Chapter 11: The Bodhisattva's Teachings
After the final abandonment, Grandma Tai's vajra consciousness rushed out of the black fog of the Santu River, and re-transformed into a human form in the light, but looking at it again, this underworld is still the appearance of the legend. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
I saw that there were no mountains, rivers, grasses and trees here, and there was no trace of the world. She stood on the periphery and looked at it, only to feel her stomach tumbling, as if she was standing in front of an endless beehive, and at first glance, she thought it was a huge wall of light, but when she looked closely, it was all dense and small points of light, but none of them were pure, and they were of different colors, black, gray, cyan, white, they were entangled with each other, like fish eggs in a pond close together.
There are various colors of light like electricity passing through them, so that these entangled points of light appear in a panic and disorderly separation, Grandma Tai floats around this huge "hive", but whether it is left or right, it feels that there is no difference, and there is no end, so she decided to fly upwards.
All the way up, but there is no end in sight, and then look around, there is only endless space, but in the place where it feels far away, from time to time there are black masses, it grows from small to large, and then disappears, and from there appear a lot of light points, some seem to be very pure, emitting golden light, and then disappear after brushing, more are all dark stains, they are guided by cyan light points, flying towards this huge beehive.
It turned out that there were only those cyan points of light that came and went freely in this hive, just like the Tuoqing Divine Consciousness that Grandma Tai had annihilated, but where did those pure Divine Consciousness go? Why did it disappear in an instant?
"You'll never fly to the end there."
"Who is it? Where are you? Why do I feel like I'm flying for so long? ”
"Hehe, you've already moved far away, but here's boundless, and the divine consciousness of the eons is here, how can you fly out?"
As she listened, she saw a pure red point of light suddenly appear in front of her, and then transform into a young monk.
"Amitabha, I don't want a thousand years from now that there will be mortals who can freely enter the underworld when their longevity is not over, and dare to ask their names."
Grandma Tai saw that this monk was wearing a robe, with a big face, although his facial features were not handsome, there was a sense of righteousness between his eyebrows, and the back of his head was also radiating.
"My name is Xiahou Ling, I was originally a person in the underworld, because my great-grandson died innocently, but he exchanged his life for the lives of other children, I don't want to let him enter the city of death, but the guards of the underworld are not allowed, and I also put my debt on the child, and I fought under this anger. You should be the old man of the stele said, the monk who entered the underworld alone thousands of years ago, right? ”
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect that old man to remember me, yes, the poor monk's name is Juexuan, and he is one of the disciples of Master Huineng. 1,200 years ago, the family teacher gave me a lecture on his deathbed, and after the epiphany, I continued to practice, but I often thought of my parents, who died in the war, and repeatedly dreamed that they were tortured in the underworld. ”
"Master Huineng taught, but 'the illusion of life and death is only in one thought, if there is no appearance, it is at ease'?"
"Oh? How do you know? The original saying is 'life and death illusion in a thought, there is no phase and no dwelling, and there is great freedom'. ”
"It was the white-haired old man who said it, and you shouted it before rushing into the underworld."
"Hahahaha, I see, is the old man still there?"
"He became transparent in my light, and his consciousness became clear, and then he rushed into the underworld and disappeared. I also want to ask you, why did those pure divine senses disappear in an instant, and where did they go? ”
"When you go to Amitabha, since you have already attained the consciousness of alayas and attained the attainment of fruition, why don't you know how to move? A sentence of Mida is everything, that's it, come with me. ”
Jue Xuan took Grandma Tai and floated to the side of the huge beehive, pointing there and saying.
"After the physical body is extinguished, these divine consciousness will enter this space, and this is the underworld, but it is not at all what the legend says, or in other words, you and I have reached the realm of no appearance and no dwelling, so we can see through this illusory realm, but the divine consciousness of these beings still lives in the appearance."
It turns out that after the destruction of people's physical bodies, their consciousness enters the underworld, but because they have not yet attained enlightenment, all they see is the illusion of the underworld, and it is precisely because after death that the divine consciousness contains a lifetime of grievances and grievances, reluctance, hatred, love, regret, hatred, and all kinds of feelings are concentrated and reach the maximum at the moment of death, so after entering the underworld, the divine consciousness entangled with each other magnifies this emotion even more.
They influence each other and make appearances with each other, and the so-called torture of all kinds is actually the inculcation of cultural legends by people after imagining the underworld, or during their lifetime, from the initial fear of the afterlife to the increasingly detailed description of the afterlife, which has been passed down from generation to generation, and after entering this space, they have collectively constructed this illusion.
And those painful hells are created by people's own emotions, I hate you, so I want you to cut you with a thousand knives, and here there is only divine consciousness, and there is no obstacle between each other. So, my appearance is applied to you, and your appearance is applied to mine.
In addition, people have been indoctrinated with the concept of hell since childhood, and their minds have long been visualized, and the divine consciousness trapped here has already constructed these scenes, the old and the new, the past and the present, and constantly reinforcing each other. Therefore, it seems that those rules of the underworld are actually the manifestation of the thinking of the yang world in the underworld, and after many lifetimes, the consciousness of all beings is completely unaware that the terrifying underworld is actually created by themselves.
As a result, the description of Hades is always changing, and even different religions have different descriptions.
"But what are those guards?"
"They are called immortals in the world, but they are more powerful than mortals, but they are still in the appearance they have created, and they have become the administrators of the underworld."
"Don't they know what hell is like this?"
"I don't know at all, immortals are also sentient beings of the six realms, and the fan is still fascinated, but it is even more difficult to realize because of his supernatural powers."
"And what are you doing here?"
"Alas, my Buddha is compassionate, but the Buddha's light is far from being able to shine all over this underworld, so one more Vajra consciousness will have one more light, and you will come with me."
Jue Xuan took Grandma Tai's hand, and in a flash, he arrived at a place.
"This is above the core of Hades."
Grandma Tai said that after she completely gave up walking in the underworld, she didn't say a word about the underworld, because she couldn't understand what she saw in front of her.
At that time, the place where she and Jue Xuan were should be above the core of the underworld, and from there, there was no end in sight to the boundless divine consciousness of all beings.
If it weren't for Jue Xuan's pointing to the past, she wouldn't have noticed that a spherical thing suddenly appeared in the center, silently, and if she didn't look at it, she wouldn't have found its existence at all, or that it didn't have any boundaries, but if you looked at it, it became a spherical shape again, but there was a void in it.
And those dark divine consciousness spread around it, and the closest area flew towards the void in order, and then turned into a point of light and disappeared.
And above that void thing, there is a thing as bright as the sun, which is much, much smaller than the void thing, but the light is great, and the consciousness that is close to it becomes pure after the light shines, and disappears in an instant, and then the sun-like thing increases a little brighter.
However, no matter how bright the sun was, the light could not cover farther, and they were distorted into the void.
"What's that ball-like thing?"
"I don't know, Amitabha Buddha called it the gate of reincarnation, I don't know where it came from, and I don't know why it's here."
It turns out that this is the legendary gate of reincarnation, after the physical extinction of all beings, the divine consciousness gathers here, and the illusion of this underworld is created by the heart, but it is regarded as true.
And Amitabha Buddha finally discovered the secret of reincarnation, so that beyond the six realms no longer suffering, he also discovered that light can cleanse all sentient beings of the dirt of their consciousness, and then manifested great light, and the Bodhisattva King of the Earth even vowed to destroy all sentient beings from the suffering of hell. However, the gate of reincarnation in the middle has always been devouring the light, so that the immeasurable light of Amitabha Buddha cannot spread throughout the underworld.
In this way, the pure vajra consciousness of the enlightened person like the absolute metaphysics joined the immeasurable vow of Amitabha Buddha to light up the light of enlightenment in this underworld, even if the light is always swallowed up by the gate of samsara, but in order for all sentient beings to be liberated as soon as possible, they have always insisted here, and the place where the light gathers is the Western Elysium.
"Do you understand? This is the nature of the underworld, but there are very few enlightened beings, and I have appeared in all corners of the underworld with the Jizo King Bodhisattva to manifest the light, but here there is a consciousness of sentient beings that is almost like the sand of the Ganges, and we have been working hard all the time for thousands of years. Hell is not empty, vow not to become a Buddha, and all sentient beings will prove Bodhi! ”
Grandma Tai looked at this netherworld formed by the convergence of boundless divine consciousness, and then looked at the bright Elysium, and thought of her little great-grandson, so she said to Jue Xuan.
"Can you help me find my little great-grandson, and please guide him to Western Bliss."
When Jue Xuan heard this, he nodded, and put his hands together.
"Disciple Juexuan, pray that the great-grandson of the King of the Earth Bodhisattva will surpass Xiahou Ling, if you find his divine sense, please incarnate and appear in front of you! Nan no Great Wish Jizo King Bodhisattva! ”
I saw a sudden flash of light in the endless divine consciousness, and two people slowly flew from it, one of them wore a crown of Pilu on his head, wearing a robe with gold rimmed on a red background, with a nectar seal in his right hand, and a lovely child in his left hand, and this child was the little great-grandson.
"Disciple Absolute Xuan welcomes the Jewel Jizo Bodhisattva!"
Jue Xuan knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and saw Baozhu Jizang smile slightly, and sent the little great-grandson to Grandma.
"Child, suffer, quick, thank Jizo Bodhisattva!"
Grandma Tai hurriedly pulled the little great-grandson to worship the treasure jewel Jizo, he is one of the six incarnations of the King of Jizo Bodhisattva, specializing in saving hungry ghosts and sentient beings.
"Bodhisattva, I am willing to follow the sentient beings in the underworld around the Bodhisattva like my predecessors, can I?"
The jewel Jizo bowed slightly, picked up the grandmother, and looked at the consciousness of all beings with compassion.
"No, you still have an heir to the dust, different from the absolute mystery, and besides, can you understand the good intentions of Shakyamuni Buddha?"
"Please Bodhisattva!"
"All sentient beings suffer from the six realms, but in fact they are all self-created, and what is condensed by their consciousness after death is nothing more than the suffering they suffered during their lifetime. Although Amitabha Buddha is always guided by the Western Bliss, and our disciples manifest light and transcendent beings everywhere in the underworld, the gate of reincarnation cannot be shaken, and it is born and destroyed with the void universe. Therefore, the opportunity for sentient beings to truly transcend the six realms and rise to the enlightenment of vajra consciousness is still in the yang realm. ”
So, Shakyamuni Buddha came to the world and said that he was committed to guiding all sentient beings in the yang world to realize equal dignity, compassion and kindness, so that all sentient beings in the yang world could create a better world, no longer suffer, no longer resent, no longer lonely. In this way, if there is no greed and hatred in the hearts of sentient beings in the yang world, the divine consciousness will definitely be purer, which is great compassion and great wisdom. ”
"Think about the collapse of people's hearts in the yang world, the collapse of faith, and every time there is a war and disaster, it is not hell on earth. The hearts of sentient beings are the most fragile, but they are born from the heart, and only when sentient beings in the yang world hear the Dharma, follow the teachings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and change themselves to transform the world, can they have confidence in each other. Therefore, Shakyamuni Buddha taught that the present moment is hell and the present moment is bliss. ”
Baozhu Jizo raised his hand slightly, stroked the forehead of the little great-grandson, nodded lightly at Grandma Tai and was about to leave, and Grandma Tai hurriedly asked one last question.
"Can I tell the people of the underworld about the secrets of the underworld? Let them not be afraid again! ”
I saw an auspicious cloud rise from the treasure jewel Jizo, put the little great-grandson on it, and flew into the distance, and the final answer resounded in the void.
"Xiahou Ling, the hearts of all living beings need to be guided, and they need to revere life and death, cause and effect, this is an opportunity for enlightenment, follow the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha. Don't tell the secret of the underworld, you are no longer in the book of life and death, come to us when your life is over! Amitabha! ”
Grandma Tai respectfully kowtowed three times to Elysium, then stood up and looked at Jue Xuan.
"I'll send you away, after returning to the yang world, if you feel that your strength is humble, don't give up, start with the people around you, if all living beings have compassion in their hearts, the world is full of lotus flowers."
Jue Xuan sent Grandma Tai to the entrance of the underworld, waved his hand and disappeared, leaving only a word.
"Yang Shou is over, I will personally guide you!"
Grandma Tai's eyes closed, and the illusion of the underworld was restored in front of her, and a thick mist still rose from the Santu River, but the stone tablet of the "Netherworld Santu River" no longer had a white-haired old man, and the guards of the underworld were still sending the undead to where they should go, but they saw that Grandma Tai's eyes were so respectful.
The yin walkers had not yet left, and they watched in amazement as Grandma Tai came from the Santu River, and they all looked at her with wide eyes.
Grandma Tai didn't say a word, quietly returned to the bardo world, and flew towards her small courtyard.