Myriad Paths

All Buddhas and great Bodhisattvas shed tears endlessly.

Even if they are powerful people, they cannot restrain themselves at this moment, and even the other Taoist practitioners around them cannot bear to look at them.

You only cry like that when you really can't do anything about it.

It is completely impossible to solve the problem on your own.

I don't even know what I can do.

At such times, tears will flow down involuntarily.

It was as if the despair that had nowhere to vent turned into tears and burst into my eyes.

Especially Shariputra.

He could not bear to see the Buddha's nirvana under any circumstances.

So, there is only one solution left.

As the supreme disciple of the Blessed One, he will attain nirvana before the Blessed One.

The World Honored Tathagata looked at the disciples in front of him.

nodded.

At this time, a novice monk rushed out from the side: "World Honored One! How can you agree?!"

The novice monk's face was full of shock. In his opinion, even if the Buddha was going to die, he should not sit back and watch Shariputra go.

The World-Honored One asked gently: "Ananda, are you as wise as Shariputra?"

Ananda, the youngest of the Blessed One Tathagata and the last of the Buddha’s sons.

Hearing these words, Ananda lowered his head and remained silent.

Sariputta is the wisest among the Buddha's disciples, and of course he cannot match him. Therefore, it is impossible for him to persuade Sariputta. But because of this, he places his hope in the World Honored One to persuade Sariputta.

But why did he forget...

The Lord will not interfere with their decisions.

It's always been like this.

The demon looked at this scene amusingly, and couldn't stop smiling. Behind her, endless secondary demons were rolling, dancing, blowing the giant conch, knocking on the giant wheel, and happily dancing the dance of destruction.

"Ananda, you are knowledgeable and have a strong memory, and you are upright and simple. Let me record this matter." The World Honored One said.

With tears in his eyes, Ananda clasped his hands and nodded.

Then, Kassapa, Anuruddha, Subhuti, Puruna, Rahula, and other Buddhist disciples came forward to listen to the Buddha's final instructions and teachings.

Except for Shariputra who will die together with the Blessed One Tathagata, everyone else has their own arrangements.

Finally, Shariputra entered nirvana in front of the Buddha, and his body died and his path disappeared.

At the last moment, the Buddha recited softly: "Shariputra, you are around me. Although you see me often, you will never attain enlightenment. After my death, you will live countless, boundless and inconceivable great treasures and solemn kalpas in the future, upholding the righteous Dharma and fulfilling the practices of a Bodhisattva." Tao, you should become a Buddha and be called Huaguang Tathagata."

Shariputra performed Buddhist rituals and then disappeared.

After that, the Blessed One Tathagata scanned the surrounding area.

All the Yipins took the initiative to look at him.

Obviously, they wanted to know the reason why Buddha took the initiative to enter nirvana.

Buddha didn't seem to have any intention of hiding it.

He recited the scripture softly, and then, the sky was filled with light all around, and he revealed a picture in front of all the beings of level three or above.

That was...the conversation between the World Honored Tathagata and the demon.

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In the formless world...

Here, it is impossible to understand what it is, because nothing that exists in the outside world is available here.

If the Desire Realm is ‘the sum of all realities’, and everything you can find in the real universe can find its counterpart in the Desire Realm, then the Formless Realm Heaven is completely the opposite.

Everything you can find in the real universe cannot be found here.

This is "empty", "nothing", and "non-existence". All matter and spirit do not exist here.

Just like human eyes, if a person closes his eyes and sees darkness, then... if a person takes off his eyes and becomes blind, what can he see?

The answer is nothing can be seen.

A void where even darkness does not exist, just like you are using your elbows to see.

What can you see at your elbow? Of course the answer is still the same, nothing can be seen.

Here, body, speech, and mind are all liberated.

No attachment, no connection, no thought of living beings, no thought of life, no thought of Bu Jia Luo, no thought of no one, no thought of child, no thought of being born, no thought of author, no thought of recipient, no thought of being, no thought of nothing, no thought of nothing. There are no thoughts of this life and the hereafter, no thoughts of death, this life and that, no thoughts of impermanence, no thoughts of impermanence, no thoughts of the three beings, no thoughts of the three beings, no thoughts, no thoughts, no thoughts.

Not attached to the inside, not attached to the outside, not attached to the energy condition, not attached to the object, not attached to the cause, not attached to the effect; not attached to the law, not attached to the illegal; not attached to thinking, not attached to non-thinking; not colored, not colored arising, not colored cessation.

Not attached to feelings, thoughts, formations, and consciousness.

All dharmas are not attached to, all dharmas are not bound, and all dharmas are not understood.

There is no self-nature, self-nature is separated, not one or two, not many, not infinite, not small, not big, not narrow, not wide, not deep, not shallow, not still, not dramatic, not place, Non-non-place, illegal, non-illegal, non-body, non-non-body, non-being, non-non-being.

All wisdom never turns back, all karma is like a dream, sound is like a sound, living beings are like shadows, all dharmas are like illusions, and it does not destroy the karma of causes and conditions.

This is the formless realm.

But here, the demon is being sealed.

The demon here is like a closed sphere, a black smooth sphere, surrounding the Buddha Tathagata.

Here, even thinking should be stagnant.

Of course, this is actually the case. Even the first-grade thoughts will quietly stop here and enter the state of 'nothing', and no thoughts can arise.

Since there is no motion, there is naturally no time and space.

However, it seems that the formless world is not perfect enough, so...here, the demon can still maintain the minimum level of thinking, that is to say, he can still think like the most ordinary mortal.

So, using this kind of thinking, the demon started a dialogue with the Blessed One.

"This is the other shore. Coming here is the last step to transcendence. You only have one last gap left to reach true transcendence." The demon said.

"You always say that destiny arises and destiny perishes. Do you still have a destiny with the world now? How long have you not interfered with the outside world? And it seems that you will never interfere again, right?"

"Tathagata, you have transcended. You have no connection with the world anymore. You have separated from all things. What is the difference between living and dead? You use your great supernatural power to still think. Is this in line with Buddhism?"

The demon asked softly.

Buddha talks about fate.

The intersection of all things is ‘destiny’.

You stepped on a stone today, and this is the fate between you and the stone.

When you say something to a person, it is also your connection with him.

When conditions arise, they meet, and when conditions cease, they separate. Things in the world are nothing more than dependent origins and annihilations, and this kind of fate will continue to entangle and coerce them.

Suppose a person is seriously injured and dying, should we save him?

If Li Qi comes out at this time and saves this person, and Li Qi has a share of "credit" for all the good and bad things this person does in the future, can Li Qi afford it?

Therefore, Buddhism has to ‘come out of the world’.

At the same time, the various thoughts that arise in the mind are also ‘conditions’, so ‘emptiness’ is needed.

It is precisely because of this that the demon uttered a mocking cry: "When you practice Samadhi, you are free from worldly labors. However, if the Buddha's mind is not eliminated, the worldly world cannot be released. Even if you have great wisdom and meditative concentration, if you do not stop sexual intercourse, you will surely fall into the devil's path."

Yes, you, the Tathagata, say "emptiness" and "condition". As a result, your condition will not be extinguished, and your emptiness will not be empty. When you still have the "Buddha mind", you cannot truly transcend.

The Dharma has been passed down, and this is also the fate.

The more Dharma you teach, the deeper your connection will be.

You want all sentient beings to be enlightened, but my evil thoughts have proven that all sentient beings practice because of your prestige. Are they practicing Buddhism or your prestige?

If this continues, will this kind of Buddhism still be Buddhism? Is what comes out of cultivation a Buddha or something else?

The more you follow the shadow of the Buddha and practice Buddhism, the more you will fall into the path of evil.

Demons and Buddhas have already experimented.

The entire Buddhist sect is the subject of the experiment.

What was finally born... was Buddhism itself.

Once upon a time, it was said in the scriptures: "Demons are still invisible today. Sasuke guides them and defeats the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. The Tathagata has great wisdom now and is wise in the world. The evil demons cannot do their great evil. In the future, the demons will transform into the shape of a Samana and enter the world." Among the monks, all kinds of heresies lead many sentient beings to fall into wrong views and teach wrong Dharma.”

The great wisdom of the Tathagata is now worldly, and evil demons cannot cause great evil.

But this sentence is wrong.

It is precisely because of the presence of Tathagata that demons become great evil.

Tamper with the classics, confuse the practice, and corrupt the true Dharma.

"I won, but you didn't lose either. You can't save the world, and it's impossible to enlighten sentient beings." The demon said softly.

Its tone is even a bit 'solemn'.

It was really not easy to hear such words from the mouth of the devil who was always teasing and frivolous.

All Buddhas and great Bodhisattvas are inseparable from the shadow of the Blessed One Tathagata. As long as the Buddha exists, he will create karma. If he does not transcend, then there will be no liberation in this world.

If the seed of the Buddha is not destroyed in one day, the demonic mind cannot be eliminated in one day.

The Buddha is still there, so the devil is still there.

Even you, Buddha, are like this.

Only when dreams are extinguished can one feel the emptiness and tranquility, like a clear sky.

The Tathagata's enlightenment is the final 'great cause', but as long as you are still creating karma, you will never reach 'emptiness'.

The demon continued: "Three levels and above will pity the ignorance of ordinary mortals, because mortals think that there is only one reality in the world."

"But what is truly laughable is the ignorance of the eternal beings, because although they know that there are countless realities, they think that only one can be realized. These so-called powerful beings are only in a building surrounded by infinite time and space. Prison... In the end, all possibilities were extinguished."

The Demon touched his body, opened his eyes wide, and said: "Endless world, endless time and space, infinite possibilities, it sounds so grand, but I have traveled through all time and space and all possibilities."

"Delimiting forbidden areas in reality makes people feel unfree, but delimiting forbidden areas in thought makes people feel extremely free. All 'Tao', including your Buddhism, are just forbidden areas in the mind of higher wisdom. , all sentient beings cannot become Buddhas, it’s all because of you.”

One body is in Dharma, one body is in retribution, and one body is in response, and the "response body" is the Buddha in the hearts of all living beings.

The more Buddhism spreads, the stronger the Buddha, that is, the ‘responsive body’ in the hearts of sentient beings becomes, and the less they can become Buddhas. What they are always attached to is the Buddha.

All living beings are not Buddhas, because the Buddha is in the hearts of all living beings. Since we already have Buddhas in our hearts, how can we become Buddhas?

The more you believe in Buddhism, the more you will fall into the devil's cave.

Monks have Buddha in their hearts, so no sentient being can become a Buddha.

In the end, Buddhism's war situation that was overwhelmed by humanity was the end.

Buddhism has long been eroded by the devil, and the so-called Buddhism is nothing more than empty talk.

Demons surrounded the Buddha and kept talking.

After hearing what he said, many third-grade people felt chills on their backs, and some people closed their eyes and meditated because of this.

Of course, they won't be persuaded like this, because these words are not their weakness. They can ponder it or refute it with their own worldview.

only……

Listening to this, the Buddha suddenly said: "You are right, Bo Xun."

The devil laughed: "So, if you want to complete your great cause, you must let go first."

"I have let go," replied the Blessed One.

"You can't let go. Ask them to let go. The Buddha has three bodies, one of which is not the Buddha but the Sangha." The demon said.

The World-Honored Tathagata also chuckled, then sat down and the lotus withered: "When I reach Nirvana, all sentient beings will never see the Buddha again."

As a result, the formless world collapsed.

At this point, the surrounding brilliance dissipated, and the scene in the past disappeared, returning to the present.

In the silence of many powerful people, the demon jumped out on his own initiative.

Its body transformed into the shape of a little girl similar to that of the Death Demon, but with completely opposite colors. Then it walked under the lotus seat of the World Honored Tathagata and said happily: "So, Tathagata, you will be transcended, and I will be free too. This is not Is that good? Why bother with me so much and make me lie to them."

"Is it a lie?" Tathagata said.

"Of course they are. Look at them, aren't they stupid?" Tianmo pointed at the first grade outside, and then lightly hooked his fingers.

Li Qi's body was uncontrollably caught next to the demon, but Wu Xian did not take action.

No one took action because everyone knew that Li Qi was special.

Every third-level person has heard of such a talented third-level person, who has the highest cultivation speed in history, and has a close relationship with the demon, so many powerful people have planned around him.

The demon maintained the figure of a white little girl whose color was opposite to that of the dead demon, riding on Li Qi's shoulders, just like a father carrying his daughter.

Li Qi's body was unable to move and could not take any action at all.

Wu Xian immediately took action, using the power from "all" to try to repel the demon.

But the demon was riding on Li Qi's shoulders and said with a smile: "Look! Look! This is it!"

"Everyone thought he was special, everyone thought he had some secret, and many articles were made about him. That's why I was given this opportunity, a person who allowed Tathagata to witness how corrupt his sect was. Opportunity."

Because everyone is making a fuss about Li Qi, humanity can conquer the Buddhist kingdom and even destroy the formless world.

"Like Shariputra, he seems to have a bright future, but in fact he cannot accept even the death of the Buddha. He has Buddha in his heart, so all living beings are not Buddhas. The more they practice Buddhism, the more they will be enslaved by Buddhism."

"I have to fight for the opportunity to prove this to Tathagata, so I have this guy, Li Qi!"

The devil was smiling and happy, as if he couldn't wait to reveal his secret to all the creatures around him.

"Wuxian, Amitabha, you don't really think there are any 'travelers', do you!? Don't you think there really is another distant world, do you?!"

The purpose of this game between humanity and demons is to involve the energy of witches, so that the final action of destroying Buddhism through the combined efforts of humans and demons can be carried out.

As for this Dao war, humanity was not prepared to fight the sun and the moon from the very beginning! The Human Emperor has no plans to extend his life!

Shen Shuibi, Li Qi, Luofushan and Yao Ji are all in the game!

The devil was overjoyed and shouted in joy: "You don't really think there is anything special about Li Qi, do you? He was just a figment of me in Lishui!"

"Fool! You were deceived!"