One time, Fairy Chang'e came to the main hall in tears to complain. It is said that the Jade Rabbit was almost skinned and roasted by those five wild boys.
The god ordered the five people to surrender, and soon each of the five people entered the hall holding a roast rabbit.
The fairy almost lost her temper.
It was Marshal Tianpeng who stroked the fairy's back and comforted her, which prevented the fairy from fainting.
The god asked: Are you, Jiuchijianlin, going to rebel?
Su Fang answered: How come we are rebelling if we eat roasted rabbit? If we want to rebel, the Jade Rabbit is also rebelling!
The god asked: How could it rebel? Absolutely impossible.
Su Fang answered: Is it not considered rebellion to fall in love with mortals? I remember Tian Tiao said that gods are not allowed to descend to earth and fall in love with mortals.
The deity was surprised and said: Are you saying that the Jade Rabbit has eloped and descended to earth?
Su Fang replied: Yes, isn't it good for lovers to eventually get married?
Chang'e said: The Jade Rabbit didn't die, but eloped to earth?
Su Fang replied: Yes, sister, you are a fairy who has become a grandmother... You are unique in the fairy palace. You don't know that the nest of little jade rabbits is so cute... Hey, sister, don't faint.
The god said in a panic: Don't panic, call the God of Medicine! ! ! Also, arrest these brats!
There was a lot of excitement in the hall.
Finally, the Jiujian Fairy came forward, gave the five boys a severe beating, and ordered them to go to the mortal world to find a thousand aura rabbits and pay them to Fairy Chang'e.
The one who complained the most was You Chuiyun. He was dragged by Su Fang and a few others to eat roast rabbit, and then he was caught and tied up in the Lingxiao Palace...
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"Where are we going?"
You Chuiyun was reluctantly dragged forward by several people, when Liu Qinmei gave him the answer.
"A few old monks have come to the West to preach and debate scriptures with the deity. These old monks have cultivated themselves into golden bodies. It's amazing. They call themselves Arhats and Bodhisattvas. Even our deities don't care much about it. In his eyes, he shamelessly asked our deity to issue an order to practice Buddhism."
"Ah? I understand. This incident is a dispute between Buddhism and Taoism in the Immortal Palace!"
You Chuiyun looked stunned and excited, and ran forward faster than them.
"Hey, hey, can you find a place? You're running the wrong way! This way!"
Bai Buying shouted.
You Chuiyun ran back with a squeak: "I saw them... they were all heading this way, why... why did they run in the wrong direction."
"Oh? It seems like, everyone is walking this way - it turns out I made a mistake, they are walking this way."
"You idiot! How dare you coax me!"
Bai Buying ran away, and escaping was his special skill. You Chuiyun asked him several times for advice on how to do it, but the kid didn't reveal any ideas.
"Come and chase me. If you catch me, I will teach you the 'Three Steps to Catch the Clouds'. I guarantee that you will never lose a hair in the future, and no one will be able to touch you at all!"
After three steps to catch up with the clouds, You Chuiyun felt that this name was tailor-made for him. This further strengthened his idea of learning.
"Slow down!" Liu Qinmei, the elder sister, scolded, and several people squeezed into the sea of people.
When I arrived at the Lingxiao Palace, I found that there were already immortals sitting around here. They even made an exception and were allowed to take off. The sky was also filled with immortals. It seemed that all the immortals in the entire immortal palace were here.
You Chuiyun and others arrived too late, and they were crowded in the back and could not see what was going on inside the hall.
However, Sanskrit sounds and wonderful words came from the main hall, blue luan dances, colorful phoenixes chirped; turtles held birthdays in their hands, cranes held sesame seeds, they practiced tranquility and returned to their true nature, and the fruits of meditation were perfect.
Apparently the debate on Buddhism and Taoism had begun, and the group of old monks launched the first offensive.
The wonderful sound came, and the immortals nodded frequently, saying that the Buddha's way is indeed profound...
"It's bad luck. These people insist on what others say and what they believe. They are just old monks who don't drink alcohol or eat meat. What are their happy mottos?"
Wang Quansheng was a little angry.
"I, the Buddha, observe the three realms with profound prajna. The fundamental nature will eventually cease. It is the same as the void, with nothing left. It is called the beginning of life and death. The appearance of the Dharma is like this..."
The old monk's voice was like thunder from the sky, shocking thousands of immortals.
"No, no, we have to get closer... You can't see anything here! Jiu Guan, aren't you Princess Zhaoyang's favorite? You can't take a shortcut with your brothers so that we can see this living Buddha. Whether it has more eyes or more mouths, is this golden body really made of gold?
I don’t know. We all can turn stones into gold. I don’t know what the old monks can be proud of by cultivating gold bodies. "
Wang Quansheng and Bai Buying ignored Su Fang's resentful eyes and walked towards the gate of the side hall with You Chuiyun on their backs.
"What can I do? Let go of my king, fool Bai Lengzi, are you crazy? There are so many great immortals watching, don't be so angry."
"Oh, why don't you just come closer? It won't be in the way."
Sure enough, when we came to the gate of the side hall, a group of heavenly soldiers were guarding the place. They were just guarding, but they all climbed up the wall and stretched their necks. They were all listening to the old monk's sermon with all their attention. They had no idea that a few children had slipped into the side hall.
But there is still a mature and steady heavenly soldier. He has a strange trick. It turns out that he took off one of his eyes and placed it on the back of his head.
When the veteran saw a few people sneaking in, he immediately shouted to his companions to come and defend against the enemy.
Unexpectedly, the silent Liu Qinmei came up and sprinkled a handful of pink cigarette ash, causing the veteran to inhale it into his nose. In an instant, he lost his voice and even his face became dull.
Su Fang took off the eyes from the back of his head and placed them on his face.
"You have to continue to look at the monk... look at the monk, there will be no problems later..."
Liu Qinmei said this to the veteran in a hypnotic manner. The veteran nodded with doubts on his face and turned to continue watching the old monk's sermon.
The five people took the opportunity and quietly slipped into the side hall.
The veteran suddenly sneezed, and the sneeze turned red and pink when it fell to the ground.
"What's going on..." The veteran didn't feel any physical discomfort at all. He looked back and saw that there was nothing going on, but he always felt uneasy in his heart.
"Could it be that the masters persuaded me to become a monk too?"
The veteran was too lazy to care and continued to listen to Zen with bated breath.
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In the main hall, even though the old monks were talking like lotuses, the deity remained unmoved and looked amiable.
However, this Supreme Being cursed in his heart: "Bald Donkey gives you three points of color and you will be brilliant, right? I asked you to preach, but you are still here to confuse our immortals."
At this time, the old monks paused for a moment, apparently returning the right to speak to the deity.
The god laughed and said: "I heard that the little Taoist friend Tathagata from the West has great supernatural powers and created a world for himself, the so-called Western Heaven of Bliss... He also passed down the yoga method for people to practice, self-atonement, the law of karma, and rebirth in nirvana. Ascetic practices lead to Buddhahood and attainment of Zhengtong. !
Then let me ask, is this an act of escaping from the world? Living in one corner of the world, living in a corner, is this a form of seclusion and locking the door? The Buddha is sitting on a lotus, shutting out tens of thousands of people outside the gate of the West. Is this how he condescends to others? Shameful cry? Fighting will result in karma, and not fighting will also be a hindrance to karma. The Buddha is noble and does not attract sentient beings.
The reason why Jianghai can be regarded as the king of hundreds of valleys is because of its good deeds. Therefore, if you want to go up to the people, you must speak down. If you want to lead the people, you must leave them behind. Therefore, when a sage is at the top, the people do not take him seriously, and when he is at the front, the people do not harm him. Therefore, the world is happy to push and never tire of it, and because it does not fight, no one in the world can fight with it.
If the Tathagata wants to create a paradise world, first of all, he cannot become a Buddha..."
The deity came to a conclusion that horrified all the old monks. He actually said that Tathagata was not a Buddha!
The words of the deity's rebuttal were the sixty-sixth chapter of the Tao Te Ching written by Lao Jun.
It roughly means the three levels of philosophy of life. The first level uses the river and sea as a metaphor, saying that the sea is open to all rivers. The second level talks about people not being obsessed with their own interests and gains and losses, and abandoning human nature in order to become a Buddha. The third level talks about the word "non-competition", and the great road should let nature take its course... and should not compete for anything from the fruits of heaven's way.
This remark even angered this group of monks who cultivated their moral character. They all started to refute the deity, but none of them got to the point.
There was only one old monk who opened his mouth with the "Book of Encouraging Cultivation" - which roughly means that being a human being cannot be achieved overnight. Only by self-reflection and self-reliance, and by defeating oneself, can one achieve positive results. Everyone in the world should practice this way and transcend themselves.
Then the deity was alone in a verbal battle with the group of monks.
The two sides argued in the dark, with no light from the sun or the moon. It was a courtesy exchange and a verbal exchange.
These old monks are quite capable. No wonder they dare to argue with the gods after copying a few scriptures. Their purpose is naturally to spread the scriptures and promote Buddhism in the heavenly world.
Although the deity had a sharp tongue, he could not stand up to the large number of people on the other side and gradually fell behind.
"That boy like Tathagata knows how to use all these obscure words. Monk Marde's chanting is annoying to death."
The deity didn't think what they were saying was true. He just felt that there were mosquitoes flying around his ears, lingering in the Lingxiao Palace.
The reason why he fell behind was not that he couldn't win, but that he felt that these old monks were too messy, and he really couldn't find an entry point to object.
"Listen to the immortals outside the main hall. I am thirsty and want to rest for a while. Who dares to come up and help me debate the Dharma with all the masters and Buddhas?"
The god was already impatient, so he simply stood up and shouted outside.
The emperor's face changed slightly. She knew that her husband's abilities were more than that, but he was free and easy by nature, so how could he argue endlessly with these old monks?
However, the words spoken by the Divine Lord were different in everyone's minds - I wonder, doesn't this mean that the Divine Lord raised his flag and surrendered, and directly looked for foreign aid to help him.
The problem is—the god himself can’t win an argument, so who else has this ability?
The emperor and the empress walked over and whispered in the ear of the god.
The god patted his belly and continued: "If there is a winner in the debate, I can teach my supreme mind method - the Ancient God Emperor's Sutra. Of course, it is not the whole volume, just half of it."
What! The god is actually willing to teach the ancient god emperor's scripture?
All the immortals were excited for a while. The ancient God Emperor's Sutra, as the basis for the establishment of a god, is one of the most magical Heart Sutra scrolls in the world. If it is obtained, it will be no less than obtaining the most precious treasure in the world.
