Chapter 0007: The Guidance of the Buddha
"Disciple, respect the teachings of the Buddha, and I am willing to enter the Buddha door to devote myself to cultivating the Buddha and serving the Buddha. Shangguan Chen's hands were clasped together and he was prostrate on the ground.
"No, no, you are the reincarnation of a strange spirit, and you are already a member of my Buddhism. No matter if you are a monk at home, you must respect and be peaceful, endure what others can't endure, and pedestrians can't. In today's end-of-the-law period, those immortals, gods and demons who have failed to become enlightened are making waves in the world, making the world worse, people do not trust each other, and they are about to lose the minimum moral bottom line of being a human being. The Buddha said slowly.
Shakyamuni Buddha paused for a moment and continued: "Especially the demon king Bo Xun, in this period of the end of the Dharma, let his disciples and grandchildren mix into my Buddhism, wear my Buddha's robe, vainly try to break my Buddha's laws and precepts, and use the hearts of sentient beings to bewitch people's hearts, so as to achieve the ambition of destroying my Buddhism. You have come down this time to take on the important task of promoting Buddhism, saving all people from fire and water, and creating a clear world and a bright future. ”
In the meantime, you will definitely experience a lot of friction and ups and downs, maybe just like Xuanzang learned scriptures in the West, you will experience ninety-nine eighty-one tribulations. There will be a life-and-death battle with those demons and monsters, you have to be mentally prepared for this. ”
After Shakyamuni Buddha finished speaking, he lowered his eyes, looking a little worried.
The demon king Bo Xun he mentioned, Shangguan Chen knew.
At the beginning, before Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment, he visited enlightenment under the Bodhisattva tree and made a vow: if he does not attain enlightenment, he will not leave this seat. Shakyamuni Buddha's enlightenment alarmed the demon king Bo Xun, so he sent his three daughters to lust, greed, and pleasure to seduce, trying to make Shakyamuni Buddha give up enlightenment, but Shakyamuni Buddha was not moved by this, and still continued to participate in enlightenment without distractions.
Later, Shakyamuni Buddha finally saw the stars at night and realized the true meaning of the universe, achieving the most perfect compassion and wisdom in the universe.
There is such a controversial story circulating in the Buddhist world, saying that the demon king Bo Shun and Shakyamuni Buddha started a battle for the ages, and the demon king Bo Shun was defeated.
Before leaving, the demon king Bo Shun had this conversation with Shakyamuni Buddha: The demon king Bo Shun said, "After you become nirvana, I will definitely defeat your Dharma." ”
The Buddha said, "The Dharma is the boundless Dharma and cannot be destroyed by any force." ”
The Demon King Bo Xun said, "Good and evil always coexist. There are many people who believe in you, but there are also many of my disciples and grandchildren, human nature is evil, and it is easy to learn bad and difficult to learn. After you attain Nirvana, there will be fewer and fewer people who believe in you, and more and more people who believe in me. ”
The Buddha said, "It won't do you any good if you destroy my Dharma." The light of the Buddha shines brightly, shining on good beings as well as evil people like you. If the Fa-rectification era is over, what awaits you will be the Abi Hell, and you will suffer immeasurably in the Hell. ”
Demon King Bo Xun: "I know you can't lie, but you also know that fate is made by the heart. I will do everything I can to avoid the pain of hell. ”
The Buddha said: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, and the Dharma is boundless, can you avoid it?"
Demon King Bo Xun: "The saint is impermanent, and he takes the heart of the people as his heart." Bo Xun is also impermanent, and he also takes the hearts of the people as his heart. You are inferior to me when it comes to conforming to sentient beings. Thou hast been very disciplined, emphasizing the dangers of greed and teaching people to stay away from it. And I conform to the ** of all sentient beings and satisfy the ** of all sentient beings. If sentient beings have no greed, where will there be me?"
The Buddha said, "I have countless Buddhist scriptures, and I am still afraid that you will not be able to do it." ”
Demon King Bo Xun: "Buddhist scriptures are dead words, and to educate sentient beings, people still need to do it." ”
The Buddha said, "I have a treasure of the Sangha." ”
Demon King Bo Xun: "If you want to educate sentient beings, you have to bring in new people." I don't think you're going to refuse my disciples to accept your teachings. ”
The Buddha said, "No." ”
The Demon King Bo Xun said, "When you end the Dharma, I will ask my disciples and grandchildren to blend into your Buddha Gate, wear the robes of the Buddha Gate, and destroy your Dharma. that they may pervert your scriptures and destroy your precepts in order to achieve what I cannot achieve by force today......"
The Buddha listened to the words of the demon king Bo Xun, and was speechless for a long time, and after a while, two lines of hot tears slowly flowed down.
Seeing this, the demon king led the crowd to laugh wildly.
"Buddha, the disciple understands, but I am just a mortal, how can I fight them?" Shangguan Chen looked up at the Buddha.
"That's what you're going down for, you're going down in a mortal body, without attracting their attention, that's where you quietly unfold. The mind is in everything, the mind is empty, everything is empty, everything is born from the heart, and everything is destroyed by the heart. Remember: no haste, no impatience, talk less, do more, stand in action. You should go to the most difficult places first, promote the Dharma, redeem sentient beings, and benefit the people. ”
After Shakyamuni Buddha finished speaking, he threw out a golden rope and a golden bowl, and said, "You can use this golden glass rope and this exquisite demon bowl as a magic weapon." ”
Shangguan Chen hurriedly took these two magic weapons with both hands, looked at them carefully, and was extremely excited in his heart, what a supreme glory it should be to get the magic weapon kicked by the Buddha!
Shangguan Chen looked at Shakyamuni Buddha and said, "Buddha, how do you use this magic weapon?"
Shangguan Chen had never seen such a magic weapon, let alone how to use it, so he asked.
Shakyamuni Buddha closed his eyes slightly and said: "As long as you throw the golden glass rope into the air at the right time, you can bind those demons, and it has another function, which can be transformed into a variety of attack weapons;
At present, if you use your cultivation as an exercise, you can't use it for the time being, otherwise you will have to worry about your life; another exercise is to use it to dress up demons and monsters, and put them in it, so it is impossible for outsiders to find them, and you can temper them and let them achieve positive results. The more positive results you have, the more merit you will have, and the more merit you have, the greater your mana. But ......"
Shakyamuni Buddha paused and said, "However, these Dharma weapons cannot be taken out and used casually until the last resort, let alone on mortals. ”
Subsequently, Shakyamuni Buddha taught Shangguan Chen the mantras to use these magic weapons. After teaching the mantra, Shakyamuni Buddha said, "Your heavenly ears are now open, and your heavenly eyes have also been opened to the discerning eyes. Different levels of Heavenly Eyes, your mana will also undergo different changes, one day you will have merit consummation, if you go down the mountain this time, you can successfully complete your mission, and after consummation, you can jump out of the Three Realms. ”
"When the time is right, you will send the Buddha to be your protector, and it depends on your performance. ”
Who is this Fighting Saint Buddha? The Fighting Saint Buddha is one of the famous "35 Buddhas" in Buddhism. In "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong, who experienced ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties, was finally named the Holy Buddha of Fighting.
Shangguan Chen listened to Shakyamuni Buddha's words, and was immediately moved, he couldn't imagine that today's encounter would give him such a big gain. Being able to get the favor of Shakyamuni Buddha and listen to the teachings of the Buddha, what Shangguan Chen didn't expect was that the Buddha actually kicked him two magic weapons, and after the merit was completed, he could directly jump out of the Three Realms and become a Buddha on the ground. What a blessing!
Although Shangguan Chen knew that the road ahead would definitely not be smooth, in order to become a Buddha and jump out of the Three Realms, he also had to work hard.
Will Shangguan Chen succeed? What kind of difficulties will he encounter on the road to success?
Shangguan Chen said excitedly: "Disciple remember the teachings of the Buddha!"
With a wave of Shakyamuni Buddha's big hand, he said, "Go!". The scene in front of me suddenly turned pitch black.
Shangguan Chen slowly opened his eyes, everything that happened just now seemed to be in a dream.
Master Yongshi, who had been guarding Shangguan Chen's Dharma by his side, saw Shangguan Chen's dynamic expression, and he realized that after some Shangguan Chen's meditation, he must have encountered some amazing encounters. Seeing Shangguan Chen slowly open his eyes, he smiled and asked, "Yichen, tell me about your artistic conception just now." ”
So Shangguan Chen carefully explained the situation just now to Master Yongshi.
Hearing this, Master Yongsha sighed: "Yichen, you can see Shakyamuni Buddha, listen to the Buddha's teachings, and get the Buddha's magic weapons, this is the blessing you have cultivated in several lifetimes! It can be seen that your merit cultivation is not shallow." I have seen your heavenly ears pass, and the heavenly eye has also reached the second level of discerning eyes, and it has reached the level of eye analysis. ”
As I have already said before, eye analysis is to be able to analyze what you see, and you can know what it is at a glance.
"Yes, master, I have to thank you, master, if it weren't for your original enlightenment, without you carefully teaching me to cultivate Buddhism, how could I have today's blessings!" Shangguan Chen smiled with emotion, and bowed to Master Yongshi.
"I said at the beginning that you are the reincarnation of a spirit child, your wisdom is not shallow, and you have a relationship with the Buddha, plus you have devoted yourself to cultivating the Buddha for several years, and you have made good karma, so that you can achieve your good fortune today. And you should remember the teachings of the Buddha to benefit the people and purify the party. Be big in heart and big in wisdom. He has merit in the future, and he can't learn from the former Emperor Wu of Liang!"
Emperor Wu of Liang was the emperor of the Southern Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties of our country, and he believed in Buddhism very much. At that time, when Patriarch Bodhidharma crossed the sea from India to China to preach Buddhism, Emperor Wu of Liang sent people to take him to the capital city of Nanjing.
Emperor Wu of Liang asked Bodhidharma: Since I ascended the throne, I have built temples and written scriptures, and the monks have not been able to prove it, what merit is there?
Bodhidharma said: There is no merit.
Emperor Wu of Liang asked: Why is there no merit?
Bodhidharma replied: This is a small fruit of the human sky, and there is a cause for leakage, and it follows like a shadow, although it is not true.
Emperor Wu of Liang asked again: How is it true merit?
Bodhidharma replied: Pure wisdom is wonderful, the body is empty, and if it is merit, it does not seek from the world.
Shangguan Chen listened to Master Yongshi's words and nodded and said, "I will keep in mind Master's words." After Shangguan Chen finished speaking, he remembered something again, and asked again: "Master, my heavenly purpose level has reached the level of discerning eyes, when will I be able to achieve eye chasing and pre-eye?"