Chapter 140 Six Paths of Reincarnation
On a lonely cliff, two figures looked a little lonely. One looked up at the sky and saw the sunset, the dusk was dark, the evening wind was bleak, and the mood was full of desolation and sadness. The other figure seemed to be meditating, comprehending something, but could not grasp it. Her face was full of helplessness.
These two people are Taoist Sansheng and Hou Tuzu Shaman.
"Did you realize anything along the way?"
After a long time, Taoist Sansheng looked at Houtu who was helpless and asked.
When Hou Tu heard this, he was slightly startled, his face full of sadness, he sighed softly, and responded slowly:
"I followed the secrets of heaven. Along the way, I seemed to have some enlightenment. I have a vague sense of where my path is, but it's still not clear. Can you give me some guidance?"
For some reason, Hou Tu didn't have any defense against the Sansheng Taoist he had just met in front of him, so he asked him what he was thinking.
Upon hearing this, Taoist Sansheng sighed softly and remained silent for a long time, not knowing what to say.
"Why, is there something unspeakable? Can't you say more?"
Hou Tu saw the silence of Sansheng Taoist and asked.
"well……"
Sansheng Taoist sighed and said:
"Do you know that if I tell you, your path will come to an end?"
Hou Tu was silent for a moment and said firmly:
"I have heard the Tao in the morning and will die in the evening, so why not sacrifice myself for the sake of all sentient beings in the world? Father God Pangu sacrificed himself in the same way back then to bring about creation. If it can help the people of the world, we and other future generations should follow the example of Father Pangu. God, sacrifice yourself for others.”
"Hey, you know, what I usually disdain the most are those who sacrifice themselves for others. The bustling world is all for profit, and the world is bustling for profit! Looking at those people who don't care about their own life and death in order to help others, I feel in my heart Very unhappy.
Are you willing to sacrifice yourself for others? Have you ever asked other people's opinions? Have you asked your own relatives and friends about their feelings? If you do this, it is also selfish.
But, at the same time, I respect people like this the most because they have strong courage and are able to sacrifice themselves for others. However, although I respect him, I will never like that kind of person, because being a friend of such a person is too tiring! He always has the world in his heart, and it is really inexplicable to live like this..."
Sansheng Taoist talked a lot and also cursed a lot. The expression on Hou Tu's face remained unchanged. On the contrary, he still had a faint smile, which made her feel at peace in her heart.
"I know. But I still have to do it, just because I am who I am, and you are only you after all!"
After hearing this, Taoist Sansheng fell silent. Yes, she is who she is. If she didn't do this, would she still be the Empress Houtu who was admired forever? And I can only be me after all, so I am selfish and I cannot be as great as her.
"Hey, that's all. Since you said so, what's more, the secret has appeared, and that scene will happen sooner or later. Does it matter whether it's sooner or later?"
Taoist Sansheng sighed and said quietly.
"Pangu opened the sky, split the vastness, differentiated yin and yang, established the three talents, evolved ten thousand ways, and created all things. However, in fact, this heaven and earth are not perfect."
"Not perfect? Why is that?"
"Yes, it's not perfect. Pangu was naturally powerful, able to create the world, evolve all things in the wild, and give birth to reincarnation. However, a perfect world should be one in which heaven, earth, and man are coexisting. And when the wild world was first opened, there were only the ways of heaven and the way of humanity. It is not complete with the Tao. Later, Nuwa made humans become saints, and the human race appeared, so the world today still lacks the Tao."
"Authentic? What is authentic?"
Hou Tu seemed to have some enlightenment, and the enlightenment in his heart became deeper and deeper, and his energy became stronger and stronger.
"The so-called authentic way should naturally be equal to the way of heaven. The way of heaven governs the rules for the operation of all things in the world, maintains the trajectory of the world, and balances all things, while the authentic way manages the life and death of the earth's creatures, disillusionment, and endless reincarnation. The most important of these is It’s the Six Paths of Reincarnation!”
Sansheng Taoist's words were as precise as a sermon, and he spoke to Hou Tu.
"The six paths of reincarnation are originally the turning points of the creation of living beings. However, when living beings die and ghosts appear, they should return to these six paths. Like a six-hole arch bridge, it divides and merges in the six paths. Reincarnation and ghosts are endless!"
Sansheng Taoist knew that Hou Tu had understood something, so he looked away and no longer hesitated. What's more, death didn't mean another kind of rebirth. The so-called life, death and death, the true way of heaven, became the Sansheng Stone for him. After cutting out the body of Three Lives and Three Worlds, it was already clear.
"What are the Six Paths?"
Hou Tu felt that the last fog deep in her heart had been cleared away by Taoist Sansheng. She felt like she was seeing the blue sky through the clouds. The aura on her body became stronger. She knew that she would become enlightened right now.
Taoist Sansheng raised his eyes, looked at the sea of blood not far away, and said slowly:
"The so-called six paths are divided into visible paths and invisible paths. The visible paths are the human path, the asura path, and the animal and grass path, and the invisible paths are the heaven path, the hungry ghost path, and the hell path.
All tangible ways can obtain the Tao body, which is called the human body, and animals and plants are themselves. Through this reincarnation, all living beings, whether human or demon, can practice the art of the soul. After death, there will also be ghosts who follow the heaven's instructions and join the next path. Invisible ways, except for the way of heaven, are all ghost bodies. Although they can be transformed, they have no substance.
Most of the people reincarnated by heaven are rich and powerful, or they are people with excellent spiritual qualifications. Heaven and earth are their parents, and they are innate at birth. Hell is a place where ghosts suffer and are punished. Therefore, among the six realms, heaven is the highest and hell is the lowest. "
Hou Tu heard that it was strange that there were so many different ways of dividing things, so he asked:
"How can we distinguish between the six paths? Is it just like the flowing water, choosing a path to enter?"
"Choose a path to enter? Wouldn't that be chaos in the world? It is called the cause of the past life, the result of this life, the result of the next life, and the cause of this life. If ghosts want to be like the six paths, they must have the cause and effect of the previous life as the basis to enjoy the blessings of the future life.
Those with serious karma must enter the hell realm and undergo all the punishment to wash away their own karma before reincarnation; those with slightly lighter karma must also enter the realm of hungry ghosts and asuras to wash away their karma. Reincarnation; Those with the lightest karma should be reincarnated like animals in the realm of animals, wash away their karma, and reenter the human realm.
All living beings are born with cause and effect. As long as they are not affected by the karma of cause and effect, they can enter the reincarnation of human beings in order to turn the wheel of heaven and shed their mortal bodies. If you have accumulated good deeds from generation to generation, have great virtues in the world, or have the shadow of merit and virtue to protect you, you will enter the heavenly way and enjoy all kinds of blessings, glory, wealth and honor in the world, or you may cultivate immortality and attain the Tao. "
When Hou Tu heard this, he couldn't help being stunned, and then asked aloud:
"I dare to ask my friend, is there a way to escape from the Six Paths?"
"The method of transcending the Six Paths?"