The Monkey King is doing a somersault. Why didn't Tathagata form a team to let him learn from the scriptures?

There has been a question circulating in the workshop, and I don't understand the intention of the Tathagata to seek the scriptures from mortals. There are so many big cows in the three realms, it will be more efficient to choose a person who is bent on learning Buddhism than Tang Priest. Especially in the Tang Priest ranks, the Monkey King has the strongest ability. When the Tathagata set up a Buddhist sutra plan, why not consider letting the Monkey King lead the team?

Of course, the official reason for the Tathagata is:

"I have a way to hide and talk; Talk about Tibet and land; After hiding, I am a ghost; Sanzang * * * has 35 volumes, including 15,144 volumes, which is the way to cultivate truth and the door to goodness. I'm going to send it to the East, but I'm afraid that all beings there are stupid, slander the truth, don't know the gist of my teaching, and ignore the authenticity of yoga. How did you get a magical person? He went to the East to seek good faith, taught him to go through Qian Shan, took the Wan Li Road, came to my place to get the true scriptures, spread them to the East forever, and advised all beings, which was a blessing in one mountain. Who wants to go to the mountains in the deep sea? "

Tathagata means that sending your children there is really not a business, and people may look down on your things. There must be a person with a firm belief who has come to us with a lot of hardships and learned from us before they will pay attention to it. In fact, Tathagata is playing hunger marketing, and can't let the other party feel that it is free, let alone easy to get.

The requirements of the Tathagata for Buddhist scriptures are as follows: 1. From the eastern soil; Second, it is a good letter; Third, government support. First of all, the Monkey King doesn't come from Nanshan, so it doesn't meet the requirements from the Eastern Tang Dynasty. Second, the Monkey King is fearless. Before he became a Buddha, he was a demon. After he became a Buddha, he committed murder. He does not believe in Buddhism. Third, the Monkey King has nothing to do with the Tang government.

Although the Monkey King is very capable, he doesn't meet all the imagination of Tathagata. So, let people like the Monkey King take the lead in learning from the scriptures, which will definitely make a big joke. However, this is a superficial analysis, and it is concluded that the Monkey King cannot replace Tang Priest. If we make an in-depth analysis, we will find that the Monkey King is even less likely to be selected.

The core appeal of Tathagata is to preach in Nanshan Buzhou, and the missionary route is from Xi Niu Hezhou all the way to Nanshan Buzhou, spanning two continents. The reason why he asked Guanyin Bodhisattva not to take clouds when surveying the terrain was that he wanted the Bodhisattva to investigate the beliefs of the whole area. Tathagata is not the core, the core is to preach and teach in the name of learning.

Wherever the Tang Priest goes, he will say that he belongs to the Eastern Tang Dynasty and go to the western paradise to worship the Buddha and learn from it. At the same time, he will enlighten people with the heart sutra and argue with Taoist priests and goblins. These are all acts of passing on scriptures. For the Monkey King, all this is very difficult. He is not a learned monk, and he can't preach convincingly like Tang Priest.

What's more, the Tang Priest is a golden cicada and a second disciple of the Tathagata. In a word, Tathagata is more assured to give such a big project to his disciples. the Monkey King is a demon who surrenders to Tathagata. No matter how powerful he is, he can't replace the golden cicada in the Buddha's heart. Therefore, due to various reasons, it is impossible for the Monkey King to replace Tang Priest.