This little elephant's confident words "I am born in Buddhism and do not know the scriptures"... made Fahai speechless for a long time.
The always sharp-tongued Great Sage laughed angrily.
Bajie snorted at the side: "You are from a Buddhist family...you don't even know the Buddhist scriptures."
The little elephant thought for a while and then said: "That's right!"
Bajie was stunned, "Why is it right?"
"I don't even understand Buddhist scriptures, how can I understand them?"
Bajie retreated.
Fa Hai also understood now that if Bajie was pretending to be stupid, then this little elephant in front of him was probably really stupid.
No wonder his father had to waste so much effort to reincarnate him and transform into a human... How could he survive among the ferocious and cunning monsters with his temperament?
The scene was a little quiet for a while, but the king couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Is what you said really true?"
"Your Majesty Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, if you tell even half a lie, the Heaven will thunder and you will die on the spot."
After finishing speaking, the little elephant carefully looked up at the sky for a while. Seeing the gentle wind and clear clouds and the rising sun, he jumped off the stage and said with a smile: "Look, what I said is all the truth."
Fa Hai waved the beads on his fingertips and recited Amitabha.
The king was actually a man of temperament. Seeing the situation before him, he felt a little uncomfortable, but he was not a shy person, so he stepped forward and apologized, saying: "I wrongly blamed Xiang Buddha..."
"Don't!" the little elephant said quickly: "Don't call me like a Buddha anymore... I was punished by God for a while, but I can't explain it clearly. Your misunderstanding was also due to my fault. Now that I am really like Dabai, Then it’s even, it’s even.”
"It should be like this, it should be like this." The king also agreed repeatedly.
"Haha." The little elephant grinned happily: "Now you are not a foolish king, and I am not a demon Buddha... Master Tripitaka, I wonder if my disciple can ask for a favor from you?"
“It doesn’t matter if you have something to say.”
"My disciple pretended to be a Buddha and received incense here. I feel deeply guilty. I know that Master Samantabhadra found out about this matter. I will definitely be punished. I am afraid that this temple will also turn into nothing..." The little elephant looked aside. The old abbot, with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, bowed to Master Tripitaka and said, "May the holy monk speak to the monks in the temple in front of Master Samantabhadra, and ask him to punish only one of his disciples, and then go around them. Tell them to eat fast and recite Buddha's name here..."
"Wow——" The abbot couldn't help crying immediately, and he knelt down and said: "Like Buddha's mercy..."
The monks also bowed down.
"Oh, don't get up quickly... I... Master Sanzang, please take care of them..." The little elephant was suddenly at a loss and had to ask Master Sanzang for help.
Despite his age, the abbot was very agile at this time. He knelt down to Master Sanzang and said, "Master, please have mercy."
"Please have mercy, Master."
"Amitabha." Seeing this scene, Master Tripitaka was inevitably moved. Did the Buddha save the world, or did the world save the Buddha?
Or...this scene of mutual perfection is what the World Honored One calls everyone like a Buddha?
You are worthy of being born into a noble family.
Fahai pondered for a moment and then said: "Using the power of incense to transform a demon into a human form, although it is a heretical technique, the poor monk thinks that you are compassionate and have never done any evil..."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present looked at Master Tripitaka——
"Well - let's do this. Since you have received his incense for two hundred years and are now out of trouble, you will stay in Baoxiang Kingdom and protect him for another two hundred years to repay the cause and effect. During your punishment, you can stay at Baoxiang Buddhist Temple. While reciting the Buddha's name, you are not allowed to leave without any reason."
When everyone heard this, their eyes immediately brightened.
"But!" Fahai changed the topic again and said: "You are only allowed to protect him from the disaster of national destruction, from the invasion of monsters, and not to interfere in the internal affairs of the royal family, not to interfere in national policies, not to use force to conquer other countries... Can you do it?"
The little elephant was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded repeatedly: "It can be done, it can be done! It's just the divine monk, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva..."
"It is reasonable and reasonable for the poor monk to punish you like this. I will not punish you twice. I believe Samantabhadra Bodhisattva will not pursue it." Fa Hai thought for a while and then said: "If anything happens, the poor monk will personally explain it to the Bodhisattva."
"Thank you, holy monk!"
"Amitabha." Fahai recited the Buddha's name, looked at the king, and said, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"
But His Majesty stepped out, came directly to the little elephant, and said, "I have a proposal."
"What proposal?"
"It's said that you can't get to know each other without fighting." This king was also courageous. He actually took the hand of the little elephant and walked up to Master Sanzang and said: "We have received the grace of the holy monk to turn our conflicts into friendship. Isn't it just destiny? ?”
Then he looked at the little elephant: "If you don't give up, I would like to become friends with you for eight years. The love of brotherhood... There is a holy monk in front of me this time, so I should bear witness."
Little Elephant subconsciously looked at Master Sanzang, wanting to know what the holy monk’s opinion was, but after looking at it for a long time, he could not see any clues from Master Sanzang’s face. He thought for a moment and said: “If you can do it, you can do it. But I gotta be the big brother.”
"Hahaha--"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh together. Even Fahai almost failed, but after all, he was highly skilled and could hold back, which impressed everyone.
Just do it.
The monks arranged the incense eucalyptus again, and everyone was smiling. They originally thought that something bad would happen today, but they didn't expect that things would turn out differently.
Now their family is "Xiang Buddha" and they are brothers with the king of the country. They have also received the scriptures from Master Tripitaka before. Now their Baoxiang Buddhist Temple should be worthy of its name.
Under the witness of Master Tripitaka, the little elephant became friends with the king Babai and became brothers.
After that, the little elephant simply bowed before Master Tripitaka and said, "My disciple has been enlightened by the divine monk and taught scriptures by the divine monk. I would like to worship the divine monk and ask the divine monk to fulfill my wishes."
One is rushing, and two are letting go.
I originally thought that I had already accepted Baihuaxi's two sons as my name, but now it seems a little inappropriate to accept this little elephant who is sworn brother to the king of Baoxiang Kingdom.
It can be seen that this little elephant's character is malleable, and considering that Nezha and Li Jing are both father and son, and brothers, it is not a big problem... He said: "It's not impossible to accept you..."
"Disciple pays homage to Master!" The little elephant immediately knelt down to pay homage, and he was very clever at this time.
"You two also come forward together." Fa Hai didn't pay much attention. He waved to Da Lang and Er Lang who were following Bai Huaxian, and said, "I will take advantage of today to ordain you two and introduce us to me." Door."
"Disciple, thank you Master." The two little demons also paid their respects.
The three of them knelt in front of Master Tripitaka and kowtowed heavily. Then Fahai reached out and gently rubbed their heads, then removed their hair.
"Since you are members of the poor monk's sect, you must know the taboos of this sect... If you dare to do evil, the poor monk will be thousands of miles away, so I should personally save you."
"Disciple, please remember this." The three of them agreed in unison.
"When you enter Buddhism, you should have a Dharma name. All the poor monks have the word Wu..." Fa Hai looked at the little elephant and said: "You can call him Wu Xiang."
"The two of you, the eldest man is the one who realizes the truth, and the second man is the one who understands the nature."
"Thank you Master for giving me the Dharma title."
"Go and see all the senior brothers."
The three of them went to meet the senior brothers next to each other.
Immediately afterwards, the whole city congratulated, and the king of Baoxiang Kingdom ordered all the people to have fun together. All expenses should be taken from the internal funds, without using any money from the people.
...
At this moment, there are two Bodhisattvas hiding in mid-air to watch. They are the two great masters Guanyin Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.
"Good, good." Guanyin Bodhisattva couldn't hide the smile on her face. She looked at Samantabhadra and asked with a smile: "How is it?"
"Amitabha." Samantabhadra Bodhisattva also responded with a smile: "You are worthy of the name of an eminent monk."
Guanyin Bodhisattva suddenly lowered his head and said softly: "Your sitting white elephant is in Shituoling this time..."
"He gave birth to this son to strengthen brotherhood." Samantabhadra Bodhisattva looked at Guanyin Bodhisattva and sighed: "Let him go."
"Amitabha." Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva frowned and said, "Although the Tripitaka and the Western Heavens should avoid the disaster step by step, it should not bring disaster to all living beings. Is this move... Lingshan inappropriate?"
"The poor monk is traveling in the three realms. Everywhere he sees there are disasters, and not just on this journey to the west?" Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said solemnly: "Although my fellow Taoist cares about the common people and is called the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, in the end... alas... !”
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva sighed softly, "All living beings are suffering, how can we overcome it all? It can't be overcome, it can't be overcome!"
"If we can't cross it completely, why don't we stop crossing it?"
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva showed pain and suffering on his face, "I have traveled throughout the three realms, and wherever I go, I have overcome all sufferings. How can I not overcome them? My fellow Taoist has transformed into thousands of bodies, and his spirits appear everywhere, and no requests are answered. How can I not overcome them?"
"Why can't we cross it to the end?"
"All living beings are endless, and suffering is also endless."
"Amitabha."
The two Bodhisattvas looked at each other and left without further words.
...
After staying at Baoxiang Elementary School for three to five days, Master Fahai and his disciples finally said goodbye and set off to the west.
Before Fahai left, he left the full text of the Avatamsaka Sutra for the monks in Baoxiang Buddhist Temple to study. In addition, he also left a piece of the Ksitigarbha Sutra to transcend the souls of the dead.
The little elephant was reluctant to leave and begged Master and the brothers to stay for a few more days. During these days, he followed Master to recite Buddha's name during the day and practiced with the brothers at night, which was very fulfilling.
Not only has Buddhism made great progress, but the body has also become stronger.
He originally thought that his body was strong enough, but unexpectedly he could not defeat any of the four senior brothers. After careful questioning, he found out that the origins of these four senior brothers were all extraordinary.
"Master, I am going to the West to pray to Buddha and seek sutras. After I have accomplished my task, I will have a return trip. Then I will come back and stay for a few days." Fahai touched the little elephant's head and said with a smile, "Although the "Precious Elephant Sutra" It is full of errors and omissions, but at any rate it is the hard work of nine generations of monks in this temple. I hope you will one day write it into a true Buddhist scripture that can be handed down for generations. Only in this way... can it live up to my expectations."
Seeing that Master had such great expectations for him, Xiao Xiang quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I must live up to Master's teachings and truly write the "Precious Elephant Buddhist Sutra"!"
"You don't have to send me far away. I'm leaving this poor monk."
The king and queen of Baoxiang Kingdom, Princess Baihuashy, the abbot of Baoxiang Buddhist Temple, the monks and the three disciples of Master Tripitaka watched the master and apprentice go west. After they lost sight of their figures, they looked at each other and turned back into the city.
Everyone gathered again in the main hall of Baoxiang Buddhist Temple. They formed a circle and the atmosphere was a little solemn.
Not long after, the little elephant (Wu Xiang) said: "Little monk, please express your attitude first——"
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