In the movie "Crazy Racing", Huang Bo said to the Buddha statue: "You are all at work today!" "It clearly shows the situation of the immortals in China.
There is status, but not much.
In China, immortals are more like a profession that requires going to work every day.
If it doesn't work, it will be criticized and complained.
This has also led to the multiplicity and complexity of Chinese gods and immortals.
All kinds of abilities of the gods have, need to be in charge of different areas, the god of wealth, the king of the stove, the god of water.....
Even an unknown river, a very small mountain, has a god at its disposal.
This also makes many foreigners wonder:
When Westerners' prayers are not answered, they often wonder if they are not religious enough to impress God.
And when Chinese asked for help from a fairy, they didn't get the desired result.
Chinese would doubt the authenticity of this immortal, skimming his lips and saying, "This immortal doesn't work, change it!" Then ran to another temple next to it and continued to ask for help.
Once the left eyelid jumps, it is: "So happy, I'm going to get rich!" ”。 The right eyelid jumps out: "Go to your feudal superstition!" ”。
There are also three brothers who jump out and brush up on the sense of existence, he believes that Buddhism is derived from Hinduism, so we are a Hindu civilization country.
As a result, foreign netizens were frenzied: "There is no Hinduism in Chinese history!" ”
Turn left "Ji Liang Zhi Chasing Chu Division"
About 2700 years ago, Ji Liang had exhorted the monarch: "The people are the lord of the gods, and the people are the gods."
Meaning: "The people are the masters of the gods, and only by loving the people can they be blessed." ”
This kind of people-oriented thinking has been proposed by us for thousands of years, and this is a remarkable thing.
The origin of religion.
Where did Western sects originate?
In the Middle East! In ancient times, it was a place of ethnic, cultural, linguistic confusion, a place without law, so these things were needed to maintain order.
Unlike China, the Xia Shang Zhou has been passed down from ancient times, the national legal order has always been very sound, and learned people look at the heavens and learn nature, which is for the Tao!
When did the difference in beliefs begin?
The great flood of annihilation ten thousand years ago was the key to the attitude of the two ideologies towards faith!
Some people have their hands spread out, crawling on the ground, praying for help from the gods.
Some people, on the other hand, look at the sky with rage, are not willing to sit still, control water, clear floods, and fight nature with their mortal bodies.
Since then, some people have completely become slaves, and the ancestors of the Chinese nation have relied on hard work and mutual assistance and tenacity and wisdom to create a new Taoyuan in the land of China.
They no longer worship the gods, but revere their ancestors and build civilized nations by virtue of moral and social structures.
Nuwa makes up the heavens, Jingwei reclaims the sea, Houyi shoots the sun, and Yugong moves the mountains.
These are the legends of the arduous struggle between ancestors and nature.
If a nation does not have such a fighting spirit against heaven and earth and is not willing to sit still, they will not even be able to think and make up.
Respecting the Heavenly Ancestors and advocating natural harmony is the true reverence for the universe.
It has been said, "Faith is a means of instilling morality." ”
There's nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't apply to everyone.
Because Chinese has a big advantage, that is, the continuous historical record allows Chinese to draw nutrients from history and find moral standards.
Countless ancestors have told us what is right and what is wrong.
"Evil intentions, Ren Er burning incense is useless, holding a righteous body, why don't you worship me?"
If you have done bad things, it is useless to burn more incense, and if you are righteous, why don't you worship God!
As for who has done bad things? Then the benevolent see the wise.
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Wen 丨 Bo Yajun, thank you for your attention!