Chapter 477, feeding eagles with his body, compassion is the Buddha

Advice to you??

What a big breath?

All of a sudden, everyone's eyes flickered, staring at Fang Yi, even Ananda was laughed at angrily, as the second ancestor, he is the most advanced person in Buddhism, no one has ever said that he can teach Ananda, of course, the Buddha is an exception.

At this time, even the Buddha himself looked at Fang Yi with some interest, although he had heard some of the deeds of this future Buddha before, but those deeds were always passed on, he had never seen them with his own eyes, but today he saw them with his own eyes.

It turns out that the future Buddha is also so unruly and unruly.

But come to think of it, Buddhism has been in decline for many years, precisely because there has never been such an outstanding leader, even if it is him, he has always been more than successful, and not enough to develop, otherwise Buddhism would not have been in the Western Regions, and he would not have been able to go out at all.

Now it seems that this future Buddha is a bit interesting.

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"Please advise." Ananda saluted Fang Yi again at this time, with a slight teasing tone in his tone.

"What is a Buddha?" Fang Yi smiled at this time and said, "Although I am the future Buddha that you identify, to be honest, I don't understand Buddhism. ”

"But I know some simple truths." Fang Yi said simply: "Actually, there is no real definition of Buddha, I think that as long as anyone who agrees with the concept of Buddhism, any race, is a Buddha." ”

"Huh?" Ananda looked at Fang Yi with a serious expression at this time, even more incredible, the other Bodhisattvas, the Venerable Arhat with the Golden Body, also looked at Fang Yi in surprise, what this future Buddha said really didn't look like Buddhism, more like a sophistry.

"Amitabha." At this moment, a monk standing next to Ananda spoke: "The future Buddha is not talking about Buddhism, it is sophistry, it seems that the future Buddha before Confucianism and Taoism should be very profound, but he has learned the sophistry of Confucianism and Taoism disciples." ”

Fang Yi glanced at the monk, this person was none other than another disciple of the Buddha, that is, another Erwuzai of the Buddha Sect, Mo Ke Jiaye.

Fang Yi didn't care about the two of them at this time, but said with a smile: "You don't believe it??" ”

Fang Yi laughed at this time and said, "Since you don't believe it, I'll tell you a few stories I heard in Daqin. ”

"Da Qin??" At this time, the Bodhisattvas and Arhat Venerables all looked at Fang Yi with their eyes flickering.

Daqin is a country west of the Western Regions and north of the Northland, and according to legend, like the Dali Dynasty, there is an extremely prosperous Terran dynasty.

But it's a pity that Daqin and this side of the world have a natural moat, and there is not much communication between the two sides, only occasionally there will be such news exchanges.

I heard before that this Fang Yi is a person from the Northland, and it is said that there is some contact between the people of the Northland and Great Qin, so if Fang Yi is talking about the story of Great Qin, it is not uncommon for everyone.

"According to legend, Daqin also has Buddhism and Buddha." Fang Yi's first sentence shocked all the Bodhisattvas and Arhat Venerables.

Even the Buddha looked at Fang Yi in disbelief, which was a little unbelievable.

"But there is a natural difference between the Buddhism there and the Buddhism on our side." Fang Yi spoke again: "The Buddha Gate of Great Qin is conceptually what I just said. ”

"I'll tell you a few stories."

Fang Yi continued to speak: "There is a record in the Great Qin Buddhism Sect that they were the first Buddha, who was compassionate and had the world in mind. ”

"Legend has it that when the Buddha enlightened, he couldn't figure it out, and finally one day, a goshawk wanted to hunt prey, the Buddha had compassion and caught the goshawk, the goshawk burst into tears, saying that if he didn't hunt, then he would starve to death, the Buddha said compassion, but he just saved the prey, but killed the goshawk."

"When the Buddha heard this, his heart was shocked, and then he suddenly realized that if he only saved the prey, he would kill the goshawk, which is not real compassion, this is false compassion, because the goshawk will starve to death sooner or later."

"The Buddha let go of the goshawk and fell into endless sorrow, he obviously had compassion and compassion in his heart, and wanted to save his lifelong suffering, but in the end he found that all this was his own wishful thinking, and no matter what he did, it was wrong, and the Buddha began to meditate hard and suffer."

But he never found the answer.

"Until one day, he finally found the answer, and he went to look for the goshawk, and he found it."

The goshawk was still hunting, but this time, the Buddha stopped the goshawk, and the goshawk asked the Buddha if he had forgotten what he had said to the Buddha before. If the Buddha blocks it, the person who dies in the end will be it. ”

"The Buddha said that he had figured it out a long time ago, but he had never figured out how to solve this problem before, and the Buddha knew that if he didn't solve this problem, he would never be able to become a Buddha."

So the Buddha cut off a piece of flesh from his body and gave it to the goshawk for food.

When Fang Yi said this, all the Bodhisattvas, Venerable Arhats, even Ananda, Kasya, and even the Buddha put their hands together, and then sang a Buddha horn: "Amitabha." ”

"The Buddha is compassionate, worthy of being the Buddha, serving the eagle with his body, singing and crying." Ananda also said to Fang Yi at this time.

Everyone else was shocked by the story told by Fang Yi, and they couldn't speak, especially when everyone didn't expect that the Buddha was willing to feed eagles with his body, which was unbelievable.

"But it was the Buddha's move that made him become a Buddha on the spot." Fang Yi continued to speak at this time: "The flesh that the Buddha cut off and fed to the goshawk quickly returned to its original form, and after that, the Buddha understood a truth. ”

"Only with compassion can we become a Buddha." Fang Yi smiled and said, "And this Buddha once said such a sentence, saying: If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" ”

"Great goodness!!" As soon as these words came out, all the Bodhisattvas and Venerable Arhats couldn't help but praise them.

"This is the sound of the Great Dao Zen." The Buddha couldn't help but speak in admiration.

Ananda said at this time: "Future Buddha, please forgive me for being stupid, I actually don't quite understand, what does the future Buddha want to express when he tells this story??" ”

Because the story told by Fang Yi has no way to support any of Fang Yi's other views, Fang Yi said before that anyone can become a Buddha.

But what does his point of view have to do with this story?

Of course, the story told by Fang Yi can answer Ananda's previous question, what is a Buddha.

Now there is the answer, the one who has compassion is a Buddha.

"Don't worry, please tell me a second story."