What's the difference between monsters and ghosts?

1 First of all, talk about monsters and monsters. This word is often called monster in the west, generally referring to scary-looking animals or orcs, but it is often called monster in the East. Monster is a general derogatory term, which refers to all objects with supernatural power or spells, neither supernatural, immortal nor ghost, which are cultivated by animals and plants and have been transformed into human beings (some may not be adults).

Among them, demons are mostly cultivated by animals, such as snakes and demons, which are not bound by demons; Monsters are mostly cultivated by plants, such as tree monsters. But this is not absolute.

In particular, if animals and plants are fully enlightened by goodness in the process of cultivation, they are fully qualified to become immortals. Demons and ghosts are the evil consequences of the development of the cultivation direction of animals and plants to the evil side. These animals and plants are often called essence, avoiding essence in comparison, ginseng essence, etc. in the process of cultivation (that is, before they become monsters or immortals, but before they have certain mana). A little kinder than a monster, but it can also be called a monster (note

2. Secondly, talk about the devil. In a narrow sense, the devil and the devil are basically the same, but there are two differences. One is that the devil is far more powerful than the devil in mana. The average fairy is not necessarily his opponent, but a senior monster with a little anti-government nature. The second is that demons may be corrupted by immortal heresies, and demons are native to animals and plants. Demons can move during the day and at night.

Let's talk about ghosts again. Many people put ghosts and demons together and think they are similar. This is extremely wrong! Ghost is the most yin thing, commonly known as soul. The implication is that the dead body is gone, leaving only invisible units. Most ghosts are formed by the soul after death, and can only move in the underworld. If they return to death, they can only come out at night. Because the balance of yin and yang is broken and becomes pure yin, it naturally has a little more super power, but it is extremely weak. So the power of ghosts is very weak. Ghosts generally have three ways out, one is to be reincarnated as human beings or animals and plants, and the other is to suffer in hell. These two are the most common, and one is to be dismembered into a god. Generally speaking, people do more good deeds in the underworld, or cultivate monasteries, or be instructed by experts, or be deified, but they have no chance to become immortals, so they can only dismember themselves and ascend to heaven after death. In fact, these people have never been so-called ghosts. Ghosts can only move at night, which is absolutely impossible during the day.

4. Talk about immortals. There are five kinds of immortals in a broad sense: immortals, immortals, immortals and ghost immortals. In a narrow sense, immortals refer to immortals and secular immortals. Here we only talk about immortals in a narrow sense, that is, immortals different from gods. The concept of immortals is also purely religious. In a word, it is exclusive to Taoism. No matter whether it is a Taoist or immortal, it is always closely related to Taoism. Fairy is a person who is sanctified in the flesh and has perfect merits. Everything can be immortal. There are two ways to become immortal.

The first is passive immortality, which people, animals, plants and even non-living things can do. For example, being touched by immortals, being infected by immortals, taking Taoist fairy medicine, or growing up in an environment that absorbs the aura of heaven and earth can make objects immortal. There are many examples here, so I won't give them.

The second is to actively cultivate immortality. "Anyone who has nine tricks can cultivate immortality", so only people and a few animals can cultivate immortality. When you believe in Taoism, actively practice authentic magic, do more good deeds, and those who are destined can cultivate immortality. But it must be an authentic magic method. If you practice the side door, even if you succeed, you can't become a fairy road, only a demon.

After becoming an immortal, if it is not officially recognized, it can only be regarded as scattered immortals, and it has not entered the real stream, but it is already a happy and immortal body. If it is officially recognized, it will enter the true stream and become a true fairy. At this time, you can choose to be an official or not. After all, you are a fairy who is self-cultivation and refuses to obey the jade emperor. At this time, you can find a famous island in Xianshan, entertain yourself, play chess, drink and visit friends all day, and have nothing to do, listen to the Buddha's lectures and be in the world. It was really fun!

5. Let's talk about God. The concept of God is not religious. Different from Buddhism and immortals, God is a concept of belief and an institutional concept. This should pay attention to details. We don't talk about the ancient gods here, only the gods of later generations. Some ancient gods, such as Nu Wa, * * Gong, Zhu Rong, Xingtian, etc., are all born gods of nature, which are strictly different from the so-called gods of later generations, commonly known as great gods or ancient great gods. The five immortals in a broad sense are gods and ghosts of heaven and earth. The immortals mentioned above refer to the two immortals of heaven and earth, and the immortals mentioned here refer to immortals and ghost immortals. God is a person who works in heaven or hell after death. Please note that after death, the implication is that God must have been formed after the death of his soul, and he didn't take his mortal body with him, but generally worked in heaven. For example, the last one on the list of gods is God.

People who become gods don't need a religious background, study and practice related religious classics, and don't need to be a Taoist or a monk. As long as you are predestined, or a very good person among the dead, or a person who has done more good deeds, or a person who is respected by the people on earth, you may be sealed as a god by heaven after death and serve as an official in heaven or hell. For example, Bao Zheng, Wen Tianxiang, Guan Yu and others in later generations did not believe in the truth or practice. Because Shi Yang had great influence and was excellent, they were absorbed as gods after their death. Therefore, the concept of God is not a pure Taoist concept, which is different from the immortal Buddha, but it is often ignored by many people.

Having said so much above, especially about immortals, it is inevitable to fall into the old-fashioned question of which level is higher, immortals or immortals. In fact, that is to confuse the level of official position with the perfection of practice. The problem with the immortal level is that they have different degrees of perfection and different ways to achieve positive results. One is sanctified in the flesh, and the other is soaring after death. Immortals are indeed higher than gods and perfection. But it has nothing to do with the so-called official positions, such as the Northern Emperor, Mount Taishan Tianqi Renshengdi and other gods, all of which have high ranks, far higher than ordinary immortals, what's more, ordinary immortals have not held public office!

6. Finally, talk about the system of Heaven. Heaven is actually a country with obvious political division of labor, with the Jade Emperor as the head of state and government, focusing on God and absorbing some Taoist immortals and Buddhists. The Jade Emperor is a Taoist concept. After the immortals and buddhas formed China, they pushed the Jade Emperor to govern China. From this point of view, both Taozu and Buddha are nominally slaves of the Jade Emperor, which is obvious in the westward journey. When Guanyin Bodhisattva mentioned the Jade Emperor, she said it was an order.

After the list of gods was drawn up, the heaven was composed of 365 gods, ruled by the Jade Emperor. However, in the long reform, many departments and many official positions appeared in the sky, such as Bi. In this way, more gods are needed, so many excellent dead people are absorbed into heaven to be officials after their death.

Heaven was originally composed of immortals, and its mana was not as good as that of immortal Buddha. However, when the ranks of God have grown, and there is a considerable organizational scale, even the army, it has become a government with real power. At this time, the two big families, Xianhe and Buddha, though dismissive of China, had to face up to it, because China was the only legitimate government.

Therefore, Xian showed his attitude and was willing to respect the Jade Emperor, and placed a large number of elites in heaven, such as Emperor Zhenwu and Emperor Donghua. Even Daozu was hired as the chief consultant by Tiandao. However, heaven only assigns people to justice heaven and earth, and his dignity must not be lost. Therefore, although the old gentleman is an ancestor and the elder brother of Sanqing, after he became a consultant to heaven, he took the initiative to fall to the end of Sanqing in order to protect the dignity of heaven. Later, Buddhism also respected the Jade Emperor, hoping to establish a coalition government, and assigned a group of elites, such as the Four Heavenly Kings, to serve in heaven, thus forming a situation in which the immortal Buddha was in charge of heaven. The Jade Emperor is the leader of heaven pushed by * * *, and the Taoist Buddha is willing to be a minister, so the heaven system will be successful.