Chapter 34 Revisiting the Tao in the Lei Yin Temple

West Tianling Mountain Da Lei Yin Temple, the first lotus Buddha platform, lighting the lamp and sitting cross-legged on it. Dressed in plain clothes, wearing a dark red robe, his hands are flat on his knees, his body exudes a faint golden light, and his eyes are closed.

This lotus Buddha pedestal, which belonged to Rulai, has now been given to the burning lamp, and Rulai sits on the futon on the upper deviation below, which is the seat of the burning lamp in the Great Lei Yin Temple. Now that Randen is sitting in the first place, he can only be one seat behind.

The eight great bodhisattvas who sit down below: Guanyin Bodhisattva, Fuxian Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Jizo Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhisattva, Dashi Zhi Bodhisattva, Sunshine Bodhisattva, and Moonlight Bodhisattva. Standing or standing or sitting on both sides of the main hall of the Great Lei Yin Temple.

Below the eight great bodhisattvas, the eighteen golden-bodied arhats of the west heaven are standing or sitting or lying, and they are arranged on both sides of the hall of the Great Leiyin Temple in various postures, and the West Heavenly Spirit Mountain, down to the Arhats of the Golden Immortals, and the Bodhisattvas are all gathered in the Great Leiyin Temple today.

The atmosphere in the Da Lei Yin Temple was solemn, and the eyes of the lamp were closed tightly and the face was expressionless. Rulai looked at the direction of the gate of the Great Lei Yin Temple with a calm face, as if he was waiting for someone to push the door in. The two co-masters of the West Heaven were silent, and the Bodhisattvas and Arhats did not dare to make any moves easily, and the needle drop in the Great Lei Yin Temple was suddenly quiet.

The King of Jizo sat cross-legged on Di Ting, and for some reason, Di Ting snorted softly in his mouth and nose, which seemed so abrupt in this silent hall.

King Jizo glared at him fiercely, and now the atmosphere in the hall was so serious and solemn, but it was his own mount that made such a mess, which was really embarrassing. Di Ting knew that he had caused a big disaster, and lowered his head gently, so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe.

"You don't have to, just take it easy. Burning the lamp spoke at this time. This made the Jizo King's face even more unbearable, but fortunately, even if the others heard this, no one answered, but no one cared too much about their side.

Click-click-everyone heard a clicking sound coming from outside the hall, and it was obvious that it was the footsteps of someone climbing the stairs outside the Great Leiyin Temple.

The sound of clicking came closer and closer, and it stopped abruptly outside the temple gate, and a sound of Suo Suo was heard. Obviously, it was someone outside the temple who rearranged his robes.

Knock knock knock - three knocks on the door sounded, and then a clear voice came into the main hall, all the arhats and bodhisattvas heard this voice, some people finally breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, you can count it, if you don't come to this solemn atmosphere can crush people to death.

"Disciple Xuanzang led the fight to defeat the Buddha and others to come to Lingshan to meet him!"

When Randen heard this sound, his closed eyes slowly opened, and then with a wave of his robe, the door of the Great Thunder Yin Temple creaked open.

Xuanzang looked at the open door of the hall, stepped in with his feet lightly, and after entering the main hall, he found that all the Arhats and Bodhisattvas in the Western Heavens were all on the main hall, and the first one sitting on the lamp was not as good as it was.

Behind him, the Great Sage, Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Little White Dragon Ao Lie entered the main hall one step behind Xuanzang, and then stood behind Xuanzang.

Xuanzang lifted the robe on his body with one hand and bowed to the lamp. "Disciple Tang Xuanzang knocked to see the ancient Buddha who lit the lamp!" Behind him, the four great sages also bowed according to the gourd painting scoop.

Looking at the four of Xuanzang, the lamp showed a look of relief, and said, "The Buddha of Merit doesn't need to be polite, please get up." ”

Xuanzang thanked him again, stood up, looked sideways slightly, and found that there was no place for the four masters and apprentices to sit. Just stand where you are.

Seeing that there was no place for the four masters and apprentices to sit in this hall, the Great Sage couldn't help but burst into anger and scolded, "Ancient Buddha, what do you mean by your old man, what is the reason for summoning the master and my old grandson to this spiritual mountain, but there is no place to sit!"

Watching the great sage question the lamp, Xuanzang hurriedly spoke to stop it. "Wukong, don't be rude!"

"Master. The Great Sage called Qu Dao, "It's not that my old grandson is rude, it's that this West Heavenly Spirit Mountain is rude, and he won't even give him a place to sit!"

Xuanzang was just about to speak and reprimand, but Randen took the first step and said, "Hehe, it is worthy of fighting to defeat the Buddha, such a temper is worthy of your seal of the word fighting!"

Burning the lamp raised his hand, and with a light finger, the golden light flashed in front of Xuanzang's five people, and five small lotus-shaped Buddha platforms appeared. Ran Deng said with a smile, "Hehe, you masters and apprentices are late in sealing the Buddha, and this seat and my Buddha have not had time to rank for you, so let's sit in the center of the hall today." ”

Xuanzang bent down and saluted, "Thank you to the ancient Buddha for giving him a seat!" The great sage didn't care about these etiquettes, and as soon as he stomped his foot on the main hall, he had already rushed into the air, and then fell cross-legged and sat on the Buddha platform.

The Great Sage twisted his buttocks and said dissatisfiedly, "I said the ancient Buddha, what kind of material is this Buddha platform made of, my old grandson is a little flustered when he sits, it is not as good as the stone chair in the Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave!"

Hearing this, some of the Bodhisattvas showed a contemptuous look on their faces, and the ancient Buddha gave you a seat and you still picked and picked, it was really a dirt bun. The Moonlight Bodhisattva said coldly and sarcastically, "You sit on the Buddha platform because the ancient Buddha used great mana to conjure, how can it be compared to your broken chair in Huaguo Mountain?"

"Well," the Great Sage reprimanded, "My grandson is uncomfortable to sit, what's the matter, do I listen to the Bodhisattva's intention to look down on my grandson? If you have such ability, let the ancient Buddha give you a seat!"

"You!" Moonlight Bodhisattva was angry, although Moonlight Bodhisattva was one of the eight Bodhisattvas of Buddhism, but he was working under the Medicine Buddha of the Oriental Glass Realm, and his status was far lower than that of Manjushri Puxian, who often accompanied the Bodhisattva of Rulai, it was a great honor to light the lamp and give the seat, and this monkey actually did not appreciate it and scolded himself.

Guanyin Bodhisattva came out to reconcile at this time, "Wukong, although you are now fighting to defeat the Buddha, you must not be rude to the moonlight master!"

The Great Sage smiled when he heard this, "Since Guanyin Bodhisattva has spoken, my grandson is not as knowledgeable as her." ”

When the Moonlight Bodhisattva heard this, he immediately became angry, what does this monkey mean? Does he mean that he is ignorant and finds fault? It is obvious that he is rude, and he is saying this as if he has no etiquette.

He was about to get angry, but Randen directly intervened and said, "That's enough! Today, I summoned all the people to listen to the lecture and recitation of this seat, not to quarrel! Moonlight Lux, fighting to defeat the Buddha's temperament is like this, and this matter has been revealed!"

Hearing the lamp speak, the moonlight Bodhisattva had to hold the fire back into his stomach, the lamp said to maintain the monkey everywhere, it seems that the lamp ancient Buddha is quite fond of the wild monkey who is halfway to the monk, if he is stronger, I am afraid that he will provoke the lamp displeased.

Bajie leaned over at this time and muttered in a low voice, "Brother Monkey really has you, look at it, the ancient Buddhas are talking to you." ”

The Great Sage smiled, "That's it, don't look at who my old grandson is, I'm afraid of ......" Before the words were finished, the Great Sage met the gaze of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the Bodhisattva shook his head lightly and signaled the Great Sage not to say anything.

The Great Sage lightly kicked Bajie, "Go, go, sit honestly, like this, what kind of system!" Looking at the small movements of the Great Sage and Bajie, Randen shook his head with a smile, and did not say much.

Then he said loudly, "Today, I summoned you to my Da Lei Yin Temple, because I have recently learned the way of heaven and I have shared it with you, maybe this is the last time I will give a lecture." ”

When all the Bodhisattvas heard this, except for Guanyin Bodhisattva, their hearts were shocked, but no one dared to ask rashly.

Randen said frankly directly, without concealment, "Since you are all here, this seat will say it directly." The end of today's recitation will be completed, and we will go back to the retreat holy place in the back mountain and wait for the day of sitting!"

All the arhats and bodhisattvas were shocked by this news, wasn't the ancient Buddha a saint? The saint had already jumped out of the Three Realms, was not in the Five Elements, and lived the same life as heaven and earth, so how could his longevity dry up?

Suddenly, there was a whisper in the hall, and the originally solemn and solemn atmosphere was suddenly turned into a commotion when the great sage made a fuss and lit the lamp to say that he was sitting.

"Don't wait to discuss, listen to the arrangement of the ancient Buddha!" Ru came to see the commotion of the hall and stopped it. With Rulai's speech, the atmosphere of the commotion in the hall gradually subsided, and they all turned their attention to the burning lamp on the first seat.

Randen looked at Xuanzang, who had a calm face, and asked, "The Meritorious Buddha is not surprised at all by the fact that this seat is seated, what does it mean?"

"Amitabha, the disciple has a word to say, and I hope that the ancient Buddha will forgive the disciple for the crime of rudeness!" Xuanzang said lightly.

"Hehe, before you say anything, you have to ask for sin, what a crime. Meritorious Buddha, but it doesn't hurt to say!" Burning the lamp suddenly became interested.

"According to the disciples, my Buddhism has six reincarnations, and karma is said. The life and death of a person is determined by the way of heaven, and the disciple feels that even an immortal Buddha cannot escape such a theorem. Even though the strength of the ancient Buddha has reached the level of a saint, it also looks like an ant in front of the rules of heaven and earth!" Xuanzang said amazingly.

"Interesting! Go on!" Burning the lamp did not mean any blame, but let Xuanzang continue.

"Whether you are a saint or a mortal, when facing the rules of the Heavenly Dao, all living beings are equal! The power of the Heavenly Dao will not be feared because you are a saint, nor will you be ruthless because you are a mortal. In front of the Heavenly Dao, all living beings are equal, even if they are saints, they are no different from mortals when facing the Heavenly Dao. ”

"The disciple thinks that there is a saying about cause and effect in my Buddhism, and the so-called cause and effect are the causes of past lives, and the effects of later lives and the effects of future lives are all due to the appearance of causes in previous lives. If there is no cause of the past life, how can there be the fruit of the future life? The fruit of the ancient Buddha's sitting today is born from the result of the previous life. ”

"The ancient Buddha, as the past Buddha of my Buddhism, has ruled the Western Heavenly Realm for hundreds of thousands of years. The ancient Buddha was dedicated to the development of our Buddhism, and the disciples could not express the righteousness in words. The fact that the ancient Buddha had worked all his life for my Western Heavenly Realm Buddhism and worked hard all his life to sit down is not a bad thing for the ancient Buddha!"

"Hahahaha. Lighting the lamp and laughing at the sky, "Okay, in front of a good heavenly way, all living beings are equal, a good past life because of the consequences of the next life, meritorious Buddha, this seat really didn't misunderstand you." ”

"For the disciples and the entire Buddhism, the matter of the ancient Buddha sitting is a heart-wrenching matter, and it is a great loss for my Buddhism. But for the ancient Buddha, it is a fortunate thing, the ancient Buddha can let go of all these years of care, and go to the world of bliss with real liberation. Xuanzang clasped his hands together and said reverently.

"Life and death are the power of the rules of the Heavenly Dao, whether it is the Buddha Gate or the Eastern Heavenly Court, no one can truly represent the Great Dao! The Buddhas of my Buddhism and the immortals of the Heavenly Court are nothing more than the carriers of the Great Dao, even the ancient Buddhas cannot really control the Great Dao, and let the beings of the world understand the operation of the Great Dao, understand the reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao, and karma, this is the original intention of why my Buddhism was established!"

"My Buddhism has merit Buddha, even if this seat sits, it can withstand the Western Heavenly Realm and not fall!" Lighting the lamp was very pleased, he wanted to talk about this heavenly way for the Buddhas of the Western Heaven today, but Xuanzang's explanation of the Tao is more meaningful than his own explanation.

"Amitabha, please also ask the ancient Buddha to cure the disciples for the crime of rudeness!" Xuanzang saluted and asked for punishment.

You did say the mood of this seat, and it is not a bad thing for this seat to sit down, but now that I have heard the words of the Buddha of merit, this seat is reluctant to sit down!"

"It's a pity that as the Buddha of Merit said, this seat is only the user of the rules of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, not the controller, and the sage of this seat has collapsed, and the matter of sitting is a foregone conclusion. And I'm really tired, and they all say that my western spiritual mountain is Elysium, and I'm going to go to that Elysium to see. "Lighting the lamp freely.

On this day, in the Da Lei Yin Temple of the West Heavenly Spirit Mountain, the ancient Buddha of the lamp passed out the decree, and Tang Xuanzang, the Buddha of Chan merit, was canonized as a holy Buddha, becoming the second holy Buddha in the Western Heavenly Realm after Rulai!