40,000 Years of Cultivation

Yong Ye Bing is worthy of its original name. For most of the year, the sky is shrouded by frozen dark clouds, as if immersed in the endless dark night.

But occasionally when the clouds clear and the fog disperses and the light shines brightly, here is the most glorious place in the ancient sacred world, like a rainbow of sunlight.

On the last day before Li Yao left the ancient sacred world, he saw such magnificent sunshine.

The waterfall resembling a rainbow sprinkled across the entire ice field, and countless colorful bubbles rushed out of the ground, surging between the sky and the earth.

With such a magnificent and thrilling iridescent light as the screen, Li Yao saw Master Kuchan sitting on the bow of a starship, holding a miniature crystal brain, and concentrating on reading the classics, indescribably quiet and calm. , Baoxiang is solemn, it really seems that there are ten thousand lotus flowers blooming around the monk.

Li Yao was originally a little unsure and upset, so he came out and walked casually. This situation caused a move in his heart, and he could not help flying to the back of the starship anchored on the ice sheet, and walked tiptoe towards Master Kuchan.

The cultivation base has reached the height of Li Yao, and his vision is far and reachable. Before he walked behind the monk, he saw clearly the classics that the master was studying at a glance, but it was--

"A Hundred Short Stories of Youth and Zen Masters", "Spirit Chicken Soup Collection", "Sheepskin Scrolls-Ancient Wisdom from the World of Trees and Seas", "Women are Born to be Elegant"...

Li Yao: "Cough cough, cough cough cough cough cough."

Master Kuchan: "Since Li Daoyou is here, why stop there? The monk hears that your footsteps are heavy and chaotic, but does it seem to be worrying?"

"It's nothing."

Li Yaodao said, "The main reason is to thank the master for his grace that day. If there is no help from the master and other fellow daoists, perhaps I would have fallen into trouble long ago and will be dead!

"In addition, the trouble is a little trouble, I originally wanted to discuss it with the master, but... the master is so busy studying the classics, let's forget it."

"These classics from the Xingyao Federation are indeed quite mysterious. There are many truths that make the monk stunned after reading them, and they are very rewarding!"

Master Kuchan exclaimed and said, "If Li Daoyou doesn't dislike the monk's clumsy tongue, you may wish to listen to your troubles. The monk will also try to use the Zen principles and Dharma in these "Chicken Soup for the Soul" to explain one or two, don't worry. , This is considered a monk’s cultivation, and there is no charge."

"……Ok."

Li Yao took the first two steps, sat down cross-legged opposite Master Kuchan, looked at the colorful and unfathomable sky, and muttered, "Master, have you ever thought that everything in front of you is illusory, there is a world outside the world? , There is still the problem of the universe above the universe? If there is really a universe above the universe, and our universe is just a projection of the higher universe, or even just a illusory game, then how can we be sure that we are'reality'? Or "illusory", what is the meaning of everything we do?"

Master Kuchan smiled slightly and said, "Eat and sleep."

Li Yao frowned: "Master, I ask you for advice sincerely, don't you use such old jokes to perfuse me?"

This "eat and sleep" is a short story. It is said that a young man asked the Zen master what is "worries". The Zen master smiled slightly and said "eat and sleep". The young man asked what was "practice". The Zen master still smiled and said, "Eat," "Sleep", the young man was puzzled, but the Zen master explained, "The so-called trouble means sleeping when it is time to eat, and thinking about eating when it is time to sleep. The so-called practice is to concentrate on eating when it is time to eat, and when it is time to sleep. Sleep without distractions, that's all."

This is a very old little story about the soul. It's stinking on the streets in the Star Federation, and it's natural to remember it with Li Yao's extensive knowledge.

Master Kuchan gave a dry cough, cleared his throat and said, "Although the public case is old, the truth is new-what is "real" and what is "illusory", this is really the most unreasonable and unnecessary in the world. To distinguish things.

"In the Star Federation, there are even stories of the'brain in the tank'-today with such advanced cultivation of supernatural powers and virtual magic weapons, it has been possible to create a lifelike, almost 100% realistic and illusory realm, even if someone only The remaining brain is placed in a water tank full of nutrient solution, and thousands of crystal wires are connected to the brain, which can make him mistakenly believe that he is full of limbs and living in the real world.

"So, how can this person tell whether he is living in the real ‘real world’ or a ‘brain in a tank’, living in an artificially created illusion?

"And how should we distinguish? The so-called'Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds' is the ultimate reality. Above our world, there is no higher level existence. Everything is created and designed. Our entire world is one. What about the huge'brain in the tank'?"

Li Yao nodded again and again: "Yes, that's the question, how can I distinguish and prove it?"

"Unable to tell, there is no need to prove it."

Master Kuchan said, "Of course you can doubt that the three thousand worlds and the endless three-dimensional universes we live in are all higher-level existences, uh, for example, some kind of'four-dimensional life' is created in the laboratory. The'brain in a tank' that comes out is just a small projection of the four-dimensional world, an experimental subject of this'four-dimensional life'.

"But even if this four-dimensional life really exists, it is a legendary **** and devil, is the four-dimensional world in which'it' is located is the so-called'real'? This four-dimensional world that we cannot understand, will it be the same? The projection of a certain five-dimensional world is a painting drawn by a certain painter in the five-dimensional world, who is so excited and splashes ink?

"And the five-dimensional painter in this five-dimensional world is the ultimate reality? Will the entire five-dimensional world, in the final analysis, be a long poem sung by a frustrated poet in the six-dimensional world? And this six-dimensional world, Is it another crystal clear dew drop on a small petal in the seven-dimensional world? And the seven-dimensional world is a strange and weird creature in the eight-dimensional world. It is a beautiful dream when it takes a nap?"

Li Yao was stunned: "This, is it possible?"

"If you think that the'brain in the tank' is possible, then the dreams of a four-dimensional laboratory, a five-dimensional drawing, a six-dimensional poem, a seven-dimensional dewdrop, and an eight-dimensional monster...that are all possible."

Master Kuchan said, "Even if their probability is extremely small, in eternal time and space, in the infinite dimensions, no matter how small the probability is, it is destined to happen.

"Our Buddha Buddhism said'one sand, one world, one tree and one bodhi', this is the truth. In the concept of transcending time, space and dimensions, a piece of dust is the same as three thousand worlds, and no one is better than others. More'real', no one is more'illusory' than others.

"The world doesn’t matter whether it’s true or false. What distinguishes the truth from the false is your heart and your vision of the world. If you have the mentality of'eat while eating and sleep while sleeping', then every world is true; if You are obviously eating, but you want to sleep. You are clearly in our three-dimensional universe, but you are awkward and uncertain. You are entangled in the so-called'truth'. If you are thinking about things in the four-dimensional world, then you will one day achieve something more. How about a high level? After arriving in the four-dimensional world, you will doubt whether everything in front of you is a picture of the five-dimensional world; after reaching the five-dimensional world, you will worry about the existence of the six-dimensional poet... When there is no satisfaction, where can the ultimate truth be found?"

Li Yao froze for a long time, touched his nose, and smiled bitterly: "When I was a child, I was full of confusion about the world. I had ten thousand questions in my mind. I thought that as long as I practiced hard and became the most powerful practitioner in the world, I could find it. answer.

"Who knows, the strength is getting stronger and the realm is getting higher and higher. The answers to the past 10,000 questions have been found, but 100,000, 1 million new questions have popped up, but they are getting more and more confused! "

"It's natural, like little bubbles."

Master Kuchan spread out his palm, and a trembling flashing bubble emerged from his palm. As his psychic energy was injected, the bubble became bigger and bigger, "Li Daoyou, you see, the bubble gets bigger and bigger, and the'answer' inside it is flooded. More and more, but the “surface area” it contacts with the outside world is getting bigger and bigger, and it perceives more “unknown” and “confusion”. Every time the bubble gets bigger, it just reveals a puzzle, and then it comes into contact with it again. Ten new puzzles, how big can they swallow the entire planet and the entire universe? Therefore, these'unknown','confusions' and'worries' are endless!"

The palm of Master Kuchan quivered slightly, and the bubbles flew slowly into the sky. Under the shining of the sun, they bloomed with brilliant brilliance.

The monk squinted his eyes, looked at it very intently, and muttered: "Nevertheless, although the confusion is more and more, and there is no end, but you should continue to practice because...Look, how beautiful the bubbles are! "

Together with Master Kuchan, Li Yao silently watched the bubbles fly higher and higher, gradually flying into the colorful clouds. They thought about it for a long time and said, "Master, I think what you said is so profound, so mysterious, ok. It makes sense, but when I think about it, I feel... as if you didn't say anything."

"nonsense."

Master Kuchan said, "You use the unanswered question like'brain in the tank' to entertain the monk. The monk didn't yell at him and kicked you off the starship. Where to stay!"

Li Yao didn't feel annoyed, and said: "Then, Master, in your opinion, the bubble is flying higher and higher, where will it fly to?"

"how could I know?"

Master Kuchan looked at the bubbles that had melted into the clouds, perhaps through the clouds, flying to the endless starry sky, a layer of golden light appeared on his face, and said lightly, "This question, you have to ask Li Daoyou, after all, I am neither The Buddha is not a bodhisattva, but just a...ordinarily bald head."