Chapter 545: The consciousness-only teaching is unique; in the Tang Dynasty, it was just the opposite...
After all, the emperor and the king of men are different.
If he were a human king, the saints might treat him differently.
But he is just the emperor on earth, and he does not actually occupy much position among the saints.
Even if he is the reincarnation of Emperor Ziwei, in fact, it is usually difficult for him to attract the attention of the saints.
But things are different now. They learned from Master Xuandu that although the emperor on earth is the reincarnation of Emperor Ziwei, he has now escaped from the control of Emperor Ziwei and has become an independent individual, no longer a vassal of others.
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In fact, this is similar to the relationship between the incarnations of saints left in the Three Realms and their true bodies. There is a nominal subordinate, but the true body no longer controls the incarnations.
However, the situation between their incarnations and their true bodies was caused by passivity, not the active will of the incarnations. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, was completely different. After he clearly understood his own heel, he actively chose to fight with the incarnations.
Emperor Ziwei left, and Emperor Ziwei did not deliberately force him to stay. Instead, he let it go, and this opportunity came about.
The two look similar, but are actually very different.
Even though Grand Master Xuandu has not mentioned the key yet, with the vision of a saint, it is actually not difficult to guess some things.
Li Shimin was unwilling to settle down, Tang Sanzang was not a "good friend", and these two were sworn brothers. Now that they have returned from studying scriptures and joined forces with their swords... then I am afraid it will cause quite a stir in the Three Realms.
"Because when Tripitaka and his disciples left Lingshan, the Buddha and the Bodhisattva made it clear that they would only have eight days to go to the Tang Dynasty. Once the eight days are up, he will be asked to return to Lingshan to debate the sutras with the monks in Lingshan and explain the cause and effect...
Therefore, during these eight days, Master Tripitaka stayed in Ci'en Temple in Chang'an City to translate scriptures."
"Master Tripitaka's Dharma is so profound that even though there are 15,000 volumes of scriptures, all of them were completely translated in a very short time... He handed over the translated scriptures to several people in the Tang Dynasty.
A prince copied it, and he himself... wanted to put ink on the Wordless Scripture."
This matter was actually expected by the saints.
From Tang Sanzang's acceptance of the wordless scripture, they can guess that this is what Master Sanzang intended. And based on Master Sanzang's own Buddhist realm, compiling a scripture is not something that can be easily accomplished?
"What sutra did he write?"
The person who asked the question was Empress Nuwa.
""Consciousness-only Theory"."
"Consciousness only..."
The two saints Zhunti and Jieying looked at each other and said in their hearts: This is the Mahayana teaching.
What was Tang Sanzang thinking in his mind?
He did not accept the great achievements of Lingshan Mahayana Buddhism, but he compiled a Mahayana scripture...
Just when they were puzzled, they heard Master Xuandu say, "Master Tripitaka also established a family of his own because he established the consciousness-only teaching."
A family of its own?!
All the saints paused together, and suddenly thought of the vision that had been reported in the three realms before. Could it be that it was confirmed here?
"Is there any written document?"
This sentence was asked by Laojun.
Master Xuandu immediately stood up, took out five scriptures from his arms, and sent them to several saints respectively. This was something he had expected, and he had already transcribed the copies before he came.
As for the autographed scriptures given to him by Master Sanzang, Master Xuandu has no intention of taking them out. He is not afraid of 10,000, but just in case... If a few saints really take it and don't give it back to him, he will also
There is nothing to explain.
Master Tripitaka's authentic works would be a rare treasure in the entire Three Realms.
After the saints obtained the scriptures, they began to read it silently...especially the two saints Zhunti and Jieying, who read it very seriously. After all, it was a matter of Buddhism, and they could not tolerate it.
Master Xuandu also explained on the side, "I heard Master Tripitaka say that the origin of this consciousness-only teaching actually comes from the Yoga Sect of Maitreya Buddha... The Yoga Sect was established by Maitreya Buddha after he realized the true meaning of Mahayana Buddhism.
Buddhism.”
What can the two sages Zhunti and Jieyin say after hearing this?
When Many Treasures Tathagata came to Lord Lingshan, it was already destined that Hinayana would be outlawed by Mahayana...Those who were originally disciples of Western religions and later monks who practiced Hinayana Buddhism, turned to Mahayana Buddhism, which was also the general trend.
The only thing worth being happy about now is that... Master Tripitaka's previous life, Jin Chanzi, was a disciple of Tathagata Buddha, but the Mahayana teachings he inherited now actually came from Maitreya... This is considered a blessing for the two of them.
A rare piece of good news.
This volume of scripture, even if the saints looked at it at this moment, they were inadvertently sinking their minds and comprehending it with their hearts.
Is this a sutra that an ordinary monk could write?
Laojun was the first to read it. He even felt that as soon as this volume of scripture came out, all the previous Buddhist teachings in the three realms were dim.
It is no wonder that Duobao had the idea to pass on the position of the Lord of Buddhism to Tang Sanzang. Based on this volume of scriptures, Tang Sanzang is fully qualified.
Then Yuanshi Tianzun also saw the scripture in his hand. He put the scripture into his sleeve without making any statement... But it is undeniable that he really noticed from this scroll of scripture.
The aspirations of Master Tripitaka.
Although I haven't seen him in person, his voice has been revealed in this scripture.
If Tang Sanzang had been born tens of thousands of years earlier, or directly at the beginning of the world, I am afraid that this holy throne would have to have one of his.
Let’s not talk about anything else. Although Yuanshi Tianzun is not a member of the Buddhist sect, based on his spiritual practice, it can be seen that the realm of Buddhism in the theory of consciousness only is probably not inferior to the two sages of the West, and may even be higher.
above both of them.
A layman watches the fun, an expert watches the door.
The saints are naturally experts in this regard... And if we talk about the understanding of Buddhism, and the two sages of the West are the first, this "The Theory of Consciousness Only" is also the deeper the Buddhism, the more profound it is.
The understanding will naturally become more thorough.
Therefore, the two saints Zhunti and Jieying fell into it for a while and could not extricate themselves for a long time.
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The same goes for Saint Taiqing and Yuanshi Tianzun. They did not expect that a scroll of scriptures could actually make the two saints of the West appear like this.
Master Xuandu suppressed the horror in his heart and sighed secretly: Master Sanzang, you are worthy of being the master!
After a long time, the two sages of the West finished reading the scriptures, but they still looked like they were still unfinished.
"It is the blessing of the three realms to have this holy Buddha born in the world." The saint clasped his hands together, and his face, which had always been sad and unchanging in the past, rarely showed a smile this time.
The expression of Saint Zhunti is quite complicated, but all the saints can also understand his mood.
"What I have seen from this scripture can be said to be an ocean that embraces all rivers...Needless to say, there are various sects of Buddhism and Mahayana as well as esoteric classics. It even contains the essence of many Taoists, Confucians, and even the thoughts of hundreds of schools of thought at that time.
." Saint Taiqing said in a deep voice.
"Master Tripitaka travels in the three realms and has no sectarian views, so he became such a great person." Master Xuandu paused for a moment and then said, "I heard that the reason why he devoted himself to becoming a monk was because he was in danger after he was born.
He was saved by a monk, so after becoming wise, he decided to become a monk in order to repay his karma."
What Master Xuandu means is...if it were not Buddhism but some other sect that saved Master Tripitaka back then, I'm afraid it would be a completely different scene now.
But this matter... doesn't seem possible.
After all, the first half of Master Tripitaka's life was determined to a certain extent.
In fact, if it hadn't been for the accident of "Jin Chanzi's True Spirit Awakening", everything that Master Tripitaka experienced before he succeeded in learning the scriptures might have been arranged in advance.
But now... destiny is obviously in the hands of Master Tripitaka.
Even he, a chess piece that was manipulated before, has now jumped off the chessboard and is gradually transforming into a chess player.
In fact, through this volume of scriptures, all the saints can basically understand the character of Master Tripitaka, and it is even more intuitive and vivid than the image obtained from the mouth of Master Xuandu.
A person's temperament can be disguised.
But his way cannot hide his true heart no matter what.
Seeing that the saints were almost digested, Master Xuandu was looking for an opportunity to speak, but he heard the words from Nuwa Empress on the side, "Eight days have passed. Master Sanzang is going back to Lingshan, right?"
"Exactly."
"How about those scriptures written silently by the monks in Lingshan? Are there any mistakes or omissions?" Only the Empress Nuwa still remembered this matter, and the other saints didn't care about these trivial matters at all.
"Well... as far as the disciples know, not all monks can write down the topics they have drawn. After all, there are fifteen thousand volumes of scriptures in the Sutra Pavilion. It is inevitable that some monks will specialize in it, and some will
I seldom read about it... In addition, there are differences between the hot and cold scriptures among monks, so there are still many errors and omissions."
"This is inevitable."
All the saints also expressed their understanding of this.
But Master Xuandu followed up by saying, "In fact, except for a large number of monks who happened to be allocated to their own intensive practice or to study the scriptures, there are only a very small number of monks who put the scriptures in the Sutra Pavilion
I have read all the scriptures and can memorize them."
"And among these monks, most of them are ordinary old monks. They don't even have the status of Arhat... On the contrary, some of the Bodhisattvas and Arhats are really unsightly, and some obscure scriptures can't be revealed in silence.
, but they can’t even write down some basic classics... This is hard to justify.”
When Master Xuandu said this, he looked in the direction of Saint Zhunti.
There is no other reason than that when these Arhats and Bodhisattvas joined Buddhism, they did not become monks sincerely, but were forcibly brought back by the predestined Saint Chunti.
Nowadays, if you don’t pay attention to Buddhist practice, you can’t blame them entirely.
"As for those errors and omissions, Tathagata Buddha naturally has ways to deal with them... Tathagata Buddha issued a decree at that time, so that those who can memorize the entire sutra can go to the Sutra Pavilion to check for omissions and fill in the gaps. When correcting the sutra,
Also indicate the time and name."
The saints also fully agreed with Tathagata Buddha's arrangement.
"Master Sanzang did not return to Lingshan empty-handed. He also brought some scriptures sent by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. They were basically Taoist and Confucian classics, and they were all incorporated into the Sutra Pavilion... It's just that
The monks in Lingshan are not interested in the scriptures of Taoism and Confucianism."
"This is exactly the opposite in the Tang Dynasty..." Master Xuandu said to the saints: "In the Tang Dynasty, even Taoist monks and Confucian scholars did not actually care about the Buddhist scriptures brought back by Master Tripitaka.
reject it, and even take the initiative to explore the essence."
And the reason for this is nothing else. One of the most important points is that these Buddhist scriptures were brought back by Master Tripitaka... If it weren't for Master Tripitaka, it would probably be difficult for these scriptures to be exaggerated even if they were exaggerated.
Their eyes wander.
But in any case, it is not just as simple as Master Tripitaka's scriptures being all-encompassing, because it is the entire Tang Empire that truly embraces all rivers.
What I will talk about next is the grand gathering of Master Tripitaka debating scriptures at Lingshan Mountain.
Guanyin Bodhisattva's "Who am I, who am I" obviously did not trouble Master Tripitaka, and the saints did not think that Master Tripitaka would be troubled by such a simple question... But Guanyin Bodhisattva then asked "Nianhuahua smiled"
”, the saints did not think Master Tripitaka could answer it so easily.
And this is actually the case.
That day in the Lingshan Hall, it seemed like the wind was calm and calm, but in fact, only Fahai knew about all the dangers.
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First, he and Guanyin Bodhisattva "took a willow branch and smiled" and had a close connection and shared compassion... Then Mahakassapa, who had received the Buddha's true Heart Sutra, came out and invited Tripitaka to debate the Dharma...
"Only when you see the Buddha's heart with the Buddha's heart can you understand holding flowers and smiling." Master Xuandu gave the answer given by Master Tripitaka back then.
He added: "It's just that neither Master Tripitaka nor Mahakasyapa at that time, although these two people had the heart of Buddha, they did not become Buddhas... In the words of Master Tripitaka, that is, Mahakasyapa is the
He only cultivates purity and self-cultivation, while he appears in the world of mortals, slaying demons, slaying karma and protecting lives."
"The so-called Buddha's heart is connected. Mahakasyapa taught the Heart Sutra to Tripitaka on the spot. And Mahakasyapa himself went directly to the underworld after this sutra debate and went to Yinshan to meet Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
Ask Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to send him into the six realms of reincarnation."
At that time, when Master Xuandu heard Duobao Tathagata mention this matter, Duobao Tathagata also said: "Maha Kasyapa insisted on entering reincarnation. I am afraid that it is because the practice of Hinayana Buddhism has reached its peak and it is difficult to make any further progress."
... Now that his true body has entered reincarnation, he may be able to understand the mystery of Mahayana Buddhism."
This is also the fundamental reason why the Buddha let him go at that time... You can actually hear it from the words of the Tathagata Many Treasures. He still likes Tathagata Many Treasures very much, but he is interested in this disciple... letting him enter reincarnation is
A kind of fulfillment, maybe not because I want to see him achieve something in the future.
Guanyin Bodhisattva and Maha Kassapa can only be said to have given this sutra debate a good start... The saints have obviously thought of this, and they have become more and more interested in the subsequent sutra debate.