Under the pulpit, someone was whispering: "I can't see it, this monk is young, he has read so many scriptures, and he has such extraordinary insights, he is really a rare talent in a century!"

"What a sharp-toothed little monk!"

A man dressed in Taoist clothes appeared out, only to see him snort coldly and said, "Just now, you insinuated that although my senior brother does not cut his hair, he is also a monk, but the poor Taoist came to ask you: Since Buddhism says that all beings are equal, why are there Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and Bhikshus?"

After asking, he sneered again and again, just waiting to see Jiang Liuer's ugly scene.

It turned out that this person was the junior brother of the middle-aged Taoist priest who spoke out in front of him, no wonder he asked this question, this was to save face for his senior brother.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan raised troops against the Sui under the banner of Lao Tzu, because the Lao Tzu respected by Taoism was called Li Er, and Li Yuan, Li Shimin and other Li family members were also surnamed Li, so they respected Lao Tzu as the ancestor and called themselves the descendants of Lao Tzu. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty worshiped Taoism and regarded it as the state religion. After Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, once issued the edict of "Taoist Female Crowns on Monks and Nuns", saying that "the main system of me starts from under the pillar (that is, Lao Tzu), and the Taoist female crown will be established in the future with fasting, and the title can be before the monks and nuns", thus clearly establishing the order of Taoism and Buddha, that is, Taoism ranks before Buddhism.

Over there, the Taoist's tone was arrogant and aggressive, but here, Jiang Liu'er was calm and calm.

"Buddhism talks most about cause and effect, and Buddhism talks about the equality of all beings means the equality of effect, not the equality of cause. The Buddha believed that all living beings have Buddha nature and that all living beings can become Buddhas. Bodhisattvas, arhats, bhikshus, and all sentient beings are future Buddhas, and this is equality. However, sentient beings are in their own sea of samsara, controlled by their own karma, and it is difficult to get rid of them. However, cultivators have different roots and different levels of cultivation, so they have a lot of seemingly unequal realities. ”

Even if this is the case, according to the poor path, this Buddha is still a false good, a false good. The man argued with self-pity.

"How can you see it?" Jiang Liu'er was a little unhappy in her heart, so she asked rhetorically.

On the one hand, he said that compassion is cherished, and on the other hand, he said that everyone can become a Buddha. On the other hand, it is not hypocrisy to create eighteen layers of hell to punish those who have committed mistakes?!"

"Amitabha, good and good! Tan Yue, you misunderstood, hell was not created by the Buddha. ”

"It wasn't created by the Buddha, it was created by the king of Hades? However, according to your Buddhist family, your Buddha Gate Jizo Bodhisattva is the head of the Netherworld, ruling over the eighteen layers of hell. ”

Jiang Liu'er shook her head slightly, and said patiently: "All the Dharma is born of all fate, and hell is only born naturally because of the karma of countless sentient beings, and it has nothing to do with the Buddha. ”

"Oh, didn't the Buddha claim to have great powers? How can you say that it has nothing to do with him?"

"The Buddha's supernatural powers are indeed vast, and he is able to see the world clearly, see the truth of reincarnation in the world, and know the reason why sentient beings suffer from samsara. For this reason, he pointed out to us the law of cause and effect with great wisdom and great will. All sentient beings need to do is follow his enlightenment to remove their confusion and eliminate their karma, and they will all be able to become Buddhas in the future. ”

"So, didn't the Buddha create the eighteen layers of hell to punish sentient beings?"

"Naturally not, how can I punish sentient beings for no reason if I am a Buddha, I am compassionate?"

"But I don't believe this," the man was very stubborn, "for example, if someone does something bad, there must be an official to arrest him and punish him, right? If no one takes care of it, the bad guy will never go to prison by himself." Hell is the same, if there is no god or Buddha to control it, will anyone walk in by themselves?"

"Hell is not a prison, it is what all beings feel in their hearts. Think about it, isn't the place of extreme trouble and suffering hell? When you are in pain, is it like being in hell? Who decided that you would go to hell? If you are at peace in your heart, happy, happy, and have a positive attitude, it will be like you are in the Pure Land, and who will decide that you will ascend to the Pure Land?"

"Good causes feel good results, and evil causes suffer evil results, just like flowing water downward, not who can decide, but the good and evil of people's hearts, and the pull of karma. ”

Seeing that the Dao man was silent for a while, Jiang Liu'er continued: "All the suffering in hell is felt by the karma of sentient beings. So, hell is full when there is only one person, and it is full when there are tens of millions, but for those who are pure in heart, hell does not exist at all, but for others, it is real. So, everything is in your own heart. ”

Hearing this, the Taoist man was speechless for a while, as if he had an understanding.

"Couldn't the Buddha save these beings?" someone asked.

"The reincarnation of all living beings is controlled by their own karma, and they can only save themselves. However, the Buddha will use wisdom to guide you to free yourself from your troubles and complete your self-salvation. The Buddha does not sit idly by, he is a sage of great compassion and wisdom, and he would rather suffer himself than atone for the sins of sentient beings. Jiang Liuer replied.

Seeing that some people under the altar exchanged their heads and ears, it seemed that some people did not believe this statement, Jiang Liuer said: "The Buddha once said: I don't go to hell, who goes to hell." The Buddha not only goes to hell, but also lives in hell, not only abstinently, but also always enjoys hell, not only in hell, but also in hell of majesty. ”

"Jizo Bodhisattva also made a grand wish: all sentient beings will be exhausted, and Bodhi will be proven, and hell will not be empty, and he will not become a Buddha. Jizo Bodhisattva could have become a Buddha before the immeasurable eons, but he was willing to go down to hell as a bodhisattva to spend all living beings there. ”

At the foot of the altar, someone was moved by the great wish and compassion of the Jizo Bodhisattva, and asked, "Isn't it true that the Jizo Bodhisattva will never become a Buddha?"

Jiang Liu'er smiled slightly: "This is the difference between a bodhisattva and sentient beings." Such a great heart of compassion and a great vow to do it knowing that it cannot be done. If ordinary people can do it, then just this thought is a bodhisattva. ”

"What exactly is a bodhisattva?" someone asked.

Jiang Liu'er sighed a little in his heart, this was the question he had asked Elder Fa Ming when he was a child, and now someone asked him this question.

"Bodhisattva is an abbreviated name for the Sanskrit pronunciation 'Bodhisattva'. Bodhi, the meaning of enlightenment, wisdom, and the Tao, and the meaning of Satan, sentient beings, sentient beings, and Bodhi Satana means 'all sentient beings in the Dao, sentient beings in the Dao, sentient beings in the Great Awakening, and sentient beings in the heart of the Dao'.

"Whoever has a great aspiration wants to redeem himself and all sentient beings from the sea of suffering and attain happiness, and to free himself and all sentient beings from the cycle of birth and death, so as to attain complete enlightenment. Such a person is called a bodhisattva. ”

"In this case, ordinary people can also be bodhisattvas?"

"Yes, a bodhisattva is an ordinary cultivator, and ordinary people can also be bodhisattvas. When a mortal realizes the suffering of sentient beings, sympathizes with the suffering of sentient beings, and then sets out to relieve the suffering of sentient beings, this is a bodhisattva. In this world of samsara that we live in, in addition to the immeasurable and endless sentient beings, there are also countless bodhisattvas who have come by taking their vows. ”

"Dare to ask Master Xuanzang, who are the bodhisattvas who came with a wish?" someone asked curiously.

"Hahaha......"

Jiang Liu'er was about to answer a question when a series of hearty laughter suddenly interrupted the conversation.

"The Bodhisattva who came by the wish has no one else today, isn't your Master Xuanzang the Bodhisattva who came by the wish?!"