When the Great Sage King Bodhisattva was about to step into the Buddha's flame, Fahai suddenly asked: "If you succeed in refining your mind, where is the Bodhisattva?"
"Refining the heart, refining the heart." The Great Sage King Bodhisattva looked at Fahai and said with a smile: "What is left behind is naturally the original mind. As for the poor monk...the original mind is one and always present, so there is no difference between them."
"Everyone in the world knows that the Hinayana helps oneself." The Great Sage King Bodhisattva clasped his hands together and asked, "What does it mean to help oneself?"
"First get rid of your mind." The Great Sage King Bodhisattva pointed to his heart and said: "If you cannot rectify your mind, even if you achieve the fruit of Bodhisattva, you will be like a poor monk...and the poor monk has been deeply entangled in the world of mortals. It is not easy to distinguish clearly between 'crossing people and crossing oneself' or 'crossing oneself and crossing others'."
"Amitabha." The Great Sage King Bodhisattva recited the Buddha's name again and said to Master Tripitaka: "Besides, if the death of poor monks can be exchanged for the reunion of Yang Tianyou and his family, isn't that what we monks want?"
"If you leave the world, you will be useless in the world; if you become a monk, you will have no worries. A monk may be able to become a monk and join the world, so that he can do something really useful." The hands of the Great Sage King Bodhisattva were clasped in front of his chest again, "The poor monk is not a mere monk. Pure monks only leave the shallow insights gained from thousands of years of practice for the saintly monks to criticize."
The Great Sage King Bodhisattva stepped into the flames of the Great Sun Buddha.
As expected, the Great Sun Buddha Flame, which can burn all sins, has no significant effect on the Great Sage King Bodhisattva.
The Great Sage King Bodhisattva sat quietly in it, causing the Great Sun Buddha's flame to penetrate directly into the bottom of the soul, intersecting with the Buddha's light buried deep here——
Bah——!
There was a soft sound, and the blue smoke bird was seen.
It is obvious that the two expressions are constantly changing on the face of the Great Sage King Bodhisattva, but they are very harmonious.
And Fa Hai can feel that, as they said before, whether it is the Great Sage King Bodhisattva or Yang Tianyou, they are one and should not be distinguished from each other.
The reason why such a scene occurs now is that the Buddha's shackle in his soul has forcibly peeled off "Yang Tianyou", and has gradually assimilated it with the Buddha-nature of the Bodhisattva.
At this moment, Fahai could also see clearly. From what he could see so far, between the Great Sage King Bodhisattva and Yang Tianyou, it was the former who made the decision, not "Yang Tianyou".
The other party was just using fire to temper their hearts, and Fahai had no intention of intervening in this process. He just waited quietly for the result.
Even from a Buddhist point of view, it is difficult to draw a conclusion when the Great Sage King Bodhisattva made the choice to fulfill "Yang Tianyou".
But...what does this have to do with others?
To say that the Great Sun Buddha Flame is truly magical, it was clearly Yang Tianyou's heart that was being refined, but what was ignited was the Buddha's light deep in his soul. This Buddha's light actually burned and was gradually drawn out of the soul.
But... can the Buddha's light that can be ignited by the Great Sun Buddha's flame still be called the Buddha's light?
A true Buddha will never imprison people's hearts.
Although this leader of the Western religion is also called Buddha, what he is doing...is not Buddhist at all.
Heaven.
On the bank of the Tianhe River.
The Jade Emperor is holding a rope in his hand, and at the other end of the rope is a water ape.
"Little God, see you, Your Majesty." The Demon King who was training his troops saw that the Jade Emperor was coming, so he naturally did not dare to neglect and came to pick him up immediately... He also caught a glimpse of the water ape in the Jade Emperor's hand and recognized him at a glance. origin.
Isn't this Huaishui Demon Monkey Wu Zhiqi? How come your Majesty brought him here?
"The seal of Dayu was loosened, and it was early summer, when the Huaihe River was rising, and this beast was making trouble in the lower world... The Great Sage Bodhisattva, the Master King, had already subdued it, but he had not yet eliminated its evil force. Xing... And because the Bodhisattva had to go out for business, I happened to pass by while walking in the three realms, so I took him up to heaven." The Jade Emperor smiled and said: "I have thought about it... Only this Tianhe River in the heaven can accommodate him."
Seeing Wu Zhiqi grinning at him, the Jiao Demon King cupped his hands and said, "I will train a general in the water for the heaven."
"Hahahaha." The Jade Emperor laughed when he heard this, "In that case, I will give this water monkey to Aiqing."
Leaving the Water Monkey behind, the Jade Emperor rode on the clouds and left, but he did not go to the Lingxiao Palace, but went to the Tushita Palace along the way.
Laojun fried a pot of elixirs some time ago, and now he has added a new pot, which is now being simmered over a slow fire.
The Jade Emperor sniffed the elixir fragrance and smiled at Laojun: "Laojun's alchemy skills are getting better and better. I just smell some elixir fragrance and I feel refreshed."
Lao Jun stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, you must not come to Lao Dao's alchemy room just to compliment you?"
The Jade Emperor did not hide anything, and said: "I came here to ask for an elixir of good fortune."
The old man didn't ask much about the reason, and took out an elixir at random: "This elixir is refined with the soul, and can resurrect flesh and blood out of thin air, but... after all, it is not as good as her original divine body."
Obviously, this old man who sat high in the Tushita Palace knew all about the uses of the Jade Emperor's elixirs.
"That's enough." The Jade Emperor was already very grateful.
Although the Jade Emperor also knows some magical powers of creation, there is still a big gap compared to the old man in front of him who can integrate all magical powers into his alchemy.
In fact, among the three realms, if we talk about the way of creation, Nuwa has to reach the top, and even Laojun has to be willing to be inferior.
But since becoming a god, Nuwa Empress has left the Three Realms, opened up the Emperor Wa Heaven in the chaos, and cannot escape. A self-proclaimed saint in chaos can no longer interfere with the affairs of the three realms.
Although Empress Nuwa also left an incarnation in the Three Realms, just like the old man in front of her...
Laojun only inherited the alchemy way of Saint Taiqing... but the incarnation of Nuwa Empress did not possess the way of creation... Of course, this cannot be said that the incarnation of Nuwa Empress is not proficient in the way of creation, it's just that It is difficult to reach the level of Nuwa Empress.
In addition, the Jade Emperor owes Laojun more than one favor, so naturally there is no need to trouble the incarnation of Nuwa Empress in the Three Realms.
The Jade Emperor thanked Laojun and was about to go to the world of desire when Laojun grabbed him and said, "She has only just awakened. How can she bear such a powerful elixir?"
As he spoke, Laojun took out another elixir from his arms, "This pill is the Nine Reincarnation Soul Pill created by the old Taoist. Take this pill first... and then eat the previous one after the soul is well nourished." grain."
There was no need to worry about the debt. The Jade Emperor handed over the elixir very simply and bowed seriously, but he said: "I can't say thank you for the great kindness..."
The old man waved his hand and said: "No need, your majesty will go and save people by yourself. Don't disturb the old man's alchemy."
The Jade Emperor hurried away.
Lao Jun turned his head and saw that the Jade Emperor had disappeared. He reached out and waved his whisk, and the red mist in front of him dispersed. It was the scene of Xiaoxitian in the lower world——
The Buddha's flames burn brighter and brighter.
Although the Buddha's light was ignited, there seemed to be no sign of being burned, or it was consumed very slowly, almost undetectable.
The Great Saint King Bodhisattva is indeed not at all afraid of the Great Sun Buddha Flame, and even takes the initiative to use his magic power to amplify it. In fact, this Buddha's flame really had no effect on him.
But Fahai is different. After all, he endured the pain of the Buddha's flame burning his heart.
It was also the strangeness of this Buddha's light that made Fahai a little concerned, so he probed out a ray of spiritual consciousness towards it and brushed——
The Buddha's light seemed to have sensed it. It followed the ray of Fahai's consciousness and escaped directly into his sea of consciousness. Together with the Buddha's shackles in the soul of the Great Sage, the Master King Bodhisattva, it was also transferred to the Fahai. on the body.
"not good!"
The Great Sage King Bodhisattva, who was concentrating on refining the Buddha's shackles with Buddha's flames, suddenly saw that the Buddha's shackles had escaped and escaped into the soul of Master Tripitaka. He immediately screamed in surprise and was about to take action when he heard the voice from the other side. Master Sanzang said: "The Bodhisattva concentrates on using the Buddha's flame to refine his heart, so this Buddha's shackles are handed over to the poor monk to deal with."
After saying that, Fahai closed his eyes and meditated.
The mind escapes within and enters the sea of consciousness.
Katcha——!
Rumble——!
Thunder can be seen everywhere in the sea of consciousness.
The Buddha's shackles flickered in Fa Hai's consciousness, as if he was trying to avoid the thunder's bombardment first.
If the Buddha's shackles were personified, they would definitely show a shocked expression, "Is this definitely the manifestation of the sea of consciousness of a Buddhist monk?!"
call--
The thunder was mixed with howling wind.
Immediately afterwards, strange phenomena such as earth dragons turning over, volcanoes erupting, white ghosts howling, etc. appeared one by one in Fahai's sea of consciousness.
at last.
The projection of Fahai's soul appeared in the sea of consciousness. He was wearing a bright red cassock covering a white monk's robe, and a whisk in his hand. There was a red mark between his eyebrows. His expression was not as solemn as that of a senior monk, but rather a bit coquettish.
Not like a serious monk.
But the Buddha's light on his body shines brightly, and he avoids all kinds of disasters in the sea of consciousness as soon as he sees them.
This Buddha shackles no longer has spirituality after the incarnation of Uparatha Buddha left by Saint Chunti passed away. The only trace of instinct left caused it to break away from the Great Sage King Bodhisattva and enter the "Tripitaka Master". deep in the sea of consciousness.
"Amitabha." Fahai looked at the Buddha's shackles, chanted the Buddha's name, stretched out his big hands, and wanted to grasp it. However, when he took action... his Buddha nature suddenly disappeared, and instead he was wrapped in a black mist. In his hands, this is the demonic nature that has always remained in his body.
The Great Sage King Bodhisattva is right, this Buddha's shackles are not afraid of the Buddha's light, but are afraid of karma.
What a coincidence.
Fa Hai seems to be a mage who goes to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, but in fact he is a demon monk who can fall into the devil's path at will... The difference is that he has already been able to control both the Buddha and the devil in his body, and he can become a Buddha or a devil with just one thought. between.
The karma contained in his body is due to how many demons and evil spirits the Great Sun Buddha Flame has refined... and Fahai's own karma is still deep.
The reason is that Fa Hai succumbed to the karma caused by killing demons, not only the karma caused by killing, but also the karma of those demons, a large part of which was passed on to Fa Hai.
It's just that he always acts like an ordinary monk in his daily life, and the power he displays is only the Dharma.
This does not mean that he will not use demonic methods.
Fahai, who had once entered a demon and finally escaped from it, understood the meaning of "the thought of the demon and the Buddha" even more clearly.
Buddha and demon are one and the only difference is the mind.
Pfft——
The Buddha's shackles are trapped and corroded by demonic karma.
Gradually the true nature was revealed.
It's still a dead branch, but this dead branch... is longer and thicker than the dead branch in Master Jinchan's soul.
Looking at the dead branches in front of him, Fahai fell into deep thought. He couldn't figure out for a moment why the Zhunti Saint, who was obviously the Buddha, did so many things that were contrary to "Buddha".
Fahai held the dead branch in his hand and felt it carefully, but he couldn't detect anything.
No wonder it can lock the heart of the Great Sage King Bodhisattva. I am afraid that if the saint had not withdrawn from the three realms and Upaladha Buddha passed away, there would have been no Yang Tianyou in the three realms.
Fahai exited his world of consciousness, and with a casual move, the dead branch appeared in his hand. It was about the length of his forearm and the thickness of his thumb. Apart from the hard material, it had no other magical properties.
Fa Hai has finished his work here, and the Great Sage King Bodhisattva on the opposite side has naturally finished his work.
Without the Buddha's shackles made of dead branches, the matter of refining one's mind would be completed smoothly.
"Amitabha."
When Yang Tianyou opened his eyes, Fa Hai took back the flames of the Great Sun Buddha.
"Thank you, holy monk, for your help." Yang Tianyou on the opposite side thanked him in a secular manner, which showed that he had returned to his true nature.
"It's a small effort, but it doesn't matter." Fahai nodded slightly, accepted the gift, and then asked: "Bodhisattva, he..."
"Amitabha." Yang Tianyou clasped his hands together, "Bodhisattva and I are one and the same. Today I am Yang Tianyou again, but the Buddha's dharma tools are here... I am Yang Tianyou, I am the Great Sage King Bodhisattva, I am me."
After finishing speaking, Yang Tianyou paused and said with a smile: "When I became a Bodhisattva, I did not enter the Lingshan Mountain, did not see the Tathagata, and did not worship the Buddha. Now that I have left the Buddha and entered the mortal world, I am not under the jurisdiction of Buddhism, but I am quite free."
The status of the Great Sage King Bodhisattva was achieved by oneself and was not conferred by Lingshan. The Great Sage Zen Temple has never been under the jurisdiction of Lingshan.
Moreover, Yang Tianyou attained enlightenment as a layman and was not a monk... In this way, he was still a layman Bodhisattva...
As a layman, there seems to be no such thing as returning to the secular world.
Fahai handed the dead branch in his hand back to Yang Tianyou and said: "The Buddha's shackles in the donor's body were transformed from this dead branch."
Yang Tianyou had seen this dead branch a long time ago. He took it over at this moment and sighed: "This is the dead branch from Master's Seven Treasures Tree. Previously, Master only left a shackle of Buddha nature in my body. But unexpectedly, it turned out to be this thing..."
Yang Tianyou held the dead branch and played with it for a while, then took out the ancient book from his waist and sent it to Fa Hai, "Yang didn't have much, so he only had this ancient book with him, so he gave it to the Master. , I also ask Master not to refuse."
Fahai took it and took a look, his expression changed slightly: "This is..."The Legend of Gongyang"?!"
"Gongyang Zhuan", also known as "Chun Qiu Gongyang Zhuan", is one of the Confucian classics.
Yang Tianyou held the dead branch and said with a smile: "Master, Yang has now found his true heart, so he said goodbye. If there is a fate, we will still meet one day."
Yang Tianyou was still wearing monk's robes, but the only difference from when he came was that the ancient books on his waist were replaced with dead branches.
Looking at Yang Tianyou's leaving figure, and then looking at the ancient book "The Legend of Gongyang" in his hand, Fahai didn't know whether it was right or wrong for him to help him refine his mind and understand himself.
Fahai didn't know much about Gongyang Zhuan, but he knew a little bit about it.
For example: revanchism.
"Amitabha."
Fa Hai recited the Buddha's name.
