Section 602: The remains of the Buddha in the White Elephant Palace
The five people smiled and responded one by one, although they did not want to learn the Buddhist scriptures and converted to Buddhism, but they also understood some superficial truths, according to the Huayan Sutra, the Bodhisattva is divided into fifty-two levels (ten letters, ten dwellings, ten lines, ten dedications, ten places, equal enlightenment, and wonderful awakening), of which ten beliefs are ordinary people, ten dwellings, ten lines, and ten dedication positions are virtuous bodhisattvas, and only the last twelve ranks are saints, that is, from the beginning to the ten places, plus equal enlightenment, wonderful enlightenment. Usually the bodhisattvas mentioned in Buddhist scriptures refer to the holy bodhisattvas, that is, the bodhisattvas above the primordial ground.
Five people went around and around to the remains of the Buddha and walked, the grotto is in the nearest place, of course, it is to see the grotto first, these several victories are crowded in front of the crowd, the river is endless, the square stone in front of the grotto, someone has already measured the footprints left by the Buddha on the stone, the five people also came forward to watch, only to see that the footprints are barefoot trampled on the ground, the imprint is clear and clear, but under a closer look, they feel that this footprint is mysterious, Mu Sheng four people carefully know that this is the kung fu of the gods, and now it is not surprising that it has reached the Yuan infant periodAt first sight, it was as if it was trapped in it, and it couldn't be pulled out again, Mu Sheng and the four called a few times, and when they saw that it didn't move, they knew that they were stuck in thinking and epiphany, so they had to stop.
After the square stone, you can see the Buddha shadow in the grotto at a glance, Gu Ying looks forward to lifelike, solemn and beautiful in the world, and walks to the grotto but it is gone, Nangong Yuhuan looks at the grotto obsessively, and refuses to take a step forward, only walking back and forth between the image of this grotto.
Mu Sheng and Lan Ying'er persuaded her a few times, but Nangong Yuhuan only said that this place seemed to be destined for her, so she refused to go any further, and the remaining three had no choice but to continue to look for it. A hundred steps southwest of the cave, it is the traces left by the Buddha's drying robe, Lan Ying'er is also like Nangong Yuhuan at first sight, and she looks at it for a long time, or walks in or walks away, or touches or senses sense, since she is also unwilling to take one more step.
Wu Fa and Mu Sheng glanced at each other, and had to leave Lan Ying'er here and continue to walk down. Mu Sheng asked: "I and Nangong Yuhuan and Su He have never been here, and some comprehensions are okay, why are Lan Ying'er and you like this." ”
Wu Fa hesitated and said: "How to say this, we have also been to the White Elephant Palace a few times, and each time the perception is different, before Lan Ying'er and I were indeed like Su He during the Jindan period, I have been in front of the Buddha's footprints for a long time, but these ruins behind me can't understand the mysteries, so it's just like ordinary people, just look at the flowers, forget it, this time everyone has reached the Yuan Infant Period, it seems that Ying'er has learned something from it, right?"
Mu Sheng bowed slightly, knowing that what Wu Fa said was not unreasonable, he and Wu Fa did not fail to see that the traces of the Buddha shadow and robe in the grotto were hidden mysteries, but it seemed that the ruins in these two places were not related to him, and he could not arouse the heart of enlightenment.
The two walked to the north hill of the cave, where the Buddha stayed in the pagoda, Wu Fa introduced: "The seven pagodas built by the Buddha, only four pagodas are currently on the ground, and the three pagodas have sunk under the ground as the Buddha said. Speaking of this, Wu Fa suddenly sighed, looked at the several pagodas in front of him in amazement and said: "Why didn't I find out that these pagodas were actually a formation before, I can't accompany you to visit this again, to participate in enlightenment." After speaking, he ignored Mu Sheng, and walked up in front of several towers by himself.
Mu Sheng shook his head, and had no choice but to look for the stele by himself, the stele was in the south of the tower, and it looked like a small child from a distance, pointing to the sky and the ground. According to legend, before the Buddha was born, he lived in the Tushi Heavenly Courtyard and was born in the world when the cause (time, place, country, family, parents) matured. Shakyamuni multiplied a six-tusked white elephant, with a white lotus flower in its mouth, descended into the belly of Lady Maya, and was born in October to give birth to the crown prince Siddhartha. Born under the worry-free tree, the prince can walk on the ground, walk seven steps around, give birth to lotus flowers step by step, and look around, and proclaim: "Heaven and earth, I am the only one." Then there were two dragons, one spitting warm water and the other spitting cold water, and bathed him. This day is the Buddha Bathing Day. This child's appearance is that after the Buddha was born, he pointed to the sky and the earth with the other, "Heaven and earth, I am the only one." Portrait. The picture is extremely expressive, and you can perceive the charm of children from afar, don't look at it at a young age, but it is solemn and solemn with supreme majesty.
Mu Sheng took a closer look but was surprised to find that this picture was written by one by one Dharani secret mantras, from a distance it is an image, and up close it is a text mantra, although these spells Mu Sheng can't understand any of them, but it does not prevent him from being deeply attracted by it at all. As soon as Mu Sheng's eyes came into contact with it, he could no longer take his eyes off it, and fell into a deep comprehension like the other four.
Since the realization of the five people is enough to comprehend for three days and three nights, but everyone in the White Elephant Palace does not feel strange at all, it is not uncommon for ascetics like the five people to stay in the palace and refuse to go out, and some people have even been meditating under the tree or under the cliff for many years, and moss has grown on their bodies.
The first to come out of the state of comprehension is also the first to enter the state of comprehension, first Su He, then Nangong Yuhuan, Lan Ying'er, Wu Fa, and finally Mu Sheng. This realization has made everyone gain a lot, but how is it exact?
Seeing that Mu Sheng also came out of his comprehension, the five of them left the White Elephant Palace and continued to hurry, when they left the temple, they suddenly saw countless people gathered outside the temple gate, and the open space in front of the temple was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, I don't know what they are watching? Su He looked inside curiously, only to see that everyone was looking at the white marble eight-toothed stone elephant in front of the temple, this stone elephant suddenly moved by itself for no reason, lowered his head and raised his head again, it is said that he has been moving like this for a whole day and has not stopped, everyone feels very strange when they encounter this kind of thing, some say it is a good omen, some say it is a bad omen, and they are arguing.
The five of them glanced at each other and didn't say anything, until they left the city and flew in the air, Nangong Yuhuan said: "I don't think this stone elephant is abnormal, it's not a good sign." ”
Lan Ying'er also nodded and said, "The previous time, we saw the treasure bottle on the pagoda fall to the ground in the Ten Thousand Vehicles Buddha Kingdom, and this time we saw the stone elephant nodding inexplicably outside the White Elephant Palace, it really doesn't seem like a good thing." ”
Wu Fa sighed and said, "It seems that it will be eventful again, so I don't know what will happen next?"