Chapter 227 [Cut off the past, cut off the future, then you can be the World Honored One]
I saw the ancient Buddha Zhending talking to himself: "Breaking the fifty Yin demons, the secret cause of the Tathagata, the first of all Bodhisattvas' ten thousand practices, Shurangama. Ananda should practice this. If you can defeat the demons and become a Buddha, you can achieve perfection in merit."
"Sad, deplorable..."
Lin Xian just felt a chill down his spine, and the whole world became strange.
Where the hell is this coming from? Is this still the Great Ruler Universe?
You have to know that he had been to the "Under One Person" plane, which was one of the lower realms of "The Supreme One".
The holy monk of Zhending, transcending the other shore, one word is normal, but when a series of words are connected together, it becomes extremely weird.
"Sacred body on the left, baby on the right, the picture in Loli's mind, anything weird, anything ominous, suppress it all!"
"The Three Heavenly Emperors have come out to protect the place!"
Lin Xian recited the Emperor of Heaven's real name aloud in his heart, and looked up. Outside the cave, the sky was clear blue with white clouds. There was no chaotic thunder tribulation, nor any sword that could end eternity.
"Good, good." Zhending Tathagata smiled slightly, clasped his hands together and said, "I am about to attain enlightenment and nirvana. I am a dying man, so there is no need to be nervous, my friend Maitreya."
Lin Xian's mouth twitched. I don't believe you at all. You are a very bad old man. You are a dying man. I am afraid that you are not dead yet and keep pretending to be dead.
He really wanted to ask a question: when did this Zhending Tathagata come to the Zhatian Universe, and whether he had an affair with the baby.
However, Lin Xian swallowed the words as they came to his lips. He seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked, "Who gave the Nirvana Sutra to the abbess of Miaoyu Temple?"
Miaoyu Temple was originally a sect in the Western Desert that inherited Buddhist Zen skills. Later, it split and crossed the sea to the Holy City in the East, where it acquired the Taoist dual cultivation method and changed its name to Miaoyu Temple.
A thousand years ago, Sakyamuni's disciples returned from the sea on their way to the East Desert and met the abbot of Miaoyu Temple who was about to die. Because they had a close connection in the inheritance, the abbot left behind a Nirvana Sutra and disappeared.
Originally, Lin Xian thought this was just an ordinary story, but now it seems to be full of profound meaning.
It was the introduction that led him to the Western Desert.
Zhending Tathagata raised his eyelids and said calmly, "Ananda."
Sakyamuni had ten great disciples, and Ananda was one of them. He was the youngest among all the disciples. He was not only intelligent and knowledgeable, but also handsome and dignified in appearance. He had a good affinity with women and was respected by many female disciples.
If there is anyone among the Buddha's disciples who is involved in the dual cultivation sect like Miaoyu Temple, it must be Ananda.
This makes sense.
"Venerable Ananda..."
Lin Xian just felt his scalp tingling. The waters of Buddhism were a bit deep, and it was no longer something that a supreme being like Gai Jiuyou could handle.
"Master, why did you pass on the scriptures to me?" Lin Xian asked tentatively, pointing to the depths of the sky.
"The cause and effect are serious..." Zhending Tathagata sighed, opened his vicissitudes eyes, shook his head and said: "When I was young, I was extremely frivolous and unruly. I thought I could kick over the world with my own feet and shoulder all the worries of the past and present."
"I didn't know how high the sky was, how deep the earth was, and how many karmas were involved. I didn't take it seriously at the time, but now that all my worries are gone and I'm far away from the world, I finally realize how heavy the shackles are."
"Does the ancient Buddha regret it?" Lin Xian asked cautiously.
"Cut off the past, cut off the future, and become a sage in one lifetime." Zhending Tathagata said calmly, "Live in this life, leaving no way back, put yourself in danger and then live, and never regret even if you die nine times."
"There is no regret when your heart is set on something."
"Mang Jin Gang is worthy of being called Mang Jin Gang." Lin Xian said secretly in his heart.
The high and mighty Yuanhuang Daojun is still the crazy monk with thunder sword who is unwilling to compromise and slashes with his sword just to relieve the grievances in his heart.
He swung his sword at the Golden Mother, severing his own path and cutting off his future, unable to transcend for several epochs.
If you can’t achieve enlightenment, you will be the most respected person in this world!
He is also the World Honored One.
But, then again, the first generation Golden Mother was the Queen Mother of the West, while the second generation Golden Mother was Gu Xiaosang, the Taoist companion of Mang Jin Gang.
The former is unable to break the cause and effect, and is burdened with debts of gratitude, unable to move forward even a single step; the latter is a family, and any entanglement in cause and effect is just a little game played by the couple.
Otherwise, how could Zhending Tathagata appear in the Zhatian Universe.
What is he planning?
In other words, the Mang Jin Gang, who had difficulty in transcending, now saw the opportunity to transcend, can he take one more step forward?
Lin Xian was trembling with fear, and hesitated to speak, and finally asked: "Ancient Buddha knows who I am?"
"My friend, you are from another world. Buddha said that there are three thousand worlds like the sands of Ganges. Flowers bloom and fall, and fate comes and goes." Zhending Tathagata put his hands together, smiled slightly and said, "There are all kinds of wonders in the heavens and the worlds. Why should we talk about them?"
It should be noted that Meng Qi, the King Kong, is also an Earthling.
The earth in the world of the First-Generation Supreme is equally extraordinary. It was once the precious raft used by the Taoist Supreme to save the world.
Dao Zun is one of the two transcendent beings in that universe. He is an existence that can be compared with Ji Dao and rival the main system.
The precious raft he left behind carries countless powers, has a supreme status, belongs to a higher dimension, can shield the other side, and can also receive information from outside the heavens and all worlds.
"I also know that there are great saints in the world."
Zhending Tathagata said meaningfully that when he first entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space and executed the Hidden Emperor Fort, he wanted to exchange some things.
Such as Gundam, Super Saiyan bloodline, Yang Shen, Great Saint Body, Death Eyes, but unfortunately the style of the Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation tends to be fairy chivalrous and martial arts, with only things like the Five Tigers Breaking Door Sword and Eight-Nine Profound Art.
It was not until later, when his status became higher, his realm became deeper, his horizons became broader, and he gradually approached the realm of Dao Zun, that he realized that there are always higher heavens and higher boundaries.
It may not be without cause.
The Great Holy Body really exists!
"Then why doesn't the ancient Buddha go to look for the Holy Body?"
"I can make an introduction for you."
Lin Xian was completely numb. He, Lin, didn't mind bearing a little bit of the consequences, but the trap set by the Supreme Lord was too big, and his small body couldn't handle it.
The system's alarm sounded, and it exploded in my mind. What is the other side?
Talk about going back in time and changing the future is all false. To put it simply, he is just the Immortal Emperor from another universe.
In the rating of the main system, the most senior, strongest and oldest one in the other shore is not weaker than the Immortal Emperor of the trilogy universe and the existence of the sacrificial realm.
In other words, the danger level of this tiankeng is no less than that of the strange plateau.
Even if you want to fill a position, you should replace it with someone of greater stature, such as Wolong or Fengchu.
"Eucharist?"
A strange smile appeared on the face of Zhending Tathagata, and he said slowly: "If he doesn't believe in reincarnation, how can he become a future Buddha?"
"Come, come, stop talking nonsense and come forward quickly. I will give you the certificate right away." The tone of his voice is indeed that of Mang Jin Gang!
Lin Xian roared in his heart, stepped forward tremblingly, and bowed to Zhending Tathagata.
"Yesterday's events are like yesterday's death, and today's events are like today's birth."
The Tathagata of Zhending chanted a Buddhist name, formed a seal in his hand, and said solemnly, "Good man, in the next life, you will become a Buddha, and be called White Lotus Maitreya."
Before he finished speaking, Zhending Tathagata's whole body began to burn, as if he was bathed in flames. The power of faith of the entire Western Desert was added to him, and he turned into a towering Buddha.
There is only one giant Buddha, standing between heaven and earth. Under the shining of layers of precious light, its blue-green Buddha body appears, as clear as colored glaze. Two fairy lights emerge in its pupils, illuminating Lin Xian's whole body, making his body and the secret realm appear extremely transparent.
In an instant, lines of cause and effect appeared, densely packed, intertwined and chaotic. The destinies of different people collided, thus forming the human world.
It’s just that some people’s destinies account for a large proportion, and the cause and effect lines are thick, while some people cannot withstand things, have shallow destinies, and the cause and effect lines are negligible.
Then, under the gaze of the Buddha's eyes, the thickest lines of cause and effect broke one by one and turned into nothingness as if burned by flames.
Lin Xian felt that he had lost something, such as the vision of the Emperor of Heaven stepping on time, and some marks on the Human Emperor Banner. His strength was weakened a little, but he was surprisingly lively, as if he had broken free from some shackles and was extremely agile.
The causes of all results are not just talk, they are quite powerful.
At this moment, Lin Xian was moved by Hua Yunfei, just like a fish leaping out of the water, gaining a moment of great freedom and ease.
Then, he got something else. A blue lotus mark appeared deep between his eyebrows, flowing with Buddha nature, and then disappeared in a flash, as if it had never existed.
"You're in a cage again." Lin Xian sighed softly. Under the influence of infinite faith and Buddha's power, his body became extremely clear and bright, like a real Buddha, but Lin Xian did not feel any joy.
"If I, the heaven and earth, are supreme, then everything in the world has a glimmer of hope!"
The mighty sound of thunder resounded deep in his soul, making Lin Xian stunned. He suddenly turned around and looked at the old monk Zhending, only to see that this Buddha had a smile on his face and had reached the end of his Taoism. The holy flames dissipated, leaving only pieces of light rain.
The Buddha's body turned into wisps of Tao principles and sank into the heaven and earth. His flesh and bones glowed with golden light and cracked into pieces.
The Tathagata put his hands together, and all the magic weapons he carried with him were transformed into Taoism, not even the relics were left. All that was left was the "Sutra of the Great Buddha's Secret Cause of Cultivation and Realization of the Ultimate Truth of All Bodhisattvas' Ten Thousand Practices"
"Three times of breaking consciousness, ten times of revealing the truth, dissecting delusion to reveal the truth, integrating the four categories, fully demonstrating the seven elements, carefully eliminating subtle delusions, untying knots from the root, twenty-five chapters on the perfect enlightenment of the saints, four kinds of pure and clear instructions, the Shurangama mantra, the twelve kinds of life, the various stages of cultivation and verification, the seven realms, and the fifty Yin demons."
Lin Xian flipped through the scriptures and read them again. He became more and more shocked. It was not that the scriptures were simple, but that they were too complete.
Among the scriptures he knew, only "The Original True Explanation" could stand on equal footing with it.
At that time, the World Honored One, in the crowd, stretched out his golden arm and touched Ananda's head. He told Ananda and the crowd, "There is a Samadhi called the Great Buddha's Crown Shurangama King, which is complete with all the practices. The Tathagatas of the ten directions have one door that transcends the wonderful and majestic path. You should listen carefully now. Ananda bowed and accepted the kind instructions."
This is the scripture in which the Buddha taught Ananda to defeat the devil in order to eliminate the troubles faced by women.
Who is Ananda?
He is one of the ten great disciples of Buddha, but this is only one of his identities.
In addition to Ananda, he is also the God of Thunder, the ancient Haotian God, and the original body of Mang Jingang. However, he has feelings and guilt towards the Demon Saint, and his obsession makes him sink more and more and it is difficult for him to see Tathagata.
Ananda gave up all his good thoughts, completely expanded his mind, and finally fell into depravity and became a demon. He then reached the other shore and became the Demon Buddha Ananda.
In the end, the demon Buddha Ananda died at the hands of the demon saint.
Ananda ultimately failed to comprehend the Shurangama Sutra and died in the female tribulation.
[Starting from defeating the devil, but not ending with defeating the devil]
Now that the Tathagata of Zhending has given him this scripture, what does he want Lin Xian to do? To enlighten the demon Buddha Ananda, so that he can turn away from evil and return to Buddhism?
Or just keep it simpler.
"Revising history..."
Lin Xian sighed, put away the scriptures, and walked towards Mount Xumi. The closer he got to this sacred Buddhist mountain, the more he could sense the vast power of Buddha nature.
At the same time, his perception of the Bodhisattva realm became increasingly stronger. Near Mount Sumeru, this spiritual realm became increasingly solid, approaching the level of a physical entity.
Outside Mount Sumeru, only some practitioners with deep Buddha nature can enter the Bodhisattva realm when they have a sudden enlightenment, and their cultivation is often above the Xiantai Secret Realm.
But in Mount Sumeru, even an ordinary cultivator has the opportunity to comprehend the Bodhisattva realm.
“If we are in the Great Leiyin Temple at the center of Mount Xumi, wouldn’t it be possible for mortals to enter the Bodhisattva realm?”
"It's a pity that mortals can't enter the Great Leiyin Temple, and those who can enter the Great Leiyin Temple are not mortals."
"Just like the immortal fruit, those who can eat it are all immortal beings who have no shortage of lifespan. Those who are about to die of old age lack the substance to prolong their lives, and often cannot eat the immortal fruit."
Lin Xian sighed and looked up. A huge mountain came into view. It was so high into the sky, with the sun, moon and stars passing through it, as if it was inserted into the starry sky.
Mount Xumi, the first sacred mountain of the Big Dipper, is not only the highest mountain but also the strongest mountain. The whole mountain is golden and flawless. From afar, it is dazzling and emitting large amounts of fairy light.
I don’t know how much power of faith flowed there, pure and holy, turning into one ray of light after another, and finally condensing together to become countless rivers, falling down and flooding that place.
Mount Sumeru is huge and boundless, but the power of faith is even greater, covering the entire mountain range, like a vast ocean covering the sky, making the mountains look like islands.
In the distance, the Great Leiyin Temple cannot be seen, only towering mountains can be seen, who knows how many thousands of feet high, towering into the sky, golden and holy, with all kinds of spiritual birds flying around, like a fairyland.
It can even be said that the most central area of the Great Leiyin Temple has evolved towards the fairyland and become a true pure land.
Whether you are a monk or a mortal, bathing in this rich power of faith all year round will definitely prolong your life.
"Mortals can live for 100 to 200 years, and monks can extend their lifespan by 1,000 to 2,000 years. It's the Western Paradise."
"What is the relationship between the power of faith and longevity matter?"
Lin Xian pondered deeply that the Supreme of the Forbidden Zone harvested the lives of all living things in the universe and took away their life essence to prolong his life.
The great emperor Amitabha harvests the faith of all living beings, one is physical and the other is spiritual.
From another perspective, is Mount Xumi an alternative forbidden area?
There is a supreme god, the Great Emperor, who has imperial soldiers to suppress the world and is extremely powerful.
The biggest difference from the forbidden zone of life is that the great emperor Amitabha cuts leeks without digging up the roots, and develops new leeks, accepts believers and Buddhists widely, and can last forever.
Compared to the violent harvest that the Supreme One carries out once every tens of thousands of years, he eats up all the living beings on the ninth level in one breath.
The Buddhist faith is a long-lasting stream that pays tribute every year. While being gentle, it gives back to users from time to time, giving mortals some compensation that cures all diseases, makes them full of energy, and prolongs their life.
(End of this chapter)
