Joke video of Tathagata and the Monkey King.

In Chapter 7 of the four classical novels and the original Journey to the West, "The Great Sage escaped from the Eight Diagrams Furnace, and Wuxing Mountain was designated as an ape", it is said that after the Monkey King was suppressed at the foot of Wuxing Mountain, the Tathagata Buddha sent someone to order Arno and Ye Jia to rush back to the western paradise.

At this time, Tian Peng Yuan Shuai and Marshal God Bless stopped the Tathagata and asked him to wait for a while. The Jade Emperor is coming, and then a high-standard "An Tian Conference" was held.

Then, why didn't the Tathagata Buddha say goodbye to the Jade Emperor, but rushed back to jiusan, a Buddhist paradise? Combining the original Journey to the West with China folk myths and legends, today's "Yuan Yi Yuan" will talk about this topic for your exchange and discussion.

1. Is the Monkey King really an easy thing to recuperate and recover? This is not the case!

The Monkey King drove a somersault cloud all the way away, as if he saw five flesh-red pillars on the horizon, holding a green breath. He naively thought that this was the legendary "zenith pillar"!

Back to the Tathagata Buddha, the Buddha told Wukong that he was still in his palm. If you don't believe me, look at the eight big characters he wrote on his palm.

Sure enough, the Monkey King saw the eight characters in the palm of Tathagata's hand, and the monkey urine in his hand was taken aback. Just when he was puzzled and annoyed, he suddenly felt that his body's center of gravity was lost and he was crushed under the Wuxing Mountain.

This detail reveals two problems: first, it is true that the Tathagata Buddha is well-connected and well-connected, but he has also made some efforts to deal with Sun, which has consumed a lot of energy; Second, is the Buddha's palm damaged or affected?

The so-called: harm a thousand people, harm 800 yourself! Tathagata skillfully conquered the Monkey King by gambling, and suppressed it at the foot of Wuxing Mountain, achieving the effect of pulling a thousand pounds. But it may also consume vitality and need rest and recuperation.

Second, what is the price for the Tathagata Buddha to sacrifice his right palm? The eighth time in the original Journey to the West, the Tathagata returned to Lingshan after attending the An Tian Conference, sat on the lotus throne, and said such words to the 3,000 Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Lohan King Kong in public.

"Deep Prajna, through the three realms. At all, after all, silence. Nothing, nothing. Burying a good monkey is ignorance, it is a stage of life and death, and the law is like this. "

As soon as the Buddha said, the light of the relic blooms, and there are 42 Bai Hong in the sky, which runs through the north and south.

The words "hidden in the depths of Prajnaparamita, seen all over the three realms, silent after all, in the void" come from the Great Nirvana Sutra in Buddhist scriptures. It emphasizes the fundamental purpose of Buddha's practice: universal life and happiness in the afterlife!

Words like "bury the monkey, make a platform for life and death" mean why the Monkey King was surrendered by him.

Tathagata Buddha emphasized that the Monkey King was born in heaven and earth, born as a monkey, and should not die. But after he got the monkey's body and name, he became greedy, angry and crazy, and then he died, so he surrendered and could not escape.

At the same time, let's look at the shape and structure of Wuzhishan or Wuxing Mountain, which suppressed Sun. "Wuzhishan", as its name implies, is shaped like a human finger or palm; "Five elements" refers to elements such as "metal, wood, fire, water and earth" and the five elements of magnetic field intensity.

There is a view on the Internet that the Tathagata sacrificed the palm of the Buddha's right hand at a great cost to subdue the Monkey King and turned it into Wuzhishan Mountain, which is particularly good, often golden and auspicious.

Third, what happened at the An Tian meeting? At the An Tian Congress, the Jade Emperor invited many immortals, such as Sanqing, Yusi, Wu Fang, Wuxao, Si Liu, Qiyuan, Octupole, Jiuyao, Du Shi, Qianzhen Wansheng and so on.

It can be said that the immortals who are basically influential in the three realms have all received invitations from the Jade Emperor.

The Tathagata Buddha was seated as the "chief" at the packed An Tian conference, which was a great sight. While everyone was drinking, a patrolling spiritual officer came to report that Sun at the foot of Wuxing Mountain had stuck his head out and even felt like jumping out!

Tathagata Buddha unhurriedly took out a six-character mantra sticker with the words "Tie Ba Mi" from his sleeve, and let Arnold stick it on the square stone on the top of the five-star mountain, so that his mountain and roots were integrated, and the Monkey King could never touch it again.

Think about it. If the Tathagata Buddha suppressed the Monkey King at the foot of the mountain, he left heaven in a hurry from the beginning and let the Monkey King jump out from the foot of Wuxing Mountain. Besides the previous failure, what happened later was even more terrible.

As we have analyzed in the last article, the Tathagata Buddha is also ruthless, and he even has scruples about containing the Monkey King. He can't kill Sun, let alone get things done at once!

You see, when he left the Yin Temple, he understood: you will sit firmly in the Dharma Hall, and you will be in a confused state, waiting for me to make an alchemy to save you!

The Tathagata has gone to heaven, and as his rear area, the Western Heaven Mountain can't be chaotic. Perhaps, his hasty return has something to do with this matter!

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References:

The Journey to the West, Little Dictionary of Buddhism, China Folk Myths and Legends, etc.