Chapter 408 Monkey becomes a disciple, and at the beginning of Suigu, he realizes that Buddhism is i

Chapter 408 Monkey becomes a disciple, and at the beginning of Suigu, he realizes that Buddhism is i

"Let me go! Let me go!"

The little monkey shouted:

"I don't want you to be my teacher anymore. I want to find a more powerful immortal, the most powerful one!"

Patriarch Bodhi was holding the monkey, his mouth twitched, and he felt a sense of depression in his heart.

He had just seen through everything, clearly observing everything, and finally determined that no fellow Taoist had quietly interfered.

Simply because this monkey was blinded by the [Heavenly Book]!

Patriarch Bodhi was a bit dumbfounded. Fellow Taoist Zixiao was not even involved in the journey to the West, but it caused such a huge impact and deflection that no monkey would become a disciple!

He said a little annoyed:

"You monkey, what do you think of my Fangcun Mountain? You can come and leave whenever you want?"

The little monkey scratched his neck:

"I didn't want to come here. I want to find a great immortal who can teach the heavenly book and educate countless human races!"

Bodhi's heart was depressed, and there was no trace of happiness or anger on his face. He said calmly:

"Are you talking about Xuanyuan Fusheng of Zixiao Palace?"

"Huh? Do you know him?"

The little monkey's eyes widened and he stopped making noises. He stared at Patriarch Bodhi with bright eyes.

The corners of the latter's mouth twitched and he said calmly:

"Fellow Taoist Zixiao and I have a close relationship, but how can you, a wild monkey like you, fall in the eyes of fellow Taoist Zixiao? How do I know if you are sincerely becoming my disciple?"

"Sincerity! I am sincere!" the little monkey shouted loudly. He was carried by Bodhi, hung in the air, and made a decent bow:

"Old immortal, as soon as I saw you, you looked kind and kind. You are a great and good person. Can you recommend me?"

Patriarch Bodhi frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

At present, there seems to be no problem with that Taoist friend Zixiao. He is now one of the three masters of Buddhism and has turned against Sanqing. Although he cannot be completely believed, he cannot be completely disbelieved.

That's all, that's all.

Patriarch Bodhi said calmly:

"You say you are sincere. If so, you can sweep the floor here for three years and carry water for three years. Meditate for three years and recite sutras for three years. If you do it meticulously, I will recognize your sincerity and take you there. How about meeting fellow Taoist Zixiao?"

“It will happen naturally, it will happen naturally!”

The little monkey clapped happily:

"It took thirty years to cross the sea and four years to find the way. What's the difference between these twelve years? I'll do it, I'll do it!"

Seeing this, Patriarch Bodhi's expression softened a little again. Three years of sweeping the floor, three years of fetching water, and three years of meditating are for meditation.

After nine years of quieting the mind and three more years of reading Buddhist scriptures, one can more or less develop some Buddha nature, which can also be regarded as setting a tone to prevent the monkey head from going astray.

Immediately, Bodhi threw the monkey to the ground, laughed and cursed:

"Aren't you going to sweep the floor?"

"Go now, go now!"

After three years of sweeping the floor, the monkey is full of energy, three years of carrying water, and it is still jumping around, and another three years of meditating, and the most impatient monkey is relying on the desire for practice and the desire to become a disciple [Zixiao] in these years. , persisted.

Moreover, during these nine years, its mind was at peace, and the idea of ​​becoming a disciple of Zixiao became more and more profound, gradually approaching the point of "obsession".

After reciting Buddhist scriptures for another three years and twelve years, the monkey lost some of its stubbornness and learned some etiquette. It was quite decent when walking and performing rituals.

By the end of the twelfth year,

Patriarch Bodhi stared at the little monkey:

"You have stayed with me for twelve years. Although you don't have the name of master and disciple, you are somewhat of a master and disciple. I see that your character is passable, and I feel pity for you, so I will ask you again, if you would like to Do you want me to be your teacher?"

After a pause, without waiting for the monkey to answer, he immediately said:

"Fellow Taoist Zixiao has no disciples, so I may not accept you. There are a lot of things I can teach you, such as divination of days, holding immortals and dispatching gods, carrying mountains to catch the moon, rowing rivers to form land, long-term vision, etc. If you want to learn, There is nothing that cannot be learned.”

The monkey bowed respectfully:

"Grandmaster, I have been cared for by the Patriarch for the past twelve years. I have a place to stay, clothes to wear, food to fill my stomach, and behaviors to follow the rules, but I still miss Immortal Zixiao in my heart."

Patriarch Bodhi sighed:

"Have you thought about it? If fellow Taoist Zixiao doesn't accept you, I won't want you anymore. You will have no choice but to go to the mountains and become the hozen again. Hundreds and thousands of years later, when your life is over, you will die. remove."

"Grandmaster, I've thought about it!"

The monkey nodded seriously. He spent two years in the city, one year in the mountains, and one year in the wilderness. All he saw and read were people who practiced the Book of Heaven.

From the naughty boy with a snot-soaked nose to the octogenarian, they all have amazing magical skills. The Zixiao Immortal who handed down the heavenly book and taught people must also be the most extraordinary immortal.

If you want to worship, worship the most powerful one!

I can’t bow to the most powerful one, nor can I bow to the inferior one!

This monkey has always been unruly.

Seeing this, Patriarch Bodhi closed his eyes for a long time and stopped trying to persuade him. Talking too much would be a disgrace. He just nodded lightly:

"Forget it, I will take you to meet Taoist Friend Zixiao, but you, a nameless hozen, cannot worship Friend Zixiao, so I will give you a name first, how about that?"

Granting a name can be regarded as a great cause and effect. It will be somewhat beneficial to the monkey in the future to turn to Buddhism.

"Please give me a name from the ancestor!"

"Since you are a monkey, you take Sun as your surname. You are naturally naughty. After three years of studying the scriptures, you have calmed down a bit. Your temperament is in line with [Buddha], so I will give you the name Wukong."

If you once fully understand it and escape into Buddhism, you may be able to do great things, and it is not impossible to stand side by side with me and fellow Taoist Zixiao."

In a few words, Patriarch Bodhi deliberately planted a seed of devotion to the Buddha in the monkey's heart, and said no more.

He caught Sun Wukong and waved his hand, the scene changed, the clouds and mist rolled, the heavenly path opened, a ladder of chaos fell from the thirty-sixth level of the sky, the Taoist rhyme circulated, and the Buddha's light shone!

"Let's go!"

Patriarch Bodhi glanced at the dense Buddha light on the stairs, listened to the chanting sound playing around the stairs, nodded slightly, and took Sun Wukong up the stairs of chaos, telling him to look more at the Buddha light and listen more to the Buddhist scriptures.

Walking up the stairs, Sun Wukong's little heart was beating loudly. After walking a few steps, he saw other creatures walking on the stairs.

There are majestic emperors, armored generals, and saints holding scrolls in their hands. These people are right in front of its eyes but cannot be touched. They all come from a long and wide river.

"The Zixiao Palace towers over all time. The scene you see is the scene of the creatures in the rest of time walking to the Zixiao Palace."

Patriarch Bodhi explained lightly, since Sun Wukong has decided to worship Taoist Zixiao as his teacher, then the image of Taoist Zixiao in this monkey will naturally be as majestic as possible.

When the time comes, the monkey will unconsciously move closer to the path of fellow Taoist Zixiao, and fellow Taoist Zixiao is one of the three first ancestors of Buddhism.

Great things may be half accomplished.

Sun Wukong carefully stepped on the stairs of chaos at this time, his heart was shaking, overwhelming all the palaces above time and years.

He is indeed the most powerful Immortal!

It looked at the images from other time periods seriously, and suddenly saw an old man, kowtowing step by step on the long steps of chaos, seeming to be shouting something that could not be heard clearly.

Immediately,

Sun Wukong also followed the same example, kowtowing step by step, with utmost respect and piety. The Patriarch Bodhi was astonished when he saw this.

What's wrong with this always unruly monkey?

He made some calculations, gained insight into the situation, and suddenly realized it, with a wry smile in his heart.

It is truly a coincidence that the book was not written. The monkey searched for four years on the land and saw the mystery of the Book of Heaven and the majesty of the Purple Sky.

In the twelfth year of Fangcun Mountain, the monkey's thoughts of seeking immortality and the idea of ​​worshiping Zixiao were combined together, turning them into obsessions.

It's really fate.

Patriarch Bodhi felt a sense of joy in his heart. Fortunately, Taoist friend Zixiao had entered Buddhism. If he still preferred Sanqing and Lu Xuan, he would be in big trouble!

Tsk, Sanqing, Sanqing, you can't keep evildoers like Zixiao, only the vast Buddhist sect can tolerate them!

Fellow Taoist Zixiao, I am indeed destined to the West.

While thinking, the monkey kowtowed step by step and arrived outside the gate of Zixiao Palace.

Patriarch Bodhi stepped forward and knocked on the palace door nine times in a row. A loud sound like morning bells and evening drums burst out, cleansing the mind.

Immediately, the gate of Zixiao Palace opened.

Sun Wukong took a deep breath, straightened his coarse linen clothes, and walked into it carefully.

Looking around, there are endless mysterious and strange phenomena that have never been seen in this life. There are scenes of the creation of the world, and there are also scenes of the ups and downs of worlds, slowly rotating with countless ancient calendars.

It raised its head, looked to the front, and saw a middle-aged man wearing Buddhist robes, sitting cross-legged on a lotus platform, with a big tree growing behind him.

The middle-aged man's eyes seem to be opening and closing, and the chaotic air can be seen flowing in the slits of the eyes, which is deep and boundless.

Immortal, the most powerful Immortal Zixiao! !

Sun Wukong's breathing became rapid.

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and said:

"Friend Zixiao, long time no see."

Lu Xuan slowly raised his eyes, his eyes illuminated everything, and he suddenly understood the cause and effect, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

Well, I was still thinking about how to abduct Sun Wukong quietly, but now it’s better, it’s delivered directly to my door.

Bodhi is such a good person.

He stared at Bodhi, with an extremely bright smile on his face:

"Friend Bodhi, long time no see, what is this?"

Patriarch Bodhi smiled:

"A wild hozen wanted to take a Taoist friend as his teacher. I saw that this hozen was sincere, so I brought it to the Taoist friend to see if he was interested."

Lu Xuan looked at the monkey head gently and asked calmly:

"Little monkey, do you have a name?"

The little monkey's eyes showed hope, and he bowed repeatedly:

"To the immortal, my name is Sun Wukong, Sun Wukong!"

"Good name."

Lu Xuan nodded again, and Bodhi also smiled and said:

"To practice Taoism, you must first realize it. If you realize "emptiness", you will achieve the right fruition. This hozen has a sincere heart, so it may not have the chance to achieve the right fruition, so I gave it this name."

Lu Xuan smiled calmly, his eyes were deep, Wukong, Wukong, only Buddhism pays attention to [Wukong], first enlightenment, then emptiness, escape into the emptiness gate, and become a Buddha immediately.

But Buddhism can talk about Wukong, and Taoism can also talk about it.

Immediately, he groaned, and then spoke after a while:

"Well, since he was recommended by fellow Taoist Bodhi, if I don't accept this disciple, it will be considered as my own, Sun Wukong. Are you willing to join my disciple?"

"I am willing, I am willing, I am so willing!!"

Sun Wukong kowtowed without hesitation, bang bang bang three times, and kowtowed heavily!

"Good, then I will remember your name first."

Lu Xuan smiled, exchanged greetings with Bodhi for a moment, then stood up to see off the guests.

Bodhi walked outside the Zixiao Palace, thought for a while, and said to Sun Wukong from afar:

"Your master is named [Zixiao Great Compassionate Buddha], and he is one of the first ancestors of Buddhism. Your name fits him well. Although you and I have no relationship as master and disciple, after all, I have led you for twelve years, and I only hope that In the future, you will live up to your name, Wukong!"

After he finished narrating the story calmly, he planted another seed of "going to the Buddha" and then drifted away.

The gate of Zixiao Palace suddenly closed. Sun Wukong resisted the urge to scratch his head and scratched his head, and bowed respectfully:

"Teacher, teacher!"

Lu Xuan looked sideways, stared at Sun Houhou, and said softly:

"Now that you have entered my sect, even if you only register your name, you should also know the front and back. You are the fourth in my sect, and there are two senior brothers and one senior sister above you. Do you know that?"

Sun Wukong was a little confused. Didn't he say that this great immortal had no disciples?

It didn't think much and nodded repeatedly:

"Teacher, I know, I know, I will practice hard and strive to achieve the right results and achieve enlightenment!"

Lu Xuan shook his head:

"It's bad, it's bad!"

Sun Wukong was stunned for a moment, was that bad?

What's the difference?

But Lu Xuan turned around and sat down. The ancient tree behind him, glowing with great wisdom and purity, showed its true appearance, suddenly withered and blazing with flames.

He said calmly:

"Wukong allows you to realize the emptiness and practice the principle of emptiness, but it does not allow you to escape into the emptiness gate and achieve the so-called true fruition."

A look of confusion appeared on Sun Wukong's face. He thought for a long time, scratched his head, and gave another salute:

"Please ask the teacher to clarify your doubts!"

"Do you know Buddhism?"

"I know, I know. Senior Bodhisattva asked me to read Buddhist scriptures for three years, so I naturally know that the Buddha talks about compassion and can save all the people!"

"Then do you know where Buddha came from?"

"Starting from the three first ancestors of Buddhism!"

"wrong!"

Lu Xuan flatly rejected it and said with a smile:

"Buddha arose from enlightenment."

Sun Wukong looked around blankly and asked in confusion:

"Teacher, didn't Bodhisattva say that Buddhism and Taoism are incompatible? He told me that there are many evil ways in Taoism. They only know how to take the creation of heaven and earth, but don't know how to feed heaven and earth in return. They just ask for it;

And Buddhism has many good deeds. After gaining power from heaven and earth, and achieving the right results, it is their duty to save all sentient beings, and it is their original wish to perfect heaven and earth."

Lu Xuan laughed. This Bodhi is really for Sun Wukong to become a Buddha. He has gone to great lengths to cultivate it in the monkey's mind.

Shaking his head slightly, he said calmly:

"Since you know that Buddha originated from the first ancestor, and you also know that I am one of the first ancestors of Buddhism, do you know where I started from?"

Sun Wukong's own understanding also belongs to the ranks of the extraordinary. He was slightly stunned and then hesitated:

"Teacher, could it be that you started on your own?"

"I am the Taoist Heavenly Lord." Lu Xuan nodded.

Sun Wukong was silent for a moment, as if thinking, and then raised his head after a long time:

"Wukong, Wukong, enlightenment, entering the emptiness gate, and achieving righteousness, but it is not the ultimate return. What is the return to the Tao?"

"Half right, but not quite."

Lu Xuan knocked on the monkey's head and asked gently:

"Let me ask you first, do you have a method you want to learn, a method you want to cultivate?"

Sun Wukong was extremely determined this time:

"I want to learn the teacher's method and practice the teacher's magic!"

"Okay then, come with me."

Lu Xuanshi stood up, stretched out his hand, and opened up a chaotic river of time. He led the confused monkey upstream to the earliest times and the beginning of the ancient times.

"Buddha's purpose is to save all sentient beings, to overcome their tribulations, and to teach people how to fish. The Tao is different. The Tao is to educate and transform all living beings, to help them overcome their tribulations, and to teach people how to fish!"

As Lu Xuan narrated, he took off his Buddhist robes, dispersed the Buddhist light from the back of his head, and transformed into a simple Taoist.

Sun Wukong was in a daze, teaching people to fish? Teach a man to fish?

It thought carefully and seemed to understand clearly, one is to eliminate the sorrow of all living beings, and the other is to teach all living beings how to eliminate their sorrow?

No, that doesn't seem accurate.

Just when Sun Wukong was thinking hard,

Lu Xuan said again:

"When you join my sect, I will take you to meet your three masters, tell you the sect's rules, and show you what it means to teach a man to fish."

He was too lazy to plan slowly, and planned to directly show his cards to Sun Wukong, steal his home, take him to see the real "Tao", and then take a look at the barrenness of the Buddhist land in the West, so that he would know that compared with the "Tao", the Buddha For the inferior!

After seeing the Three Pure Ones, seeing the teachings of the Taoist ancestors, and seeing the poverty and hardship in the Buddhist land in the West, I should be enlightened!

Wukong, Wukong, realize that Buddhism is all in vain.