Chapter 688 The Buddha Returns After All Kinds of Suffering
Rumble——
The end of the Gobi Desert.
There was lightning and thunder, heavy rain poured down, and dark clouds pressed down on the ground.
The layers of black clouds that were pressing down were only a few feet away from the ground, and they were almost pressing on the roof of the car.
There is a depressing atmosphere between heaven and earth, making people feel breathless.
Master Kuci in the car stared blankly at the lifeless Feng Qingyan, his body trembling slightly, and his eyes filled with shock like a stormy sea. After savoring the two tears shed by Feng Qingyan, he seemed to taste
To the endless suffering of living beings in the world...
His heart was trembling and his soul was shaking.
He seemed to understand.
Unknowingly, two tears slowly fell down his face.
He only knows.
Only after experiencing all the suffering in the world, only with great mercy and universal compassion that can save the suffering of the world, will the tears contain endless suffering, as well as the faint sorrow and sadness, and the kindness that the world cannot perceive...
This is great mercy.
Compassion means giving peace and happiness to all living beings with love and care.
Compassion is the use of compassion to relieve the suffering of all living beings.
Great compassion is to pull away suffering and happiness, to save all sentient beings from the sea of suffering in the world.
in his heart.
Who is such a person?
It's Buddha!
At this moment, he was in the narrow oxcart, with his hands, knees and head on the ground, trembling and bowing down with great respect.
Sincerely and sincerely.
The middle-aged man in gray robe woke up outside the oxcart. He felt the endless suffering coming from the oxcart and was suddenly shocked.
This pain...
It was so painful that his face turned bitter.
When he saw Elder Kuci bowing down in tears, his heart suddenly stirred up millions of waves.
Because this is the most respectful etiquette in Kutuo Heaven.
Five-body cast!
In Kutuo Heaven, the five-body prostrations are mostly used to worship the Buddha or a small number of highly respected monks. And Elder Kuci is a highly virtuous and respected monk in Kutuo Heaven...
He did not expect that a man as virtuous and respected as Elder Kuci would bow down to a young man. Who was the young man in white in the bullock cart?
What else is worthy of Elder Kuci’s bowing to the ground?
Even the abbot of Kutuo Temple was afraid that he could not withstand Elder Kuci's bowing ceremony and did not dare to bear it...
This was the first time that he saw Elder Kuci performing a five-body bowing ceremony to people other than Buddha.
How can you not be shocked?
But next.
What did he see?
He saw Elder Kuci clasping his hands and raising his head, kneeling down and tapping his head on the feet of the young man in white.
At this moment, the middle-aged man in gray robe seemed to be stunned. He couldn't believe his eyes, and his heart was shaking violently.
This this……
His heart was shocked beyond measure, and his whole person was as if he was petrified.
What kind of gift is this?
This is the highest salute to Kutuo Heaven, bow down and worship!
If it is just a matter of falling to the ground, the middle-aged man in gray robe can still accept it. After all, there are still people in heaven and earth who make people fall to the ground. Although Master Kuci is the person in Kutuo Heaven who makes people fall to the ground...
But pay homage.
A person like Elder Kuci will not bow to anyone except Buddha.
Not to mention a kind-hearted elder-like figure, even monks in the Arhat realm would not bow to anyone except the Buddha.
So at this moment, the middle-aged man in gray robe was stunned, as if he was petrified.
This is simply unthinkable.
Who is Elder Kuci?
Elder Kuci is the largest temple in Kutuo Heaven and the former head of Kutuo Temple.
The so-called first seat?
They are the leaders of the east and west sections of the temple, and their duties are to lead the monks in the temple on behalf of the abbot.
That is to say, he takes the lead as the abbot of Congcong Fuyi, preaches sermons in separate seats, and gives instructions to Houkun; he leads the people in meditation and abides by the rules; he eats rice and porridge, and encourages the deacons; he behaves inappropriately and punishes the monks according to the rules; he mourns his death due to old age, illness, and death.
Farewell; all things must be carried out, like clothes with collars, like nets with outlines...
If it wasn't Elder Kuci who resigned from his first position because he wanted to travel eastward to the Great Zhou Dynasty to preach the Dharma, it is very likely that he was the person who "preached the Dharma on behalf of the Buddha and continued the Buddha's wise life" in Kutuo Temple.
He is the abbot of Kutuo Temple.
Although Elder Kuci has now resigned from his first position, he is still a highly respected elder of Kutuo Temple.
In other temples in Kututian.
Generally speaking, as long as you become a Bodhisattva, you can become an elder in a temple.
However, in Kutuo Temple, the largest in Kutuo Heaven, only monks who have retired from the positions of abbot and four major classes can become the elders of Kutuo Temple. Although there are not many elders in Kutuo Temple, it can even be said that they are few in number, but
They are all highly respected (very terrifying) beings.
The four main classes of a temple generally refer to: the first hall, the west hall, the back hall, and the hall master.
so.
Such a virtuous and respected elder actually paid homage to a young man in white. How could he not shock the middle-aged man in gray?
At this moment, I felt like I was stupid.
At some point, the rain stopped and the layers of dark clouds dispersed.
The sky quickly became clear again.
White mist rises.
But in the world, there is endless suffering, which makes the middle-aged man in gray robe suffer physically and mentally. It seems that even the soul cannot bear the suffering.
At this moment, he didn't think much, but savored the bitterness that filled the air from the bullock cart.
The more it tasted, the more bitter it became, so bitter that he couldn't bear it.
But after all, he is an Arhat (great Confucian) of Kutuo Temple. If he cannot bear this suffering, how can he become an Arhat of Kutuo Temple?
After a while.
The middle-aged man in gray robe was stunned and tasted it more seriously.
Gradually, he seemed to taste the pain of the struggling creatures in the world, tasted the pain of eternal soul sinking, tasted the pain of life and death of the people in the world...
His face gradually became shocked.
He suddenly understood something.
Why would Elder Kuci bow down to a young man and worship him like a Buddha?
Because he is such a compassionate person.
He is "Buddha" himself.
But at this moment, Elder Kuci lay down and stepped back from the car. He was still extremely respectful and respected Feng Qingyan like a Buddha.
"Elder, who is this? Why do you have such great compassion in your heart?"
The middle-aged man in gray robe asked, still unable to believe that the young man who died in front of him was the "Buddha" he longed for.
And how can "Buddha" die?
After getting off the bus, Kuci stood up. With a pious face, he lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes and said: "The benefactor, General Ming Bodhisattva, has awakened, which is equivalent to the Tathagata's wonderful awakening. Therefore, we should first mention the Tathagata and talk about those who go against the flow. The Tathagata has already been mentioned first.
After attaining the Sea of Wonderful Enlightenment, there is no further progress, but without giving up all sentient beings, he rides the boat of mercy and goes against the current. This Bodhisattva is the one who comes along the way, saying that his progress has not yet been completed, so he can enter the Sea of Fruition and go with the current.
And enter. When the awakening comes into contact, the Bodhisattva begins to awaken, and the wonderful awakening of the Buddha is in harmony, but the ears are different..."
The middle-aged man in gray robe suddenly trembled in his heart.
However, Elder Kuci has not finished speaking yet and continues: "There is always one phase, the first infinite, as clear as space, all kinds of wisdom, illuminating the unborn, there is truth from beginning to end. Only the Buddha is the end, the root of all living beings, has a beginning and an end, the Buddha
It also illuminates all the troubles and the retributions of all sentient beings. With a single thought of the Buddha, he can measure all the origins, all Buddha lands, all Buddhas' causes and effects, and all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas' magical transformations. He can also know with a single thought, and live outside the inconceivable two truths, alone in nothingness.
two……"
The middle-aged man in gray robe widened his eyes, as if he was about to leave his body, and murmured: "This, this..."
At this moment, elder Kuci has immeasurable Buddha light bursting out from his body.
It's like illuminating the heaven and earth.
"Master Kuci, please hurry up, sir."
Jiuge turned pale and begged.
"Don't be sad, little donor. The donor has already become a Buddha."
Master Kuci clasped his palms together and said, the sorrow on his face disappeared, leaving only a face full of joy. He had been praying for the Buddha all his life, but he never expected that the Buddha was in the world, right in front of him, and in his heart...
At this moment, Kutuo Heaven is facing a great disaster that has not happened in thousands of years.
But the Buddha is in the human world, and the Buddha is right in front of us, so why go to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to ask for reinforcements?
There is Buddha.
All misfortunes will disappear.
"Becoming a Buddha? What is becoming a Buddha?"
Qing Mang asked with tears in his eyes.
Elder Kuci pondered for a moment and then said: "Becoming a Buddha is the sanctification mentioned by the Great Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so the two donors do not need to be sad. The donor is not dead, but has become a Buddha."
"Then, why can't you wake me up? Isn't there any life left?"
Jiuge asked with tears in his eyes.
"This is just the Buddha's body..."
Elder Kuci pondered for a moment and then turned to the middle-aged man in gray robe, "My nephew Tuove, please join me in inviting the Buddha back to the temple."
"Follow the elders' orders."
The middle-aged man in gray robe put his palms together and said.
"It is not following my order, but following the order of the Buddha. The Buddha left the Buddha body here to ask us to invite the Buddha body back to the temple to suppress all disasters..."
Elder Kuci said.
"Suppress all disasters?"
The middle-aged man in gray robe, namely Dawei, was stunned for a moment, then became a little shocked and said: "Elder, can the Buddha's body suppress all disasters?"
"The Buddha's body can naturally suppress all adversities, and all adversities will disappear."
Elder Kuci nodded.
"Then we don't have to go to Dongtu Dazhou to ask for reinforcements?"
Dawve said excitedly.
This eternal night is countless miles away. Even if he is lucky enough to come to the East, how many reinforcements can he bring back?
"My Buddha is right in front of you, why do you need to ask other soldiers to teach you?"
Elder Kuci lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes. He looked in the direction of Kutuo Heaven, as if he was seeing the catastrophe in Kutuo Heaven, and said: "Perhaps it is precisely because I, Kutuo Heaven, suffered a catastrophe that has not been seen in thousands of years that the Buddha was able to
He will appear as a Buddha and suppress the disaster for us."
At this moment, Elder Kuci bowed his head to the bullock cart and said: "My Buddha is of great mercy and compassion, who removes suffering and happiness, and drives the voyage of mercy to save all sentient beings..."
And Da Vei also put his hands together and raised his head above his head, knelt down and bowed, just like Elder Kuci.
Worship.
After worshiping, Elder Kuci walked up to Qingmang, bowed respectfully and said, "We also ask the Protector Qingniu to join us in inviting the Buddha back to the temple to suppress all the disasters in Kutuo Heaven."
After Kuci finished speaking, he held the horns of the bull with one hand, like a cow.
He is willing to lead the bull for Feng Qingyan and serve as a pawn.
Because Feng Qingyan is the Buddha.
Da Vei, on the other hand, carried the monk with a withered face and followed behind the bullock cart respectfully and devoutly.
"Master Kuci, where are you going?"
Qing Mang said quickly.
"Inviting the Buddha to return to the temple is also inviting the Buddha to return to the human world..."
Elder Kuci said as he walked.
"Go back to the temple? Which temple? Master Kuci, is your Lord really not dead? He just became a Buddha?" Qing Mang was a little confused at this moment. After listening to Elder Kuci's words, he could no longer tell whether your Lord was alive or not.
Death is still the so-called becoming a Buddha and becoming a saint.
Your Majesty's sudden loss of all vitality is very strange and unacceptable.
Maybe he's not dead.
How could your Majesty die so easily?
"Master Kuci, can you wake up when you return to that temple?"
Jiuge cried and asked, his face full of hope.
"Little donor, the Buddha will not die, this is just a body left by the Buddha..."
Elder Kuci explained.
"Oh, oh, it's so painful. Jiu Ge feels so miserable."
Jiuge cried.
"This is the Buddha who has experienced all the sufferings in the world. All the sufferings in the world are here. Naturally, it is suffering, and the suffering goes into the heart." Elder Kuci said softly, with a pious face, "But only if he has experienced all the sufferings in the world.
Only by suffering all kinds of hardships can we achieve full success in cultivation. We only have to transform and benefit all living beings. We have great kindness like clouds, great compassion like the sea, and universal energy. Even though we apply it to moisturize, our essence is still and unmoved..."
Jiuge can't understand it, Qingmang can't understand it.
But Dawei was amazed and looked at the bullock cart with even more piety.
At this time, all kinds of suffering that spread from Feng Qingyan's body seemed to spread across heaven and earth.
gradually.
It's not just the air that's bitter.
The water, the source of life, became bitter, the fruit that grew on the trees became bitter, and the food that was sown became bitter.
At this moment, countless people in Kutuo Heaven suddenly discovered that everything in heaven and earth was suffering.
In the major temples in Kutuotian.
Many monks who were above the Vajra realm were staring blankly at the sky.
Why has this world become so miserable?
The world of Kutuo Heaven is originally bitter and has always been bitter; suffering has never left Kutuo Heaven, let alone the people.
but.
The people of Kutuotian have long been accustomed to suffering.
In this piece of heaven and earth, all kinds of sufferings have always existed in the world.
However, for the common people who have passed through countless years and generations, they have long been accustomed to it and do not even feel the pain.
Only monks in the Buddhist realm can vaguely feel all kinds of suffering in heaven and earth.
In the Vajra state, one can clearly feel that everything is suffering.
But I don't know why.
The world has become even more miserable, so much so that they can no longer bear it.
All kinds of suffering, endless suffering, suffering in their hearts and souls, making their hearts sad and their souls crying...
As followers of the Buddha, they are unable to free all sentient beings from the sea of suffering.
I can only watch helplessly as the people are born in the sea of suffering, die in the sea of suffering, and struggle in the sea of suffering...
They are heartbroken but unable to do anything.
This Kutuo Heaven is the Great Sea of Suffering.
This world is a great sea of suffering.
But not long after.
Some monks in the Bodhisattva realm, among all kinds of suffering, tasted the pain of the struggle of living beings in the world, and tasted the pain of eternal soul sinking...
From the endless suffering, we see great compassion.
I saw relief and relief.
I saw Cihang driving in reverse.
Then I saw the Buddha.
now.
In many temples, there are respected monks who slowly bow to the northeast.
Place your hands, knees and head on the ground together.
Many young monks were shocked when they saw it.
They are unable to taste the suffering of all living beings in the world from all kinds of suffering. Naturally, they cannot see the great mercy, rescue the suffering, and be compassionate. Naturally, they cannot see the Buddha, let alone the Buddha.
The Buddha is already in the human world.
And all kinds of suffering are getting more and more intense, and the people of Kutuo Heaven are suffering unspeakably.
The demons on the western coastline of Kutuo are also suffering unspeakably.
Everything in heaven and earth is suffering.
How can we still live like this?
Even if they capture Kutu Tian, what's the use?
Such a miserable world made their souls tremble with misery, so they might as well go back to the devil's abyss.
"Kill, kill, kill—"
Countless strange monsters with strange shapes rushed out from the devilish abyss of the West Sea and headed towards the west bank of Kutuotian.
Monsters seemed to be overwhelming.
but.
The Demonic Abyss is even more painful and difficult...
At this moment, countless kind-hearted monks immediately turned into angry-eyed Vajras and frantically rushed towards the demons.
The corpses of monks fell one after another and fell into the Western Sea.
but.
But in the blink of an eye, the corpses of many monks were devoured by the demons, leaving only a tattered, blood-stained monk's robe.
The monks in Kutuotian were furious.
But the monsters in the Demonic Abyss have already fallen into madness, and there is only endless killing in their eyes.
All they have left is a crazy will.
Kill all living things in sight.
The monks of Kutuo Heaven guarded the west coastline. In order to prevent the monsters from entering Kutuo Heaven, countless monks died under the claws of the monsters.
At this moment, countless monks are heading towards the west coastline.
The people moved eastward.
The monks in Kutuo Heaven could not hold on for much longer.
Because of this, the genius of Kutuo sent monks through the eternal night to the legendary Eastern Land Zhou Dynasty to ask for reinforcements...
But how can it be easy to cross the eternal night?
Over the past two thousand years, how many monks have died in the eternal night?
But for Kuduotian and to fight against the crazy monsters, they still sent many monks to cross the almost impenetrable eternal night.
This is mainly because.
They met a scholar from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
This person's name is Yan Shan.
He became the first of more than 2,000 people to come from the Eastern Land to the Western Land of Kutuo Heaven.
At this time, Yan Shan was in Kutuo Temple, with a sad look on his face and helplessness. He never imagined that he just wanted to travel to the legendary Kutuo Heaven in the West, but the abbot of Kutuo Temple said, "The donor and I
The Buddha was destined to stay at Kutuo Temple in a very polite (forcible) manner.
"Buddha, today the old monk will give a lecture."
An old and skinny monk came over, bowed to Yan Shan who was sitting cross-legged, and then sat cross-legged facing each other. At this moment, he ignored Yan Shan's movements and whether he was willing to listen, and just started talking...
…
Suddenly the Buddha's light filled the sky and illuminated the heaven and earth.
Countless Buddhas were born from the Buddha's light.
Yan Shan just glanced at it, and his attention fell on a yellowed scripture, and he silently read his own Confucian scriptures. However, the old monk's lecture voice was so terrifying that it seemed to automatically fall on his mind.
in his soul.
He didn't want to hear it, but it was automatically imprinted in his mind.
This old monk.
He is the elder of Kutuo Temple.
But at this moment, the old monk suddenly stopped teaching.
He suddenly raised his head and looked up at the sky, silently looking at all kinds of suffering in the sky, savoring the suffering in all kinds of suffering...
After a while.
His skinny body trembled violently.
When Yan Shan's face was full of pain and surprise, he felt all kinds of suffering in the world, which shocked him a little.
As soon as he stepped into Kutuo Heaven, he felt the faint bitterness between heaven and earth.
He felt that everything in Kutuo Heaven exuded a faint bitter taste.
This shocked him.
Soon after, he discovered that it seemed that the people of Kutuo Heaven did not feel the faint bitter taste between heaven and earth.
But monks in the Buddhist realm can vaguely feel it.
This surprised him very much.
Very confused.
I don’t understand why the heaven and earth in Kutuo Heaven exudes a faint bitter taste, and I don’t understand why the people in Kutuo Heaven can’t feel the faint bitter taste...
He asked the monks at Kutuo Temple.
But the monks from Kutuo Temple just said that the world is a great sea of suffering...
And at this time.
Yan Shan seemed to finally understand.
This world is indeed a big sea of suffering, and everyone lives in it.
Although he cannot taste the suffering of all living beings in the world from all kinds of suffering, let alone see any great kindness and compassion, any kind of rescuing the suffering, etc.
but.
But he suddenly felt vaguely that there seemed to be a familiar aura among all the suffering.
It seemed to be the breath from the Eastern Land, the breath from the literati of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Maybe there are people like him who have successfully traveled through the eternal night and arrived at the legendary native Kutuo Heaven...
The local Ku Tuo Tian not only has the same characters as the Eastern Tu Da Zhou, but also has the same language.
Yayan of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
This shocked him beyond belief.
After all, the Great Zhou Dynasty in the East and the Kutuo Heaven in the West have been in a state of isolation for more than two thousand years.
At this time, the old monk trembled and bowed to the northeast.
"Master of Suffering, what happened? Why is the world becoming more and more miserable?"
Yan Shan asked doubtfully.
"I, the Buddha, have gone through all kinds of suffering in the world and come back to save suffering."
The old monk was trembling all over and said excitedly.
He clasped his hands together and raised his head above his head before kneeling down.
This is still a ritual of worship. He not only bows to the Buddha who has gone through all kinds of suffering in the world and returned to save suffering, but also bows and worships...
"I, Kutuotian, am saved."
"I, the Buddha, have returned after experiencing all kinds of suffering in the world, and I will sail with compassion for all sentient beings in the world, and escape from the great sea of suffering in the world..."
At the end of Kutuotian Gobi Desert.
Elder Kuci respectfully led the green bull and walked step by step to Kutuo Temple.
He leads the way for Buddha and welcomes me, Buddha, when he returns.
Jiuge and Qingmang, however, seemed to be still in a state of confusion, allowing Elder Kuci to lead Qingmang westward.
now.
They were a little confused as to whether Sir (Your Majesty) was alive or dead.
Although Sir (Your Majesty) is not alive at all, they feel the presence of Sir (Your Majesty) as if they are everywhere in the world...
It seems to be just as the suffering old monk said: The Buddha returned after experiencing all kinds of suffering in the world, sailed the voyage of mercy for all sentient beings in the world, and escaped from the great sea of suffering in the world.
Before the ox-cart left the Gobi Desert, gray-robed figures flew over one after another, all of them beings in the realm of Bodhisattva. They looked at the ox-cart devoutly, and the wind gently lifted the curtains, and the people in the ox-cart were vaguely visible.
Figure in white.
This is the figure of Buddha.
I, the Buddha, have gone through all kinds of suffering in the world and returned, sailing the voyage of mercy for all sentient beings in the world, and escaping from the great sea of suffering in the world.
They lined up on both sides and worshiped.
Soon after, more and more monks appeared on the way back to Kutuo Temple.
There were young novices, young monks, and old Bodhisattvas. They all bowed devoutly and knelt on the roadside to respect the Buddha who had returned from all kinds of suffering in the world.
as time goes by.
The road back to Kutuo Temple was crowded with devout Buddhists, and even more devout Buddhist slaves...