Chapter 4 Venerable Golden Cicada
Jin Chanzi walked out of the Great Lei Yin Temple with both excitement and distress. I was excited to do things for Buddhism for the first time, and it was a major event related to the survival and development of Buddhism. On the other hand, what is distressing is that he can't reveal and use Buddhism's magical powers and spells in the eastern soil, and he can't show people in the image of a Buddhist disciple, he can't let others know that he is a Buddhist disciple, and he can't be discovered by Heaven and use this as a handle to threaten Buddhism, etc., a lot of things to pay attention to, and it hurts to think about it.
So at this time, Jin Cicada's mood is very complicated. He thought about it for a long time and couldn't come up with a countermeasure. When he came back to his senses, he had already left the Great Lei Yin Temple and was standing on the street of Tianzhu. The streets are full of people, crowded, and lively.
Jin Chanzi stood on the street, and the scene when he first met him came to his mind. At that time, when Rulai was still a prince, and the Buddha had not yet developed and grown, there were few disciples, and he had to do everything himself. When the children of the golden cicada met Rulai once, it was the day when Rulai returned from subduing demons and eliminating demons. Traveling with Rulai are the King of the Earth, the Burning Lamp, Maitreya, the Descending Dragon, the Fuhu and so on. Wherever they came, pedestrians on the street gave way and knelt on their knees, raising their hands above their heads in prayer. Although the golden cicada stepped aside, he didn't understand why he knelt down and saluted, so he still stood. The person next to him tugged at his clothes and said, "Prince Shakyamuni's magic power is boundless, and he is a great power to subdue demons and subdue demons, and save suffering. Let us not be rude to him. Get on your knees. Originally, Jin Cicada was just curious about Rulai, and there was no resistance. But when I heard the words "save the suffering", I thought of my own situation, and a wave of resentment suddenly welled up in my heart, and there was an inexpressible dissatisfaction and disgust in my heart. Jin Chanzi blurted out a few angry words: "What power, what kind of rescue, it's all a joke." If it is true that the power of mana is boundless and the suffering is relieved, then why are there so many poor, miserable and helpless people in this world? It is better to say that they are powerful than to say that they are all great liars. "Bold, good obstacles. How dare you be so rude to the Buddha. Look at the hit. The golden cicada spoke too loudly, and was heard by Rulai and others. Other Venerable Ones with enough Zen nature can still be calm. But the grumpy Dharma Protector Vajra couldn't stand it. The Dharma Protector Vajra shouted, and the heavy demon pestle smashed down on the golden cicada. The wind of King Kong's dancing and pestle alone blew the people around him to the ground. And the golden cicada had already been shocked by the momentum of the Dharma Protector Vajra, and his body was already numb and stiff, and the strong wind generated by the dancing demon pestle alone blew him all over his body. Just when the golden cicada was about to die on the spot, Rulai immediately took action to stop the demon pestle of the Dharma Protector Vajra. Rulai folded his hands and bowed to the golden cicada and said, "Amitabha." The little benefactor has learned a lesson. The old man was taught. In fact, when Rulai heard Jin Cicada's words, he was also very angry in his heart. But this time, the demon subdued the demon and subdued the demon, which made him lose his army. In addition, the execution of the eldest disciple made it impossible for him to have few people available. If you get angry because of this child's words, it will make him lose people's hearts, and Buddhism will lose people's hearts, and he will no longer be believed. In order not to lose people's hearts, that's why he rescued the golden cicada and spoke to the golden cicada in a good voice.
Rulai then said: "Although Lao Qu is not boundless in mana, he will also be saved in times of trouble. But there are so many suffering people in the world. Moreover, there are very few people who teach Lao Wei and me, and they lack skills, so how can they all be saved. Moreover, the reason why many people who suffer are not caused by external factors, but because they do not know how to be self-reliant, and they all want to rely on others. ”
Jin Chanzi was not convinced, and said: "If everyone can rely on themselves." So what do you want you to do?"
"Bold, you dare to speak against the Buddha. I don't know how high the sky ......" Dharma Protector King Kong couldn't stand the tone of the golden cicada, and pointed at the golden cicada and scolded. But he was stopped by Rulai again. If you know that this child is angry, but it is reasonable. Rulai responded: "The little benefactor is taught. But there are a lot of things that we Buddhism alone can't do. It is necessary for everyone to consciously and voluntarily change fundamentally. ”
"Then why don't you gather everyone together and convince them together? Why can't you think of such a simple thing?" said Jin Chanzi very angrily.
Jin Chanzi's very simple words woke up everyone in Buddhism. It is true that Nyolai never wanted to gather all the people. In the past, they were all enlightened one by one. Now, Jin Chanzi has inadvertently given him a good suggestion. It made him very excited. For example, he said: "Little donor, it seems that he does have a relationship with my Buddhism." I opened my mouth and solved a difficult problem for my teaching. If you enter my Buddha Gate immediately, you can work with us to relieve the suffering of the world. ”
The golden cicada is not so good. He said, "No." You're just talking. Whatever kind of relief is to coax children. ”
The little benefactor said this is wrong. Have you ever thought that the world is so big, there are so many people, and we Buddhist disciples are only so little, and you are unwilling to help, so many people who are suffering, with our limited strength, how can we be saved?" Although this sentence is a bit nonsense, it is also a bit reasonable. Hearing these words, Jin Chanzi felt that what Ru said was also very reasonable. Because no one does not contribute to the effort, no one saves those who are suffering, and in this world, who can turn over. But Jin Chanzi felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't point it out.
If you see that Jin Chanzi was moved by him, he hurriedly said: "Little donor, if you enter my Buddhism, you can use your strength to help those who are suffering." Then you can also let them join our Buddhism, so that they can also contribute to the relief of suffering in the world, and help more people. At this time, Rulai half-coaxed and half-deceived the golden cicada into the Buddhist gate.
As a result, by the time the golden cicada was successful, Tianzhu had already believed in Buddhism. In Tianzhu, everyone believes in the theory of reincarnation cause and effect, and is willing to give, so that there will be no poor people in Tianzhu and so on. Therefore, Jin Chanzi has not had any merits to serve the public. If the task given to Jin Chanzi this time is completed, then Jin Chanzi's status in the hearts of everyone will be greatly improved. But if it is not done well, it will also plummet, and it will be difficult to raise its head again. So this mission was not a good one.
On the street, Jin Chanzi spotted some foreign traders in exotic costumes pulling goods into the city. He asked the shopkeeper of the nearby shop, and said, "May I ask the donor, do you know where these donors come from and where they are going?" The shopkeeper hurriedly folded his hands and saluted, and replied, "This little elder, these merchants have come from the east and come to our Tianzhu to sell goods. They bring their specialties over there, exchange them with us, and bring them back to their side to sell. Once a year. Every year, merchants from the East come to us to trade. Jin Chanzi's eyes rolled, and he asked again: "Then do we have any merchants to go to the east to trade?" The shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "None of us here have that much ability." I don't know how many demons, monsters, beasts and birds along the way, we don't have the strength to deal with them. Besides, the road is far away, even if there are no these demons, monsters, beasts and fierce birds, the vagaries of the weather alone will kill us. The shopkeeper's words extinguished the golden cicada's just rising thoughts.
After Jin Chanzi knew that his method would not work, he thanked the shopkeeper and began to wander aimlessly again. What he had been thinking about now was whether it would be okay for him to organize a caravan in Tianzhu to go to Dongtu to do business, but he didn't know if his identity would be exposed.
After wandering around for most of the day, Jin Chanzi ran into those merchants from Dongtu again, and heard them talk about various monsters on the road. Jin Chanzi suddenly thought of those monsters. If you want to talk about the situation in Dongtu, you can find those monsters near Dongtu. Because if you look for someone, you will easily expose your whereabouts, and if you kill someone, you will fall into the abyss of yourself and Buddhism. But if it's a monster, no one will sympathize with them if it's destroyed, and it's still regarded as a good thing, and it's grateful. Thinking of this, Jin Chanzi turned around and left Tianzhu......
The golden cicada soared to the front of a monster cave near the eastern soil. I saw two little goblins guarding at the gate of the cave. He stepped forward and saluted, recited the Buddha's name, and said, "Little demon, please come out of your king, I have something to ask him." "Those little demons also know that the other party is not something that a small character like them can deal with. One of the demons ran into the cave in a panic to report to their king. Soon, I saw the demon king leading a bunch of little demons with guns and sticks and coming out in full clothes. The demon king waved his hand and asked a group of monsters to form a formation to surround the golden cicada, just in case. Because the demon king knows that the group of big and small bald donkeys in the Great Leiyin Temple is a group of unprofitable goods. So this time the golden cicada came to him, there must be nothing good.
At this time, the demon king thought in his heart whether he had offended the Great Leiyin Temple, and also thought that he had any treasures that the Great Leiyin Temple coveted. After thinking about it, I didn't realize that I had anything to do with the Great Lei Yin Temple. Just when the demon king was thinking about this and that, a clever little demon secretly asked the demon king: "King, why don't we ask the bald donkey directly what he is here for." The demon king secretly said: "No, we can't afford to provoke the Great Lei Yin Temple, in case of a fight, we will be the ones who will suffer." The little demon said, "Look at his fierce appearance, as if he can be good?" The demon king said, "Okay, you go and ask." The demon king didn't care whether the little demon wanted it or not, and pushed him out at once. The little demon could only step forward and ask: "Monk, where did you come from? What are you doing here?" The golden cicada folded his hands and recited a Buddha name: "Amitabha, the poor monk came from the Great Leiyin Temple, and the Dharma name is the golden cicada." Let you demon king come out, the poor monk came to him to learn about the situation in Dongtu. When the demon king saw Jin Chanzi say this, he knew that he couldn't hide, so he could only come forward and say, "Monk, we don't know anything." Let's go!" But what the Demon King was thinking about was whether to tell the Golden Cicada the information about Dongtu. It would be fine if Jin Chanzi left immediately after listening to this information. But if the golden cicada is not satisfied after listening to it, then it is impossible to predict what will happen at that time, and whether they will be killed by then. Moreover, even if they survived this life, what would the other youkai think of them, would they feel that they had lost the face of the name of youkai and slaughtered them? Even if other monsters don't kill them, then do they still have the face to live in this world? In fact, the demon king thought that these were just moments. When everyone's eyes were focused on him alone, he said what he had just said ambiguously. After the Demon King said those words, he suddenly felt that he was really extremely clever in his heart, and he thought of this perfect answer. This answer can be said to be both an answer to the question of the golden cicada, and it can also be said to be a rejection of the question of the golden cicada.
Because Jin Chanzi didn't practice his heart understanding, he didn't know the truth of the demon king's words. But he still asked: "I really don't know?" This time, the demon king said very calmly: "I don't know!" After hearing this answer, the golden cicada suddenly took a big step forward. Frightened, the demon king and others showed their weapons one after another and surrounded the golden cicadas. Faced with this situation, Jin Chanzi only whispered a Buddha horn and said: "In order to prevent the whereabouts and purpose of my trip from being revealed, I invite you to go to Lingshan and first teach and protect the Great Leiyin Temple for me for a while." I'll let you go when I'm done. ”
Hearing this, the demon king's face changed greatly, as long as he entered the Buddhist gate, he would not want to be free for the rest of his life. So the demon king hurriedly said: "Dead bald donkey, it turns out that you want us to become your lackeys. Either you kill us or I kill you. "The Demon King knows very well what it will be like to be subdued by Buddhism. As long as they take refuge in Buddhism, they all become pawns of Buddhism. All of them are guarding the doors and mountains for them in various Buddhist ashrams, and there is no freedom at all. If someone comes to make trouble, they, the monsters, will have to be the first to step forward and tear apart the enemy. Even if the enemy can't be defeated or can't be defeated, these youkai will fight to the death, and they will also reduce the enemy's strength to the death. And when someone or a demon or a demon does not listen to the advice of the Buddha, the Buddha will name him as an evil demon and a demon and a person who does not listen to the teachings, and take the command and name of subduing the demon and eliminating the demon, and get rid of the one who does not obey the Buddha. However, if you can't fight one-on-one, Buddhism will rush up to fight more and fight less on the grounds that you don't need to take into account morality to deal with evil demons and crooked ways. And when those demons and monsters who have taken refuge in Buddhism want to escape from the control of Buddhism, Buddhism will all put a headband on them. Whoever tries to run away will chant a curse and kill them. Anyway, Buddhism can't kill without a legitimate reason, and if it really can't find a good reason, Buddhism will kill and get rid of the other party on trumped-up charges such as strong words and reasoning, and not listening to teachings. Moreover, death is not the most painful, the most painful thing is that life is better than death, you can't survive, you can't die.
It was also the first time that Jin Chanzi had heard that someone hated Buddhism so much, and so unceremoniously rejected the invitation of Buddhism. He was furious in his heart, and roared, "Bold and wicked. I don't repent, and I dare to talk back. The golden cicada transported his strength to the peak and rushed towards the demon king. Seeing this, the little demons stepped forward to resist. Because whether you go forward or backward, you have to die. If the Demon King does not die, they will be killed by the Demon King if they retreat or run away. If you rush forward and kill without dying, you may be promoted after being appreciated by the demon king. But their strength can't hurt Jin Cicada at all. Because the Buddha Sect of the Golden Cicada is not bad, the golden body has already been refined to the Mahayana, how can the cultivation of these little demons hurt him. In two clicks, the golden cicada subdued those little demons. The demon king saw that the situation was not good, and when he wanted to escape, he thought about it again: "With your own strength, you will definitely not be able to escape, it is better to fight to the death, such a chance is greater." Even if you die without being defeated, you can still get a good reputation. These tangled thoughts of the Demon King only flashed for a moment, and then he picked up his weapon and rushed towards the golden cicada.
The two sides of the golden cicada and the demon king used all their strength, from the ground to the sky, and from the sky to the ground, and the fight was earth-shattering. Although the Demon King has more combat experience than the Golden Cicada, he can't break the Golden Cicada's incorruptible golden body, and the Golden Cicada's cultivation is far above him. In the end, Jin Chanzi suppressed the demon king with cultivation. After the golden cicada subdued the demon queen, he folded his hands and recited a Buddha horn and said, "You better tie up your hands and arrest it." "Stinky bald donkey, don't read it, I won't enter your Buddhism if I die." You'd better just kill me. "The Demon King understands very well how tragic his fate will be after entering the Buddha Gate. After listening to the words of the demon king, Jin Chanzi recited a Buddha name and said: "God has the virtue of a good life, and our Buddhism can further wash away the sins on your body." You'd better follow me back to the Great Leiyin Temple. "I don't want to go to that hell place. I can't be your lackey, your minions. Dead bald donkey, kind of kill me!" the demon king listened to the words of the golden cicada and began to curse again.
Then Jin Chanzi persuaded for a long time, but it was still useless. In the end, the golden cicada could only use his hands to free the monsters. After that, Jin Chanzi went all the way to the east to find all kinds of demons and monsters to ask about the situation in Dongtu......