Journey to the West: I, the Dragon Prince of the East China Sea, worship Bodhi

Chapter 131

I am the true biography of the patriarch. If you say "junior brother", after me, there is probably only Monkey King!
Thinking of this, Ao Qing couldn't help but recall that in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, the Tathagata Buddha had faintly mentioned similar things.

In a flash, he had a guess in his mind: "The matter that Patriarch said is related to Buddhism?"

Although Sun Wukong is the future disciple of Patriarch Bodhi, Ao Qing knows this.

But normally, this has nothing to do with me now.

Although I am the true disciple of the patriarch, but the patriarch wants to accept apprentices, there is no need to inform myself.

So this matter must have something to do with Buddhism, and maybe it has something to do with me!
Patriarch Bodhi didn't have the intention of showing off. Seeing that Ao Qing guessed it, he said bluntly: "That's right. When you came out of the mountain, the Western Tathagata Buddha once came to my Three Star Cave."

really.

Ao Qing knew it in her heart.It must be the Tathagata Buddha who said something to the Bodhi Patriarch. This matter has something to do with Buddhism and also with himself.

Speaking of which, in the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, the Buddha said that he has a "good relationship" with Buddhism.Even not only with Buddhism, but also with Taoism and Heaven, there are many good ties.

Of course, the so-called good fate is not such a mysterious thing.This is probably related to Ao Qing's own way of doing things.

Ao Qing never intended to be an enemy of Buddhism, Heaven or Taoism.

Since they are not enemies and are in harmony with the three religions, then there will naturally be "good karma" in the future.

This is very normal!

But Ao Qing never thought that the meaning of this good fate is Sun Wukong?
Ao Qing said: "I don't know what the Buddha meant? The master just said it. But if there is something that needs me to do, the disciple will definitely not refuse."

There was a little seriousness in the eyes of the patriarch: "Apprentice, I know you have filial piety. However, the most important thing on the road of cultivation is to stick to your heart. Many things have to conform to your heart, and you must not force it. If you don't like it , you can refuse."

Hearing this, Ao Qing also knew that the patriarch was doing it for her own good, so she accepted it in her heart and said, "I understand."

Only then did the patriarch show a look of relief, and said slowly: "Xinxuan, do you know what happened before the Buddha became enlightened in the past?"

Ao Qing thought for a while and said: "I have heard about this matter. The Tathagata Buddha was originally the prince of the Jingfan King of the Western Kapilavastu Kingdom, and he was called Gautama. Because he is a saint of the Sakya tribe, he is also called Sakyamuni."

Shakya, is the Shakya family.Muni means "sage".

The patriarch nodded: "Yes, you understand very clearly. Before the Tathagata Buddha became a Buddha, it was Sakyamuni. Then do you know that before him, the Buddhist teachings practiced by Buddhists are very different from what they are now?"

"This... disciple doesn't know something." Ao Qing said.

The patriarch said: "You don't know, but it's normal. This is the past, even the ancient past. Before that Sakyamuni, Buddhism still existed, but the Dharma that was practiced was 'quiet'. Shakyamuni realized Taoism and became a Buddha under the bodhi tree, and realized the "Three Vehicles".

Patriarch slowly told a series of past events.

Ao Qing listened to it, and just learned about the past of Buddhism.

In fact, this is quite different from what he understands.

Although, in the real world, Sakyamuni is the founder of Buddhism.But in Buddhist mythology, Sakyamuni is only the last of the "seven Buddhas of the past".

It symbolizes the meaning of "inheriting the past and ushering in the future".

According to this statement, let alone Amitabha Buddha, the "King of Buddhas" of the third generation in "the heavens and worlds", even in the Saha world, Sakyamuni Buddha is not the oldest.

There are three kalpas in Buddhism, the solemn kalpa in the past, the virtuous kalpa in the present, and the star kalpa in the future.

The three kalpas here also represent the period of "past", "present" and "future" erecting the Buddha of the third age.

Thousands of Buddhas were born in the solemn eons in the past, and the leader was the ancient Buddha who burned the lamp.

When the lamp-burning ancient Buddha was the Buddha, what the West pursued was "the Dharma of extinction".The meaning of Nirvana Buddhism is "the body is quiet and separated from all appearances".In other words, "appearance" is unimportant. Love and hate, lust, good and evil, and happiness are just external appearances.

If you want to become a Buddha, you have to practice solitude, extinction of all appearances.It is not only "evil", but also "good".

Because good is the opposite of evil, where there is good, there will be evil.In the same way, happiness and pain are not real happiness and pain, but karma that confuses people and need to be "quiet".

Ancient Buddhism practiced this method.

but.

What is unexpected is that this method, after proving the Buddhas.But it also breeds many demons.

Among them is the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, the Demon Lord Bo Xun, who has still made Buddhism troublesome until now!

Because of the "death" of Buddhism, the "appearance" has been stripped away.The good, evil, cause and effect, happiness, pain, love and hatred, life and death parting, etc. represented by the appearance, all converge into another world opposite to Buddhism.

The Demon Lord Bo Xun and the Six Heavens of the Desire Realm were thus born.

It can be said that if the ancient Buddhism is the extreme "quietness", then the magic way is the extreme "noisy".

There is even a legend that the demon lord Bo Xun was once the great sage of ancient Buddhism.

But in the end, he was hit by what Buddhism did, and became disheartened, so he went to extremes.

Later, when Sakyamuni was born, although he learned the Dharma of Nirvana, he also felt that the Dharma of Nirvana could not save the world.Therefore, he continued to search, and finally the thousand Buddhas were inspired by Laojun. Due to the influence of the purple air coming from the east, the Buddha became enlightened under the bodhi tree and realized the three vehicles of Buddhism.

From then on, Chengzheng and other enlightenments were regarded as the Buddha by all the Buddhas, and became the "present Buddha" of Buddhism, creating the current Buddhism.

However, although the Buddhas recognized the Tathagata Buddha.But the demon lord Bo Xun and the demonic heavens did not approve.

Even Bo Xun believed that the Three Vehicles of Tathagata Buddha was just ancient Buddhism disguised as hypocrisy, which was even more hateful.Therefore, he repeatedly obstructed Buddhism and confronted Tathagata Buddha.

Although Bo Xun was at a disadvantage, with his obstruction, the Three Vehicles were still unable to spread.Not to mention the four major continents, even in Xiniu Hezhou, it is impossible to suppress the demon way.

Not only that, the Buddha also calculated that there will be a catastrophe for Western Buddhism. If the three vehicles are destroyed at that time, people will be devastated. Even if they are reborn, they will only go back to the old path of extinction of Buddhism.Therefore, he tried every means to spread Buddhism to Nanfang Buzhou.

Even if the Three Vehicles are really eliminated, at least, they can be passed down in Nanfang Buzhou.

But in this process, it is impossible for Bo Xun not to obstruct it.So he can only look for other ways.

And this method is... Passing Buddhism to the East!
(End of this chapter)