Chapter 1033: Empty Thoughts, Empty Dao, Empty Heart

Soon he came to the Dharmakaya with the bait on the fishing hook. After bowing respectfully with his fists clasped in his hands, Huan Yin asked: "Old senior, please tell me how to get the bait?"

The Dharmakaya glanced at Huan Yin and slowly said: "When thoughts are empty, the Tao is empty. When the Tao is empty, the heart is empty. When the heart is empty, the Tao is empty."

After saying this, Dharmakaya turned his eyes and never looked at Huan Yin again. Huan Yin stood there and thought about it carefully.

In fact, what Dharmakaya said is not difficult to understand. Especially for a person with extremely high understanding like Huan Yin, it is even more simple.

The so-called "emptiness of thoughts" means to empty the mind. There is not a single thought in my mind, not a single thought in my heart, as if I have forgotten the whole world. In this way, the so-called "dao emptiness" can be achieved.

Dao emptiness means that after forgetting everything, ignoring everything, or even denying everything, all the great roads one has cultivated in this life are left behind. For Huan Yin, it means completely forgetting the fundamental teachings of the "Infinite Sutra", or even directly denying it.

After the Tao is empty, you can naturally reach the state of "empty heart". The so-called "empty heart" is the vast starry sky that Huan Yin saw when he was introspecting before. Many stars in it, even the largest and most dazzling one in the middle, have disappeared. In this way, the entire starry sky can no longer be called a starry sky, but an empty space.

Only when you reach such a completely ethereal state, with nothing remaining in your heart, as if you have never been born in the three realms, and have not been affected by anything in the three realms, can you finally get rid of all the fog and truly understand the true way. Distinguish it. In other words, bait can only be produced on the fishhook.

However, although Dharmakaya's words were easy to understand, the word "empty path" at the end still made De Huanyin's heart move slightly.

Kongdao should be the name of Donghuang Taiyi Avenue. Perhaps this name was given by Donghuang Taiyi himself. Empty Dao, empty Dao, means there is no Dao. Who would have thought that there would be nothing on the great road of Donghuang Taiyi?

Just these two words, Huan Yin not only felt elusive, but also too mysterious and ethereal, as if if this Tao really existed, it would have already broken away from the realm of reality and reached an unimaginable dimension.

However, Huan Yin was still very sure that Dharmakaya's words were indeed correct. This is not only because the Law Body has bait, but also because every sentence of the Law Body is filled with the word "empty", which is completely consistent with Huan Yin's previous understanding of denying the entire world. It seems that Donghuang Taiyi’s way is the denial of the Three Realms.

At this point, Huan Yin no longer dared to think about it further. Because he felt that Donghuang Taiyi's way was too terrifying and unbelievable. After all, Huan Yin is not willing to deny everything.

Slowly, Huan Yin sat down with his legs crossed and his eyes closed, and began this round of realization.

Soon, two full months passed. Since this round of enlightenment began, Huan Yin sat cross-legged and never moved at all. There was no struggle on his body, no signs of anything unusual. Huan Yin seemed to have entered a state of seclusion and had no intention of waking up for a long time.

The attention of all the Dharmakayas was still on Huan Yin, but none of them said a word. They all knew that what they said at this moment would affect Huan Yin's character to some extent. It would be even more difficult for Huan Yin to be empty-hearted.

However, all the dharma bodies are constantly guessing in their minds.

In order to reach the state of "empty heart", Donghuang Taiyi spent a hundred thousand years. Although Donghuang Taiyi realized it on his own, without anyone's advice, and he did it extremely well, when his heart is empty, it is equivalent to completely giving up his life's cultivation. However, the difficulty of reaching such a state is evident.

Huan Yin's understanding was astonishing, and he was able to take many shortcuts due to the tips from his seniors. Moreover, I am afraid that Huan Yin does not intend to achieve a true "empty heart", but only needs to be able to distinguish the true way in a moment. In this way, the time he will spend will inevitably be greatly reduced.

However, many dharma bodies still believe that Huan Yin would not have been able to achieve the state of "empty heart" if it had not been for a hundred years. Even those who are most optimistic about Huan Yin have set the time limit at more than ten years.

Huan Yin was immersed in his own world and was unaware of the speculations from the outside world. However, there is one thing that all the Dharmakayas guessed correctly. This time Huan Yin was not ready to understand the so-called "true way" of Donghuang Taiyi, so he planned to use tricks.

For Huan Yin, denying everything in this world is simply nonsense. Therefore, he didn't dare to be too concerned about Donghuang Taiyi's teachings, he just wanted to reach a level that was good enough to catch fish.

But if you want to catch fish, you need to be "empty-hearted" before you can discern the true way. But Huan Yin knew that if his heart was truly empty, it would be tantamount to forgetting what he had learned all his life, and even forgetting his three lives, as if he had never set foot in the three worlds. He would never dare to do this kind of thing that would destroy his cultivation and cut off everything else. Therefore, he is only prepared to be temporarily empty-hearted, that is, to be able to discern the true way for a moment. In that way, as long as Huan Yin catches the fish with bait during that period, he can get out of trouble.

As for after that moment, because Huan Yin had not truly achieved "empty heart", many stars in his heart would reappear. Even though he was like an ordinary person when his heart was "empty", after that, he was still the same Huan Yin.

Huan Yin knew that this might cause problems. After all, he had to repeatedly switch between the "empty heart" and the normal state. No one knew whether there would be any accidents. But for Huan Yin now, this is the only way.

For two whole months, Huan Yin has been doing this. According to his idea, as long as he can find the feeling, he can first achieve "empty thoughts" for a breath. If the thoughts are empty, the Tao will be empty, and if the Tao is empty, the heart will be empty. In this way, what seems to be three steps is actually done in one go. When everything is done, he can have a breath to see the so-called "empty Tao".

However, after such a long time, Huan Yin has not even achieved this level. And not only did he not do it, but he is still far from it.

Huan Yin tried to forget the Tao he had cultivated in his life, but even those Taoist methods that he had long since stopped using, even the most basic Fire Snake Technique, it was extremely difficult for him to forget. Because forgetting here is a real denial, thinking that this technique is fake. However, Huan Yin shined on the ring of the first martial arts competition with the Fire Snake Technique, how could he forget it?

Occasionally, with Huan Yin's efforts, he might really be able to do a small part. For example, after a month and a half, he accidentally forgot the Life-Destroying Palm that he had not used for a long time, and the star point representing the Life-Destroying Palm disappeared.

However, as he continued to work hard, when he finally forgot some of it, the star point representing the Life-Destroying Palm reappeared, which instantly made Huan Yin feel overwhelmed.

In this way, Huan Yin gradually discovered that the perception he thought was the simplest was actually the most difficult. Although the point does not need to be distinguished, it is directly correct, and it is also easy to understand. But it is too difficult to do it.

Denying one's own way, even one, is harder than ascending to heaven. And to deny all, or to deny at the same time, Huan Yin doesn't even know if he can really do it.

What's more painful is that on this path of perception, there is no contradiction, no need to entangle. In this way, you lose the opportunity to refute, and lose the space for thinking and generating variables.

The method has been determined, and the goal has been fully displayed. But you just can't reach it. It's like walking in the sea of ​​flowers on the other shore. You know that you can reach the other shore and escape from the sea of ​​suffering after walking through the sea of ​​flowers. But no matter how you walk, you can't finish the journey.

Time passed again. When Huan Yin knew that this time's perception did not require tricks, but thorough hard work, he also knew that he could only use time and perseverance to resolve everything.

So, Huan Yin simply forgot about time. Because time is not only his way, but also affects his current mind.

It is obviously wise to do so. When Huan Yin forgot about time, he had no concept of time. Without the concept of time, he didn't have to worry about the sixty years of this trip to the heaven, the ten years of his reincarnation blessing seal, and all the changes in the outside world.

In this way, everything began to become burden-free for Huan Yin. When he relaxed, his efficiency improved.

However, although time was forgotten, it still existed. Huan Yin closed his eyes, and soon a whole year passed...