The joke about the bet between Confucius and Buddha Tathagata caused Tathagata to be beaten all over his head.

Confucius and Tathagata

It is well known that Tathagata Buddha has a red envelope on his forehead and his right index finger is extended and the middle finger is touching the thumb in a half-clenched fist shape.

But where did Tathagata Buddha’s red envelope come from? Why is the right hand in a half-clenched fist shape? This starts from a long time ago...

It is said that when Saint Kong led his disciples to travel around the world, they came to the holy world of bliss in the west.

Confucius was attracted by the scenery here and infected by the rich Buddhist teachings here. He couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and blurted out "南(nán)无(wū)Ah(ē)Mi(mī)佗( "tūó" Buddha (fō)" is a six-character Buddhist saying.

At this time, the Tathagata Buddha was preaching to the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Arhats in the Leiyin Hall. He suddenly heard this Buddhist saying and was slightly annoyed, "Who is reciting the white characters outside?" Send someone outside to check. Not long after, the man came back and reported that it was the Eastern Saint Confucius and his disciples who were visiting outside the temple.

When Tathagata Buddha heard this, he thought, this saint can also pronounce the white characters? It can be seen that people have to learn.

Tathagata Buddha led all his disciples to the outside of the temple, firstly out of etiquette, and secondly because he wanted to correct the pronunciation of Confucius.

After three rounds of courtesy, we got back to the topic.

Tathagata Buddha said to Sage Confucius: "The sage just recited the Buddha's words wrong. It is not 'nan (nán) Wu (wū) A (ē) Mi (mī) Tuo (tūó) Buddha (fō) ', but should be read as '南(nà)无(mē)阿(ē)米(mī)佗(tūó)佛(fō)'"

Sage Kong replied: "That's not right. "Buddha, you made a mistake in reciting it. You should recite '南(nán)无(wū)阿(ē)Mi(mī)佗(tūó)佛(fō)'"

The two couldn’t argue. , the two finally made a bet and said: "Let's ask others to see how this should be pronounced! The loser will have to be beaten by the winner."

The agreement was reached, and the Buddha Said: "The saint comes from afar, let the saint ask first."

So Confucius asked the disciples around him, how should this be recited? All the disciples answered unanimously and recited "南(nán)无(wū)A(ē)mi(mī)佗(tūó)佛(fō)".

When Tathagata Buddha took a look, since they all said that he should recite "南(nán)无(wū)A(ē)Mi(mī)佗(tūó)(fō)", then it seems that he is himself Pronounced it wrong?

Wish to admit defeat, Tathagata had no choice but to say to Sage Kong: "Okay, I admit defeat, you can fight." Then he closed his eyes...

Just as Sage Kong was preparing to When the Buddha struck his forehead, Zilu next to him pulled the saint aside and said, "Teacher, if you have something to do, let me help you. Let me come!" , and then hit Tathagata on the forehead with all his strength...

Everyone knows that Zilu is a military commander, and this attack with all his strength is really no joke.

As a result, it was very effective, and a red envelope immediately swelled up on Buddha's forehead.

Buddha was unhappy about this and felt something was wrong. At this time, the Bodhisattva next to him whispered to the Buddha, "Buddha, why do you ask him to ask his disciples? His disciples were all taught by him, and of course they have the same chanting method as him. You can also ask us."

"Yes!" Tathagata Buddha suddenly realized.

"Sage, it's my turn to ask now." After saying that, the Buddha asked everyone behind him, "How should this Buddhist saying be recited?".

As you can imagine, everyone naturally said that they wanted to do "南(nà)无(mē)Ah(ē)Mi(mī)佗(tūó)佛(fō)"!

< p>Buddha was secretly happy and said to Sage Confucius: "It seems that I am not pronouncing it wrong, but you are pronouncing it wrong."

When Confucius saw this, he had no other way, so he thought, just hit him. Anyway, just for a moment...

The Tathagata Buddha closed his eyes slightly over there, slightly extended the index finger of his right hand, and the middle finger and thumb touched each other in a half-clenched fist shape, secretly having luck...

This side of the road Confucius pulled him and said, "Teacher, let's go quickly.

Look at his fingers, which are thicker than your fist. How could you resist him? !"

Sage Kong opened his eyes and saw, isn't it? The middle finger of Tathagata Buddha is as thick as his own fist. Thinking about whether a hero will suffer the immediate loss, it is better to leave first...

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When Tathagata Buddha was ready to open his eyes, he found that Confucius and his party had disappeared, and he couldn't help being extremely angry, "Okay, okay, I will wait for you to come back to avenge this punch!"