Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Statue Appears

After eating, Zhang Xuanmeng sat upright in the quiet room for a while, but he couldn't calm down, so he wanted to walk in the courtyard. As soon as he stepped out of the door, he suddenly felt a wind in the back of his head, and he didn't have time to turn back, so he lifted himself forward.

Who knew that the person behind him had expected him to have this kind of column, and followed him like a shadow. Zhang Xuanmeng moved forward again, and this longitudinal was almost three feet away, and the man couldn't keep up.

Zhang Xuanmeng said in his heart Who is this person, but he wants to plot against me. Turning his head, he saw that it was the Yuliu monk who had brought him into the temple just now, and he was surprised and said, "Master Yuliu, you, what are you doing here?"

I didn't know that I saw the Yuliu monk bowing and saluting: "Amitabha, Zhang Shizhu, really lives up to his name, far better than the little monk, the little monk is offended." ”

I only heard the laughter of Master Jinguang from outside the courtyard: "Yuliu, can you take it now?" I know that you will not accept the praise I just gave Master Zhang Shi a try, and you must give it a try. ”

Yuliu said: "Master, the disciple is convinced. Try it today, only to know that the disciple is a frog at the bottom of the well, sitting in the well and watching the sky, not knowing the size of the world. ”

It turned out that Yuliu was not convinced that Master praised Xuanmeng, so he took advantage of his unpreparedness and suddenly attacked and gave it a try. Unexpectedly, he used the most proud lightning three forms, but before he finished it, he was left far away.

Yuliu's face was ashamed, and he stood aside. Master Jinguang smiled: "If you don't go in yet, what are you doing standing here stupidly?" and said to Zhang Xuanmeng: "Don't blame Master Zhang, Yuliu is this temper." ”

Zhang Xuanmeng knew that Yuliu had no malicious intent, and said with a smile, "Master Yuliu's fast body is so fast, I can hardly avoid it. ”

Master Jinguang smiled and said, "Master Zhang, how can Yuliu compare with you? The two of them walked together towards the main hall.

Entering the main hall, I saw a bronze statue of Bodhisattva enshrined in the middle, three zhang high, shining with golden light, stepping on a big white elephant. Zhang Xuanmeng glanced at the bronze elephant a few times, and his face was surprised. Master Jinguang bowed to the bronze statue, bowed, and said, "Master Zhang, I don't know if you come here, what we worship in Mount Emei is the Bodhisattva in front of us, and he is our ancestor." ”

Zhang Xuanmeng was shocked when he heard this, bowed to the bronze statue and said, "The younger generation doesn't know that he has offended the Bodhisattva." It turns out that this is the Bodhisattva. ”

Master Jinguang nodded and said: "Yes, this is the Fuxian Bodhisattva, he is one of the four great Bodhisattvas under the Buddha's throne, and the one who is the great Fuxian Bodhisattva." Zhang Xuanmeng said: "Oh, there are four great bodhisattvas under the Buddha's seat?"

Seeing that his face was dazed, Master Jinguang knew that he knew very little about Buddhism, and said: "There are not only four Bodhisattvas under the Buddha's throne, but there are only four, and they are the most praised in the world." The Buddha is a native of Tianzhu, originally a prince, and later became a Buddha, and was introduced to our country by the Han Dynasty. Among his disciples are the four great bodhisattvas. That is, Manjushri, Guanyin, Jizo, and Puxian.

The reason why they are called bodhisattvas and cannot be called Buddhas is because they are still in the three meanings of enlightenment with the Buddha, and there is one less meaning. The Buddha is supreme and has boundless power. The Buddha is also known as the enlightened one, and there are three meanings, self-awareness, self-awareness, and self-awareness. The Buddha is full of all three meanings, but the Bodhisattva lacks the last one, and the enlightenment is complete. Their duty is to help the Buddha to overcome sentient beings and to help the suffering. Therefore, the world is more affectionate to the Bodhisattva than to the Buddha, and the Bodhisattva is more loved and worshiped by the world.

Mount Emei enshrines the Bodhisattva of Fuxian, and Mount Emei is also the dojo of Fuxian. Manjushri's dojo is Wutai Mountain, the dojo of Great Compassion and Great Compassion is Putuo Mountain, and Jiuhua Mountain is the dojo of Dayuan Jizo Bodhisattva. Manjushri represents wisdom in the Buddhist scriptures, and Puxian represents Xing, Xingmi, the Dharma realm, and is adjacent to the extreme saint and sage. There are also Buddhist scriptures that say that Pu is universal, Xian is the meaning of wonderful goodness, Sanskrit Sammando Var Niro. It is said that Fuxian once made ten kinds of vows to help the Buddha spread the Dharma and preach, so that "everywhere, pure and wonderful". Hence this honorific title. His mount is a white elephant, "Huayan Sutra" in the cloud: the learning of the virtuous can be practiced, and the strategy of the line is quiet and heavy, so it is like. The white elephant is a symbol of his willingness to do great things and complete his merits.

The reason why Mount Emei is the dojo of Fuxian Bodhisattva. There is a passage in the Huayan Sutra: There is a place in the southwest, the name is bright, since the past, all the Bodhisattvas have stopped, and the existing Bodhisattva name is Xiansheng, and his dependents are all 3,000 Bodhisattvas, and they often perform grammar in it. This Mount Emei is located in the southwest, the golden top of this mountain often appears Buddha light, is in harmony with the light, so Mount Emei is respected as the dojo of the Bodhisattva. Amitabha. ”

Zhang Xuanmeng looked at Fuxian Bodhisattva again, nodded, and suddenly felt that Fuxian Bodhisattva's eyes seemed to be looking at him, and the golden light flashed in his eyes, as if he had a deep meaning, and his heart was shocked, and he almost wanted to jump. I only heard Master Jinguang say: "Master Zhang, let's go outside." "Hurriedly followed Master Jinguang out of the hall, and his heart jumped to himself: The Bodhisattva is just a statue, how can he look at me like a living person, and his eyes are full of golden light, is it that I am dazzled, or is there something strange?

At this time it was twilight, and black clouds were pouring in from the west. When the two of them came to the door, a gust of wind blew across their faces, fresh and cool, and the heat on their bodies was removed.

But I heard the golden light master chant in his mouth: "Shu monk hugging Luqi, west to Emei Peak, waving for me, such as listening to ten thousand pines, the guest heart washes the flowing water, and the frost bell rings, and I don't feel that the blue mountain is twilight, and the autumn clouds are dark." ”

Although Zhang Xuanmeng does not understand the poetry, he feels that the poetry is far away, looking at the mountains and ravines in the distance, listening to the pine waves nearby, and only feeling that his heart is gone. It's just that the last two sentences of the poem have inadequate meanings, so I want to ask Master Jinguang to explain it. Master Jinguang sighed, and then chanted repeatedly: "I don't feel that the blue mountains are twilight, and the autumn clouds are dark. "It seems to be a great concern.

Zhang Xuanmeng watched as the dark clouds in the western sky became thicker and thicker, covering the sky after a while, and the wind suddenly came, and it was going to rain.

Master Jinguang said: "Master Zhang, you see that the original sky is extremely clear, blue and clear, who knows that behind this clearness, there is a violent storm and rain, which wants to loot everything in this world. ”

Zhang Xuanmeng's heart moved, knowing that he meant something, so he kept silent and listened to him. Sure enough, Master Jinguang said: "Master Zhang, in today's martial arts, how can it not be like this weather, looking at its tranquility, it is actually pregnant with bloody rain." This requires a great Bodhisattva in the martial arts, who can exert great wishes, eliminate all calamities and anger, and pull out all martial arts beings in the midst of great suffering. ”

Zhang Xuanmeng nodded and said, "Yes, master." The martial arts are about to be in chaos, and among today's martial arts, only the masters and the mystical masters of Wudang can take on this important task. ”

Master Jinguang shook his head, stared at him with both eyes, and said, "You are wrong, you will know later." The only one who can really exert great mana and be a great Bodhisattva is you, Master Zhang, can you not understand the meaning of Master Benxu?"

Zhang Xuanmeng said in a panic: "Master, the younger generation is shallow and virtuous, how can he take on such a heavy responsibility?" Master Jinguang smiled: "You can't, who can? Come into the house, the rain is going to fall." The two of them hurried into the house.

At this time, under the cover of dark clouds, the sky was already dark, and suddenly the sky flashed, cracking the black curtain, and there was a loud "click", and a thunderbolt was laid, and the heavy rain began to fall.