"That's all..."
The Tathagata, sitting on the golden lotus with a fat head and big ears, and a circle of Buddha's light behind his head, said lightly: "In the West, kneeling is just for respect, not for the law, Ananda Kassapa, Don't force it."
"Yes, Buddha." The two attendants turned to look at Tathagata at the same time, clasping their hands together, bowing and singing.
However, Qin Yao felt disgusted in his heart.
He didn't know if it was due to preconceptions. Due to Tathagata's outrageous operation in the original work, he put on colored glasses towards him.
But what Tathagata said did not have the flavor of a compassionate or honest elder at all.
What does kneeling mean to be respectful?
Translation: I don’t respect this Buddhist World Honored One enough. I took his scriptures and still don’t respect him. There is something wrong with my character.
Looking around, I found that many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas had some changes in the way they looked at him. Some even looked at him with cold eyebrows. If the situation was not wrong, they were probably going to have a fight with themselves.
Forget it.
Whatever you say is what you say. I am too lazy to argue with you, and I will not be stupid enough to argue with you. As long as you can give me the reward for learning and passing on scriptures...
A flash flashed in Qin Yao's mind. After all kinds of thoughts, you can face the Tathagata's 'magnanimity', just put your hands together and chant the Buddha's name softly: "Amitabha."
In the middle of the golden lotus on the high platform, Tathagata looked at him indifferently and said loudly: "Tang Xuanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Xiaobailong have studied the scriptures and made meritorious service in passing on the scriptures. They should be promoted to great positions and achieve positive results to reward their merits... …”
Any merit must be rewarded, and any fault must be punished. This is the most basic way for a superior to govern his subordinates.
Now in front of all the saints in the Buddhist world and the masters and disciples who have returned from preaching the scriptures, he has to reward them, otherwise it will undermine the name of justice!
"Thank you, Buddha." Qin Yao clasped his hands together and bowed slightly.
"Thank you Lord Buddha." Monkey, pig, Sha Wujing, and little white dragon also followed suit and said thank you in unison.
The Tathagata smiled slightly and shouted softly: "Now Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty is consecrated as the Buddha of Sandalwood Merit and Virtue, and the monastery is Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty. I hope that you will stay in Chang'an for a long time in the future, continue to spread the meaning of our Buddhist scriptures, and make Buddhism great."
As he spoke, he waved his sleeves towards Qin Yao, who was directly in front of him, and shot out a bright Buddha's light.
Buddha's light quickly came to Qin Yao, penetrated into his body through the pores all over his body, and instantly transformed his mortal body into the true Buddha's body.
The remaining power was integrated into the soul and absorbed by the realm of the Kingdom of God. Xuanyuan Sword suddenly burst out with dazzling golden light, using itself as a carrier to refine this awe-inspiring Buddha power and instill it into the territory.
The territory of the Kingdom of God, which was originally more than eight million miles away, expanded crazily and continued to grow in size with loud rumbling noises. The area soon exceeded ten million miles, and went straight to twenty million miles away. go.
At the same time, the Buddhist hat on his head turned into a golden Buddha crown, and the yellow monk's robe on his body turned into a golden monk's robe. Only the brocade cassock remained the same, shining brightly...
Feng After admiring Tang Xuanzang, Tathagata turned to look at Sun Wukong and said with a smile: "Wukong."
The monkey in a black tiger skin skirt stepped forward and clasped his hands together: "Buddha."
The Tathagata said: "I, Taiyi Sanxian, was refined into an indestructible body by the divine fire of the heaven after tomorrow. Since he entered my Buddhist door, he has been upright and upright, and he has been brave and diligent. He escorted Xuanzang all the way to the west. He has gone through many hardships and remained loyal. I am here today." I will call you the Victorious Buddha."
After saying that, he suddenly raised the rosary in his hand, and a golden light flew out from the lotus platform under his seat, using his body as a conductor, and rushed towards Wukong.
The golden light entered the body, and the monkey's outfit suddenly turned into a set of silver-white armor, gorgeous, delicate, and majestic.
“Thank you, Lord Buddha.”
Although he found that his magic power had not improved much, the monkey still thanked him with a smile on his face.
Tathagata nodded and continued: "Zhu Wuneng."
Hearing his name being called, Zhu Bajie quickly retracted his gaze from Brother Monkey and looked at Tathagata expectantly: "Here he is, there he is. , Buddha. "
The Tathagata said: "You, the Tianpeng Marshal of the Heaven Realm, converted to Buddhism because of your affairs. Although you were often lazy and greedy, you had good intentions and escorted Xuanzang all the way to the west. You worked hard and achieved great results. , I now confer you the title of Bodhisattva, the Envoy of the Purifying Altar."
Zhu Bajie was still looking forward to it, but when he heard the word Bodhisattva, his expression changed slightly: "Buddha, how can they be conferred the title of Buddha? Come to me. Where is the Bodhisattva? "
If this is just a lie, Zhu Bajie is rough and subtle, how can he not see the true meaning, so he can only sigh in his heart and pretend to be happy to accept this excuse.
Later, the Tathagata granted him the bodhisattva enlightenment, and the Buddha's power he received was far inferior to that of a monkey, let alone compared with Xuanzang...
After changing his body and clothes for Bajie, the Tathagata followed him one after another. Sha Wujing was granted the title of Golden Bodhisattva Arhat Bodhisattva, and Xiao Bailong was granted the title of Eight-part Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva.
From then on, the reward for merit was over, and the Tathagata smiled and said: "You should return to your seats. You can stay here and listen to my lectures. You will make progress."
"Buddha, there is something that I I want to report to you." Sun Wukong answered.
"What's the matter?" Tathagata smiled slightly.
Sun Wukong pointed at the little white dragon and said solemnly: "This is related to the Eight Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva. He had an uncle who was plotted by a traitor and was unjustly killed by the Jade Emperor. Please ask the Buddha to uphold justice."
Tathagata Pinch. He pointed and asked, "But the Dragon King of Jinghe?"
Sun Wukong nodded: "Yes, it is the Jinghe Dragon King. Wude Xingjun hooked up with the Weihe Dragon King and plotted against the Jinghe Dragon King, causing the Jinghe Dragon King to die unjustly!"
Tathagata's face was sluggish, secretly He winked at Ananda and Kasyapa.
The two attendants understood the meaning and immediately came out. Ananda took the lead and said: "This is a matter of the heavenly world and has nothing to do with our Buddhist world. The Buddha is the leader of the Buddhist world, how can he meddle in the affairs of the heavenly world at will? What's going on? Victory Buddha, don't embarrass the Buddha."
"How can this be an embarrassment?"
Sun Wukong argued: "When my old grandson made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, Buddha acted righteously and suppressed me at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain. He could control it at the beginning, but he can't control it now? "
Kasyapa said: "How can this be the same? It was the Jade Emperor who sent people to ask the Buddha to take charge, but now God But the world did not send anyone over."
Sun Wukong suddenly knelt down to the Tathagata and said loudly: "Buddha has always been just and fair. I admire him very much. With such injustice before his eyes, I believe that Buddha must be right. I won’t turn a blind eye and ask Buddha to seek justice!”
Tathagata pursed his lips and looked embarrassed.
"Please Buddha to make the decision for me." At this time, Xiao Bailong also knelt down and kowtowed heavily.
Zhu Bajie glanced at the Master, but saw that the Master closed his eyes tightly, as if he was still digesting the Buddha's power, so he knelt down and kowtowed: "Please ask the Buddha to make the decision for Guangli Bodhisattva."
Not to mention an honest man like Sha Wujing, he knelt down and begged from the bottom of his heart.
At this point, of the five masters and disciples, only Qin Yao is still standing...
Tathagata pursed his lips and raised his hands slightly: "You guys, get up first, this matter It still needs to be considered in the long term. ”
Sun Wukong's heart thumped, and he suddenly had a bad premonition, and he said in a concentrated voice: "Buddha, please act impartially." Tathagata winked at the two attendants again, and Kasyapa immediately shouted: "Sun Wukong Kong, are you threatening the Buddha?"
Sun Wukong frowned: "Can you shut up? I feel annoyed when I hear your voice. Which of your ears can hear me threatening the Buddha? Ancestor?”
Kasyapa sneered and said, “I heard it with both ears. You are threatening the Buddha and embarrassing the Buddha. I am a pure place, how can I interfere in the government affairs of the heaven at will? Your request is simply forcing someone to make things difficult for you."
Sun Wukong was furious and stood up suddenly: "How can I ask Buddha to help justice?"
Ah Dian said: "There are so many injustices in the world, how many of them can you take care of? And if the Dragon King of Jinghe River hadn't been Little Bailong's uncle, would you have taken care of it?"
"Of course!"< br>
Sun Wukong is not Pretending to be thoughtful, he said: "My old grandson has nothing to say in his eyes, and he must take care of any injustice he encounters. If he wears this Buddhist robe and loses his heart to support justice, then what will happen to this Buddhist robe?" Is it good or bad? ”
"You are so presumptuous that you dare to slander my Buddhism." Kasyapa began to get stronger and reprimanded: "I think you are still a demon and are not worthy of becoming a Buddha."
Sun Wukong also became angry. He retorted: "I don't You are not worthy of being a Buddha, you are not even worthy of standing here! When we were studying for scriptures, you just asked us for help, but now you don’t even have the slightest compassion as a monk. Are you still a human being?”
"Sun Wukong."
Seeing that both Ananda and Kassapa could not win against Sun Wukong, Tathagata was furious: "I have great love for you. I don't think you are of despicable origin, so I am willing to make you a righteous person." "Buddha, don't get too carried away."
"Humph." Sun Wukong snorted, feeling completely desperate.
He did not expect that the truth was exactly what the master said. The embodiment of justice in his eyes was just a hypocrite who wanted to be alone.
"Tathagata, you..."
"Ahem!"
Seeing that his hairy monkey still got on top like in the original work, he was about to scold Tathagata together. Qin Yao, who was refining the Buddha's power, coughed lightly and interrupted the monkey. If you come down.
Silly boy, didn’t my teacher tell you that it’s okay for you to quarrel with Kassapa and Ananda, but don’t antagonize Tathagata, why are you so passionate?
If the Tathagata wants to hit you, I can’t protect you based on my teachings. Isn’t this just a loss?
Next, it’s up to my teacher to clean up the mess for you...
"Buddha, Wukong hates evil as much as he hates it. He is full of righteousness. Seeing that he has been wronged here, but he cannot be cleansed. He is naturally angry. He did not mean to offend. Please forgive me, Lord Buddha."
Sun Wukong opened his mouth, but then he thought of talking to him. Master's bet, no sound came out.
The Tathagata was already ready to take action. If this monkey really dared to be disrespectful to him, he would definitely be taught a painful lesson in front of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
But now that Tang Xuanzang stood up to intercede, he was looking for righteous words, so he really couldn't care less about the monkey Meng Lang.
"Forget it, for your sake, I will spare him this time today, but I hope you can teach him more in the future so that he can change his barbaric temper." Tathagata was serious. road.
Qin Yao glanced at his hairy monkey and saw a look of dissatisfaction and grievance on his face. He shook his head and said: "Buddha clearly shows that Wukong's temper is more straight-forward, but it really has nothing to do with the word barbarism.
If there were no such upright and courageous people in this world, who are brave enough to crush all injustices, the world would probably be plunged into darkness."
Sun Wukong was slightly startled.
What did he hear?
Master is refuting Buddha for himself?
Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Xiao Bailong suddenly felt throbbing in their hearts, and their noses felt sore for a while.
Tathagata frowned slightly, and after a long while, he said with a smile: "You are protecting my shortcomings..."
Qin Yao said seriously: "I like Wukong from the bottom of my heart. A little bit, and I hope there are more people like him in the world."
Tathagata said indifferently: "That's the case. So, then you go and overturn the verdict of the Dragon King of Jinghe, but you can’t use my name in the Buddhist world. No matter what happens, this is the personal behavior of your master and disciple.”
Qin Yao’s hands. He put his hands together, bowed slightly, and gave the other person face: "Thank you very much, Buddha. I'll take my leave."
The entire hall of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas watched silently as the five masters and disciples left. Guanshiyin's lips slightly opened, but for a moment he didn't know how to speak for them.
“If you mind your own business, you will definitely suffer disaster in the future.” Kasyapa snorted coldly.
The Tathagata said calmly: "The cause and effect of learning the scriptures is over. If there is no loss or debt, stop talking about them and continue teaching the Dharma."
He acknowledged the contribution of these five people to the spread of the scriptures, but he also Instead of deducting credit from them, the rewards were distributed as soon as possible.
We will never see each other again. Anyway, the chess game of spreading Buddhism to the east has been closed...
"Master, where are we going?"
After walking out of the Great Leiyin Temple, Sun Wukong asked blankly.
Qin Yao looked at the setting sun and said softly: "Huaguo Mountain."
"Huh?" Sun Wukong was stunned.
“There is a monkey who likes the sunset on Huaguo Mountain very much. He often sits on the top of the mountain until dark.” Recalling the monkey in The Legend of Wukong, Qin Yao said with a smile.
Sun Wukong: "..."
Master, are there monkeys outside? ? ?
It is approaching evening.
Huaguoshan, the sky is filled with red clouds.
The five masters and disciples sat together at the place where the monkey was reincarnated, looking up at the red and golden sunset in the sky, with different expressions on their faces.
"Master, there seems to be a fire burning in my heart, and I want to poke a hole in the sky." After a moment, watching the darkness gradually eroding the sunset, Sun Wukong whispered.
Qin Yao smiled and said: "If it were me in the past, I might tell you some truths that are not complete in the world, but now, what I dislike the most is preaching and big principles.
So, what I want to tell you now is, don’t be impulsive and exercise self-restraint. Any impulse will push things to the next level. A worse situation."
Sun Wukong was silent, and then said: "Thank you, Master. If it hadn't been for you, I would have scolded that Tathagata in the Great Thunder Sound Temple today, and maybe the outcome would be different. , it will definitely not be good.”
With a flip of his hand, Tathagata suppressed him under the mountain for five hundred years.
This time I scolded him like a bitch in front of all the Buddhas. How many more years will he be suppressed?
Qin Yao was about to speak, but he sensed that the Kingdom of God in his soul had finally stopped growing. He quickly scanned it with his spiritual consciousness and saw that the total area of the Kingdom of God had exceeded 30 million miles. A continent floating in the sky, containing unpredictable divine power... (End of this chapter)