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"Dad, I miss you. - "My Diary""

Of course, Chen Xiuyuan was the one who asked the question first: "What is merit? Is there really a divine punishment? Is it like a thunderbolt from the sky?"

"Kindness... I always thought it was a simple concept, but it's quite difficult to explain it now." Luo Changlin murmured, lowered his head and thought for a while, and after finishing his thoughts, he said, "The understanding of merit needs to be dismantled. Let me start, and before I talk about the merits and virtues, I have to say something else. First of all, the monks in China are mainly divided into two parts, one is for practicing Buddhism, and the other is for cultivating Taoism. Of course, there are other religious people , However, this ratio is very small and almost negligible. In addition, not all the abilities of monks are innate talents. The abilities of many people are obtained through the accumulation and practice of the day after tomorrow. of."

"The day after tomorrow, too?" Zhao Ziwen couldn't help interrupting him.

"It's fine the day after tomorrow. Have you forgotten that I opened your eyes for a short time yesterday? Moreover, the eminent monk who consecrated my string of beads is not talented but has supernatural powers. He can only see reality. There is no inspiration, but what he consecrated is very strong."

"Then why are there so few monks?"

"Religious reasons, the other is to borrow a famous saying from Edison: success is one percent inspiration plus 90.00% sweat, but that one percent inspiration is more important than 90.00% sweat. It does not come from talent Ability, which means that their supernatural powers do not belong to them, but are borrowed."

"Where did you borrow it from?"

"The god who protects the body."

"..." Zhao Xiwen looked embarrassed, "Are you kidding me? Don't tell me that there are Dragon Lords, Monkey King, etc. in this world."

"Boss, do you believe in ghosts or in gods?"

"I have seen ghosts harm people, but I have never seen gods save people." Zhao Ziwen shrugged, "Xiao Chen, have you seen it?"

Chen Xiuyuan didn't answer immediately, but frowned for a while and thought for a while, then said with a dazed expression: "So that thing is God!"

"have you seen?!"

"Actually, gods... are also ghosts, right?" This answer came from Chen Xiuyuan's personal experience. He was not sure whether it was correct, so he asked rhetorically, and kept looking at Luo Changlin.

"Luo Shen stick! Explain!" Zhao Wenwen was so excited that he even brought out his usual nicknames when getting along.

Luo Changlin rolled his eyes, but who made him the younger brother?Even if you become a teacher, you have no human rights: "Xiu Yuan's words are basically correct, at least that's what my masters taught me, and the explanations of other sects are somewhat different, but they are basically the same."

"Your explanation is no different from no explanation..."

"Didn't I try my best to talk about everything? Okay, don't be wordy, don't be wordy." For the first time, Luo Changlin knew that his boss was still impatient, and he cursed him to be "impatient" in bed, "Deadly." Well, in fact, the soul is out of this stinky skin, and most of the souls without the body are feminine, which is the ghost in the general sense. But after some people die, the soul is not feminine, but masculine , and these people are generally great wisdom or pious practitioners during their lifetime, so we call this kind of soul a god."

"Isn't this similar to the meaning of Ascending Ascension?" Zhao Xiwen nodded suddenly, and when he said it this way, God no longer had that sense of mystery.

"This is actually the original intention of Ascension." Luo Changlin nodded, "In addition, generally speaking, it is right for ghosts to harm people and gods to save people. This is determined by their yin and yang nature. And the reason why It is rare to see gods saving people, because gods also have the same shortcomings as ghosts. Most gods also have no self-awareness and poor memory, so they do not act on their own, but often possess living people. And there are many kinds of people who are possessed. They may be his descendants or relatives, they may be the same practitioners, or they may be the same kind of people with the same beliefs. Most of them are possessed by practitioners. They will Provide protection for these possessed people, and even lend them their own abilities, so that they have various magical powers."

"In other words, these people who borrow supernatural powers are somewhat similar to my situation."

"No, they are much weaker than you. The relationship between you and your ghost servants is a master-slave relationship. You have completely restrained them, and they can't disobey any of your orders. But the magicians and their The gods in the body are symbiotic, or even more loosely related, and the supernatural beings are weak, because if the gods feel uncomfortable, they may lose their temper at any time and leave him alone, or even leave him."

"One is fully controlled, and the other is controlled by outsiders. You are just a hired president yourself. How do you understand this?"

"almost."

"This question is clear. So, shall we go back to the question of merit at the beginning?"

"Uh, yeah, I almost forgot what we were talking about in the first place."

"..."

"When we talk about merit, we must first talk about these people who need merit - monks. This word means people who practice. Therefore, our group of monks, in a broad sense, also includes all 'people who practice', even if they are Those ordinary people who chant Buddhist scriptures at home can actually be counted among monks. In a narrow sense, monks only represent people who have cultivated supernatural powers or are born with talents. And these people are divided into Buddhist monks in China. The two schools of Taoism, because the two schools advocate different things, so the understanding of merit is also somewhat different."

Speaking of now, Luo Changlin felt a little thirsty, but he didn't dare to drink Chen Xiuyuan's orange juice, but he didn't have any scruples when Zhao Xiwen drank half of the wine he didn't take away before going upstairs, so he picked it up Just poured it all into my mouth.He was used to carelessness, and he and Zhao Wenwen were really like brothers, so doing this was normal, and neither of them cared about it.

"Buddhism and Taoism both have many factions, and the specific details are still different. If everyone talks about it, it will probably take until next year, so I'll just talk about the general direction." After drinking, Luo Changlin He continued, "Buddhism clearly distinguishes supernatural powers from talents. Supernatural powers are obtained through hard work, and most of them are used for consecration, blessing, salvation, etc. These are all good, and there is no problem with merit. But talent , it is completely different. They believe that these natural abilities should not be possessed by mortals. Therefore, except for a few special figures in the Buddhist family—living Buddhas, these true Buddhas born in the world, other ordinary people are considered talented. But you can’t talk, watch, listen, or use it! Otherwise, you’re creating crimes.”

"Whether it's good or bad?" Zhao Ziwen asked.

"A man stole a pistol and killed a murderer with it. The man did a good thing, but he was still a criminal."

"understood."

"Okay, let's talk about family. Taoism doesn't think that talent is a sin. In fact, even now, many great sects still often send disciples down the mountain to look for talented children. Xiao Chen, I wonder why there is no one in all these years. People can find you. There are many cultivators who come and go in Tiandu City, whether they are well-known or single, let alone those who are resident here."

"This is probably a matter of fate." Chen Xiuyuan did not answer, and it was Zhao Wenwen who spoke.

"It's true that it can only be explained by fate." Luo Changlin also sighed, he felt pity for Chen Xiuyuan, because if he was guided by a master, with Chen Xiuyuan's talent, he would definitely be a master of the generation, how could he walk on the path of magic?Although he is also a master now, at least as far as Luo Changlin knows about the general situation, even if he is still alive and kicking, his untimely death is certain.

"Continuing to talk about the family, although the Taoist theory is advocating nature and stressing governance by doing nothing. But in fact, Taoism has always pursued things that are beyond the mundane, such as longevity, ascension, and attainment of the Tao, and this is actually against the sky. And against the nature It’s a sin, so, in order to make merit a crime, the Taoist standard of merit is almost the same as what ordinary people think, a simple four words—eliminating demons and defending Tao.”

"Luo Shen Chou, you are wearing a bead, but you have not been sealed, so, are you a Taoist or a Buddhist?"

"I'm from a miscellaneous family. I even wear a cross." Luo Changlin pulled out a silver chain around his neck without hesitation to prove it.

"Don't mess around! Talk about serious business! You haven't said whether someone has really been punished." Zhao Wenwen immediately put on the majesty of the boss, and angrily scolded the younger brother for being too rude...

"Damn..." Luo Changlin was speechless and asked the sky, who made the foolishness first, but he didn't dare to talk back, so he could only continue to answer difficult questions honestly with a sad and angry face, "There is indeed, and it's not just heard, but I saw it with my own eyes. I was a senior brother. I heard that he received a large sum of money to help the second-in-command of a certain company curse the head and the daughter of the first-in-command to death. Let the second-in-command go smoothly and return it to myself His wife had a new generation—the leader was his father-in-law. As a result, within two days after receiving the money, my senior brother began to fall ill. At first, he had a fever, then blisters, festered all over his body, and finally died a horrific death. During his hospitalization, my master specially took our group of apprentices to the hospital for 'visiting' in turn, and he called back all the disciples from other places. In fact, he used this example to give us a warning."

"Your senior brother is like this, how is the second in command?"

"Very good, I was promoted again recently."

"He's the mastermind, right? Besides, there are many wicked people in this world, such as me, I'm not a good person, but I'm living a good life now, isn't it? Is your brother just happened to be sick?" Zhao Wenwen asked. He was upright, and he didn't smear gold on his face at all.

"There are indeed many wicked people in this world, and the things they do are not as good as beasts, but they use mortal means." Luo Changlin sighed, not just Zhao Xiwen, in fact he is not a good person, but it doesn't mean that They agree with all the immoral things in the world, many people and many things, they also can't see it, but there is no way, "So, if a monk stabs someone with a knife, that is the responsibility of the police. But if he uses a knife My own ability kills people, and the police can't find them ten to ten, but it doesn't mean that no one can control them. My masters all say that this is the way of heaven, invisible and intangible, but it has been strangled by the necks of all monks."

"But if that's the case, I should have been punished a long time ago." Chen Xiuyuan didn't shy away from it, and asked directly.

Luo Changlin hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao Chen, don't take it to your heart when I say something. This is just my own imagination, you just need to go in your left ear and out your right ear."

"??" Chen Xiuyuan was puzzled, but nodded in response.

"Xiao Chen, have you ever thought about it, in fact...you have already suffered retribution? It's just...it's because you are too strong, and as the saying goes, fate is too hard, so the retribution did not come to you, but... the retribution did... On your relatives?"