Dedicate One’s Mind

Chapter 1222: Use things to illustrate things, use small things to see big things

As soon as the Buddhist Pure Land comes out, it is full of colors and splendors, and the Buddha's voice is lingering, soothing people's hearts.

"I didn't expect you learned a lot!" Taotie said involuntarily when he saw that the human being had resorted to this method at the last moment.

In the words, it is difficult to tell whether he is praising or ridiculing, so what if he has learned so much, he is knowledgeable but not masterful, his methods are fancy and flashy.

The chaotic divine beast squinted its eyes and after observing for a while, it recognized the origin of the method and said: "This seems to be the "Buddha Speaks of the Tusita Sutra on Contemplating the Ascension of Maitreya Bodhisattva" by Mulian Buddha. Mulian Buddha, also known as Moggallana, is One of the ten greatest disciples of Buddha, he is known as the number one in supernatural powers.

Since he was recognized, there was no need to hide it, so the inner demon body replied: "Yes!"

The Chaos Divine Beast continued: "I do know a story about Mulian Buddha. I have nothing to do at the moment, so why not tell it to relieve my fatigue!"

"Okay!" Taotie was so happy.

"This story is from the early days of Buddhism." The Chaos Divine Beast first pointed out the background of the story. When the inner demon body heard it, its eyes flickered for a while.

"According to rumors, when the Buddha lived in the world, there were many heretics who did not believe in Buddhism and achieved the five powers (namely, the power of the heavenly eyes, the heavenly ears, the heavenly feet, the power of other minds, and the power of fate). Unfortunately, they did not understand the truth. If you don’t practice the virtue of compassion, you won’t be able to escape life and death, and you will still be trapped in the six paths of reincarnation.”

"These guys with long ears just like to meddle in other people's affairs! Let them decide whether it's good or bad." Taotie muttered after hearing half of it, obviously he had suffered from this in the past.

Taotie suddenly interrupted, somewhat rudely, but the Chaos Divine Beast was not affected by it and continued: "These heretics with supernatural powers all adhere to the style of retaliating with retaliation. The Buddha always asked Maud Lian to save them!"

"One day, the Buddha ordered Maud Leya to go to a small country in the west. In this small country, everyone from the king to the people believed in a heretic. This Taoist could move mountains, cut off rivers, change bodies, and had profound magical power. The Buddha asked Maud Leya to use his power. Virtue and divine power enable them to believe in Buddhism, turn from evil to righteousness, and make changes in the past.”

"Mulian Buddha came to this small country. At that time, the heretics were being asked by the king to move a mountain peak. Mulian Buddha was entrenched on this mountain. The heretics exhausted their magic power and could not move the mountain at all."

"Just when the Taoists were helpless, Maudgalyayana Buddha took action and easily moved away from the mountain. As a result, the prestige of the heretics was greatly reduced, and everyone in the country converted to Buddhism!"

While Taotie was listening, the Chaos Divine Beast suddenly stopped talking, and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Is this the end? There is no such thing as a battle between the two."

"Yes, that's it! Mulian Buddha is known as the number one in supernatural power among Buddhists, and there are several people who are his enemies. After seeing his true appearance, he naturally bowed his head and worshiped!"

"It's boring, a waste of my time, a story made up by a bunch of long-eared bald donkeys!" Taotie looked very dissatisfied.

The Chaos Divine Beast was not angry either, because he had already anticipated this situation before he prepared to tell the story. Moreover, this story was not meant for Taotie.

The Chaos Divine Beast pointedly said: "There is no way to verify the authenticity of this story, but it is a story recorded in the Taoist Scriptures. It has been sung for a long time. Even if it is false, it has become true due to the shaping of people's hearts!"

"That's why they seem so hypocritical. No wonder there are so many traitors in their sect!" Taotie looked contemptuous. His butt determines his head. In the eyes of Buddhism, he is just a low-level beast, not even qualified to be a heretic. , how could he have a good impression of Buddhism?

Similarly, Taotie also has no good impression of the orthodox Taoist sect, that is, the Taoist sect that continues the Chan religion. On the contrary, he has some favorable impressions of the evil sect, that is, the Jie sect that advocates teaching without distinction. In fact, it is not much. He just doesn't dislike it, not that he doesn't like it. means like.

As for what Taotie said about having so many traitors in their sect, he was referring to the troubles caused by the early expansion of Mahayana Buddhism. Although many people have entered Buddhism, they actually don’t have much understanding of Buddhism. They are empty and nothing. It is false again, and many people have gone astray.

The most typical one is the split in Theravada Buddhism. Many people in Theravada Buddhism, who were originally Taoist sages, later defected and converted to Buddhism. However, this was only limited to the current situation. When the trend of Buddhism gradually subsided, they broke away and established another sect. .

In many cases, Buddhism, as described in the story, does not rely on persuasion through words, but through the oppression of force to convince others of Buddhism, and it is only a matter of time before they split.

Relying on verbal narration may take months or years, and it may not be able to explain a problem about the origin of life to an ordinary person. The wisdom of ordinary people is not profound. Instead of relying on reasoning, that is, words to win, it is more practical to use a knife. Some.

However, any orthodoxy that spreads to the heavens does not necessarily have to spread to the heavens. Even if the original belief in a small tribe wants to spread, it will often be spread through violent means such as war, relying entirely on oral transmission and heart teaching, which is difficult to convince. imagination.

After Buddhism became one of the two schools in the world, it tried to cover up or beautify this period of history by writing sutras and scriptures. However, if you look deeply, it is not difficult to find the problems. Of course, Taoism also has this problem.

Taotie was still angry about this. He felt that he had been tricked by the chaotic beast, but he couldn't get angry. He had agreed with it before, so he could only say: "Don't tell such boring stories from now on!"

Listening to the conversation between Taotie and the Chaos Divine Beast, the Inner Demon Body felt that the Chaos Divine Beast wanted to explain something, and it was definitely not just criticizing the rise of Buddhism. Faintly, the Inner Demon Body seemed to have figured out something, and desperately tried to I want to remember, but like quicksand, the harder you try to hold on, the faster it goes.

Wu Yi could only choose to think in reverse and avoid the story itself. Since the Chaos Divine Beast mentioned this story on this occasion, its original intention was to explain some of its own views and to serve the current occasion.

So, what is the connection with the story in this case?

On the field, illusions are constantly impacting the Buddhist pure land. After touching the Buddha's light, most of its majestic blood evil is eliminated like white snow meeting hot soup.

After being protected by the Pure Land of Buddhism, Qiongqi's Inner Alchemy Pearl could no longer harm Wu Yi, and its power was much weakened.

This pure land of Buddhism seemed to be filled with people like Tian Ke Qiongqi who harbored evil spirits. However, as the saying goes, if you defend for a long time, you will lose. Wu Yi couldn't defend all the time. He would eventually break the situation.

What the Chaos Divine Beast said must be related to breaking the situation. What is its true meaning?

In Wu Yi's heart, he couldn't help but recall the Forty-Six Mantras.