Omniscient and Almighty

Chapter 34

Naturally, it is impossible to tell Zhang Laolai about such psychological activities. Xu Guangling is just a little curious about Zhang Laolai's last statement.

What Zhang Lao said was, "People, you can't accept the old man."

At first glance, this seems to be an ordinary exclamation. Many old people would say this in many situations, but Mr. Zhang, this unusual old man, in the situation just now, said such words, still made many people sigh. Guangling caught something.

So he asked, "Old Zhang, is there a big difference between old and young?"

It's absolutely nonsense to leave it to outsiders, but Xu Guangling didn't say it to outsiders, and he was sure that if he didn't understand it wrong just now, Mr. Zhang would definitely understand what he was asking now.

Sure enough, after hearing Xu Guangling's words, Zhang Lao smiled slightly.

There was a hint of meaning in that smile. Next, he asked Xu Guangling, "I mean, Buddhists have a point of view that the human body is just a stinky skin. What do you think?"

Xu Guangling still understood this very well.There was a time when Buddhist classics were his spiritual sanctuary. In those particularly gloomy days, Xu Guangling, who accidentally came into contact with Buddhist scriptures, was like a person walking in the desert who was dying of thirst and suddenly saw One Wang Qingquan, so he threw himself into it without hesitation.

During that time, Xu Guangling read all the Buddhist collections, such as the Shurangama Sutra, the Huayan Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, the Vimalakirti Sutra, etc. He not only read it, but also read it more than once. Once again, but the truth is, I didn't get very involved.

I was very immersed at first, but after watching too much, I always feel an indescribable gap.

Xu Guangling didn't know where the estrangement came from, he only knew that there was.In the library where Xu Guangling read at that time, the Buddhist collection and the Daoist collection were close together, and another bookshelf next to the Buddhist collection was filled with Daoist collections. When panning to the left, "Zhuangzi" entered his sight, and then entered his hand...

Smelly skin is actually a popular saying, and it is a bit extreme.

The true or orthodox point of view of Buddhism is, "The four elements are inherently empty, and the five aggregates are not." , but simply put it in one sentence, I do not exist.

All the cells that make up the body are taken out one by one, and none of them are you.

where are you?

You are only in the reaction of these cells, and furthermore, you are only a "reaction", a "phenomenon", not an entity.This statement seems a bit unbelievable, because the first feeling people have about themselves is the body, and the body is the most tangible.

But the fact is that this body is yours in name, but not in essence. You have 100% ownership of it, and even 100% disposal right, but you only have less than 10% control over it.You have no right to participate in all its metabolism, its lowest, most core, and most fundamental activities, and you can only exert some limited, slight, and indirect influence at most.

that is it!

The whole thing is more like the universe entrusts you with a body, and you take care of it for a period of time. When the time is up, people will take it back.

Brother, sister, you are a nanny!

You are a very competent nanny. You take good care of the things entrusted to you, and you take good care of them. You don’t want it to suffer from cold, cold, thirst, or hunger, and you don’t want it to suffer a little bit of harm. Ok, and cleaned it up regularly and irregularly, but—

Brother, sister, you are just a nanny!

The body is not your own, and if you extend it further, you can naturally draw another conclusion: all the perceptions and feelings obtained through this body are naturally not your own.

You like to eat apples, maybe just because your body needs them, and then you like them.You think you like it, but it's not, you are just "liked".

You eat apples every day, and then your body doesn’t need or at least don’t need supplements like apples for a period of time, and you won’t be interested or even bored with apples.You think you are bored, but it is not, it is just your body telling you, ordering you, "Take it away, I don't need it!"

And then, as a good nanny, you say, "Okay, master, I hate apples, and we're not going to eat them from today on."

……

Isn't it a bit unbelievable?Feeling weird and subversive?

But purely from a rational or logical point of view, you can't find or find the loopholes in it.The best you can do is reject it emotionally, thinking it's absurd.

Why did Xu Guangling feel alienated from Buddhist classics at that time?This is not the main reason, but it is indeed one of the secondary reasons.He can't say that this view is wrong, because with his superficial knowledge and opinions, he can't find where the error is in this view, he simply doesn't like it or subconsciously rejects it.

Therefore, after that period of immersion, Xu Guangling seldom read any Buddhist books, even if it was related, and even if he just used the name of Buddhism to make chicken soup for the soul, he didn't mention it much. Interested.

On the contrary, "Laozi" and "Zhuangzi" are still kept on his desk until now, and he will occasionally take out one and read it again.

Xu Guangling didn't know how much Zhang Lao knew about Buddhism. In fact, he might not know as much. On this point, Xu Guangling didn't need to belittle himself. Years, when I think back at this moment, there is a faint feeling as if I have passed away, or in other words, it seems to be a memory that has begun to dust.

"Mr. Zhang, that view is too extreme, and I can't quite accept it." Xu Guangling replied to Mr. Zhang's question.

Mr. Zhang nodded slightly, he didn't seem to be surprised by Xu Guangling's answer, or he thought it was only natural for Xu Guangling to answer like this, and it would be strange if he didn't answer like this!

In short, he seems to have expected Xu Guangling's question and answer, and then said: "Then let's take a step back from this point of view. If the body is just a shelf, the qi and blood inside the body are the fundamentals. What do you think?"

Could it be that Mr. Zhang was indeed a Chinese medicine practitioner before?

This is not the first time Xu Guangling has thought this way.This time, Mr. Zhang's question seems to be from the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine.Of course, Xu Guangling doesn't know much about Chinese medicine, he just thinks that this point of view "may" belong to Chinese medicine.

Xu Guangling should carefully consider this statement.

But in fact, there is nothing to consider, because Xu Guangling doesn't know much about Chinese medicine or Western medicine. In such a situation, it is useless to think about it. I don't know which one to choose for the answer. When encountering this situation, it is not effective to think about it, but to roll the dice.

As a former good student, Xu Guangling seldom needed to roll the dice during the exam, and he could even say no, but at this time, he rolled the dice once, and then said: "Does Zhang Lao mean to say , when a person is old, even though the body is still strong, the qi and blood in the body begin to decline irreversibly, and this decline cannot be replenished by diet?"

Zhang Lao's reaction was to slap his thigh hard.

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