According to what Yao Shan and others said, the sutra spoken by Guanyin Bodhisattva that day is the key. To relieve Yao Shan and others from their predicament, they first need to hear this sutra. But they cannot remember it.
So, there are just a few methods.
One is, as mentioned above, to rely on magic power to directly perceive it from the seventh consciousness, Mana Consciousness; the other is to use the legendary magic to trace back time. These two methods seem to be the same as those in the human world.
I haven't found anyone who has this ability. These are all spells that can only be cast by the so-called immortals and Buddhas.
Furthermore, if there was someone in the lotus pond that day who had reached a certain level in his own cultivation, such as practicing Buddhism to the level of a real person, then he might naturally be in concentration, observe the important causes and conditions of his past and future, and hear this passage again. But,
Yao Shan, etc. have residual leaks in their bodies and cannot practice cultivation at all. In other words, when they practice cultivation, they have leaks that progress during the day and retreat at night. This method does not work either.
Wu Xu had an intuition in his heart. Whether he could solve this problem was closely related to his quest for Dharma in the East China Sea. It could also solve the dilemma of Yao Shan and others. Therefore, he did not want to give up, could not sleep at night, and sat quietly.
Thinking hard in front of the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the Main Hall.
Suddenly, Wuxu's eyes lit up, he took a stone from outside the palace, held it up with both hands, and slowly sent it towards the incomplete bottom of the pure bottle above. He saw that the stone was constantly changing under the power of Wuxu's palm.
Small, and finally turned into a small arrow-shaped particle, embedded in the gap of the cleaning bottle.
Then he saw a flash of red light in mid-air and a puff of fine dust rising up. Wuxu took a closer look and saw that the clean bottle was still incomplete. "As expected," Wuxu thought to himself, but kept silent. He just carefully recalled the red light just now, and then
Lost in thought.
That catastrophe was originally caused by Baotuo Guanyin Temple. Although the entire temple later suffered retribution and died under the butcher knife of the Yuan army, the cause and effect of this monstrous killing fell on Guanyin Bodhisattva. After all, Mount Putuo
It is the dojo of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva..
After a while, Wuxu closed his eyes and murmured to himself, "Is it a chapter from the Nirvana Sutra? Or a chapter from the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra? If so, we can hold a grand ceremony tomorrow.
Try the ritual to eliminate disasters and clear karma."
While he was thinking over and over again, suddenly there was a person behind him who said sarcastically, "If it were so simple to do a ritual, why would you, a monk, be nagging here?"
Wuxu slowly turned his head, only to see a burly man with a heavy back and a beard, wearing short sleeves and shorts, walking over, sitting on a futon next to him, minding his own business, stretched out his furry right hand, and held a green seven
He placed the harpoon heavily on the incense table, took out a wine bottle, and poured a sip into his mouth. Then he turned to Wuxu and said, "For more than a hundred years, I have been here, big and small,
I’ve done Buddhist rituals countless times! It’s useless!”
Wuxu was sizing up the man, and when he heard what he said, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He pointed to the lotus pond outside the hall and asked, "Are you also from the lotus pond?"
The man shook his shoulders and snorted, "I'm not a human being, I'm a monster!" He obviously accepted that he came from the lotus pond, but he was quite resentful in his heart.
Wuxu was not angry, "Whether it's a human being or a demon, I never thought you could cultivate to the eighth level of the mortal world. I don't know how you cultivated it. Why don't you also teach it to Shi Shan and others?"
"I have the bloodline of the ancient exotic tiger-headed octopus. Back then, Guanyin's pure water fell into the lotus pond, and the blood in my body awakened, and I was able to practice to this point." The man took another sip of wine, a strong drink.
The qi turned into white qi in the hall.
Wuxu waved his hand and brought up a gust of wind, fanning the alcohol out, "How can you be so debauched in front of the Bodhisattva's throne in the Mahavira Hall?" Then the topic changed, "Since you are an ancient beast with a tiger head and an octopus,
Again
After practicing for decades and reaching the level of a real person, when the time comes and you meditate in meditation, you may remember the scripture that the Bodhisattva recited. Yao Shan and others can regain their freedom, and maybe they can also practice and attain enlightenment.
.”
After hearing Wuxu's words, the man burst into laughter. The laughter got louder and louder, causing the prayer flags in the hall to dance. His expression looked particularly ferocious under the flickering incense. Yao Shan and others seemed to have already
Knowing this man's arrival, none of them showed up.
The man, after laughing for a while, said hoarsely, "So that the master will know that it only took twenty years since Hu awakened his bloodline and transformed into a human form to reach the eighth level of cultivation now. But again.
From now on, just like everyone else, no matter how hard you practice, your body is like a bucket filled with water.
So many." After saying this, he suddenly said bitterly, "You are so damn evil. No matter how much you practice or take any panacea, your body will be like a funnel! It's like you have a gastrointestinal disease and you can eat delicacies from all over the world for a while.
After that, he ran to the latrine and pulled him into the cesspit!" At the end of the sentence, he was full of resentment.
Wuxu was silent for a moment, then clasped his hands and said, "I wonder if Hu Daoyou has ever thought about it. This may not necessarily mean that the Bodhisattva secretly used means to force you to stay in Baotuo Guanyin Temple. Just think about it, in an instant, all the living beings in the lotus pond were
It has been less than two hundred years since I transformed into a human form. Although during this period, I could not cultivate
OK. However, it would take five or six hundred years at least to follow the normal path of enlightenment, cultivation, and transformation. Not to mention that during this period, there were many tribulations and nine deaths. You transformed into a human body, heard the Buddha's teachings, and all the hard work you put in
It’s just a mere guardianship for less than two hundred years, so why should we lament and sigh like this and feel resentful?”
When the man surnamed Hu heard Wuxu's explanation, his face softened, but he revealed a hint of sadness. He turned to face the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, put his palms together and bowed, "Bodhisattva is above. We have received the grace of the Bodhisattva's transformation, and we should guard it."
Protect the Bodhisattva's dojo, but now we can't practice, and we can't remember that scripture, and we feel uneasy and hesitant. I hope the Bodhisattva will show mercy and enlighten me." After saying this, he burst into tears.
After a while, Yao Shan and others also walked into the main hall, knelt on the futon, with a look of sorrow on his face, clasped his hands and said, "Guanyin Bodhisattva, you are so kind and compassionate to save the suffering, please save us."
Suddenly, in the Mahavira Hall, all the living beings in the lotus pond knelt down on the futons and shouted injustice and grievances at the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, turning into a mess.
Suddenly, the tiger-headed octopus man surnamed Hu, who had the highest level of cultivation and the greatest grievance, suddenly jumped up from the ground and shouted to Guanyin Bodhisattva, "What scripture is this?! How do you believe in it and practice it to repair the purification bottle?"
?" After saying that, he transformed into a tiger head and a fish body, with eight claws dancing wildly in the air. The two sharp claws on the left and right at the top opened and closed gently, grabbed the green harpoon placed on the incense table, and then flew up.
He stabbed the Guanyin Bodhisattva in the sky.
Wuxu saw this from the side and hurriedly flew in front of the tiger-headed octopus. When he saw the three sharp spines of the harpoon flashing green and cold light, he was about to reach his forehead. He made a hand seal out of habit and wanted to sacrifice it.
Only then did he realize that the string of blue sea beads was motionless on the wrist of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the mural. In desperation, his spiritual body picked up the conch that was enshrined on the incense table in front of the mural last night, sent it outside, and blocked it.
Just listen, there is a click, and the longest sharp thorn in the middle of the harpoon is stuck in the small hole of the conch. The conch automatically rotates, wearing away the harpoon inch by inch. In a short time, the harpoon is completely
Devour.
The tiger-headed octopus was knocked back to the ground by Wuxu when the harpoon was pierced into the conch. At this moment, seeing the harpoon being destroyed by the conch in Wuxu's hand, he became furious and waved his claws again, rising into the air and heading towards
Wuxu rushed over.
I saw that a white light suddenly shot out from the small hole of the conch and hit it. The tiger-headed octopus fell towards the ground while screaming, and its shape kept changing. When it rolled to the ground, it was already
Changed back to human form.
The tiger-headed octopus was so angry that before it realized it, a carp stood upright and flew into the air. It stomped its feet and as soon as it left the ground, it shook for a while and then fell to the ground again.
Wuxu looked at the powerful conch shell and thought to himself, "Could it be that what I met last night was really the incarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva?"
Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly saw the tiger-headed octopus twitching on the ground, seemingly very frightened and uncomfortable.
Wuxu couldn't bear it anymore, so he said to Yao Shan and others who were stunned at the side, "Hurry up and help him up. We have something to discuss."
Yao Shan and others hurriedly walked over and helped the black-faced Hu who was covered with tears with all their hands. Hu looked at Yao Shan and others and suddenly cried loudly, "I have lost all my power.
The power of blood in the body is also being lost, and it can no longer be sensed!"
Yao Shan and others were horrified, and they all knelt down to Wuxu standing in the air and begged for mercy.
Wuxu was startled in his heart, but he knew it was difficult to explain. His spiritual consciousness and physical body looked at the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in the murals in the Dharma Realm and in the main hall respectively. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva still has a wonderful and majestic appearance.
An angry man threw the conch to the crowd below and said, "This is the conch of Guanyin Bodhisattva, but it has nothing to do with the young monk."
Yao Shan and others then held the weak and lost Tiger-Headed Octopus, kneeling before the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, kowtowing endlessly.
Wuxu watched for a while and saw that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva still did not appear, so he also fell to the ground. His spiritual consciousness was in the Dharma Realm and his physical body was in the main hall. He put his palms together and chanted to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva:
"All sentient beings: whether they are born from an egg, whether they are born from a womb, whether they are born from moisture, whether they are born by transformation; whether they have color or colorlessness; whether they have thoughts or not; whether they have thoughts or not, I will make them all enter Nirvana without any residue.
And the salvation of annihilation. In this way, countless and boundless sentient beings are annihilated, but no living beings are actually saved by annihilation. Why? Subhuti! If a Bodhisattva has the appearance of myself, the appearance of a human being, the appearance of living beings, or the appearance of a person with a long life, then he is not a Bodhisattva."
Wuxu recited this passage from the "Diamond Sutra", but it was a subtle reminder to Guanyin Bodhisattva that he should save all sentient beings without form, but also with a hint of dissatisfaction. Among them, Nirvana without Remaining corresponds to the sentient beings in the lotus pond with human bodies at this moment;
There is no "self-image, human-being image, living beings image, or longevity image", but Wuxu is secretly blaming Guanyin Bodhisattva for not forcing everyone to stay in Baotuo Guanyin Temple by imposing difficult conditions.
After Wuxu finished reciting this passage, he suddenly felt something in his heart. He saw Guanyin Bodhisattva in the murals of the Dharma Realm and in the main hall, looking directly at him, moving his lips slightly, and recited the passage he had just recited.
Immediately, in the main hall, countless flowers fell, countless fragrant fragrances assaulted the nostrils, countless radiances disappeared, and countless Bodhisattvas, devas and even asuras stood in the sky with their palms clasped together in a majestic and wonderful appearance.
The man surnamed Hu, Yao Shan and others suddenly shouted, "It's this passage! It's this passage!..." They hurriedly put their hands together and kowtowed to the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, then stood up and said to Wuxu,
"Master, what the Bodhisattva recited that day was exactly this passage!"
At this time, another voice sounded in the main hall, "Understanding the truth, can you have faith in this chapter, take it as a reality, accept and uphold it, read it, recite it, believe it and practice it, repair the vase, and even give a speech for everyone?"
Immediately, the man surnamed Hu, Yao Shan and others all turned towards him. Guanshiyin Bodhisattva once said that day, if someone hears this sutra and does something, then they can truly be free.
Wuxu stood there, looking at the pitiful Yaoshan and others, with his spiritual consciousness in the Dharma Realm, and asked to the mural, "May I ask Bodhisattva, how can I repair the pure bottle?"
A voice came from the mural in the Dharma Realm Buddhist Hall, "Since you respect me as Bodhisattva, why do you think of Bodhisattva in such a utilitarian way? Is the purification vase really damaged and needs you to repair it?"
Wuxu was silent for a moment, and then replied physically in front of Yao Shan and others in the main hall, "I don't dare, little monk. I hope the Bodhisattva will enlighten me."
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva replied in the Wuxu Dharma Realm, "On that day, the monks of Baotuo Guanyin Temple were filled with hatred, causing endless disasters of killing, harming others and themselves. I couldn't bear the Putuo Mountain Taoist Temple to be abandoned, and it happened that the living beings in the Lotus Pond were...
Since this cause and effect is untainted, I made an agreement with him, transformed into a human form, and guarded this temple until the destined person comes."
The body of Wuxu's spiritual consciousness asked puzzledly in the Dharma Realm, "The monks of Baotuo Guanyin Temple have caused karma. Why are Zizhulin unwilling to go to Guanyin Temple, and even those who fled to the island to work as monks and nuns?
Ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty, did the Bodhisattva not take action to protect us that day?" This is a bit convoluted. In fact, what I mean is to ask Guanshiyin Bodhisattva why he did not take action in advance to resolve this catastrophe.
There was silence for a while, and then the disembodied voice of Guanyin Bodhisattva came out again, "The world is a filthy place. Do you think that what happened back then, the Purple Bamboo Forest, refused to go to Guanyin Yuan and did not participate?"
Immediately, a picture appeared in the sky of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Hall like a revolving lantern. A group of people boarded a boat to cross the sea and came to Putuo Island. Temples were built one after another. The same monks in monk robes were in the fields and orchards.
, Beside the clear spring, there were constant accusations and quarrels... Baotuo Guanyin Temple, Zizhu Forest, the three abbots who refused to go to Guanyin Temple, whispered under the lamp...
Wuxu was silent for a while, then asked, "Don't know how to deal with this matter?"
In the Dharma Realm, Guanyin Bodhisattva, with a majestic appearance and a compassionate face, said, "I have also experienced such a catastrophe in my Taoist place. I used the residual leakage of the pure vase to show it to all living beings. I also used the power of magic to transform all living beings in the lotus pond."
In human form, I hope that he will guard the dojo and wait for the destined people in the future. But I don’t want to,
Less than a hundred years after he transformed into human form, he became angry because he was unable to practice and memorize scriptures. Now, since you are here, you have asked me, are you willing to bear the karma and protect Putuo?
Taoist temple?" Then, he taught the method to resolve the hardships of the sentient beings in the lotus pond.
At the same time, Guanyin Bodhisattva, who was standing on the turtle in the main hall, suddenly moved, flew into the air, and spoke to the sentient beings in the lotus pond, "On that day, I made an agreement with you that if people in the future generations can hear and receive If you uphold this sutra, believe it, practice it, mend the vase, and preach it to you, you will not need to look after this temple and leave on your own. Now that this person has arrived, you can speak to him separately."
Yao Shan and others kowtowed again, and then begged Wuxu in unison.
Wuxu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously followed the Dharma taught by Guanyin Bodhisattva. His spiritual consciousness entered the mandala Dharma Realm and used all his strength to activate it. On the right side of the Buddhist hall in the Dharma Realm, there was a picture depicting the Buddha's only tree in the Solitary Garden and the Great Dharma Realm in Savatthi State. The mural where the monks were preaching began to move.
One by one, monks and nuns flew out from the Dharma Realm, surrounded Hu Man, Yao Shan and other sentient beings in the lotus pond and recited that scripture again. Their voices may be loud or soft, and their sounds may be sad or happy.
After those monks and nuns recited the sutra three times, they turned around and flew to the incomplete place of the purification bottle. They turned into a piece of dust and landed on the incomplete place of the purification bottle held by Guanyin Bodhisattva in the main hall.
Then, drops of water suddenly poured out of the bottle and flew into the bodies of the man surnamed Hu, Yao Shan and others. Black smoke suddenly rose from their bodies.
Wuxu stood there and heard everyone shouting in surprise,
"How do you feel that I can practice now and my body is changing?"
"Really? I feel the same way!"
“Finally I don’t have to stay here anymore!”
"We are finally liberated!"
Everyone there cheered and danced with joy. They knelt down to Guanyin Bodhisattva and kowtowed to Wuxu. Then they ran out of the hall howling, disappeared into the night, left the temple and threw themselves into the sea.
In an instant, only Wuxu was left in the Main Hall.
Wuxu looked at the empty surroundings, then looked at the flickering incense candles on the incense table, and finally looked up at the compassionate Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. Recalling that passage, he suddenly understood the meaning deeply and burst into tears.
As the saying goes
Once he was favored and transformed into a human form, he was guarded, mourned and imprisoned for hundreds of years.
The Bodhisattva's practice of giving without any form of charity suddenly sheds tears after understanding his thoughts.