Chapter 300: Buddhist Trivia
After Shakyamuni was welcomed back to the Western Lingshan, he naturally took over the power of Buddhism from the hands of the guide and Zhun Ti, but during his absence, many Buddhists chose to surrender to these two, except for some deep-rooted forces, Shakyamuni is now completely disadvantaged in Buddhism.
Of course, after he came back, the Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha who had been sitting in front of the stage naturally returned to the background again, and the authority of the Five Directions Rulai returned to their hands again, as for the other Buddhas, they naturally went their own way, and everything was going on in an orderly manner, at least on the surface.
After Shakyamuni's return, not long after, Maitreya Buddha, who had always belonged to the Zhun Ti Jie Yin faction, suddenly found Shakyamuni.
Although Maitreya Buddha is called a Buddha, in fact, he also holds the position of a future Buddha in Buddhism, known as the son of the Buddha, and is also a personal disciple of Zhun Ti.
It's just that Medicine Buddha was more inclined to Shakyamuni after that incident, and agreed with Shakyamuni's philosophy, but he didn't agree with his own master and uncle's philosophy very much.
In their minds, Buddhism is just a ladder to the position of saints, and even if there is no Buddhism, there will be other sects, and there is no difference.
But Shakyamuni is different, he is the son of the Buddha recognized by the Heavenly Dao, and he is the true master of the Buddha's path, and the medicine master who is dedicated to the Buddha naturally chose Shakyamuni as the person of allegiance.
Maitreya Buddha is different, he is completely loyal to the Zhun Ti and the introduction, it can be said that in the original Buddhism, it was Maitreya Buddha and the Ancient Buddha of the Burning Lamp that had the greatest influence on Shakyamuni.
It can be said that these two belonged to the same camp before this.
However, all this came to ruin after Shakyamuni chose reincarnation.
The rebirth of the two saints represents the natural succession of Buddhist authority into the hands of these two saints.
And Maitreya Buddha, who has been serving as the future Buddha, thinks that this is a great opportunity, the Buddha has long since retired from the Buddha's lamp, and now the Buddha Shakyamuni is reincarnated, and he has no choice to serve as the Buddha.
But because of this, Maitreya Buddha, who has always been determined to win the position of Buddha, was slapped in the face by the cold reality, and was slapped in the face by his most trusted master.
Under the appointment of Zhun Ti and Yin, the candidate for the position of Buddha is not him, but the ancient Buddha of the Burning Lamp who has long since retired.
He was very puzzled why his master and uncle had to make such a choice, you must know that the lamp was an outsider, and he was the personal disciple of the Zhun Ti Saint.
Why do you want to hand over such huge power to an outsider and don't want to trust him, he knows that his cultivation is indeed inferior to Burning Lamp, it is only the peak of the quasi-saint, and even the sub-saint has not touched it.
But that's not a reason why they didn't choose them, at least that's what Maitreya thought in his mind.
In this era of all saints, the saint is the most convincing figure, and it is not so difficult to put himself in the position of the Buddha, as long as he opens his mouth with the introduction, coupled with his convincing power in Buddhism, it can be said that it is completely effortless to sit in the position of the Buddha.
But Zhun Ti didn't choose him, but chose to burn the lamp, which caused a crack in his heart, and this crack grew more and more with the passage of time, and now it has become a demonic obstacle in the heart of Maitreya Buddha.
"Buddha, take the liberty to ask to see, and I hope that the Buddha will forgive me. Maitreya Buddha folded his hands, gave a Buddha salute to Shakyamuni, and spoke.
"It turned out to be Maitreya Buddha, I don't know what the Buddha came to say, but there are still things in this Buddhism that have not been handed over, after all, he broke into endless reincarnation with his own selfishness, Buddhism did leave you a huge unchanged, and now I am cheeky to do this position, I am really a little ashamed to see people. Shakyamuni looked at Maitreya Buddha and said.
For his biggest opponent in the past, Shakyamuni naturally did not dare to take it lightly, after all, he could be said to be a Buddhist figure who represented Zhun Ti with full powers, even if Zhun Ti has been born now, Maitreya Buddha's prestige in Buddhism is still not low.
"The Buddha said seriously, after all, it is for our own path, we are all cultivators, naturally we know the difficulties of the Buddha, and this matter is no wonder to the Buddha. But I have not come today because of these things. Maitreya Buddha paused at this point and continued,
"Now Shakyamuni Buddha has become a saint and is the master of Buddhism, but there are still some people in my Buddhism who are a little dissatisfied with the Buddha, most of them think that the Buddha was ashamed of his virtue back then, and the present life of the Buddha and the Buddha's introduction will inevitably have an impact on my Buddhism. Today, the poor monks came in the hope that Shakyamuni Buddha could unify Buddhism, and at the same time it was also a reminder to the Buddha, after all, the little ghosts are difficult, and I hope the Buddha will be more vigilant. ”
"I see, I haven't been there for many years, I can't imagine that Buddhism has become so smoky, how can I do what I said to cross others and ourselves, but this time I want to thank Maitreya Buddha for reminding me, otherwise I am afraid that there will be some jokes in the Ten Thousand Buddhas meeting in a few days. When Shakyamuni heard Maitreya Buddha's words, he naturally knew what Maitreya Buddha came for.
He who is familiar with the way of cause and effect traces the causes and consequences of Maitreya Buddha, and can be said to be quite emotional about Maitreya Buddha's current practice, and the reason why Zhun Ti Ti did not hand over the position of the master of Buddhism to him is naturally their own considerations, who would have thought that he would have a dislike because of this, and came to Shakyamuni to betray his master and uncle.
However, Shakyamuni did not remind him, after all, the other party had already made a move, how could he stand and be beaten.
Although he has achieved everything of the Buddha, it does not mean that the Buddha is selfless, the Buddha also has joy and anger, has his own conspiracy and calculation, the Buddha is not a high existence, he is the same as people, he lives in front of him, but some people deify it.
And Shakyamuni needed a fully integrated Buddhism, not a Buddhism that was about to fall apart, so Maitreya Buddha's approach was just what he wanted.
Since Maitreya Buddha himself sent it to the door, Sakyamuni naturally accepted it, as for the calculation between Zhun Ti and the introduction, even if it was good to come, anyway, he had already prepared how to deal with it, if he wanted to take back those Buddhist disciples who had defected to the Zhun Ti Receiving Door, this was a good declaration battle.