Why didn't the Monkey King go back to Huaguoshan after his success in learning Buddhist scriptures?

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Many friends asked me this question: Why didn't the Monkey King return to Huaguoshan after he became a Buddha? How happy Huaguoshan is. Is it that Tathagata Buddha won't let him go back?

Of course, the story didn't say, but my answer is:

Even if the Buddha asked the Monkey King to go back, I'm afraid he didn't want to go back. Because his mentality has changed.

Why?

I have seen an American animated film "The other way around". Molly, the little hero in it, has five little people in her mind: Lele, worry, disgust, anger and fear. There is also a little monster, Bingbang, who is Molly's imaginary childhood playmate.

Lele, who was in charge of happiness, was accidentally thrown out by Molly's mind control center. She had a hard time getting back to the control center. One of the biggest dangers is that your feet will always fall into the garbage dump of memory. Once you fall, you can't go forward.

Lele met Bing Bong, who said Riley hadn't played with it for a long time. Actually, because Riley has grown up, he no longer needs Bing Bong's company.

Lele and Bingfeng fell into the landfill together and couldn't get out. Fortunately, there is a rocket car to ride, but it can only carry one person.

Therefore, Bing Feng chose to stay in the garbage dump of memory and was forgotten by Molly forever.

Many friends cried the moment they saw Bing Bong disappear.

In fact, the disappearance of the ice peak is equivalent to Molly really growing up, but the carefree, pure and transparent world of childhood can never go back.

Huaguoshan is also of such significance to the Monkey King.

He spent his childhood in Huaguoshan. His friends are many little monkeys, and the Monkey King plays with them.

They are not so much monkeys and grandchildren as the Monkey King's little friends. Those little monkeys are the Monkey King's popsicles.

Huaguoshan is a paradise, where there is no arrogance brought by money, no oppression brought by power, and no intrigue. Everyone from the Monkey King to the little monkey treated each other equally and had a good time. The Monkey King, commonly known as "Monkey King" and "Monkey King", is nothing more than the leader of a group of children.

Before discovering the water curtain hole, all the monkeys saw a surging water and said, "I don't know where this water came from." We have nothing to do today, so we secretly climbed the ravine to see where it came from and have some fun! " Shout, immediately "drag men and women, call brothers call brothers, come together", which is exactly the same as children greeting each other to go out to play.

The Monkey King discovered water curtain cave, and a group of monkeys "jumped over the bridge, grabbed pots and bowls one by one, occupied the kitchen as a bed, moved over, moved over, as stubborn as monkeys and restless", just like children in playing tag.

The Monkey King brought a golden hoop from the bottom of the sea, and the little monkeys gathered around to see the freshness. The Monkey King didn't refuse, and stabbed the golden hoop into the sky, just like a child showing off his toys.

The Monkey King stole weapons from Ole, and the monkeys "all fought for their swords and guns, drew bows and crossbows, shouted and drank, and played all day". What's the difference between this and children grabbing toys and delicious food?

So, the Monkey King is here, enjoying carefree and crystal clear happiness.

However, after the Monkey King was arrested, the paradise of Huaguo Mountain was gradually abandoned, and the little monkeys scattered. When Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon was rushed back to Guo Huashan by the Tang Priest, he saw the following scene: "There are no flowers and plants on that mountain, and the haze is gone;" The peak rock collapsed and the forest trees were burnt. " There is no longer the old heaven.

Of course he wants to retrieve his memory and protect his childhood paradise. So many hunters went up the mountain to catch little monkeys, and they were killed by the Monkey King's magic.

This is probably the Monkey King who killed the most people and laid hands on him the hardest. He has never been so heartless in the Western Heaven.

I don't think there is any other reason: Huaguoshan is too precious to him. He doesn't allow anyone to invade or bully his children.

In order to restore the landscape of the year, the Monkey King also used magic to restore Guo Hua:

He was generous and resourceful, so he went to the Four Seas Dragon King to borrow some fresh water to wash the mountains. Before planting elm willow, after planting Phoebe bournei, peach, plum, jujube and plum, everything is ready, free and happy.

Supposedly, the Monkey King returned to the promised land and should continue to live happily?

However, we found that although Huaguo Mountain has become the original Huaguo Mountain again, the Monkey King can never return to the original Monkey King.

Because although he stayed in Huaguoshan, his mind is no longer here. He plays with his friends, but he misses his master. He said to Pig Bajie who came to invite him back:

When I returned to water curtain cave, I was eager to learn from the monks. That master is in trouble step by step, and should suffer everywhere.

At this time, what he always misses is not the happy time of Huaguoshan, but the cause of learning from the scriptures.

He is no longer carefree forever, but begins to worry and care. Even though he is still in the same paradise as his childhood, he still has his friends around him, but these can't attract him.

Therefore, when Pig Bajie explained the Tang Priest's predicament, the Monkey King resolutely put down Huaguoshan, friends and returned to the team to learn from the scriptures.

However, at this time, he still has illusions.

When he left Huaguoshan, the little monkeys tried to stop him, but the Monkey King said to them:

The monkey just jumped off the cliff, crashed into the hole and took off his demon clothes. Straighten a whole piece of brocade, tie a tiger skin skirt, hold an iron bar and walk out the door. The monkeys stopped in panic and said, "Grandpa Great Sage, where are you going? It's good to take us for a few years. " "Don't talk like that, son," Monkey said. I assure Tang Priest that everyone knows that the Monkey King is Tang Priest's apprentice. Instead of driving me back, he taught me to go home and take me home to play. Now, because of this, all of you should carefully guard your property, plant willows at the right time, and don't waste them. When I go to protect the Tang Priest, I will go back to the East Palace. After success, I will still come back to be happy with you. " All monkeys have their own lives.

The Monkey King made a promise to his friends that he would come back after studying the scriptures.

In the end, however, he broke his word.

He protected the Tang Priest, got the scriptures, and successfully became a "fighting Buddha". However, did he come back?

Not really! The little monkey in Huaguoshan waited in vain, and year after year, the Monkey King never appeared again.

I believed that the Monkey King was not lying. I'm afraid what he thought at that time was that after learning the scriptures, he would definitely go back to Huaguoshan to find his little monkeys. What he doesn't know, however, is that his mentality has changed little by little.

Just like after we graduated from middle school or primary school, we still meet each other ten or twenty years later. However, when we meet our childhood playmates again and go back to the place where we played as children, can we still play as we did when we were children?

No, it's even just silence and politeness, and I don't even know what to say to each other. Because all of them have grown up and have their own careers, their hearts are full of all kinds of things, and they can no longer play carefree.

"In a hurry that year": The clear memory ended in a haze.

In fact, the Monkey King didn't want to go back to Huaguoshan in the second half after his success in learning Buddhist scriptures.

The Tang Priest kicked him out for the second time, after he killed several robbers who stood in the way. The Monkey King more think more injustice:

If I want to stay in water curtain cave, Huaguoshan, I am afraid that the little demon in this cave will laugh and laugh at me as a man's tool. If you want to go to the Heavenly Palace, you can't stay in the Heavenly Palace for long; I want to go to the island, but I am ashamed to see the fairy of Mishima; I want to go to the Dragon Palace, but I don't want to cry to the Dragon King. The whole thing is helpless.

At this time, the value in his heart was reversed. He thought of his friends in Huaguoshan, not in a hurry to go back to see them, but for fear that they would laugh at themselves and give up halfway.

So instead of going back to Huaguoshan, he went to Avalokitesvara to complain.

It's like reunion after graduation. Some students are reluctant to come when their work and life are not smooth.

In their minds, the value has been reversed: the little friends of that year can no longer arouse his interest; Fear of being laughed at has become a constant concern.

"To the Youth We Will Die" Class Reunion

The world of childhood has been replaced by the world of adults.

Scottish writer James matthew barry has a novel Peter Pan, which is about a mysterious child Peter Pan who will never grow up.

He can teach all the children to fly to a never-ending island where there are fairies, mermaids and pirate captains. Children like their adventures on the island. But when they flew home, they all grew up and never flew to Neverland again. But Peter Pan will never grow up and fly around forever.

If every European child has a flying child Peter Pan in his heart; Then, every child in China has a flying monkey, the Monkey King and a flower and fruit mountain.

However, these will eventually fade away in the process of growing up and disappear into the crystal-like memory.

Really, the Monkey King kept his lovely childlike innocence until the end, without any change. For example, after he became a Buddha, he murmured and said to Tang Priest:

Master, by this time, I have become a Buddha, just like you, still wearing a golden hoop. What are you reading "The Enchantment"? Remove the mystery? Are you sunbathing? Punishment? Yan Luchuang, Mei Mei? Heart? Smart and jealous? ププ? Forgive? /p & gt；

However, Huaguoshan, the Monkey King's most precious childhood memory, has gradually disappeared.

However, although Guo Huashan is beautiful, it can't be the eternal destination of the Monkey King. Just like the popsicle inside. What should disappear will always disappear Always forget what should be forgotten.

Because as people grow up, life will not always be simple and transparent, and they will always assume social responsibilities and intervene in adult conflicts, which is inevitable. It is impossible to retreat to "Huaguoshan" as soon as you encounter difficulties.

Although Huaguoshan is good, it can't protect us for a lifetime. As you can see in the Journey to the West, it is a paradise for children, so it is also fragile and vulnerable to aggression.

Some young people in their twenties and thirties are unwilling to find jobs. They are the "neets" at home, and their daily task is to play games. Computer games, for them, are "Huaguoshan" in a sense.

There are also some young people who don't really want to do scientific research, but take the postgraduate entrance examination after graduation and then take the postgraduate entrance examination. Keep reading. The reason is simple: he doesn't want to enter the society, but always wants to stay in the relatively transparent and happy environment of the school. Campus, for them, is also a kind of "Huaguoshan".

Molly's memory balls in Inside Out are all dollars before 12 years old, which symbolizes pure happiness. However, after a series of events, her memory ball has become complicated, with joy, sadness, anger and fear, but it has become rich and colorful, which is another kind of beauty: rich and diverse beauty.

In this world, no one promised to give us an eternal mountain of flowers and fruits, so that we can play freely in it. If so, then we are still not free.

Because if so, Huaguoshan is just a big happy cage. Although we are not slaves to power, choice, environment and care? But a happy slave!

Among many China classics, The Journey to the West is a rare book that lets you fly freely. People are born free, but they still want to be happy, innocent, childlike and carefree? These seemingly beautiful things, we should not be enslaved by them!

The memory of childhood will eventually disappear, and the simple mind will be defiled forever. "Monkey King" and "Monkey King" finally grew into an invincible "fighting Buddha" through rich social experience. Compared with the childlike and happy Guo Huashan, that realm has a bright and magnificent charm.