269 Bodhisattvas of the flesh
"Didn't the king already tell the world a few days ago: no matter who it is, as long as it is to destroy the demons, can you make any request?" asked Miaoshan puzzled.
King Vinayaga said with some mischievousness: "Can you use your brains? Are you stupid if you ask me to surrender the throne or let me die? Do I have to do it? My proclamation is actually a plan to kill two birds with one stone: one can let you help me kill the demons, and the other can test whether you are rebellious!"
Miaoshan has always been a decent person, and he would expect that the king of a country would also play tricks, and said a little anxiously: "My lord, how dare I have the intention of asking you to surrender the throne or let you commit suicide? I just want you to reduce some taxes, so that the people will not suffer from displacement, and can live and work in peace and contentment." ”
Originally, Miaoshan also wanted to let King Vinayaka reduce his military service and send food for disaster relief or something. was so tricked by him, and Miaoshan didn't dare to make so many requests, lest in the end, the bamboo basket would be empty and he wouldn't ask for anything.
"Are you embarrassed to say?" King Vinayaga smiled coldly, "Let me ask you: Did you kill the demon? You just captured her alive, and didn't kill her, did you?" My proclamation is clearly written, and it is clear that it is 'killed'! Have you killed? You have not done what I said, and you dare to come and ask for a reward, are you a great crime?"
He thought that this would scare Miaoshan, but he didn't expect that his appearance would make Miaoshan calm down. Miaoshan said coldly with an expressionless face: "Is it? Since that's the case, you can have a good talk with her!"
After speaking, she raised her hand to remove the maroon wooden comb from her bun and threw it into the open space in front of her: the wooden comb that had not yet fallen to the ground emitted a puff of colorful smoke, and the smoke dissipated, and the saliva of the king of Vinayaka could not stop flowing out: "Good girl!
Suddenly, King Penayaga felt his neck tighten, as if something had choked him, and it was getting tighter and tighter. He only rolled his eyes, touched it with his hand, and squinted at it, only to realize that it was a handful of silver hair, and his face was like ashes and shouted: "You, you are the brown-haired female rakshasa ?"
"Take your life!" The comb girl did not pay attention to the king of Vinayaka, but tightened his silver hair again, causing his face to turn red, and his forehead burst with green tendons.
But even so, the king of Vinayaga did not have the slightest intention of begging for mercy, he had already rolled his eyes, and said with a sharp look at Miaoshan: "If you want to kill, you must listen to the honorable people!"
Miaoshan's face changed slightly, she never thought that a drunken man would be so backbone. Seeing Miao Shan's uncertain face, King Vinayaga thought to himself, "It seems that I guessed correctly! Little girl, dare to play with me?
As the saying goes: A king and a courtier, and the powerful ministers in the main hall are all descendants of King Vinayaga, so how can they be willing to let him have an accident? Then he said to Myoshan, "Miaoshan girl, do you want to see my kingdom of Vinayaga shed rivers of blood again?"
"What do you mean by that?" asked Miao-sun with an ugly face.
One of the powerful ministers said: "Wonderful girl, don't say: If the king of a country suddenly encounters an accident, if he does not investigate it and investigate it thoroughly, how can he stop the mouth of the people? Even if the king of this country dies, there will not be a small number of people who will be buried with him! Although you did not kill Beren, but Beren died because of you, is this the result you want? Is this your compassion?"
Accompanying burial, also known as 'burial', is a very cruel social system. Some of the martyrs were buried alive, and some were buried with them after being killed or committing suicide.
In ancient times, people believed that after a person dies, his soul will reach another world, but the tomb is the residence of the tomb owner in another world, so everything is done according to the etiquette system of 'death is like life, and death is like survival'.
After the death of many dignitaries and nobles, they would be buried by living people for their servitude after death: there were samurai slaves; some drove slaves; Some pet slaves......
There is a legend that slaves buried alive are more spiritual, so there are many times when the martyrs are buried alive. The dignitaries and nobles here are still like this, let alone the king of a country?
Miao Shan waved his hand at the comb girl in frustration, and then said to King Vinayaka, who had regained his freedom, "How can you reduce your taxes, my lord?"
"Don't say it's a tax reduction, even if you let this king reduce taxes, it's no problem!" King Vinayaga gloated and said, "As long as you are willing to marry this king, you can do whatever you want this king......!"
Three days later, the whole country of Penayaka rejoiced because the king of Penayaka not only reduced his taxes for three years, but also sent grain for disaster relief.
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, the wind and rain in the country of Vinayaka are smooth, the country is peaceful and peaceful, and the people know clearly: all of this is the credit of the Mahayana Buddhist believer Miaoshan, if she was not committed to marrying the king of Vinayaka, how could they live this good life of abundant food and clothing?
Because of his belief in the Buddha, King Vinayaka willingly protected the Dharma for the Buddha, and did not work obstacles or become disgusting; The ministers tend to be inflammatory, and they do not work obstacles, and they do not feel nauseous; The people also believe in Buddhism; Ten years later, Master Wuxin has also achieved success in cultivation and has become a well-known holy monk.
Mahayana Buddhism believes that all aggregates are empty and all sufferings are overcome. As a result, more and more believers stopped marrying and having children, which directly led to a sharp decline in the population of the kingdom of Vinayaka.
Ten years later, Master Wuxin had become a 'holy monk', and King Vinayaka had become a faithful follower of Mahayana Buddhism.
Because when it subdued the brown-haired female Rakshasa comb girl, she held a white jade bottle in her hand, which was sprinkled with water, so it was called by later generations: sprinkling Guanyin. Sprinkling Guanyin is one of the 33 phases of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
As the population of the country of Penayaga became smaller and smaller, the king of Penayaka could not help but frown: because in the long run, the human race in the territory of the country of Penayaka would have to be extinct. After several edicts to no avail, King Vinayaka decided to give lectures and teachings to solve his doubts for the rest of his life.
On the pulpit, King Vinayaka made a big exaggeration: the importance of men and women, and the Buddha also likes the things of men and women very much, and made a statue of the Buddha in the shape of men and women, calling it: Happy Buddha. Statement: The female Buddha mother represents: compassion, and the male Buddha father represents wisdom, that is: the meaning of compassion and wisdom. The two-person fruit body means emptiness.
It is easy to fool the poor and the great, and the king of Vinayaga is the one in power, and he says that the head is the way, so it is naturally recognized by the vast majority of the people. Believing that King Vinayaga was unintentional about this as a fallacy, he stood up and denounced him for being demagoguery.
Sitting on the high platform, King Vinayaga smiled coldly and said: "Wuxin Zen Master, I respect you as a high-ranking monk, but you are confusing me here, what kind of heart do you have? Wuxin, if you think: If you really give the Buddha an order, can you dare to achieve the 'Bodhisattva in the flesh' on the spot, and make a wish: I will always protect the country of Vinayaga, the country and the people, and the wind and rain will be smooth?"
The bodhisattva of the flesh is a practitioner who instructs his descendants to keep his body before his death, completely out of the desire to live a life of compassion.
84,000 methods, 84,000 sentient beings. These bodhisattvas in the flesh: in the common wish of seeking the Buddha's path and transforming sentient beings downward, they also make another wish: to stay in this physical body, to preach the Dharma with their bodies, to preach with their bodies, and to live through the dust with their bodies, which is a convenience for guiding sentient beings.
Because some people, when they see the Buddha and Bodhisattva carved in wood and clay, they can't be respectful and think it's fake, but when they see the bodhisattva in the flesh, they feel approachable and inward, and their hearts are shocked, thinking that it's real and willing to take refuge. Therefore, before passing away, some monks vow to leave their physical bodies and conform to sentient beings!
He thought of a thousand kinds of difficulties, but he never thought that King Vinayaka would do such a great job! His mouth opened a few times, but he didn't speak, and finally in the midst of the people's boos, he said with difficulty: "Didn't you also say: "Aren't you also saying: "If you dare, I will dare!"
King Vinayaka seemed to know that Wuxin would say this, he looked at the concubine beside him affectionately: the brown-haired girl Rakshasa comb girl, needless to say, the comb girl also looked at him affectionately, and the king of Vinayaka said loudly: "Okay! Back then, the Buddha could cut meat to feed the eagle and sacrifice himself to serve the tiger.
In Buddhism, a ritual is held after the death of a monk. There are several steps of sitting cylinder, sealing cylinder and opening cylinder. If the vat is opened after a few years, the monks in the vat have the same face and the flesh does not rot, they will be molded into a golden body and become a "flesh Buddha", that is, a bodhisattva in the flesh.
The process of decorating the burial is, first the bottom cylinder fire hole is plugged with a short wooden pile, a layer of dry charcoal is laid at the bottom of the cylinder, a number of lime paper bags are placed, and then the body of the deceased monk is in a prostrate sitting posture and placed inside; then the space around the body is filled with charcoal and lime bags, the upper cylinder body is closed, and the charcoal is continued to be filled until the neck; finally, the cylinder cap is covered, the yellow mud is coated with yellow mud to seal the interface, the Dharma hall is lifted, and the cylinder is placed in a dry, cool and ventilated place.
However, this is the normal way for a monk to become a bodhisattva in the flesh, and the husband and wife of King Vinayaka and the Zen master of Wuxin have not passed away at this time, so there is something more to this method.