In Journey to the West, there is a very special country, and it is said that it is special, not because it is how weak or strong it is, but because there is not a single living person in the whole country.
This country is the country of lions and camels, which was once a fairly normal country, but it was a disaster five hundred years ago and was plagued by the roc bird:
"He ate the king of this city and the civil and military bureaucrats five hundred years ago, and all the men and women in the city were eaten clean by him, so he took his country and mountains, and now he is full of monsters."
This is strange, to know that the lion camel country is very close to the Spirit Mountain, and the roc bird is a buddhist family, why would the Buddha let it go and let it go?
Yang Jiaofeng on the Journey to the West series of articles: Journey to the West: Lion Camel Country near the Spirit Mountain, why did the Buddha turn a blind eye in the face of the people of the whole country being eaten?
One
First of all, we must look at the lion and camel country through which the four masters and apprentices passed, what is the matter?
After the Tang monks and apprentices arrived at Shi Huoling, Sun Wukong once turned into a small monster to set up a small drill wind, and when the little drill wind introduced the skills of the three kings, he said:
"My three kings are not mortal monsters, the name of Yuncheng Wanli Peng, when in action, the wind transports the sea, zhenbei tu nan."
It was also this extraordinary monster that, five hundred years ago, ate the people of the Lion Camel Country in one go, and then occupied this country.
And the Dapeng Bird of the Lion Camel Country was not a good friend with the Lion Spirit and the White Elephant Spirit of the Lion Camel Ridge, but because the Dapeng Bird heard that the Tang Monk was going to pass by from here, it deliberately came to form an alliance:
"Only because I was afraid that one of his apprentices, Sun Xing, would be very interested and that it would be difficult for him to do anything in his own family, he came here to form a brotherhood with my two great kings, and he agreed to fight and catch that Tang monk."
Sun Wukong became an apprentice of Tang Monk, that is, a few years ago, so it can be seen that the Roc Bird has allied with the Lion Spirit and the White Elephant Spirit, that is, a few years ago:
"My Great King and the Second Great King have lived in the Lion Camel Cave in Shi Huoling for a long time. The three kings did not live here, and his original residence was four hundred miles away from here. ”
This is actually very easy to understand, if the green haired lion and the white elephant are also here for more than five hundred years, then Manjushri Bodhisattva and Puxian Bodhisattva, then it is really time to fight. After all, the identity of these two goods is a bodhisattva mount, equivalent to the driver of a senior official of the Lingshan Mountain, and there is a formal establishment, even if it is an annual leave, it is not so long.
Moreover, this green lion was also suspected of harming the king in the black chicken country before. As for whether it is the same one, there is no table in the book, unless Manjushri Bodhisattva raised two lions as mounts, otherwise, it can be considered the same.
Two
If the roc bird outside the compilation is lawless here, it can still be understood, but with the addition of the lion essence and the white elephant essence, the three of them are fooling around here, and the Heavenly Court and the Spirit Mountain don't care if they don't ask, it is a bit impossible to say.
Is it that the Heavenly Garden or the Spirit Mountain does not know that these few demons are making waves here?
Of course not, after all, when the Tang monks and disciples passed through here, it was the letter that Taibai Venus came to report, and who was Taibai Venus?
Similar to the Star Scout of the Jade Emperor, when he recruited Sun Wukong, Taibai Venus made a lot of energy. As a confidant of the Jade Emperor, Taibai Venus knew what was happening here, would the Jade Emperor not be clear?
Of course, they knew it, and taibai Venus himself said that these three monsters could be described as powerful:
"When the goblin sent a letter to the Spirit Mountain, five hundred Aro all came to greet him; a piece of paper was written in the Heavenly Palace, and the eleven great yaos all admired each other. The Four Seas Dragon had been friends with him, the Eight Caves Immortals often met with him, the Ten Lands Yan Jun was called a brother, and the Sheling City God was in love with his guests. ”
Seeing that, the three demons wrote a letter to the Spirit Mountain, and five hundred arhats had to come out to greet them. If you write a letter to the Heavenly Court, the Nine Obsidian Star Emperor plus the two Great Dawns will have to come out to greet them, and this will contain the Taibai Venus.
From Taibai Venus's description of the three demons of the Lion Camel Country, it can be known that he knows everything. Even if he knew that these three demons had done many evil deeds, he did not dare to speak much, and even if people wrote a letter to the Heavenly Court, he had to come and listen to the messenger.
This was strange, if the Bull Demon King had so many armies, it was estimated that he would have been wiped out by the Heavenly Court and the Spirit Mountain Partnership. Why is the Lion Camel Country here, Lingshan does not care at all, even the Heavenly Court will at most send someone to report to Sun Wukong.
Three
To figure this out, we have to go back five hundred years, what really happened that year?
In fact, a lot of major events happened that year, mainly in the Coup of the Heavenly Court, don't think that it was Sun Wukong who made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, in fact, it is not complete!
It can be seen from the fact that the Queen Mother's mother is secretly hiding a large peach, and she is also attacking the Jade Emperor. The reason for this, which I have said many times before, is nothing more than the re-division of the two powers of the Immortal Hoop and the Peach Granter.
It is also for this reason that the Jade Emperor installed Sun Wukong to the peach orchard, and later the Buddha came to "save the car". In fact, it was not that the gods of the Heavenly Court could not get Sun Wukong, but that the Jade Emperor was making a deal with Rulai.
The deal was that rulai would unconditionally support the Jade Emperor, who would acquiesce in allowing Lingshan to expand its influence, and even spread Buddhism to the Southern Ganbu Prefecture and make it convenient for him.
It seems that this deal, such as the Buddha stained the light, in fact, it is not, in fact, the Jade Emperor is the final winner. Because of such a disturbance by the team, The Western Niuhe Zhou, which was originally unable to intervene by the Jade Emperor, could also intervene without obstacles, such as his private visit to Fengxian County. Some immortals who did not originally obey the jurisdiction of the Jade Emperor were later obeyed by the governance.
You must know that in the whole process of taking the scriptures, the Jade Emperor Guang has twice named all the immortals, don't feel less. To know that one day in the sky and one year in the underground is equivalent to playing a big roll call with all the gods and immortals once a week, and it is really impossible to do it five hundred years ago.
Moreover, the Jade Emperor was really not easy to mess with, just because he had gone through such a private visit, the sacrifice country killed fifteen hundred monks, destroyed France and killed nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-six monks, and after the death of two-thirds of the living beings in Fengxian County, he did not dare to only worship the Buddha, and did not put the Jade Emperor in his eyes...
Four
It was precisely because the Jade Emperor gave Rulai convenience that he would use this honeymoon period to desperately publicize his Dharma and publicize the "civilization" of Lingshan.
Then everyone has doubts, they all say that the Dharma is universal to all sentient beings, and the Buddhist family also pays attention to compassion, so why would they connive at the roc bird to behave in the lion and camel country?
In fact, it is very simple, do you know the story of 360 antivirus?
You should know that before this, all the antivirus software was paid, and Yang Jiaofeng also spent a lot of money to buy a boxed lion antivirus. At that time, it was also strange that viruses were everywhere, and if you were not careful, you would be caught, but since the antivirus software was free, it seemed that overnight, the virus disappeared.
In the same way, if the Buddha wanted to pass on the Dharma, he had to let the family know the power of the Dharma.
It's easy to do, as long as you support an evil monster in the local area and stir up the people's chickens and dogs, they will have a chance. If the world is at peace, just like the Tang Dynasty, the monarch is wise, the ministers are virtuous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, who will believe in the Dharma?
Therefore, the Buddha would open his eyes to publicize what he called a "free and prosperous life" in West Niuhe Chau on the matter of determining the sutra project:
"I, the One who is west of Niu he zhou, do not covet or kill, nourish the qi and the subliminal soul, although there is no supreme truth, everyone has a solid life."
Buddhism emphasizes the equality of all beings, and in fact, even in the "city of freedom", that is, the country of lions and camels, it is not really equal:
"Those who guard the city gate are all wolf soldiers; those who are in charge of the city are colorful tigers; those who are in charge of the city are white-faced bears; those who are secretaries are forked horned deer; the citizens who walk on the streets are clever foxes, thousand-foot pythons, and long snakes..."
Five
Not only are the monsters of the Lion Camel Country divided into three, six, nine, and so on, but even the place where they live is different!
For example, the lion's camel cave, the first layer, is like this:
"Skeletons are like mountains, skeletons are like forests." Human hair is twisted into pieces of felt, and human skin and flesh are rotten into mud dust. Human tendons are wrapped around the tree, and the dry scorch is as bright as silver..."
How gloomy and how eerie, how terrifying and terrifying, it is simply hell on earth, and after passing through the two-story cave entrance, the situation inside is completely different:
"Qingqi is elegant, beautiful and wide, there are Yao grass fairy flowers on the left and right, and there are Qiao Pine green bamboo in front and back."
After crossing these holes, you will reach the three youkai lairs, where it is another scene.
It is precisely because of the existence of the lion and camel country that other countries will be afraid and frightened, and countries farther away from the Spirit Mountain will huddle together for warmth, such as hugging the thighs of the sai country:
"The name of this city is called the Kingdom of Sacrifice, which is the great place of the Western State, and there were four Tributes of the Yi Dynasty in that year: the South, the Kingdom of Yuetuo, the North, the Kingdom of Gaochang, the State of East, the State of Western Liang, and the West, the Kingdom of Benbao. Every year, he paid tribute to the jade pearl and the concubine horse. ”
There are also some countries that choose to embrace the Buddha of Lingshan Mountain, such as Shewei Guo, and the Tang monks who once lived in bujin Zen Temple on the way to the scriptures, and the old monks in the temple said:
"This temple was originally the Temple of Lonely Garden, also known as Gion. Because it is for the lonely elderly to ask the Buddha to preach the sutra, the gold bricks are laid out, and the name is changed. ”
However, SheweiGuo was more miserable and too much faith in Buddhism, resulting in too much expenditure, and eventually the country went bankrupt and perished:
"I heard to the lonely elderly that with gold as bricks and covering the garden, I bought the prince's garden and asked the world to say it."
Six
This brings us to the question of what the Buddha really wanted!
What do you want?
Of course, it is incense, after all, the Buddha relies on gold, even in the western world of the gods and Buddhas, gold is also good, or how to say "money can make ghosts grind".
After the Tang monks and disciples arrived at the Lingshan Mountain, they encountered two disciples of Rulai asking for personnel, but at first they did not give it, and as a result, they got the wordless scripture, and Sun Wukong asked rulai Buddha for questioning, and was also reprimanded:
"When the monks and monks descended the mountain, they recited this sutra to him at the house of elder Zhao of the Kingdom of Shewei, to ensure the safety of the living in his family, and the departed to escape, and only to get him back with three buckets and three liters of rice grain gold, and I also said that they had sold it and taught their descendants and grandchildren that they had no money to use..."
If the Buddha did have money, when Taishang Laojun sent the Qingniu Essence to block the procession of sutra collection, he took out eighteen golden mountains in one go, which bought the road:
"If you come, order the eighteen arhats to open the treasure house and take eighteen grains of 'Golden Dan Sand' and Goku's help."
Including the transmission of the Tang Dynasty, it was also a conspiracy of the Buddha, because there was no need for redemption at all in the Southern Ganbu Continent, and those monsters could not frighten the people of the Great Tang.
This is not my nonsense, the general manager of the Eight Rivers, Si Yu Great Dragon God Jing River Dragon King, is not good to benefit the people of Datang, it has to rain randomly, as a result, he was beheaded by Wei Zheng in his dream; Li Shimin was entangled with several small ghosts, he did not sleep well at night, it was easy to do, Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong went to the door to stop, what ghosts were scared away, and then there was no need to stand real people, and it was good to put a portrait on the door; what monsters, what demon kings, let alone rushed to the capital city of Datang, even the border was estimated to be impossible, don't forget that the border of Datang is full of gods like Liu Boqin, General Yin was afraid when he saw him...
Seven
Under such circumstances, how could it be possible for the people of Datang to believe in any karma and believe in the boundlessness of the Dharma?
You Lingshan, you can't interject at all, so the Jizo King Bodhisattva and the Guanyin Bodhisattva deliberately led Li Shimin's soul to the Di Mansion for a walk, trying to make him afraid and make him believe in the Dharma, so as to send people to the Western Heavens to learn the scriptures.
On the one hand, the Tang monks ran to the West to learn the scriptures, but on the other hand, the Believers in the West were praying and reincarnating into the Tang Dynasty in the next life. This is not my blind remark, the monk of Jinping Province, after seeing Tang Monk, heard that he was the Tang Dynasty, and he knelt down inside:
"The people who are good to me here, who read the sutras and chant the Buddha, all expect to cultivate to your Chinese land. Only to see that the teacher was rich in clothes and crowns, and it was indeed cultivated by the previous life, so he had to be used for this, so he worshiped it now. ”
Therefore, the Lion Camel Country is a group of monsters deliberately condoned by the Buddha, which is used to warn those countries that do not believe in Buddhism to be careful of being swallowed by the Roc Bird.
And the roc bird ate the people of the whole country and was punished by the Buddha?
Of course not, not only was he not punished, but he was meritorious, because the Buddha said in front of all the gods and Buddhas:
"I am in charge of the four major continents, and countless sentient beings look up to me, and whenever I do good deeds, I teach him to sacrifice Rukou first."
Did you see it?
When the sutras were not taken, the Buddha only said that he was in charge of the West Cow He Continent, and now he has begun to manage the four major continents. Isn't it true that the fall of the Lion Camel Kingdom has a deterrent effect on other countries?
And the roc bird is obviously a great contribution, after the people of the four major continents, on the tribute, the Buddha first let you eat, how?
To put it bluntly, what foreign monks can chant, that is all a deception, not only do they not believe in it, but the Tang monks do not believe it, he is just coveting that identity.
So many countries in the West, governed like that bird, where is comparable to the Tang Dynasty, if Li Shimin really believes in their ghost Buddhism, it will not be too late to defend the country.
After all, in The Buddha's eyes, he couldn't see the eight hundred-mile corpse pile of Shi Huoling at all, because he was looking at the wealth of datang!
My name is Yang Jiaofeng, look at the journey to the west from a different perspective, you will find different fun, like please pay attention to it!