Chapter Seventy-Six: Five Hundred Years Later
Five hundred years in a hurry, in the blink of an eye. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the central land of Dongsheng Shenzhou, there is a prosperous and prosperous country, and this big country is called Tang Kingdom. The Tang Kingdom was founded more than 100 years ago and has lasted for 100 years. The surname of the lord of the Tang State is Li, and his name is Tianmin, and he is the only son of the founding monarch Li Xiong.
Li Xiong was originally a border general in the previous dynasty, and in his early years, he had obtained a method of cultivating immortals, but unfortunately Li Xiong's qualifications were average and he failed to become an immortal, but he was allowed to obtain a power that mortals could not reach. It just so happened that it was a troubled time. Li Xiong led the troops to rebel, relying on his own knowledge of Taoism, but he made him start from the end of the micro and achieved the dignity of the emperor.
Because Li Xiong cultivated the Dao method, his body functions were out of his mind, and he almost had no future. Li Tianming is the only heir that Li Xiong got forty years after he ascended the throne and became emperor.
Now, Li Xiong has retreated into the background and has become the emperor of the Tang Kingdom, dying of old age. Li Tianming practiced some health preservation methods with Li Xiong, and although he was over sixty years old, he was still young.
In recent years, as Li Xiong has aged, Li Xiong has gradually had nightmares, often dreaming of the heinous sins he committed in his early years in order to achieve hegemony. The purgatory-like scene made Li Xiong frightened day and night, like a bird with a bow, and his body, which was still in the prime of life, became skinny in an instant, relying on ginseng soup to continue his life.
"I committed heinous sins in the early years, and today I am riddled with nightmares, and I really don't want to live." Li Xiong was lying on the dragon bed, skinny, his breath was fluctuating, and he said to Li Tianming weakly. "I know my father's fate soon, but when I die like this, I feel at ease because my father is empty, and I don't see my eyes when I die. I heard that there is Buddhism in the West that can dissolve anger and enjoy bliss! ”
"The father's intentions, the child has already understood. The child immediately gathered Buddhist cultivators from all over the country, increasingly prayed for his father, and sent people to the West to learn scriptures. Let my father enjoy bliss! Li Tianming knelt on the ground and said in a sobbing voice.
Although Li Xiong was strict, he didn't have anything to say about Li Tianming. Watching his father suffer from nightmares day by day, Li Tianming naturally felt like a knife, and it was difficult to calm down.
"Hmm!" Li Xiong nodded slightly, and then stopped talking. So many things have just been said. He couldn't take it anymore.
The Tang Kingdom has been in the hinterland of Dongsheng Shenzhou for a hundred years, occupying the most fertile land in Shenzhou, and is the largest country in Shenzhou.
In order to let his father, Li Tianming mobilized the whole country and the surrounding affiliated countries to gather people from all over the world who practiced Buddhism to enter the palace and pray for his father. At the same time, he sent a list of articles, wanting to find someone to go to Xiniu Hezhou for him to learn scriptures, dissolve his father's anger, and purify all sentient beings.
Buddhism has been preached by some ascetics over the years. It has spread to Dongsheng Shenzhou, but the scale is not large, and it is not taken seriously.
If Li Xiong hadn't mentioned Buddhism to Li Tianming, Li Tianming really didn't know that there was Buddhism. Li Tianming's will soon spread throughout the entire Tang Kingdom and some nearby vassal states, but there were not many Buddhist cultivators who came to the Tang Palace, only a few hundred, and some of them were swaggering and deceitful people, who did not understand Buddhism at all.
But with the blessings of the monks who know some Dharma. Li Xiong's condition has improved, and he has gradually regained some vitality. This instantly gave Li Tianming a earth-shaking understanding of Buddhism. He was even more convinced that Buddhism could make his father enjoy bliss, and the search for Buddha became more urgent.
Since Confucianism came to the Earth Immortal Realm, it has been preaching doctrines in Dongsheng Shenzhou, and gradually Confucianism has become the mainstream of Dongsheng Shenzhou. In addition, the two religions have not passed down any powerful Taoism, which makes the Confucian family dominant.
With the rise of Buddhism, many Confucian disciples in the temple were angry. If it weren't for the transmission from the Righteous Qi Palace of Ziyang Mountain, they would definitely have suppressed the Dharma.
Long before, Zhun Ti personally came to Lihattian to meet Lao Tzu.
"Meet, Senior Brother Lao Tzu!" Zhun Ti smiled. Very politely saluted Lao Tzu slightly.
"Hmm!" Lao Tzu nodded lightly with an expressionless face.
"The celestial phenomena have appeared, it's time for my Buddhism to flourish, and I also ask Senior Brother Lao Tzu to understand the cause and effect before, and agree to the eastward transmission of my Buddhism!" Zhun Ti said straight to the point.
"Yes, but the stakes are so high that you can do it without going through hardships. Only after 9981 difficulties, the matter of spreading the Dharma to the east is logical! Lao Tzu said indifferently.
"Okay, according to the words of Senior Brother Lao Tzu, ninety-nine eighty-one is difficult, and the merits are complete!" Before Zhun Ti came, he had already thought that Lao Tzu might put forward conditions, and after thinking about Lao Tzu's conditions slightly, he readily agreed.
Subsequently, after discussing some details with Lao Tzu, Zhun Ti left Lihattian quite satisfied.
The matter of spreading the Dharma to the east is very important, and if it does not go through tribulations, even if it reaches the Dongsheng Divine Continent, it will be full of calamities. As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire, and only by going through hardships can it thrive. This matter is secretly in line with the number of days, and Zhun Ti will naturally not disagree.
It's just that Lao Tzu's ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulty is indeed a bit too much, and this calamity must be reasonable, otherwise it can't be counted, and it will be even more difficult for some strong people. But these are all minor problems, and they are not difficult for Buddhism.
After the eastward transmission of Buddhism was approved by Lao Tzu, there was naturally no obstruction.
It is said that there is a disciple under the seat of Sakyamuni, named Jin Cicada. As the name suggests, the Golden Cicada is transformed by a golden cicada. Jin Chanzi once listened to Shakyamuni's lectures on Buddhism under the Bodhi tree where Shakyamuni became a Buddha before he became a Buddha, so he gained Buddha nature. Later, because of his cultivation of Buddhism, he became an immortal, turned into a demon body, and was accepted as a disciple by Shakyamuni.
Although the golden cicada is transformed by the golden cicada, the Buddha nature is profound, and among the many disciples of Shakyamuni, it should be the first.
The world, in the main hall of the Leiyin Temple.
"Golden Cicada!" Shakyamuni said solemnly.
"Disciple, here!" A young monk wearing a golden robe with a white face walked out from among the many arhats and bowed to Shakyamuni before coming to the high platform.
"Although you are a golden cicada, your Buddha nature cultivation is extraordinary. This time, I want to spread the Dharma to the east, but I lack someone to learn the scriptures. Shakyamuni looked at the golden cicada and said with a smile. Are you willing to give up your self-cultivation and sacrifice your life for my Buddhism? ”
"The disciple is willing!" Jin Chanzi replied decisively, without a little hesitation.
"Haha!" Shakyamuni smiled softly, very satisfied with the performance of the golden cicada. "Venerable Guanyin!"
"Poor monk, here!" Guanyin turned around and bowed to Shakyamuni.
"In the matter of the East Transmission, the Venerable One will serve as the protector of the scriptures and secretly help the golden cicada to transmit the true scriptures back to the Dongsheng Divine Continent!" Shakyamuni looked at Guanyin and said softly.
"Poor monks obey the Buddha's decree!" Guanyin gladly accepted the order, although this is a chore, but once it is done, it will be a lot of benefits.
Subsequently, Shakyamuni ordered a matter of precautions one by one, and then asked Guanyin to send the golden cicada to Dongsheng Shenzhou for reincarnation. Because they do not have a place in the underworld, it is very troublesome for Buddhist disciples to be reincarnated, and they need quasi-saints to protect their Dharma by their side.
ps: In order to make the story smooth and complete, the background of Journey to the West has been slightly modified, otherwise it will be too difficult to justify. (To be continued.) )