Chapter 24 Journey to Knowledge

Wukong couldn't help being curious, and asked, "What year were you born?" Nagarjuna said, "Eight out of ten." Wukong said: "Although you are young, you know a lot of truths, which is rare." Nagarshu said: "I told you I'm afraid you won't believe me, but since I was born, I know many things." Nagarjuna didn't know that the white-clothed scholar he was facing was one of the best figures in the world today, and the unexplainable mysterious things in Nagarjuna's eyes, in Wukong's view, there must be reasons behind them. When Wukong heard this, he immediately fell into deep thought. Nagarjuna knew the world when he was born, and it was obvious that someone was manipulating behind him to make Nagarjuna reborn. His appearance, temperament, and purpose of acting were the same as those in his previous life. Who would do that?

Xuannv claimed to have killed Nagarjuna, so naturally she would not lie, and she had taken out Nagarjuna and left it for the regeneration of the spirit, so how could she recreate Nagarjuna?From Xuannv's point of view, Nagarjuna means nothing to her, besides, even if Xuannv did it, there is no need to hide this matter from Wukong. Apart from Xuannv, the only other possibility is Tathagata, but Wukong thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of the reason why Tathagata did this.Wukong couldn't help but smiled wryly. When he first entered the world, he encountered a problem.This problem seems to have a lot to do with me, but I can't find the slightest clue.

Wukong thought about it, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, Dragon Girl!Will the dragon girl know about this?Could it be that she asked herself to come to the lower realm so that she could meet Nagarjuna?After thinking and thinking, Wukong also felt that this possibility was very slim. Don't say that the dragon girl's cultivation base is not high, so she might not know the existence of Nagarjuna. Even if she knew, this Nagarjuna is not that Nagarjuna. , I can't remember the rest at all, and it doesn't help me much. Besides, based on the deep love of Dragon Girl for Nagarjuna, if she knew that there was such a Nagarjuna in the world, she might have come to look for it long ago.

Wukong thought for a while and asked, "Why do you want to be named Nagarjuna? Who gave you the name?" Monk Nagarjuna said, "I took it myself." "You took it yourself? Then there must be a source." Wukong said. Nagarjuna said: "What is the origin? I knew it from birth. My name is Nagarjuna." Unknowingly, the two had gone far, Wukong saw the lights at the foot of Lingshan fading away, and said to Nagarjuna, "You just left without saying hello to the brothers and sisters in the Buddhist monastery?" Nagarjuna said, "It's okay to come and go, what can I say?"

Wukong pointed to the road ahead and said, "Even though the moon is bright tonight, the road ahead will be dark tomorrow, are you afraid?" Nagarjuna was surprised: "What are you afraid of?" "I can't see it, are you afraid?" Wukong asked. Nagarjuna said: "What I want to go to is an unknown place, this is what I wish for." Wukong seemed to have countless questions to ask Nagarjuna Bodhisattva, but he didn't know where to start, and he felt really uncomfortable.Seeing Nagarjuna striding towards the east, his eyes were firm, as if the way ahead was the path of truth, he couldn't help feeling admiration out of thin air.

As expected, Nagarjuna Bodhisattva in the previous life also walked in the world like this. Although Nagarjuna Bodhisattva was trapped by the scriptures of the Tathagata, he still had a yearning for the Dao in his heart. How difficult this is! Nagarjuna, at this moment, has become a symbol of pursuing the ultimate truth of heaven and earth, and he knows that the ultimate truth of heaven and earth is good fortune, so what are you looking for? The divine ape of good fortune is conceived by the chaos of good fortune. If the divine ape dies, it will still be reborn. Even if the world rises and falls, it will not hinder the divine ape.And the monk Nagarjuna in front of him seems to be the Nagarjuna Bodhisattva from the previous life. Could it be that other than the good fortune ape, others are also like this?Birth and death are endless.

Thinking of this, Wukong couldn't help thinking of a sentence: "I believe that there is another me in this world, but I don't know where he is, and I don't know whether he is before me or after me." That's all, let's treat this monk Nagarjuna as another Nagarjuna Bodhisattva. If you can't find it, you don't have to break the casserole and ask the bottom line. What should come will always come. Wukong said to Nagarjuna: "Heaven and earth, the reverse journey of all things, take care of yourself." Nagarjuna looked at Wukong carefully, smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Are you leaving?"

Wukong said: "Let's go." He secretly cast a spell on Nagarjuna. This spell can not only protect the body, but also give a warning. Once Nagarjuna is in danger, he can come to rescue him at any time. Nagarjuna suddenly said: "The benefactor is definitely not very human." Wukong was slightly surprised: "Where do you start?" Nagarshu said: "I debated fiercely with the monks in front of the Dale Temple, and every time I uttered wild words, the benefactor had the intention of praise, I can naturally see it." Wukong laughed and said, "Why is that so?" It wasn't because Wukong was boasting, his cultivation was already as high as the sky, and his art of transformation was perfect. How could a mortal see his own thoughts?

Nagarjuna said solemnly: "If you don't believe me, what I observe is the heart." Wukong was taken aback for a moment, "Guide to the mind?"What kind of knowledge is this? Wukong asked, "Are you good at observing people's hearts?" Nagarjuna said: "I don't care much about the hearts of others." The implication is that ordinary characters cannot be seen by Nagarjuna. Wukong said: "Okay, leaving this matter aside for the time being, I want to ask you, do you have any basis for your claim that Pangu is not omnipotent?" Nagarjuna said: "Of course there is. Everyone in the world says that Pan Gu is omnipotent in opening up the world, but in my opinion, Pan Gu's opening up of the sky is because of the difficulties of this world. With his ability, I'm afraid he can only open up the sky, otherwise, he can't do anything." If you don't get out of the cage, what are you doing here?"

"Ah?" Wukong was startled, Nagarjuna's words were truly shocking, if he hadn't known that he was a mortal, he would have thought that some great god had descended to give him advice. Why didn't I think that Pangu also came up with this world?What the Tathagata did made me misunderstand.If the Tathagata wanted to steal Pangu's essence of good fortune and use it to go out of heaven, he only said that Pangu alone possessed three-ninths of the essence of good fortune in the world, so he naturally possessed the ability to go out of heaven. When Nagarjuna said this, he woke up a little bit.

Pan Gu did not hesitate to make good fortune. He used his body as the earth to give birth to all things, and he gave up the essence of good fortune to turn it into a flat peach mother tree for the seven gods and apes to enjoy. Xuannv, Ksitigarbha and Di Ting Haohua are in the same vein.What Pan Gu did seems to be beyond reproach. As the most important person in the lineage of good fortune, he should not have any dissent. If Pan Gu also wants to rise to the sky, all his actions are for the creation of the Seven God Ape, and more for himself—the Spirit God Ape, is he going to use his own power to rise to the sky? Wukong replied: "Sure enough, I admire it!" Nagarjuna said again, "Do you have another way of discussing the theory of gods and men?" Wukong said: "What you said is what I think in my heart." Nagarjuna nodded: "I don't want to meet a bosom friend today, it's really rare." Wukong smiled secretly, it's not just a confidant, you don't know, once you were me, and I was you.Wukong said: "The most abominable thing in the world is that there is a distinction between high and low, so that the strong bully the weak, regardless of right and wrong. But if there is such a thing as the strong preying on the strong, then it is unreasonable, and the source of evil is born from then on." Nagarjuna said: "It doesn't matter if you are strong or weak, evil comes from your heart." Wukong said: "As long as there is righteousness in the heart, evil thoughts will have nowhere to hide." Nagarjuna said: "The people in the world are not you and me, so how can you force it?" Wukong sighed, the lineage of good luck is fair, but the vast majority of people in this world are ordinary people, except for the lineage of good fortune, there are a few people who are not selfish, even Laojun, who always wants to take more Peach alchemy, let alone hundreds of millions of mortals.But mortals are not wrong. Although I "hate selfishness endlessly", but human nature dictates, what can I do? Nagarjuna went on to say: "In this world, there are all kinds of sufferings. You must first accumulate sufferings before you can get rid of sufferings. There are birth, old age, sickness and death, failures of what one wants, resentment and resentment, and separation of love. Ordinary people return to dust before they understand it. .” Nagarjuna raised his head and glanced at Wukong and said, "You say that the heaven and the earth are the reverse journey of all things, do you know the meaning in it?" Wukong said: "There is a cloud, life between heaven and earth is suddenly like a traveler from afar. There is another cloud, life between heaven and earth is sent, and the sender is sure to return. Regardless of gods and mortals, they will return to dust sooner or later. Which one can last forever?" What about the immortal?" Nagarjuna nodded: "That's right, everyone has the desire to live, but who doesn't return to the dust? The ending turned out to be counterproductive. This is the great rebellion in life!" "Good fortune tricks people, and heaven and earth torture all living beings, that's how it is!" Wukong asked. Nagarjun laughed loudly: "That's well said, I want to see why the world is like this, and you just said it out." Wukong couldn't help but be in awe, why didn't he not find what Nagarjuna was looking for, and he was the god of good fortune, a great power who stepped through the realm of saints and climbed to the realm of yin and yang, Nagarjuna was only a mortal, but With such great ambition, how can it not be admirable? Seeing Nagarjuna's vigorous demeanor, Wukong thought of those secular monks arguing with him. Compared with the two, he felt something in his heart, and couldn't help but recite a passage from "Xiaoyaoyou": "There is Niaoyan, whose name is Peng, whose back is like Taishan Mountain, and whose wings are like clouds hanging from the sky, swings its horns and climbs ninety thousand li. Also? I jumped up, but I just climbed down, soaring among the basil, this is also flying to the end...'"