Evil Master and Disciple

Sage Building, seventh floor.

Qiu Changlin said, "Ye Feng, the princess has already left. Tell me, what is it that you are not comfortable telling others?"

Ye Feng's mind was full of thoughts, he was carefully considering his sentences and words.

After a moment, he said, "Teacher Qiu, I remember seeing some records about Confucianism and other schools of thought in the Yunhai Sect's book cave. But I still don't quite understand what the differences are between Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, etc. in the process of cultivation."

He did not directly ask Qiu Changlin and Wen Lianggong how to enter his spiritual world.

Instead, it is very clever to throw out an introduction first and let them introduce to you the differences between the various schools of thought. At that time, they will definitely talk about Confucianism's emphasis on cultivating the mind, and then you can naturally ask about things in the spiritual world.

Qiu Changlin and Wen Lianggong looked at each other, as if they had not expected Ye Feng to ask this question.

Qiu Changlin pondered and said, "It is indeed rare that you can think of the differences between Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

The night is long, so let me talk to you.

First, let me talk about your Taoist mysticism. Taoists cultivate their minds and cultivate their nature, focusing on their true self, and the same is true for becoming an immortal.

Buddhism used to focus on cultivating the mind, but now it focuses on eliminating suffering.

Confucian cultivation also cultivates the mind, which is quite similar to the traditional Buddhist cultivation methods."

Ye Feng was stunned. He had just wanted to find a point of entry to inquire about the secrets of the spiritual world, but he didn't expect that what the old man said was actually quite interesting.

He was a little puzzled and said, "I am a dull student. Please enlighten me, sir."

Wen Lianggong interjected, "Taoism pursues the self, the unity of heaven and man, and the unity is with oneself, not others. Even if one becomes an immortal, it is not through others that one achieves immortality, but through one's own creation of immortality. Therefore, Taoist cultivation focuses on the self, and when seeking Mahayana, one even abandons the physical body and allows the soul to ascend."

As for Buddhism, people say that Buddhism is about cultivating the mind, which is actually true. Many years ago, the mind cultivated by Buddhism was mainly based on cause and effect. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is about accumulating the power of incense.

This is basically consistent with the direction of our Confucianism. The strength of personal ability is largely influenced by the power of merit and incense accumulated by oneself.

We Confucians have been dependent on the royal family for generations, and Confucian thoughts and ideas are more suitable for helping the royal family govern the world.

Therefore, our Confucianism has always suppressed Buddhism and is the leader among all schools of thought.

Buddhism could not gather fortune through the imperial court, so they could only open temples and monasteries as many as possible throughout the world.

Buddhism guides people to be good, which is to accumulate the power of incense.

Buddhism has opened temples in every corner of the world, and almost all of them are open to ordinary people, which is also to accumulate the power of incense.

However, Buddhist thought could not support the rule of the dynasty, so Buddhism was destined to be unable to form a united front with the royal family.

Ten thousand years ago, when Confucianism was flourishing, it joined forces with the royal family to launch several anti-Buddhist campaigns.

During that period, Buddhism suffered a great blow.

Gradually, they had no choice but to change the direction of their cultivation.

Of course, in addition to the impact of the anti-Buddhist movement, there is another point, that is, those who have great luck cannot live long, which makes those in Buddhism very distressed.

Over the long years, Buddhism gradually abandoned the practice of accumulating karma from offerings, and its philosophy began to slowly change.

From cultivating the mind to eliminating suffering.

The so-called suffering is the hardship and troubles encountered in spiritual practice. The greed, anger, and ignorance that Buddhist disciples often talk about are all suffering..."

The cultivation of the Confucian sages may not be high, but their insights, experience, and knowledge are truly great.

Ye Feng boasted that he was very familiar with the various sects of cultivation in the world today. After listening to what Old Man Wen said, he found that he seemed to have only a superficial understanding of the current world of cultivation.

He had always thought that Buddhism was about cultivating the mind, but he never expected it to be about eliminating suffering.

After figuring out the current Buddhist practice methods, Ye Feng finally remembered the important matter.

He asked, "Then the Confucian cultivation of the mind means cultivating the heart, right?"

Old Man Wen and Prime Minister Qiu looked at each other, shook their heads and chuckled.

"This heart is not that heart," said Qiu Yuanshou. "The heart within the human body is a real object, the most important part of the body. The heart that Confucianists cultivate doesn't just refer to the heart; it's a more illusory existence."

Ye Feng knew that he was about to get to the point.

He blinked and said, "The students don't really understand."

Dean Qiu said slowly, "Young Master Ye, you are a cultivator, you should be able to understand this intuitively. Before you reached the Yuan Shen realm, did you use the power of your mind to mobilize the surrounding spiritual energy and the true energy in your body?

After reaching the Yuan Shen realm, I found that mobilizing spiritual energy and spiritual power through the power of the soul is more convenient and faster, and it can also stimulate the spiritual consciousness to detect the slightest movement in the surroundings."

Ye Feng nodded heavily and said, "Yes!"

Dean Qiu said: "The power of your mind that you activated before reaching the Yuanshen realm is actually the key to our Confucian cultivation.

The power of the mind is the basis of all power. It exists in every person, just like the soul, and is innate to human beings.

But the power of thought does not originate from the heart, but from the soul."

"soul?"

"Yes, it's the soul. All things in the universe have different paths but the same destination. In fact, when it comes down to it, all the cultivation methods of various schools of thought, including witchcraft, originate from the soul.

The soul concentrates its will, thus mobilizing the power of the mind.

There is a vortex in the Dantian, there is a vortex in the sea of ​​​​spiritual soul, and in fact, there is also a vortex near the heart.

Nowadays, except for Confucianism, other schools of thought in the world all cultivate the primordial spirit, not the mind, so the cultivators in the world only open the two vortexes of Dantian and Spirit.

Only Confucian monks who have reached a certain realm and possess a righteous spirit can open the vortex near the heart, and this vortex is connected to the sea of ​​​​the soul.

The true essence and spiritual power cultivated by the Taoist, Demonic and Buddhist sects are actually visible, but the righteousness cultivated by Confucian practitioners, that is, the power of destiny and the power of all living beings, is invisible. This power comes from the faith in the hearts of external beings, just like sparks coming together.

The Dantian Sea can store the true essence and spiritual power, the Soul Sea can store the primordial spirit, and the Heart Sea can store the power of all living beings."

Seeing that Ye Feng seemed to understand a little, Wen Lianggong continued, "Of the three seas in the human body, the sea of ​​​​mind is the most complex. The mind is connected to the soul. The sea of ​​​​mind can not only store righteousness, but also spiritual power, the primordial spirit, and even the soul and memory."

When Ye Feng heard this, his heart moved slightly.

Yes, this is consistent with my guess.

The reason why he couldn't find the original owner's memory fragments in the Sea of ​​Souls must be that when he died, for some unknown reason, his soul or his memory were imprisoned in the Sea of ​​Mind.

Now, as long as you open the sea of ​​your heart and enter it, all the mysteries will be solved.

However, Ye Feng was still a little worried.

What if the original owner's soul was also sealed in the sea of ​​​​mind? If I open it rashly, won't there be two souls in this body?

In order to fight for the ownership of this body, it is very likely that one person's soul will be destroyed forever.