Ancient India Journey Through Time - Buddha's Great Penance.
Xiaoyan finally updated, I was relieved for myself, and during the time when I didn't update, I saw netizens leave messages to complain to Xiaoyan: "Xiaoyan, you haven't updated for a long time, update it quickly." "Okay, Xiaoyan Zhensu is ashamed, she just wanted to recuperate, but she overgrew it and became lazy. So, in order to apologize, Xiaoyan decided to go back farther and go to the penance of visiting the super-heavyweight Buddha 2,600 years ago before he became a Buddha. But then again, during the time that Xiaoyan didn't appear, everyone must have felt that the roots of their ears were much clearer, and they didn't have to listen to a certain Yan's chatter, they were still very happy. Hee-hee, okay, let's get down to business.
The Buddha Shakyamuni, our great human and heavenly teacher, the Buddha manifested himself as a Buddha in our samsara world, teaching us how to practice, learn Buddhism until we become Buddhas, in fact, the Buddha from the time of giving up the status of a prince, fame and fortune to the Buddhahood, it was not easy sailing, the Buddha went through all kinds of penances and tests, and finally achieved supreme enlightenment. Today, the reporter went to that time and visited the scene of the Buddha's ascetic practice to share with you. GO~~~~
Soon I arrived in India at that time, it was the middle of the night, the surroundings were very quiet, I thought I came to the palace where the Buddha lived when he was still Prince Siddhartha, I walked aimlessly along the palace, this palace was very luxurious, very large, very exquisite, when I walked to a corner of the palace, I saw that there were several sleeping palace maids lying here, fruits, wine jugs were crooked, a mess, and the air was filled with a smell of wine. I walked along the road in the palace, after walking out of a gate, came to a place similar to a backyard, then there were two people in front of me, so I boldly approached the past to see clearly, when I approached, I saw a man wearing precious fabric clothes, tall, with black medium and long curly hair, from the back I think the front must be super handsome, I think this should be the prince, so I came to the front, look, wow, so handsome and handsome, such a solemn appearance is the prince. I saw that the prince and a servant were talking softly, and suddenly the prince quickly stepped on a white horse and galloped out, and the servant next to him also hurriedly stepped on a horse and chased after him. Since I had no means of transportation, and it all happened suddenly, I watched as the prince and his servants disappeared into the night on horseback.
The prince disappeared in the night, so I couldn't find him? Haha, of course not, I have a positioning system, hehe, I focused on the prince's location, and soon I came to the prince's side, and there was no servant with the prince at this time. But a man came to a wood, the prince was in a clearing, there was a thick layer of fallen leaves, the prince sat down, opened a small bag he carried with him, took out a gold dagger inlaid with jewels, very neatly cut off the long curly hair, the black curls scattered a drop, then the prince took out a monk's robe between coffee and earthy yellow from the baggage, and replaced the original delicate and noble prince clothes, at this time the prince is no longer graceful and luxurious, but has a more refined feeling。
I followed the prince through the woods, and because there were many weeds and branches in the woods, the prince had many wounds on his feet and hands, and there were blood marks, but the prince did not pay any attention to these and continued walking. After walking for a long time, there was a grass hut in the woods, and in the grass hut sat a disheveled man, who was meditating into meditation, I think this person should be the legendary immortal, I saw that the Buddha did not disturb after seeing the immortal who entered the meditation but continued to walk forward after respectfully merging.
In this forest, there were many ascetic masters in the world, and when the prince met one, he would carefully ask how he could be liberated and enlightened, but after hearing the answer, the prince did not look happy and always felt that the answer he wanted was far away, so the prince fell into deep contemplation again.
At this moment, the team sent by the King of Pure Rice to find the prince found the whereabouts of the prince after inquiring and searching all the way, and came to the prince, and then one of the leading ministers came forward, bowed to the prince, and pleaded: "Dear Prince Siddhartha, please give up your thoughts and follow us back to the palace, your father, King Pure Rice, because of your farewell, all day long, we have come to look for you on the order of the king, and today we have finally found you, now please follow us back." As soon as the leading minister finished speaking, the entourage knelt in front of the prince in unison and begged the prince to go back in unison.
The prince looked at everyone and said calmly: "I left the palace in order to find the truth of liberation from life and death until I become a Buddha, and now I am still far from my goal, but I have already strengthened my faith and will not change. So, please don't kneel down and ask any more, please go back to the palace and tell my father that if in the future when I can attain liberation from birth and death, I will go back to the palace and talk about the Dharma to everyone. With that, the prince closed his eyes and said no more.
Seeing that the prince was so resolute, the leading minister looked at the other minister, did not dare to say more, and was about to leave with the team, just as he was about to walk out of the woods, the leading minister suddenly selected five people in the team and decided to let these five people follow the prince to practice.
It is said that since these five people followed the prince to practice, the prince seemed to have five more little tails behind him, and he followed the prince every day, following the prince's left and right, of course, these five little tails were also infected by the prince, and they began to practice with the prince.
In this way, the prince visited the immortals and practiced at the same time, and unconsciously passed several years (in the transcendence of time and space, the speed of several years can also be reflected in a very short time), one day the prince sat down under a big tree, and after thinking for a while, the prince suddenly got up and began to stride forward until he walked out of the woods.
He followed the prince out of the woods, crossed the city, crossed the river and climbed the hills, and finally came to a strange place, where the prince's five little tails were lost and disappeared.
I followed the prince to a big river, because the weather was too hot, the prince saw the big river is a little excited, the prince drank several mouthfuls of river water, and washed his face well, the fatigue of many days was swept away, when the prince looked up and was about to leave, he saw that on the opposite side of the river was a mountain, the mountain was covered with lush trees, the prince suddenly smiled slightly, and walked towards the mountain, and soon I followed the prince into the mountain, walking along the mountain road, suddenly there was a place like a cave not far away, the prince walked quickly in the direction of the cave, came to the cave and picked up the weeds covering the outside, suddenly found that the cave from the outside of the cave entrance only more than one person high, in fact, the inside is very spacious, enough for practice, the prince showed a happy smile, so the prince himself, pulled out some weeds, the whole cave was tidied up, wow, sure enough, the finished cave immediately had a tall feeling, since then the prince has lived in this place.
At the beginning, the prince would go to the fruit trees in the mountains to pick some mountain fruits and leaves for food during the interval of meditation, but after the prince practiced for a period of time, gradually the prince stopped going to the woods every day to find mountain fruits to eat. Because something magical happened, every day at a fixed time at the entrance of the cave there will be fruits and other things to eat, as if someone has been sent over every day, which can activate the curiosity of the reporter, so I secretly hid at the entrance of the cave to think about who did it? I only saw the grass and trees outside the cave make a "shivering" sound, and I looked, haha, it was the monkeys in the mountains, who took the fruit and secretly put it at the entrance of the cave, and the little rabbit, so I asked them: " Hey, you're the one who's been bringing food to the prince for so many days, why are you sending food to the prince?"
The animals were a little surprised when they suddenly heard someone talking, so as not to frighten them, so I turned into a rich and handsome of the monkeys and appeared in front of them, and they saw me stunned at first, and then "warned" me very formally, saying: "Hey, where are you from the monkey, I have never seen you, tell you, you can't eat these fruits secretly, this is all for the prince." ”
I nodded obediently and said, "I won't steal food, but why did you come to bring food to the prince?"
One of them wanted to be the monkey boss who said to me: "This prince has an extraordinary appearance and temperament that is different from ordinary people, even those immortals who practice asceticism in the mountains cannot be compared with him, he must not be an ordinary person, we have been observing him for a long time, he practices asceticism every day, and the asceticism he practices is different from the asceticism of those immortals, so we all want to provide for him, protect him in his practice, and hope to hear what he says in the future." The monkeys and rabbits next to him nodded desperately.
Wow, it turns out that the consciousness of the animals 2,600 years ago was so high, and they would take the initiative to support the practitioners, which is really countless times stronger than some of the people who destroy and slander the Fa-rectification now!!
In this way, day after day, the prince ate less and less food, and the fruits sent by the small animals at the entrance of the cave also accumulated because the prince did not eat them, and the prince's body began to gradually become thinner, but the prince did not seem to notice the changes in his body at all, and continued to practice penance every day.
Suddenly, one day, there was a burst of fragrance in the sky, this fragrance can hardly be smelled in the world, the fragrance went directly into my body, and my body was a little fluttering, I ran out of the hole, raised my head and looked up, wow, it was actually the heavenly goddess who took the heavenly food to offer the prince, it was really fragrant, my neck attracted by the heavenly food stretched several inches, but the prince still remained motionless and continued to practice penance.
In this way, the prince practiced penance day after day, pondering the truth of liberation, and in the blink of an eye it was winter, and although India was tropical, it was still very cold in the winter in the mountains of Gaya, and the prince's clothes were still thin and single, but the prince did not care about these at all, and practiced asceticism as usual. One day, the heavenly maidens sent a monk's robe as thin as cicada wings to the prince, which would not be seen when worn on the body. At this time, the birds in the mountains were also busy preparing warm clothes for the prince, and on this day, the prince suddenly put on a leaf coat made of leaves and branches, which was made by the birds in the mountains, specially made for the ascetic prince to keep out the cold, although this dress was far less than the heavenly clothes given by the goddesses for the cold, but from the point of view, this must not be bad.
At night, there was silence outside, and the cold air in the mountain spread in the cave, and the whole cave was cold, and at this time, I heard "shivering" again The sound turned out to be the rabbits in the mountains, they came to the cave in pairs, crouched beside the prince and snuggled up to the prince's body, using their furry bodies to warm the prince, they carefully guarded, did not move, for fear of disturbing the prince's practice, the picture at this moment was really touching, my nose was sour, although they are all small animals, there are no complex human feelings, but they do what they can do, do their best to support the prince's practice, that sincerity is more true than anyone else。
In this cave, after several spring and autumn periods, the prince at this time has been completely different from the appearance when he gave up the throne that day, his body is thin, his cheeks are sunken, his eyes are sunken, his hands and feet are thin and even the green tendons are bursting out. The prince's stature is very tall, which shows the prince's skinny body, and on this day, the prince no longer practices meditation alone. Practicing asceticism, but stood up and walked out of the cave, the prince stood outside the cave, sighed deeply, shook his head gently, and walked forward without looking back, because the prince practiced asceticism, his body was very weak at this time, so the prince held on to the tree in the woods several times in the process of walking, and gasped, but after a little rest, the prince walked forward again, and walked and rested for a long time, the prince finally walked out of the woods, and the prince walked towards the river where he came, at this time, the prince's body was very tired, and when the prince walked to the river, he threw himself into the river, took a bath, and washed all the stains accumulated on his body over the years。 After the prince had washed himself, he walked towards the riverbank, and when he was almost at the shore, the prince fainted due to exhaustion. At this time, the river god in the river saw the fainted prince, so he turned into a cowherd girl who often herds cattle by the river, the cowherd girl pointed lightly at the lotus flower in the river, the lotus heart of the lotus in the river suddenly secreted milky white flower juice like milk, the cowherd girl took a whole big bowl of flower juice, came to the prince's side, the cowherd girl gently helped the prince, at this time the prince also sobered up, the cowherd girl saw that the prince was awake and presented this full bowl of lotus flower juice to the prince, the prince smiled slightly, gladly accepted, and drank a large bowl in one breath, and soon the prince recovered his strength and became full of spiritWow, it's amazing, I really want to taste the taste of that magical lotus flower juice, quack.
The prince, who had regained his strength, thanked the cowherdsman and walked towards the city of Gaya, and as he walked, the prince saw a Bodhi tree, which was very peculiarly shaped, so the prince stopped his progress, meditated under this tree, and continued the final path of enlightenment and liberation to Buddhahood.
When the prince meditated under this Bodhi tree and entered meditation, the heavenly demons in the sky seemed extremely anxious, and on this day I saw three very beautiful women, dressed in gorgeous clothes and wearing exquisite hair accessories, and they came to the prince's side enchantingly. The body to tempt the prince, one of them also danced a terrifying dance, trying to make the prince fall short, but the prince was unmoved, still sat under the linden tree, as if the three beautiful women did not exist like air, after the three exhausted all their strength, seeing that the prince was still not moved, they rose a very strong hatred, at this moment, these three beautiful women suddenly became extremely ugly, not only the appearance became ugly, even the gorgeous clothes on the body, the exquisite hair ornaments all suddenly lost their luster, became a complete bargain, they saw that they were so down, they were ashamed and annoyed to leave,These three are the witches sent by the legendary demon king to disturb the prince.,But it's always a foot tall and a foot tall.,Haha.。
After the defeat of the three witches, the demon king was naturally not reconciled, so he sent many demon armies to prevent the prince's cultivation at the most critical moment. At this time, suddenly the earth shook, and there was a terrifying roar in the sky, and the demon army fled in all directions, it turned out to be the god of the earth, and he used his divine power to make the demon army all rout and flee before the demon army had time to react. Perhaps the Demon King was hit by the double blow of these two defeats, or he knew that it was completely impossible to prevent the prince from becoming a Buddha with his strength, and after that, the Demon Army never appeared again.
The prince is under the Bodhi tree, every day there will be a celestial maiden in the sky around, playing music and dancing, and scattering fragrant flowers, the dragon king will also come here to protect the prince, one day, the clear sky suddenly rained heavily, the dense leaves of the Bodhi tree have been unable to block the rain, seeing that the rain is about to rain on the prince, the dragon king will quietly come behind the prince, with his body for the prince to resist the invasion of heavy rain.
And so, on the 49th day, the prince opened his eyes, and at this moment there happened to be a very bright star hanging in the sky, and the prince looked at this star, showing a charming smile that he had not seen for a long time, and at this moment, suddenly the gods in the sky, on the earth, in the rivers and in the mountains came together to congratulate the prince, and the prince at this time was no longer a prince, but our world-honored --- great Shakyamuni Buddha. Brahma, Shakti, and the dragon kings all made offerings to the Buddha at this moment, and the celestial maidens offered exquisite monk's robes.
In the shortest possible time, the news of the Buddha's enlightenment was known to all the gods, big and small, and everyone flocked to the Buddha to pay homage to the Buddha and unanimously asked the Buddha to turn to the Dharma and save all sentient beings.
Looking at what the Buddha went through before he became a Buddha, in my own opinion, I couldn't do it at all, and it was not something that ordinary people could do to give up the comfortable life of a prince, but the Buddha did. Visiting immortals in various places to seek a way to liberate, for me, I can't do it, even if I read a book seriously, I will be half-hearted and anticlimactic. Later, after six years of asceticism in the mountains, it is not something that we modern people can imagine and do. What I feel the most is that before I attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, the Buddha experienced all kinds of demonic disturbances, and the Buddha was able to deal with them easily, while we are often led by all kinds of demons on a daily basis, for example, when we see delicious cakes and ice cream, we want to take a bite in our hearts, or when we look at our fellow practitioners, we can't look at them well. As long as we have desires and bad thoughts in our hearts and a trace of undue doubts, then the demons will take advantage of the void and let us fall for their tricks unconsciously, so the Buddha showed us that we have become Buddhas and told us all the ways to become Buddhas, so that we don't need to go crooked and detour long distances, we really want to cultivate and cherish it!
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Note: The above dialogue is all fictional