stunned, until the cigarette butt was hot, and he woke up, what did the tree say just now?
Don't understand at all?
People have said so much, and I'm embarrassed to let them explain, especially the last sentence, do you understand?
Pointing directly at Cai Gen's heart, in the face of such a sincere question, Cai Gen really can't lie,
"I don't understand, why don't you say it again?"
The Bodhi tree god understands the other party's studious attitude, not Cai Gen's poor understanding, so he is very patient, and his voice is full of emotion, repeating the explanation just now,
"What is ignorance? ...... It's ignorance. Do you understand? ”
There is no doubt that if Cai Gen doesn't understand, this tree will definitely say it again, although he doesn't know what he means, but he always makes people repeat the same thing, and it seems that his understanding ability is too poor, Cai Gen finally said against his will,
"Understood, then how can there be clarity?"
This is a question, it's really not level, I originally wanted to write this question and answer into my diary, but the Bodhi tree god gave up, not advanced at all,
"If you want to be enlightened, no, if you want to be enlightened, you need to follow in the footsteps of my Buddha, start believing in my Buddha today, and end your life of confusion and ignorance."
Seeing this big tree working so hard, it feels so good, so that Cai Gen sounded TV shopping, continue to cooperate, and take the same money as the praise,
"Then how can you believe in my Buddha?"
The critical time has come, and all the foreshadowing has been facilitated in the end, and the Bodhi tree god is more devoted.
"Join the Heavenly Society, become a part of us, and pursue the bliss of the afterlife together."
Uh, Cai Gen pondered a little, and felt a pair of eyes, looking at himself with hope, maybe the eyes of a big tree,
"No, it's good to have no faith, I don't need faith, let me continue to live in a mess."
This answer is not right, from the past experience, even a piece of wood will be touched, I am a wood that is touched, the Bodhi tree god can't accept this answer,
"What's good if you don't have faith? If you don't have faith, you can't be ignorant, if you don't have faith, if you don't have faith, if you don't have a code of conduct, if you don't have faith, you can't make great aspirations, what is the meaning of your life? ”
If he had said this earlier, Cai Gen would have understood it a long time ago, why didn't he pretend to understand just now, nodded,
"I don't agree with you, a religious belief is said by you as if you don't have to die, my father, my father has no religious beliefs, don't delay them to be a good person, don't delay them to have a happy life, and they will be happy all their lives."
After speaking, Cai Gen lit a cigarette and began his mouth cannon, bombarding the Bodhi Tree God,
"Under your Buddhist system, faith refers to religious belief, but in the concept of ordinary people, faith is definitely not a superficial thing like religion.
What we believe in is history, the worship of our ancestors and saints, the self-cultivation of our family to govern the country and the world, the traditional virtues that have been inherited for thousands of years, the supreme ideal of universal harmony, and the worldview and values given to us by 5,000 years of historical and cultural accumulation.
The most important thing is our belief in the belief itself, that man will conquer the sky, open the road in the mountains, build bridges when encountering water, never ask God to sit back and wait for the Buddha to die when encountering suffering, and firmly believe that happiness in this world can be achieved through our own efforts, rather than through the ethereal things of religion. ”
Stopped again, loaded the cannonball, and took a puff of cigarette, at which time the Bodhi tree god found the attack point and began to counterattack,
"You say you don't believe in gods and Buddhas, so you also worship gods."
Spit out a strong puff of smoke, Cai Genzui finished reloading the cannon, and continued to fire,
"The gods we worship are not completely linked to religion, but more to deify the worship of saints, sages and great historical figures. For us, the gods can be worshipped, and the gods and Buddhas can be believed, but what is engraved in our bones is still man-made. ”
Speaking is more tired, the number of words is more, unlike the big tree, a few words are said in a mysterious way, it seems to be very profound, no one can understand what's the use, Cai Gen is very satisfied with his opinion, suddenly thought of the code of conduct and moral constraints that the other party said, and continued to talk,
"In your Buddhist belief system, you do bad things and go to hell as a way to deter the believers from doing good and being religious. We don't need hell to maintain morality, we have been accustomed to reflecting on history since ancient times, which is the greatest deterrent, the edification of the ideas and traditional virtues of the sages, the peace and tolerance of our character, and the foundation of diligence and kindness. ”
"By the way, what do you say about that sentence, take history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall, and take people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses."
Looking at the big tree in front of him, Cai Gen finished his ninth cigarette, threw the cigarette butt to the ground, and stepped on it fiercely.
"Great Tree God, do you understand? I would like to give you another sentence, there has never been a savior, nor does it depend on the immortal emperor, it is all up to us to create our happy life. ”
After saying this, Cai Gen habitually shook his hair, and a shape of looking at the sky at an angle of 45 degrees appeared in front of the Bodhi tree, looking at the starry sky with his eyes, as if he had passed through a thousand years and saw a great epic in history that could be sung and cried.