Distant savior, distant is not nothing, just distant. How far away is it? This is the answer the author wants you to look for in the book.
The title, Distant Savior, has at least two key dialogues in the book:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" >, Rui Xiaodan and Wang Mingyang dialogue:</h1>
Wang Mingyang said, "What is God? God was created according to human needs. ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "This is the problem of biblical theological theology. If the doctrines of the Bible do not stand the test of logic, there may be obstacles in practice. If it has undergone the test of logic, it shows that God's mind is the human mind, and it will deny divinity. In other words, divinity is discounted if it is attached to the expectations of human nature. However, if divinity loses the expectations of human nature, then does man still need God? ”
Wang Mingyang showed a smile on his face and asked, "Since you and I agree with each other, and I am not qualified to evaluate the Bible, where did your qualifications fall from?" ”
God is God because there is a difference between God and man, and if God becomes like man, then God is bound to be not God. If God still needs to repay the favor, and the Buddha still needs to fight for that incense, then God is not God, and Buddha is not a Buddha. So this thing cannot be tested by logic. Once accepted, God is not God.
In fact, the author does not point out here that the result of passing the test of logic is that there is no God at all. This is a central topic that runs through the book, "The Distant Savior." It is pointed out later that in the dialogue between Ding Yuanying and Master Zhixuan, it is also discussed in detail that the gods and Buddhas do not exist at all.
Rui Xiaodan said calmly: "Biblical theology is a doctrine about the human spirit, a doctrine about the purification and sublimation of the human soul, and the noble and canonical doctrine of human behavior. Blindly attacking or defending God's authenticity is a manifestation of ignorance. The former did not understand the historical and social values of Christianity, while the latter did not understand the true state of Christianity. ”
The book "Distant Savior" is only the author to reveal to the world the causal relationship between his "cultural attributes" and his own destiny, so as to change his own "cultural attributes" and change his own destiny. Therefore, blindly attacking or defending the nature of the book is a manifestation of ignorance. The former does not understand the compassionate heart of the author, and the latter clings to a false story without understanding the true state of the author.
Rui Xiaodan said: "The promise of Christianity is not exchanged for practical interests, and does not participate in the distribution of social benefits, which allows her to adapt to different living spaces, and her moral requirements for believers undoubtedly have social value." ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "Christianity believes that too high a moral platform requires too high education, too deep enlightenment and too complex refining process, a narrow door that is difficult to enter by human instincts. Thus Christianity had a covenant between God and man, with God's promises of heaven and the lake of fire, eternal life and death, so that ordinary people could keep their covenants out of fear of death and yearning for heaven. This is the magic of wisdom and goodness that cannot be understood by those who do not read it. But the Bible tells the world to go through the narrow gates. ”
Wang Mingyang asked aggressively, "What is a narrow gate?" ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "The extremely high realm of life that does not have the causal relationship between going to heaven and going to hell is the narrow gate.
Wang Mingyang was speechless and looked at Rui Xiaodan silently, with a look of admiration in his eyes.
Rui Xiaodan said: "When you enter the narrow door, God will immediately tell you: I do not exist, God is yourself." But it is not true that this is the case, what is God? God is the Word, and the Tao is natural, as it comes. ”
Wang Mingyang asked blankly, "Where is the Kingdom of Heaven?" ”
Rui Xiaodan said solemnly, "The kingdom of heaven is in your heart." ””
Where is the Savior? The Savior is in your heart.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > II. Dialogue between Ding Yuanying and Master Zhixuan:</h1>
Ding Yuanying said: "Buddhas are enlightened, not human, and everyone has awareness does not mean that enlightenment is human." Human beings can be bad, and consciousness has no birth and no death, that is, awareness is manifest, that is, obstacles are dust covered, obstacles are not visible, and obstacles are nirvana. The Buddha who is enlightened and perfect is the Buddha of the Buddhist people, and the perfection is the end, that is, it is not immeasurable. If a Buddha has a quantity, he is not Amitabha. The Dharma is immeasurable, that is, the consciousness is immeasurable, there is no circle, there is no satisfaction, there is no dissatisfaction, and there is no name for perfection. The younger generations personally believe that Buddhism is divided into graded stages, and from the depths of the essence, it is said that it is the Tao Of Heavenly Formation, and the Tao Fa is incredible, that is, it is not cultural. From a simple point of view, it is a doctrine that leads people to good, and good and evil are originally human, self, and sentient beings, that is, culture. From the perspective of sentient beings, it is said that the skillfulness of controlling greed and illusion is not destroyed and corrupted, but it does not hinder the compassion that soothes the soul. ”
So at this time, there is Ding Yuanying's second paragraph of the "argument" answer, the so-called Buddha, that is, awareness, everyone has, but it does not mean that everyone can be enlightened (the current enlightenment). People are bad, and it can probably be roughly understood that people will die, but awareness does not live and die. Taking the example of picking up money just now, when people pick up money, it is easy to see profit and forget righteousness. If you wake up at that time and know that it is wrong to know that you are greedy, this is immediate awareness. If you don't wake up, you're greedy. This awareness is blocked, blinded by the "dust" of covetousness. Without this craving, there is no such thing as awakening, and the complete solution of the problem of craving is equivalent to nirvana. The Buddha of perfect enlightenment is the Buddha of the Buddhist statue, which means that when the practice is complete, one becomes a Buddha. At this time, this Buddha is the "Buddha" that people think of, not the real Buddha. But we notice that consummation means that there is a "boundary" in this practice, and it is not that the Buddha said that there is no immeasurable, does not it mean that the Buddha is immeasurable? How can this be complete? So if a Buddha has quantity, he is not a Buddha. A Buddha who has attained perfection in practice is what one thinks of as a Buddha, not a true Buddha. Because the Dharma is immeasurable, the consciousness is immeasurable, there is no such thing as perfection or incompleteness, and there is no such thing as "ultimate perfection."
So seeing this, we should know that Doudou told us through Ding Yuanying's mouth that there is no god and Buddha in this world, and if there is, that is in your heart, when all kinds of greed, anger, delusion, and slow doubt appear in your heart, when you awaken, you are a Buddha, so put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha. So Doudou named the book Distant Savior, distant is not nothing, if you think it is the Buddha in the temple, it is far away. But if there is an awakening in your heart, then the Savior exists, yourself.
Back to ding yuanying's return to the god seat, this god position may only be a "god" given by all readers, and Ding Yuanying does not think so. In the novel, Ding Yuanying answered Rui Xiaodan's understanding of "mythology":
Ding Yuanying smoked a cigarette and pondered for a while, saying: "There is no myth in this world, the so-called myth is just an ordinary thing that is not easy for ordinary people's thinking to understand." ”
Therefore, where there is a divine position, it is just an ordinary thing that is not easy for ordinary people's thinking to understand. That's just what you think is God. In fact there is some God there.
Seeing that there is a topic of "Taoism", here I will also sort out the logical relationship of "Taoism":
"There is no way to stop at the art" means that under the condition of the way, the technique is the technique. Without the Tao, this technique would not be a technique. Therefore, there is no way to do it. The Tao is the prerequisite, don't put the cart before the horse. But it is okay to start with the art of enlightenment, but clinging to the art is biased.
That is to say, the technique is the method of solving the problem, if the method of solving the problem is not based on the essence of the matter, how can the problem be solved? So if you are free from the art of the Tao, you are nothing.
Therefore, the phrase "there is a way without a technique can still be sought, and there is no way to stop at the technique" is not just to say that it is a law, and the technique is a means and the latter method is so simple, but it is necessary to clearly understand the logical relationship between the Tao and the technique.