Maitreya Buddha smiled slightly, his smile was full of deep meaning, and said with a smile: "The donor's Buddha nature is excellent, but it's a pity that he is not a person from my Buddhist sect, but he can't cross it." ”

Ye Chen's heart moved slightly, and he looked at Maitreya Buddha with some vigilance, and said, "What do you mean by this?"

"Hehe......" Maitreya Buddha smiled without saying a word, and then turned to leave.

Ye Chen wondered in his heart, can he cross or not, why can't he cross?

Ye Chen left Kaiguang Temple with doubts, then left the Buddha City and continued to travel west.

A day later, Ye Chen walked in a desolate place, where there were no people, and it was difficult to see a person.

"Donor, we meet again. At this time, a voice came, Ye Chen's heart was suddenly startled, he turned around and saw Maitreya Buddha coming towards him with the stone statue of Amitabha Buddha.

Ye Chen clasped his hands together and said, "Is Maitreya Buddha looking for me?"

"This path is open for all, why does the donor say that?" said Maitreya Buddha with a smile.

Ye Chen said: "Why can you cross but can't, please ask Maitreya Buddha to make it clear." ”

Maitreya Buddha smiled and said, "A few days ago, I heard that someone appeared with a Buddha and a demon, and he was a cultivator. ”

Ye Chen was shocked in his heart, and he became vigilant at the moment, but he said quietly: "Who is Maitreya Buddha talking about?"

Maitreya Buddha didn't answer, but laughed, looking a little free, and said, "Before answering the donor's question, let me tell you a story to the donor." ”

Ye Chen frowned, Maitreya Buddha began to glance at Ye Chen, and then spoke: "In ancient times, Amitabha Buddha appeared, purifying sentient beings with powerful Buddhism, and finally established his own inheritance in the Western Regions, and since then, the entire Western Regions has gradually been shrouded in Buddhism......"

"Amitabha Buddha's Dharma is boundless, all people believe in Amitabha, many temples have been established in various parts of the Western Regions, many Buddha statues of Amitabha Buddha have been built, and the Dharma inheritance has been incomparably prosperous in ancient times. ”

"There is a disciple of Amitabha Buddha who is gifted and intelligent, born to be related to the Buddha, and has a strong Buddha nature, and is regarded as the most proud disciple by Amitabha. However, at the end of the ancient period, the divine realm was disrupted, and there was a catastrophe in the six realms, and Amitabha Buddha wanted to do something for the sake of sentient beings and ascended to the immortal realm. ”

"After Amitabha Buddha ascended to the immortal realm, there was a huge crisis in the human world, but no invader dared to break into this pure land in the Western Regions, and the most proud disciple of Amitabha Buddha, for the comfort of all sentient beings, stayed away from the Western Regions, promoted Buddhism, and resisted foreign enemies. ”

"During the Great Destruction, he crossed many people and sent many invaders to the Western Heaven Elysium, which made countless people jealous of the Dharma. He once crossed the lake in the Nine Hidden Lakes and left a reputation for the ages, and he used to travel around to spread the Dharma to the other three realms. ”

After the end of the Great Destruction period, he returned to the Western Regions, but because of the ascension of Amitabha Buddha, he preached Buddhism outside, Shakyamuni Buddha and Bodhi Tree under the righteous path, became the new Buddha of the Western Regions, and established his own lineage, many temples began to worship Shakyamuni Buddha. ”

"Shakyamuni Buddha is believed by countless believers, and is becoming stronger and stronger, and is called the Buddha, and is worshiped by countless people in the Western Regions. However, Amitabha Buddha is still revered by people, forming two lineages, which cannot be changed, even if Shakyamuni Buddha is on the right path, it cannot change the greatness of Amitabha Buddha. ”

After the disciples of Amitabha Buddha came back, they were not angry, but devoted themselves to practicing Buddhism, continued to promote Buddhism, preached the Dharma everywhere, and gradually formed their own concept of Buddhism. ”

This is equivalent to the emergence of three lineages in the Western Regions, dividing the believers in the Western Regions into three parts, so that in the long run, the power of Shakyamuni Buddha's faith will be reduced, and there will be more opponents. ”

Since then, rumors have spread in the Western Regions that Amitabha Buddha's disciples are Buddha demons, and countless followers of Shakyamuni Buddha are filled with righteous indignation, and the entire Western Regions are shrouded in a revolution. ”

"After hundreds of years, the lineage of Amitabha's disciples has almost disappeared in the Western Regions, and he has also disappeared, and no one knows where he went. This is the origin of the Buddha and the Demon. ”

After Maitreya Buddha finished speaking, he looked at Ye Chen and said, "This disciple of Amitabha Buddha is named Bodhidharma, and he was respected by the people at that time as the Bodhidharma Patriarch, even Shakyamuni Buddha should call him so." ”

"Bodhidharma Patriarch?" After Ye Chen heard Maitreya Buddha's words, a storm broke out in his heart, it turned out that the whole thing was like this.

"Bodhidharma Patriarch once faced the wall of a cave for nine years and enlightened, if he did not go out to preach Buddhism, the current Buddha should be Bodhidharma Patriarch. Maitreya Buddha said.

It was difficult for Ye Chen to calm down in his heart, in this calm Western Regions, there was such an unknown thing.

"Maitreya Buddha, why are you telling me this?" Ye Chen said with his hands folded.

Maitreya Buddha said: "When I say this, I don't mean that Shakyamuni Buddha is, in the Western Regions, there should indeed be no variety of Dharma inheritances, so that since then, this Pure Land in the Western Regions will be divided, and when the time comes, it will become as chaotic as the Taoism of the other three regions, and if there are many factions, it is actually not a good thing." ”

"I'm just feeling that Patriarch Bodhidharma has worked hard for the Dharma, and the final result is indeed so. You have obtained the things of the Bodhidharma Patriarch, which is equivalent to being recognized by the Bodhidharma Patriarch, and you have also come to the Western Regions for this reason, right?"

Now that the words have come to this, Ye Chen no longer hides anything, and said: "Indeed, I got the reed of the Bodhidharma Patriarch in the Nine Hidden Lake, so I came, but I didn't expect that such a thing would happen. ”

Maitreya Buddha said: "Patriarch Bodhidharma still does not know where to go, I don't know whether he has ascended or hidden, for so many years, no one has seen him again." ”

Ye Chen frowned, since this is the case, why did Patriarch Bodhidharma still let him come to the Western Regions?

"However, since Patriarch Bodhidharma brought you to the Western Regions, there must be a reason. Maitreya Buddha said.

Ye Chen said: "Maitreya Buddha left the Great Lei Yin Temple, is it to preach the Dharma of Amitabha Buddha?"

"Amitabha Buddha's Dharma does not need me to preach it, because his Dharma is boundless, and it has already shone in every corner of the Western Regions, and even Shakyamuni Buddha cannot change it. Maitreya Buddha said.

Ye Chen said: "Then why did Maitreya Buddha bring the statue of Amitabha?"

"This is my personal habit, every time I see Amitabha, I feel at ease. Maitreya Buddha said.

"It is said that even if you can't see the Buddha, as long as you have the Buddha in your heart, you are also cultivating the Buddha, is it possible that you have reached the realm of Maitreya Buddha, and you haven't reached the Buddha in your heart?" Ye Chen said.

"Even if I have a Buddha in my heart, it doesn't prevent me from carrying a statue of Amitabha Buddha. Maitreya Buddha smiled and said, "Follow your heart, and you will meet Patriarch Dharma." ”

"What is Patriarch Bodhidharma like?" Ye Chen asked.

"When you see it, you will know. Maitreya Buddha smiled slightly, and then left with the statue of Amitabha Buddha.

Ye Chen stood in place, silently watching Maitreya Buddha leave, silent.

"Follow the heart......" After a long time, Ye Chen muttered to himself, he felt that his heart was moving towards the west, could it be that this was the power of the Bodhidharma Patriarch?

Ye Chen continued to move forward, and a few days later, he came to the foot of a mountain peak, and there was a leisurely sound of bells from the mountain, Ye Chen walked up the path, came to the mountainside, and saw a temple that was not very large.

There is not much incense in this temple, and it is also extremely secluded here, so to speak, there is no human population in sight, naturally there is no incense, but some mountain people in the mountains occasionally come to worship the Buddha.

"Why is a temple built in such an uninhabited mountain?" Ye Chen wondered, the same was true of Forgetkong before, guarding a dilapidated temple in the mountain, and now Ye Chen saw such a temple again.

It's just that the scale of this temple is a little larger, and it is not so dilapidated.

The temples that Ye Chen saw along the way were all in densely populated places, accepting incense from countless believers, and such temples were extremely rare, and there were only two of them combined.

Ye Chen walked to the front of the temple, there was no name at the door of the temple, and Ye Chen was shocked again, why didn't he have a name?

The door of the temple was open, Ye Chen walked in, there were monks cleaning the fallen leaves, and other monks were busy working, and the sound of chanting came from a burst of chanting, and the sound of Buddha was curling.

"Is the donor here to worship the Buddha?" At this time, a monk appeared in front of Ye Chen, asked with his hands folded.

Ye Chen saluted back: "Little Master, why doesn't this temple have a name?"

"The name is just a symbol, there is a difference between a temple and a temple, we focus on practicing Buddhism and Zen, not for some false names. The monk spoke.

Ye Chen felt that it made sense, since he was cultivating Buddha, he could cultivate Buddha anywhere, so why should he be obsessed with a name.

Ye Chen walked to the door of the hall, and there were several monks in the hall who were knocking on the wooden fish to chant sutras, however, there was no Buddha statue in the hall, which made Ye Chen feel shocked again.

"What the hell is going on?"

This is too similar to the forgotten space, it can be said that the style is exactly the same, why not worship the Buddha statue?

"Why aren't there Buddha statues in the temple?" Ye Chen asked curiously.

The monk said: "The Buddha is in his heart, whether there is a Buddha statue or not, it doesn't matter, the Buddha in the heart is more important than the external Buddha." ”

When Ye Chen heard this, he couldn't help but think about what kind of connection there was between ForgetKong and here, there were too many similarities between the two, and even the concept was the same.

"I don't worship Buddha statues...... Is it really because the Buddha is at ease in his heart?" Ye Chen muttered in his heart.

"Amitabha, donor, there is no Buddha statue here, so I can't worship the Buddha, I hope you will forgive me. At this time, the old monk who was chanting just now stopped and said to Ye Chen.

"Master, why don't you offer Buddha statues, even if the Buddha is in his heart, not everyone can do it. Ye Chen wondered.