Chapter 23 Master Sun teaches the Dharma
Western sky.
Da Leiyin Temple.
The Tathagata sat high on the lotus platform and spoke slowly: "Venerable Guanyin, what happened to the Buddhist monk?"
Master Guanyin closed his eyes slightly, pinched the magic formula with his hands, and made some calculations: "Reporting to the Buddha, the person who took the sutra has entered the third reincarnation."
"Yeah."
Tathagata nodded and said: "What happened to the hozen?"
Master Guanyin flipped his fingers and continued to deduce, and suddenly his eyes widened.
Others were surprised when they saw this.
They all looked at him.
Seeing this, Tathagata closed his eyes and frowned slightly after a moment.
After a long while, Master Guanyin said: "He...he is actually promoting Buddhism..."
"What did you say?"
"What is he doing?"
The Arhats and Bodhisattvas sitting on the ground were all speechless.
He is a monkey, promoting Buddhism?
What kind of Buddhism does he promote?
Shouldn't he make a fuss?
"Well..."
Tathagata said softly, "Hmm", and the hall suddenly returned to silence.
His brows furrowed slightly, the spells flew, and he quickly began to deduce them.
After deducing it for half an hour, I finally breathed out, and my heart became more and more strange.
No problem.
The general trend of Journey to the West has not changed at all.
Why did this monkey suddenly change his temper?
He suddenly remembered that Patriarch Bodhi said that this son is a pure, filial and honest person.
At that time, he just thought it was funny, a hozen, full of hostility.
What kind of pure, filial and honest person is he?
But now it seems that this monkey is not only filial and honest.
He seems to have great respect for Buddhism...
But...the journey to the west has been arranged.
The interests of all parties must be taken care of, otherwise the Buddhism's journey eastward will be hindered by obstacles everywhere and it will be difficult to proceed smoothly.
If we don't let people settle their accounts, they won't cooperate...
This...
"Buddha, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva will definitely have arrangements, so there is no need to worry."
Master Guanyin said with his hands together.
"Yeah."
Tathagata nodded.
Make up your mind and wait and see.
The pilgrim needs ten reincarnations before he can be reborn in the Eastern Land, so there is no rush.
Time flies.
The turn of the moon is half a month.
After half a month, Sun Wu started to chant sutras when he was free.
Something strange at the same time.
It was too quiet for half a month.
There is no action from the underworld.
"No, is it over?"
Sun Wukong leaned against the wall, thinking secretly.
Sun Houhou was not very literate and could only write with ghost characters, but he was different.
There are a lot of bad debts in the underworld, why don't they try to fight for it?
He rushed to the ghost outside the cell and said: "Dear donors, how happy is life, and why is death so painful?
When you discover the truth about life and death, you will be reborn quickly..."
Everyone bowed down together: "Thank you, Master, for enlightening me."
……
Yama Hall. On this day, the ten palaces of Yama gathered together.
After everyone drank two sips of tea, King Yama took the lead and said: "Everyone, what happened to the monkey?"
"He...he is promoting Buddhism."
King Taishan frowned.
"What are you talking about?" Everyone was shocked.
"He chants sutras every day, and the door of the cell is full of ghost servants, listening to sutras every day."
In the Yama Hall, there was an eerie silence.
The ten palaces of Yama all fell silent.
After a long while, King Taishan said: "How about we do it quickly?"
"Then...just give it a try."
"Can't wait any longer, hurry up and beat his monkey grandson hard."
King Yama slapped the case and said, "Do it! Send Wangxiangtai to his cell immediately. Let's go and have a look too."
"Okay."
The Tenth Hall Yama stood up and left the Yama Hall, and entered the cell on one side within a moment.
They lay on the wall and looked through the holes in the wall to see what was going on inside.
I saw Sun Wukong sitting solemnly, with his hands clasped together, and a string of scriptures floated out of his mouth.
Outside the door, there were piles of ghost servants, listening intoxicated and unusually quiet.
King Taishan waved his hand, and seven or eight ghost servants carried a dark stone to the cell where Sun Wukong was imprisoned.
After dismissing the ghost who was listening to the scriptures, he opened the cell and put the Wangxiang Stone in front of him. Judge Cui said:
"Sun Wukong, you have committed a heinous crime and you will fall into the eighteenth level of hell forever.
Take one last look at Huaguo Mountain, and then send you on your way. ”
Yo! Looking at the Wangxiang Terrace in front of him, Sun Wukong secretly laughed, as expected he was going to attack my monkey grandson.
Fortunately, as soon as my old grandson fought to the end, the monkey and grandson ran away long ago.
At that moment, he pretended to be serious and said slowly: "Pan Cui..."
"Oh."
Judge Cui's eyes lit up, thinking he was asking for mercy and complaining, so he said: "If you have anything else to say, tell me quickly."
Sun Wukong clasped his hands together, pretending to be profound: "Amitabha... Cui Fan is in love with power and is too greedy. If things continue like this, he will inevitably go down the wrong path.
I have a method that can escape reincarnation and live as long as the heavens. You can see many mysteries. I will teach it to you today. ”
As he spoke, he followed the example of Patriarch Bodhi, waved his hands, and said slowly: "Come on, come on, come closer."
"Uh..."
Judge Cui was dumbfounded.
The more he looked at Sun Wukong, the more he looked like an eminent monk.
You are still in the underworld, still thinking about saving people?
If this momentum continues, the bad debts in the underworld will definitely not be settled.
"Come, come, come closer."
Sun Wukong smiled secretly in his heart and continued to pretend to be a monk.
"Cough cough cough..." A cough came from the cell next door, reminding Judge Cui to quickly ask him to visit Xiang Shi.
Judge Cui understood and said hurriedly: "Uh... Master Sun, let's put aside the matter of teaching the Dharma first.
From now on, you will stay in the eighteenth level of hell. We have plenty of time.
In this case, you should take a look at your monkey grandson first. ”
As he spoke, he took the judge's pen in his hand and struck it on the dark Wangxiang Stone.
A ball of fluorescence emitted from the Wangxiang Stone, and then ripples appeared in front of my eyes.
A light curtain suddenly appeared.
Sun Wukong slowly opened his eyes and saw a group of evil ghosts jumping up and down on the Huaguo Mountain. They were fighting with the little demons of the Huaguo Mountain with iron rope hooks in their hands.
Moreover, there are many evil spirits, and little demons die tragically from time to time.
He watched for a while and almost laughed.
As expected, the people who fought against the evil spirits were not his monkey grandsons, but the Bull Demon King's gang.
Watched for a while.
Sun Wukong was laughing so hard in his heart, but he pretended to look at it for a while, clasped his hands together, and continued chanting:
"What joy is there in life, and why is death so painful? Let the poor monks save them, the Buddha told Subhuti, all Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas..."
(End of chapter)