1361. In the sea of life and death, who will be the boat?
"Walking this road again..." Su Wu murmured, cast his gaze on Xuanzang, and asked him, "Master, if eminent monks like you realize the nature of the Dharma and become a Buddha, you will become a Buddha. A part of the Buddha on the shore.
Where did the Buddha on the shore come from in the first place, and what does he look like?
In other words, what did Buddha look like originally and where did he come from?"
By tracing the origins of 'Buddha' and tracing the path of Buddha's evolution, we may be able to get a glimpse of why it has such strange and terrifying characteristics - it can turn all those who have become Buddhas into a part of itself?!
Xuanzang sighed and said: "Since he became a Buddha, there is no distinction between 'eternal', 'cause and effect', 'coming and going', and 'increasing or decreasing'.
Don't Tan Yue understand?
It appears in this world and can last through the next.
It can incarnate into eighty-eight Buddhas in thousands of worlds, and it can also merge into the only Buddha in all worlds.
The poor monk cannot trace the origin of this existence, which has no beginning and end, no cause and effect, no coming and going, neither increasing nor decreasing... The Buddha who exists today was in the Sui Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, and the Qin and Han Dynasties. ...all exist, how do we find its original roots?
Buddha exists in all time."
"This is the realm of the other shore..." Su Wu heard this, his voice became much deeper, and he said slowly, "Buddha exists in all time and space, but he may not be in all time and space, and he does not suffer from cause and effect.
But compared with other existences on the other side that can still project some residual energy into the present world, its interference in the present world is indeed much less. Only those who have witnessed the nature of the Dharma and become a Buddha can know that "becoming a Buddha" is an endless process. The way back is to finally become it.
——I am determined to smash this Buddha to pieces and recreate the righteous Dharma!"
The light in Su Wu's eyes was blazing, and he looked at Master Xuanzang under a heavy rainbow light, and said: "But I don't know the root of this Buddha's achievement, I don't know its beginning, I don't know how it is, let alone why it is - under such circumstances, I will If I walk the same path again, how can I not become the next 'Buddha'?"
Xuanzang laughed when he heard the words. In the laughter, the heavy rainbow light surrounding him gathered one after another. The 'Swastika' wheel seal rotated in the gathered Buddha light. Xuanzang's voice came out from the swastika wheel seal. : "Buddha is fully self-aware, aware of him, and has perfect enlightenment...
The Buddha is a great sage who truly knows and sees the nature of all dharmas and achieves perfect enlightenment...
Buddha is all wise men...
The Buddha has perfect consciousness...
The Buddha on the shore is not enough to be a Buddha.
If Tan Yue’s existence is true, his wisdom is sincere, he has great ambitions, and he has great courage—then why can’t he be Tan Yue, the only great sage with perfect enlightenment and wisdom in the heavens who can liberate all sentient beings?
Tan Yue may not be a Buddha, but if the day comes when he realizes the Great Holy Path, whether he is a Buddha or not, both will have no meaning. At that time, Tan Yue will be "all truth", "all wisdom" and "all Tathagata". …
If we can hold on to all truth, all wisdom, and all Tathagata, Tan Yue will walk on the path of that Buddha again, and that Buddha will have no way to go... Tan Yue, the method of becoming a saint is in this...
The poor monk turned the nature of the law into relics and left them in Tan Yue's hands.
No matter what Tan Yue decides, the poor monk will not stand in his way...
In the sea of life and death, who is the boat?
In the long night of ignorance, who is the lamp?
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The sea of life and death is like a boat.
In the long night of ignorance, the heart is a lamp.
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The sea of life and death is like a boat.
In the long night of ignorance, the heart is a lamp..."
In the long chanting sound, numerous rainbow lights gathered into a Buddha bone relic that shone with milky white light, slowly floating around, and cast towards Su Wu.
Su Wu's expression was calm. He stared at the relic coming from a distance. Finally, when the relic was approaching him, he lowered his eyes and sighed lowly, reaching out to hold the Buddha's bone relic - his nature was floating like the breeze. It emerged from the center of the eyebrows and flowed into the Buddha's bone relic in the palm. Then, a voice full of joy rang out from the Buddha's bone relic: "The supremely subtle and exquisite Dharma is difficult to encounter for hundreds of thousands of kalpas. Now I can accept and uphold what I have seen and heard. I wish to understand the true meaning of Tathagata...
I wish to understand the true meaning of Tathagata..."
From today on, Su Wu inherits Xuanzang's mantle, but does not need to consider himself a 'disciple of Buddha'.
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The Buddha's light emanating from the Buddha's bone relic in his hand gradually converged and disappeared, but Su Wu could still feel the Dharma nature that was running smoothly and without any obstruction.
He became the successor of Xuanzang's mantle and could integrate this dharma nature into himself at any time.
However, if another dharma nature is integrated into his body now, Su Wu will definitely become a Buddha on the spot - he is not ready to face the Buddha on the other side yet, so he will not integrate this dharma nature on the spot.
Su Wu straightened up, looked around the stalactite forest, and finally continued walking along the dried up "underground river" to the stalactite cave.
During this trip, Su Wu's primary goal was to explore the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and find out the clues related to Lu Mu, the 'Tianhou' and the place, and even the 'Maitreya Inner Courtyard'.
However, now that he has even integrated the original gods under the Wild Goose Pagoda into his body, he still hasn't found many clues related to Lu Mu and Tian Hou here.
But he wasn't completely unaware of it.
The stalactite cave he was in now was suspiciously like the Maitreya Inner Courtyard where the female form Maitreya and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas once lived. When he first set foot in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, he also followed the long river of Xuanzang's dharma nature, and in this dharma At the bottom of the long river of sex, he was led away by the "Maitreya Inner Courtyard".
Therefore, Su Wu now followed the river path formed by the continuous impact of the water flow, and continued to walk towards the end point of the river.
There is some connection between Maitreya Inner Court and Xuanzang Dharma River.
The mysterious charm of Lu's mother descended on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
However, Xuanzang's Dharma was in Hanoi, but there was no trace of the mysterious charm of Lu's mother. Xuanzang's photos did not mention anything related to Lu's mother or Maitreya's inner courtyard.
He is unaware of the changes in the outside world, and has not been disturbed by external forces such as Mother Lu and Maitreya.
Thinking of coming to Shenxiu, Huineng and other monks established the "Xiaoxitian World - Xiaoleiyin Temple", and even claimed to have mastered many things about the origin of dragon veins and gods between the two capitals, but they were not pointed out by Xuanzang's photos - Xuanzang's photos were entrusted to Su Wu's Dharma nature can unlock the dragon veins of Chang'an and communicate with the original spirits.
I wonder how Shenxiu and other monks managed to control the original gods between the two capitals?
Even though Lu's mother was charming and charming at that time, it could not infect Xuanzang's sincerity and true nature. I wonder if the inner courtyard of Maitreya, where the female Prime Minister Maitreya lives, could withstand the invasion of Lu's mother?
Su Wu walked slowly along the river. Before he had gone too far, he was already approaching the end of the underground river.
In the darkness there, the brick courtyard wall, Longmen and other buildings were visible, and stone tablets were erected around the sealed Longmen tomb wall.
——The dragon gate that has fallen down and is perfectly connected to the ground, and the brick wall made of stone, are the main entrance of a mausoleum. The many stone tablets in front of the mausoleum are the guardian spirits of this large tomb.
On the stone tablets, there are inscriptions such as "Venerable Kassapa, the Arhat subduing the dragon", "Venerable Bindurabhadra, the sitting deer Arhat", "Venerable Supintuo, the Arhat holding the tower", etc.
There are eighteen stone monuments erected here.
Just in line with the ‘Eighteen Arhats’.
Arhat means "killing thieves", "offering offerings", and "having no life". Among the eighteen great Arhats, sixteen are disciples of the Buddha. The stone tablet of these eighteen Arhats is erected here.
This means that the Eighteen Arhats kill thieves and protect their lives.
In the center of the Forest of Eighteen Arhat Steles, in front of the huge stone dragon gate, there is a stone stele with the words "Ci Shi Yue Ancient Golden Wheel Holy God Emperor" written on it. The chiseled writing is filled with gold. Even after decades, it is still in this dark place.
The stalactite cave is filled with sparkles.
When Su Wu stepped here and saw the writings on the stone tablet, he was already sure that he was in the right place!
And when he walked to the forest of Eighteen Arhat Steles, the images of Arhats carved out of stone and dotted with gold paint on the Eighteen Arhat Steles came to life in an instant - all kinds of great vows were conveyed in each Arhat carving.
On top of the phase, the phase engraved on the stele was transformed from emptiness to reality. In an instant, it was freed from the shackles of the stele. People could stand, sit, lie down or fly around Su Wu, transforming this stalactite into the sky and transforming it into a Buddhist temple and Zen courtyard in an instant!
Wisps of dharma nature running without stagnation are carried out between the eyebrows of the eighteen Arhats who have condensed their vows into golden bodies. The round lights behind their heads are towering, and they suddenly have the appearance of becoming Buddhas!
But at the next moment, green light burst out from the eyes of the 18th Arhat, and the even more gloomy and mysterious charm of Lu Mu spread from a statue of the 'Wishful Image' - the 18th Arhat suddenly sprouted bright green hair all over his body.
Eyes, one green eye after another, all focused on the uninvited guest who came here!
Su Wu watched the Eighteen Protectors wishing to be tainted by Lu Mu's charm. His expression did not change. He placed a palm on the head of the oncoming Protector wishing. His palm prints were left on the head of the 'Happy Arhat'.
Above the heavenly spirit, the ring scar on his head was instantly burned away, and a blazing fire burned on his head!
The flames of the great furnace rolled down, instantly turning the happy Arhat wishes into a torch!
The wishes have no emotional intelligence, they are just things that protect this place.
At this moment, they were even more infected by Lu's mother's strange charm. Seeing the enemy approaching, they all gathered towards Su Wu regardless of the situation, hoping to use various methods to 'kill the thief'!
Suddenly, rainbow light surges in this place, and Mother Lu's charisma is waiting for the opportunity to attack Su Wu herself!
Mother Lu's charm is very treacherous and difficult to deal with. Su Wu used to have few effective means to get rid of such charm, but now he is even more different from the past. He just clasped his hands together and oppressed the Arhats with her charm.
When I came here, my mind changed——
A red sun suddenly rose above his head!
Under the red light, all the great Arhats clasped their hands together uncontrollably. In an instant, they were implanted with Su Wu's nature, and they recited in unison: "Who is the boat in the ocean of life and death?
In the long night of ignorance, who will be the lamp?"
Amidst the vigorous singing of the Buddha, all the gleaming green eyes of the eighteen great Arhats shone into the sky, and the mysterious rhymes of Lu Mu that lingered and parasitized on all physical objects, the void, nature, and vows were all burned into the void!
Su Wu then gathered the eighteen wishes between his eyebrows and approached the giant monument painted with gold.
‘Ci’s Yue Ancient Golden Wheel Holy Emperor’.
The so-called "Ci Shi" is "the name of the future Buddha Maitreya".
The so-called 'Golden Wheel' refers to the 'Holy King of Wheels'.
In the past, when Su Wu was approving orders in the Secret Treasure Realm, his destiny also showed the appearance of the 'Holy King of Wheels' - he stood under that giant monument, and the gold characters on the monument quickly fell off and dissolved.
Eventually, the entire giant monument became pitted and blurred, and any writing on it could no longer be seen clearly.
Su Wu then walked past the giant monument, opened the stone door that sealed off the stalactite cave, and walked into the tomb.
Inside the mausoleum, on the four walls, there are paintings depicting flying apsaras. Some of the apsaras are holding pipa in their arms, waving their broad sleeves, or holding flutes.
When Su Wu looked at them, they seemed to fly out of the mural and appeared before Su Wu's eyes, lifelike.
The flying performers played the harp and flute and danced. In the vast and cold tomb, which seemed to have only a few murals, the sound of silk and bamboo could be heard, and the lingering sound lingered in the beams.
Accompanied by the rising and falling music, the power of rolling vows flooded out from the four murals like a big river. Arhats, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas surrounded Su Wu, chanting the same title in unison: "Ci Shi
The Ancient Golden Wheel Holy Emperor..."
"Ci's Yue Ancient Golden Wheel Holy Emperor..."
"Ci's Yue Ancient Golden Wheel Holy Emperor..."
Amidst the vast and boundless chanting, each of the golden-armored warriors more than one foot tall carried the huge pillars, carried the beams, carried the mountain on their backs, and built carved beams and painted buildings, heavy buildings, deep courtyards, and towering palaces right in front of Su Wu!
Layers of golden steps are supported by jade pillars, rising upwards, leading directly to the zenith covered with clouds and mist, with colorful lights of five colors!
Su Wu looked at the various strange phenomena in front of him. When he calmed down, all the strange phenomena disappeared without a trace;
As he turned his mind around and continued to surge forward with the power of great vows, the carved beams and painted buildings and the majestic palace appeared in front of him again. When he climbed the golden steps, he went to the colorful zenith to take a closer look.
Even so, Su Wu did not directly step onto the golden steps leading to him. Instead, he turned around and walked to the stone wall of a tomb. With one hand, he destroyed the mural with carved images of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, flying gods, and Arhats.
Breaking that stone wall——
After the stone wall collapsed, there were shriveled mummies with rotten clothes and pottery altars sitting there.
Judging from the clothes on the mummies and the bare heads on their heads, these corpses were all monks during their lifetime. And the pottery altars also contained Buddha bone relics.
Between the brows of the mummy and inside the pottery altar, the power of great vows surges.
I don’t know how many monks with the power of vows are hidden behind the four walls of the tomb!
It was the power of great vows exuded by countless monks that erected the towering heavenly palace and thousands of vast buildings!
The 'Ci Shi Yue Ancient Jinlun Holy Emperor' is the title of 'Wu Zetian'. This mausoleum hidden deep in the underground stalactite cave is undoubtedly Wu Zetian's mausoleum - it is now sealed on the four walls.
Did each of the subsequent monks volunteer to die for Wu Zetian?
Or were they killed by Wu Zetian, who forcibly gathered the power of their spiritual vows to build a 'Heavenly Palace'?
The mausoleum is empty. Except for a few stone tablets, there is no trace related to the Queen of Heaven. Could it be that there are traces of the Queen of Heaven, or even her remains, in the heavenly palace built by the Great Vow?
Su Wu's mind was spinning, and he lowered his eyes to look at the golden steps that stretched to his feet.
Without any further hesitation, he climbed up the golden steps and climbed straight to the zenith.