Journey to the West: Start by giving Taishang Laojun a whole life

Chapter 185: The Surprise of the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, the Precious Wordless Scripture

The ancient Buddha Rāhula was also quite discerning. He immediately took a liking to Zhang Tian, the disciple of Taishang Laojun, who was listening in the audience.

It's not that I saw that the other party had extraordinary talent or something, but I mainly felt that the other party was a supreme disciple, and no matter his character, understanding, or ability, he was definitely not bad.

And there is Taishang Laojun as the background.

For Buddhism, it is a great help!
Buddhism likes to save such people with predestined relationship!

Just as the ancient Buddha Ran Deng was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of the frown on Taishang Laojun's face and the look in his eyes that seemed to want to make sense, so he tactfully shut his mouth and changed the subject, "I don't have any good candidates either. I can only find the Great Heavenly Venerable and let him decide."

As soon as these words came out.

The face of Taishang Laojun suddenly became much kinder. From the complaint of the ancient Buddha Dipankara, he also learned the cause and effect of the matter.

"My former disciple Kinnara did many good deeds, and under the arrangement of the three of you, he enjoyed the destiny of thirty-three days. His fate should have been set, but I don't know who influenced him, and many things went wrong, and there were many changes..."

The ancient Buddha, Ran Deng, was depressed. After all, he was the former leader of Buddhism and was proud of cultivating Kinnara. However, he did not expect that the other party would take a different path of Hunyuan and even regarded the Buddhism he led as a cancer.

The two sides fought a great battle. If it were not for the help of Tathagata and Emperor Ziwei, he would have hardly been a match for the other side.

The opponent was suppressed in the Nine Netherworld.

But after all, he is very powerful.

He actually escaped.

The ancient Buddha, Dipankara, felt somewhat uneasy, so he sought help from the Jade Emperor and asked Yuanshi Tianzun for help. Only then did he make a decision for Kinnara and determine the so-called thirty-three-day battle of destiny.

If you lose, you will achieve complete nirvana!

Never reincarnate!
The ancient Buddha Ran Deng and Tathagata joined forces, but saw that the future of the universe had changed a lot and it was no longer easy to see clearly. They were worried and came to the Tushita Palace in Lihentian under the pretext of preaching. They were extremely depressed, "Do you know who that person is, Laojun?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Tian on the side couldn't help feeling guilty, because the so-called person who was secretly making trouble was him. He was tricked by the Buddha Wujitian and the magic weapon Black Lotus in the treasure house of Emperor Ziwei was sent to the other party.

This is a huge hole he has made.

The Supreme Lord Laozi seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "This change is harmless and will not ruin your journey to the west. I, the Taoist priest, will let my disciples take charge of this matter personally, and I will ensure that your Buddhist sect prospers!"

As soon as these words came out.

The ancient Buddha Dipankara was very happy, but Zhang Tian was greatly surprised, his eyes widened. Although he did not have the ability to spy on the secrets of the future, he saw the so-called westward journey plan to promote the development of Buddhism mentioned by Laozi.

But he knew in his heart that it must be the future journey to the West. He must set up 81 difficulties on the road to test the Buddhist monks, which is an extremely difficult task.

Later, the Buddha brought up this matter and asked throughout Lingshan, but no one dared to agree or take responsibility for it. Finally, the Buddha spoke well of Guanyin, and the teacher of the seven Buddhas, the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, softened her heart and agreed to the matter, and the merit was fulfilled.

Zhang Tian asked himself if he did not have the ability of Guanyin, so how could he dare to manage such a big project? It was even more difficult than for him to eat Tang Monk's flesh. After all, even someone as powerful as Guanyin had to catch Taishang Laojun and borrow his boy, mount, alchemy furnace, belt, and gourd. He almost sent Taishang away.

And what about him?
He is the kind of person who, when drinking or looking for girls, can't even find three people of the opposite sex in his address book. How can he have a network as powerful as that of Guanyin Bodhisattva!

Zhang Tian’s heart was filled with the turmoil of a thousand horses.

Besides.

There are still some doubts and confusions... "Master Taishang Laojun is a powerful Hunyuan, but he is also one of the Three Pure Ones in Taoism. Why would he choose to help Buddhism and promote the prosperity of Buddhism?"

He was silent.

Listen quietly.

Then he saw his master, Taishang Laojun, smiling and stroking his beard, and proposed a condition to the ancient Buddha, "After the task is completed, just give him a copy of the wordless scripture that the pilgrim is looking for."

A scripture without words?

As soon as these words were spoken, the ancient Buddha Dipankara's expression changed immediately, and he looked strange for a moment.

When Zhang Tian saw it, he knew that it must be an extremely precious thing. He thought quickly and finally remembered that it was when the pilgrims arrived at the Western Paradise of Lingshan Mountain and asked the Buddha for the Tripitaka.

Unexpectedly, the two disciples of Buddha asked the pilgrim for human beings, but did not get any. Then they had evil intentions and replaced the scripture with words with scriptures without words.

Zhang Tian: Could it be that thing?
He was even more confused.

"How strange!" he thought to himself, "Master actually took the initiative to ask for that tough job with Guanyin Bodhisattva for me. Obviously, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. There are advantages, but he didn't want this or that. He just wanted a wordless scripture that everyone who went to seek scriptures despised. Why is that?"

Then he understood.

The ancient Buddha Dipankara sighed, "It's not that I am stingy, but that wordless sutra is very precious. It was left by the ancient Buddha Bodhi. It means that Bodhi is originally nothing, so where can it be touched by dust? Therefore, there are no words on the sutra. Only those with great wisdom, great enlightenment, and great opportunities in the world can understand the wonderfulness of it and help achieve the realm of Buddha! I am afraid that it is difficult for real people to understand it and end up in vain. How about reading the sutra with words?"

It turns out that the wordless scripture is a real treasure.

However, the scriptures with words are inferior.

After all, the true principles of the Tao are difficult to describe in words. Even if you understand them, they are other people's things. If you want to truly achieve your own Tao, you need to understand it yourself!
Zhang Tian suddenly came to his senses. No wonder the pilgrims who were seeking the scriptures in the future would be stopped by the venerable sent by the ancient Buddha Dipankara. It turned out that the threshold was so high.

No one in the world can understand it.

You will definitely think that the scripture without words is fake, and that the decades of hard work of those who sought the scriptures were all in vain, and the so-called Buddhism would be difficult to flourish, so there came into being the scripture with words!
Zhang Tianzi could not possibly think that he was a stupid person. Anything that could help him comprehend the Hunyuan Dao and achieve the Hunyuan Golden Immortal would be an incredible treasure, so naturally he wanted the best.

He stood up immediately.

He agreed to it immediately.

The ancient Buddha Ran Deng sighed and didn't say anything. He then started to preach, explaining the Five Elements that are suitable for true immortals. Everyone present seemed to have gained some insights and felt that they had made great progress.

After seeing off the ancient Buddha Dipankara.

Zhang Tian was called to the front by Taishang Laojun. "Everyone knows that it is difficult to achieve Hunyuan. I don't know how many great masters have sunk into suffering and experienced countless epochs, trying to find a new Hunyuan path. Now, in the three realms, there are three people who are trying to deduce the secrets of heaven and make moves to achieve Hunyuan. You are smart, can you guess who they are?"

Zhang Tian already had the answer in his mind.

After all, Tai Shang had said that in front of him.

"The Jade Emperor, Kinnara, and..." He hesitated, "Buddha Tathagata?"

Taishang Laojun smiled and said, "It's me!"

(End of this chapter)