Elysium has no day or night, and the only time marker is the three-foot-diameter surveyor hanging above the Buddha hall. The time of the entire universe is clearly displayed on the surveyor.

On the sixth day of the first month of June, auspicious clouds are swirling in the sky above Mount Meru and the fragrance is permeated. The green grass in front of the central Buddha hall is full of people, one by one the treasures are solemn, the Buddha is overflowing, obviously the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas from all over the world. Some of them sat cross-legged, some discussed in whispers, and they were all looking forward to the start of the once-in-a-century Buddhist conference.

Ye Haotian and Lan'er didn't expect so many people to come, they just went a little late, and they found it difficult to find a location. In the large square, there is only some empty space near the Buddha hall in front.

The two of them hurriedly walked over, and when they came closer, they found that the open space was not easy to sit on, because it was reserved for the Buddhas and the high-ranking bodhisattvas to sit. Between the universe and the three worlds, there are more than 1,000 Buddhas combined, collectively known as "the three worlds and three tribulations of great merit mountain immeasurables and thousand Buddhas".

Looking at the Buddhas with golden light, Lan'er hesitated and stopped, worried in her heart, and whispered to Ye Haotian beside her: "Childe, let's change places." ”

Ye Haotian hesitated in his heart, he really didn't want to leave. Because there were too many people on the scene, if you sat too far, I am afraid that even the shadows of several great bodhisattvas would not be able to see clearly. That would be a pity.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a person standing on the edge of the clearing, beckoning lightly, and at the same time transmitting a voice very cordially: "Senior Brother Jingwu, sit here, please come here." ”

The voice was in his ears, and Ye Haotian didn't react for a while, thinking that the other party was calling someone else.

"Jingwu, who is Jingwu? Why is this name so familiar? Hey, why is that person staring at me? Wait, isn't that the Jin Qiaojue you saw in Jiuhua Pure Land? Isn't Jingwu me?"

At this moment, Ye Haotian finally remembered.

Jin Qiaojue is the high foot of the Bodhisattva of Jizo, and opens up a pure land in Jiuhua Mountain, so it is also known as "Jin Jizang". At the beginning, it was Jin Qiaojue who gave him the Buddha name "Pure Enlightenment", and at the same time gave him the Buddha chime, one of the Three Treasures of Jizo.

Ye Haotian was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said very excitedly: "Senior brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's always been good?"

Jin Qiaojue pointed to the ground and said, "Sit down and talk." Sit casually, Buddhism is all equal, and there is no distinction between high and low. To be able to become a bodhisattva in such a short period of time is really a great deal of wisdom and an unexpected achievement!"

Ye Haotian sat on the ground with his buttocks, "haha" and said with a smile: "Where, we are by chance, and we happen to have the bay leaf of the Buddhist sect, so we can have the honor to come here to have a look." I didn't expect that there were so many bodhisattvas, we were only a little late, and we couldn't find a place. ”

Jin Qiaojue slowly sat back in his place and said with a slight smile: "Yes, the world of the ten directions, the immeasurable universe, countless Buddhas, and all the great bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas have come to participate in this grand event, hoping to listen to the supreme wonderful law spoken by the Buddha. ”

Lan'er craned her neck and spun around, muttering to herself, "Manjushri, Fuxian, Guanyin, Jizo...... Where are all these great bodhisattvas? Why can't they see any of them?"

Ye Haotian's heart moved, and he immediately remembered the Bodhisattva of the Earth King who was trapped in the flames of hell, and couldn't help asking, "Senior brother, how is Master Ling? Will you come today?"

Jin Qiaojue's face showed a slightly uneasy look, and he shook his head and said: "I don't know, one of the five major doppelgangers of Shizun is trapped in the hell fire, and I don't know how many evil ghosts have been transformed in the past few years, but the evil ghosts have been endless, and even more and more. Therefore, before March, the body of the master personally went to surpass the undead, saying that he would never come back if he could not finish the evil spirit!"

Ye Haotian admired it in his heart, and felt a little regretful, and said in an extremely reverent tone at the moment: "'Hell is not empty, and you will not become a Buddha', Ling Shi's mind is admirable, but unfortunately I can't see him in person this time." The great wisdom of Manjushri Bodhisattva, the great line of Puxian Bodhisattva, the great compassion of Guanyin, and the great wish of King Jizo are widely praised in the world, and they are the four pillars of Buddhism. ”

As he spoke, the door of the Buddha hall slowly opened quietly, and the Buddha led more than ten people out.

They descended hundreds of steps of gold and silver glass, stood on the crystal jade steps that were a few feet above the ground, and looked at the people sitting below with a smile on their faces.

On the left side of the Buddha is the Medicine Buddha Liuliguang Buddha, on the right is the Nam Mu Amitabha Buddha, and behind it is the Maitreya Buddha and several world-famous great bodhisattvas.

The audience was silent, all looking at the Buddha fixedly, as if captivated by the smile on his face.

At that moment, Lan'er only felt that her heart was full of peace, and her whole body was extremely comfortable, as if she had just bathed and changed her clothes, washed away all her troubles, and all the true gods and demons did not exist.

Ye Haotian stared at the Buddha intently, and found that the smile on the Buddha's face was getting stronger and stronger, which was simply meaningful and endless, and seemed to contain the incomparably profound Buddhism that had been practiced for millions of years, giving people a feeling of encompassing the omnipotence of the universe.

Just when his heart was shocking, the voice of the Nine Pins Lotus Platform suddenly came from the bottom of his heart: "This is the first move of the Buddha's great nirvana, called 'Rulai Smile', and a smile releases hundreds of billions of bright clouds, implying the bright clouds of great perfection, the bright clouds of great compassion, and the bright clouds of great wisdom......

The more Ye Haotian listened, the more surprised he became, he didn't expect that the Buddha's seemingly simple smile would have so many words.

As soon as the words of Jiupin Lotus Tai were finished, an incomparably beautiful Buddha voice suddenly sounded on the square.

I don't know when, some of the bodhisattvas around the Buddha took out their musical instruments, and some of them made their mouths into sounds, and they played Buddhist songs one after another.

The Buddha stood still, his lips opening and closing, as if he were conducting the Buddha's music, and as if he had done nothing.

Jin Qiaojue closed his eyes and listened quietly, smiling, and seemed to be listening very comfortably.

Lan'er was overjoyed, feeling that she had never heard such a perfect tune, which was even more beautiful than the famous songs she had played. While listening attentively, she felt the ups and downs of the music, and wanted to integrate the rhythmic changes of the Buddhist music into her future performances.

Ye Haotian opened his mind and let the music be injected into his brain, trying to record all the music scores, thinking about how to write a book of "Buddha Music Spectrum" to pass on to the world. However, to his surprise, the Buddhist music was so varied and extremely subtle that it seemed to be a chorus of thousands of instruments played at the same time, and it was really difficult to remember.

Listening to such a beautiful piece but not being able to memorize the score, he was in a hurry, and he almost felt like he was scratching his ears and cheeks.

At this moment, the voice of the Jiupin Lotus Platform came again: "Master, don't bother! This is the most brilliant Buddha sound, the heart is moving, and there is no music score at all!"

Ye Haotian was annoyed in his heart, and said hatefully: "Yes music has a music score, isn't Buddha music music?"

Jiupin Liantai "hehe" said with a smile: "The performance of Buddha sound must rely on the cultivation of Buddhism, without exquisite Dharma, even if you remember the Buddha sound, you can't play Buddha rhyme." If you look at the people around the Buddha, which one of them is not a great bodhisattva with profound Dharma and boundless power? They play as they please, and they don't have any music at all. ”

Ye Haotian frowned and said, "Whether there is a music score or not, there are always some rules in it, right?"

Jiupin Liantai said: "If you talk about the law, you can only analyze it from the perspective of Buddhism. These Buddha sounds can be divided into Tanparamita, Corpse Paramita, and Tiparami...... Liberating sound, no sound leakage, wisdom sound...... The sound of the lion's roar, the sound of the thunder of the clouds, ......"

Ye Haotian was speechless when he heard this: "Could it be that you are idle and bored? Buddhist sage, what are you doing practicing these carving insect skills? Is it for self-cultivation and family name?"

Jiupin Liantai was silent for a moment and said, "It's not that they are bored, they are practicing the magic of 'Ten Thousand Buddhas and Sanskrit'. This is a trick that the Buddha comprehended from the great nirvana divine skill, and then passed it on to the bodhisattvas, so that everyone practiced hard all night. This move is extremely powerful, because it can superimpose the skills of multiple bodhisattvas, and it is a killer weapon for Buddhism to deal with super masters such as true gods. ”

Ye Haotian was surprised and delighted: "In this way, the Buddha Sect has been holding its ground, it turns out that they are practicing divine skills! Now they have finally succeeded in the drill! It's just great!"

Jiupin Liantai said worriedly: "It seems that there is still a little bit of difference, you listen, these songs are not very smooth, and there is still a gap between the transitions, it is this flaw, which is enough for the true god to fly thousands of miles and escape calmly!"

Hearing it say this, Ye Haotian hurriedly calmed down and listened carefully. Listen, and sure enough, he heard two or three tiny flaws.

Lan'er was trying to figure out the sound of the Buddha, but unfortunately it didn't take long for her to hold on. The sound of Buddha seemed to have a hypnotic effect in her ears, as if someone was preaching, so she had to give up her efforts, calm down and listen to the music, and completely immerse herself in the sound of Buddha.

When the Buddha's voice is over, the Buddha's lecture officially begins.

But seeing the bright smile on the Buddha's face, he pointed to the sky with one hand and the ground with the other, and said the first sentence: "Heaven and earth, I am the only one!"

Ye Haotian was startled, and almost wanted to run away, and said in his heart: "This, this is what the Buddha said? Oh my God, isn't it that the supreme of Buddhism suddenly became a believer in the true god? How else can he say such extremely arrogant words? Even if his magic power is boundless and his skill is the best in the world, he doesn't have to confess like this, right?"

Ye Haotian turned his head to look at Lan'er, and Lan'er just turned her head to look at him suspiciously, the two of them looked at each other with wide eyes, and there was a chilling sense of fear in their hearts.

Looking at the surrounding Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, most of them did not move, and only a few were slightly restless.

If so many Bodhisattvas who have practiced for many years have all thrown themselves into the true god overnight, Ye Haotian will not believe it when he dies. At this moment, he could only hold Lan'er's jade hand tightly, trying his best to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and looking at the Buddha with unblinking eyes.

The Buddha's smile was still so subtle, his posture was still so natural, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and his deep voice resounded in the air: "What is self-esteem? This 'me' does not refer to me Shakyamuni himself, but to every life in the world. Everyone is their own master, able to decide their own destiny! No one can lift you to heaven for no reason, and no one pushes you to hell in a fool's way. In this world of cause and effect, your practice determines your destiny. ”

Hearing this, Ye Haotian and Lan'er's hearts that hung in their throats finally let go: "Haha, it turns out that this is the case, the Buddha is not crazy, he is very sober!"

After opening such a shocking head, the Buddha's next lecture was relatively calm: "Life is like a big dye vat, which is dyeing everyone's heart all the time, and if you are not careful, you will be tempted, and evil thoughts will be born, and evil thoughts will swell and fall into the abyss of sin." 'Self-esteem' is to call on humane beings to believe that they have the surname of Buddha, and to warn sentient beings: 'There has never been a savior in heaven and on earth, and everything depends on oneself to create oneself.' ’”

Ye Haotian knew that if these issues were carefully elaborated, they would not be able to finish in three days and three nights. He was really afraid that the Buddha would be happy to talk about it, so he wouldn't have time to rush to Xianyan Valley to see the immortals walk out of the Nine Heavens Kunding!

Fortunately, the Buddha spoke relatively simply, and his position was also from the perspective of how to promote the Dharma: "Each person's six realms of reincarnation depend on their own creation. Those with a high Buddha heart can be reborn in bliss, while those with a low Buddha heart will fall into the hell of the nose. As an ordinary person, not only do you have to accept the consequences of good and evil caused by the previous calamity, but you also have to endure the choices and tests at the fork in the road. If you want to ascend to the Buddha's path, you must jump out of your own circle on the basis of abstaining from evil and self-discipline and being a proper person, think more about others, do good deeds with more kindness, pull out people with suffering, and give others happiness, so that when you accumulate the merits of the Buddha's heart, you will show your own surname and become a Buddha on the ground. Although it is a long journey that can involve several lifetimes, it is definitely a bright road full of joy and happiness. ”

Ye Haotian heard it clearly, and secretly admired it, and felt that the management method of the six realms of reincarnation should be regarded as relatively rigorous, and it should promote the overall level of human Buddhahood. But why has the number of human Buddha's minds not risen but fallen for thousands of years? What is the reason for this? Is it because Buddhism has not been popularized effectively?

Sure enough, the Buddha was quick to talk about this: "I know that all the bodhisattvas have done their best to promote the Dharma, but the results are not ideal. Why is this? Buddhism is not spreading the Dharma smoothly, who knows the reason?" After speaking, he looked around at the people sitting in the audience, waiting for someone to answer.

But the audience was silent, and no one spoke.

The Buddha pretended to laugh casually, and his deep voice echoed in the air: "This is the central topic of this conference." Everyone tries their best to talk about it, even if it's wrong. We need to brainstorm and explore the direction of development of Buddhism. ”

Hearing this, some people in the audience began to whisper to each other, but after a long time, no one stood up to answer.

Lan'er looked at Ye Haotian, turned sideways and whispered in his ear: "Childe, why don't you go and say a few words?"

Ye Haotian looked at her with a smile in her eyes, and couldn't wait to cover her cherry lips.

Because although Lan'er's voice was very low, it was still heard by many people.

The people sitting around were all Bodhisattvas and Buddhas with extremely high skills, and their ears were spiritual! No, many people turned around to look at Lan'er, and glanced at Ye Haotian with a glance, wondering where these two people were sacred.

Ye Haotian was furious when he saw it, and made a grimace at Lan'er with hatred, and at the same time passed on a divine sense: "This is not a martial arts gathering in the world, what do you say to make a name for yourself, look, it makes people laugh, isn't it?"

Lan'er blushed and lowered her head.

The Buddha waited for a while, but when he saw that everyone still refused to speak, he looked at the great bodhisattvas around him and said, "What do you think? ”

The tall Vajrapani Bodhisattva stepped forward and replied first, "Disciple speaks straightforwardly, and I am more of an admirer of force. I think that the martial arts of Buddhism are too slow to take effect, and they are not as effective as the immortal family and other sects, so most sentent beings prefer to cultivate immortals, and there are very few people who cultivate Buddhism, and the development of Buddhism is very slow. If we want to change this situation, we must create a set of Buddha skills that can produce quick results!" After speaking, he stared eagerly at the Buddha with a pair of eyes, hoping to get the other party's affirmation.

The Buddha was noncommittal, and his eyes had already been aimed at the solemn and elegant Guanyin Bodhisattva with fluttering sleeves.

A compassionate look appeared on Guanyin's amiable face, and he clasped his palms together and said, "The disciple feels that it is not that the Buddha's kung fu is slow to take effect, but that it is easy to get started, and it is difficult to go deeper. The disciple is known as a thousand hands and a thousand eyes, and the Great Compassion Divine Skill has been cultivated to the ninety-seventh layer realm, and it is still a little bit impossible to reach the extreme, but these last two layers have taken me a lot of energy, and it is still far away to this day. There are too many suffering people in the world, and our ideal is to purify all sentient beings, but the reality is very difficult, and it would be nice if we could cultivate to Mahayana as soon as possible......"

The Buddha glanced at her with pity, shook his head slightly, and then turned his eyes to Manjushri Bodhisattva: "Manjushri, your wisdom ranks first in the Buddha Sect, what do you think?"

Manjushri bowed and said, "The disciple thinks that the theory of Buddhism is not perfect enough, and many aspects are not clear enough, and there are some contradictions. If the World-Honored One can call on all the Buddhas, please write a Buddhist scripture for each of you and summarize your own experience in practice, then our Buddhist scriptures will be extremely rich, and it will be easy to spread to the world and promote the Buddha. ”

After listening to the answers of the three people, the smile on the Buddha's face unconsciously faded a little, and he said very regretfully: "What you said is not wrong, but you don't get to the point." What about Jizo? Why hasn't he come back yet? Maybe he can have some insight. ”

After speaking, he put away his smile, looked at everyone in the audience with a serious expression, and said in an extremely rich voice: "If you have any good opinions, please don't shirk it anymore." Buddhism seems to be prosperous, but in fact, it has reached the point of life and death. Promoting the Dharma is not a trivial matter, so you must not be polite!"

Hearing him say this, the people in the audience finally couldn't hold it back.

Someone stood up and said in a loud voice, "World-honored, I think the root of the problem lies in the rampant evil. As the saying goes, 'the road is one foot high, the devil is one foot high', in this kind of demonic flames, no matter how hard we try, there is no effect, only to remove the big and small demons first. ”

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted a response from many people.

Another person shouted: "The other sects are fighting to the death to eliminate the true gods, and only the Buddha Sect is not moving, is our reaction too slow? If this continues, the status of the Buddha Sect will plummet!"

At this moment, the originally silent square suddenly became lively, and the crowd was excited, and many people were gearing up and asking for battle.

The Buddha waved his hand: "Please be quiet for a while, the extermination of the true God is the second topic of the conference, and it is not too late to discuss it later! As far as the propagation of the Dharma is concerned, the rampant evil is only an external cause, and the key reason can only be found from within the Buddhist sect. That is to say, we are facing a huge change, and only change can lead to development. Let's talk about it, how should we change to make the Buddha Buddhism flourish?" After speaking, his eyes scanned the audience in turn.

Everyone looked at each other, and the scene suddenly became quiet again, and no one spoke. Many people thought to themselves, "Strange thing, Buddhism is also going to change? It's been thousands of years, and this is the first time I've heard of it." ”

Ye Haotian has been listening carefully to everyone's speeches, and at the same time thinking about the countless Buddhist scriptures he has read in the past two days, thinking about the key to solving the problem. He had some vague thoughts in his heart, but he was a little hesitant, and he didn't dare to get an axe in front of so many people.

His eyes were fixed on the Buddha, trying to see what the Buddha was going to do.

Unexpectedly, the Buddha's gaze turned around from the surroundings, and finally landed on him, and at the same time, a deep voice resounded in the air: "Emperor Haotian, what do you think?"

Suddenly, Ye Haotian was almost taken aback, turned his head to look around, and found that many people were looking at him.

Many people were surprised and discussed: "Emperor Haotian? Which one is it?" Is it just that young man?"

The person who knew explained: "The Jade Emperor's newly sealed second-grade heavenly official, I heard that it has been in the limelight recently. ”

Another humane: "It's strange, we are a Buddhist assembly, how did he, a member of the immortal family, come here?"

Ye Haotian had no choice but to stand up and hug his fists at everyone, and said loudly: "The disciple is not from a Buddhist class, and his knowledge of Buddhism is limited. Then he turned his head and answered the Buddha's question: "In my humble opinion, there may be two reasons for the ineffective propagation of the Dharma by the Buddha. ”

The Buddha sighed, and the divine light in his eyes suddenly increased a lot, and he encouraged: "Tell me about it." ”

Ye Haotian said boldly: "The first reason may be related to Buddhist scriptures. The disciple's opinion is the opposite of Manjushri's. I don't think there are too few Buddhist theories, but too many. So many scriptures are both good and bad at the same time. It is said that it is a good thing because each scripture is the crystallization of the painstaking efforts of the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas, represents a person's experience of hard work in cultivating Buddhahood, and is a precious treasure house for Buddhist research. It's bad because everyone has limited energy and it's hard to study all of them. Therefore, the opinion of the disciples is that it is necessary to vigorously strengthen the collation of Buddhist scriptures, and it is best to compress the countless scriptures into a booklet, no more than a few dozen pages at most, so that it can be easily promoted. ”

Although the Buddha did not speak, the smile on his face slowly recovered.

Some people in the audience disagreed, got up and said loudly: "Cultivating Buddha pays attention to qualifications, and you must have great wisdom to cultivate." With great wisdom, it is natural not to be afraid of many Buddhist scriptures, and without great wisdom, it will be difficult to make progress in further cultivation. ”

Ye Haotian smiled and defended: "The purpose of promoting Buddhism is not to create a few eminent monks and bodhisattvas, but to save the suffering and save the suffering, so that ordinary people can find the lost Buddha heart, so as to improve the level of the Buddha heart of the entire human race." In this way, the simpler the Buddhist scriptures, the better. ”

Manjushri on the stage applauded and said, "Okay, I agree with Emperor Haotian's point of view. Cultivating Buddhism has little to do with intelligence, as long as you have a self-motivated mind, it is enough. ”

There were also many people in the audience who agreed.

More people said, "Well, that seems to make sense, but ...... However, ......'s voice is inaudible, and it is clear that there is both approval and disagreement.

The Buddha looked at everyone quietly, and then smiled at Ye Haotian: "You go on, what is the second reason?"

Seeing that his speech had not been completely denied, Ye Haotian suddenly strengthened his confidence in his heart, and immediately raised his voice and said: "This second reason is related to the attitude of Buddhism in birth. Buddhism chooses to practice in beautiful places in the mountains, forests and wilderness, far away from the people, and strives to create a pure land of peace and tranquility without disasters and difficulties, and set an example for the people who are in turmoil, so as to attract outstanding people among the people. This kind of thinking is good, but it is easy to create a gap between the people and is not conducive to the promotion of Buddhism. ”

The repercussions of this question have been significant. As soon as the words fell, many people stood up, including Jin Dizang beside Ye Haotian.

Jin Qiaojue chanted the Buddha's name, looked at Ye Haotian and said: "Senior Brother Pure Enlightenment, you are still short when you practice Buddhism, and you may have some misunderstandings about Buddhism. The Pure Land of Buddhism must be kept away from the common people, and this is a long-standing tradition of Buddhism, and if you don't leave home, you will not be considered a monk! At the same time, this is also determined by the actual conditions, and it is difficult to cultivate a true Buddha without leaving the downtown area!

Ye Haotian looked around, and saw countless people standing around him, everyone was eager to open their mouths, and the posture seemed to judge themselves. So he looked up to the sky and said "haha", and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, masters, listen to me explain it first." The disciple had an idea called it 'Human Buddhism'. That is to say, to spread the basic principles of Buddhism to ordinary people; if the people want to become a monk, they can become a monk, and if they don't want to become a layman, they don't have to go to a temple to practice Buddhism, but they can practice it at home, so that the estrangement between Buddhism and the common people can be broken and Buddhism can be carried forward. At this point he paused to see how the crowd reacted.

Some people disagreed: "This kind of statement has been around for a long time, and it is not a new thing! I think it well, but in fact it cannot be implemented, and many so-called lay people are purely scum of Buddhism!"

More humanitarian: "It's not impossible to practice Buddhism at home, but it's obviously not as good as cultivating Buddhism at home." ”

Ye Haotian and the others were noisy and shouting for a long time before he smiled slightly: "Buddhism does not necessarily have to be cultivated to the extreme, it should be done according to one's ability, and how much can be cultivated." If you cultivate one more, you will be more blessed, and even if you can't cultivate it all, there is a great benefit. If different nationalities, different countries, and even different people handle their relations with each other according to the Dharma's concept of equality of 'mutual positions', and if joy spreads throughout the world, so that the world can be integrated into one, and the same is different in the same, and the same is sought in the differences, then the human society will become a peaceful and peaceful Pure Land of Buddhism. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped, and said in his heart: "Isn't this the world of Confucian Datong? It seems that both Buddhism and Confucianism have something in common, and maybe they can learn from each other and integrate with each other." ”

Hearing these words, most of the people present nodded their heads, but some also objected: "To cultivate the Buddha, we must work hard to cultivate to the end, so how can we cultivate as much as we want?

Jin Qiaojue next to him said in a low voice: "Senior brother, I don't agree with the view that it can be passed. However, I am very interested in the world of Buddhism that you are talking about, and it seems that 'human Buddhism' is indeed a direction worth exploring. ”

Ye Haotian didn't answer Jin Qiaojue, but looked around and said aloud to everyone: "The disciple thinks that the significance of promoting Buddhism lies in improving the overall Buddha heart of human beings, and the level of Buddha heart involves the extinction of the demon calamity. Then he told the gambling contract between Pangu and the Demon Ancestor, only to hear everyone's hearts pounding, then he stopped his speech and emphasized loudly: "In today's world, material desires are rampant, people's hearts are not ancient, and the world is saying that if we can improve the Buddha heart of ordinary people a little bit by promoting Buddhism, so that their ability to consciously resist evil thoughts is enhanced, even if they cannot achieve the Buddha body, it is a great creation." ”

After these words were spoken, no one objected.

Even Jin Qiaojue looked at him with great admiration and praised: "Senior Brother Jingwu, well spoken!"

Lan'er was so happy in her heart that she almost grabbed Ye Haotian's arm and twisted it.

The Buddha standing on the crystal steps let go of his voice and said with a smile: "Good! Good! It is worthy of being the Jade Emperor's newly crowned second-grade immortal, not only has unique insights, but also eloquence." ”

After speaking, he turned his head and whispered a few words to the people next to him, and then said to everyone in the audience: "Aren't you clamoring to eliminate the demon guard? Now let's discuss the second topic: 'How to deal with the true god?' As you all know, the thousand-year catastrophe is at hand, and the current situation is extremely grim. At this moment, the five old emperors of the Immortal Family are fighting desperately, and our Buddha Sect can no longer stand still. The million-strong army of the Buddha country must first go to the altar to worship the generals before going out on the expedition. With so many masters of the Buddhist Sect, who will be chosen to command the army?"

Everyone was silent, and they all looked at the Buddha quietly, thinking that this was a great honor.

The Buddha's eyes swept over the faces of the crowd, and he said in a loud voice: "This person must be resourceful, must have a deep understanding of the Buddha's sect, but must not be completely bound by the Dharma, must see through the world and have no obstacles in his heart, and must be familiar with the art of war and be proficient in the way of deceit! Who will this person be?"

The people in the audience looked at each other and said in their hearts: "We are all Bodhisattvas who have practiced for many years, and we didn't know how to deceive ourselves back then, but now if we study it again, it will be difficult." ”

The Buddha looked at everyone's very nervous expressions and laughed: "Heavenly Wizard, we have found this person......! He is the Immortal Buddha Sect, the young and promising Haotian Emperor!" At this point, he paused abruptly, paused for a moment before adding: "This is the result of my early discussions with more than a dozen Buddhas, including Medicine Buddha and Maitreya Buddha: as long as someone answers the question of how to promote the Dharma, they will take the stage to worship the general and make him the commander of the army of the Buddha Sect!

The audience was silent, and everyone looked at Ye Haotian in surprise.

Lan'er was frightened, she didn't expect that she encouraged Ye Haotian to be in the limelight, but it led to such an ending.

Ye Haotian shook his hands with a flushed face: "This is not good! Absolutely not! Absolutely not! The disciples are not good enough to cultivate the Dharma, and it is very reluctant to be a little arhat, and it is definitely not possible to be the commander of the army! In front of so many bodhisattvas, don't you make me make a fool of myself?"

The Buddha smiled and said: "It turns out that I think my position is low! That's easy to do, I will now call you 'Hao Brahma Guangtian Buddha', give you the 'Ten Thousand Buddhas Tin Staff', and command the eight heavenly dragons." Is that supposed to do?"

The more Ye Haotian listened, the more frightened he became, and flatly refused: "That's not going to work." The disciple's cultivation is not enough, and it is a lie to seal any Buddha. Besides, the disciple is about to travel far away and cannot return within half a year, and this commander's responsibility cannot be delayed for a day, so you should leave it to others. Before the words fell, he suddenly saw a golden tin staff slowly flying towards him, he was stunned, he wanted to get out of the way but there was no way to avoid it, the tin staff seemed to be psychic, and fell lightly in his hand.

He was stunned with a tin cane in his hand, and he was at a loss for a moment.

The people present stood up and saluted him: "Congratulations to Emperor Haotian!" "Congratulations to Hao Brahma Guangtian Buddha!"

Several great bodhisattvas beside the Buddha also descended the steps, slowly came to him, bowed down and said: "Immortals and Buddhas are one, Haotian Emperor is a second-grade immortal, and the immortal products are not below us, and they can be regarded as senior managers of the Heavenly Court! ”

Ye Haotian couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly saluted the Bodhisattvas, and then walked quickly to the Buddha, wanting to return the tin staff to the other party. He didn't want to be the commander of the Buddha army anyway.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw a golden-winged Dapeng with a length of several zhang flying in the air, hovering above the Buddha's head, and said: "Qi Shizun, countless demons and monsters have gathered outside the Tiewei Mountain, I don't know what is going on. They may have bad intentions, or they may attack the sacred mountain of Sumeru. Shall we take precautions and close all eight gates first?"

Hearing this, the Buddha and several great bodhisattvas around him opened their eyes and looked down the mountain.

The time was not long, and the Buddha asked Manjushri, "What do you think is going on?"

Manjushri replied in amazement, "There are so many people here! It seems that there are gods and ghosts, not only the gods of the sea, the god of the river, the god of the river, the god of trees, the god of the mountains, and the gods of the earth...... The god of day, the god of night, the god of food, the god of plants and trees, as well as the evil eye ghost king, the blood ghost king, the sick ghost king, and the poison ghost king...... Are all these people here to take refuge in my Buddha?"

The Buddha nodded, and smiled unhurriedly: "Fuxian, how many people do you think there are in total?"

The Bodhisattva replied, "World-honored One, there are still many people who are coming, and even if I calculate the time of ten thousand eons with the power of my great god, it is difficult to calculate clearly. ”

The Buddha nodded in approval: "Yes, don't talk about you, even with my Buddha's eyes, I can't finish it." Because these are the beings who have crossed and should be crossed, and who have not yet been enlightened and liberated since the eons of eons ago, the number of sand in the Ganges River is immeasurable. ”

Guanyin Bodhisattva sighed: "The great wish power of the Jizo King Bodhisattva is much deeper than that of several of us!"

The Buddha said meaningfully: "That's right. Manjushri, Puxian, Guanyin, the general trend is coming, even if you incarnate tens of millions of sentient beings, there is always a time when you will fulfill your merits. Only the Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth, vowing that 'hell is not empty, and vowing not to become a Buddha', after hundreds of billions of Ganges sands and countless incredible catastrophes, and people who have not survived endless suffering, this great compassion is really a rare swan song for the ages!"

Before the words fell, a deep and gentle voice suddenly came from the air: "The World Venerable has won the award, and Jizo is not self-sufficient, knowing that he can't do it, he just wants to do his best." ”

Ye Haotian followed the sound and looked, only to see a huge lotus platform slowly floating in the direction of the East Heavenly Gate, and there was a person sitting on the lotus platform, with big ears, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, wearing a golden crown on his head, wearing a robe, holding a pearl in his left hand to take pictures of the world, and holding a golden tin in his right hand to open the gate of hell.

Seeing this, the people stood up and applauded the arrival of King Jizo.

Jin Qiaojue was very excited, beckoned vigorously, and shouted loudly: "Master, you have finally arrived, congratulations on crossing all the evil ghosts in Fenglin Continent!"

The lotus platform slowly floated down in the open space in front of the square.

King Jizo put away the lotus platform and smiled at Jin Qiaojue not far away, seeing Ye Haotian and Lan'er at a glance, and also seeing the tin staff in Ye Haotian's hand, he was a little surprised: "Little donor, your Buddha fate is not shallow! You have become the marshal of the Buddha country, and it is not in vain that I will give you the Buddha chime!"

Ye Haotian hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, Bodhisattva, congratulations on the completion of your old merits!"

King Jizo smiled faintly: "It's still early to consummate, but after this catastrophe, my skill has taken another step." As he spoke, he walked to the Buddha and said, "World-honored, those people outside the Tiewei Mountain all admire my Buddha. Many people have very low Buddha hearts and cannot go up to Mount Sumeru. Can we move the lecture hall to the bottom of the mountain, so that those people can have a chance to look at the Buddhas? The beach outside Tiewei Mountain is very wide, and the air and sea can accommodate countless ghosts and gods. This can be regarded as an important measure for Buddhism to get closer to the people. ”

The Buddha laughed and said, "Dizang has observed the people's feelings, and his merits are immeasurable! Well, let's have a meeting in another place, and by the way, we will help you overcome a few evil ghosts." After saying that, he took the lead and drifted down the mountain.

The bodhisattvas also cast their own spells and moved outside Mount Meru.

Ye Haotian looked at the tin staff in his hand and shook his head with a wry smile, it seemed that he had to wait a minute.

He and Lan'er Buddha skills are weak, and even with Bayeux in hand, they can't fly freely inside the sacred mountain.

Just as the two were about to run down the mountain, they suddenly saw the kind-hearted, solemn and kind Guanyin Bodhisattva coming over, and said with a slight smile: "Let me help you." As she spoke, a golden lotus platform suddenly grew under her feet, and the lotus platform grew rapidly, turning into a few zhang in size in the wind. She sat in the middle of the lotus platform and beckoned to the two: "Come on." ”

Ye Haotian and Lan'er were very surprised to get on the lotus platform, standing on her side one on the left and one on the right.

The lotus platform slowly floated down the mountain, and Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled slightly: "'The water is full of Donglin Nunnery, the fire burns the heavenly magic stone, the iron tree blooms, and the stone fish is in the world. "Speaking of this, I also want to thank Emperor Haotian!"

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