Chapter 127 White Bodhi, Xuanzhi’s desire for Buddhahood
Xu Taiping did not answer Xuanzhi's question immediately.
I saw him walking up to the white bodhi tree, placing his hand on the white bodhi tree, and then answered:
"I once promised Master Kasyapa to take a white bodhi tree branch and send it to the Thousand Buddhas Kingdom in the wild world."
Although Xu Taiping believed in Master Xuanzhi very much.
But the matter of inviting Fo to cross to the west this time was related to the life and death of him and the entire Qingxuan Sect. It was impossible for him to inform others of Lu Daoxuan's plan at will.
However, when Master Xuanzhi heard that Xu Taiping was on this trip to send white bodhi branches to Master Kassapa from Thousand Buddha Kingdom, his eyes immediately lit up and he said:
"Brother Taiping, do you really mean what you say?"
Xu Taiping nodded and said:
"nature."
Sensing that Xuanzhi's expression at this moment was a bit unusual, he immediately asked Master Xuanzhi:
"Master Xuanzhi, do you know something about this white bodhi branch?"
Hearing this, Xuanzhi looked around cautiously and said:
"Brother Taiping, wait a moment."
As he spoke, he took out a purple gold bowl from his sleeve, and then gently tapped the purple gold bowl with a small copper pestle.
"when!……"
An extremely clear sound of metal and stone knocking spread out for an extremely long time, centered on the Xuanzhi Mage.
at the same time.
Accompanied by this sound of gold and stone.
Circles of golden light, like ripples on water, kept swaying around the two people.
For a moment, Xu Taiping felt that the surroundings were suddenly silent, so quiet that he could hear the breathing of several people.
Dongfang Yueyu, who was originally thinking about something, was awakened by the sudden silence. He immediately turned his head and looked at Master Xuanzhi and said:
"Master Xuanzhi, why are you using this method of masking the aura and detecting at this time?"
Obviously, this is not the first time Dongfang Yueyu has seen Xuanzhi perform this spell.
"Amitabha……"
Master Xuanzhi first clasped his hands and glanced at the Dongfang Yue Cocoon with a smile, and then
Then he turned his attention back to Xu Taiping, and then explained:
"This matter is of great importance, and we must not let outsiders hear about it."
When Dongfang Yueyu heard this, his eyes were filled with curiosity and his expression became serious.
Xu Taiping, who had just cut off a branch from the white bodhi tree, immediately asked Master Xuanzhi out of curiosity after hearing what Xuanzhi said:
"Master Xuanzhi, are you referring to sending white bodhi branches to the Kingdom of Thousand Buddhas?"
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Yueyu immediately looked towards Xuanzhi with her curious eyes.
"That's right."
Xuanzhi nodded and then explained to Xu Taiping:
"In normal times, the white bodhi tree itself is nothing special, but if it is placed in our Buddhist sect."
Xuanzhi paused for a moment, then clasped his hands together, looked up at the sky with burning eyes, and continued:
"Especially when the relationship with Buddhism is not severed, Buddhism can be of great use."
When he said this, Xuanzhi lowered his head, looked at Xu Taiping in front of him again, and continued:
"The most unique thing about the white bodhi tree for us Buddhists is that it is the only thing that can contain the inheritance of Buddhism."
Xuanzhi took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and then continued:
"Master Kasyapa, I asked Brother Taiping to bring you a white bodhi branch. It must be for the purpose of passing on the Buddha's fate!"
"He wants to spread the Dharma to the five directions of heaven and earth in the Shangqing Realm!"
As soon as these words came out, even Dongfang Yueyu, who didn't know much about the wild Thousand Buddha Country and Buddhism, was shocked when he heard this.
She was very surprised and said:
"Master Xuanzhi, didn't you say that the Pure Realm has long been cut off from Buddhism?"
The severance of the relationship with Buddhism means that the cultivation of Buddhist disciples is locked. At most, they can only cultivate to the level of Buddhism equivalent to that of a monk.
door realm.
Not to mention becoming a Buddha immediately, even the Arhat state, which is equivalent to the Hedao state, will never be reached.
Moreover, cultivation below the Buddhist Arhat level has nothing to do with lifespan, so no matter how high your qualifications and understanding are, you will eventually be unable to escape the fate of aging and dying after your lifespan is exhausted.
If the Buddhist inheritance can be regained, it means that a large number of Buddhist monks who are about to run out of life and die will be reborn. ??
For example, Master Xuanzhi’s master is Faxian, the abbot of Yunyin Temple.
Master Xuanzhi shook his head, and then said with a hint of excitement in his eyes:
"The relationship with Buddha has indeed been cut off for a long time in the Shangqing Realm, but just sixty or seventy years ago, several elders from the Sutra Library of Yunyin Temple sensed a trace of the atmosphere of Buddha's relationship in the wild Thousand Buddhas Kingdom."
"No surprise, this trace of Buddha's destiny is the ancient Buddha Kasyapa from the Thousand Buddhas Country!"
There are several major Zen temples in Youyuntian, as well as the Yunyin Temple in Xiliang State, which is famous for its ascetic cultivation. The reason why they value Xu Taiping so much is that, in addition to Xu Taiping's help to several major Buddhist temples, the most important reason is
The reason is that they sensed the aura of the ancient Buddha Kasyapa.
Xu Taiping, who had been listening silently, finally spoke:
"Master Xuanzhi, are you sure that a single white bodhi branch can borrow a Buddhist connection from the ancient Buddha Kasyapa?"
The biggest purpose of Xu Taiping's trip to the wilderness was to bring down a Buddha statue from the Thousand Buddha Kingdom's Vulture Peak. However, compared to the test of climbing the Vulture Peak, it was just a white Bodhi branch.
It would be much easier to send it to the wilderness.
Master Xuanzhi looked at Xu Taiping in surprise.
In his opinion, it is impossible to ask this question without a deep understanding of Buddhism.
However, Xuanzhi did not ask any more questions, but shook his head and replied:
"Indeed, a single white bodhi branch cannot carry a Buddhist bond."
Hearing this, Dongfang Yueyu asked curiously:
"If one bodhi branch doesn't work, how about sending the whole white bodhi tree over?"<
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Master Xuanzhi shook his head seriously and said:
"The Oriental girl is not a matter of size or length, it is a thing in this world. Unless it has a Buddhist connection, even if you send a whole white Bodhi tree, the Buddha connection that can be passed down will be the same.
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As he spoke, Master Xuanzhi looked at Xu Taiping again and said:
"To be precise, the inheritance that this white bodhi branch can bring back from the ancient Buddha Kasyapa can only be regarded as a seed of Buddha-fate."
"I want to get a complete Buddhist inheritance."
"We must use the magic power of monks like us to carefully cultivate and raise this white bodhi branch. Only when it grows back into a towering tree will the complete inheritance of Buddha's fate return to the higher realm."
Xu Taiping immediately frowned and asked:
"How many years will it take?"
Master Xuanzhi replied:
"If we can mobilize all the Buddhist disciples in the Qing Dynasty to support this white Bodhi tree, we should be able to obtain a complete inheritance of Buddha's fate within two hundred years."
Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately said with regret:
"Two hundred years... is too long."
He originally planned that if this white bodhi branch could inherit the power of a complete Buddha connection, he would not be too lazy to go to Lingjiu Peak to ask for the Buddha statue.
But now that Master Xuanzhi said that it would take at least two hundred years to obtain a complete Buddhist inheritance through this white bodhi branch, he suddenly lost interest in the matter.
In two hundred years, Qingxuan is afraid that he will be swallowed up by Taixu Calamity.
However, Master Xuanzhi looked forward to this.
Just listen to his tone of voice with a bit of excitement:
"Brother Taiping, for us Buddhist disciples who have lost the inheritance of Buddhism for hundreds of thousands of years, two hundred years is nothing!"
Hearing this, Xu Taiping smiled bitterly and said:
"Master is right, this Buddhist fate is more attractive to today's Buddhist disciples in the Shangqing Realm than anything else."