Chapter 458 The big roc swallows the Buddha and the devil falls into the bodhisattva

Author: Duguhuan

Sanle left Shangyang City and walked to an ancient temple in the mountains. This place seemed to have been abandoned for a long time and was deserted. Only half of the Buddha statue in the temple was left.

Only the ancient bodhi tree in the courtyard is still full of vitality and has luxuriant branches and leaves.

Sanle slowly walked towards the bodhi tree, his eyes becoming particularly deep.

As he got closer, the surrounding scene began to change dramatically. The ruined ancient temple began to become resplendent, and the sound of Zen-like chanting and the tapping of wooden fish could be heard all around.

A small hand held Sanle's sleeve.

He turned around and saw his direct disciple Xuanzang.

"Master, don't go..."

Xuanzang begged, his eyes filled with tears.

Sanle seemed to be moved by his unbearable heart. He stretched out his hand, wiped away Xuanzang's tears with a loving smile, and said softly: "One day, you will understand me as a teacher."

As he spoke, he exerted force with his palms, picked off Xuanzang's bloody head with a click, threw it aside, then continued to walk forward with a kind look on his face and a smile.

"Amitabha, please come back, donor."

A figure stood in front of Sanle, an old monk with a long beard, but his eyes were very young, as if full of infinite vitality and vitality.

The feeling of Zen permeates the air and the cicadas chirp endlessly.

"Bodhidharma..."

Sanle looked at his former best friend, smiled, and said, "Have you ever forgotten the Mahayana?"

Bodhidharma said calmly: "The Mahayana is a lie. If I, the Buddha Tathagata, had the Mahayana, how could I not save all sentient beings? Is it because I don't care about myself and uphold the Dharma?"

His question was very tricky. Mahayana Buddhism is the way for all living beings to become Buddhas. If Sakyamuni really had the Mahayana Sutra, why didn't he use it to save all living beings and free them from the suffering of the world?

Could it be that the Buddha who cut off his flesh to feed the eagles was still reluctant to part with a true scripture?

Sanle still smiled and said: "If you have Mahayana in your heart, you will have Mahayana sooner or later. If there is a Buddha, just ask for it. If there is no Buddha, just write a book yourself. Why should you moan and complain like a little daughter?"

After a pause, Sanle shook his head and sighed: "You are not Bodhidharma after all, so you cannot understand his ambition."

After saying that, he blew lightly, turned into countless steel knives, and chopped Bodhidharma into meat paste.

All of this is very real. Sanle stepped on it, blood splashed everywhere, and the flesh was tight.

If it were anyone else, I'm afraid they would doubt themselves, but Sanle was calm and strode forward, and he was about to arrive at the bodhi tree.

"Amitabha!"

The sound of the Buddha's name is like a bell, shaking the sky.

In an instant, auspicious clouds descended from the sky and golden lotuses swelled from the ground. The stone statue of Tathagata in the main hall in the center of the ancient temple seemed to come to life, showing a six-foot-long golden body, pointing one finger to the sky and the other to the ground, looking at the three joys.

Facing the Buddha, any Buddhist monk would subconsciously feel a sense of awe, but it was an accident for San Le. He even lost interest in talking and waved his sleeves lightly.

The next moment, the old and greasy sleeve robe turned into a huge golden-winged divine bird, like Garuda, one of the eight heavenly dragons in the Buddhist scriptures. It fed on the dragon and swallowed the Buddha in one bite.

Sanle laughed and said: "In the past, the Buddha built a six-foot-long golden body in the snowy mountains. He was swallowed by Peacock King Ming, and then his spine broke out. If you are really the Buddha, why don't you also jump out of the belly of this big roc?"

However, what is fake is fake after all. The Buddha looked bluffing, but in the end he could not leave Sanle's sleeves.

Sanle finally walked under the bodhi tree.

He bit his finger and used the blood of the ancient Buddha to draw the demon-conquering mark on the tree.

Zhila!

Thick green smoke rose from the ancient Bodhi tree, and screams could be faintly heard from all around, making people shudder.

Then the green and vibrant Bodhi tree quickly withered, its branches and leaves trembled crazily, and its bark burst open, revealing an evil face, very similar to Moro.

"Sanjie, how did you find this place?"

There was unconcealable surprise in Moro's voice.

Sanle said calmly: "After following you for so long, there will always be something gained."

After a pause, he said: "Every time you show up, you will be accompanied by Bodhi. At that time, I thought of the Buddhist scriptures that recorded that when the Buddha became enlightened, the demon king Bo Xun tried to stop him many times, but in the end he failed and was defeated by the Buddha.

Suppressed in Avici Hell."

"It's just that the world doesn't know that Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. Although he was not deceived by Bo Xun, a demon seed was planted in that Bodhi tree, giving birth to a demon heart."

"Moluo, your image of black clothes and black hair comes from the Kinnara Bodhisattva who was once bewitched by you, and the ancient tree accompanying it is the Bodhisattva where the Buddha attained enlightenment."

After hearing this, Moro's expression remained calm, but his eyes became deeper, as if he was meeting San Le for the first time.

"I see, you recalled some memories of Maitreya?"

Sanle nodded and said, "I remember something."

"Then you should know that you can't kill me."

This is the reason why Mara remains calm. His existence is extremely special. He was transformed by the evil thoughts of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Arhats in the Six Desire Heavens. He wanders in the vast world, is immortal and transcends the six paths.

He does not have a concrete entity, which undoubtedly limits his interference with the real world, but it also gives him the ability to be immortal.

This Bodhi tree is just his temporary residence.

"Yes, I really can't kill you. Even if Maitreya Buddha is resurrected, the most I can do is seal you, but..."

Sanle smiled and said, "I also know that you have been looking for a perfect body."

"Kinnara Bodhisattva's physical body has been destroyed. This Bodhi tree has dried up and is old. As for Li Yuan, although he has the aura of an emperor, he is just a mortal body. You will definitely look down on him."

After a pause, Sanle pointed at himself and said with a smile: "Look, how am I doing?"

"Although it is a little fatter, it is durable."

"Maitreya Buddha's body can always meet your requirements."

Moro stared deeply at Sanle, and he suddenly realized that Sanjie, who had respected him so much and obeyed his orders, was completely different.

He even couldn't see through the other party's intentions.

"Don't lie to me, Moro. You didn't want to teach me the truth when you introduced me to Christianity, but you were attracted by the body of Maitreya Buddha. It's a pity that my body and soul have already become one, so you can't succeed, so you can only give up."

"Later, the reason why you ambushed Bodhidharma in Luoshui was not because you were afraid that he would seek Mahayana Buddhism, but because you were interested in his physical body. The luck of the ancestor of Zen should be enough for you."

"It's a pity that you underestimated Bodhidharma after all. You both lost. Bodhidharma saw your intention, so he was seriously injured and would rather let a poisonous snake bite him to death and let it take over his body than let you succeed!"

There was a trace of emotion in Sanle's eyes, as if he was seeing the old friend who sat with him in the snow and talked about things more than two hundred years ago.

His eyes are always full of hope and vitality, as if he firmly believes that one day, everyone in the world will be able to escape the sea of ​​suffering.

In the story Sanle told Li Daoxuan, he said that Bodhidharma was seriously injured and accidentally bitten to death by a poisonous snake. In fact, this was not the case. Bodhidharma was willing to sacrifice himself to feed the tiger and not let Moro's conspiracy succeed.

Just in order not to reveal the secret and affect the overall situation, he concealed part of the truth.

Sanle knew his best friend Bodhidharma deeply, and he knew that Bodhidharma's final behavior, in addition to destroying Moro's conspiracy, also had another purpose, which was to save the little snake.

This is also the reason why Sanle never killed Maha to avenge his best friend.

It is a pity that the old monk who used a reed to cross the river on the Luoshui River failed in his last attempt at enlightenment.

Moro said calmly: "Yes, what you said is absolutely correct, but..."

He asked curiously: "Sanjie, are you really willing to give up Maitreya's body?"

This is the body of Maitreya, one of the three Buddhas. With this body, you can live forever and have boundless power. It will be a matter of course to become a Buddha and become an ancestor in the future. It is a great blessing.

Sanle smiled and said, "Of course it's true."

There was a trace of doubt in Moro's eyes.

"Do you know why I changed the name of Sanjie to Sanle?"

Before Moro could answer, Sanjie continued: "When I was traveling around the world, I met an old beggar who was covered in pus. He only had a piece of biscuit in his hand, but he still tore half of it to the stray dogs and drank it by the roadside.

The dirty water was very happy, and laughed three times after seeing me."

"I asked him how he could still be so happy when he was so depressed."

"He replied, the old beggar has three things that make him happiest in his life. The first is being able to sleep until he wakes up naturally. The second is that everything tastes delicious when he is hungry. As for the third happiness, there are fewer and fewer beggars like me.

Already."

After a pause, Sanle said: "At that moment, I seemed to see the Buddha."

After saying that, he clasped his palms together, put down all mental alertness, and revealed his spiritual platform, which was pure and clear, and the Buddha's light was bright.

This is equivalent to tying one's hands and actively removing the protection of the soul from the body.

Moro was stunned for a moment, then showed a sneer and said: "For the sake of those human beings who are as humble as ants, you are actually willing to give up your body. You are really stupid."

"Or do you want to use your body as bait in an attempt to kill me?"

San Le looked far away in the direction of Chang'an and said: "The water-promoting ape has been defeated. It is trying to save you, and is even willing to temporarily sacrifice its body. This should be one of your goals."

Moro looked at Sanle's spiritual platform, where the mellow Buddha's light was rippling, which was almost infinitely tempting to him.

It should be noted that even in his heyday, he never let the Buddha fall, let alone Maitreya, one of the three Buddhas.
To be continued...