Chapter 844 Demonic Theory

In Li Qi's inner world——

He took the initiative to expand the proportion of the Buddhist heavens in the inner world to suppress the demon king.

At this moment, there is even a hint of the charm of the paradise in his body. Some people may believe it if it is called the "Tao charm".

These Buddhist heavens are full of solemnity and will never suffer.

There are no difficulties, no evil ways, no names of demons, and no four seasons, cold and heat, rain and darkness. There are no big and small rivers and seas, hills and pits, thorns and gravel, iron enclosures, Sumeru, earth and stone mountains.

Only the natural seven treasures and gold are the land, which is broad and flat, limitless, subtle and beautiful, pure and solemn.

The country is solemn and pure, with all solemnity, forever away from all kinds of suffering, even the names of the three evil ways and demons do not exist. There are no names for sufferings, difficulties, evil ways, demons, and troubles, let alone reality?

To adorn the Buddha land is to manifest the pure land from the Dharmakaya. This is also the "Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana". The land is solemn and enters the pure sentence, which is the real wisdom and inaction Dharmakaya. Because the essence is the real wisdom and inaction Dharmakaya, this is the real moment, "not upside down, not false", so all the things that appear in this way can resist "desire".

There are many things in the world that make people love and joy, such as evil fragrances that tempt people's lust, various kinds of decadent music, crazy dances, love and hatred, all kinds of emotions, which make people happy and make people lustful, but it is different here. All the scenery makes people happy and untainted, and the environment and the mind are "pure and solemn".

Purity is untainted, solemnity is virtuous, so it makes people calm.

This is "purity", which can completely cut off all desires and demonic thoughts, and naturally suppress the practitioners of the demon lineage who are "demonic thoughts".

Li Qi's true spirit entered it and said: "If the Bodhisattva Mahasattva does not leave the Prajna Paramita, the demon will be very sad and poisonous, like an arrow piercing the heart. At that time, the demon will also send a large fire wind to rise in all directions, trying to make the Bodhisattva's heart not afraid and lazy-"

This is a story in the Buddhist scriptures.

It says that when many Bodhisattvas heard the Buddha's preaching and talked about the mystery of 'Mahasattva does not leave the Prajna Paramita', the demon head could not sit still, and the high-level demons took action one after another, sending a large fire wind to rise in all directions, trying to scare many Bodhisattvas, destroy their Taoism, and let their Bodhisattva hearts be overwhelmed by fear.

When Li Qi read this, the demon king appeared.

The demon shadow emerged and continued the next sentence: "Some Bodhisattvas stay away from good knowledge and are controlled by evil knowledge, so they don't hear the deep Prajna Paramita."

This is the ending later. Indeed, some Bodhisattvas were frightened and failed to hear the Prajna Paramita.

"Bodhisattvas who are far away from Prajnaparamita and receive evil laws are the ones who are taking advantage of the demons. The demons think: 'These people should have companions and fulfill my wishes.' These Bodhisattvas fall into the second realm." Li Qi also added the following sentence.

In the end, these Bodhisattvas were bewitched by the demons, who said: "These people should have companions and fulfill my wishes." So these Bodhisattvas fell from the Buddha's kingdom and fell into the demon path.

Generally speaking, when the Buddha appears, the "demon" that is not specifically mentioned at this time is the demon.

When talking about "demon Buddha", it also directly refers to the Buddha and the demon.

After all, these two can be said to be the sharpest enemies of Taoism. The witch gods and saints can barely sit together without fighting, but the demon and the Buddha cannot live in peace.

The demon king appeared here: "What do you want to say when you talk about this kind of allusion at this time, Master Li Qi?"

"I'm just sighing at the power of the demon path." Li Qi smiled and looked at the demon king in front of him.

The other party is not a human. In fact, after reaching the fourth level, the Heavenly Demon Lord is closer to a "concept" and can transform into any form, which is the same as the real one.

This is also a kind of magical power, very powerful.

The art of transformation is quite valuable. It is different from ordinary sleight of hand. Sleight of hand only changes the appearance, not the essence. The inner world and various internal qi will not change.

For example, if a person masters sleight of hand, he can control his appearance at will, but after all, the material that makes up the body will not change. The material itself will not change, and your inner world, body, etc. will not change.

To put it bluntly, you can only change the appearance, but the essence cannot be moved.

But the real art of transformation can change all these materials, and can completely transform you into another form, so that the material that makes up the body can also completely change, and even the essence can be completely changed, but there is still a limit.

And the more advanced transformation techniques, such as the "Transformation of Others" of the Heavenly Demon lineage, and the "One Hundred and Eight Transformations of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Demons", can even completely change one's inner world. When he becomes a "martial arts", he can really use the martial arts internal energy, and when he becomes a "Taoism", he can really write talismans. It is completely turning the false into the real. Except for the fundamental path, he has become a completely different person, and the cultivation techniques are also completely simulated.

The Heavenly Demon Lord in front of him naturally cannot master the complete "Transformation of Others", but he can already reach the level of the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang. He can simulate others to a certain extent. When he becomes a martial arts, he can also use the martial arts internal energy, but he cannot surpass his own understanding limit. If he can't, he still can't use it.

At the moment, the other party is showing his most "labor-saving" form, which is the form he is most accustomed to, the appearance when he was born as a mortal.

It is difficult to say what form this creature takes. It has twelve legs, and is somewhat chubby and hairy, but those are just hairs. In fact, its body is thin and long, black, and it looks fierce. It doesn't look like a spider... If I have to say, it is similar to a shark that has transformed into a spider.

"So, Master Li Qi, why did you come here? Do you want to save my life?" The Heavenly Demon Lord smiled, as if he was not afraid of dying at all.

In fact, he was not afraid, and he didn't even believe that he would die.

The Heavenly Demon lineage was indeed so confident, as confident as a fool, and even the Heavenly Demon himself was as crazy.

"Of course not, you are dead, but before you die, I want to hear your opinion, do you say... do we have a 'heart'?" Li Qi asked.

"Of course not, you have no heart." The Heavenly Demon Lord said.

"Since you say you have no heart, who can see, hear, feel, and know? Who knows no heart?" Li Qi asked back.

"It's still no heart, since you can see, hear, feel, and know, or no heart can know no heart." The Heavenly Demon Lord answered.

"Since there is no heart, there should be no sight, hearing, feeling, and knowing, so how can there be sight, hearing, feeling, and knowing?" Li Qi asked again.

"Although there is no heart, you can see, hear, feel, and know." The Heavenly Demon Lord laughed and answered.

"Since you can see, hear, feel and know, you have a mind, so why can you call it nothing?" Li Qi asked again.

The questions between Li Qi and the Demon Lord of Heaven were actually Buddhist maxims. What they talked about was the problem that troubled Li Qi, that is, "subjectivity", or simply, "mind".

The Demon Lord of Heaven's answer was very simple. To him, all living beings were "philosophical zombies". Even if they could hear, feel and know, they were also without a mind. Among all living beings, only he himself was truly "with a mind".

This kind of answer could not satisfy Li Qi, so Li Qi continued: "Demon Lord, this is your chance to turn the tables, you must seize it well."

This made the Demon Lord of Heaven restrain his smile and look at Li Qi. His expression was a little weird, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

However, what Li Qi said was indeed true.

Why did the Demon Lord of Heaven answer Li Qi's question? He could have ignored Li Qi.

So Li Qi gave him a bait, which was to open his heart and accept the answer of the Demon Lord of Heaven.

If the Demon Lord of Heaven can convince Li Qi, it is equivalent to planting evil thoughts in Li Qi's Dao heart, and naturally he can immediately turn defeat into victory and escape from Li Qi's Dao heart. After that, when facing Li Qi, he will no longer be bound by the law of purity.

How can Li Qi be "pure" when he has evil thoughts in his heart?

This is a gamble. The Demon Lord of Heaven wants to use his knowledge to test Li Qi. If he wins, he can get out of it and plant a bomb on Li Qi.

But if you want Li Qi to accept this answer, you can't be perfunctory. You have to take out some real stuff. If what you say is not credible and Li Qi sees through it at a glance, then there is no need to talk about the next thing.

To put it bluntly, this is fishing.

Li Qi is the fisherman who hung the fish named "freedom" and "counter-killing", put the hook into the water, and gave the other party a chance to escape.

As a fish, the Heavenly Demon Lord also has a chance. He is not an ordinary small fish. As a giant shark in the sea, as long as he bites the hook, it is not impossible for him to take off the people on the boat and have a full meal.

"Young Master Li Qi, you are really brave. Do you like fishing?" asked the Demon Lord.

"Yes, I like fishing very much. There was a senior named Shen Yijun who introduced me to fishing. Now he is still helping me in my chamber of commerce, but we can't talk about it anymore." Li Qi said to the Heavenly Demon Lord.

"Do you know what kind of fish I am talking about? Young Master Li Qi, don't joke. The demon thoughts in your body are so deep. I think you have fished for a lot of demons, right?" said the Heavenly Demon Lord.

This made Li Qi slightly stunned, but he immediately reacted and understood what the other party was talking about.

The Heavenly Demon Lord in front of him misunderstood.

This is the demon thoughts in the body, not left by these demons.

So, Li Qi shook his head gently and said with a smile: "The Demon Lord is worrying too much. These evil thoughts were left by the Heavenly Demon himself. I am afraid that a few Demon Lords alone are not qualified to mess with me."

"That's really interesting. Well, then, sir, let's have a good discussion with this demon." The Demon Lord's body transformed again, becoming a typical human race in the world, sitting opposite Li Qi.

"Young Master Li Qi, think carefully, what does your heart look like?" asked the Heavenly Demon Lord.

Li Qi replied: "The heart has no appearance."

The Heavenly Demon King replied: "Is it no appearance, or simply 'nothing'? Can the heart be considered as the heart? Is the heart inside? Outside? In the middle? If you think in this direction, you cannot find the heart, and you cannot find it even if you look for it everywhere. You should know that it is without heart."

Li Qi shook his head: "That's not the case. The objective existence of subjective consciousness can be observed. This heart belongs to all living beings, so we have to call it "heart". It is endowed by heaven, so we can also call it "nature". Nature is heaven. The so-called "correspondence between heaven and man" and "unity of heaven and man" are like this."

"Heaven? Oh, it's the nature that witches think of, right? Then why do you think you are not a puppet of "heaven"? Is your "heart" the "heart of heaven"? "The Demon King asked.

"Nature is a state. Human nature is endowed by heaven, so there is heaven in man. Living beings are part of nature. Since I am part of heaven, how can I be a puppet?" Li Qi shook his head and said.

There is no need to inquire about the will and command of heaven, or to inquire about what nature needs.

There is no need. All living beings just follow their own nature and go straight according to their own desires, and nature will agree.

Why? Because my nature is given by heaven.

This is the highest and greatest freedom of all living beings. If we understand that I have this nature, it is from the will of heaven. If we follow our own nature, we are just following the will of heaven. Then we can understand that this nature is what we should follow the most and should not be violated.

Because if I go against my heart, it is not only against heaven, but also against myself.

Why? Because the reason why I am me is that I have this nature. Because I have this nature, I am different from all other lives and I have become one.

I am following my nature now. This is when I follow heaven after birth. This is also the highest and greatest norm for us humans. No one should violate this norm, and at the same time, everyone has obtained the highest and greatest freedom.

Therefore, the unity of heaven and man is also the unity of life norms and life freedom. This is the unity of the world of Tao and the world of man. From this, we can understand what "the unity of heaven and man" means.

This is also the principle of "inaction", "nature" and "harmony between man and nature" that the Taoists and witches all talk about. There is no need to explore the essence of nature too much, because the essence of nature is ourselves.

Nature is a "natural" state of all things combined together.

However, at this time, the Heavenly Demon King shook his head and said: "Living beings are deluded, and they have a mind in their unconscious mind, creating all kinds of karma, and they are deluded to believe that there is something, which is enough to cause reincarnation and endless life and death. For example, someone in the dark sees a stool as a ghost and a rope as a snake, and then they are terrified. The delusion of living beings is also like this. They have a mind in their unconscious mind and create all kinds of karma, but in fact, there is no one who does not reincarnate in the six realms."

This is completely refuting Li Qi's "Heavenly Heart" theory, saying that Li Qi tried to give birth to a "heart" from "no mind", which is actually refuting Li Qi's cognition of Buddhism.

The Heavenly Demon King did not dwell on Li Qi's cognition of nature, but directly launched an offensive from Li Qi's direction of Buddhism.

The demon king continued, "If such sentient beings meet a great and virtuous teacher who teaches them to sit in meditation and realize the state of no mind, all karma will be completely eliminated and birth and death will be ended. Just like in the dark, when the sun shines, the darkness will disappear. If one realizes the state of no mind, all sins will be eliminated in the same way."

This made Li Qi frown immediately.

Obviously, the demon king was telling him that "no mind" is common sense even in nature.

Then...how should he refute it?