Taoists believe that everyone can cultivate immortals, and only people can cultivate immortals. "Zhong Lu Ecclesiastical Collection" says: "People die as ghosts, and the Tao becomes immortals", and it also says: "Cultivation is in people, and those who succeed are also divided." "So why are people so special?"Zhong Lu Ecclesiastes" said, "Among all things, the most spiritual and noble person is also a human being." It is precisely because "among all things, only people are the most spiritual" that people can become immortals.
Taoist cultivation of immortals also pays attention to fate, and it depends on whether the individual has a chance, while the Buddha believes that everyone can become a Buddha, it is only a matter of time, so the spread of the Buddha is more extensive than that of Taoism. The ultimate pursuit of Taoist immortal cultivation is the dual union of the body and spirit and the ascension of the day, while the Buddha does not care about the physical body, only the spiritual liberation of the self. The physical body is just a skin, and changing a pair of skins has no effect.
Taoists believe that the human body is born with the Tao body, that a person is a world, a universe, and that the human body is incomparably precious and needs to be carefully cared for. If there is a loss in the physical body, it will affect the attainment of immortality. Therefore, Taoist cultivation is very concerned about replenishing the loss of the physical body, and then it is possible to further cultivate into immortals. If the physical body is excessively depleted, it is impossible to become an immortal. So why is the human body so precious?Let's start with the first person in the world.
The Theory of Yuan Qi says: "The firstborn Pangu, the dying incarnation, the qi is the wind and clouds, the sound is thunder, the left eye is the sun, the right eye is the moon, the limbs and five bodies are the four poles and five mountains, the blood is the river, the tendons and veins are the earth, the muscles are the soil, the hair is the stars, the fur is the grass and trees, the teeth and bones are the gold and stone, the essence is the pearl and jade, and the sweat is the rain." The insects in the body, felt by the wind, turned into Li Shu. "Pangu is the first person in the world, he was born from the world and died in the world. He is like a dead whale in the sea, one whale falls and all things are born.
The breath he exhaled became a storm, and the sound he uttered became thunder. His left eye became the sun, and his right eye became the moon. His limbs and five bodies have become the four poles and five mountains of the world, and his blood has become a rushing river. His veins became the fabric of the earth, and his muscles became fertile soil. His hair and beard became stars, and his fur became grass. His tooth bones became gold and stone, his essence became pearl jade, and his sweat became rain.
Eventually, the worms on his body became Terrans. In short, Pangu didn't waste a bit, everything he had turned into an integral part of this world. The originally lifeless world became vibrant and colorful because of the fall of Pangu, and it really achieved the effect of "one whale falls and all things are born". The meaning of Pangu's existence is to evolve and perfect the world, he is the first person to appear in this world, and he is also the most powerful person, everyone is actually the same as Pangu.
The True Book of Texts says: "The life of a person is also like the sky, the feet are like the earth, the hair is the stars, the eyes are the sun and the moon, the eyebrows are the Beidou, the ears are the sheji, the mouth is the river, the teeth are jade, the limbs are the four hours, and the five organs are the five elements." It is in harmony with heaven and earth, and it is born with moralityExpensive!Take care of it. "Man is actually the same as Pangu, man is a world. The head of man is round, corresponding to the circle of the heavens;The human foot is square and corresponds to the place.
The head of man is the sky, and the feet of man are the earth. Human hair corresponds to the stars like Pangu, and human eyes correspond to the sun and moon like Pangu's eyes. Every part of the human body corresponds to the world, so it is said that the human body is a big world, and there is a great medicine of heaven and earth in the human body. Therefore, the human body is the premise of all this, and the human body makes people have infinite possibilities.
Huainanzi also gave a detailed explanation of the relationship between man and the world: "The circle of the head is like the sky, and the square of the foot is also like the earth. There are four hours, five elements, nine interpretations, and three hundred and sixty-six days, and people also have four limbs, five Tibets, nine orifices, and three hundred and sixty joints. There are winds and rains, summer and cold, and people also have joy and anger. Therefore, the gall is the cloud, the spleen is the wind, the kidney is the rain, and the liver is the thunder, so as to be connected with the heavens and the earthAnd the heart is the master, the one who is the ear and the eye, the sun and the moon. ”
The round head and feet symbolize the round heaven and the earth, the four limbs and five organs and nine orifices symbolize the four hours, five elements and nine solutions of the heaven and the earth, the three hundred and sixty joints of the human body symbolize the three hundred and sixty-six days of the year, and the human eyes symbolize the sun and the moon. Therefore, man is the spirit of all things, everyone can become Pangu, and everyone can open up the world and create a new world. Everyone's potential is limitless, and everyone has unlimited possibilities as long as they work hard.