Looking at Sun Wukong kneeling in front of him, Tathagata sighed.
"My good disciple, I have suffered a lot from you these past years!"
After Sun Wukong heard Tathagata's words, he kowtowed three times, duang, duang, duang. After the three kowtows, the ground broke into a large piece.
"Disciple Sun Wukong pays homage to his mentor!"
Even in the original work, Sun Wukong is a disciple of Tathagata.
In fact, in the section about the real and fake Sun Wukong, Sun Wukong has already exposed his relationship with Tathagata, or it can be said that Tathagata said it himself.
Tathagata told everyone that there are five immortals between heaven and earth, gods, humans and ghosts. There are five insects, including scaly, hairy and feathered insects. There are four more monkeys in the middle, namely, the Lingming stone monkey, the red-necked horse monkey, the long-armed monkey and the six-eared macaque.
Tathagata told everyone that Sun Wukong was a spiritually enlightened stone monkey, and the person pretending to be Sun Wukong was a six-eared macaque.
But in fact, the phrase "six-eared macaque" is also talking about Sun Wukong. When Sun Wukong worshiped as a disciple in Xianyue Sanxing Cave, Patriarch Bodhi preached to him at night. When he went in that night, he told Patriarch Bodhi that there were no six ears here. , I am just a disciple. I hope that my master will be generous and compassionate and teach me the way to eternal life. I will never forget my gratitude.
One person has two ears, two people have four ears, and Sun Wukong said this, completely telling Patriarch Bodhi that there is no third person in the room.
This is where Liu Er appeared for the first time, and it was the second time the word Liu Er appeared during the battle between the real and fake Sun Wukong.
When the six ears first appeared, Sun Wukong didn't even practice cultivation and didn't understand everything in the world. How could he say something like a six-eared macaque, or even a six-eared macaque? , it was only after Tathagata explained that no one knew how powerful this thing was before it existed, how come no one could distinguish the six-eared macaque.
More importantly, there is another point, that is, the horse monkey and the ape among the four monkeys in the world actually exist in Huaguo Mountain. It is recorded in the original work. It is what happened after Sun Wukong got the golden hoop. "The Monkey King will The four old monkeys were named strong generals, the two red-breasted monkeys were called the second marshals of Ma and Liu, and the two through-arm apes were called the second generals of Beng and Ba."
According to Tathagata, these four monkeys in this world all have their own magical powers.
The clever stone monkey understands changes, knows the time of the sky, knows the favorable terrain, and can move stars and change battles.
The six-eared macaque is good at listening to sounds, able to understand, know the front and back, and everything is clear.
The apes and monkeys take the sun and the moon, shrink from thousands of mountains, distinguish the good and the bad, and play with the universe.
The red-hatted horse and monkey know Yin and Yang, understand people and affairs, are good at going in and out, avoid death and prolong life.
But in fact, the so-called thong-armed monkeys and red-armed monkeys are actually just monkeys with long arms and red butts, and they are not a big deal at all.
As for the Lingming Stone Monkey, there is only one Sun Wukong, and there is only one six-eared macaque. More importantly, when talking about the six-eared macaque, his ability is to be good at listening to sounds and to be able to reason. , everything is clear before and after.
Being good at listening to sounds and being able to detect reasoning is no big deal, but this sentence "knowing the front and back, all things will be clear" is different. What is the front and back? In the front, Sun Wukong said that there are no six ears in the house, and in the back, I am the Tathagata. Today, when I talk about the six-eared macaque, as for everything is clear, I am telling Sun Wukong, I know everything about you, we are our own family.
What does it mean that one's own family can know the six ears? Apart from Sun Wukong, there is only one Bodhi Patriarch. This directly shows that Tathagata Buddha is the Bodhi Patriarch.
But now Sun Wukong kneels directly in front of Tathagata Buddha, which no one expected.
Because no one thought that Sun Wukong would be a disciple of Tathagata, because when Sun Wukong was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, he came and went to suppress it, and during the five hundred years of direct suppression, he was made to eat iron pills and drink copper juice. .
"It seems you still have some resentment towards me!"
Seeing Sun Wukong like this, you know that he still has resentment in his heart. After all, he was also involved in those things back then.
"Disciples dare not resent their mentor!"
Sun Wukong said "dare not" rather than "no", which actually showed that he still had resentment in his heart, but he just didn't dare to show it.
But in fact, those who dare to say these two words have already shown their resentment.
"You can't blame me for what happened back then. You have to know that everything in the world depends on the Jade Emperor's will. If he wants to watch a monkey show, we can only cooperate with him in a monkey show!"
Tathagata looked at Sun Wukong and explained. After all, he would have to use himself as a disciple in the future, so he had to explain things clearly first.
"The Jade Emperor has never treated me badly!"
Sun Wukong said a little guiltily at this time.
When Sun Wukong said that the Jade Emperor had never treated him badly, he was talking about giving him the position of Bi Ma Wen. When everyone mentioned Bi Ma Wen to Sun Wukong, he would be angry.
It seems that he dislikes this position very much, but in fact, when Journey to the West was written, Bi Mawen's position was an unusual position. Although it does not seem to be a high-level position, if you really want to count it, it is a position. He is humble and powerful, and can always see the emperor's position, that is, the position of the emperor's close ministers.
When Journey to the West was written, it was in the Ming Dynasty. There were twenty-four yamen in the inner court of the Ming Dynasty. Among the twenty-four yamen in the inner court, the ones with the highest status and the most power were the ceremonial supervisor and the imperial horse supervisor.
"Wanli Yehuobian" written by Shen Defu, a minister of the Ming Dynasty, recorded many things, including the twenty-four yamen. In his records, Si Lijin was the first department among the twelve prisons. Its length and head are closely related to each other.
Although the Royal Horse Prison was established last, it still controlled items such as the Royal Horse Soldier Talisman, which was related to the Ministry of War. Recently, the ministers who have affairs that are not related to the military affairs often change the title of imperial horse to go out, such as the governor who is also the Sima Zhongcheng.
In fact, the ceremonial supervisor has the power to approve cabinet votes on behalf of the emperor, and can handle confidential matters with the cabinet. In fact, he is the "internal minister."
As for the Royal Horse Supervisor, who jointly held the military command with the Ministry of War and the Governor, it was actually the "Privy Council" of the inner court.
In fact, the Royal Horse Supervisor also had to manage the grassland and the Imperial Village, operate the Imperial Store, handle finances with the household department, and serve as the "internal steward" of the Ming court.
Even the West Factory, which was set up twice, was supervised by the Royal Horse Supervisor, competing with the East Factory, which was supervised by the Chief Ceremony Supervisor.
And the head of this Royal Horse Supervisor is just Bima Wen, so in fact, if we look at it according to the specifications of the dynasty, the distance really gives Sun Wukong a very high position.
Although he seems to be a low-ranking official, whether he is an official or not has nothing to do with his rank. Just like when the Qing Dynasty established the Military Aircraft Department, those so-called military aircraft ministers actually had no Those with serious official positions depend entirely on the favor of the emperor to share power, and Sun Wukong, Bima Wen, is actually directly responsible to the Jade Emperor.
As for why Wu Qu Xingjun went to have a fight with Bi Ma Wen, it was entirely because he made a mistake and put something in this position that shouldn't be in this position.
In fact, when Sun Wukong ascended to heaven, there were many positions in the sky, but Wu Quxingjun did not want to arrange any real power position for Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong thought that no one knew who his disciple was, but in fact, the Jade Emperor knew clearly. Clearly.
So in order to win over Tathagata, or to win over Tathagata to play a huge monkey show for himself, the Jade Emperor arranged for Sun Wukong to be his confidant.
When Wu Quxingjun arranged this position, he didn't realize what was going on, but after arranging the position, he realized that Bi Mawen really couldn't be given the position casually.
That's why Lord Wuquxing ran over to cause trouble, otherwise he, a Big Dipper who belongs to the Four Heavenly Emperors and the North Pole Ziwei Emperor, would run to find trouble for Bi Mawen when he was full?
Sun Wukong was really ignorant at the time and didn't understand what kind of position Bi Ma Wen was. But after he was imprisoned for 500 years and learned a lot of things in the world, he understood Bi Ma Wen. Wen's status is much higher than that of the Monkey King.
In fact, Sun Wukong does not like the position of Monkey King, but it is difficult to express the position of Bima Wen.
A person who doesn't understand this position seems to be a small official, and only then does he know what he is. But after he loses this position, people who understand it are mocking him for not understanding the mysteries of officialdom. .
In short, Sun Wukong actually knew very well after being suppressed for 500 years. It was not that the Jade Emperor was sorry for giving him a minor official, but that he was simply unruly and ruined the Jade Emperor's good intentions.
"Then I've wronged you."
Tathagata nodded. Now he wants to give his disciple a beating to let him know who is the boss here!
"Disciples don't dare!"
Sun Wukong said this without even raising his head.
In his opinion, it was indeed his master who had plotted against him. The trouble in the Heavenly Palace was the result of Tathagata's handiwork. Even his fame was due to Tathagata's handiwork. Otherwise, he would have thought that Heavenly Court just sent a serious official. I was able to do something for myself, but in the end I became the so-called Monkey King.
In fact, there are only a few guys that I really defeated. If you really want to say it, it can be seen as everyone acting themselves.
He couldn't see clearly hundreds of years ago, but he could see clearly hundreds of years later. Among the gods at that time, only one of the giant spirits was beaten back by him, and the others were just playing.
As for what to play, it was playing with monkeys. When he thought about the monkey play he had seen in the world, he was like the monkey being played, and he didn't even think about it. When he needs gongs and drums, he will perform on stage himself, making everyone happy.
What makes Sun Wukong even more dissatisfied is that his mentor actually joined in the monkey show.
So he has been saying that Tathagata deceived him, and now he directly said that he did not dare and thought that the other party had treated him badly, which was to express his dissatisfaction.
"How do you think you got into the Peach Garden? How do you think you drank the royal wine and ate the immortal delicacies! How do you think you got into the Tusita Palace?"
These things are actually all arranged by Tathagata. Tathagata is cooperating with the Jade Emperor and playing a game is not fake, but he is not without some benefits!
The first benefit is that it can lay a good foundation for his disciple Sun Wukong so that he can become a Buddha in the future. Therefore, the Peach Conference that Sun Wukong caused did not actually exist at all. It was just a game to make the Jade Emperor happy. That’s all!
As for the second benefit, one's own sect can grow bigger, and the bigger his sect becomes, the stronger his strength will become. Buddhism can absorb faith and incense, and they have a complete ability to absorb incense for themselves. Energy technology without any side effects, this technology is in the hands of Tathagata.
Otherwise, Tathagata would not have been able to overpower Guanyin in the South and become the true leader of Buddhism.
After all, there is no difference between the five elders and the five elders. Everyone is of the same category. No one is superior to anyone else. However, Tathagata has become the World Honored One of Guanyin, relying on this hand.
However, although Guanyin has become a subordinate of Tathagata, Guanyin also has his own small world. The legendary world of New White Snake is Guanyin's exclusive small world, where he enjoys the luck and incense of a world to himself.
In the end, the Queen Mother of Yaochi will go there for vacation, so Guanyin has never been distanced much by Tathagata. This also makes Guanyin a being who can enter and exit the heaven at will.
You must know that in the entire Buddhism, no one except Guanyin can enter and exit the heaven at will. Even if the Tathagata wants to go to the heaven, there must be an edict.
Therefore, playing such a game with the Jade Emperor is to gain more faith and incense, so that one can become stronger, strong enough to completely suppress Guanyin.
But now he wants his disciples to take the lead again and let everyone know that he has no one under Guanyin, which does not mean that he has no one under his command.
Besides, at this time, whether I can play Journey to the West remains to be seen.
There is no need for this disciple of mine to suppress him at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain anymore. He should release this disciple now and let him take the lead for himself. Let's see how his indestructible Vajra body of copper skin and iron bones has been in the past 500 years. Have you practiced it?
Others think they are torturing Sun Wukong, because it is said in the Ksitigarbha Sutra: Iron donkeys and iron horses, raw leather on the head, hot iron pouring on the body, hungry swallowing iron pills, thirsty drinking iron juice, from year to year, calamities, counting Nayuta, suffering They are connected and have no interruption, so they are called seamless.
In other words, swallowing iron pills when hungry and drinking iron juice when thirsty are the punishments of the Eternal Hell. But in fact, the copper juice iron pills are also the process of cultivating Zhangliu Golden Body. Simply put, in the process of eating copper juice iron pills, Sun Wukong’s body , will absorb the essence of these copper juice and iron pills, and then refine it into an indestructible vajra body with a copper head and iron arms. When the merits are perfected, this indestructible vajra body can be further transformed into a six-foot-long golden body. .
So Tathagata is really making plans for his disciples, but his disciples have little understanding of these.
"That's all, if you practice according to this passage, you will know what I mean!"
After speaking, Tathagata taught Sun Wukong a rather obscure scripture.
Then Sun Wukong started practicing automatically, and after a while his whole body became golden.
"This is a six-foot golden body!"
Guanyin was the first to react, because he was so familiar with the Zhangliu Golden Body. Almost all Buddhas would cultivate their own Zhangliu Golden Body, but he had never seen it as easy as Monkey King. Golden body.
"Copper juice iron pills? Five Elements Mountain! So that's it, you feed him copper juice iron pills to let him have enough gold and iron essence in his body, and then use the Five Elements Mountain to suppress him, so that the gold and iron essence can be mixed with the previous intake. The five elements in his belly are fused into his body to create an indestructible body for him!"
Guanyin took out three golden hoops from her cuffs, "These are also matching items, right?"
At this time of marriage, his face was ugly. He now understood the reason why Tathagata knew that he would give this thing to him even if he stole a few of these three hoops.
Because, no matter how many he is greedy for, as long as one of them can appear on Sun Wukong's head, then this thing can lock the essence and energy in Sun Wukong's body, allowing him to transfer these essences to his body through fighting and activities. Each part of the body makes one's Vajra Indestructible Body more even.
By the time the tight hoop can be removed from his head, Sun Wukong will have achieved a six-foot-long golden body!
"It's really a good plan, it's really a good plan!"
Guanyin couldn't help but praise, Tathagata's plan was really good!
