Chang Tianlong continued to tell the story.
He said that when the Buddha was alive, demon kings often came to disturb the Buddha's meditation practice and sermons.
One time was when Sakyamuni Buddha was about to become a Buddha. At that time, he was still the prince of Kapilavastu Kingdom in ancient India, named Siddhartha.
Prince Siddhartha sat quietly under the Bodhi tree and realized enlightenment, which alarmed the demon king Bo Xun who had transformed into the Heaven of Freedom, because once Prince Siddhartha became a Buddha, he would be free from the realm of desire and would not be under his jurisdiction, and he would also teach the Dharma in the future. Educating the people is a great threat to the devil.
The devil was worried and pulled out his hair, and then he thought of a way to send his three witches to bewitch the Buddha and prevent him from becoming a Buddha.
The witches were very beautiful. When they came to the Buddha, they used all kinds of charming gestures to seduce him, hoping to give him desire.
But the Buddha didn't react at all to this kind of thing. He said to the witches: You think you are very beautiful now, but in fact, when you get old, you will become gray-skinned, with white hair and wrinkles on your face. , very ugly.
Then the Buddha used his great supernatural powers to visualize and let the witches see that they had grown old instantly, their appearance was extremely ugly, their eyesight was deafened, and they were senile. They also saw that their bodies were covered with pus and maggots, and then turned into skeletons and white bones, so they felt ashamed. ,Ran.
It has to be said that the Buddha was also a master of killing people and killing people.
The Demon King was very angry when he saw that the Witch's temptation was unsuccessful. He led all the demon soldiers, poisonous insects, monsters, poison thunders and poison arrows to kill the Buddha.
Holy light emitted from the Buddha's body, and the devil's poisonous thunders and poisonous arrows scattered near the Buddha, unable to harm the Buddha at all.
The devil could not break through the holy light surrounding the Buddha, so he had to admit defeat.
Another time, when the Buddha was about to enter nirvana, the demon king Paxun came to cause trouble again.
The devil said: "After you reach nirvana, I will destroy the Buddha Dharma."
The Buddha said: "Buddha's Dharma is the true Dharma, and no force can destroy it."
The Demon King said: "Human nature is inherently evil. It is easy to learn bad things but hard to learn good ones. After you die, fewer and fewer people will believe in you, while more and more people will believe in me."
The Buddha said: "I have Buddhist scriptures left in this world, and I have Buddha treasures left in this world, which can educate and transform all living beings."
The Demon King said: "If you want to educate sentient beings, you have to introduce new people. You will not refuse my disciples to accept your teachings, right?"
Buddha said: "No."
The devil said: "Then when your Dharma ends, I will ask my disciples and disciples to infiltrate your monks, wear your cassocks, destroy your Dharma, distort your scriptures, and destroy your precepts."
After hearing the words of the devil, the Buddha was speechless for a long time and shed tears silently.
The Demon King led everyone away laughing wildly.
Today happens to be the Age of Ending Dharma, so demon princes and descendants are occupying temples and destroying Buddhism. This is also the reason why the Buddha shed tears.
Chang Tianlong told me this story, and I was so mesmerized that I felt the sensation all over my body and even shed tears.
And I also understood what he meant. In the Dharma-ending era, even people who believe in Buddha cannot resist the invasion of demon princes and descendants, let alone horse immortals.
I asked Chang Tianlong, will that black python come for revenge?
Chang Tianlong said something that surprised and surprised me.
He said: "You have to be more open-minded and take bigger steps. Why wait for it to take revenge? As the saying goes, kill it while it is sick. Let's catch it and eliminate the evil and defend the law!"
Oops, I never expected that heaven would entrust this man with a great responsibility. I, Wu Xiaofan, have only lived a good life for a few days, and now I have to slay demons, defend the law, and catch that black python spirit?
I said, Brother Chang, are you sure we want to do this? We are not a law enforcement agency, so why should we arrest people? Besides, where can we take them? They are all elves in the world, and we cannot be slaughtered by others. Ah, doesn’t that have to do with karma?
Chang Tianlong laughed and said, "You are so scared. We told you not to take responsibility for cause and effect because we were afraid that you would be unstable and cause trouble. But if Chuma Immortal doesn't even dare to take responsibility for cause and effect, how can he cultivate the Tao and become an immortal?" ?
As soon as he said this, smallpox came out again. She said to me: "Don't listen to Lao Chang's bragging. It's not the case at all. We practitioners don't bear the responsibility of cause and effect. It's not that we are timid and stay behind closed doors. If that's the case, If so, we don’t need to go down the mountain, and we won’t be burdened with any cause and effect while staying in the cave. Just remember this sentence, any great practitioner should not be ignorant of cause and effect."
I didn’t understand the meaning of not being ignorant of cause and effect for a while, so Chang Tianlong explained it to me. He said that the world only knows how to respect cause and effect, while practitioners know not to be ignorant of cause and effect. But in fact, the real great practitioners should be not ignorant of cause and effect. cause and effect.
Not being ignorant of cause and effect means that you must have a clear understanding of the relationship between cause and effect. For example, if you encounter an effect, you can find the correct cause, know where the cause comes from, and handle the effect with the correct mentality and method.
In a word, only those who can see through the cause and effect and not be confused by the cause and effect can be a great practitioner.
After listening to their words, I felt that my realm had been elevated again.
Although I was still confused after what they said, at least one thing was certain.
That is, we are going to catch that black python spirit.
This is easier said than done.
Because the family had a police officer and it was not in the wilderness, I and the others arrested me as soon as I asked, and no one cared about me.
You can't just go to someone's house in broad daylight and say there's a black python spirit in your house, and I'll come and kill it, right?
They had to call the police and arrest me on the spot.
Therefore, this matter needs to be considered in the long term.
I also asked Chang Tianlong how to catch this black python spirit. He said that it is your business. We will do what you say, because you are the leader of the hall, and only you can represent the hall by doing things. This is also your responsibility. The path of spiritual practice.
I feel a little bit pained. Every time I have a problem, he says this is my path of spiritual practice. I seriously suspect that he is being lazy.
So I found Ma Yunfeng and wanted to discuss with him what to do about this matter.
Ma Yunfeng was also puzzled at first, saying that you are trying to catch a black python with chicken feathers. People have a gang, regardless of whether he is a good gangster or a bad gangster. They are still a group of people. If you really lead people to fight with each other, the whole person will be killed. The bad thing is that both sides suffer, so it’s not a mistake.
I said that my family Chang Tianlong said that this is a great merit, it can eliminate demons and protect the Tao.
I also told Ma Yunfeng the story Chang Tianlong told about the demon king Bo Xun and the Six Heavens of Desire Realm.
Then I told him that what Chang Tianlong probably meant was that now is the Dharma Ending Age, where demons are rampant, and fortune-telling for people every day is just a small meritorious service. If it is not done well, it will easily reveal the secrets of the heaven.
And to eliminate demons and protect the Tao, this is definitely a great merit, you can't let it go, it's worth taking some risks!
