Chapter 16 What is a Buddha?
"What is a Buddha?" Tang Yuan lowered his head and pondered, and after a moment raised his head and replied, "Buddha, Jueye!"
"A Buddha is enlightenment, a great wisdom who is enlightened and complete. Tang Yuan added.
"Master Sanzang said that the poor monk has been taught. The yellow-robed monk bowed and said.
"Great monk, you don't have to be modest, in fact, the poor monk also has questions for you. ”
"Master Sanzang, please speak. ”
"Yesterday, I saw you chasing away corpses and demons and protecting justice in the world," Tang Yuan said tentatively, "I don't know where you come from? ”
"I'm from the King Kong Temple in the Central Plains, as for the Dharma name?" the yellow-robed monk smiled bitterly, "The poor monk doesn't have a Dharma name." ”
"Monk, how can there be no Dharma name?" Tang Yuan frowned. It was the first time he had heard that a monk did not have a Dharma name, and the Dharma name was as important to a monk as the name of an ordinary person. It's a person who has a name, and the worst one has a code name, a nickname or something like that.
And the monk in front of him is not an ordinary monk at first glance, if he doesn't have a Dharma name, then Tang Yuan will never believe it.
"You don't have a Dharma name, and the poor monks don't believe it. Tang Yuan shook his head and said.
"There were. The yellow-robed monk recalled, "Later, at the Buddha Fruit Meeting in the Central Plains, he collided with the Seven True Abbots of the Kutuo Sect, was cut down, and his Dharma name was abolished. ”
"Why does this Seven Truths want to cut your cultivation and abolish your Dharma name? Just because you contradicted him? This is also too domineering!" Tang Yuan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, Cangwu County was located in the mountains and mountains, and this condition made him not know much about those great Buddhist sects in the Central Plains.
But he felt good about the yellow-robed monk in front of him, if those big sects in the Central Plains, because others contradicted them, they would overbearing abolish other people's cultivation and law names. Then in the future, after Tang Yuan expands the Leiyin Temple, he will definitely have to face those great sects of Buddhism, and there will inevitably be some friction at that time.
"It's not entirely because I contradicted him," the yellow-robed monk explained, "The Seven True Abbots are a little overbearing, but they can only abolish my cultivation, and he himself has no power to abolish the Dharma name." But the Seven Truths represent the Buddha, and he used the name of the Buddha to abolish my Dharma name. ”
"On behalf of the Buddha?!" Tang Yuan pouted, "My Leiyin Temple has been favored by the Buddha many times, so the poor monks still dare not speak of representing the Buddha." Even if he is the abbot of the Kuda Sect, he dares to say that he represents the Buddha?!"
After Tang Yuan finished speaking disdainfully, the monk did not respond, but just shook his head with a wry smile.
"By the way, why did you contradict Qizhen and be abolished by him?" Tang Yuan asked.
It was because the poor monk's understanding of the Dharma was different from his, and he blamed the poor monk for his own temper. I had an argument with him at the Buddha Fruit Meeting, and it turned out like this. ”
"What do you all mean? Tell me about it. Tang Yuan continued to ask.
"In fact, the poor monk and the abbot of the Seven Truths have the same understanding of the Dharma for the most part," the yellow-robed monk said, "but there is a disagreement on the two most important issues." ”
"The first question is, what is a Buddha, what is evil? The poor monks believe that a Buddha is a great supernatural being who can educate the people. Only those who can educate the people who have no good thoughts to kill and eat meat, who are greedy for profit and forget righteousness, into love and righteousness, and who have good intentions, can be called Buddhas. And the wicked are those who commit great treachery and evil, and they kill the people for their own selfish desires. For example, yesterday's corpse chaser.
However, the abbot of the Seven Truths thinks that the offenders have only lost themselves, and they can still be educated, and they are not great evildoers. But Master Sanzang, you have also seen it, like the corpse chaser who killed so many innocent people in order to train into a bronze corpse and an iron corpse, isn't this a great evil?!"
"Tell me the second question. Tang Yuan said lightly, but did not answer the question of the yellow-robed monk.
"The second question is how to deal with those who commit evil, such as those who are in the demonic path, the poor monks think that if those demons repent, they will be killed! But the views of the Seven Truths are completely different from those of the poor monks. ”
"Oh, what does the Seven True Abbots think?" Tang Yuan asked quietly.
"The abbot of the Seven Truths believes that to treat those who commit evil, we must learn truthfulness, compassion and forbearance just like the Buddha cut meat and fed the evil eagle. Let them repent of themselves and fall under My Buddha. ”
Speaking of this, the yellow-robed monk asked Tang Yuan respectfully, "It is not important that the poor monk's cultivation has been abolished, but if these two questions cannot be figured out, it is like pressing a boulder in his heart, which makes people's hearts uncomfortable." ”
"I heard that Master Sanzang was able to communicate with the Buddha, and he was also a rumored Buddha, so I must know the Buddha's mantra. Please ask the master to solve the poor monk's doubts!"
"Let's start with the first question. Tang Yuan replied, "The poor monk will ask you first, what is evil?"
"Evil is to do things that are contrary to the principles of heaven. ”
"Well, the poor monk has a question for you. If a man steals medicine from a pharmacy, is that man guilty?"
"Yes!" replied the yellow-robed monk in the affirmative.
"But this man stole medicine to treat his sick old lady, so is this man still evil?"
"This... No. ”
"Good. Now another man has adopted a few babies, is what this man is doing good? Can it be attributed to my Buddha?"
"It's good!" replied the yellow-robed monk, "It's still a great good thing to adopt a baby!"
"However, if this man adopts the baby with the purpose of raising them and selling them, is he still a great good?"
"This...."The yellow-robed monk was speechless.
"Alas," Tang Yuan sighed, "You can't even tell what evil is, how can you talk about how to deal with evil?!"
"Please master teach me!" the yellow-robed monk became more and more respectful, "Teach me how to distinguish between good and evil!"
"The distinction between good and evil is not only to see what people do on the surface, but also to see the purpose of doing things. More importantly, there is good and evil in human hearts, there is no absolute evil, and there is no absolute good!"
"I'll ask you again," Tang Yuan continued, "What is a Buddha?"
"The poor monk thinks that the one who has great compassion and can educate the ignorant people is the Buddha. The yellow-robed monk replied cautiously.
"You're wrong. Tang Yuan shook his head, "The Buddha has supernatural powers. But it is not a Buddha who has supernatural powers to educate people. ”
"Huh?" the yellow-robed monk raised his head, "What do you mean by that?"
"The true Buddha is stored in the hearts of people. The poor monk has said before, Buddha, Jueye. Being able to educate people is not a Buddha, but a true Buddha who can see through everything himself!"
"If you can see through all appearances, you are a Buddha! If everyone can see through, then everyone is a true Buddha!" Tang Yuan said.
"What?!" the yellow-robed monk was extremely shocked, and only after half a sound did he tremble a little, "This... Everybody can become a Buddha?
"If you feel that you are rebellious, you can leave!" Tang Yuan flicked his sleeves and said, "Don't you hear that you will put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot." 'Even the demon king who has killed people can become a Buddha on the spot, why can't a wise man who sees through all appearances become a Buddha?!"
In fact, you can't blame the yellow-robed monk for saying that Tang Yuan was rebellious, but in the thinking of this world for hundreds of years, the Buddha is a great compassionate person who is high up and has magical powers. However, Tang Yuan said that everyone can become a Buddha, which has too great an impact on people's thoughts.
"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground. The yellow-robed monk muttered, and only after half a sound did he come to his senses, and became more and more respectful to Tang Yuan, "The disciple has been taught!"
"As for how to deal with those who commit evil," Tang Yuan said lightly, "True kindness is enough, but you don't have to endure it." If the wicked want to repent, they can naturally return to my Buddha's door. But if you encounter some great evils and do not repent, you must know that the Buddha is also angry, and he must use force to suppress it!"
"Otherwise, how could the poor monk personally go to catch the corpse chaser?"
"The Buddha is also angry. The yellow-robed monk looked at the Bodhi Treasure Tree with his eyes, as if he understood something, and then suddenly knelt down on Tang Yuan's knees.
"The first seat of the poor monk King Kong Temple, willing to belong to the door of the Leiyin Temple. I just want to be an ordinary monk and listen to the Dharma of the Master!"
"The first seat of the King Kong Temple?" Tang Yuan was surprised, and said to the yellow-robed monk, "If you don't dislike it, how about being a disciple of a poor monk?"
"Please give the master the number!"
"Hmm. Tang Yuan thought for a while, "Your Dharma name is Wuzhen!"
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