Rebirth: Out of Demons and Into Buddhas 2

If no one had paid attention in advance, and observed carefully now, no one would have noticed that the imprint of a golden sala flower appeared between the eyebrows of Jing Fu who was hiding among the monks and monks at this moment. .

And with the appearance of this imprint, the water lotus under the seat of Jingfu became more and more similar to the golden salamander.

"...The teachings of the Tathagata are all inadvisable, unspeakable, illegal, not illegal, so what? All sages are different based on the law of inaction......."

The group of people in the lower lotus pond each had their own feelings, and their bodies were full of spiritual light, but they were blocked by the lotus seats under their respective seats, locked around their bodies, and did not leak out at all.However, even so, the inside and outside of this lotus pond are still illuminated by various colors of light.

In the middle of these auras, the golden Buddha light shining between Jingfu's eyebrows, around his body, and even the water lotus under his seat seems to be less conspicuous.

"...All conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles. They are like dew and electricity, so they should be viewed as such...."

At the end of this "Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra", Venerable Ananda put his hands together and sang the Buddha's name again, "Namo Sakyamuni Buddha."

The sound of the Buddha's singing gradually stopped, and the group of people listening to the scriptures in the lotus pond broke free from the empty artistic conception and opened their eyes to look upwards.

In front of the lotus pond are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas sitting on lotus platforms.At this moment, almost everyone's eyes fell on the Venerable who put down his hands.

Venerable Ananda just smiled, and changed his hands immediately.It was difficult for everyone in the lotus pond to notice it, but all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats and Vajras could clearly see a little golden light falling from the lotus pond and disappearing into one of the monks.

Jing Fu woke up from the calm state, and the surrounding was already calm, without any abnormalities.

"Namo Venerable Ananda."

He clasped his palms together and bowed deeply at the same time as the people in the lotus pond.

Venerable Ananda's complexion changed, and he said, "In the past, I took over the mantle of the Zen lineage from Venerable Kasyapa, and I have practiced it for an unknown number of years. But even so, this "Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra" I can’t say enough about the subtlety of it. I hope that you will practice in meditation in the future, believe in it, practice it, and realize the fruit position soon. There is no Sakyamuni Buddha in the south.”

Everyone in the lotus pond looked dazed at first, as if they didn't quite understand the meaning of Venerable Ananda's words.

What Kasyapa Venerable?What is "I have taken over the mantle of Zen Buddhism from Venerable Kassapa"?Venerable Ananda is announcing that the true patriarch of the Zen lineage is Venerable Kassapa, isn’t he?

But since Venerable Kassapa is the real Zen patriarch, he must also be a Buddhist master with great supernatural powers and mighty powers. Why do they seem to... have never heard of his name?

no, no...

It seems that they have heard of the name of Venerable Kassapa, but for some reason, they forgot...

You know, they are all monks, and they are all monks with some cultivation. How could they even forget such important information?

How could they have forgotten?

Jing Fu was calmer than the others.

After all, he didn't pay much attention to these things when he was still the Heavenly Sacred Devil Emperor Huangfucheng in the Jinghao Realm - Kasyapa and Ananda were too far away from him.It was not until he became Jingfu, entered Miaoyin Temple, and began to collect the "Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra", that he really began to understand the great virtues of the Buddhist lineage.

It is always easy to write on white paper, and this white paper of Jingfu is easier to accept the existence of Venerable Kassapa than other people.

It's just that after returning to Jinghao Realm, he has to announce the existence of Venerable Kasyapa to Miaoyin Temple and even the entire Buddhist sect.

However, no matter what thoughts Jing Fu or other people who listened to the scriptures had in their minds, they all came back to their senses in the sound of Venerable Ananda's Buddha singing.

Consciously or unconsciously, all the people looked up at Venerable Ananda, and met His gaze, they understood it for a moment, clasped their palms together, and bowed in salute.

"Venerable Namo Kassapa."

Venerable Ananda put his palms together and bowed back, turned around and bowed to Avalokitesvara again, and then hid himself among a group of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

It's just that even if the venerable is trying to hide, someone will always glance at his position from time to time, paying attention to his movements.

Master Avalokitesvara clasped his palms together, "The assembly here has come to an end, I would like to trouble all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to participate in the Dharma assembly and preach the Dharma to all living beings."

After all, he first bowed to all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, "Nanwu Putuo Mountain will meet Buddhas and Bodhisattvas."

All the people in the next lotus pond bowed their heads and said in praise, "Nanwu Putuo Mountain will meet Buddhas and Bodhisattvas."

All the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas sitting on the lotus platform put their palms together in return.

After Guan Zizai thanked these Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, he turned to look at the lotus pond below, and smiled, "The Dharma conference is over, you can go back after this."

After he finished speaking, he flicked his long sleeves towards the lotus pond, and immediately a breeze blew towards the people in the lotus pond.

Jing Fu felt a blur in front of his eyes, but when he looked around again, he found that he was still in his meditation room.If it weren't for the faint lotus fragrance wrapped around his body, and a third-grade water lotus in the shape of a golden salamander floating silently beside him, he really thought he was just having a big dream.

The five-color young deer lying not far from Jingfu also blinked in surprise, then turned to look at Jingfu, and let out a low cry, "Yo?"

Jing Fu came back to his senses, put his palms together in front of his chest, and bowed to the altar in front of him, "Nawu Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guanzi Bodhisattva."

Zhiji, the five-colored young deer, followed Jing Fu and nodded in the direction of the Buddhist altar to worship.

Thanks for this week, Jing Fu just now has the mind to check the water lotus that followed him from Mount Putuo back to Jinghao Realm for some reason.

He looked at the water lotus twice more, and waved to that water lotus.Even though the water lotus fell towards Jingfu, when it was approaching Jingfu, it lay safely on Jingfu's open palm.

There must be something magical about this water lotus, but Jing Fu really can't find the time to study it carefully at the moment, he has more important things to deal with.

Jing Fu stood up and was about to turn around.But his gaze inadvertently glanced at the World Honored One sitting cross-legged in the altar, and he changed his mind after a thought.

However, after taking three or two steps, Jing Fu came to the altar, washed his hands with the clear water next to him, and then took three pillars of fragrance, lit the oil lamp in front of the altar, held them in his hands and worshiped three times, and then inserted them into the altar Next to the burnt incense sticks.

After completing all these actions, Jing Fu no longer lingered in the meditation room, took the five-colored young deer out of the courtyard, and headed all the way to the abbot's meditation room in Miaoyin Temple.

On Mount Putuo, Master Avalokitesvara sent away a group of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and turned to look at the Venerable Ananda next to him, "It is rare for the Venerable to come to Mount Putuo this time. If the Venerable is not in a hurry to leave, why not let me accompany the Venerable?" Or go?"

Venerable Ananda nodded, "Thank you, sir."

Master Avalokitesvara smiled, got off the lotus platform, and led Venerable Ananda out of the lotus pond along the mountain road.

"Your Majesty's actions recently are not small, but are you really afraid of that Heavenly Demon Lord?"

Venerable Ananda didn't nod or shake his head, he just said, "Even though the Lord of Heaven is a demon, he is also a man of Tao. He follows the Tao and never crosses the line. Why should I worry?"

Master Guan Zizai was a little puzzled.

Venerable Ananda sighed, "I am more worried about Brother Kasyapa."

"Oh?" Master Guan Zizai was quite surprised, his thoughts turned countless times in an instant, and suddenly he was fixed on the face of Venerable Kasyapa, "Verun Kasyapa is going to take another step forward. gone?"

It was said earlier that the practice of Buddhism and Bodhisattvas is from the ten beliefs of mortals to the complete accomplishment of Buddhas.And Kasyapa...

A long time ago, Kasyapa was already a Bodhisattva of the tenth stage of fruition, and he went one step further, and he was the Bodhisattva of Waiting for Enlightenment.

Master Guan Zizai did not expect Venerable Kasyapa to show signs of a breakthrough at this time, but thinking about it carefully, everything is not really without trace.

However, Venerable Kasyapa practiced heretics earlier, and later he converted to the World Honored One Sakyamuni, who practiced under the seat of the World Honored One.Even though after taking refuge in the Buddha Shakyamuni, he received many instructions from the Buddha Shakyamuni, but because of the fundamental problems earlier, it was quite difficult to enter the state later, and he stayed in the Arhat state for a long time before, and now he wants to start from the Buddhahood again. Ten grounds cross to equal consciousness...

Master Guan Zizai couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Venerable Ananda sighed, "Your Majesty, you should also know that many living beings in the heavens and universes think that I have passed on the Dharma lineage from the heart of the Buddha's gate because I have taken over the mantle from the World Venerable Sakyamuni Buddha..."

Guan Zizai's Dharma eyes shine all over the heavens and worlds, and he often seeks to save the suffering. He walks among the low-level monks and suffering people in the heavens and worlds, and naturally he also hears the rumors circulating among them.

But before Venerable Ananda mentioned it to him today, Master Avalokitesvara only kept the question in his heart and never let out a word.

Venerable Ananda said again, "They seem to have ignored Brother Kasyapa."

In fact, it is Kasyapa who really received the heart-inspired Dharma lineage from the World Venerable Sakyamuni.Venerable Ananda really took over the mantle of Zen Buddhism after Venerable Kasyapa retired.

He is undoubtedly the second patriarch of Zen Buddhism, but the first patriarch is not the World Venerable Sakyamuni, but brother Kasyapa.The World Honored One Sakyamuni is the teacher of ten thousand Buddhas and one of the sources of Buddhist Dharma.

The Venerable Kasyapa was hidden from the lineage of Zen Buddhism. The Venerable Ananda checked it out and confirmed that no one did it on purpose.

After confirming this point, Venerable Ananda also knew that Venerable Kasyapa was finally going to take this step after so many years of seclusion.

Master Guan Zizai quickly understood the worries in Venerable Ananda's heart, "Do you think that the demon master is trying to deceive people's eyes and ears at this moment, and achieve the purpose of blocking Venerable Kasyapa's way by using his voice to attack the west?"

Venerable Ananda nodded.

His face was covered with a bit of sadness, just like the full moon covered by clouds and mist, even if the light faded a bit, it was still very pleasing to the eye.

Guan Zizai pondered for a while, "The Venerable Kasyapa has already retreated, and I really can't help you with such matters of practice. The only thing I can do now is to help the Venerable to accumulate energy. , gather luck, and accumulate merit.”

Merit, qi number, and luck are all panacea in practice, and they are also very precious panaceas, and no one will dislike any more.

Master Guan Zizai asked again, "Is this what you came here for?"

Venerable Ananda nodded.

Master Guan Zizai said, "No wonder you have been paying attention to the inheritance of Zen Buddhism for a while, that's why."

"Brother Kasyapa has been in seclusion for thousands of years, and it is only now that he has really acted. I feel uneasy, so I want to do something for him." Venerable Ananda looked at the clouds and mists in the mountains, "I waited for the World Honored One before he became enlightened. I have followed the World Honored One to practice until now, and I don’t remember how many years have passed, but now that my brother is about to make a breakthrough, how can I just sit back and ignore it?”

Master Avalokitesvara glanced sideways at Venerable Ananda's face, and sighed slightly in his heart.

When Ananda practiced with the World Venerable Sakyamuni, he was quite young and had a beautiful appearance, which few people could match. Therefore, there were many karmic obstacles in the practice, and the path of practice was also bumpy.Along the way, in addition to being valued by the World Venerable Buddha Shakyamuni, he was also taken care of by Venerable Kassapa. The two brothers and sisters have a very strong relationship.

If not, Venerable Ananda would not have taken over the mantle of the Zen lineage after Venerable Kasyapa retired and spread the Dharma to all directions.

Now that Venerable Kasyapa is trying to break through, Venerable Ananda is already very worried.However, the lineage inheritance of Zen Buddhism seems to be hiding the existence of Venerable Kasyapa...

Since this situation was not promoted by someone with a heart, it can only mean that Venerable Kasyapa's situation is very bad.

It's no wonder Venerable Ananda couldn't sit still, and wanted to help the Zen lineage.

"Na Haichen, Ruli...Jingfu..." Master Guan Zizai counted a dozen Dharma names in one breath, and then asked Venerable Ananda, "These people are you Optimistic, do you want to expand the lineage of Zen Buddhism and expand the successors of Zen Buddhism?"

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from the eyes of the great master." Venerable Ananda smiled, turned his eyes lightly, and admitted directly, "Yes, they are all."

Venerable Ananda asked Avalokitesvara again, "In your opinion, who can go the farthest?"

Master Guan Zizai also chuckled, "Who can go the farthest, I don't think they can count, it depends on their own practice."

"Very well," Venerable Ananda nodded, but this time he must have made up his mind to win praise for the Zen sect from Master Avalokitesvara, and he didn't want to let Master Avalokitesvara go so easily , "That's only in the eyes of the master?"

Seeing Venerable Ananda's insistence, Master Guan Zizai also thought of Venerable Kasyapa, sighed, and indeed chose someone, "Jingfu."

The moment Master Guan Zizai uttered this dharma name, a lot of anger fell on Jing Fu's head, but before Jing Fu realized it, it disappeared quickly.

But even so, Jing Fu stopped unconsciously.

'Is not my illusion? 'Jingfu's demon body appeared in the sea of ​​self-knowledge, and looked at the deity.

The deity of Jingfu also shook his head, and looked out at the Buddha body that was in charge of the physical body at the moment.

The Buddha body shook his head in the same way, and passed a sentence into the sea of ​​consciousness, "I didn't find anything wrong, but I'm sure, something must have happened." '

Hearing the opinions of the Buddha body and the demon body, Jingfu himself said, "It seems that it is not a bad thing, but you have to distinguish carefully, and I don't know where there is a change." '

The Buddha body and the demon body looked at each other.

The deity of Jingfu decided, "Probably because our strength is not enough."And so be it, do what we have to do. '

The Buddha body and the demon body nodded, and it was true that the entanglement in their hearts was eliminated in this way.

How else?Their strength is still too weak, they can't even see clearly what happened to themselves, no matter how determined they are, what more can they do?

The demon body thought for a while, then hid itself in the sea of ​​consciousness and continued to practice.

The body of the Buddha continued to go to the abbot Zen room of the Great Monk Qingyuan.

But at the moment on Mount Putuo, the great master Avalokitesvara and the Venerable Ananda just glanced out casually, and then each looked away.

Venerable Ananda seemed to be in a better mood.

"why?"

Now that he had already spoken, Master Guan Zizai replied calmly, "Aptitude, character, opportunity..."

Master Avalokitesvara sighed, "For example, he was born in the millennium, neither sooner nor later, just when Venerable Kassapa mustered up his heart to make a breakthrough, but at this time, he entered the Heavenly Demon Lord at the same time. With Venerable Ananda your eyes..."

What's more, he also has the predestined relationship with the World Honored One Sakyamuni.

Peaceful and wise Tathagata...

Among the heavens and universes, among the worlds, among so many monks and bhikshus, how many of them can receive the prophecy from the Blessed One?

"yes......"

Venerable Ananda looked down from the clouds and mist, and what he saw was the crest of the tide one after another.

"He chose Buddhism, the wonderful sound, and the "Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra", so I chose to push in the middle again, and the World Honored One saw him again..."

This is fate.

Master Guan Zizai looked at Venerable Ananda, "You want to keep an eye on the Demon Lord again..."

Master Guan Zizai thought about it, and sighed a little.

In the past, Venerable Kasyapa converted from heretics and practiced following the Buddha Sakyamuni, but even though he went to the Buddha way and practiced Buddhism devoutly, Venerable Kasyapa was very different from other Venerables who practiced under the seat of Buddha Sakyamuni. The same, even somewhat out of place.

The encounters of Monk Jingfu and Venerable Kasyapa were indeed somewhat similar.No wonder Venerable Ananda valued Monk Jingfu more than others.

This is indeed the opportunity of Monk Jingfu.

Venerable Ananda withdrew his gaze, straightened his face, and bowed to the great master Guan Zizai, "Brother Kasyapa breaks through, and there will be demons from all sides blocking the way. I will help Senior Brother Kasyapa based on the karma and fate in the whirling world in the past."

Master Avalokitesvara looked at Venerable Ananda, and sighed again, "That's all, I will allow you."

Venerable Ananda was shocked suddenly, and most of the sadness on his face immediately dissipated, revealing his upright and magnificent face.He put his palms together with a smile, and bowed deeply to Master Guan Zizai, "On behalf of Senior Brother Kasyapa, I would like to thank Master for your kindness!"

Master Avalokitesvara waved his hand, and stepped forward to help him up, "What I can do is limited, and more depends on Venerable Kasyapa himself. But Venerable Kasyapa has always been diligent and respectful in his practice, and he is always with the World Honored One. Practicing side by side, the state, state of mind, merit, and savings are all different, so the Venerable really doesn’t need to worry too much.”

Venerable Ananda only smiled and nodded.

It can be seen that he is in a good mood at the moment.

Master Guan Zizai thought for a while, then suddenly asked, "I'm afraid Venerable Ananda has only come to my place?"

"I haven't been to many places." Venerable Ananda coughed lightly, and then replied under the gaze of Guru Guanzizai, "I have only been to the Lingshan Buddha Kingdom, the Ultimate Bliss Buddha Kingdom, the Eastern Glass Buddha Kingdom and Mount Putuo. Here, the others..."

Master Guan Zizai's eyes instantly turned mocking.

Venerable Ananda could only continue, "I haven't gone yet."

"So it's just that I haven't gone yet, it's not that I don't plan to go..."

Venerable Ananda coughed lightly.

It was rare for Master Guan Zizai to see Venerable Ananda in such embarrassment, so he also laughed for a while.

Venerable Ananda only let Guazizai laugh, and after Guazizai stopped his smile a little, he said again, "I think the guru is very leisurely on Mount Putuo. If that is the case, it is not as good as the guru Walk around with me?"

Master Guan Zizai waved his hands again and again, "You go away, you go away, once the news of Venerable Kasyapa's break-through spreads, the Lord of Heaven will definitely keep an eye on His Holiness, I have to make preparations in case just in case."

Venerable Ananda thought for a while, and what Avalokitesvara said was reasonable, so he nodded and bowed to Avalokitesvara again, "Thank you, lord, for your troubles for Senior Brother Kasyapa."

Master Avalokitesvara shook his head, "Since I have agreed to this matter, I will do my best. Venerable Ananda will just go."

Venerable Ananda nodded, and he really bid farewell to Avalokitesvara, sat on the lotus platform and left Mount Putuo.

Avalokitesvara stood on the cliff of Mount Putuo, watched Venerable Ananda go away, then turned his eyes back from the other side, and looked at the end of the sky and the sea from afar.

The sea breeze is still rolling up the waves, slapping heavily on the cliff, knocking out fine and transparent waves.

"It's been so long..."

He sighed leisurely, before the sound dissipated, it was already hidden in the sound of the waves.

Master Guan Zizai shook his head and smiled, then turned and walked towards Mount Putuo.

Jing Fu is just a young monk in the state of joyful practice, how to know these things that happened on Putuo Mountain far away from the endless world, of course, he can only follow what he thinks in his heart, and perfect his steps step by step , Go forward steadily, even if the tide has risen, the sound of the waves will come first.

The great monks Qingyuan, Qingdu, Qingzhen, etc. were also waiting for Jingfu in the abbot's room of Miaoyin Temple, because they were not sure when Jingfu would return to Jinghao Realm from Mount Putuo, and they didn't expect to be in a hurry He rushed over from everywhere in a hurry, so he simply waited here at Abbot Qingyuan's place.

Everyone is together, even if there is something that needs to be handed over, there is no need to ask people to run away from the temple, right?

At this moment, they were also discussing the political issue in the southern boundary of Jinghao Realm.But there was no conclusion yet, the Great Monk Qingyuan suddenly stopped and listened carefully.What's more, he even raised his hands to the great monks, signaling for everyone to be quiet.

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