Why are fairy novels also called cultivation novels?

Today, many people are curious about Taoism because of cultivation novels. In fact, cultivation novels are very different from Taoism. Here I will tell you about them in their name. I used to read people complaining about fairy novels on the Internet: "What do the people in the novels who seek immortality do for so long?" "Why do they ask for immortality?" This is a dissatisfaction with many fairy novels, but it also reflects the idea of ??cultivating Taoism. substance.

Because spiritual practice is not about seeking immortality. If it is about seeking immortality, animals are more powerful than humans. The so-called thousand-year-old tortoise is like a thousand-year-old turtle. In fairy tale novels, human lifespan is generally shorter than that of monsters, but humans live longer. Happier. The earliest cultivation novel is "Journey to the West". There are many metaphors for cultivation in "Journey to the West". There is a poem by Sun Wukong in the book: "Nurturing one's nature, enduring the sun and the moon, jumping out of reincarnation and escaping with one's life." Zhu Bajie also wrote a poem saying: " Without cultivating one’s nature and cultivating one’s true nature, one’s chaotic mind will last forever. “No matter whether a person practices spiritual practice or not, time will treat it equally. The purpose of spiritual practice is to make the living time more real.

Although the immortals in ancient China roam freely in heaven and earth, they are all people who seek truth and seek truth, so fairy novels are also called cultivation novels. Cultivation and Taoism are synonymous. Many people are curious about what exactly do you Taoists practice? The Taoist classic "Tai Qing Jade Book" says: "The Doctrine of the Mean says: Cultivating the Tao is to teach. Since it means cultivating the Tao, it means practicing the teachings of Laozi." What our Taoists practice is the Tao of Laojun, so Taoism worships Laojun. I am the supreme Taoist ancestor.

Many people today separate Taoism and Taoism, as if Taoism jumped out of a stone. However, in the eyes of the ancients, Taoism is the successor of Taoism. Although the two are different, their cores are the same.

So! For those of you who like cultivation novels, please don’t really think that cultivation does not require propriety, justice, shame, benevolence and morality. In reality, cultivation is the way of Lao Tzu. Tao Yun: "If you want to cultivate the immortal way, you must first cultivate the human way. If you don't cultivate the human way, the immortal way will be far away." Buddha said: "If you always use the ordinary mind, there is no other holy explanation."

What is the ordinary mind? Benevolence, righteousness, morality, propriety, integrity, and how to behave in daily life are ordinary things. Only when you understand these clearly can you be considered a human being and can you practice Taoism! If you can't even do these things, why should you practice the Tao? ?

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