"Without any reason. People live, they must have some pursuits, right?"
"I've already traveled through the worlds, so why shouldn't I start a harem?"
"Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of the journey."
His thoughts were simple and direct. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva listened and smiled with a nod.
This Bodhisattva held far less hostility compared to Medicine Buddha. After a pause, Chen Yi asked:
"Actually, I don't quite understand. You Buddhists, and those Taoists who cultivate purity, all seem especially afraid of this, calling it ego or 'I'. But I don't get it, without the ego, am I still me? What's the difference between me and a rock or this sand?"
He kicked the barren sand beneath his feet.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva showed neither joy nor sorrow and said, "Does the patron know the difference between a human and a rock?"
"A rock doesn't know it is a rock."
"In the beginning, humans don't know they are human either."
