Chapter 226 [The Great Buddha's Secret Cause of Cultivation and Realization of the Ultimate Truth of All Bodhisattvas' Ten Thousand Practices, the Shurangama Sutra]
The evolution of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art has a fatal attraction to Buddhist monks. This is the highest ancestral scripture, full of mysteries. The Taoist tradition traces its source back to the Reincarnation Immortal King of the ancient immortal era.
Buddhism is closely related to reincarnation, and it can even be said to be its fundamental doctrine and the cornerstone of enlightenment.
The Immortal King of Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Immortal Monk King are the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths version of the Two Saints of Buddhism.
With this heavenly skill, one can control the six avenues of the Sun, the Moon, the Sky-Swallowing, the Immortal, the Void, and the Secret. It seems as if the life and death of the universe and the reincarnation of all things are all contained in it.
The conflict between yin and yang, the collision of universes, and the incompatibility of time and space were all eliminated under this kind of controlling power.
This is the fundamental secret of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, created by the Immortal King of Samsara, deduced by the Immortal King of Endlessness, and studied by the Willow God. It contains the speculations of each of the Immortal Kings about the realm of the Immortal Emperor, and can be called a treasured scripture that guards the world.
It can be compared with the Immortal Sutra and is a huge cornerstone on the road to establishing the system by Emperor Huang Tian.
Six black holes emerged in the void, as if they had swallowed up everything and evolved everything.
With the body as the seed system, the wheel sea is blooming with brilliance, the original truth analyzes everything, which complements the scriptures of the emperor's coffin.
Lin Xian's figure swayed as he sat cross-legged on a green lotus, surrounded by chaotic energy and carrying the six paths of reincarnation. He was like an immortal king preaching, with lotus growing in the void and divine sound immeasurable.
The Emperor's Scripture and the Immortal Scripture were all being sold at a wholesale price at this moment, leaving the monks in the Alanguage Temple stunned, as if they were in a hallucination.
“We greet the future stars!” Following a loud shout from a divine monk, all the practitioners in the temple reacted, their eyes sparkling as if they were possessed by a god, and then they bowed their heads smoothly, acknowledging Lin Xian’s identity.
It's just a matter of shouting that the Star Buddha has boundless power and great supernatural powers, and is driving the Dharma to the Western Desert.
Strands of faith and power arise spontaneously. The power of thought, the power of will, the power of belief, and many powers in the spiritual realm converge at this moment.
Rumble!
Suddenly, the sun, the moon, all living things in the universe, the stars in the sky and the earth... all collapsed into the black hole and turned into the final nothingness, as if evolving a reincarnation disk.
The six-character mantra then started to circulate, accompanied by the roar of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art. Lin Xian seemed to be standing on the galaxy, overlooking the universe, and a hint of enlightenment emerged in his mind.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art was created by the Immortal King of Reincarnation, and the Six-Character Mantra was created by the Immortal Monk King. These two are the source of Buddhism, so their techniques are naturally complementary and can resonate!
There was an evolution of the breath of creation, and in a trance, one could glimpse the original true mystery of the universe, and a reincarnation portal rose up, standing in the center of the six paths.
Heaven, earth, people, gods, ghosts, and monsters!
The mantra of "Ba" opens the door to rebirth, evolves all kinds of creatures and reveals the original mystery of the universe. It is the process of evolution of living things.
"Rebirth in paradise and the six realms of reincarnation, so this is what it is like."
Lin Xian was thoughtful. Reincarnation can go forward, and it can also reverse, constantly evolving until it can be traced back to the ancestor creatures who created the world, possessed the original breath, and evolved the laws of the initial universe.
The so-called reincarnation involves the deepest mysteries of the universe and is based on the principles of time and space.
Reincarnation moves forward to the next life, this is the belief of the Immortal Monk King.
After reincarnation, tracing back to the past, returning to the origin, the way of heaven has no beginning and no end. This is the great way of the Immortal King Wuzhong.
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths form a system that explores deeply on the path of reincarnation and gradually forms a system.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art was just an interim achievement of the immortal kings in establishing the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths system at that stage.
If the ancient immortal had not been buried, and the primitive ancient world had developed to its extreme, perhaps a reincarnation ancestor would have been born.
An old monk with a golden body, who seemed to have attained the status of a golden-bodied arhat, looked extremely excited. Sensing the aura of resonance between heavenly power and mantra, he walked out of the forbidden area of the Alan Ancient Temple and bowed down in worship, saying, "I can see reincarnation."
Many monks of the Alang Ancient Temple hurriedly stood up to greet him. This was the ancestor of their lineage, who had cultivated to the semi-saint realm in his time. If he could go one step further, he could become a saint, and become a Buddha.
The Buddhist attainments are divided into three categories: Arhat, Bodhisattva, and Buddha.
There are many temples in the Western Desert. Although they all worship Amitabha Buddha, there are also various sects. There are conflicts in the doctrines during the evolution process, and the results are also different.
In some temples, practitioners start with the Bodhisattva Path from the very beginning and have lofty aspirations. In other temples, even if one becomes a saint, the practitioner remains a golden arhat and does not seek to become a Buddha. They only believe that there is one true Buddha, Amitabha.
The path of Alang Ancient Temple skips the process of Bodhisattva and compassion and awakening, and takes the path of self-awareness. If one has not yet become a saint, he is an Arhat, and once he has become a saint, he becomes an ancient Buddha.
Of course, the most perfect path is to move up step by step from Arhats, Bodhisattvas, to Buddhas, from self-awareness to other-awareness, and then to perfect awareness and practice, from one's own enlightenment to the liberation of all living beings. Every step is flawless.
This is also the path of Amitabha Buddha, which is the most difficult. Since the ancient times, there has been only one great emperor in Buddhism who became a Buddha and a patriarch.
“How to escape from reincarnation?”
Lin Xian's heart moved, realizing that this mantra was only half a word, and it could continue to evolve and have deeper meanings. He couldn't help but ask this half-saint level golden arhat.
Buddhism talks about reincarnation, and we enter reincarnation, but ultimately we must transcend it and achieve a state of emptiness of the four elements, without birth or death.
"This half-word mantra of our temple originated from an ancient Buddha."
The golden arhat of the Alangu Temple put his hands together and said, "There was a fellow who traveled to the Ayu Plateau in the past. He was taught by chance. The holy monk is the savior of Buddhism. He has great luck and can turn the holy king's wheel. Perhaps he can see the truth."
"Ayu Plateau..." Lin Xian's heart moved, and he seemed to be thinking about something, and then asked: "What is the name of that ancient Buddha?"
"Zhen Ding." The golden-bodied Arhat replied.
Lin Xian frowned, feeling that the Buddhist name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.
"Ancient Buddha Zhending?"
"Who is this sacred person? He is friends with Moko, so he is most likely a great Buddhist saint, but his name is rarely heard of in the world."
Lin Xian was thinking secretly. At this time, the golden arhat from the Alan Ancient Temple came forward to offer gifts and asked the holy monk to leave some scriptures and then grant a title for the ceremony.
"Let's call it Longhua." Lin Xian looked around and saw a precious tree in the courtyard. Its flowers and branches were like dragon heads and branches were like precious dragons. He said without thinking.
Then he took a few leaves and engraved the evolution of the reincarnation heavenly power related to the "Ba" mantra on them as a foundation.
"Thanks to the holy monk's magical power, this small temple has nothing to offer in return, except for a gorgeous cassock with seven treasures on it."
The golden arhat from the Alang Ancient Temple brought out a cassock, which was shining with precious light and had the Buddha nature flowing on it. Just by touching it, one would feel as if one had merged into one with the land of the Western Desert, and could mobilize the power of faith.
Lin Xian looked strange, thinking that he was enjoying the treatment of a pilgrim, so he asked Luohan, "Do you still have the nine-ring staff, and the three hoops of gold, tightness, and restraint?"
The golden-bodied Arhat was slightly startled, and clasped his hands together and said, "In the Great Leiyin Temple in the west."
"It really does."
Lin Xian muttered to himself, trying to find out the origins of these Buddhist treasures.
The golden arhat looked around and asked the monks to leave before he whispered his story.
These treasures were cast by the Buddhas when Sakyamuni entered Mount Xumi in the past. They blessed the power of Mount Xumi and were the symbol of the Buddha. Later, this Buddha did not recognize the great way of Amitabha. Although Sakyamuni was a spiritual being in the magic shell of Amitabha, he did not admit that he was Amitabha. He was the only one in this life, so he left Mount Xumi, established his own sect, and opened up a second sacred mountain.
These ritual vessels symbolizing the Buddha were also lost in the open, and one of them was accidentally obtained by the Alangu Temple.
"As a monk, I have severed my worldly ties. The golden sea has dried up. What use is a cassock to me?"
Lin Xian shook his head, declined the cassock, and said, still in his green clothes, "If you see all things as non-things, then you see the Tathagata."
The golden arhat of the Alan Ancient Temple folded his hands and said, "This is the truth, but sentient beings are ignorant and only recognize idols. Faith is respected in the Western Desert."
"If the Buddha had not put on this robe, how would sentient beings know that you had attained Buddhahood?"
"No, no." Lin Xian still refused, saying, "Mount Xumi has an owner now, and I will achieve enlightenment in the future, so how can I wear the gorgeous cassock?"
"If the Fighting Buddha descends to Mount Xumi, who can rule Mount Lingshan?"
"Buddha, please don't refuse!"
The golden arhat of Alang Ancient Temple has confirmed that Lin Xian is the descendant of Amitabha the Great Emperor. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain the reincarnation heavenly power, let alone the appearance of Amitabha the Great Emperor.
In his opinion, the sarira left by the Emperor of Buddhism had already chosen Lin Xian, which was a decree.
"It's not that I'm being modest..."
Lin Xian said tactfully: "I am just a monk in the mountains. How can I be so virtuous and capable?"
"The Buddha wants to put all Buddhists in an unjust situation and watch Buddhists all over the world become displaced!" The golden arhat of the Alang Ancient Temple shouted and waved his hand. A group of monks swarmed up, held Lin Xian down, and forcibly covered him with a brocade robe.
Poor Lin Xian only had the cultivation level of a dragon, how could he resist a half-saint and a group of divine monks? In an instant, he was wearing the seven treasures.
"You...you really made me suffer."
Lin Xian sighed. While realizing the importance of faith in the Western Desert, he also felt a headache about it.
The so-called future Buddha is one who will attain enlightenment in the future.
Sitting on the position of the Buddha now, the pressure is extremely great. The Mahayana Sage of Buddhism is just a small matter. The real test is the Great God on Mount Sumeru.
For now, only after Lin Xian gets the approval of the True Tathagata on the Ayu Plateau and obtains the Buddha nature that allows everyone to become a Buddha, can he be considered certified and qualified to work.
"Future Star Maitreya Buddha..."
Lin Xian pondered for a long time. After bidding farewell to the Alan Ancient Temple, he headed westward, measuring the Buddha's land with his feet. He felt the power of faith on almost every inch of the Western Desert. It was a true Buddhist pure land.
It’s just that some places have strong religious beliefs, such as the Alanguage Temple, while some places have weak religious beliefs and are sparsely populated.
If every inch of land is filled with a strong belief in immortality, then the Western Desert can be called a true Western Paradise, where even ordinary people can live up to 800 years and all diseases will be cured.
Taking one step at a time, Lin Xian finally stopped when he was still tens of thousands miles away from Mount Xumi.
The Ayu Plateau has an astonishingly high altitude, higher than mountains in other places. It is covered with snow for most of the year and is bitterly cold and icy.
On the top of a snowy mountain, in the Lingjiu Cave, an ancient Buddha from Zhending with white hair, bathed in Taoist light and like a blooming bright lamp, slowly opened his eyes.
His life span was about to end, and he was on the verge of enlightenment. Bright and holy flames flowed through his body, but a smile appeared on his face, and he whispered, "Maitreya?"
The ancient Buddha pinched the flowers and smiled. In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color, the snow melted, spring came, flowers bloomed, the sun hung high in the sky, the plateau was full of vitality, grass buds broke through the ground, flowers bloomed, and the breath of life was in the air.
Countless flowers and green grasses form a lush path, leading to Maitreya at the foot of the mountain.
"The waters of Buddhism are a little deep..."
"Did they foresee my coming?"
Lin Xian took a deep breath, walked along the path, followed the track, and came to the cave in the snow mountain. There was nothing else in the cave, only an ancient Buddha sitting cross-legged.
"My dear friend, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
The Tathagata of Zhending was skinny and withered, but he still smiled and pointed at the cave and said, "Maitreya, do you know where this is?"
"I don't know. Please enlighten me, ancient Buddha." Lin Xian's heart skipped a beat, and then he carefully tried to find out.
"This is the Vulture Cave in the Great Snow Mountain. Two thousand years ago, after Sakyamuni descended from Mount Xumi, he bathed in the fire of karma here, forged a six-foot-tall golden body, entered the realm of quasi-emperor, truly became a Buddha, and escaped the path of the great emperor Amitabha."
The ancient Buddha of Zhending spoke of such a great event, but his face remained calm. He put his hands together and said, "Now that the Buddha has attained enlightenment, it is truly cause for celebration."
"Shakyamuni was only a quasi-emperor, can he be considered an enlightened being?" Lin Xian narrowed his eyes and asked tentatively, "Aren't all the enlightened people in ancient times emperors?"
"The past, present and future are all Buddhas, and they naturally attain enlightenment." Zhending Ancient Buddha said calmly: "The future Maitreya will also attain enlightenment here today."
"Is the ancient Buddha trying to lead me to Mount Sumeru?" Lin Xian smiled on the surface, but his soul was already connected to the dragon-patterned black gold tripod. As long as something went wrong, he would run away and call for help.
"The Buddha is self-aware, how can he save others?" The ancient Buddha of Zhending said calmly, and then he took out a scroll of scriptures from somewhere, and said solemnly: "I want to pass on to you a scroll of the Shurangama Sutra, which is the secret cause of the Buddha's cultivation and realization of the true meaning of all Bodhisattvas."
"Lingyan Sutra?" Lin Xian said calmly, "May I ask the ancient Buddha, what is so mysterious about this sutra?"
The ancient Buddha of Zhending sighed, and his eyes suddenly became deep, flowing with a pure and free aura. He put his hands together and said: "This sutra starts from destroying the devil and ends with destroying the devil."
"It was the Buddha who taught Ananda to break free from the devil and showed him the causes and conditions of falling, so that he would not be trapped by lust."
Zhending, Ananda, destroying demons, love.
For a moment, Lin Xian's smile froze, and he coughed, "Master Zhending, can I not learn?"
The Tathagata Zhen Ding pretended not to hear and continued to talk to himself: "This sutra covers everything. It teaches people to develop a correct mind, and then guides them step by step to dispel doubts, see the truth, enlighten their mind, and see their nature. This is the practice of a novice monk."
"Then he began to practice according to his nature, set up an altar and set up a boundary, and explained all the realms of ordinary people and saints, such as the twenty-five saints' perfect enlightenment and the sentient beings in the three realms and seven paths, so that he would not be confused or go astray. This step is the practice of a monk."
"On the basis of the fifty-two stages of Mahayana Buddhism, eight more stages are added, totaling sixty stages of practice and attainment: the three gradual stages, the ground of dry wisdom, the ten faiths, the ten abodes, the ten practices, the ten dedications, the four additional practices, the ten grounds, the equal enlightenment, and the wonderful enlightenment. This allows practitioners to know what to aspire for on the Bodhi path and quickly enter the holy position of Bodhisattvas, that is, to practice the additional practices diligently and easily achieve success."
"Finally, the five Yin demon realms and the methods to break through them are widely shown. Well done, well done. This is the supreme sutra. By practicing with this, one can reach the other shore and achieve transcendence and perfection."
(End of this chapter)
