Chapter 405: The Ghost City of Xudu, Yin Convicted, and the Result is Unpleasant!
Wang Zhong smiled slightly, who said that beasts have no heart. This big rooster has obviously cultivated his spiritual sense, otherwise he would not be able to distinguish the difference between Wang Zhong and ordinary ghosts so lightly!
The onicha, who was driving away the ghosts, saw the reaction of the big rooster and looked at the air in surprise. When they found Wang Zhong, whose body was shining with divine light, they couldn't help but lower their proud heads. Although ghosts are also gods, they are the lowest level of gods, and their identities are between gods and ghosts, and there are also hierarchies between gods.
And this kind of hierarchy is more stringent, the system they are practicing now is more like the ancient feudal system, and the gods of high status are supreme beings of the gods of low status!
Although Wang Zhong did not become a god, he was successful in the practice of the I Ching, and he was also sealed by the heavens.
And the status is much higher than these ghosts, so these ghosts naturally can't be neglected!
Naturally, the ghosts below also saw Wang Zhong, and they knelt on the ground and kept prostrating, praying for Wang Zhong's salvation!
A white point of light flew up from their bodies, spinning around above Wang Zhong's head, Wang Zhong hesitated, and finally nodded gently, and the white dots instantly fell into the three flowers above his head, this is the power of faith, people in a desperate situation, faith will become very pure.
These few traces of faith are the beliefs of hundreds of people in the mortal world, which is also the reason why Wang Zhong hesitated and finally suffered from these beliefs!
Wang Zhong sighed a little helplessly, since he accepted their faith, since he accepted the faith, he naturally had to deal with the predicament for them!
"I will do a puja for you, and I hope you can increase your heavenly blessings!"
Wang Zhong said loudly, it was a promise, and the ghosts below couldn't help but jump up with joy.
Both the Buddha Gate and the Dao Gate have a transcendent ritual whose purpose is to allow the ghosts of hell to be reborn in the heavenly realm or the Buddha realm!
The purpose of a monk or Taoist priest chanting sutras for the deceased is to increase his merit and alleviate his sinful karma, but this is only an aid. It is not an absolute main cause, and whether there is any benefit to transcendence must vary from person to person, for example, if a person who is great good in life is reborn in the heavenly realm immediately after death, or if he or she is in hell immediately after the death of a great evil, they do not need or cannot enjoy the merit of transcendence, and only ordinary people who do not have great good or evil in their lifetime can obtain the merit of chanting sutras after death. In addition, the level of chanting is also related to the size of the merit of chanting, if it is a high monk or a filial son and grandson chanting a volume, it can be worth ten times the merit of all monks, but all monks will have considerable benefits in reciting sincerely, only the interests of people who have no Tao and are not sincere have few or even no benefits. But it doesn't make it sinful. It is also best to recite sutras within 49 days of the deceased's death, after which the deceased may have already been reincarnated, and the transcendent merits will have to go through several rebirths before they can benefit them, and no immediate effect will be obtained.
Wang Zhong is a master of high merit, and the merits of the Dharma meetings he personally presided over are naturally greater than those of ordinary monks, and although these ghosts will not immediately ascend to heaven with the help of this wishing power, they can also get rid of evil tastes. Reincarnated as a human being!
"It's your fortune, I just happened to meet the real people of the Yang World who went down to the underworld!"
The escorted ghost said with some envy.
As long as these ghosts are not heinous, they will be rescued. But then again, if it's really heinous. It won't come here, they will be dragged to hell as soon as they die!
Wang Zhong's spirit flew lightly, and he easily climbed over the huge Cockscomb Mountain, and the other ghosts were not so lucky. Even if they could avoid the attack of the big rooster, they would have to climb the steep cliff from the body of the chicken to the comb. Flip over to get to the next stop!
After his spirit had flown forward for some distance, he suddenly saw a very strange phenomenon, because there was a very prosperous village in this barren place. There are crowds of people, colorful flags fluttering, as if some kind of party is being held, there are Yangge twisting, there are dragon and lion dances, it is very lively.
Many of the ghosts here showed a lingering look, and the ghosts did not rush, but they all showed a strange look in their eyes.
Wang Zhong opened his eyes and looked down, where were the villages and the bustling crowds, only to see ghosts with missing arms and legs looking at the bewildered new souls with malicious expressions, these ghosts were ghosts who were bitten off their arms, legs and feet when they passed through Hungry Dog Ridge and Jinji Ridge, because of this reason, they could not report to the capital city. Only then did he conjure up this village and confuse the wandering spirits of the past. Once they are bewitched, their arms and legs are forcibly torn off, and they are attached to other ghosts.
Of course, not all ghosts will be fooled by them, there are cultivators, or people who have paid for the road!
The family members of the Yang family incinerated 3 catties and 6 taels of paper money to buy the road in front of the dead soul, and the sound spirit body took the money to buy the road, so that they could pass the test. That's why money can make the devil grind.
Wang Zhong sighed, and the cloud head accelerated and flew over the world of cannibalism in an instant. A huge palace appeared in front of his eyes, the Hall of Ecstasy!
Wang Zhong's face was also unprecedentedly strict, the ecstasy water in the Ecstasy Hall was a must for ghosts to drink, because only by drinking the ecstasy water could they open their mouths to tell the truth, truthfully report all kinds of crimes in the yang world, and wait for the interrogation of the Ten Palaces of the Yama King.
Wang Zhongyan sรน is because there is a storage in the Lost Soul Hall that can threaten him, the Lost Soul Palace, and after here, he will arrive at the capital city of the Netherworld. Mortals must remember that when they go to the underworld, they must not meddle in things, look around, talk to people, eat and drink indiscriminately, even immortals can't, otherwise the immortal body will be damaged and it will be difficult to return to yang. What's even more terrifying is the ecstasy water in the Ecstasy Palace, that is, Da Luo Jin Immortal descended to earth, and there was no way to recover after drinking the ecstasy water by mistake, only to become a ghost with peace of mind, waiting to fall.
Wang Zhong looked at the group of ghosts, and under the gaze of the ghosts, he slowly drank the ecstasy water in his hand. This ecstasy water not only allows you to tell the truth, but also takes out the resentment from the ghost. After going through so much, the resentment in their hearts has diminished a lot. As they went, a huge city stretched between heaven and earth!
Wang Zhong can't describe how big this city is, because compared to him, the capital is like a drop in the ocean, and there is no comparison at all!
Maybe the Eurasian plates combined can be half the size of him!
The city gate of the capital city gave Wang Zhong the feeling that it was an extremely solemn administrative unit that needed to be seen. It's so high up and so solemn. I really can't see the stars, the sun and the moon when I look up. Looking down, you can't see the dust of the land. Entering the capital city, there are two gates inside, and between the second gate and the first gate, there are two lights floating high in the air, but they do not move. One is bright, the other is dim and dark. The dark lamp walked down and entered the second door carved out of jade. As soon as you enter the two gates, you will see 10 city gates lined up side by side, one to ten halls of Hades at a time. The entrance of each hall is guarded by Yin soldiers. The Yin soldiers are not dressed in outright ancient costumes, but the uniforms worn on the upper body are ancient styles. The Yin soldiers of the Netherworld are also reincarnated and replaced. In modern times, many dead people can also serve as Yin soldiers and ghosts.
There are Yin soldiers guarding the door of each hall, some carefully check the approval tickets in the hands of the soul, and some check the height and size of the soul head. Each is an orderly work, not inferior to the human administration. There are more than that, and the ghosts here are all in public law, as clear as water and as clear as a mirror. The ghosts who arrived here also knew in their hearts that they had died, and they had settled down a lot, and they lined up in order to wait for the judgment of the Hades of each hall.
Wang Zhong knew that this place was the core of the underworld, the capital city, and both the Ten Palaces and Yama and the judge Ma Mian worked here.
It is also a place where many ghosts are judged. The merits and demerits of the previous life will be judged here, and the meritorious ones will be reincarnated and ascended to heaven, and those who have done so will be thrown into hell and punished.
It's different here and Yangshi. No matter how eloquent and cunning a person is, he will tell the truth when he arrives here, and there are gods in his head, and people's words and deeds are naturally recorded by ghosts and gods!
Ghosts and gods can hear and see things that humans can't hear or see. In addition, a person's head will glow red, yellow, white, and black according to the good and evil of his actions and thoughts (red, yellow, and white are the light emitted by good thoughts, and black is evil thoughts), and the ghosts and gods can see it clearly. If a person's thoughts rise and fall, it has little to do with his actions. Although the netherworld will not be recorded, if you don't forget something, although it has not been seen in action, it has already been recorded by ghosts and gods.
But there are exceptions to everything!
When Wang Zhong was floating in the air, he saw an extremely cunning ghost. Ordinary ghosts will quibble, but when they see the detailed evidence of their crimes, most of them will bow their heads and confess their guilt, and then it will be the trial stage, and the judge will sentence them according to the severity of the sins committed by the ghosts, and the light ones will be reincarnated in a poor family, and the heavy ones will be sentenced directly to hell to suffer until the sins are paid!
But Wang Zhong was very cunning when he saw this ghost, and when the judge read out his guilt, he not only did not confess his guilt, but recited the scriptures!
This is something that no one expected, whether it is the judge of the underworld or the ghost who executes it, they all watched the ghost's mouth open and close in a daze, and passages of scripture flew out of his mouth:
"That's what I smelled. For a while, the Buddha was defending the country. Gishu to the Garden of Solitude. with the great bhikshu congregation. 1,250 people. Then the world. When eating. Dressed and bowled. Settle in the city and beg for food. in its city. The second begging has begged. Return to the Locality. Meals. Collect the mantle. Wash your feet already. Sit on a seat.
Long old man Su Bodhi. In the masses. i.e. from the seat. Favoring the right shoulder. Hit the ground on your right knee. Gassho respectfully. And the white Buddha said. I hope that there is a world honor. If you come to protect and remember the Bodhisattvas. Kindness to the Bodhisattvas. World-honored. Good man. Good woman. Developing the three bodhichitta. Should the clouds live, and the clouds should subdue their hearts. Buddha's words. Good, good, good. Subodhi. As you say. If you come to protect and remember the Bodhisattvas. Kindness to the Bodhisattvas. Thou shalt hear it. Speak for you. Good man. Good woman. Developing the three bodhichitta. It should dwell as it is, and subdue its heart as it is. Only. World-honored. I want to hear ......"
Wang Zhong heard it in the air and understood that this person was reciting the Buddhist classic "Diamond Sutra", which is an early Mahayana Buddhist classic, belongs to the ninth meeting of the "Great Prajna Sutra", and is one of the representative works of preaching the meaning of Prajna emptiness. The Chinese translation of the Diamond Sutra refers to the Diamond Sutra translated by Rosh, and the scientific judgment is based on the 32 divisions of Prince Zhaoming. The Diamond Sutra has been understood in ancient times based on the expositions of Asanga, the worldly relatives, and has since been understood and developed by the views of the Three Treatises, Tiantai, Huayan, Dharmaxiang, Zen, and Mantra.
According to the teachings of Buddhism, there are five main aspects of merit in reciting the Diamond Sutra.
1. Increasing merit: Happiness in life is based on merit. Only with good fortune can we achieve everywhere and make all our wishes come true. Receiving the Diamond Sutra increases our merit. In the sutras, the seven treasures of the three thousand worlds, the seven treasures of the Ganges sand and other seven treasures, the Ganges sand and other physical alms, the Ganges sand and other body almsgiving, and the eight four hundred thousand Buddhas who were once worth 84 trillion of the Buddhas, all of whom were offered to the Buddha, are not as great as the merits of receiving the four verses of the Diamond Sutra. Because the generosity of wealth and the devotion of the body can only help people for a short time. However, receiving or preaching this sutra to others can make the Dharma stay for a long time, enlighten people with correct knowledge and correct views, and guide others to ascend to the point of liberation and Buddhahood, so as to attain complete happiness. Therefore, its merits are far beyond the reach of financial charity.
2. Elimination of karma: Our world is a world of karma, and due to the difference in the good and bad karma created in past lives, there are many differences in the world. Beginningless greed and hatred cause us to create a lot of bad karma. Therefore, there are always many defects and troubles in reality, such as natural and man-made disasters, physical weakness, and everything is not going well. Receiving the Diamond Sutra removes karma. The sutra says: "If a good man or a good woman is sustained and recites this sutra, if he is despised, he will be guilty of sins in his previous life and should fall into the evil path. "If you are not safe before receiving the Diamond Sutra, but after receiving the Sutra, you will be despised by others, and you don't have to worry, which is why serious crimes are lightly rewarded.
3. Develop wisdom and reach reality: The Diamond Sutra is a Prajna classic, and the first thing is to develop wisdom. The Prajna Sutra says: "The Bodhisattva does not dwell in the Dharma, but in Prajnaparami." "This sutra teaches us everywhere that there is non-dwelling, and non-abiding is for the purpose of attaining Prajna. The scripture says: "It is a sutra or even four verses...... What's more, if someone can receive the recitation, Su Bodhi, he should know that he is a human being, and he will achieve the supreme and first desired method. He also said, "If there are people who have heard the scriptures and have pure faith, then they will be born into reality, and they should know that they are human beings, and they will have merit in their achievements." "The way to attain the first hope is to attain wisdom and to attain reality. (To be continued......)