No More Thoughts

Laozi came out of Huahu in the west, hoping to integrate Buddha with the Tao and educate and transform all living beings. Halfway through the journey, a thought suddenly occurred to me: If teaching is in vain, it is better to let all sentient beings live and perish on their own. This lingering thought of not wanting to teach anymore should have dissipated in the wind, but it was targeted by both Buddhism and Taoism. The Buddhas weave cause and effect, allowing it to take form in the human world, and meet the only figure of the Dao. When the figure disappeared, the Buddha said: If you travel through the six paths, you can find her. So it traveled through the eight hot and eight cold hells, passed through the realm of hungry ghosts and animals, and saw the bloodshed of Shura and the decline and fall of gods and humans. Abominable ghosts want revenge, hungry ghosts want to feed themselves, animals want to break free from their shackles, asuras want to stamp out injustice, and even heavenly beings are trying to escape the five declines. Layers of obsessions crushed by order rush out along the traces of this thought, and the order of the six paths suddenly collapses. Buddhism wants it to take refuge and prove the necessity of education and transformation; Taoism wants it to return to its original position and do nothing at all. But it stood at the intersection of six paths and said indifferently: "I'm not here to complete your teachings, nor am I here to save any sentient beings." "I came here just to look for her."