Immortals often say together, is there any difference between immortals?

In daily life, we can hear the word "immortals", of course, we generally read them together, although they are distant characters in ancient mythological stories, but with the emergence of TV series and so on, many immortals who are active on the screen are also quite familiar, but if you carefully theorize, there is still a certain difference between "gods" and "immortals", put them in the entire Taoist system, the difference between them is shown, There are innate gods in the entire Taoist sect, and of course there are also acquired immortals, so what is the difference between them?

In the Zhuangzi, it is said: The mountain of the contempt of Gu shoots, there are gods and men who live in it, the skin is like ice and snow, and the skin is like a virgin, and they do not eat grains, they suck the wind and drink dew, ride the clouds, and fly the dragon, and swim beyond the four seas. From the above, we can see that God does not eat grains, which is the same as the gods we see who are flying through the clouds, and the difference between them, first of all, some people think that there are two kinds of gods, one is the natural gods of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, etc., one is a kind of personality god who is formless and unphased, among which the Taoist Sanqing is the supreme representative, and many people know that "one gas and three Qing" is its essence.

Immortals are different, they are generally formed gradually after mortals have gone through cultivation, and finally they have cultivated to the state of immortality, and the difference between the two is essential. Of course, there is also a difference that it is said that gods generally have a position, such as Taiyi Salvation Tianzun, Nine Heavens Ying Yuan Thunder God, etc., they have a certain responsibility, and naturally they are also ordered to carry out one of their obligations, and immortals are different, they generally do not have any official position, to say that this life is also quite free, many people are eager to become immortals, so that they can live a free life, often we also hear people talk about themselves to become immortals, not to say that they become gods.

Of course, there are many types of immortals, which can be roughly divided into: ghost immortals, human immortals, earth immortals, immortals, and heavenly immortals. In many **, we see that the Taoist Sanqing is the supreme existence, but in the immortal position, these immortals such as the four heavenly masters are also figures with enough status in the whole system, and if you want to make a comparison between gods and immortals, I don't think there is any comparison.

There is no difference, they are all spirits, immortals really have a position and become a god, and if there is no position and a god, they are scattered immortals, for example, the land mountain god is a ghost immortal, the Jade Emperor, and the Zhenwu Emperor are all Daluo Jin Immortals who have cultivated the Tao.

To put it simply, the gods want to go to heaven to work, but the immortals don't. Gods have heavenly courts, but immortals do not. Gods can't cultivate, but immortals can. God is bound and can't do what he wants, and immortals don't, so they can play whatever they want.

Gods are the makers and supreme rulers of the rules of the world, which are inherent in the heavenly realm, while immortals are functional departments subordinate to gods, and they are immortals who ascend after mortals attain enlightenment.

There is still a certain difference between the two. Immortals have certain official positions in the heavenly court to become gods, while those who do not have official positions are called immortals.

The differences are as follows: 1. The concept is different: God, the concept of God is not of a religious nature, and unlike Buddha and immortals, God is a concept of belief and a concept of system.

2. Different levels: The level of gods and immortals is that the level of their cultivation is different, and the way to achieve positive results is different, one is the sanctification of the physical body, and the other is the ascension after death, and the immortal is indeed higher than the level and perfection level of the gods.

3. Different interpretations: God, will be imagery hieroglyphs. From the manifestation to the deuteron, the manifestation refers to the teaching, enlightenment of wisdom, and transmission to the mind.

Shengu refers to the shape of lightning, the speed of lightning, the essence of lightning, and the cultivation quality of morality and morality. Beings above the gods in the mythological order; It is called a person whose realm is beyond the mortal world and can live forever.