Chapter 128: The Purple Bamboo Riddle

Saying that, the sixth man smiled, and then said: "Second brother, don't worry, listen to me slowly!"

In fact, at the same time as the birth of Buddhism, there are many religions, which are very close to Buddhism, and have existed for a long time.

I also quickly cultivated into a human body. In the "Lengyan Sutra", it is said that I am the prince of the wheel king without pure thoughts, and my name is not restricted, and I have since personified, become a mighty husband, and create a new life experience of Guanyin from the royal family. The Huayan Sutra also describes me: "Brave husband Guanyin". Therefore, many of the portraits or statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva in Tianzhu are male.

As time went on, my activities became more and more extensive and my influence grew, and by that time I had thirty-two incarnations, and I had influence in those snowy plateaus, where I was revered as Tara. Tara, the Sanskrit name Tara, the full name of the Holy Salvation Buddha Mother Tara, a total of 21 statues, all of them are the incarnation of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva. White Tara and Green Tara are both of them.

With the further introduction of Buddhism to Nanzhan Buzhou, I was still a man with a beautiful beard at first, and most of the murals and statues before the Tang Dynasty, and the statue of Guanyin were all men. Any religion must follow the local customs, perhaps because of Li Shimin's name, after the Tang Dynasty, I began to be called Guanyin Master.

Later, I found out that appearing as a woman was more popular with the faithful, so I gradually appeared only as a woman. Various versions of my origins soon appeared in the earthly world, the most famous being Miao Ying in the "Guanyin Attainment Treasure Scroll" and Miao Shan in the "Xiangshan Treasure Scroll".

It is recorded in the "Xiangshan Treasure Scroll": "There is a Xinglin country in the west of Sumeru, the king of the Bha, and the year name is Miaozhuang. ...... and gave birth to a daughter, named Miaoshan", the king of Miaozhuang was seriously ill because of the destruction of the Buddha, Miaoshan turned into an old monk and gave good medicine. Later, he turned into a fragrant immortal, and in order to save his father, he used his own hands and eyes to use medicine, so that King Miaozhuang could recover. Miao Shan's filial piety touched the heavens and healed her, and since then, she has become Guanyin with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes. My appearance today is naturally the appearance of the legendary Miaoying or Miaoshan, they are all pure and kind girls.

Of course, this qiΔ“ is the good wish of people in the world, and it is far-fetched. Don't be serious. With the spread of Buddhism, many unknown scholars and monks thought of many ways and made endless offerings. At that time, I already had more and more incarnations, appearing in different situations, such as Yangliu Guanyin, Sutra Guanyin, White-clothed Guanyin, Lying Lotus Guanyin, Amanti Guanyin, Fish Basket Guanyin, Water Moon Guanyin, Thousand-Handed Guanyin, Sending Children Guanyin, etc., not all of them are so amiable, among which Amoti Guanyin is carrying a stick and riding a lion, angry eyes and hatred. It's just an external appearance.

I've always been worried about my brothers from the Elder Dragons, and I've been secretly inquiring, but I haven't heard from them. I've also been back to the sinkhole. It was the cradle of our year, but there was no trace of brothers and sisters anywhere, and I thought everyone was gone, because I knew that the accomplices led by the blue-clothed scholar were among them. There is a person who is proficient in dismantling the three souls and seven spirits, my heart is cool and cool, in order not to let others doubt it, I am on the far South China Sea. Found the island and settled down.

The sixth man stopped and talked a lot. Some thirsty, I took a sip of tea.

When Haotian heard this, his heart swelled with excitement, it seems that the sinkhole was indeed the place where the twelve immortal eggs landed back then, and it was the starting point for him to open the world back then, and what he saw in the chaos was confirmed again from the mouth of the sixth child. It's just that how did the Tianmu Dao people know this? He sent himself to the Tiankeng at that time, as if he was confident, not like an accidental action.

Huo Sheng'er said, "Well, go on!"

The sixth child was deliberately funny, and asked with a puzzled expression, "What are you going on?" and then glanced at Haotian, and the two of them laughed. The sixth child continued: "For a long time, my heart has not been at peace, full of thoughts for the eldest brother and second brother for the brothers, and also full of hatred for the blue-clothed scholars, which I can't dispel. I have been secretly searching for the whereabouts of the scholar in blue, but there has been no trace for thousands of years, but I firmly believe that one day he will come out to make trouble. ”

"One day I suddenly thought that I can't be alone like this, the ancient dragon clan suffered this loss back then, I must gather a force to find an opportunity to avenge the dragon clan and return heaven and earth to justice!"

"Good sixth brother!Second brother didn't misread you!" Huo Sheng'er stretched out his thumb.

"At that time, because of my dedication and reputation, my status in Buddhism was already very high, and I was already the first of the four great bodhisattvas. I don't know if you have noticed, but in the main halls of many temples, I am the first Bodhisattva under the throne of Amitabha Buddha, and together with the Bodhisattva of the Great Trend, I am the assistant Bodhisattva of Amitabha Buddha, and I am called the 'Three Sages of the Western Heavens'. Or I'm in the center, flanked by Manjushri and Puxian. ”

"That opportunity has finally arrived. After becoming the current Buddha, he began to implement the Buddha's golden costume, which greatly strengthened the implementation of Buddhism and greatly strengthened the piety of believers. ”

Huo Sheng'er suddenly asked, "Is there magic in those Buddha names?"

The sixth brother was stunned for a moment and said, "Why does the second brother ask this?"

Haotian smiled, and then he told the situation that he saw that when the believers of Rulai chanted the Buddha's name, a large number of longevity treasures were produced, while the believers of the ancient Buddha who burned the lamp could not see it.

When the sixth child heard this, he shook his head and sighed: "I really didn't expect that the eldest brother would be so powerful, he could actually see Shouzhen, and he could break through the mystery!

"If you take over the position of the world-honored person, Buddhism has not changed on the surface, but many details in it have quietly changed, at first I didn't care, I just thought that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were making the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas with a magnificent scene of gold and splendor, heroic and handsome, to attract the worship of the believers, but when I found out that the Buddha name began to be hidden in the mantra, I left a little caution in my heart, and still recited the Buddha name in the original way, unless I dealt with it a little in front of the Buddha. ”

"Fortunately, I retained a sense of sobriety, never forgot the mission of the ancient dragon clan, and did not fall into a frenzy, I was right about Rulai personally. Otherwise, they would have already become the walking dead, and there would be no brotherly meeting today. That spell is really powerful, and it is invisible. ”

Haotian's mind appeared in the zombie puppet-like bodhisattvas in the mud plough hell, and he still shuddered in his heart, in order not to interrupt the statement of the sixth child, Haotian held back and did not say anything.

"I don't show anything on the surface. Until one day, Rulai asked me to find someone to learn from the East for him, and I felt that the opportunity had come. ”

Haotian asked puzzledly, "How do you say it?"

"The Mahayana Tripitaka Sutra that I said at the time was actually just a gimmick. I don't know if the eldest brother and the second brother understand the process of learning the scriptures from Sanzang. ”

Haotian nodded and said, "I know a little bit about it! It's just hearsay, and it's hard to tell whether it's true or not." ”

"Then Nyorai began to say: 'I have the Three Tibetan Sutras, and I can persuade others to be good. The Dharma is hidden, talking about the sky, talking about the earth, and the scriptures are hidden, saving ghosts. I knew there was something wrong with it. When it comes to saving ghosts, that is, transcending the dead, and it is difficult to save ghosts is to persuade goodness? Then why not say that it is to save ghosts and persuade goodness? Not to mention that Hinayana Buddhism is actually used to save ghosts!

"If you don't believe me, I can give you a lot of examples of Tang monks on the way to learn scriptures, at that time he used Hinayana Buddhism, such as Tang Seng encountered a tiger in the mountains, and was rescued by Orion Liu Boqin, just in time for Liu Boqin's father's death. At the invitation of his mother, he recited the scriptures for his father to escape from sinking, and his father dreamed of his mother that night: "I am fortunate to have the holy monk and read the scriptures." After removing my sinful karma, the king of Hades sent me to the rich land of China, and the old man took care of my life. However, Nyolai said that Mahayana Buddhism can save ghosts, but Hinayana Buddhism cannot do it. Is this a lie and a lie? Tang Seng has no need to go to the west to learn scriptures!"

"Tang Seng had just arrived at the border of the Tang Dynasty at that time, and he had not yet come into contact with the Mahayana Sanzang, but even if he realized it at this moment. He won't look back, because the conditions for Rulai are very clear: if the scriptures are successful, the people who learn the scriptures can achieve positive results, of course, they are immortals and Buddhas, and for Wukong Bajie and others, they will also wash the identity of monsters, which cannot be said to be unattractive. If you come to plan, you have always understood people's hearts. ”

Haotian nodded, such as this trick is really clever. Huo Sheng'er said: "Rulai really tried his best to grab the territory!"

"Yes, it is to take the opportunity to spread Buddhism to the strongholds of Taoism in Nanzhan Buzhou and Dongsheng Shenzhou! Although I have a deep view of the fire, in order to secretly take the opportunity to develop and accumulate strength, I agreed to this errand and snatched it into my hands. ”

"Since then, I have worked hard, tried my best, tried every possible way to avoid shortcuts, let the Tang monks and apprentices along the winding path, use the need to go through hardships and dangers to show the sincerity of the psychology, so that the people who learn the scriptures have gone through hardships, along the way to eliminate demons, sweep away the goblins, in popular terms, is to eliminate local forces, drive away the people of the Taoist court, and take the opportunity to make friends with the world, all the way to accommodate talents, the place where the scriptures passed by, secretly became the territory of Buddhism, many countries, have begun to advocate Buddhism, have begun to worship me. ”

Huo Sheng'er smiled: "The opportunity is really good, you have accepted a lot of people along the way!"

"Yes, Wukong, Bajie, Sha Monk, and Little White Dragon needless to say, like Black Bear Essence, Red Child, Goldfish Essence, etc. Many countries that originally believed in the Tao, such as the Baoxiang Kingdom, the Chechi Kingdom, the Saisai Kingdom, the Zhu Zi Kingdom, the Destruction of France, the Yuhua Prefecture, the Jinping Mansion, etc., have all become the world of Buddhism, such as the three great immortals of Taoism, Huli, Yangli, Luli Daxian, and so on, have not been eradicated?"

Huo Sheng'er suddenly asked, "Do you know who Wukong is?"

"Of course I know this, fight to defeat the Buddha!" said the sixth laugh.

Haotian was stunned for a moment, impossible, could it be that the two of them have been in contact with each other for so long, and they don't know each other?

"Isn't he the stone monkey of Huaguo Mountain, who was later impersonated by a six-eared macaque, and after killing the six-eared one, he was named a fighting Buddha!"

Haotian glanced at Huo Sheng'er and said, "Isn't it the sober Ancient Dragon Clan's pupil standing upright, can't the two of them see each other?"

The sixth child was like a cloud and mist, and said, "What are you talking about?

"Wukong is the fourth golden dragon!" said the Fire Saint.

"What?" Guanyin Bodhisattva stood up in shock, and took the tea table into the air, he casually slapped the tea table to smash it, but he didn't realize it, his face was stunned, and he was stunned.

Haotian suddenly came to his senses, and what Wukong said about his pupils standing upright like a Persian cat after waking up and down, was what he saw from his own shadow in the water, and he must have been alone at that time, very relaxed, and his aura was released. And once the heart is guarded, the aura is restrained. Then there is no longer any abnormality in the pupil, and it will be restored to normal, and outsiders will not be able to recognize it. Wukong and Guanyin Bodhisattva have been doing everything possible to hide their true identities, lest they be seen through and cause trouble, and they are always reining in their aura, naturally they don't know each other anymore, just like the old Jiuhongjun, the old Eight Purple Dragons, and the third Dongyue Emperor in the heavenly court, after thousands of years, they don't know each other.

A pang of pain welled up in Haotian's heart. He patted Guanyin Bodhisattva on the shoulder and said, "According to Wukong, fighting to defeat the Buddha is an impostor, and the real Wukong was almost beaten to death by Rulai as a six-eared macaque with a blinding method!" and then recounted the process of Wukong's escape.

Guanyin Bodhisattva couldn't believe his ears, and it took a long time to come to his senses and say, "It's really too vicious!"

Haotian told Guanyin about the situation of his brothers and sisters one by one, and Guanyin knew that everyone was fine. Haotian said: "Now only the old ten don't know where he is, and it is estimated that it is almost time to appear." ”

Huo Sheng'er said: "Where did the Dragon Lady come from?"

Guanyin slowly calmed her mind. Then he introduced: "After I settled on this island, there was not much vegetation on the island, and I remembered the purple bamboo that Tianzhu helped me, so I returned to the mountain beam back then. The countless mountains there have been covered with purple bamboo, becoming a sea of purple bamboo that stretches for thousands of miles. ”

"As soon as I came to the sky above the bamboo forest, I found the middle of the bamboo forest. There was a purple bamboo, which was not very tall, submerged in the vast green, and suddenly crystal green. The glow was shining, the purple vapor was steaming, it seemed to be summoning me, I was overjoyed, and fell in front of her, I knew that this purple bamboo must be a very high cultivation of the Dao spirit, otherwise there would never be so much spirituality, perceive my existence, and have so much power, push my Yuan Shen. ”

I respectfully saluted Zizhu, and before the words of gratitude could be spoken, I heard a burst of laughter like silver bells, and at the same time, a rich fragrance came to my nose, and a breeze swayed, and a girl dressed in verdant green stood lightly in front of me, surrounded by purple mist, and people looked a little ethereal. ”

Huo Sheng'er asked in surprise, "Little Dragon Girl Ling'er?"

Guanyin was immersed in the thoughts of memory: "I didn't expect Zizhu to be such a beautiful girl, so I was naturally very happy, and I was about to speak, but I heard her say, 'Who are you?'

"I hurriedly told her: 'I am the primordial god who was helped by her, and now I have become a bodhisattva, because I have thought of your kindness, I have specially traveled thousands of miles to find you!'"

"The maiden said: ' I don't know what my name is, meeting you is our fate to each other, I don't know why I'm here, I've been here for I don't know how many thousands of years, this is Tianzhu, I only know, as soon as I met you, I fell in love with you, and I felt very cordial in my heart, although you were just a god who was about to drift away, but I can still feel the ancient breath you exude, so that I am very familiar, you seem to be the goal I need to pursue, I want to go with my feelings, you came, it means that I should also go, where you go, I will go, because there are still many things to be done, but what it is, I don't know anything, just a feeling!’”

The girl said, waved her hand to the surroundings and stroked, the mountains and fields suddenly set off a frenzy of purple bamboo, countless purple bamboos from all directions swarmed and gathered, converged to the girl's palm, I felt at the time, as if there were countless elves babbling past me, after a while, the stretching bamboo sea disappeared, the girl's hand had a piece of purple mist of dark green jade, the purple mist around her disappeared, and the person became real and clear. ”

"I was stunned by the one in front of me, and before I could speak, I heard her say, 'What's your name?', and I said, 'My current identity is the Buddhist Guanyin Bodhisattva!You are my savior, what should I call you?' The girl looked confused, and was completely different from the state of the figure just now, as if she didn't remember anything, but she said in some confusion: 'I seem to be confused by what you say, I only know, you are here, I should also go, as for what is the name, you can do it?'"

"I couldn't laugh or cry when I heard it, and I still don't understand what was going on at that moment, when the sight of the island appeared in my mind, and I said, 'Then I will call you the dragon lady!', and she said happily, 'Good name, then I will go with you, and from this day onwards you will be my master!' ”

Huo Sheng'er shouted in disbelief, and said, "After talking for a long time, it's still a mess, I don't know why!"

Haotian was also secretly surprised in his heart, it seems that Ling'er is also a person with an extraordinary background, Yu'er has a jade ring in her hand, and she has a dark green Daiyu in her hand that absorbs thousands of miles of purple bamboo, maybe it is also a rare treasure! It seems that not only Guanyin does not know Ling'er's origin, but she herself may not know it either. Hey, if you don't come from a background, why should you bother yourself like this, and how many of the ancient gods I have met really know their origins, not to mention that I am not fully awake yet, let alone my complete life experience. As long as you are like-minded and sincere, the past and origin do not matter.

At this time, the three of them heard that Ling'er had returned to the hall with everyone, so they walked out together, and they could see that everyone was very excited, and the scenery of Luojia Mountain was indeed extraordinary.

When Ling'er saw Haotian come out, she came over and grabbed his hand and said, "I'll take you and Huo Sheng'er to see the Purple Bamboo Forest again, and my sister will go too!"

Haotian glanced at Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the Bodhisattva said: "When you come here, you should see the purple bamboo forest, let Ling'er take you there!"

To find out what's next, listen to the next breakdown. (To be continued......)