"boom!"
The moment she heard the other party announce his identity, Mastiff Lingling's aura immediately surged, and she was protecting Chen Luo almost in the blink of an eye.
Come and try it quickly. 】
White Lotus Tathagata!
Mastiff Lingling's heart was trembling at this time.
Damn it, I brought someone in front of the young master.
Yes, there are indeed Su Poxian and the Holy Emperor Ye in Zhongjing, but this shameless White Lotus Tathagata is now standing in front of the young master, and he really wants to break his face. He doesn't know if this White Lotus Tathagata will be beaten to death by a group of Confucian sects. , but my son must be the first to be unlucky!
I can only risk my life to block it, but I don’t know if it will be too late.
"Master Mastiff, relax!" Chen Luo, who was blocked by Mastiff Lingling, said softly, "This demon monk is not a threat."
"Huh?" Mastiff Lingling turned her head and looked at Chen Luo, with doubts in her eyes.
Chen Luo looked at Yang Lian Zhenjia with his eyes, and did not dare to leave for a moment, explaining in his mouth: "If White Lotus Tathagata could really stand in front of me so arrogantly, the world of Confucianism would no longer be able to defend it."
"Whether it's the real person or the incarnation."
"This body should be no different from that of an ordinary person. Let me take a guess, is it a reincarnation slave?"
"Tao Master has good eyesight." Yang Lianzhenjia smiled and said, "Yes, this person is a slave in my reincarnation."
Mastiff Lingling breathed a sigh of relief, but still stayed by Chen Luo's side. Chen Luo looked at Yang Lianzhenjia as if he were having a normal chat, and said: "Even if you are a reincarnation slave, it is not easy to avoid the induction of luck..."
"Yes." Yang Lianzhenjia nodded, "It must be a creature of the first reincarnation. The seed of reincarnation is not obvious yet, and then it was sent to the border of Daxuan when it was born to be washed by luck."
"Wait until there is only a faint feeling, and then drive them to wherever they go."
"At this time, if the induction is broken, the seed of reincarnation will wither, which means that the slave has escaped from my control."
"In the past few decades, only a handful of reincarnation slaves have entered Zhongjing."
"One person died of illness two days ago. It's a pity..."
Yang Lianzhenjia talked eloquently, as if he was really a guest.
"Tao is different, so don't sit down and talk about Tao." Chen Luo didn't even mean to sit down and asked directly, "You gave up this body and came in front of me. What do you want to say to me?"
"If you want to threaten me with Adamo's life, you'd better keep your mouth shut."
"When he goes to the Western Regions, both he and I have already thought of the worst possible outcome!"
Regardless of whether it is true or not, Chen Luo needs to show his attitude first.
Yang Lianzhenjia smiled and said: "He is just a preacher who has traveled nine thousand miles, and I have not taken him seriously yet."
"He did cause some trouble for us in the Western Region."
"But in the face of absolute power, it makes no sense."
Chen Luo frowned slightly, and then he heard Yang Lianzhenjia's voice again: "I'm going to use his identity plate as a stepping stone. I have a cooperation project that I would like to discuss with the Taoist Master."
Chen Luo raised his eyebrows with interest: "Cooperation?"
What is White Lotus Tathagata thinking?
"Master Dao, don't be surprised. You and I have a basis for cooperation." Yang Liazhenjia still had a smile on his face and said, "Your Excellency, your martial arts is now nine thousand miles away. If you go forward, it will be thousands of miles into the sky."
"It's just the difficulty here. I'm afraid you've already felt it, right?"
Chen Luo didn't comment, just looked at Yang Lian Zhenjia and said, "Do you have a way to let me drive thousands of miles to the sky?"
"What's so difficult about this!" Yang Lianzhen said calmly.
"Then I'm a little interested, Taoist Master." Chen Luo chuckled.
If you want to fish, you have to show me what kind of bait you are spreading.
When Yang Lianzhenjia saw that Chen Luo was not as excited as expected, his expression became slightly serious. After a long while, he spoke again: "I have a method that can make the Taoist master reach the sky thousands of miles away in an instant!"
"Please elaborate." The expression on Chen Luo's face remained unchanged.
Yang Lianzhenjia took a few steps forward, and Mastiff Lingling became nervous again. But Yang Lianzhenjia finally stopped six or seven steps away from Chen Luo and said: "Rongdao!"
"This seat integrates Buddhism's Dao with martial arts, which can help the Taoist master reach the sky thousands of miles away!"
"Rongdao?" Even though Chen Luo was in a calm state of mind, his expression could not help but change at this moment.
Integrating Buddhism into martial arts?
Not to mention, this can really help Chen Luo reach the sky.
After all, the Buddhist Avenue is a real avenue to the sky.
Fusion of the Dao is not as simple as swallowing it up. It is a process of supplementing and improving the original Dao, without the problem of snatching the mastery of the Dao.
If the principles are consistent, then it is a fusion of principles. For example, when Xunzi opened the "Tao of Law" and integrated it into the Confucian avenue, it was once called the "merging of Confucianism and Legalism."
But if the Taoist ideals are left and right, then the great road used to merge the Tao will dissolve the conflicting principles on its own and only integrate the origin of the great road. For example, Mozi merged with Taoism and opened up the "technique of organs" in Confucianism. But now these Confucianists are already pursuing the orthodox ideas of Confucianism.
If Buddhism Avenue wants to be integrated into martial arts, it must first eliminate the conflict between itself and martial arts. If the conflict is too severe, then it will only retain the origin of the Avenue.
In this process, many Bodhisattvas and even great Bodhisattvas from the Western Regions will collapse and fall due to conflicting principles.
Therefore, if it is really a fusion of Taoism, there is no need to worry about the Buddhist Taoist being dominated by foreigners and controlling martial arts.
but……
Do you think Chen Luo is a fool?
Chen Luo looked at Yang Lianzhenjia with a half-smile.
What is the situation of Buddhism in the Western Regions today?
Uncle Master pressed forward step by step in the Netherworld. Once the Netherworld Avenue was completed and the two realms were unified, the reincarnation foundation of Buddhism in the Western Region would be completely uprooted. At this time, if you propose to integrate Buddhism into martial arts, it seems that you are looking for a safe house!
Well, even if the Buddhists in the Western Region want to ask for a way out, there is nothing wrong with it, but are they really so generous?
Don’t tell me, it really does!
Because this Buddhist avenue is not theirs!
This is the ancient Buddhist avenue, which has been invaded and occupied by demons from outside the world.
The truth can be dispelled, but what about this evil intention?
Do you plan to take over the Buddhist avenue again with martial arts?
Do you think Chen Luo has a big head?
"Your Excellency is joking." Chen Luo smiled faintly, "The Book of Songs says: The magpie has a nest, and the dove lives in it."
"This matter of the dove occupying the magpie's nest must be done in an indispensable manner!"
Hearing Chen Luo's answer, Yang Lianzhenjia was not impatient at all. He just nodded and said, "Master Chen, the situation of martial arts is different from that of Buddhism back then."
"Tathagatas from generation to generation are nothing but Tathagatas!"
"The real Buddha is no longer here."
"But as a martial arts master, you still exist."
Chen Luo's eyes narrowed and he instantly understood what Yang Lian Zhenjia meant.
Yang Lian Zhenjia simply said that no matter how the martial arts changes, Chen Luo will be the master in the end!
It's all up to you, and you can still pick up a million miles to the sky for nothing, so why not do it?
Seeing Chen Luo's silence, Yang Liazhenjia said again: "Master Chen, have you ever thought about a question?"
"What is the situation like when the human race is outside the sky?"
"Under the entire sky, the only one who can reach the saint level is the Southern Wilderness Qinglong."
"Under the Great Sealing Formation, saints are hard to find. What about those before?"
"In the past, Confucius had three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages. Where are so many saints in history?"
Before Chen Luo could answer, Yang Lianzhenjia said the answer himself: "Dead!"
"They all died fighting!"
"Confucianism makes good use of Spring and Autumn writing techniques to conceal the true cause of their death."
"Either he escapes to heaven, or he falls into the hands of the barbarians."
"But they just don't dare to tell the world that those people died outside the sky!"
Yang Lianzhenjia took a deep breath and continued: "There is great terror outside the sky!"
"The half-saint is outside the sky and can only protect himself."
"Kong Sheng used the realm of creation to collapse himself and condensed the Heaven-Sealing Formation, thus barely saving this world."
"But how long will it last?"
"The catastrophe is coming!"
"Master Chen, when I talk about Rong Dao, I am not deceiving you, but trying to save you!"
Yang Lian Zhenjia said a lot in succession, but Chen Luo only listened to the last sentence: "Yuan Jie?"
"what is that?"
Yang Lianzhenjia smiled, raised his head, looked at the sky outside the flower hall, and shook his head: "I can't tell you the details..."
"It's a catastrophe."
"Power will come that rivals the saints and even the saints of Kong."
"If you agree to integrate Buddhism into martial arts, martial arts, and martial arts people, you will be able to find a glimmer of hope in the catastrophe!"
Chen Luo was silent for a moment, then looked at Yang Lian Zhenjia.
"Does both the Confucian and Taoist sects know about this matter?"
Yang Lianzhenjia was stunned for a moment and nodded.
Chen Luo smiled brightly.
"I reject!"
Yang Lianzhenjia was startled and looked at Chen Luo.
"I have a question for you." Chen Luo changed the subject, "Are you from the human race?"
Hearing this, Yang Lian Zhenjia nodded slightly, then shook his head.
"I was from the human race and a member of the former Luozhou Dynasty. I had no hobbies in my life, but I liked picking flowers. I succeeded thirty-six times, but once I missed it, I bumped into a female scholar. I was deprived of my literary heart and lost half my life. "
"I met an Arhat from the Western Regions and followed him to the Western Regions, where he began to practice Buddhism and realize the true meaning of reincarnation."
"That Arhat had evil intentions and wanted to take me into reincarnation as a slave. So I designed to kill him."
"A hundred years of struggle, a hundred years of killing, a hundred years of enlightenment."
"The moment you step into the realm of the great Bodhisattva, you will no longer be considered a human race after being cleansed by the true meaning."
Chen Luo listened quietly, and when Yang Lianzhenjia finished speaking, he said with a cold face: "Then you were not a human before."
"It doesn't matter if Master Chen says it doesn't count." Yang Lianzhenjia didn't seem to care about this title.
Chen Luo nodded: "Human... one stroke and one stroke is the simplest."
"Support yourself!"
"There are tribulations in heaven and earth, and those are the tribulations that should happen!"
"If you make it through, the human race will prosper! If you can't make it through, you don't have to kill the eggs if the nest is overturned!"
"Although martial arts is only nine thousand miles away at present, like Confucianism and Taoism, it is the upright way of the human race!"
"Is the pseudo-Buddhist Dao like rat shit worthy of being integrated into martial arts?"
Chen Luo stood up and looked at Yang Lian Zhenjia with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency, please think carefully about how to deal with the Netherworld!"
"Sooner or later, I will rectify the name of the true Buddha in this world!"
Yang Liazhenjia also put away the chuckle on his face and said slightly solemnly: "Dao Master Chen, you'd better think about it carefully."
“Cooperation benefits both sides!”
"Even if you merge with the Tao, it will not touch your Taoist authority!"
"Furthermore, I, the Buddhist Dao, do not have no last resort!"
"Oh? Really? I will wait and see!" Chen Luo said nonchalantly.
Yang Lianzhenjia sighed softly and then closed his eyes.
The next moment, the body quickly withered, turning into a set of withered bones almost in the blink of an eye.
"Master?" Mastiff Lingling looked at Chen Luo, who nodded: "Take it and burn it!"
"Send the burned ashes to Dongcang and let them scatter them to the wild sky!"
"So as not to dirty our land!"
"Yes!" Mastiff Lingling quickly accepted the order, picked up the withered bones and walked out.
At this time, Chen Luo frowned and tapped his fingers rhythmically on the tea table.
"This White Lotus Tathagata actually came to ask for cooperation. It seems that the Buddhist Dao was inspired by the previous thread of reincarnation, and they are a little anxious."
"This is a seven-inch hit."
"Well, we have to finish "Journey to the West" as soon as possible, otherwise things will change if it's too late!"
Chen Luo nodded, stood up, and walked towards the study.
…
Western Region, Bailian Temple.
In the Mahavira Hall, a magnificent Buddha image slowly opened its eyes.
"Tathagata!"
The great Bodhisattvas practicing under the Dharma image opened their eyes one after another, put their hands together and bowed.
"Chen Luo rejected my proposal." Yang Liazhenjia's voice sounded, and then he flicked his fingers, and a picture appeared in the space.
In the picture, a Seven Wonderful Pagoda is hanging in the void, and inside the Seven Wonderful Pagoda, Adamo is preaching, and a group of men and women are sitting below.
"Plant your true meaning!"
Yang Lianzhenjia said softly, and then closed his eyes again.
…
Zhongjing, Duke Anguo's Mansion.
Chen Luo spread out the rice paper and wrote the penultimate chapter of Journey to the West.
Chapter Ninety-Eight: When an ape is mature, a horse can be tamed before it sheds its shell. When success is achieved, you will see the truth.
…
This chapter tells the story of Tang Monk and his disciples who finally arrived at the foot of Lingshan Mountain after untold hardships. They were first greeted by the Golden Summit Immortal, and then the Buddha and the others were welcomed by the bottomless boat.
Although the bottomless boat had no bottom, it carried the four masters, disciples and the white dragon horse, chopping waves and heading towards the other shore.
On the way, the four masters and disciples saw a corpse flowing down the river. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Tang Seng himself.
According to the book, after getting rid of the fetal body, loving each other is the soul. Only when you have completed your current practice will you become a Buddha and wash away the six and six defilements of the past.
To put it simply, it means losing the physical body.
…
As he wrote this, Chen Luo suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his heart, and the pen in his hand paused slightly.
The book naturally talks about losing the physical body, but if it were in this world, wouldn't this situation be exactly the current situation of the Bodhisattvas in the Central Pure Land?
In order to enter the Netherworld to fight against the devil, they all gave up their bodies and entered the Netherworld with their souls!
The Tang monk in the book landed on the other side in this state and became qualified to become a Buddha; what about those Bodhisattvas of ancient Buddhism?
If you want to become a Buddha, you must connect with the way of heaven!
Chen Luo took a deep breath and continued writing.
It is said that Tang Monk went to the other side and moved forward all the way. Finally he came to Daleiyin Temple and saw Sakyamuni. Tang Monk immediately worshiped and asked for the true scripture. The Buddha sent two venerable Ananda Kassapa to take Tang Monk to obtain scriptures. However, because Tang Monk had no money to offer, the two venerables only passed down the wordless scripture.
There was an old Buddha in the sutra-storing pavilion, named Ran Deng. He felt sorry for Tang Monk because he had to travel so hard, so he sent his attendants to seize the sutra, reminding Tang Monk and his disciples that the sutra was without words.
Sure enough, after discovering that it was a sutra without words, Sun Wukong was furious and brought Tang Monk back to exchange the sutra. In the end, Tang Monk gave the purple gold alms bowl presented by the Tang Emperor, and finally got the written scripture in exchange.
…
After writing this, Chen Luo shook his head.
This is also the most controversial paragraph in the entire text of "Journey to the West".
At the end of the day, there was actually a plot of asking for bribes.
It is true that Wu Chengen may have had a metaphorical and ironic meaning when writing this plot, but some plots in the book have been deliberately misread by interested people.
Looking at the original work, Ananda and Kassapa said: "The holy monk is here in the east. What personnel do you have to send us? Take it out quickly so that I can teach you the sutra." After learning that Tang Monk was not prepared, they said again: "Okay. Okay, okay! If you pass on the scriptures to the next generation with nothing, future generations will starve to death!" Then he began to teach Tang Monk the scriptures.
But is giving the Wordless Scripture really revenge for not getting a gift?
When Sun Wukong went back to the Buddha to complain with the Wordless Sutra, what did the Buddha say?
The Buddha smiled and said, "Stop yelling. I already know how they asked you for personal matters. But the sutra should not be passed down lightly, nor should it be taken in vain. The monks and saints of that time came down the mountain and once said this sutra. I recited it to Elder Zhao in Savatthi State at his home to ensure the safety of the living and the detachment of the dead. I only asked him to get back three dou and three liters of rice grains of gold. I also said that they were selling so cheaply that their descendants would have no money to use it. . Now you come to take it empty-handed, so you are passing on the white version. The white version is a true sutra without words, which is good. Because the sentient beings in your eastern land are ignorant and ignorant, they can only teach it to their ears." That is. He called: "Anuo and Jiaye, the scriptures with characters are coming soon. I will check out a few volumes of each volume and give them to him. Come here to report the number."
There are two meanings in this passage. One is that the Wordless Sutra has not been misunderstood. It is indeed a good sutra, but it requires understanding to understand it; the people in the East are ignorant and may not be able to understand it. But this is not Ananda Kassapa’s problem.
The other one is that I, the Buddha, will not save me from poverty...
Bah bah bah, that’s not what I meant.
The second meaning is literally: the sutra should not be passed down lightly, nor should it be taken in vain.
So how much gold is Elder Zhao’s three buckets and three liters of rice grains?
It's about a hundred pounds, which is often called a thousand taels of gold.
This is only the cost of one recitation.
In other words, it is an experience price.
Now if we want to hand the scriptures directly to Tang Monk and take them back to the East, that means directly transferring the ownership.
Then this scripture comes too easily, and no one will cherish it.
Note here that what Ananda, Kassapa and Buddha have been talking about is "human affairs". What is this "human affairs"?
It doesn’t just mean property, but it means a gift!
In Buddhist terms, it is giving!
Buddha said several times that he would "let future generations starve to death." Where could the future generations come from? Naturally, he was talking about those mortal disciples.
There is a cause and effect involved.
If the sutras are taken with empty hands, they will have to be given to others with empty hands in the future. This is what Ananda said: "If you pass on sutras to future generations with empty hands, future generations will starve to death!"
Therefore, Ananda Kassapa taught the Wordless Sutra. This Wordless Sutra can only be understood by oneself and cannot be taught to others, thus eliminating this layer of cause and effect.
Later, Tang Monk came to exchange scriptures. He must have understood this meaning, so he took out his purple gold alms bowl.
Don't forget that there are gold characters in the purple gold alms bowl, but is it really worth it?
Tang Monk met several groups of bandits along the way. Which one wanted to steal the alms bowl?
But after being given the alms bowl, Ananda Kasyapa beamed with joy, and then passed on the Buddhist scriptures written by Monk Tang.
This is the new cause and effect.
Because Monk Tang gave alms when he was studying for Buddhist scriptures, Buddhist disciples in the future can also receive alms when they pass on Buddhist scriptures.
It doesn’t matter how much you give, what matters is that you have it! This way the monks will not starve to death.
As for those who want to be shameless, they are just fake Buddhas.
…
"Pay now to pay for the 400 volumes of the Nirvana Sutra of the Tang Dynasty, the 360 volumes of the Bodhisattva Sutra, the 20 volumes of the Void Tibetan Sutra, the 30 volumes of the Shou Leng Yan Sutra, and the Encyclopedia of Enlightenment Sutra. Forty volumes, forty volumes of "Decision Sutra"...fourteen volumes of "Great Peacock Sutra", ten volumes of "Visitism Sutra", ten volumes of "Gu She Lun Sutra". There are thirty-five volumes in total in the Tibetan Sutra. , five thousand and forty-eight volumes were found in various departments, and they were left in the Tang Dynasty with the legends of the saint monks from the East."
As the two sages finished singing the sutra, Tang Monk finally obtained the sutra and embarked on his return journey.
…
After writing the last word, Chen Luo put down his pen and stared at the manuscript.
There are no monsters this time, but it is full of useful information. I don’t know what has changed.
The next moment, the seven-colored light shone brightly on the manuscript, and then, the golden light lit up again, and the ghostly shadows of the scriptures appeared on the manuscript.
Before Chen Luo could react, all those scriptures rushed towards Chen Luo and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Chen Luo was slightly startled, and immediately sensed a ripple on his Buddhist avenue!
…
Netherworld, the pure land whirling in the center.
A famous Bodhisattva and Bodhisattva suddenly shone with light, and the Buddha's light soared into the sky.
Above the Mahavira Hall, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva... With a glance, he found that there were a total of 5,048 Arhats, Bodhisattvas, and Great Bodhisattvas with Buddha's light shining on their bodies.
"Oh... I'm not here!"
"I am Tathagata!"
"I should be at the bottom of the temple, not at the top..."
Just as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was thinking, the five thousand and forty-eight rays of golden light suddenly shot towards him.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva: (??_?)
I just whine casually!
This golden light looks very troublesome at first glance!
Don't come here!
I don’t want it!
You go find the future Buddha!
Let me go!
…
I am Ksitigarbha Tathagata.
I never expected that in the end, those 5,048 golden lights would hit me.
There is a feeling that I want to return to the human world with the central whirling pure land to start a new business.
It’s so annoying just thinking about it!
We have to find a way to get over this pot lake.
well……
Think about it tomorrow, rest today...
well……
worn out.
