Chapter 169: Living and Dying Together
Suddenly, the hustle and bustle around became quiet, and Cheng Ziyang seemed to hear the sound of drums.
"The King of Men," just then, a magnificent voice sounded in his ears. "Please come with me!"
Cheng Ziyang stood up and followed the sound from darkness to broad daylight. So, he saw the forest of sara, which was introduced in the Buddhist scriptures.
And at this moment, the Western Buddha is giving his disciples one last teachings.
Man should rely on himself, not on anything else. Give light to yourselves, illuminate thyself with doctrine, and do not follow other doctrines.
Think about it, human life is so short. Think about it, everything in the world is impermanent.
To surrender one's heart, one must turn away from greed. To be on the right track, we must be pure in heart and faithful. Physical life is short. In this way, we can be free from greed and troubles.
When you find yourself tempted by greed, you must surrender yourself. Be the master of the heart, not the slave of the heart. The demon of greed is always looking for opportunities to deceive people's hearts.
If there is a poisonous snake that lives in your house and you want to have peace, you must first expel it. Only by expelling the greedy serpent in your life can you protect your heart.
A person's mind can make a person a Buddha, or it can make a person an animal. Enlightenment becomes a Buddha. Obsessed. So you have to surrender your heart and don't let it go astray from the right track.
Follow the teachings, do not argue with one another, respect one another, not like water and oil, repel one another, but like water and juice, mingle with one another. Don't waste your energy and time on lazy lives and unproductive arguments.
All the teachings come from personal testimony. Follow it well. If you neglect it, you won't be able to see the Buddha even if you are around. If you follow it, even if you are far away from the Buddha, you will feel that the Buddha is close to you.
Separation is imminent. Don't weep, life is inherently impermanent, and no one can avoid it. The life of the body is about to pass away, and it is like a decaying vehicle that will always be destroyed. Do not weep for nothing, but remember that life is short and impermanent.
In this way, Cheng Zi witnessed the Western Buddha close his eyes and enter the state of Nirvana. However, all of a sudden, he found Ning Xiao kneeling in front of the lotus pond, letting the golden scriptures escape from her mouth sentence by sentence.
"No!" Once again, he felt the pain that pierced to his bones. Breaking off the children's private relationship is not to break her concern for the world, but to break off the love between husband and wife with him. This is the most difficult thing for him to accept.
Then, he felt a burst of distress: how hurt and tortured she was, so resolutely and resolutely broke off his relationship with her?
"Give me a chance, Shaw!" Cheng Ziyang stretched out his hand in despair. But the transparent diaphragm was blocking his contact with Ning Xiao. He could only watch as his gentle and beautiful face became more and more pure.
"Goddess of justice, would you like to enter my Buddha's door?" The majestic voice was heard in the air. "Enter my Buddha, you are still a just Buddha, presiding over the justice of heaven and earth......"
Who would have thought that after listening to this exhortation, Ning Xiao actually stood up, faced the inaction in the air, and declared sternly: "I am the goddess of justice in the East, how can I be bewitched by your heretical doctrine in the West!" ”
With that, she drew her whip and slammed it into the air. "Ahh A scream came from the void.
"Huh!" At this time, Cheng Ziyang smiled. yes, how easily is his goddess of justice tempted. Her cold heart, no one but him could come close.
"Ahh At this moment, he finally had an epiphany: yes, he is the king of mankind, how can he be bewitched by the heresy of the West? In an instant, a different situation appeared in front of his eyes: the heavens and the earth first opened, and they were all white. It doesn't matter if you live or die......
However, hearing the sound of epiphany coming from the middle of the earth, Ning Xiao was completely relieved. Because Cheng Ziyang finally passed the threshold of the fifth level to the sixth level. Now, she had to thank a zombie.
"Thank you, Danchai!" Ning Xiao walked over to the zombie who was sitting still.
"His Holiness doesn't have to be like this," Danchai suppressed the excitement in his chest, and stood up respectfully and bowed to Ning Xiao. "It is the duty of a believer to go to the trouble for you."
"Venerable?" Ning Xiao couldn't help but look at the gray sky. From a human to a goddess, she has been a little difficult to accept until now. And this time it is even more exciting, and there is also a leap of the Venerable Buddha.
She couldn't help but cover her heart, wondering if this kind of Venerable title would make her heart die as soon as possible because of the unbearable weight.
"Yes, His Holiness is our honorific title for the Living Buddha. You are the reincarnation of a living Buddha," Danchai said with a pious expression on his face. "Just because these are the last days, believers can no longer find a suitable temple for you to be looked up to by the world. May His Holiness forgive me! ”
"Alright," Ning Xiao was a little impatient, waving his hand to signal him not to continue. "I am such a human being, what temple do I live in, and what people do I look up to? Do you want me to die soon? ”
"No!" Danchai hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed. "Believers have no intention of blaspheming His Holiness. It's just that believers remember that the reincarnations of His Holiness are like this, so they will speak so vainly and let His Holiness forgive me! ”
"Get up!" Ning Xiao frowned, the fanaticism of the Chinese plateau people's belief in the local religion will always be difficult for the plains people to understand. She is no exception. "Don't kneel down without moving, I'm uncomfortable! You're a level 6 zombie, and you have to have your own dignity. ”
"Yes!" Danchai hurriedly responded. He stood up and came to Ning Xiao with a hunched waist. "No matter what Danchai becomes, Danchai will always be a loyal believer of His Holiness."
When Ning Xiao heard this, he couldn't help but stumble when he walked. She had to order: "You better go back to Zombie City!" I'll send someone to contact you then. ”
"Yes!" Danchai bowed his head and bent down to send Ning Xiao away. Just staring at the disappearance of Ning Xiao's figure, he couldn't help but think of Zhuoma again.
The last time he and Dolma saw each other was on New Year's Day. From the first day of the new year, they were all twenty years old. In fact, after finding that job in that small town, he didn't go very well in all aspects.
He heard that people in his own village and other villages would ask Dolma for blessing when something unsatisfactory happened. I heard that after receiving Dolma's blessings, many people will become smooth.
He didn't believe much of that. But in those two years, he was really not smooth, so he thought about whether to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to let Zhuoma bless him.
After Dolma was certified as a reincarnated living Buddha, there were all kinds of special and strange things about Dolma's birth, such as fruit trees blooming in winter, thunder on sunny days, seven-colored rainbows in clear skies, and all kinds of wonderful phenomena that cannot be explained.
He didn't believe in any of this, but he couldn't say he didn't believe it at all. Because of his special relationship with Dolma, some people later asked him if Dolma behaved differently when he was a child.
Aside from the fact that Dolma failed every math test, he really couldn't remember how she was different from others. However, at one point, he suddenly remembered an incident from when Dolma was a child.
From that incident, it can at least prove that she was a very kind child when she was a child. It was in the third grade of primary school, and they went to play by the Yellow River.
There is a big strange stone on the edge of the Yellow River, and Dolma likes to go there to play. Legend has it that when Guru Padmasambhava led the Yellow River through here, it was almost dark, so he and his two concubines rested on this boulder for the night.
Now, there are traces of the backs of three people on the boulder, the small on both sides and the big one in the middle, and the old people say that the middle is Guru Padmasambhava's, and the two concubines are on both sides.
This boulder is considered a sacred stone in this area, and many people often come to worship it. Most of the people in their area believe in the Nyingma sect of ancient Buddhism, which reveres Guru Padmasambhava as their ancestor, and may also have something to do with this.
And this name of Dolma is the two words in the name of Guru Padmasambhava.
There were no pilgrims at the boulder that day, and they had spent an afternoon playing to their heart's content before returning home. On their way home, they were passing by a sandy area when they suddenly saw a fish jumping around.
Danchai didn't think about how this fish could be here, so he said, "What a big fish, let's sell it to those who build roads." They love to eat fish. ”
Dolma ran to pick up the fish and said, "No, I'm going to put it back in the water." ”
When he saw the fish moving vigorously in her hand, he said, "Well, forget it, it is impossible to put it back alive in the Yellow River, it is too far, and it will die on the way." ”
Dolma said, "You go home first, I'm going to put it back in the water." With that, he took the fish and ran.
He hesitated behind her, but eventually ran after her.
On the way, the fish did not move, so he said, "Forget it, don't run, the fish is dead." ”
Dolma didn't listen to him, but ran forward with the fish. He had no choice but to run after him.
When they reached the edge of the Yellow River, he and Zhuoma were panting so hard that they could barely straighten their waists.
Dolma gently lowered the fish into the shallow water. The fish floated on the surface of the water as if it were dead. Dolma held his breath and looked at the fish. Then the fish moved in the water a little, and then it swam up and swam to the depths of the water.
So, when he told the story, those people said that such a character must have some different temperament from others.
……
"Boom!"
When Danchai was reminiscing like this, bursts of thunder suddenly appeared in the sky. He couldn't help but shrink his neck: It's so raw, why is there lightning and thunder in the sky?
"In this way, His Holiness is right, going back to Zombie City is the right way!" Danchai couldn't help but mutter. Finally, he whistled.
"Wow!" Soon, a painty crow appeared in front of Danchai.
The crow spread its wings and crawled on the ground. Danchai rubbed it directly and said, "Go back to Zombie City!" ”
"Wow!" In this way, the crow flew in the direction of Zombie City with Danchai.