The great sage touched his head, shrank his head and said with a smile: "Bodhisattva is joking, I dare not use my head to gamble with the fate of a country."
"Hehehehe." The Bodhisattva smiled and looked at Tripitaka: "Those who use the Buddha's name to do illegal things in this country are subject to the national law, and they are those who deserve to be punished for their crimes. The national law does not tolerate it, and the Buddha's law does not tolerate it."
"The laws of the country cannot be trampled upon, and the Dharma of Buddhism cannot be desecrated." Master Tripitaka bowed to the Bodhisattva and said, "It's just that this king also wants four famous monks."
"Amitabha." The Bodhisattva said with a look of pain on his face: "In a country that has destroyed the Dharma, those monks and poor monks who violated the precepts have been saved with their own hands. The monks who have done good deeds have been sent out of the country. At this time, there are no monks who have accepted the ultimatum and who violated the precepts and deserve to be killed."
"This is Bodhisattva's fault." The great sage was still bold, "If you, old man, had left a few monks for the king who deserved to be killed, you wouldn't be in trouble now."
Wujing also asked the Bodhisattva, "Bodhisattva, which one is greater, the national law or the Buddhist rules? If there is a conflict between the national law and the Buddhist rules, which one should prevail?"
After hearing the words, the Bodhisattva also fell into deep thought for a moment. After a moment, he slowly spoke: "There are countless countries in the world, and Buddhism is also full of sects. Each country has its own laws, and each sect has its own precepts. Some sects rely on the destiny of the country. However, some countries are established with the support of sects, so there is no definite number. If you really want to establish a charter, I'm afraid it will have to depend on what other people do."
Wu Jing was thoughtful and stood aside quietly without saying a word.
Bajie spoke again, "Master once told us that the same was true for the countries of China back then. King Zhou divided the world, and the laws of each country were different. During the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, seven cultures were at their peak, and they were among the countries. There are also many kinds of sacrifices to gods. The First Emperor unified the seven kingdoms, not only in terms of territory, but also in terms of writing, weights and measures, and Chinese culture."
Everyone looked at Bajie, you idiot, you are bolder than a monkey, you can say such words so confidently. Everyone saw that he still had something to say, so they did not stop him, wanting to see what else he could say. Come.
Bajie saw that everyone's eyes looked expectant, so he swallowed his saliva, gave in, and hid behind his master.
Everyone thought it was boring, but they didn't force him too much.
When the Bodhisattva saw this, he said to Tripitaka, "The skills Tripitaka teaches his disciples are beyond the reach of a poor monk."
This is true. Even a lazy person like Bajie can be trained by Master Sanzang to the level he is today. Sanzang can also be regarded as a famous teacher in the three realms, not inferior to Master Yuding.
The Bodhisattva didn't stay long. He knew Master Sanzang's abilities very well. Even if he destroyed France, he couldn't stop him. It would also add a difficulty to the westward journey. However, this matter was due to his own negligence after all, so he waited here. He explained the reason clearly.
Before leaving, the Bodhisattva said to Master Tripitaka: "The poor monk has made a mistake in this matter. I have troubled Tripitaka to take action to calm it down. However, all conflicts between wisdom and knowledge are caused by cause and effect. Even if the poor monk has been incarnate and walked in the world for a long time, there are still mistakes. I If you make a mistake, your master and disciple can also learn from it."
"good."
Fahai nodded in agreement. Since their master and disciples are here, and the Bodhisattva is here to wait for them, why not just take over this mess? Their master and disciple traveled the three realms, saying that they were going to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures, but practice was everywhere along the way. "Since my master and disciple traveled to the west, the Bodhisattvas have taken care of them everywhere, so let me leave this matter to the poor monks."
It's just that the ordinary ways of subduing demons and slaying demons are meaningless to them. It's just about exploring mountains, subduing demons, and saving the souls of the dead.
On the way back to the South China Sea, the Good Fortune Dragon Girl said to the Bodhisattva: "This Master Tripitaka is really extraordinary. His four disciples are also extraordinary people. They will definitely be the mainstay of Buddhism in the future."
When the Bodhisattva heard this, he smiled and said, "This is a very good thing to say."
The Good Fortune Dragon Girl blinked and asked, "It seems that the Bodhisattva doesn't see it that way."
"You also listened to what Bajie and Wujing said just now. What do you think?"
The Good Fortune Dragon Girl thought for a while and said: "If Lingshan wants to unite the Buddhist sect into one family, where in the South China Sea can we do it?"
"What scripture did the poor monk teach you to practice?"
"Surangama Sutra."
"Do you know which sect or sect the Surangama Sutra belongs to?"
The good and wealthy dragon girl thought for a long time and then slowly said: "This disciple is ignorant and does not know the method."
"In my Shurangama, I have obtained the essence of the four schools of pure Zen and Tantric law. I can eliminate confusion, see the truth, and cultivate according to nature to see Bodhi." The Bodhisattva looked at the good and wealthy dragon girl and said: "Join the Buddhist sect into one family? Whose family do you belong to?" "
The good and wealthy dragon girl took a breath of cold air and said, "We are together in the South China Sea?"
"False words." The Bodhisattva glanced at her.
But the good fortune dragon girl's heart has already begun to rise, and she begins to yearn for it inexplicably.
Because of her great strength, she could pour water into the rivers and seas. Because she was young and ignorant, when she was making waves in the sea, she was caught and raised by the Bodhisattva.
Although following the Bodhisattva's recitation of Buddha's name, I have subdued some of my stubbornness, my dragon nature is still there.
The dragon girl was thinking wildly, but the Bodhisattva didn't say much. She was definitely not at peace today, because the Eight Precepts and Wu Jing's words were definitely not tolerated by Buddhism at the moment.
Not all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are like her.
Otherwise, why would Buddha be trapped in Lingshan Mountain and not come out?
Why are the monasteries of Manjusri, Samantabhadra and Avalokitesvara neither in Lingshan nor in Xizhou Buddhist Realm, but in Nanzhou?
It seems that it is a continuation of the entanglement between the two sects of "Chanjie", but it is not the case.
"Amitabha." The Bodhisattva recited the Dharma name and said in his heart: "Even if I practice Dharma and practice in the human world, there are still some imperfections. Firstly, it is due to the high regard I have for being an immortal Buddha; secondly, I seem to despise all living beings in the world. ”
What about others?
The Bodhisattva's figure disappeared into the cloud road. The Great Sage showed a slightly sad face and looked at the Master with a little worry: "Master, I am afraid that the matter of destroying France will not be so easy to solve."
When Bodhisattva Shicai was there, he suppressed his emotions a little and pretended to be fine.
Now that the Bodhisattva had left, the Great Sage told the Master some practical difficulties, "Although thieves are using the Buddha's name to do illegal things, it may be difficult for a Buddhist temple to operate in the position of the king of a country."
"The Bodhisattva is still soft-hearted." Bajie said softly, "I am an old pig, the reputation of Buddhist temples in destroying France has been ruined anyway, it is better to knock them down, and then build up again. The monk brought it out, but he punished the real monks who violated the precepts without letting anyone know about it. How can the king let go of such an act?"
Wu Jing also lowered his head and said: "Master, I'm afraid that the king doesn't believe that all the monks in the country are fake. He deliberately named four famous monks. Then we bumped into each other."
"Ha." Xiao Bailong said coldly: "He only wants his famous monk. We are here holding the Tang Dynasty's national certificate. How dare he attack? Although he is the leader of the country, he cannot kill indiscriminately, regardless of right or wrong. As long as four famous monks are killed, let them try the Dragon God's wrath."
At this time, the Great Sage said in a quiet voice: "Amitabha, this benefactor is too murderous and does not act in the right way."
When Xiao Bailong saw his elder brother making trouble, he knew that he was teasing him intentionally, so he cooperated and said, "If you dare to be a master, what is the right way?"
The Great Sage's face became more pious, like an old monk who has experienced the world of mortals, and there was an aura of ancient simplicity in his body, "Amitabha, that country wants to kill living beings, and if he doesn't kill us, there will be no innocent monks who will be killed by him." , in this case, it is natural to sacrifice one's life to save others. This is the so-called "If I don't go to hell, who will?"
Snapped!
The great sage was hit on the back of his head.
Fahai almost laughed angrily at the monkey head, and said in a feigned rage: "If I don't go to hell, who would go to hell like this?"
These words are like this, but I can't help but think in my heart: If Ting Ting understands this and tells Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva these words, I don't know what his expression will be like.
The words of the great sage are naturally a negative example.
But it has to be said that many monks have seriously learned Buddhism like this.
Some have purely evil intentions; there are also some honest monks who recite the Death Sutra too much and gradually become inflexible and even stubborn, and do not fundamentally think that this is wrong.
So much so that they do some stupid things that are incomprehensible. The most common one is to exchange their own lives for the lives of others. The final result is often that evil people do not keep their promises. The monk seeks his own peace of mind and does not do anything. What a real thing.
Master and disciple Fahai are by no means honest monks, nor are they fanatical believers who stick to scriptures and Buddha's clouds.
In particular, the Buddhism practiced by Fahai seems to be a gathering of hundreds of schools, but in fact, the core lies in a zen so that when Fahai taught his disciples, he never asked them to pray to the Buddha, but to understand their minds.
And worshiping Buddha is just a way of paying respect.
Even the Buddha is by no means omnipotent. The Tathagata seems to be in Nirvana and transcendence, but in fact it is far from as grand as the propaganda of the Three Realms.
When Bodhisattva Shicai said that the Tathagata was sitting on the Lingshan Mountain, Fa Hai started to speculate in various ways.
What is Tathagata?
The Tathagata is the Tathagata, and because it takes the path of the True Tathagata to achieve enlightenment from cause and effect, it is called Tathagata;
He also rides on the path of Zhen Tathagata to come to the three realms to transform, so he is called Tathagata;
It is also like all Buddhas coming, so it is called Tathagata.
Nothing to come from, nothing to go to.
What happened to the Buddha in Lingshan? Fahai has never seen it with his own eyes, so he still doesn't know.
Just Guanyin Master
The king who was destroying France in front of him wanted to kill ten thousand monks, but the Bodhisattva was here to protect him and did not stop the king from killing. This incident made Fa Hai a little bit unexpected.
Bodhisattva naturally saw Fahai's thoughts, but she did not explain, and some things did not need explanation.
Although Master Avalokitesvara is compassionate, it does not mean that she really does not tolerate killing. Moreover, the Buddhist precepts are by no means as superficial as they appear on the surface.
The precepts themselves are just appearances. What really matters is why these precepts are established. If you just keep the precepts blindly and do not understand the true core of the Buddhist precepts, how can you see the right results?
So, why does Buddhism prohibit killing?
Its true origin is to persuade people to do good.
According to the Buddhist teachings of Avalokitesvara, even if thousands of evil souls returned to the underworld, it would naturally not shake her Taoist heart.
And with the way of a Bodhisattva, we will never be bound by such external rules.
Otherwise, after seeing Master Tripitaka being so cruel, how could we have allowed him to go all the way to the west?
What's more, he can say something like "I will overcome the good that you have not seen; you will kill the evil that I have not seen."
It's just that sometimes, it is inevitable that it is difficult to transcend one's own thoughts. Just like when he acted like this to destroy France, it was because the Bodhisattva intended to protect the Buddha's reputation, and that was why he made this omission.
How many people in the three realms can there be who uphold good deeds and practice like Bodhisattvas?
Most of the people seen by ordinary people are people with evil intentions who use the Buddha's words to create chaos in people's hearts. They often use the Buddha's words to deceive sentient beings. Although doing self-interested things has temporary effects, it is difficult to see the spiritual mountain in the end.
On the contrary, naive people like Bajie occasionally have wise words: The Buddhist scriptures are in Lingshan, just take them. What's the use of just reciting the Buddha's name without practicing the scriptures?
The master and disciples stopped temporarily.
Sanzang looked at the great sage and said with a smile: "We have encountered the poisonous monster, the tiger's den and the dragon's pond, and we have not been harmed. We are mortals in a country, what should we be afraid of? But we are trapped here and dare not move forward?"
The Great Sage scratched his head and said, "Master said it is easy. If it is an ordinary monster, I will beat him to death with a stick. This is the land of mortals. It is difficult to leave. It is easy to subdue him with force, but if you cannot overcome his heart, What kind of Buddhism is this?”
Bajie lowered his head and said with a sinister smile: "Brother Monkey, why don't you go to sleep and read a Buddhist scripture to the king, ensuring that he will convert to my Buddha tomorrow? This is exactly your Dharma. Even the Buddha can't learn it." "
"Go, go, go." The Great Sage kicked Bajie: "If you don't say serious things, you will have a lot of bad ideas."
Bajie immediately thought seriously for a long time, suddenly clapped his hands, and said: "Brother Monkey, since you are good at transformation, use monkey hair to transform four famous monks out of him, and just ask the king to chop them down."
"It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate." The Great Sage vetoed it flatly: "This treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and is of no benefit to national affairs."
Bajie thought about it for a while, then touched his chin and said, "Just shave the king's head and ask him to chop off his own head."
"This is not the right thing to do, think again, think again."
"This is not okay, that is not appropriate." Bajie directly put down his choice and said: "My old pig's heart is full of small intestines, which is not as bright as your righteous path of the Great Sage Qitian. You have a way to think about it for yourself. I won't serve you anymore, old pig. "
The little white dragon on the side poked Bajie. Bajie followed the little white dragon's gaze and looked at the master. He panicked and said quickly: "Master, it's not that the disciples don't do their best. It's really Bi Mawen who bullies others. .”
"It's getting late, let's find a place to rest first." Fa Hai said to several disciples: "We might as well wait until tomorrow to consider Wu Jing carefully."
"The disciple is here."
"Release a few spirits. Don't ask famous monks to enter the country until we have solved the problem of destroying France."
"Yes." Wu Jing immediately released seven spiritual bodies, and the remaining one was writing furiously, silently recording the conversation between their master and disciple and the Bodhisattva.
Bajie, who had eaten up at Senior Brother's place, came close to Wu Jing. After looking at it for a while, he asked strangely: "Junior brother Sha, why did you write two copies? The contents of the two copies are similar but very different."
"Second Senior Brother, we only need to know what we have to say. How can we show it to the public?" Wu Jing pointed to the "inner edition" and said with a smile, "This one is for us to read ourselves. There is another one that I have polished." , it may be possible to visit the three realms in the future.”
"I know this name, it's called Spring and Autumn Brushwork." Then Bajie added, "It's just that, Junior Brother Sha, you are too dishonest. You must know that monks don't lie."
Wu Jing pointed to his mouth and spoke in his chest and abdomen: "I can't speak."
(End of chapter)
