Why do people say I am a pig? I'm not ugly or fat. They also said that I was going to study Buddhist scriptures with several other people. Why is there such a thing? Thank you.

By the state secretary, laymen.

The Journey to the West is a popular historical masterpiece, and it is even more popular after being made into a TV series. However, when I watched this drama as a child, I felt that Tang Priest was too timid. How could Guanyin Bodhisattva make the Monkey King worship him as a teacher? And taught the Tang priest a spell to punish evil and promote good to treat Sun? Tang Priest has no ability. What can he teach his disciples? How to understand this story from the perspective of Buddhism?

The wonderful old monk replied: "I think a person who knows Buddhism should understand Journey to the West in this way: Tang Priest originally talked about practicing his own Hinayana Buddhism, but he could not achieve supreme Bodhi. So Guanyin Bodhisattva turned into an old monk, instructing Tang Priest to worship Buddha in the West and seeking Mahayana classics. In fact, the way of western learning is the way of self-cultivation of Tang Priest. The road to practice is not smooth, full of difficulties and obstacles.

"The three disciples of the Tang Priest actually embody the three vices of all beings: greed, anger and delusion. Pig Bajie represents a greedy person, greedy for money, greed, fame and fortune, gluttony and sleepiness ... so he was named Bajie, which means that greed can be eliminated only by observing the precepts, and wisdom can be obtained only by observing the precepts, so he is called enlightenment. The Monkey King represents those who are capable and have a big temper. Named Wukong, it is to tell these people that everything is impermanent and everything is empty. And Sha Wujing refers to those honest' honest people' who, because they don't understand Buddhism, created the charge of killing animals and eating meat (he once ate people for a living in Liushahe) and asked Wu Jing to ask him to take a clean walk. If he wants to go out of the three realms, he must be merciful and not kill. However, as a master, Tang Priest is completely empty. He is not attracted by money, color and fame. He would rather die in the West than live in the East. Wukong broke the killing, did not listen to the teachings, and recited a spell, which meant to bind him with commandments and make him turn over a new leaf.

"Tang's monk won't walk, won't change, only know chanting, indicating that the purpose of practice is not to have magical powers. Look at Monkey Sun. He's miraculous. The monster is more powerful than he is. Isn't he very helpless? However, if evil does not suppress right, Guanyin Bodhisattva will surely turn the tide and help Tang Priest to be auspicious when his life is dying. Moreover, the monsters that monkeys can't cope with are mostly caused by the waiters or mounts of some saints, which should be understood as obstacles deliberately created by bodhisattvas and immortals to help Tang Priest prove the holy fruit as soon as possible. " Everything is a test, it depends on how you do it. "Tang's monk before and after death, never blame Guanyin bodhisattva told him to learn!

"the Monkey King a tendon head miles, but not out of the palm of the Tathagata. If the Buddha wants to give the Mahayana Classic to the Tang Priest, it will not be easy, or it will be easier for the Monkey King to get it. Therefore, this The Journey to the West tells us the difficulty of spiritual practice. In every Buddhist group, there are all kinds of people who seek Buddhism and Taoism. Buddhist groups are a melting pot, eclectic. Buddhism is the most rigid and invincible; Buddhism is the gentlest and has no harm. As long as we uphold the mindfulness of practice, we can achieve great things. So, after thousands of difficulties and dangers, the four finally met the Buddha. However, when I went to the sutra depository to get books, I met with obstacles. This actually means that as long as I don't become a Buddha, there will be ignorance, which means that I can only get it if I give up.

"On the way back, all the Buddhist scriptures fell into the water, and finally only the words' Amitabha in the south' were left. In the Diamond Sutra, the Buddha once said that "if people say something like Buddha, it is to slander Buddha". He also said that at the end of the last law, from the beginning of the Shurangama Sutra, the words in the sutra gradually disappeared, leaving only the words "Amitabha in the south".

"In fact, my explanation is to correct mistakes with righteousness, and I have to do so. Because The Journey to the West and "The List of Gods" were originally the products of mutual competition and attack between Buddhism and Taoism. Old monk Xu Yun, a Zen master in modern China, once described the origin of these two books like this:

When the Baiyun monk in Baiyun Temple in Beijing gave a lecture on morality, many monks came to listen and became monks, but the monks in Changchun Temple were unwilling. After the lawsuit, the court renamed Changchun Temple and Baiyun Temple as Baiyun Temple to resolve the contradiction. Unconvinced, the Taoists borrowed The Journey to the West to write a novel to scold Buddhism. People who watch the journey to the west can see the truth by understanding this historical background. The most powerful thing is that the novel describes the Tang Priest's return to Tongtianhe after learning from the scriptures. After all the Buddhist scriptures were soaked in water, the words "there is no Amitabha in the south" were left, implying that all the Buddhist scriptures translated by Master Xuanzang were false. It's a pity that the world mistakenly believed The Journey to the West, but it buried The Journey to the West who really recorded historical facts.

The novel Feng Shen Bang written for Journey to the West was cursed by the monk. From this point of view, Taoist priests are scolded everywhere. For example, Taoist cultivation of immortality is doomed, and it is necessary to get the blade. Look at these two novels. If you don't understand the relationship between Buddhism and Taoism, you will recognize the false as true. Therefore, when reading a book, we should distinguish right from wrong and distinguish good from evil. "(Please refer to" Virtual Cloud Old Monk's Convenient Demonstration ")

The above is Miao Lao Monk's explanation of Journey to the West. He also suggested that you should be familiar with the Shurangama Sutra, so that you can have a legal choice, read more works of great virtues and monks, and open your own wisdom.