Chapter 41: The Hungry Ghost Road of Hell

After that, Sariputta and Moggalla followed the Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha and spread the Dharma everywhere. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Sariputta always stands on the right side of Shakyamuni Buddha and Moggalla always stands on the left side of Shakyamuni Buddha.

It took half a month for the Saribuddha to take refuge in the Buddha's worldly troubles, and it only took seven days for Muggalla to attain the supernatural wisdom of an arhat.

After that, Shakyamuni Buddha received more and more disciples, and more and more disciples who practiced supernatural powers. However, Shakyamuni Buddha did not allow these disciples to use supernatural powers to deceive the people, and asked them to use the Dharma scriptures. However, Shakyamuni Buddha often praised the supernatural powers of the Moggallus, and often let the Moggallian be revealed in the teachings. Therefore, Mu Ganlian was promoted to the first place in supernatural powers.

As the first disciple, the Saribuddha not only has the demeanor of an elder in dealing with people, but also has superior wisdom and divine power, and is also recommended by the disciples as the first in wisdom.

Until Muggallia cultivates to the power of heaven and the eye, she can see the karma of everyone's sins and retribution. He suddenly remembered his dead mother, so he used his Heavenly Eye to see his mother suffering in the Hungry Ghost Dao of Hell.

I saw that my mother's throat was as small as a needle and a seam, and the skin and bones were connected, and the food would turn into coals of fire when it entered the abdomen.

When he opened his eyes again, he knew that these were all caused by his mother's sins during her lifetime. Slandering the Buddha and the Sangha, not believing in the Dharma of cause and effect, being greedy and hateful, and teasing sentient beings, this is why there will be such suffering after the death of my mother.

Despite this, she could not watch her mother suffer in hell.

But in hell he was not free to stay, so Moggallian came to Shakyamuni Buddha.

Shakyamuni Buddha said to him, "I know your intentions, and I know that your intentions have been decided. But your mother's sin is deep-rooted, and you can't overcome it alone. Although your filial piety is enough to move the heavens and the earth, your mother is in hell. If you want to transcend your mother from hell, you need to use the Dharma of the monks of the Eight Directions, and the supernatural powers of virtuous people. But all this karma will eventually work on you, do you understand the consequences?"

Mu Ganlian replied, "I am ready for Nirvana, and I will repay it by rebuilding the tenth life!"

Shakyamuni Buddha closed his eyes and said, "At the beginning of my Buddhahood, only you and Sariputta were by my side, and you two ran around to promote the Dharma. Now there are no less than 10,000 disciples under my disciples, and half of them are due to the two of you. You want to nirvana now, but I don't want to repay it, this golden cicada was originally prepared for me, and now it is given to you, after you practice for ten lifetimes, I will cross you to become a Buddha of Tan Tan merit. ”

In the golden light emitted by the golden cicada, the stone monkey felt like a world away, and his consciousness returned to his body.

Raising his eyes and looking around, he was still standing outside the stone gate of the six reincarnations. But the stone monkey clearly knew that he had gone from this side of the stone gate to that side.

Sure enough, the voice of the Venerable Muggall Lotus sounded at this time: "Stone Monkey Donor, we have passed through the six realms of reincarnation. At this moment, please relinquish control of the Nine Rank Lotus and let it fall, and we will soon be able to reach the place of hell. ”

Looking at the pitch-black surroundings, in addition to the light emitted by the stone gates of the six reincarnations, only the Nine Rank Lotus had a faint light. Even if you use supernatural powers, you can't see three zhang away.

The nine-rank lotus flower fluttered down, cutting through the surrounding black curtain and leading the direction of the stone monkey.

I have no sense of the loss of time, because in this dark environment, lonely with a faint touch of light.

When Venerable Muggallian reminded again, "Stone Monkey Donor, there is the entrance to hell ahead, please keep your mouth, eyes, ears and nose closed, and don't let the turbid qi into your body." Whatever happens after that, it's up to me to deal with it. ”

This is the second time that the stone monkey has gone to hell, but strictly speaking, it is the first.

Last time, I rode directly into hell on the divine beast of the Jizo King Bodhisattva, Di Ting, and was sheltered by Di Ting, shrouded in white mist, and I didn't feel anything along the way. Entry and exit are all picked up by Di Ting.

This time, it was he who escorted the true spirit of the Lord Muggallian into hell.

Immediately after the Nine Pins Lotus, the stone monkey stepped into the hell and felt like he had stepped into a swamp, unable to pull out his feet, and slowly sinking into it. There seem to be thousands of mouths in this swamp, constantly biting their feet. It's like grinding your skin with a file, trying to crush your feet and scatter ashes.

After entering the hell completely, the stone monkey's eyes were closed, but it was dimly visible, and its ears were blocked by mana, but it could hear sounds.

Venerable Muggallian explained, "This is my Heavenly Eye Tong and Heavenly Ear Tong at work! The Stone Monkey Benefactor can take this opportunity to comprehend these two magical powers. ”

As Venerable Muggall Lotus spoke, the nine-rank lotus flower slowly became pitch black like ink, and its whole body emitted an evil black light, attracting the stone monkey to look at it.

Venerable Moggallian sighed at this and said, "I have always been ashamed of it! After I have attained Nirvana, I will also ask the stone monkey benefactor to come to hell again and place my relics on the stamen of this nine-rank lotus, hoping to influence it to get out of hell!"

The stone monkey couldn't help but ask, "I'll just put it away and take it back with me." Where do you want to come to hell again to find it. ”

Venerable Moggallian said, "Weak water is polluted by turbidity, and there is no way to pick it up in this world. I only expect it to cultivate into a living being, get out of hell on its own, and not do bad karma. Otherwise, it will definitely endanger the Three Realms!"

The stone monkey did not believe in evil and tried to pick up the nine-rank lotus, and now it is more appropriate to say that it should be the nine-rank black lotus. But every time, the Nine Rank Black Lotus is like nothingness and cannot be touched.

The stone monkey also used the magic decision to control the Nine Rank Black Lotus, but there was no response.

At this point, the stone monkey had no way to take this nine-rank black lotus, so he didn't care about it anymore.

The stone monkey changed the subject and asked, "Don't you know the past and the future?"

Venerable Muggallian smiled and said, "If no one asked, I probably wouldn't have said it! I felt in the unknown that I was going to die at the hands of the Outer Dao, and I would be the first person to be martyred!"

The stone monkey couldn't help asking, "Could it be that the Buddha doesn't know either?"

The Venerable Moggallian replied, "The Buddha doesn't know either, but it doesn't matter what kind of death you have." The cause I planted in this life will be repaid in the next life!"

This topic seems to be a bit tragic! The stone monkey does not want to be entangled in the dead and alive.

So the stone monkey changed the subject and said, "Then how are we going to find your mother?"

His Holiness replied, "This is the path of hungry ghosts in hell, and there is a Ganges river in the path of hungry ghosts, and as long as we go downstream along the Ganges, we will naturally find my mother." All the encounters on the way, please also ask the stone monkey donor to hand it over to me to deal with, after all, these things are harmful to morality. ”

One last glance at the Nine Rank Black Lotus, the stone monkey walked in the Hell Hungry Ghost Path under the command of the Venerable Muggallian.

The Ganges, a river in the path of the hungry ghosts of hell, a river that is crystal clear, a river that radiates a little bit of silver.

There was a vicious water keeper with an iron rod in his hand, hovering over the Ganges, constantly driving away the hungry ghosts who came to drink water on the edge of the Ganges.

As soon as the stone monkey reached the edge of the Ganges, he was stopped by a group of hungry ghosts. I saw that they were talking nonsense, and they could hardly tell what they were saying.

Venerable Muggallian said to them, "Do you have something you want to ask me? Please take your time one by one, otherwise I won't be able to answer your questions at all." ”

Seeing this, the hungry ghosts stopped talking, and one of the hungry ghosts stepped forward and said, "I have seen the Venerable! You can walk in the hell as a living person without being stained with dust, you must be a wise and powerful one! Please be merciful and tell us why the water of the Ganges smells refreshing, but after drinking it, it is like hot oil, scorching our internal organs! And there is this water keeper on the Ganges who keeps beating us with an iron rod? What sins did we commit in our lifetime? We should be punished like this after we die!"

Venerable Moggallian looked at them with the eyes of heaven and replied one by one, "You were a fortune teller when you were alive, and when you were in good fortune, you often lied to confuse others for profit. You have slaughtered chickens and sheep for your life, and you have killed too many people, and you have sinned a lot. When you were alive, you were a ruler and slaughtered, and you acted recklessly, harming the people, and you should have this reward after your death. ......”

After these hungry ghosts had all been answered and left, the stone monkey couldn't help but ask Venerable Muggallian, "Could it be that these evil ghosts in the Hungry Ghost Path still want to eat and drink? Aren't they already ghosts?"

His Holiness said, "Although they are already ghosts, because of their sins in life, they have been beaten into this hungry ghost path after death, and hunger will always accompany them, driving them to drink the water of the Ganges River to satisfy their hunger. ”

Hearing this, the stone monkey couldn't help but look at the hungry ghosts who kept rushing to the Ganges to drink water, although they were constantly beaten with iron rods by the water guards, and drinking water was like drinking hot oil, but they still flocked to it.

The stone monkey couldn't help but say, "Do they want to suffer like this in this hell for eternity and eternity?"

Venerable Muggallian sighed and said, "Even the gods and Buddhas in hell will sink, how can they leave! It's just a pity that the living beings in this world now do boundless karma for enjoyment, and there are not many people who fall into hell after death! Although the Four Divine Continents are large, they are almost thousands of miles uninhabited. In the future, there may be no living creatures for thousands of miles, thousands of miles. They are all in hell. ”

Speaking of this, Venerable Moggallian's tone changed, and he pleaded to the stone monkey: "It is because of this that I, the King of the Earth, the Bodhisattva, have sunk into the hell and made a grand wish: Hell will not be empty and will not become a Buddha! In the future, I will ask the stone monkey benefactor to help him, and for the sake of the ghosts who are suffering in this hell! Let them all get out of the sea of suffering in this life!"

The stone monkey was made a little laughing and crying by the back and forth requests! Can you say what you want to do yourself? I didn't say that I wouldn't do it! Why do I have to wait until I see the Buddha.

The stone monkey hurriedly nodded in agreement, lest Venerable Muggallian say something more requesting. After all, when he becomes a Tang monk after his tenth practice, he will become his own master, so as not to wear small shoes for himself when he can.

Along the Ganges River downstream, there would be hungry ghosts coming from time to time to ask questions, and these questions were answered by the Venerable Moggallian one by one, and the stone monkey just listened to the excitement and made an interesting anecdote.

After recapturing from the group of hungry ghosts, the stone monkey saw a withered old woman lying on the edge of the Ganges River in front of him, and saw that she had only skin and bones left, and a tattered linen robe covering her body.

Seeing this old woman, the stone monkey clearly felt a fluctuation in the emotions of Venerable Muggallian, and knew that this old woman was Venerable Muggallian's mother.

After coming to the old woman, the stone monkey picked her up at the request of the Venerable Moggalla and prepared to leave the hell.

At this moment, I saw six palaces floating above the hell, and the ghosts of the Megatron Hell were prostrate on the ground and did not dare to raise their heads.

The stone monkey looked up and saw that these six palaces were: the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace,

The stone monkey muttered to himself puzzled, "What is the origin of these six heavenly palaces, and why do they appear here?"

Venerable Muggallian replied, "This is the Six Heavenly Palaces of Xudu! If we want to take my mother from hell, we must go through them and get permission from the Emperor of the Northern Yin Dynasty!"

It turns out that this is the Six Heavenly Palaces of Xudu! No wonder I didn't see them in the city of Xudu last time, it turned out that they were in hell.

But hadn't Venerable Muganlian already gone to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall to intercede with the Jade Emperor before? Why did the Six Heavenly Palaces come out of the capital now?

Venerable Muganlian continued, "The Six Heavenly Palaces of Xudu are under the direct jurisdiction of the Northern Yin Emperor and are not subject to the Jade Emperor's constraints. This time, I also want to make a case to the Emperor of the Northern Yin Dynasty, hoping that the Emperor of the Northern Yin Emperor will allow my mother to leave the Hell......!

Hearing this, the stone monkey couldn't help but interrupt Venerable Muganlian's words and said, "I have seen the Great Emperor of the Northern Yin Xudu! The Great Emperor of the Northern Yin Xudu is still very talkative. This time, I'll intercede first, and if it doesn't work, you'll go again. ”

"The stone monkey donor has seen the Emperor of the Northern Yin Xudu!", Venerable Muganlian couldn't help but be surprised: "Among the three realms, there are only a handful of gods and Buddhas who have seen the Emperor of the Northern Yin Xudu, but I didn't expect the stone monkey donor to have such an opportunity!

The stone monkey didn't answer Venerable Gandlian's words, and got up and flew towards the Six Heavens Palace of Xudu.

Standing in front of the Six Heavens Palace, a voice suddenly sounded: "It turned out to be a stone monkey Taoist friend! I wonder why you have to force yourself into hell since you have a ghost head gold medal?

When the stone monkey heard this voice, he knew that it was the Emperor of the Northern Yin Dynasty who was talking to him, and he saluted respectfully: "The stone monkey has seen the Emperor of the Northern Yin Dynasty! Please forgive the Emperor of the Northern Yin Dynasty! Actually, I don't know that this ghost head gold medal has such a role in entering hell? I just thought that I could only use it by going through the ghost gate!"

Hearing this answer, and thinking of the ridiculous questions that the stone monkey had asked before, the Emperor of the Northern Yin Emperor couldn't help but be speechless for a while, not knowing how to correspond.

If it were anyone else, the Emperor of the Northern Yin Emperor would be far from believing this answer. But for the monkey in front of him, anything is possible.

The Great Emperor of the Northern Yin Emperor decided not to discuss this issue anymore, and continued to ask a different question: "Why did the Stone Monkey Daoist carry this hungry ghost out of hell?"