Obviously, the two young people are incompatible in each other's world, but they are of the same mind. They are both pursuing their own beliefs. The Taoist youth's "inaction" is a kind of letting nature take its course without being anxious, while the Buddhist youth The lack of salvation of young people is a different kind of salvation from the world. Maybe they are too pedantic, or maybe they have nothing wrong, but the environment and location in which they appear are too incongruous.
After a long time, the Taoist young man failed to explain people's doubts once, and the Buddhist young man even watched hundreds of people die. They all began to waver in their beliefs. The Buddhist young man suffered the most, and his compassion was always there. Buddha cannot bear to see people suffering. Every time a Buddhist young man gives up saving one person, he will feel more pain in his heart. When the sorrow in his heart accumulates too much, he has to sit cross-legged and recite Buddhist sutras several times to purify his heart. His troubles disappeared quickly and left no trace behind. After all, they were nothing.
But over time, the Buddhist young man discovered that always giving up rescue was not a long-term solution. Wherever he went, he saw desperate people taking their own lives. He also saw many people who were hesitating between life and death. They They want to be free, but they know nothing about the world after death. Because they are confused and worried, and because of worry and fear, they are always forcing themselves to commit suicide, but they have no courage to take that step, so they have to continue to bear the pain of the world. suffering.
The Buddhist young man couldn't bear to see people so pitiful. He made a decision not to ignore it anymore, but to guide the suffering people in the world towards salvation and liberation. He first found a skinny poor man and exhausted his eloquence. and Buddhism, and finally explained to him the reincarnation of life in Buddhism. It turns out that death is just a prelude to rebirth. If you suffer in this life, you will enjoy happiness in the next life. The poor man has lived in misery all his life. He does not expect to enjoy happiness, but only wants to live a stable life. He has long since lost the idea of living, but he just does not have the courage to support his liberation.
The poor man was completely moved by the Buddhist young man's words, and he became the Buddhist young man's first believer in Buddhism in this world. He also became the first disseminator of Buddhism. The poor man traveled around villages, cities and counties, gathering together those suffering people who longed for hope and liberation, and told them about the existence of Buddha and the principles of Buddhism, just like The life-saving straw, these desperate people found a backbone. Even if it was just an illusory rhetoric, it still activated a Buddha statue in people's hearts. They began to believe in Buddha and built a Buddhist temple with mud and stones. The little food they saved from their mouths was placed in the temple, where they knelt down and worshiped every day.
The hunger in their stomachs suddenly became much weaker, and the pain in their bodies was no longer so obvious. Even though they had not received anything in return, they still seemed to have received a favor or a promise, with no practical meaning of "hope." It took root in their hearts, and many people meditated in front of the temple, reciting Buddhist scriptures in their hearts until they starved to death. The corners of their mouths were raised when they died. It was probably the Buddha himself who put down his palms and carried their souls to heaven. These ungraspable and invisible illusory things successfully eliminated their hatred and sorrow for many years. To them, this is not death, but redemption and rebirth.
The more difficult it is, the more we have to worship and seek Buddha. When the road ends, we will give up our lives and return to the Buddha. This idea quickly spreads in the Taoist world. But the war has not stopped, the suffering continues, and more and more poor people "bravely" throw themselves into the arms of the Buddha. Perhaps their already humble lives finally become a little better at the moment of death because of the sanctity of their faith. It makes sense, most of them left this world with hope and satisfaction. Based on this alone, they are happy.
The Buddhist young man sat cross-legged in the world of Taoism. He nodded with satisfaction. Buddhism has allowed more people to be saved. Death does not mean the end. It will allow people to have a happy life in the next life. Gradually, almost everyone in the Taoist world is dying.
The Taoist young man in the world of Buddhist statues seems to have experienced a lot of vicissitudes. He can't find anyone who is willing to calm down and listen to his preaching. What puzzles him most is that the happier people live, the happier they are. Their hearts cannot be satisfied at all, and they are like a bottomless pit. When they have no money, they long for wealth. When they are rich, they long for a lovely wife. They want a golden boy, a beautiful girl, three wives and four concubines, and high official salaries. They clearly live in this life. It is really sad that others long for a life that they will never get, but they are still looking at the higher scenery. Therefore, the "inaction" principle of Taoist youth cannot satisfy anyone's needs.
This is an anxious world. Everyone is in a hurry to do things and live in a hurry. Even the time to eat has to be calculated with an hourglass. People walking on the street are looking at the ground. Their upper bodies remain natural, but their feet and legs are not. Running desperately, grabbing the first bowl of wontons, and renting the fastest carriage, their road never ends, and the scenery along the way never impresses anyone.
The Taoist youth walked for a long time and waited for a long time. Finally, he found people who could feel at ease and were willing to listen to his sermons. They were a group of eighty or ninety-year-old old men who walked into the loess with half a leg. They were tired and After working hard all their lives, they had long since lost the energy to run again. At this time, regret suddenly appeared in their hearts. What had they gained in these decades? A position? Lost a house as early as fifty? But in such a huge garden, he only needs a bed that can accommodate himself. Three wives and four concubines? Walking away, dying, they even forgot the appearance and voice of their wives and concubines, and even their memories were intermittent and very vague. So, what exactly do they have left?
The old men didn't have any harvest that they could tell. They regretted that they should have run so fast, without even savoring the scenery on the roadside. They had learned knowledge for several years, just for a game. take an exam. They have been officials for decades, told lies for decades, and only learned the rules of officialdom. They have no so-called memories of happiness and beauty, but their lives have come to an end.
The old people were in so much pain that they couldn't sleep with regret, longing for a chance to start over again.
The Taoist youth told them about "inaction" and "nature". In fact, there are only two concepts of time: "existence" and "nothing". When it is not over, there are infinite possibilities. The Taoist youth encouraged the old man to be natural. To live the rest of life well, isn’t it also running slowly now? Isn’t there still some beautiful scenery on the roadside? When they sigh, it is better to savor the current life.
