Chapter 42 Chapter 12 The Old Monster with Yellow Eyebrows——Spirit Mountain is Not a Pure Land

The old monster with yellow brows is very special and left a deep impression on the author. This is not only because he has many magic weapons, but also because he bears a person's wish on his back, and he reflects a current situation. The old monster with yellow eyebrows has the characteristics of two previous monsters, one is the king with one horn and the other is the six-eared macaque. It is said that he has the characteristics of the unicorn king because his magic weapon is too powerful, which is comparable to King Kong Zhuo, and Sun Wukong also invited many second-rate and third-rate helpers in the process of subjugating demons, and finally he was subdued because of the personal appearance of the master. , and his master is also a Buddha of the same generation as the Taishang Laojun, the Buddha from the East, Maitreya Buddha.

It is said that he has the characteristics of a six-eared macaque because the reason why he punished Monkey King and others was not to eat Tang Seng, but to replace Tang Seng and others to go to the West to pray to Buddha and pray for scriptures, so as to achieve positive results. But the yellow-browed old monster's approach is very bold. Not only did he transform into the Little Leiyin Temple, but he also dared to pretend to be the Tathagata Buddha and the three thousand Buddhas.Anyway, you can be regarded as half of Lingshan people, so you are not afraid that the Tathagata Buddha will kill you?

You must know that the minds of most Bodhisattvas and Buddhas are still very small. Also, you old monster with yellow brows actually wants to learn scriptures instead of Tang Seng. Are you questioning my Tathagata's arrangement?bold! However, the old monster with yellow eyebrows dared to do this, and the Tathagata Buddha did not ask him to take responsibility afterwards. Is there any special meaning in this? Of course there is, and obviously, the biggest implication of this is that Maitreya, the future Buddha, is dissatisfied with Tathagata. As mentioned earlier, there is not one faction in Lingshan, but at least three factions, the Lantern faction headed by the past Buddha, the Tathagata faction headed by the present Buddha, and the Maitreya faction headed by the future Buddha.

Buddha Tathagata is the leader of the strongest of the three sects in Lingshan. Buddha Maitreya is not as powerful as Buddha Tathagata, but Buddha Maitreya is an out-and-out pro-Tao sect. To make some nonsense, Sun Wukong called Maitreya Buddha "Donglai Buddha". The Buddha is in the west, so why is Maitreya Buddha called Donglai Buddha? Learning scriptures from the west is a great thing for Lingshan. Why did Maitreya Buddha let the yellow-browed old monster sneak down to earth and take such a powerful magic weapon with him? There are many magic weapons in Taoism, and Buddhism emphasizes the boundlessness of Buddhism, so why does Maitreya Buddha's methods look like Taishang Laojun?

Could it be that the "Hu monk" who passed through the Hangu Pass and transformed Hu in the past was Maitreya Buddha, so Maitreya Buddha still has a deep respect for Taoism? If it is involved, it will be even more unclear, so let's cut off the Buddhist scriptures and other books for the time being, and the author will analyze this unclean spiritual mountain from just one book. The world of Buddhism in the book is actually very chaotic. After reading it, many people can't figure out how they are sorted. Of course, these have nothing to do with the content of the author's research and reasoning, so I don't care about it. Interested people You can study Buddhist scriptures by yourself.

The Maitreya Buddha in the Buddhist scriptures and the Donglai Buddha are not the same person, but they are confused. When the great sage was in misery, he suddenly saw a colorful cloud falling to the ground in the southwest, and it was raining heavily on the mountain. Someone shouted: "Wukong, you know me!" Is it?" The traveler hurriedly walked forward to see that person: big ears and flat faces, shoulders and belly full of fat.A mouthful of spring is full of joy, and his eyes are full of autumn waves.The open sleeves are floating and there are many blessings, and the straw sandals are full of energy.The first statue in the Paradise is Nanmo Maitreya Laughing Monk.When the traveler saw it, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Where are you coming from the east to the Buddha? My disciple has escaped, ten thousand sins! Ten thousand sins!" The Buddha said, "I'm here just for this little Leiyin monster.

We can learn from Monkey King that the Buddha who came from the east is Maitreya Buddha. But why is Maitreya Buddha called Donglai Buddha? Also, Maitreya Buddha and Sun Wukong have never met each other, so why do they know each other? Another problem is that when the real and fake Monkey King hit Lingshan, the Tathagata Buddha asked who could recognize it, but no one recognized it, and the person who spoke on their behalf was Avalokiteshvara, so there is really only Tathagata Buddha on Lingshan. Can no one recognize the real and fake Monkey King? The author thinks not, at least, the ancient Buddha and Maitreya Buddha can be recognized by burning lamps, but judging from the scene at that time, they were not there.And among the Buddhas arranged in the last round, the order is Namo Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha, Namo Pharmacist Liuliguang King Buddha, Namo Sakyamuni Buddha, Namo Past, Future and Present Buddha, and Namo Pure Joy Buddha, Namo Vairoshi Buddha, Namo Precious Crowd Buddha, Namo Maitreya Buddha, etc.As the Buddha, Tathagata is not ranked first, but third.Therefore, the author can think that Shakyamuni Buddha is the leader of the Lingshan forces, but he is not the person with the highest seniority. He also has brothers and sisters.

Of course, once again, this is just what the author got from a book and does not represent a general opinion. As mentioned in the previous chapter, Maitreya Buddha was dissatisfied with Tathagata Buddha's actions. Why was he dissatisfied?A few reasons can be briefly analyzed. First, the Tathagata’s power is dominant and he envies and hates him in his heart; What's the use? The person who takes the scriptures is also Tathagata's second disciple, and the person who chooses the disciple is Guanyin Bodhisattva. I'm depressed. Why don't I have my share? Well, since you Tathagata despises and ignores my existence, then I will send a little boy to the lower world to embarrass your precious apprentice, and also create a Leiyin Temple to express my dissatisfaction with your heart, and then take away the luggage , to show that I am not happy with your study arrangement, and finally show my strength to prove that I am still very good.

As already analyzed in the previous article, learning scriptures is a policy of mutual balance and compromise between Buddhism and Taoism, but the heavenly immortals headed by Sanqing and the earth immortals headed by Zhen Yuanzi are still not very friendly to Buddhism, at least not at ease Tathagata handles the scripture learning team by himself, so the Taishang Laojun will nominate Sun Wukong, a Taoist disciple, to be stationed in the scripture learning team as one of the core figures. The roots in Taoism are more stable. What they do is different from the faction of gods headed by the Jade Emperor. It can be said that the Jade Emperor is a pro-Buddhist sect, so he respects Guanyin Bodhisattva and Tathagata, and responds to requests for Buddhist scriptures.In the same way, Maitreya's future Buddhist sect is actually the Taoist sect. Maitreya Buddha himself is not too interested in learning scriptures. If Buddhism and Taoism are really harmonious, what is the use of his own Taoist sect?

Among the two most difficult and powerful monsters encountered by Sun Wukong on his way to learn Buddhist scriptures, one is the one-horned King Si who holds the Taishang Laojun's Vajra Circle, and the other is the yellow-browed old man who takes Maitreya Buddha's pouch and Jinrao. Strange.In fact, their masters came from the same purpose, deliberately indulged, just to prove their own strength and express their dissatisfaction with learning from the scriptures. When did Maitreya appear?It appeared when Sun Wukong had almost exhausted the power of a Taoist faction, and the author thinks that Sun Wukong had inaction in it, or that Sun Wukong already knew the origin of the old monster with yellow eyebrows, so the people he invited were second-rate masters , and in the process of inviting people, Sun Wukong was in a very relaxed mood, watching the scenery and playing at the same time, just like when he was fighting the king of the unicorn.

What is Sun Wukong doing? Sun Wukong has deduced that the old monster with yellow eyebrows has a lot of background from the magic weapon Jinrao and the human race bag of the old monster with yellow eyebrows, as well as what the old monster with yellow eyebrows has done—transforming Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Lingshan, and his background is definitely There is a little bit of disharmony with the Tathagata, otherwise the Little Leiyin Temple would not be transformed. In the original book - the traveler said: "Don't go in, there is little good and bad, if there is disaster, don't blame me." Sanzang said: "Even if there is no Buddha, there must be a Buddha image. My disciple wishes to meet the Buddha and worship the Buddha. How about I blame you." That is to say, he ordered Bajie to take the cassock, change into the monk's hat, put off his clothes, and walked forward.I could only hear someone shouting from the mountain gate: "Tang Monk, you came from the east to pay respects to my Buddha, why are you still being so negligent?" Sanzang heard that even if he bowed down, Bajie kowtowed and Sand Monk knelt down, but the great sage held him back. The horse packs up behind.When you enter the gate on the second floor, you will see the Tathagata Hall.Under the treasure platform outside the gate of the hall, there are five hundred arhats, three thousand Jiedi, four Vajras, eight Bodhisattvas, bhikkhunis, upasakas, countless holy monks and Taoists.The elder was so panicked that he and Bajie Drifting bowed step by step, and they went up to the altar, but the traveler blatantly refused to do so.He also heard a sharp voice shouting from the lotus pedestal: "Then Sun Wukong, why don't you worship the Tathagata?" The ignorant man looked carefully again, and saw that it was fake, so he threw away his horse's luggage, held his stick in his hand and shouted: "You bastards! , very bold! How can you pretend to rely on the name of the Buddha to corrupt the pure virtue of the Tathagata! Don't go!" What is the meaning of Xiaoleiyin Temple?I want to fight against Daleiyin Temple, and the purpose of Maitreya Buddha is to tell everyone that I have this strength! That's why the yellow-browed old monster dared to transform the Tathagata Buddha and his disciples completely. what to explain. Sun Wukong quickly understood the original intention of Maitreya Buddha, so after symbolically inviting the twenty-eight mansions, he went to invite the immortal faction, which ranks second last in the strength of the Taoist faction.As a result, it goes without saying that they were all poisoned. Monkey King knew what would happen to the immortals, so he did this. The purpose of doing this is obvious. First, to save face for Maitreya Buddha. You see how powerful you are. no big deal. Therefore, Monkey King did not invite Tathagata and Guanyin.If Sun Wukong didn't know the hidden story, with Sun Wukong's character and temper, he would have gone to Lingshan to expose the shortcoming of the Tathagata by using the human race bag when he saw the monster transforming into the spirit mountain. The face project was done enough, and the play was over. Maitreya Buddha made a grand appearance. Seeing Wukong, he smiled in his heart and said, "Xiao Sun, do you know me?" Monkey King pretended to be surprised and said: "Wow, it turns out that the Buddha came from the east. Why are you here?" Maitreya Buddha smiled "hehe" and said: "You see, I am embarrassed to ask you this question. Then why did I accidentally let a handy boy run away? You see how much trouble I have caused you. I will go to you." Get rid of him!" Sun Wukong said: "Wow! It turned out to be your subordinate, no wonder he is so powerful, you should deal with him quickly, he made a lot of immortals miserable!" So the two tacitly and happily went to catch the old monster with yellow eyebrows.