Chapter 64: The Adventures of Buddhism

The poem says:

Shaohua sells vegetables to Guangen,

But I saw clouds flying overhead.

Worship the Buddha with a heart of bliss,

I was fortunate enough to meet a monk.

Geng Shaohua said goodbye to the little monk in the temple room, and he pushed the empty vegetable cart back along the road he came.

Geng Shaohua pushed the empty vegetable cart and quickly walked to the mountain gate of Guang'en Temple. At this moment, Geng Shaohua looked up and saw a large number of colorful clouds floating in the sky above the thousand-year-old temple Guang'en Temple, and saw that the large colored clouds were shining with strange light. When that large piece of colorful clouds floated to the sky above Guang'en Temple, it actually stopped in the air and did not move, and in an instant, the sky above Guang'en Temple, a thousand-year-old ancient temple, was a thousand rays of light. Geng Shaohua looked at the colorful clouds in the sky, and his heart was full of joy.

From his birth to the present, Geng Shaohua has been living in Nanxi Village, south of Tianzhu Mountain. This Nanxi Village is not too far from Tianzhu Mountain. In the past, Geng Shaohua often heard the old people in Nanxi Village say that there are wonderful colorful auspicious clouds on Tianzhu Mountain. In the past, Geng Shaohua rarely went up the mountain, so Geng Shaohua really didn't see the colorful auspicious clouds on Tianzhu Mountain when he was so big. Geng Shaohua never expected that he accidentally came up the mountain today and witnessed the colorful auspicious clouds on Tianzhu Mountain.

At this time, Geng Shaohua also saw that the thousand-year-old temple Guang'en Temple was illuminated by colorful auspicious clouds, and it also presented a strange scene of thousands of colorful rays.

When Geng Shaohua lived in Nanxi Village in the past, he was a vegetable farmer. What Geng Shaohua does every day is to get up early and grow vegetables greedily at night, he neither believes in Buddhism nor understands Buddhism. Today, after Geng Shaohua saw these magical scenes, somehow, he actually had the idea of wanting to go to the temple of Guang'en Temple to see.

After Geng Shaohua had this idea, he parked the empty vegetable cart under a big tree on the side of the road, and he walked into the mountain gate of Guang'en Temple by himself.

After Geng Shaohua came to the temple of Guang'en Temple, he flashed his eyes and took a closer look, but he saw that the inside of Guang'en Temple was very spacious, and the buildings and palaces in the temple were also shining with strange colored light under the reflection of colorful auspicious clouds.

Geng Shaohua suddenly had a feeling of stepping into a fairyland. Qiu Dazuo's mood at this time also seemed to be suddenly enlightened, even relaxed. Geng Shaohua still seemed to feel that his long-ailing body seemed to be much more relaxed at the moment.

So, with a kind of curiosity and pleasure, Geng Shaohua walked forward on the road in the temple, facing the first major hall in the temple, the Tianwang Palace, but saw, the pillars on both sides of the door of the Tianwang Palace were written with a dazzling couplet, which read: Ten thousand gods shine in Kyushu;

Immediately, Geng Shaohua walked into the Heavenly King Palace. Geng Shaohua saw that on both sides of the main hall, there were four tall colored glazed statues.

These four tall colored glazed statues are the four heavenly kings of Buddhism. They are the Heavenly King of the Eastern Kingdom, the Heavenly King of the Southern Growth Heaven, the Western Wide-eyed Heavenly King Liubocha, and the Northern Duowen Heavenly King Bishamen.

The Four Heavenly Kings, also known as the Four Heavenly Kings of the Protector of the World, are the protectors of Buddhism, commonly known as the "Four Great Vajra". The Four Heavenly Kings are the four gods of the twenty heavens, located in the first heaven. The first heaven is also called the Four Heavenly King Heavens. According to Buddhist scriptures, there is a mountain in the belly of Mount Meru, called Gandhara Mountain. There are four mountains in the mountain, and the four heavenly kings each live in a mountain and protect each one day (that is, the four major continents, namely the East Sheng Divine Continent, the South Ganbu Continent, the West Niu He Continent, and the North Julu Continent), so the four heavenly kings are also known as the four heavenly kings who protect the world. Their idols are usually arranged on both sides of the first hall of the Buddhist temple, so the first main hall in the Buddhist temple is called the Tianwang Hall.

Buddhism has the theory of three realms and six paths. Believing in the Buddha, cultivating the Buddha, and dying in bliss is to jump out of the Three Realms and not be in the Six Realms. The so-called Three Realms: that is, the realm of desire, the realm of se, and the realm of non-se. The so-called six realms: the path of heaven, humanity, the path of asura, the path of animals, the path of evil ghosts, and the path of hell. Among them, the Heavenly Dao belongs to the Heavenly Realm of Desire. There are six layers of heaven in the heavenly realm: the first layer is the "Four Heavenly King Heavens", which is on the mountainside of Mount Meru. The second layer is the "Celestial Heaven", at the top of Mount Meru, where the emperor Shakti lived, also called the Thirty-Three Days (eight days in each side of the south, east, west, and north, plus one day in the center). The third layer is the "night sky", which is bright both day and night, and it is based on the lotus flower blooming as the day, and the lotus flower together as the night, and the day is very long. The fourth layer is the "Tushi Heaven", Maitreya Bodhisattva lives in the "Tushi Heavenly Palace Inner Courtyard" Longhua Dojo, and the outer courtyard is still the residence of the gods. The fifth layer is "Joy Changing Days". The sixth layer is "He is free in the sky", which is the zenith of the (desire realm), where the demon king Bo Xun lives, and the lust of men and women in this place is the lightest, but there is still it, just a relative look, that is, 'see'.

In the center of the main hall of the Tianwang Palace, there is a golden Buddha, this golden Buddha has a big belly and a smile, this golden Buddha is the Buddha of Miro, there are two banners around the Buddha, and the two banners read: The big belly can tolerate, tolerate the things that the world cannot tolerate; According to Buddhist scriptures, the first layer of the Heavenly Realm is inhabited by the Four Heavenly Kings, and the second layer of the Heavenly Realm is inhabited by the Jade Emperor,...... In the fourth heaven, there is Mirofo. Buddhist scriptures say that tens of thousands of years later, Buddha Miro will descend from the four heavens to the world to educate human beings and all sentient beings. Therefore, Miro Buddha is also called the Buddha of the Future.

Buddhism has the saying that there are three Buddhas. Three Buddhas: Refers to all Buddhas in the past, present, and future lives. In the past tens of thousands of years ago, there was also a Buddha on the earth, this Buddha is called the Buddha of the Buddha, or specifically refers to the Buddha of the lamp, our current Buddha, is the Buddha of the world, Shakyamuni Buddha, then, the future Buddha is Maitreya Buddha.

Whether in the past, present, or future, there are immeasurable Buddhas who have been born and manifested themselves as Buddhas in the world and educated sentient beings. Among them, the Buddha of the Burning Lamp is a Buddha in the past, a Buddha who gave instructions to Shakya Bodhisattva in a past life.

In Buddhism's cosmology, a Buddha country is called a great world (the world of the world refers to time, and the world of the world refers to space), a great world is a thousand middle worlds, a middle thousand worlds are a thousand small worlds, and a small world is a solar system. Buddhism believes that the solar system, where our earth is located today, is a small world.

Geng Shaohua neither believed in Buddhism nor understood Buddhism at this time, he just watched it curiously in the Tianwang Palace. Then, Geng Shaohua walked through the Tianwang Hall and came to the door of the largest building in the temple, the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

The word "Nobita" in the Daxiong Hall is the honorific title of the Buddha Shakyamuni by Buddhist believers. As the name suggests, the Daxiong Treasure Hall is a treasure hall dedicated to the Buddha Shakyamuni.

But see, the Daxiong Treasure Hall in the temple of Guang'en Temple is tall and majestic and magnificent, the whole hall is carved with beams and painted pillars and glazed tiles to pave the top is very magnificent, under the reflection of colorful auspicious clouds, the Daxiong Treasure Hall is more splendid.

Geng Shaohua stopped and looked at it, and he saw that there was a very spacious square in front of the door of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and in the center of the square, there was a huge incense burner, and many pilgrims were burning incense in front of the incense burner, but they saw that the incense burner was full of smoke in the sky.

Geng Shaohua also saw that after some pilgrims burned incense, they went into the Daxiong Hall to worship the Buddha. After Geng Shaohua stood there and watched for a while, somehow, he also walked into the Daxiong Treasure Hall with some pilgrims.

Geng Shaohua came to the inside of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, flashed his eyes and looked carefully, and saw that there were three huge lotus platforms in front of him, and on the top of each lotus platform sat a tall golden Buddha, each golden Buddha looked like it could be more than five feet high, and each golden Buddha was hung with a big red ribbon on his body, and the number belt was written on them: the Oriental Glazed World Medicine Master Glazed Light Buddha, the Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha of the Purdu Beings in the Purpur World, and the Amitabha Buddha of Great Compassion in the Western Elysium.

Geng Shaohua also saw that there were two attendants beside Amitabha Buddha, those two attendants were Guanyin Bodhisattva and Dashi Zhi Bodhisattva; there were also two attendants beside Shakyamuni Buddha, those two attendants were Kasya, Venerable Ananda, and there were also two attendants beside Medicine Buddha, and those two attendants were the Sunlight Bodhisattva and the Moonlight Bodhisattva. Amitabha Buddha and Guanyin Bodhisattva are collectively known as the Three Sages of the West, also known as the Western Buddha.

Geng Shaohua also saw that there were many prayer mats placed in front of the three golden Buddhas, and many pilgrims were kneeling on the worship mats to chant Buddha and worship Buddha.

Buddhism's outlook on life and cosmology has four eons. The so-called four calamities are the tribulation, the dwelling calamity, the bad calamity, and the empty calamity. Buddhism believes that there have been several extinction catastrophes for life on Earth. Buddhism has a history of more than 2,500 years since its founding, but there are still countless good men and women who believe in Buddha and worship Buddha, and they all want to escape the calamity and live in the Elysian World by believing in Buddha and worshiping Buddha.

Geng Shaohua looked at the pilgrims who knelt on the mat and recited the Buddha and worshiped the Buddha, and he suddenly remembered what the little monk told him when he went up the mountain: "Amitabha Buddha once made 48 vows to purify all sentient beings out of the sea of suffering, as long as you devote yourself to the Buddha and chant the Buddha's name several times a day, you can also be reborn in the Elysian World at the end of your life." After Geng Shaohua remembered what the little monk told him, he secretly thought to himself in his heart: cough, now, I am living alone and breathlessly, it is really better to live than to die, since the Buddha can benefit all sentient beings, why don't I ask the Buddha to be merciful and send me out of the sea of suffering to be reborn in the Elysian World as soon as possible?

After Geng Shaohua thought of this, he knelt on the mat like other pilgrims. Geng Shaohua knelt on the mat, he also began to worship the Buddha and chant the Buddha, and prayed for the Buddha to send him out of the sea of suffering and rebirth in the Elysian World as soon as possible.

Geng Shaohua knelt on the prayer mat, and he didn't know how long he bowed. Later, Geng Shaohua felt that his body was really tired, so he stood up and walked out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

After that, Geng Shaohua came back from selling vegetables every day, and when he passed by Tianzhu Mountain, he had to go up to the mountain, worship the Buddha and recite the Buddha in the Daxiong Treasure Hall of Guang'en Temple, and pray that the Buddha would save him from the sea of suffering as soon as possible, and spend his life in the Elysium as soon as possible.

In a flash, more than a month has passed.

On this day, Geng Shaohua still came to the Daxiong Hall of Guangen Temple to worship the Buddha and recite the Buddha as usual. After Geng Shaohua knelt on the mat and worshiped the Buddha, he stood up and was about to leave. But at this moment, Geng Shaohua found that there was an old monk standing behind him, and he saw that the old monk's face was like a sunset, and the ring was on the skin of the bright brain, and the old monk's two eyebrows were white and white, and the eyebrows could be more than a foot long when they were pulled down. Geng Shaohua counted on his fingers, and he had been able to worship the Buddha in the temple for more than a month. However, in the past month or so, Geng Shaohua has seen such a peculiar white-eyed old monk in the temple for the first time. Geng Shaohua felt in a trance that the white-eyed old monk in front of him was like a living Buddha from the heavens and the lower realms. Geng Shaohua was surprised.

The white-eyed old monk looked at Geng Shaohua, clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, this benefactor, please come with me." ”

This led to the fact that vegetable farmer Geng Shaohua inadvertently learned a set of bizarre Buddhist aerobics......