Ladies and gentlemen, I haven't seen you for a long time, Senior Brother Dajue has been traveling a lot recently, playing a little high, and I haven't updated the official account in time, please forgive me, in fact, a lot of interesting things have happened on the way to travel, and I have seen a lot of people with characteristics. I will slowly share it with you in the future.

This article still continues the story of the previous issue, and truly restores the story of Dharma propagation in the era of Shakyamuni Buddha. All the stories come from the fourteenth and fifteenth volumes of the Sutra of Aham. His Holiness Mahakalpa's position in Buddhism can be described as pivotal, and Senior Brother Dajue even believes that if the Buddha had not surrendered to Mahakalya, there would be no Buddhist lineage today. Maybe some senior brothers don't know much about the Venerable Mahakalpa, in fact, you have seen it many times, the old man with long eyebrows on the left hand side of Shakyamuni Buddha in the Mahavira Hall is the Venerable Mahakaya. The reason why His Holiness Mahakala is so important is based on the following four reasons:

1. His Holiness Mahakala was the convener of the first assembly of sutras

2. Venerable Mahakala is also the first ancestor of Zen Buddhism, smiling with flowers, the protagonist of the teaching

3. Shakyamuni Buddha's basic followers, that is, the basic team of 1,250 great bhikshus in the Diamond Sutra, were originally basically disciples of the Venerable Mahakalpa, and Shakyamuni Buddha was the only one who had sat in half for the Venerable Mahakala during his lifetime.

4. The Venerable Mahakala Ye should be in the Jizu Mountain in Yunnan until the next birth of Maitreya Buddha was born, and pass on the mantle of Shakyamuni Buddha to Maitreya Buddha, that is, the fifth Buddha of the virtuous tribulation, according to the great translator Zhu Fahu of the Western Jin Dynasty translated the "Sutra of the Virtuous Tribulation", the name and order of the Thousand Buddhas of the Virtuous Tribulation, the time of enlightenment, the average life expectancy of people, and even the city of enlightenment, parents, attendants, and even the disciples of the first supernatural power and wisdom, as well as the size of the Buddha's light, and the placement of relics are all clearly written, and have to be served, Shakyamuni Buddha (the real title in the virtuous tribulation is Shakyamuni Buddha) has long seen that there will be too many people to pretend to be the Buddha in the end of the Dharma, and made a database of the thousand Buddhas in advance for everyone to distinguish the authenticity. Here, Senior Brother Dajue has to emphasize one point, with 32 phases, 84 kinds of followers, the next Buddha who has attained enlightenment in the world of Suva with eight phases, only Maitreya Buddha, that is, Ci Buddha, you can carefully consult Zhu Fahu's translation of the "Sutra of Virtuous Tribulation", and Master Kumarosh's translation of "Buddha Says Thousand Buddhas Sutra of Karma". So, you get the idea....

Mahakasya, another name, is called "Bhabala". Bi Bo Luo, which is the tree of the last Shakyamuni Buddha's enlightenment, was later renamed the Bodhi tree. So another name for Mahakalpa is the Bodhi tree, why is it named after the tree? Because his parents had no son, he prayed to the tree god of the Great Bilbo tree and begged for a son: "Give me a son, O tree god!" "So I had a son.

If we compare horizontally and vertically in the entire Dharma Realm, the greatest characteristic of Venerable Mahakalsa is that he has a golden light and can hide the sun and the moon. Mahakasya, another name, is called "Drinking Light", how is it called "Drinking Light"? There was a light in him, a purple-gold light, a light that surpassed all light, engulfed all the light, and covered all other light, as if he had drunk all other light. Whether it is light, daylight, moonlight, starlight, ......, once they encounter the golden light of Venerable Dakya, they will not be able to show their light.

This Venerable, how can there be light in him so domineering? In the past, after the extinction of the Buddha corpse, there was a broken temple, not only decayed, but even the tower was toppled, and the Buddha statue was like camping, and the gold on the body was gone.

At this time, there was a poor woman who was very sad when she saw this situation, and she felt compassion: "How can this Buddha be blown by the rain and wind here? I must build a temple for the Buddha, and I must decorate this Buddha with gold! "Where there is a will, there is a way", she bought gold with the money she turned into every day, and she had to eat for more than ten years, and she had accumulated a lot of gold, which was enough to repair the temple and pave gold for the Buddha. She hired a metallurgist to call the gold-making craftsman to melt the gold and put gold on the Buddha.

When the metallurgist saw that she had so much gold, he said, "Oh! How can such a poor man get so much gold? She said: "I used to see that the gold of the Buddha statue had fallen off, so I set out to ask for food, and I asked for food for more than ten years, and I accumulated so much gold. When the metallurgist saw that this woman was so sincere, he also had a heartfelt heart and said, "Now, if you repair the temple and install the golden body of the Buddha, this merit is very great." However, you don't want to do this merit yourself, the two of us have done it in two—you give the gold, I do the work, and I don't need the money. In fact, the goldsmith saw that this woman was sincere, and he had a good impression of her, and he became loved; So he said that he wanted two copies of this merit and did not want her to do one of them.

After the statue of the Buddha was covered with gold and the temple was built, the metallurgist proposed to the woman: "You have a very good heart! I haven't met a better woman in my life than you! I wanted to be single, but now that I have met a bosom friend like you, can you marry me? The woman thought, "Oh! He also has a good heart, so I asked him to come and put gold on the Buddha, and he only needed half of his salary. This man has a good heart! "I agreed, and the two got married.

Because of the gold decoration of the Buddha statue and the merit of the Buddha statue, I feel that there is a purple and gold light on my body in all my life, and my appearance is also very complete. The two of them made a vow that they would be husband and wife for the rest of their lives, but they would cultivate together and promote the Dharma for the rest of their lives.

Venerable Mahakala was the metallurgist at that time, and this poor woman was the purple and golden bhikshuni; Because of the gold for the Buddha, both of them put gold light on their bodies.

In this life, Kasabha was born into a very wealthy family in the kingdom of Magadha, and the king of the kingdom of Magadha worshipped him as his master. As soon as Kasa was born, there was a golden light on his body; He looks about the same as the Buddha's thirty-two phases. And it is the only child of the rich family (the good fortune is so great that there are no competitors, don't be angry, the great monks are often to be blessed and wise, all of our brothers and sisters must gradually cultivate the good fortune and wisdom, which is why the great brother of the great awakening to vigorously promote the great compassion gain method, many people say that "money can solve the problem is not a thing", the great brother just thinks that this is very unreliable, very hypocritical, money can basically solve in addition to life and death, 99% of things, the vast majority of our senior brother's troubles are the lack of good fortune, To put it bluntly, if you lack money, if you don't face reality, you will be punished by reality, because reality is cruel, and cause and effect are very true. The Spiritual Victory Method is no substitute for true practice, and I believe that the senior brothers who read this article are at least very well-rooted, because you will come into contact with the practical Dharma, so that our good fortune will be increased to the status of the only eldest son like the Mahakalpa). When he was twenty years old, his parents were to marry him, and he said, "I must find a woman with a golden light, so that I can marry her; If I can't find it, I won't get married. "Later, in another country, I met a woman with a purple and golden light called Miaoxian. Myoxian bhikshuni is called the first by the Buddha to pass through fate.

After they got married, they cultivated together. What kind of way do you cultivate? In the past, this Kasaba was an outer way, but what is it? Outside the fire, specializing in the cultivation of fire, offering fire. It wasn't until Mahakala was one hundred and twenty years old that he met the Buddha. It's not easy to meet a Buddha, first of all, you have to be able to live.

At the Lotus Conference, Shakyamuni Buddha told all the people that in future lives, before he became a Buddha, he would make offerings to the Buddhas who respected as many as 300 billion Buddhas, respected and admired them, and widely preached the immeasurable Dafa of the Buddhas. In his last body, he also became a Buddha, and the name of the Buddha was "Bright as Come"; for he has a golden light in him.

The name of the country is "Guangde", because the people in the country have light and virtue. The name of the robbery is "great solemnity". What big solemnity? It is the great bodhisattva who solemnizes this eon; There are many great bodhisattvas, but there are not as many as hundreds of billions. The hearts of these bodhisattvas are also softened, they all have Mahayana supernatural powers, they have obtained the five eyes and the six paths, and they all practice the Mahayana scriptures that the Buddha said. There is no number of all these sounds, etc.

His land is very pure, and it is made of glass; Because he cultivated pure asceticism and pure head practice because of the ground, he received this retribution. And all kinds of precious trees were by the way, and they made cords of gold to mark the way. Whoever sees this state rejoices. Incense is often put on people, and incense is often put on the land. In the void, there are often celestial maidens. This land is very flat, and there are no mountains, hills, or hills. Why? Because when Mahakasa was in the ground, he cultivated equal compassion and cultivated peace of mind, so that the land of his kingdom was level, and there were no hills, no pits, no rubble and thorns, no defilement, no impurity.

His land is free from all evil things, even without troubles. Why are there no worries? It is because the people of this country are always practicing meditation and have concentration; Therefore there are demons, and there are no demons. Although there is the demon king Bo Xun, the demon and the demon people; Ordinary demons and demons, if they all uphold the Dharma, they will not destroy the Dharma. Why? Because the patriarch of the Kasa leaf cultivated all kinds of head teachings, he defeated all the demon armies, and the demon king was subdued, and he also became a protector of the Dharma. You see! Why do we have to do the first thing in the path? If you do it, you will turn the demon king into a demon king who is not a demon king, and become a protector of the law. Therefore, if you are cultivating the Dao, if you really practice, the people who come to grind you in the first place will be your true Dharma protectors in the future. If you don't have real cultivation and no real kung fu, then the demon king is a demon king and will not become a Dharma protector. In short, the Demon King is conquered and is the protector of the Dharma. So, we still have to be self-reliant.

The lifespan of this Buddha is 12 eons, 20 eons for the Fa-rectification, and 20 eons for the Dharma.

OK, this is just an introduction to the basic resume of Mahakasya, such a powerful role, of course, is not so easy to be subdued, and Mahakasa was already the leader of Zoroastrianism before he met the Buddha, and he was the national teacher of the country of Magadha, and the most important thing is that he has lived for 120 years. With such a resume, it is definitely no fun to rely on a three-inch tongue. It must be subdued by supernatural powers and strength.

In the next article, we will get straight to the point and see how the Buddha relied on his strength to subdue Mahakasa and his vote of disciples. The curtain is about to begin, so I'm looking forward to it.