Chapter 403: The Return (3)
He came to Hualin Garden and sat under the Longhua tree.
The trunk of the dragon tree is as vigorous as a dragon, and the flowers and leaves are luxuriant, like a huge umbrella cover.
The Buddhas accompanied Maitreya to the ashram, where he became a monk in the morning and attained the attainment of the three bodhisattvas at the beginning of the night of the same day, attaining the Buddhahood!
When Maitreya became a Buddha, the goddess scattered flowers to make offerings, the heavenly music did not drum and resonate, and the six sides of the world vibrate.
The light of the Buddha radiating from Maitreya shone on the earth, turning the night into a bright day.
At this time, the heavenly kings came down from the heavenly palace and came to Hualin Garden, bowed down to Maitreya Buddha, and urged him to speak the Dharma for all sentient beings.
Maitreya Buddha said to the heavenly kings: "I have endured great afflictions in countless eons and cultivated the six levels of ten thousand actions to attain perfection today, and I should turn the Eight Sacred Paths like all the Buddhas of the three worlds, and I should speak the Dharma for you." However, the supreme non-action of Buddhism is extinguished, it is very deep, it is difficult to believe, and it is difficult to understand. ”
As soon as Maitreya Buddha's words fell, hundreds of billions of heavenly sons and goddesses in other worlds, holding smallpox, dedicated to Maitreya Nyorai. They circled the Buddha for a thousand turns, threw their five bodies to the ground, and pleaded with their palms together: "May the World-Honored One, in order to save the suffering of sentient beings, turn into a very deep and subtle way." ”
Maitreya Shizun smiled slightly, releasing a five-colored auspicious light.
King Sui Tho was so excited that he respectfully surrounded himself with 84,000 subjects and asked Maitreya Buddha to become a monk.
Maitreya Buddha tacitly agreed.
So they fell out of their own hands, and their robes were clothed, and they became sand gates.
Maitreya Buddha then began to say the Four Noble Truths: the Truth of Suffering, the Truth of Concentration, the Truth of Extinction, and the Truth of the Path. He also gave a lecture on the 37 qualities and the 12 karma laws.
When Maitreya Buddha said the Dharma, the earth shook in six ways, and the Dharma sound spread throughout the three thousand worlds, like nectar falling from the sky, and all the flowers and trees were moistened.
Therefore, many people bow down under the seat of Maitreya Buddha and become monks and practice the Dharma.
With great compassion, Maitreya Buddha said to the people, "You are able to become a monk under my seat today because you planted good roots in the past during the Dharma era of Shakyamuni. Back then, Shakyamuni Buddha came out of the five turbid and evil worlds and spoke the Dharma for you diligently, so you had the fate to see me and get my acceptance. In the past, you read Buddhist scriptures and explained them to others. or practice all kinds of merits, give alms to monks, make offerings to the Three Jewels, and offer Buddha statues with incense flowers; or fasting, practicing compassion, and helping suffering beings; or to keep vows, endure humiliation, practice wisdom, and meditate...... In short, you will be born in our future with the merits of hearing and practicing the Dharma. ”
Maitreya Buddha paused for a moment and sincerely praised him: "Shakyamuni Buddha is very rare to be able to educate you, hundreds of billions of sentient beings, in the five turbid and evil worlds, so that you can cultivate the root of goodness and be reborn in the next place!" Shakyamuni Buddha! Shakyamuni Buddha! Shakyamuni Buddha! ”
Then Maitreya Buddha praised the crowd and said, "It is very remarkable that you were able to practice the Dharma and make all kinds of merits in that difficult and difficult era. You have not failed Shakyamuni Buddha, so he sincerely instructed me with great compassion to come and save you. ”
The great teacher Maitreya Buddha, with his vast supernatural powers, guided everyone to recall the troubles of the past, so that everyone realized that the impurity of the five desires is the root of the suffering; The laws are impermanent, and the suffering is empty......
The next day, the people of the cities and villages near the capital rushed to hear the news and gathered in the Hualin Garden, under the Longhua tree. Maitreya reiterated the Four Noble Truths and the Twelve Causes for them.
So, among them, 9.4 billion people have attained arhat fruits, and 6.4 billion people have developed bodhichitta without retreating.
After the arrival of people from afar, Maitreya Buddha convened the third Dharma Conference, and 9.2 billion people attained arhats and 3.4 billion people developed bodhicitta
After the three meetings of Maitreya Buddha finished speaking, he led his disciples into the city of the end of the wings to beg for food. When entering the city, Maitreya Buddha manifested eighteen kinds of supernatural powers: the water under his body was like a mani bead, turning into ten thousand rays of light to shine in all directions; The fire on his body shines like purple gold......
Maitreya Buddha has realized immeasurably with all kinds of divine powers, so that everyone who is destined to see it can be liberated.
Therefore, the kings of heaven took off their jewels and heavenly clothes and scattered them into the air. These heavenly clothes turned into flower covers, holding up a large umbrella for Maitreya Buddha.
At the same time, Tianle does not drum and sing, Feitianman dances and sings, flowers are like rain, and cigarettes are like clouds......
After Maitreya finished begging, he returned to Hualin Garden with his disciples, sat on his knees, and meditated deeply for seven days and seven nights.
Maitreya Buddha and his disciples looked solemn and serene, holy and kind.
When people see them, they yearn for them.
When Maitreya Buddha and his disciples had completed their meditation practice, everyone went to the mountains of the Buddha and the Great Disciples.
As they hiked to the top of Mt. Chickenfoot, the mountain roared with thunderous cheers. Maitreya Buddha slashed at the cliff with the palm of his hand, and the hard rock cracked in response-
A small figure sat cross-legged and sat there. He is the Mahakaya.
At this time, a celestial king held the heavenly incense oil in his hand, poured it on the top of the head of the Mahakal leaf, and then struck the arrow vertebra (bronze bell) beside him, blowing the mana.
Having meditated on the Mahakala for 5.67 billion years, that is, awakening from the state of extinction. He straightened his clothes, leaned on his right shoulder, knelt on his right knee, and presented Shakyamuni Buddha's robe to Maitreya with both hands.
He smiled and said slowly: "Back then, when Master Shakyamuni Buddha was on the verge of Nirvana, he gave me this Dharma robe that symbolizes the blood of the Buddha, so that I can pass it on to you, the current World-Honored One. ”
At this time, those who followed Maitreya Buddha said, "This little man is like a human head worm, short and ugly, but he is dressed in the clothes of a monk. ”
Maitreya Buddha rebuked them, saying, "Although the peacock is beautiful, it is the food of the eagle harrier's mouth; The white elephant is so powerful that it trembles with fear when it hears the roar of a lion; Although the clothes of man are clean and bright, the inside of the body is filthy. This man, though he was short, was wise enough to be enlightened, and had attained the holy throne. He was ordained under the throne of Shakyamuni Buddha, and among all his disciples, he ranked first with the head of the Buddha. He preached the Buddha's heart seal and lived in the world for the Dharma. This is Mahakalpa! ”
Maitreya Buddha put on the golden robe taught by Shakyamuni Buddha and told Mahakalpa, "You can show your supernatural powers and give speeches on all the sutras of the past Buddhas." ”
Thus, the Mahakasa leaped into his feet and made eighteen changes in the air:
For a moment, his body expanded infinitely, filling the void, and at another time it was as small as a grass seed; He walks on the ground like water, walks on the water like the ground, sits in the air and does not fall;
Sometimes, he emerges from the eastern horizon and disappears from the western horizon;
Sometimes, he flew up from the crowd until he ascended into the vast heavens......
With a wave of his right hand, he formed a glass niche in the air, in which he delivered the twelve sutras of Shakyamuni Buddha......
When the public saw this, they sighed.
Eight billion people have been left behind.
When he said the Dharma in Kasya, he attained the arhat fruit, and countless people initiated bodhichitta.
After making three turns around Maitreya Buddha in the air, and then descending from the sky, he bowed to Maitreya Buddha and said, "All things are impermanent. ”
Immediately, he said goodbye to Maitreya Buddha and retreated to the cave of Jizu Mountain, where his body automatically burst into flames and entered Nirvana......
Maitreya Buddha began to preach the Dharma all over the world and purify all sentient beings.
When he preaches the Dharma, no matter how many people there are, whether they are sitting or standing, whether they are near or far away, everyone feels that he is standing in front of him, speaking for himself alone.
The country of Maitreya Buddha is infinitely beautiful, Maitreya Buddha has lived for a very long time, a very long time, and countless sentient beings have been liberated......
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