Chapter 32, fifty-three(1/2)
The Bodhisattva's story has been told, but Yi Tianxing always felt that the story had just begun.
If you can't understand it, you won't understand it. Even if the Buddha is by your side and the Bodhisattva is enlightened by others, you still don't understand it.
It is clear that even if you are still confused the previous moment, you will be blessed with the next moment.
Yi Tianxing slightly closed his eyes and thought, sorted out the strange things he had experienced in his life from beginning to end, and then he realized what the story told by Samantabhadra Bodhisattva was - this story is a line, linking the so-called things that were originally unknown together.
If the Buddha did not see him, he naturally had a great relationship with the Western Paradise. Maybe it was the one who took action.
Samantabhadra Manjushri looked down in the world. In order not to let these two find the Buddha or find the relationship between the Buddha's disappearance and the Pure Land of the Western Heaven, the Pure Land of the Western Heaven naturally had to cover up this matter. From this point of view, the Taoist sect ordered the monks on earth to kill the Bodhisattvas who came down to earth to search in temples for three days. Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta chased Samantabhadra Bodhisattva on the plateau, causing Samantabhadra Bodhisattva to hide for hundreds of years, all in order to eliminate the memory in this vast world.
That memory that the Buddha did not see, that memory related to the Pure Land of the Western Paradise.
When the old monkey was defeated to the mortal world, it was still before the Buddha disappeared. After that, he was imprisoned in a temple, with his domineering magical powers not suppressed by his body, and he saved his life by using it. It seems that he was the most afraid of the Pure Land of the West. That side has been urging people from the Taoist sect to come and "harasse". Perhaps it is not necessarily a delusion to get rid of the old monkey, but just to determine whether the old monkey is still trapped by the Tiankadao formation.
But... what does the dispute between the Buddha world and the Heavenly Palace have to do with the Heavenly Palace? What kind of role does the Taoist sect play in this matter? Why did the Daoxian group for three days do evil everywhere in the past seventy years? Chen Shuping came to take the order and wanted to kill him, but he had no grudges with the Yang family. What's even more strange is that Yi Tianxing touched Chen Shuping's spiritual sense on Poyang Lake and found that the fairy dog didn't like this job of killing and silence.
Is Taoist sect forced?
Yi Tianxing suddenly thought of the conversation in the jeep at the foot of Wudang Mountain. At that time, Zou Lei asked curiously: "Why do Taoists say Amitabha Buddha when they meet and say hello?"
Yes, why do Taoists say Amitabha Buddha?
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Amitabha Buddha is the infinite light and infinite life, the master of Buddhism in the Western Paradise, and that Amitabha Buddha!
Thousands of reasons, like countless light spots, today the memory that was finally preserved by Samantabhadra Bodhisattva was connected into a line, and the network of things gradually became clear. It seems that behind the Taoist Sect is still the Amitabha Buddha. I don’t know what method this master of the Pure Land used, so that the Taoist Sect also began to help them seal the secret of the Buddha’s disappearance.
Thousands of clues are directed towards the Western Paradise that is vaguely hidden above the sky and is extremely distant.
But...what is the use of just knowing this for finding Buddha?
"I want me to go and find the Buddha? Do you want me to fight with the people from the Pure Land of the Western Paradise? That's asking for death!"
Especially after seeing the tragic situation of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Yi Tianxing even more understood the difficult situation.
"This is the most complete search for death!"
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He was willing to suffer thousands of sufferings just to retain a memory that seemed to be unable to solve the problem in Yi Tianxing's opinion. The Bodhisattva's thoughts were indeed different. Yi Tianxing suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his heart, and he remembered another title of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva - that was: "Bodhisattva of Truth!"
The most important thing in finding the truth is supreme perseverance and determination.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's hundreds of years of residence on this wasteland proves his perseverance and determination. This great vow is not far from that of the great Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
Thinking of this festival, Yi Tianxing bowed to the ground, and was extremely pious: "Although I die nine times, I will never regret it, even though I cannot reach the true meaning of the Bodhisattva's journey, my heart yearns for it."
This slutty boy didn't say that he should learn the virtues of the Bodhisattva and contributed to the great cause of the Buddha. At this time, he refused to give the Bodhisattvas a positive answer.
Ye Xiangseng looked at him sadly, and the anger in his eyes was as faint as water.
Yi Tianxing silenced and forced himself to smile and said, "For the matter of looking for Buddha, I can't help me with anything like this."
Whenever there is something too dangerous, Yi Tianxing can transform into the rogue proletariat who can be the most despicable and impoverished.
Samantabhadra surrounded her white clothes again, as if she was a little afraid of the cold, her eyes were as cold as ice, and she looked at Yi Tianxing: "I used to explore your sea of consciousness before, and I realized that you have worshipped the Great Sage as your teacher, looking for the Buddha's affairs, and the Great Sage as your cause, and you are the result. If you want to get rid of it, it seems too difficult."
Yi Tianxing said with a bitter face: "I worship Laohou as his teacher, but he coaxed him all the way." At first, the ancestor used the ancient master to lure him into Guiyuan Temple and said that the word "cool" was not unfair.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva asked him to relax his mind, and his dry hands whispered in front of him, and then he explored his past experiences over the years. The more he looked, the more he smiled, and said softly: "It seems that this disaster is indeed due to good teachers."
“How to say it?”
"The Great Sage was demoted to the mortal world and trapped in that temple and could not be escaped for five hundred years. As his disciple, you naturally have to free him from the temple, and the person who traps him is the Buddha." Samantabhadra Bodhisattva smiled and said the next sentence: "...If you don't go to find the Buddha, how can you save him from the temple? Therefore, you are destined to be the one who wants to find the Buddha."
"You shouldn't enter the back garden of Guiyuan Temple!" Yi Tianxing moaned in pain: "I knew that there was nothing good about paying attention to that master..."
Having said that, now that his relationship with Master and disciple is getting deeper, can he still watch Old Monkey stay in a temple for his lifetime? The so-called drinking and pecking are all fixed. It turns out that the apprenticeship in Guiyuan Temple in the provincial capital ended up on this place. It seems that the matter of looking for Buddha is dependent on Yi Tianxing and cannot escape.
He suddenly thought of a thing and asked, "When I will ascend that day, Bodhisattva, why are you willing to risk the danger of being discovered by Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta to call me down? If you want to find the Buddha, you will naturally have to go to the Pure Land to inquire."
"Do you know where the road is? How about going astray?"
"But always staying in the world, my little power seems to be useless." Yi Tianxing subconsciously prepared to seek some benefits.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva whispered: "Your power is very useful, at least it can help me to free this physical suffering."
“How to say it?”
Samantabhadra smiled and said, "My body is so broken and painful, but I cannot die. If I dissipate my cultivation on my own, I will be afraid that it will disturb the world and cause suffering to the people. This is the day after I enter the cycle of reincarnation, and I will also have to bother with good teachers to help me."
Yi Tianxing was stunned, and then he realized that Samantabhadra Bodhisattva felt the intention of nirvana when he saw him. Judging from the meaning of his words, it seemed that he wanted to do it himself?
"That day, I took the risk of releasing my spiritual consciousness to contact the good teacher, because I was worried that the good teacher was inspired by the evil spirit of the Vermilion Bird and entered the heavenly road. But as soon as the spiritual consciousness came out, I thought that some people had already alarmed." Samantabhadra Bodhisattva sighed: "How did the lama who was worshipped by Tsongkhapa outside this temple know that I was in the temple? I think someone called them to investigate. I think that in a few days, Dashizhi will come again."
Ye Xiangseng nodded slightly: "Those lamas are indeed a bit strange."
Samantabhadra smiled and said, "Fortunately, I met a good teacher first and could tell you this story. Even if I leave, my heart will be free. I have been breathing for hundreds of years in the human world, and my anger has gradually arisen. Recently, the strange phenomena of snow disasters and disasters in my heart are all transformed by anger in my heart. If I hide here again, I am afraid that all the people in the family will suffer. If I can't see you again, I have to leave this life and don't care about finding the Buddha."
Compassion is compassion for the world and is more important than finding Buddha.
This is a great Bodhisattva.
Yi Tianxing sighed, "It turns out that this snow disaster is the thought of your great Bodhisattva." He was really shocked, and he learned from the side that the real Bodhisattva position had what kind of power it was.
Samantabhadra looked at him quietly, his eyes soft and firm: "Although I know very little about the Buddha, I think I am the one who knows the most in this world. I hope it will be helpful to the good teacher."
Yi Tianxing lowered his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, and subconsciously tapped the wool felt on the ground with his fingers.
A long time later, he raised his head and his eyes flashed.
"Tell me first, who am I."
"All appearances are illusory. All appearances are not appearances. Even if you see the Tathagata, if you see the original appearance, it is not the reality. Both form and name are empty, and you are all unrestrained... Who are you and I, is it so important?"
Yi Tianxing stared at the Bodhisattva's eyes that were as firm as the vajra's light, without giving in the slightest.
“It’s very important to me.”
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"Okay, we can start to talk about the next passage of scripture." Samantabhadra Bodhisattva praised Heshi.
"The sun of the wonderful wisdom and pure wisdom is the perfect wheel of great compassion. I can extinguish the sea of troubles. I wish to observe less. The moon of wonderful wisdom and pure wisdom is the perfect wheel of great compassion. I give everything to you, and I wish to look at me."
It was strange that the one who started to preach the scriptures was Ye Xiangseng who had been quietly serving the monk sitting next to him.
Yi Tianxing felt a little strange and turned his head to look at him.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said: "A good teacher is familiar with thousands of Buddhist scriptures, can he know what kind of scripture is this?"
Yi Tianxing sat cross-legged on the wool felt, closed his eyes slightly, and flipped through countless scriptures he had read in his mind. A flash of inspiration and he remembered it.
"This is the Huayan Sutra."
"Yes, what volume does the Huayan Sutra contain?"
"The fifty-three visits to the boy Shancai."
"A good teacher is eloquent and has no obstacles, and is extremely wise and wise. How good is it."
Yi Tianxing was a little dazed and continued, "Please continue to preach the scriptures."
"Since you are doing, why do you need to speak?" Samantabhadra Bodhisattva looked at him with a smile.
"Who has done what he has done?"
"Of the fifty-three visits, who were the last two boys Shancai visited?"
Yi Tianxing's cold sweat suddenly came out: "Fifty-two squids, Manjushri Bodhisattva, fifty-three squids, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva."
In front of him at this moment was the physical bodies of Manjushri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva in this life. What does this mean?
Knowing that he had some enlightenment, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Ye Xiangseng looked at each other and smiled slightly.
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The fifty-three references to the boy Shancai come from the Avatamsaka Sutra, telling the story of the youngest son of a blessing-worthy elder in ancient times. He liked the truth and wanted to learn the great virtues of the Bodhisattva. Therefore, under the guidance of Manjushri Bodhisattva, he visited good teachers everywhere and finally realized the Mahayana doctrine and achieved a bodhicitta.
In this boy's practice, a total of 53 good teachers were visited. The visitors were boatmen, doctors, teachers, village women, people from all walks of life, as well as great Bodhisattvas such as Manjushri Samantabhadra, Maitreya Guanyin, etc. The visitors were not divided into monks, laymen, men and women, old and young, inside and outside, and finally achieved the great way.
What are the fifty-three visits to the boy Shancai?
The voice of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva sounded again, and the butter lamps in the room were warm and dim.
"Where were you born?"
"Gaoyang County."
"Who will meet after birth?"
"grandfather."
Yi Tianxing responded blankly as if he had no thoughts, counting in his heart. This is the first one, compassion.
To be continued...