Chapter Twenty-Five: Knowing Your Body
Lu Zheng returned to the wooden house, pushed the door and went in to see that there was a person sitting on his futon, who was the head of the house. Lu Zheng hurriedly bowed and saluted. Yuan Wuyi smiled and said, "Get up, the movement you made last night was not small!"
Lu Cheng was puzzled, not knowing what he meant. Seeing this, Yuan Wuyi told him about the incident that shocked the Nine Heavens with his roar last night. Lu Zheng had already heard some of the words of those named disciples when they flattered him, but he didn't care about it at the time, and only then did he believe everything, and he was a little embarrassed to say at the moment: "Then didn't I make a lot of noise? This is really embarrassing! At that time, there was a lot of qi in my body that came out of my mouth involuntarily, and I couldn't even control myself, but I didn't really want to scream." Later, it was because of the thought of your head that I knew that it was because of the vitality following the scriptures and the acquired miscellaneous qi in the body. ”
Yuan Wuyi smiled and said: "I have seen a lot of disciples who have reached this step, even if they expel the miscellaneous qi, others are not as terrifying as you! They often gradually expel the miscellaneous qi when they stabilize the Yuan Essence, and when they reach the Yuan Qi Circulation, there is actually not much miscellaneous qi left. How can anyone break through the triple realm in one breath like you and directly enter the realm of knowing the body and the realm of Xiaocheng!"
Yuan Wuyi even mentioned the Knowing Body Realm, and Lu Zheng took the opportunity to ask: "Master, what exactly is the Knowing Body Realm?" He had heard Da Jinlong and Senior Uncle Shenxu mention it before, but he never knew what this meant. And the big golden dragon once said that he would look for it when he arrived at the Knowing Body Dacheng, but he didn't expect that now Yuan Wuyi would say that he was already a Knowing Body Xiaocheng.
"Oh, has anyone ever mentioned the Knowing Body Realm to you before?" Yuan Wuyi immediately heard some subtleties from Lu Zheng's words.
"I've heard Uncle Shenxu mention it. Once in a dream, and once after seeing him treat his bones, he talked to me inadvertently. But he didn't tell me what it meant, saying that when I apprenticed, Master would naturally tell me. Master, aren't you going to tell me either?" Lu Zheng promised the Great Golden Dragon not to reveal its existence to others, so naturally he didn't mention it.
Yuan Wuyi saw that his expression was urgent, so he said: "This is not an important secret, I am cautious not to tell you, I am afraid that it is because he himself has not become a great accomplishment." So I don't dare to say it casually. It's just that you didn't ask the person who made you have that dream?"
Yuan Wujiao actually recognized the strange boy who rode the bull upside down. No wonder he didn't ask how Lu Zheng could say that he heard it in his dream. Lu Zheng thought about it, he was the head of the Heavenly Sect, how could he not know about the affairs in the Heavenly Sect? Or just play tricks on me. I don't know who he is. I hadn't even seen his face, so I didn't ask him. ”
Yuan Wuyi laughed and said, "Although he is a little naughty, he has no bad intentions for you." There are some benefits to having you dreaming about it. Don't mention him for now, you'll know who he is in the future. Yuan Wuyi did not answer directly, but he admitted it in disguise.
Lu Zheng was secretly surprised in his heart, he could hear that Yuan Wuyi's words were very polite to the young man, and even felt that it was the tone of his peers, and the identity of this young man became more and more mysterious. I only heard Yuan Wuyi continue: "The so-called knowing body realm is actually talking about a kind of cultivation realm!"
Lu Zheng didn't think about the young man for the time being, he remembered that Le Zhongping told him that the Heavenly Sect practiced the Imperial Heavenly Formula, and the Imperial Heavenly Secret of the Earth Sect was called the Heaven and Earth Double Technique, and it was also from the Taishang Xuan Miao Sutra. There are a total of nine realms in the Imperial Heavenly Jue, the first Shen Xiao Tian, the second Qing Xiao Tian, the third Blue Xiao Tian, the fourth Dan Xiao Tian, the fifth Jing Xiao Tian, the sixth Jade Xiao Tian, the seventh Zhen Xiao Tian, the eighth Zi Xiao Tian, and the ninth Tai Xiao Tian, which correspond to the Nine Spiritual Heavens one by one. But there doesn't seem to be a layer called the state of knowing the body!
Yuan Wuyi's mind was very detailed, and seeing that he showed a puzzled look, he didn't land and opened his mouth to ask, so he explained in detail what it means to know the body.
It turns out that because there are so many kinds of formulas practiced by practitioners in the spiritual world, and the methods of practice are also very different, the names and classifications of each method for each method are often completely different, and it is difficult to compare them with each other. Moreover, each sect will never easily pass on its own methods.
Therefore, a practitioner has his own set of standards to measure the level of each practitioner's realm, regardless of the subtlety of the realm detachment in the method he is cultivating, and divides the realm of cultivation into six layers from low to high, which are called the realm of knowing the body, knowing the state of mind, knowing the realm, knowing the realm of fate, knowing the realm of heaven, and detaching from the realm.
Among them, in addition to the realm of the heavens, it is subdivided into three realms, which are not as good as things, all laws, and all fates, and each of the other realms is only the difference between small and large successes, and entering the realm is small success, and at the peak of the realm, about to break through, is Dacheng.
The so-called state of knowing one's body is not the realm to be experienced by any part of the Dharma in the cultivation world, but a measure of the level of cultivation by a practitioner. The cultivators in the cultivation realm use this to delineate the level of the cultivation realm.
Knowing the body, as the name suggests, means that its knowledge stops at itself.
How can it be regarded as entering the state of knowing the body?
This shows the difference in the practice of Buddhism. In the practice of Taoism, one regards one's body as a sufferer, calls one's physical body a one's afflicted body, and feels that there are many defects in one's physical body, such as the weakening of the innate five internal organs, the acquired physical body being damaged or hiding lesions, and so on. Therefore, the cultivation of the Dao Gate often starts with the removal of these physical defects, and the first thing is to perceive all the conditions in the body, so the first step is to manifest the original spirit and enter the inner view of the truth. For example, the Heavenly Sect used the small refining form and the true method to lay the foundation for the registered disciples, and this is why.
In the case of Lu Zheng, he has already manifested his primordial deity, and he has naturally entered the realm of knowing his body. Moreover, he was also able to perceive everything in his body with his divine sense, and reached the realm of Yuan Qi Sutra Circulation. Therefore, his understanding of his own physical body was far beyond that of a mortal in the human world, which is why he was able to connect the bones of those two named disciples so smoothly.
However, Buddhism is not the case, and Buddhism often regards the body as an illusion, saying that the physical body is an illusion, which is a combination of the four falsehoods. It's just an accidental change of form and qi between heaven and earth, and it is a stinky skin bag wrapped in pus and blood. Therefore, the practice of Buddhism often uses various methods of contemplation to contemplate the emptiness of the body, without noticing the various changes in the physical body.
Isn't that not possible to say that the people of Buddhism are aware of their physical realm?
This is not the case, because the Buddhist view of the body is empty, but in a sense, it is the knowledge of the body in another sense. In fact, no matter what kind of method the people of Buddhism practice, whether they are like the people of the Taoist sect and manifest the original spirit and perceive the physical body. As long as it is beyond the reach of supernatural powers, it is not out of one's body. That is in the state of knowing the body.
And the so-called great accomplishment of knowing the body means that the practitioner is about to break through the state of knowing the body and enter the state of knowing the mind. But what is the state of mind, Yuan Wuyi did not continue to say. Not only that, but in addition to knowing the body. Every realm from now on. Yuan Wuyi only mentioned the name. I don't explain.
After hearing this, Lu Zheng was still a little ignorant, but he understood. When Xin'er explained to herself the top ten supernatural masters in the cultivation world, he said that Teacher He Le was a master in the three realms of the Heavens, and Venerable Yunye was the first master below the three realms, which meant what these words represented.
I only listened to Yuan Wuyi and added: "In terms of the Imperial Heavenly Technique, its first spiritual heaven god Xiaotian contains the triple realm of Yuan Shen Manifestation, Yuan Qi Stability, and Yuan Qi Meridian Circulation, and after breaking through, reaching the second level of Spirit Heaven Qingxiao Heaven, it is the completion of the body realm. ”
When Lu Zheng heard this, he felt that something seemed wrong, and couldn't help asking: "Master, aren't I in the realm of Yuan Qi following the scriptures now, according to what you say, aren't I already practicing the Heavenly Technique?"
A mysterious smile appeared on Yuan Wuyi's face, and he said, "Are you only reacting now?"
Lu Zheng was excited in his heart, and at the same time he was confused, and asked: "What's going on?" No, doesn't it mean that the rules of the Heavenly Sect must go through cattle herding before you can officially apprentice to start learning the Heavenly Technique?"
Yuan Wujiao Yuan Wuqi smiled, Lu Zheng was in front of the head of his generation of Heavenly Sect, although he was respectful and polite, but he did not have any intention, and his words revealed a piece of innocence. He has an indifferent personality and does not have any head of the house, seeing that Lu Zheng is lively and can pay attention to proportion, the more he talks, the more he feels that he fits his spleen and stomach, and he likes Lu Zheng very much. At the next time, he said seriously: "Of course, this is of course, first practice the small refining form and enter the true recipe to herd cattle, and then you can apprentice to learn the imperial heavenly technique, the rules of the Heavenly Sect have always been like this, no one can change it!"
Lu Zheng didn't understand it now, but he clearly didn't even get the black bull, Uncle Shenxu said that every black cow was given by the head of the house himself. He thought for a while, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed, and said, "What do you mean, master, that my cattle have been domesticated?"
Yuan Wujiao hahadaxiao, stood up and walked out the door, and Lu Zheng followed him to the open space in front of the house to stand still. Yuan Wuyi suddenly raised his hand, and the heavenly mirror behind him rose like a bright moon, shooting out a white light on Lu Zheng's body. Immediately, the mirror flipped over, facing the void, and the white light shone on a white cloud in mid-air.
At the moment when the white light covered the white cloud, only to hear a moo, a white cow suddenly rushed out of the white cloud, white as snow, without a trace of miscellaneous hair, Ling Xuan stepped into the air and ran directly to Lu Zheng's side, circled around him twice, and then lay down quietly on the side.
Lu Zheng stepped forward to touch the white cow, the white cow just twisted its nose comfortably, and also showed favor to Lu Zheng, Lu Zheng was surprised: "Is this my cow, why is it white as soon as it comes out?"
Yuan Wuyi turned around and pointed to the registered disciples who were herding cattle in the valley, and said, "Do you want to know? You see every disciple who is with the black cow in this valley, they don't know, in fact, the black cow around them is actually themselves! Just like what I did to you just now, after they were reflected in this heavenly mirror, all their nature, temper, and Desires and so on were recorded meticulously by the Heavenly Mirror, and then I used a white cloud as a phantom to create a black bull and let them domesticate it day and night, in fact, it was to let them tame all kinds of obstacles in their bodies and minds. That's why they will teach them to refine the form and enter the true trick to assist, if the obstacles in their body and mind do not go, but instead spend their minds on the black bull, it is to abandon the basics, and it will never be possible to domesticate the black bull!"
Then he said to Lu Zheng: "In fact, every named disciple who worships the Heavenly Sect, they have been cultivating the Heavenly Secret from the beginning, but they themselves don't know it at all. (To be continued......)