Ye Feng continued: "However, those are the insights that the predecessors taught you. What I really want to teach you today is what those predecessors have never taught."
As soon as Ye Feng said this, the three of them were shocked, but they were also happy and sat upright. You must know that every famous sage and teacher has his own unique thoughts and insights. You can understand that as a sect's unique secret book. And those are all top secrets that cannot be taught unless they are personally taught or taught by fate. That is opportunity.
As the saying goes, "The law should not be taught lightly, the Tao should not be sold cheaply, the teacher should not follow the way, and the doctor should not knock on the door! A thousand pieces of gold should not be passed on to a child without a child, and a million wealth should not be passed on to an ungrateful person."
This is a rule that has been passed down since ancient times. Sometimes it is also said that a daughter will not be passed on to a righteous son, and a person will be given away for nothing at the crossroads; one would rather die of hunger in front of the altar than use Taoism as a favor.
Don’t teach spells easily, don’t sell Tao cheaply. Some people want a famous teacher to stop by and take a look, but that’s not sincere. As a famous teacher, you shouldn’t accept such behavior. Doctors should not take the initiative to knock on the door and ask patients if they can be cured. This is very passive and treating patients is like a business activity. No matter how much money you have, you cannot pass it on to those ruthless sons. Even if you have a lot of wealth, you can't help those ungrateful people!
All walks of life have their own rules of survival, which must be followed in order to last. There should be a certain amount of leeway in everything you do.
Ye Feng believes that the original purpose of practicing Taoism should be to help the world and save people. If the Taoist teachings were taught to an unfaithful and unjust person and did some treacherous and evil things, wouldn't it be a very heartbreaking thing? This is why although he also agrees that there is no distinction between teachers and students, he still needs to first see if you have the possibility of getting better and whether there is a need for teaching.
If you want to say that Ye Feng's behavior is a double standard, then Ye Feng is a double standard. Just hope you don't add "dog" after Ye Feng's "double standard" because Ye Feng has never done anything bad in this regard. , he is not a "double-standard dog".
The Tao is not preached in vain, the Dharma is not given in vain, the doctor does not knock on the door, and the Tao is not sold cheaply. This is not only a rule passed down from ancient times, but also the experience of many predecessors. Sometimes when you break the rules because of a favor, it will ruin a relationship, create a bad relationship, and the other party may take more detours. As the saying goes, the law does not exist, and the Tao does not follow human feelings. Only by giving up can you gain. The road lies between "willingness" and "willingness".
If a child does not observe filial piety, even if the family has a lot of money, he will not be passed on to him; if an ungrateful person is ungrateful, even if the family has a lot of money, he will not help. I would rather starve to death in the long street than sell my skills to make a living. No matter how much money I have, I can't pass it on to my unfilial son who is heartless and unjust, nor can I help those villains who have no conscience and are ungrateful.
And Ye Feng has already seen their character.
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Ye Feng looked at the three of them and said:
"In fact, the three of you have recognized that there is an irresistible law of heaven and earth in this world. Taoism calls it 'nature'. And its manifestation is the unparalleled power of heaven and earth, which can also be understood as the galaxy. You just The so-called great supernatural power
"Therefore, the previous people's practice philosophy, to put it bluntly, is to use 'people' as a medium and use means to exert the power that already exists between heaven and earth. But people are chaotic, their nature tends to evil, and they have greed, anger, and ignorance. , arrogance, doubt, and other manifestations, which also leads to the fact that human beings are not the best medium to exert the power of the great road of heaven and earth. Therefore, since ancient times, practice has been to adhere to the path of observing the precepts and cultivating the mind, until you have achieved what you just said. "Seeing one's nature clearly and being immovable" means 'selflessness'. The purpose is to eliminate the obstacles of human heart and human nature and turn people into the most perfect medium.
"The end point that can be achieved by the previous practice theories is to become the perfect medium of 'selflessness' in the true sense, and the highest state that can be achieved is the realm of the Emperor of Heaven. Because humans are in the state of 'selflessness', then, The limit of the power of this side of heaven and earth is the limit of the Emperor of Heaven
"The reason why Miss Maotu is unable to take that step to reach the Taoist realm is because she is still confused in her heart. Therefore, the last step can only be realized by herself. Others may give suggestions, but in the end she needs to realize by herself. But in this world, stubbornness will not lead to enlightenment. There are so many people, and how many people can realize themselves. And even the Taoist ancestors are not really able to achieve 'selflessness'. The seven most powerful people in the prehistoric fairyland can achieve the half-step of the true ancestors. , but they have been unable to reach the realm of the Emperor of Heaven, also because they still cannot achieve the true state of 'selflessness', and they still have human desires.
"However, the above are all ways of practicing that treat the human heart and human nature as obstacles."
Ye Feng paused for a moment and continued: "And I want to tell you that human nature is also a way of practice that can be used as an aid to practice.
"All things carry yin and embrace yang, and inject qi into harmony. The opposite is the movement of Tao.
"How can human nature only hinder but not promote? It's just that people are used to destruction and don't like complicated sifting, and they don't like to sift out the good from the chaos. Even if this good can indeed promote spiritual practice, this It's an obsession in itself.
"So now I can tell you that even the so-called Heavenly Emperor realm is not the kind of true selflessness. He at least has the obsession called 'pursuing selflessness'. Therefore, if you follow the path of predecessors' cultivation, Then even if you reach the end, the end is just a dead end where you are in the Heavenly Emperor realm and cannot go any further. You know. In this world, there are many, many strong people above the Heavenly Emperor realm. There are people outside the world, there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are still people above the world. There is a world, and there are strong ones above the strong
"In fact, the path of spiritual practice advocated by the great masters in the past, such as Lao Zhuang, Confucius, Mencius, and Sakyamuni, was from the very beginning a wrong path that would lead to a one-sided transformation of human nature. , that’s why it stopped at the Heavenly Emperor realm.
"It's not that those seniors don't understand this truth. It's not that they don't know that relying on the human heart and human nature can lead to a higher realm of cultivation. It's just that the path of relying on the human heart and human nature is too difficult and more dangerous. If you are not careful, you will definitely go astray. But people in the world are not suitable to follow the path of human nature.
"The ancestors are the ones who best understand the human nature of the human heart. They do not believe in the human nature of the human heart, and they will not test the human nature of the human heart. That is why they pointed out to the world the path to practice that leads to "no self and no desire".
"But even if you understand this, you must still respect the good intentions of the predecessors. This sentence applies to me as well as you.
"Humanity is my way. It is a road full of thorns and difficulties, so I can't teach it to you now. All I can teach you at this stage is to find ways to help people and humanity. As for choosing to go What kind of path you take, the choice lies with you.
"After all, there are three thousand avenues in the world. If you find the right direction and method, you can reach the ultimate. I just have no choice, but you can choose a better path."
