Chapter 3: Hell is not empty and cannot become a Buddha
The summer solstice, the tenth of the 24 solar terms of the year, is also known as the saying of 'summer solstice - yin'.
"It is said that winter solstice dumplings, summer solstice noodles. Today's summer solstice! After eating summer solstice noodles, one less line a day!"
Master Pei said vaguely while sucking on the noodles.
He Xingyu on the side came to the front of the winter solstice and said:
"Winter solstice, why do you call it the winter solstice, why don't you call it the summer solstice?"
Dong Zhi glanced at He Xingyu lightly and did not make a sound, while Shangguan Chen on the side glanced at He Xingyu and asked:
"Then why is it called the summer solstice and not the winter solstice?"
He Xingyu smiled:
"Because I like noodles, I don't like dumplings!"
"Don't blame your master for beating you often, people who don't have anything to say to you are really beaten! In the words of your master, you are called 'no fart, tired and bad!'"
Having said that, the four-person team of the winter solstice is extremely eye-catching in the capital of Dachu, and anyone who passes by these four people has to take a few more looks.
Without him, it's just because of this Pei Da who is still sucking and eating noodles.
In Danyang City, whether it is the small people of Shengdou or the princes and generals, they are afraid to avoid this Lord Pei. Although the people in Danyang City have heard that they have rarely walked around in Dachu since Master Pei accepted an apprentice, the shock to the people in this city is still the same.
Many people stood outside the noodle shop and watched the four of them talk to each other.
"Lao Zhang, your daughter is also ten years old this year, Master Pei, this beast is back, you have to be careful!"
"No, Lao Li, don't scare me, my daughter is only ten years old, and she is still a child. ”
"Oh, don't believe it, I heard the daughter-in-law of the old Song family in the west of the city say that she saw this old immortal pulling a girl who was only eight years old, and she had to take others to see the goldfish!"
"What a beast!"
"Well, being old and not dying is a thief! The ancients did not deceive me, and Master Pei is really the reincarnation of a beast!"
The discussion of ordinary people, no matter how small the voice, how can they hide from the four people of the winter solstice.
Dong Solstice let go of his divine sense and listened for a while, and his face also showed a wonderful expression, he couldn't imagine that the reputation of this Lord Pei was so terrifying in Danyang City!
And Master Pei on the side also showed a rare embarrassed look on his face, and hurriedly explained:
"Hehe, that's not a girl at all, it's a ghost cultivator, ordinary people naturally can't see it, hehehe. ”
Shangguan Chen on the side said with a little teasing:
"Uncle Pei, I believe your reason, even if you laugh too obscenely. ”
Pei Qi looked at Shangguan Chen's obvious disbelief, and he was also a little angry.
"We are monks, cultivating the Fa, and cultivating our own bodies, how can the old man do something that destroys his foundation. ”
He Xingyu on the side also explained:
"Senior brother really wronged my master, that girl is indeed a ghost cultivator, the reason why my master laughs so obscenely is just because that ghost cultivator is also a female ghost. Although she is a female ghost, my master still did it for her!"
Shangguan Chen squirted out a mouthful of noodle soup in his mouth, looked at Pei Qi with a shocked face, and gave a thumbs up, boasting:
"This is the legendary ghost of the sun!
Hearing this, Dong Solstice also looked at Senior Brother Chen with some tears and laughter, he really couldn't imagine that a high-ranking disciple of the Barbarian Mountain could learn the essence of Peiqi's master and apprentice in such a few days.
Danyang City, Spiritual Division.
There are not many people in the Spiritual Division, and even fewer people remain in the Division, excluding those who have important responsibilities.
But today's Spiritual Division is not as deserted as it used to be, and the outside of the Division is densely packed with heavily armored guards, and there are many more faces that were not common in the past.
"Sir, did you really find the boy?"
The man who thought he was dressed in a python robe asked an old man.
In the territory of Great Chu, the person who can wear a python robe is not the king of Chu Xiang. And the old man he asked was the old man who called Pei Qi Senior Brother Pei that day.
When the old man saw the King of Chu asking, he gave a salute and said:
"Back to the Lord, I did find the young man, and the young man is now in this Danyang City. Although Senior Brother Pei's usual behavior seems to be a little out of the ordinary, he is really reliable in doing things. ”
When the King of Chu heard Senior Brother Pei, he was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly asked:
"Master Pei is back, but Ji Lian's relics have eyebrows?"
If the voice of the King of Chu is heard by the main master, he may not know how to scream, which shows that King Xiang does respect Pei Qi very much.
"Lord, Senior Brother Pei came back once a few months ago, but he never met with the Lord. Last time, the senior brother said that Ji Lian's relics already have eyebrows, but it may take more time. ”
As soon as he heard that it would take more time, King Chu's eyes dimmed a little, so he had to ask the young man for the news:
"Since Master Pei said that it would take more time, then the widow will wait a little longer. What is the plan of the Spiritual Division about the young man who wants to be reckless? Jingyang, Mr. also knows, the killing aura is too heavy, if it is handed over to Jingyang, the widow is still a little worried. ”
The old man listened to the words of the King of Chu, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he said:
"Lord, the next thing the minister wants to talk about is this young man. This young man can't move now, let alone reckless, even if our five domains are unified again, we can't move this young man, and even the treasures of this season are most likely related to the forces behind this young man. ”
"Could it be that the mountain?"
"The lord is right, there is a difference between immortals and mortals, even if the current lord of the Great Mang Country, in front of the immortal sect of the Spirit Sect that has stretched for tens of thousands of years like that mountain, he can still only be regarded as a stronger ant. ”
After hearing this, the King of Chu was silent for a moment and said:
"The lord of the Great Mang Country is now 'overwhelmed with cold', can it be that he can only be regarded as a bigger ant?"
The old man sighed and said:
"The Lord knows that I am from the Witch Sect, so let the minister take the Witch Sect as an example. When my Wumen was strong, there were few opponents in the 'Qingning Daotian', even if it was the Great Zhou Heavenly Dynasty at the beginning, it was necessary to give my Wumen a few thin faces. But even at that time, my witch gate was no different from a dog in the eyes of that mountain. ”
After hearing this, King Chu's expression darkened a little, and he didn't say anything more. But the old man in front of him knew the aspirations of the King of Chu, and since the King of Chu was in charge, he ordered Jingyang to suppress several Lingzong Immortal Sects in the Chu Realm, in order to balance the disparity in status between the Lingshi Immortal Family and the ordinary people.
But the old man from the Wumen didn't say anything more, because he knew that even if he said it, the King of Chu might not be able to understand.
Because the King of Chu hates immortals! More precisely, the King of Chu hates the heavenly immortals!
Because I hate immortals, I want to kill immortals. But how can mortals kill immortals? Therefore, the Spiritual Division appeared, and the purpose of the creation of the Spiritual Division was to cultivate immortal queens and kill immortals with immortals.
Wumen has completely declined since the gods disappeared from the heavens, and this old man was moved by the heart of the king of Chu, and he wanted to complete the ambition of the king of Chu wholeheartedly, and the ambition of the king of Chu was completed, and his wish was realized.
But when the King of Chu and the old man of the Wumen really started to embark on the journey, they found that it was too difficult!
The first awakening, the awakening, the mountains are small.
If a sect only has a spiritual realm monk, even if it is a small spiritual realm master in the small realm of mountains, the king of Chu is not afraid.
But the state of Chu has inherited a lot of relics from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Lingzong Immortal Gate in the Chu realm has also indirectly inherited a lot of luck, and even within a few sects, there are monks in the realm of Qiongge, once the monk enters the fairyland, it really becomes tricky, and the king of Chu and the old man of Wumen have also been troubled by these fairy monks, until the old man of Wumen will find Pei Qi.
Since Pei Qi entered the Spirit Division, all the Spirit Sect Immortal Sects in the Chu Realm have bowed their heads, but all the sects with a little backbone have also been martyred for their backbone under Pei Qi's unknown means.
King Chu Xiang wanted to kill immortals, or make immortals not like immortals, or lift people to the same position as immortals.
But the young man he once wanted to find only had an 'unnecessary' connection with that mountain, and he could make the Chu State, and even the recklessness who monopolized a domain in the 'Qingning Daotian' have to scruple about three points, how can he not make King Chu Xiang depressed.
And King Chu Xiang knew that in that mountain, there were all heavenly immortals!
King Chu Xiang was silent for a long time before he spoke, and said in a gloomy manner:
"Immortals don't die, thieves don't stop. Once Zhou Tianzi wanted to let the immortal die, but Zhou Tianzi died. Now I want to, too, but I'm afraid I'm just thinking about it. ”
The old man of the Wumen showed a little unbearable in his eyes, and persuaded:
"And Senior Brother Pei. ”
King Chu Xiang's gloomy eyes once again glowed with a glimmer of brilliance, and he muttered:
"Yes! and Master Pei. ”
Just when King Chuxiang was talking secretly with the old man of Wumen, Pei Qi and Dong Zhi and their group of four were also playing in a temple in Danyang City.
He Xingyu and Shangguan Chen have been surprisingly similar in recent days, and these two have long been unaware of where to sneak away to be merry and happy, but it is the winter solstice, a person who seems to be the youngest, will be the most calm of the four, even the immortal wind and bone style Pei Da Da is also a little inferior.
Just when the winter solstice looked at the Buddha statue in front of him in a daze, Pei Qi's voice suddenly sounded behind him:
"Xiao Dongzi, do you believe this?"
Xiao Dongzi is the nickname that Pei Qi pondered, not only does the winter solstice have this honor, but Shangguan Chen and He Xingyu have not been left behind. The winter solstice didn't have an overreaction to this, but every time He Xingyu and Shangguan Chen heard Pei Qi call them, they were indescribably crooked, and after the sound of 'Xiao Chenzi' and 'Xiao Hezi' shouted out, they always felt that something was missing from their 'crotch'.
Dong Solstice didn't even look back after hearing this, but said lightly:
"Don't believe it!"
However, this sentence of unbelief is ordinary in Peiqi's opinion, after all, Peiqi was born in a witch sect, and all he asks for is the gods in the sky, but with the disappearance of the gods, Peiqi now only believes in himself.
But this sentence was not believed, but it was listened to by a little novice who seemed to be the same age as the winter solstice.
Not all people of the same age have the same experience, and apparently this little novice is just an ordinary little novice, and he is also a little novice who has not practiced at home.
"What kind of imp is talking nonsense here, but the one in front of you is Jizo Bodhisattva. ”
Dong Solstice was stunned for a moment after hearing this, it was not that Dong Solstice was deliberately angry with this little novice, but that Dong Solstice really didn't know.
And when the little novice saw that the winter solstice was pretending not to know, the anger in his heart was even more difficult to calm down, and he hurriedly scolded loudly:
"Jizo Bodhisattva once made a grand wish, 'Hell is not empty, vow not to become a Buddha, all sentient beings are exhausted, and Bodhi is proven'. How dare you pretend not to know such a bodhisattva with a flourishing incense?"
Dong Solstice looked at the angry little novice, and his heart was also a little unbearable, but he still explained:
"I don't know. ”
Pei Qi behind the winter solstice was in his heart, and he could see that although he didn't know about the winter solstice, he also had three points of playfulness in it.
And just when Xiao Shami was about to open his mouth to scold, a voice came from behind Xiao Shami:
"You have already sinned against this benefactor, so don't argue with this benefactor anymore. ”
After hearing this, the little novice regained his state of mind, and he was also in a cold sweat, and hurriedly confessed his sin, and ran to the side to confess to the Bodhisattva.
When the winter solstice saw the little novice kneeling aside, he instantly felt bored, and turned around to leave, but was stopped by the voice behind the little novice just now.
"Donor, why rush away. ”
Before he could finish speaking, an elderly monk in a robe walked out slowly.
Pei Qi on the side said happily:
"Xiao Dongzi, have you seen it, look at the style of others, next time I will appear like this. Before the person arrived, the sound came first. This is the posture of a big man. ”
After listening to Pei Qi's words, Fang just knelt to the side and confessed to the Bodhisattva's obvious body, and then withered.
Pei Qi looked at the little novice and said again:
"This little novice has committed another crime, old monk, you can't teach him well! It's better to change his course and let this little novice get mixed with me." ”
However, the old monk did not get angry, but calmly looked at the winter solstice and said:
"Little donor, Jizo Bodhisattva has great wisdom, why don't you believe it?"
Dong Solstice glanced at the old monk, and the brilliance in his eyes flowed, as if he wanted to see through this monk. But unfortunately, the winter solstice failed to see the reason. I wanted to ignore the old monk, but after pondering for a while, I still spoke:
"Where is hell, and how can it be empty?"
The old monk closed his eyes for a moment and said:
"Hell is in the heart of man, and if there are no evil thoughts in the heart, hell can be empty. ”
Dong Solstice was a little surprised, looking at the appearance of the old monk Gujing Wubo, Dong Solstice showed a rare bright smile on his face, and continued to ask:
"The Bodhisattva said, all sentient beings are exhausted, and Bodhi is proven. Yet?"
The old monk said without hesitation:
"Yes!"
Solstice asked again:
"If the bodhisattva attains Bodhi, he also needs all sentient beings to do so. Yet?"
The old monk no longer had the decisiveness to be talented, and hesitated for a moment and said:
"Yes!"
The smile on Dong Solstice's face became brighter and brighter, and he asked again:
"When the bodhisattva achieves bodhi, is it the sentient beings who have saved the bodhisattva, or the bodhisattva who has saved all sentient beings?"
The sound of the winter solstice is not loud, but it is deafening in the ears of the old monk, the old monk only feels that the spiritual platform is vibrating, since the Buddha has been in a rock-solid state of mind, there is a tendency to be dusty, and he can't help but be a little flustered, but the voice of the winter solstice came again:
"The Buddha is not greedy, why should he enjoy the incense of all living beings? The Buddha is not angry, why is there still a vajra angry eyes? The Buddha is not stupid, why can he put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the ground?"
The old monk listened to the questions one after another, as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt, and stood on the spot.
Looking at the collapse of faith in front of him, as if he had lost his soul, the winter solstice suddenly felt a little boring.
And the old monk came back to his senses after a long time, looked at the winter solstice with complicated eyes, hesitated again and again, and still asked:
"Why did you destroy my Buddha heart?"
Dong Zhi looked at the old monk in front of him, his face was completely cold, and he didn't answer the old monk's question, but turned around and left here.
And Pei Qi, who was behind the winter solstice, said cheaply:
"Hehe, it's not so much that the baby destroys your Buddha heart, it's better to say that you don't have a Buddha heart. When you hear that she doesn't believe in Bodhisattvas, you have to ask why. If the true Buddha were here, he would never have asked, 'Baby, why don't you believe me?'"
Walking out of the winter solstice, I also heard Peiqi's words.
Yes, the Buddha has wisdom, but the sons and grandchildren of the Buddha are not sure.
The Great Zhou Heavenly Dynasty once produced a saint. Moreover, this saint is only a mortal fetus in the flesh, and he has no magic power to reach the heavens, nor does he have the supernatural power to move mountains and seas. Yes, just a long shirt, an oil lamp, and a roll of green weaving.
But such a mortal is called the Holy Master.
The Holy Patriarch also left behind the Dao system, no, it is not so much the Tao system as the inheritance.
There is no doubt about the wisdom of a saint, but can the children of a saint have the same wisdom as a saint?
When the wisdom of the saints has been passed down for thousands of years, I am afraid that this wisdom will also change.
The wisdom of the Buddha is also undoubted, but can the inheritors of the Buddha have the same wisdom as the Buddha?
When the wisdom of the Buddha has been passed down for thousands of years, I am afraid that this wisdom will also change its appearance.
The winter solstice looked back at the Bodhisattva, and sighed in his heart, when this statue once walked in the world, what kind of elegance should it be!