Chapter 8 talks about various methods of becoming an immortal
“Potati is sweet and flat in taste. It is mainly used to nourish the middle and replenish qi, remove rheumatism and calm the five internal organs. It is a common medicine. It takes ten years to conceive spiritually. It can be lightened after taking it for a long time. The body can prolong life without being hungry; after another hundred years, it can be said that it has been discouraged by Wuji, and it is the elixir to replenish the Huanggong. After eating it, all evils will go away, and all diseases will not occur; after a thousand years, it belongs to the Zhicao category, and it can get the essence of the earth. It can be called Wuji Zhi. Taking it can regulate the five internal organs, strengthen the muscles, strengthen the bone marrow, double the strength, prevent aging for many years, make the hair whiter and darker, and regenerate the fallen teeth..."
Chu Tai First, he read a paragraph and asked: "May I ask, sir, how to determine the age of Polygonatum japonica?"
Fuguang Taoist looked at it and said with a smile: "The so-called hundred years and thousand years in the book refer to medicinal materials. For example, monks like us generally have "practiced" for many years, rather than how long they have actually survived."
"Therefore, the first sentence in the "Zhicao Jing" about Polygonatum is a common medicine, followed closely. It takes ten years to conceive spirituality. This sentence is actually wrong nowadays. With the collision of two days, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is much more active than in the past, and many Huangjing in the mountains and fields have been growing for more than five years. It will give birth to spirituality and turn into elixir.”
Chu Tai heard this and said again: "So, the so-called cold iron for thousands of years and the hot copper for thousands of years also refer to the result of these materials being affected by special vitality and spiritual intelligence in a specific environment? It has nothing to do with the time of their existence. ?”
“This is mostly the case. However, even if gold, silver, copper, iron and other minerals have no spirituality, most of these minerals have experienced tens of thousands of years. Over a long period of time, they have gained some ideas and concepts. After being purified, it can be used as a material for refining weapons. This is why practitioners like us can extract the essence of hardware from it."
After listening to Taoist Fu Guang's explanation, Chu Tai pointed to "Zhi Cao" again. "Sir," asked: "Sir, in this paragraph, nine steamings and nine exposures can double the medicinal properties of Polygonatum. If a century-old Polygonatum is properly prepared, eating it can restore the appearance, break the grain, and replenish all deficiencies; if a Millennium-year-old Polygonatum is properly processed, Eating it can relieve cold and heat, replenish the essence, and eat it for a long time to become an immortal. Is this true? "
"Of course it is true. "
Taoist Fuguang looked at Chu Tai's surprised expression, then smiled and said with some pride: "Don't think it's difficult to become an immortal. The name of the sky where we are is called Dongji Chenguang Sky, and the land under our feet is China. It was conceived from the chaos that the Great Luo Heavenly Light broke through in the past. Later, various immortal and true saints came to the world and established the laws of heaven and earth, human ethics and laws. The entire earth has been illuminated by the Great Luo Heavenly Light from a long time ago to the present. "< br>
"Compared with the many rigid requirements for monks on other lands or in the stars who want to become immortals and ascend, as long as we devote ourselves to practice, we can hope to ascend to heaven with the help of Daluo Tianguang. Therefore, there are many ways to become immortals, and there is no way to reach the threshold of ascension. The achievements are countless."
"How simple is it?"
Taoist Fuguang reached out and took out a volume of "The Legend of Immortals" and asked Chu Tai to read it briefly. , began a brief introduction.
“Between heaven and earth, when you enter the Tao, you can draw talismans to sense inspiration, you can practice Dharma, you can breathe out vitality, you can also sit and forget, visualize, eat and drink, listen to your breath, live without grains, keep one, stay in the house, etc., but according to the cultivation method The ways of immortality can be broken down into five categories from top to bottom: Heaven, God, Earth, San, and Ghost. "
"Among them, Heaven is the highest and the most difficult to attain. , even the lowest level of heavenly immortal merit requires the cultivator to achieve spiritual achievements, conceive a baby, and then follow the heavenly talisman's summons to enter the seventy-two mansions as heavenly officials. Today, many successful monks from the side sects accumulate good deeds day and night to serve. It’s that heavenly talisman calling order.”
"Below the gods are gods. The lower merits of this method are the most widely spread today. Simply put, it is a word of faith and a word of practice. If there are good men and women who believe in it, they will offer incense lamps to all Taoist kings, true kings, Immortal truth, seeing the light of the world, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, can enter into inaction, and receive blessings naturally. If you can fast for a long time, recite the spiritual chapter a thousand times, you can understand the spirit, and you can understand the truth thousands of times, generate water and fire in the body, and fly to heaven. Enjoy the immortality. I ask you to recite the mind-purifying mantra and the body-purifying mantra more, and the method of stabilizing the three treasures can also be classified under this category. "
"Below the gods, there are the so-called earth immortals. Earth Immortal is also a mountain person. The method of this Tao needs to be cultivated through the earth, or to plant spiritual roots, or to open a spiritual pool, or to condense the spirit realm. They are essentially all connected with the same place to gain immortality and magical powers. But success depends on the land, and failure depends on it. In this land, if the way of the Earth Immortal cannot be truly transmitted, it will be trapped in one place and cannot be free. Most of the monks who are stuck in one place today have taken this path. "Under the Earth Immortal, there are scattered immortals. San is a scattered number, which corresponds to the authentic Xuanmen and Zhenliu inheritance, and does not refer to other achievements. Most of them are those who do not understand the Tao, and they have gained a method in the Tao, a technique in the method, and confidence. The desire to endure hardship will remain unchanged throughout life, or the five qi in the heart of hardship are misunderstood and misunderstood, and the shape and quality are solid, and the epidemics of the eight evils cannot harm it; or one can specialize in one of the five elements, refine it until it is pure and pure, change according to the heart, and integrate the three treasures internally , is called an immortal because of his supernatural powers, but is actually almost an elf." At this point, Taoist Fuguang paused, pointed to the "Zhicao Jing" and said: "It is recorded in this book. The method of becoming an immortal is the fruit of the lower level of the loose immortal. It relies on the method of eating and drinking to stabilize the body and prolong life. By this method, one can become an immortal with a little supernatural power and can live freely for hundreds of years. But if not If you continue to practice hard, you will eventually reach the end of your life. If you accumulate virtue and do good, or further stabilize and purify your body, you may be able to ascend to heaven under the influence of Daluo Tianguang."
Hearing this, Chu Tai said in surprise: "What do you mean by what you are saying, sir, as long as all living beings live long enough today, they can become immortals through the light of Da Luo?"
When he said this, Chu Tai originally thought that Taoist Fu Guang would say that this was just an exaggeration, but he unexpectedly nodded.
“Theoretically it is feasible, but now we are waiting for the East Pole Chenguang Great Sky to expand day by day, the world is getting wider and wider, and the Daluo Skylight scattered between the sky and the earth is becoming more and more scarce. We want to rely entirely on time to feel the beauty of heaven and earth. It is very difficult to baptize oneself with the light of heaven and become an immortal. "
"As far as I know, only Kunlun Mountain can do this stably. It is said that Kunlun Mountain can take over the sky. , thousands of square meters of weak water accumulate under it. As long as you go up to the Kunlun Mountainside, pass through the cool breeze mountain stream, and be washed by the vitality of the sky, you can live a long life. If you continue up to the Xuanpu, you can master the magical power and drive the wind and rain. Then you can go straight to the Great Luotian. , you can enjoy the immortality.”
After that, Taoist Fuguang explained to Chu Tai the last method of becoming an immortal.
“Ghost Immortal is the lowest method among the five ways to become an immortal. Most of its inferior achievements are those who practice it. They do not understand the great way and want to achieve it quickly. They can only practice a strong and calm Yin Shen. When the Qi is exhausted, the Yin spirit emerges and is called a ghost."
"Can this be called an immortal?"
Chu Tai was shocked, and Taoist Fuguang continued to explain.
"Of course not three thousand five hundred years ago. At that time, these ghosts and immortals were just pure ghosts to those of us who practiced immortality. Those who had some achievements like me could not It can be suppressed easily."
"It's just that after a spirit has realized the merits of the inferior form of ghosts and immortals, he devotes himself to practice, uses people to cast spells, does good deeds, and absorbs the wonderful energy of human beings to refine them. The Yin God, after achieving the glazed Dharmakaya, absorbing the Great Luo Heavenly Light, is awarded the Immortal Barrier, enters the Heavenly Mansion, and opens the way for future generations, these achievements will become the lowest level of karma that can be achieved in the Immortal Way."
Chu Tai frowned: "So, the reason why we, the heaven, divide the merits of immortality is to see if someone becomes an immortal in this way?"
(End of this chapter)