Chapter 1526

Xitian, also called Xitian Bliss World. It is the pure land of the Buddha Kingdom achieved by Amitabha. Buddhism often talks about saving sentient beings and going to the bliss of the West Heaven, which is about extraditing people to this Buddha Kingdom of the West Heaven Buddha.

And in the whole Buddhism, Amitabha's status can also be said to be extraordinary. Although Buddhism was founded by Sakyamuni Buddha, Buddhism as a whole is not just a statement from the lay Buddha named Gautama Siddhartha. Amitabha occupies the position of one of the three Buddhas. In terms of status and qualifications, it is no longer under the Sakyamuni Buddha.

What's interesting is that there is also a Medicine Buddha in Heng III Buddha. In terms of status and popularity, this Medicine Master Buddha is not as good as the other two Buddhas in the third world. It is even said that even Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, fell behind Amitabha in some respects.

For example, people in the world often talk about Amitabha and na mo Amitabha, but no one has ever talked about Sakyamuni Buddha or Medicine Master Guangwang Buddha. For another example, everyone hopes to enter the Western Bliss world, but no one has ever said that they will enter the central whirling world hosted by Sakyamuni Buddha.

As far as Buddhism is concerned, the central whirling world is a sinful place for all sentient beings. They must endure all kinds of troubles and sufferings. The Western Bliss world is a pure land, a perfect world of solemnity, purity and equality. As it should be, the latter should be more attractive. But in any case, Sakyamuni Buddha is weaker than Amitabha in this respect. And the unreasonable part of this is like you have worked so hard to create a company, but the result is that your partners occupy the head office.

This is not the strangest place. The strangest doubts still appear in the story of Journey to the West.

As everyone knows, the end point in the story of Journey to the West is the Spiritual Mountain Great Thunder Sound Temple mentioned in the book. Xitian naturally refers to the Western Heavenly Paradise, where Amitabha's Buddha Kingdom is located. But Spiritual Mountain is not the territory of Amitabha. Because Spiritual Mountain, whose real name is Lingjiu Mountain, is where Sakyamuni Buddha teaches the Fa. Even if it really exists, it should be in the whirling world, not in the Western Heavenly Paradise.

In addition, the suspicious point of Buddhism in Journey to the West is also the ultimate goal of Journey to the West.

The Great Ascension Buddhism has always been the Buddhism of Amitabha who pays attention to saving all living beings. Lesser Stage Buddhism saves oneself, it is about practicing oneself, breaking wisdom, and finally getting great liberation and great freedom. It is a method to achieve positive results through cultivation. The Great Ascension Buddhism is different. The Great Ascension Buddhism emphasizes saving people. They believe that everything through the Buddha's nature and the actions of the Bodhisattva can enable others to see the nature and clear the mind, and achieve positive results. For example, the so-called lay down the butcher knife and stand on the ground to become a Buddha is the thought of the Great Ascension Dharma.

Regardless of the quality of these two dharma, you can see the weight of Amitabha in the entire westward journey just by going to the west to take the so-called Great Ascension dharma. And as everyone knows, there is only one Buddha in the Journey to the West, and that is the Tathagata. Many people regard the Tathagata as the Sakyamuni Buddha. This is actually a prejudice after everyone agrees.

Tathagata, the Sanskrit sound is Dodha Agatha. It means nothing has never been and nothing has gone, hence the name Tathagata. This title does not refer to a certain Buddha, but an honorific title for Great Expert. Therefore, the Tathagata in the Journey to the West does not necessarily refer to Sakyamuni, he may also refer to Amitabha or even Maitreya Buddha in the future.

All the known signs indicate that the so-called Tathagata is more likely to be Amitabha, the lord of the Western Heavenly Paradise, rather than Sakyamuni Buddha as people have always thought. This point, whether from the perspective of the existence of the Western Heavenly Paradise or the Great Ascension Buddhism, is a proof. And if you don’t believe it, it’s actually also a proof.

Heng Sanshi Buddha, every Buddha has two Rishi Bodhisattvas around him. From the perspective of Journey to the West, there is only one Bodhisattva that is most conspicuous in the whole story, and that is Guanyin. What's interesting is that Shakyamuni's servant Bodhisattva is not Guanyin, his servant is Manjusri and Samantabhadra. Avalokiteshvara is instead Amitabha's side attendant.

Avalokitesvara is not an idle existence. Her Magical Powers are not under the Buddha, and the reason why she did not become a Buddha is entirely because her aspirations have not been proven. Such an existence, if it were not for the immediate boss, anyone would keep her immobile. Looking at her active performance in Journey to the West, the identity of the Tathagata is actually obvious.

Of course, with this calculation, the whole Buddhism will probably be messed up. But in fact, if you compare it carefully, you will find that this is the real Buddhism.

Buddhism, which was born in the fifth century BC, was created by Shakyamuni, that’s for sure. But Sakyamuni may not be the master of Buddhism.

He went from finding the way to meditation and asceticism, then to enlightenment and enlightenment. In the end, he gained great wisdom, great detachment, and became a Buddha. This can be said to have laid the foundation for the prosperity of Buddhism and developed a path. However, this does not mean that he can directly let the whole Buddhism flourish to the later stage.

The initial creation of any force starts with the grass-roots team, and Buddhism is no exception. Buddhism, which is just a grass-roots team, must face tremendous pressure if it wants to flourish. This pressure is nothing else, it is the Brahman forces that dominate in India. And with the power of Buddhism, even if the unborn Buddha, Sakyamuni, sits in town, it is basically impossible to be the opponent of the three Divine Kings of Brahmanism. If nothing else, it is estimated that Shiva is enough for him.

From the Buddhist texts, we must not see the decline of Buddhism against Brahmanism. But from historical allusions, we can see a clue.

First of all, Devadado rebelled. This Shakyamuni’s cousin was the leader of Buddhism at the time. His rebellion and division must have had an impact on Buddhism. Then, the two sages were destroyed. The fact that Relic Fu, who is almost equivalent to the actual leader of the Buddhist Order, died of illness, and the fact that the Big Eye Gun Company was killed by a Brahmin, is almost inevitable, making the development of Buddhism into a state of worsening.

Finally, the demise of the Sakyamuni tribe was a fatal blow to Buddhism.

After a heavy blow, even a venerable person like Shakyamuni could not bear it. According to historical research, Sakyamuni passed away in Kusina, and refining became Relic.

Buddha bone Relic, this is a real thing. And this alone is enough to prove that the so-called Sakyamuni Buddha actually no longer exists. Indeterminate is not extinguished, but in fact it is nothing serious. In the face of cruel reality and war, even a character like him is almost bound to be destroyed.

And only the founder like him passed away, Amitabha, one of the three Buddhas, is qualified to become the only Ruler in Buddhism.

There is only one Buddha, and that is this Amitabha. And Amitabha brought the Buddhist kingdom of the West Heaven, the land of Spiritual Mountain, and merged it into the sky within the realm. In fact, it has already explained what kind of catastrophe the entire Buddhism has suffered.

There is only one of the three Buddhas, and only Guanshiyin, Manjusri and Samantabhadra are left to serve Bodhisattva. Plus the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Maitreya Buddha belonging to the latecomers. There are actually only so few Great Experts of Buddhism left. Others, the Eight Hundred Arhats, the Four Heavenly Kings, and the Eight Buddhism are still alive, but after all they are not the mainstay of Buddhism.

Achieving the Buddha status is the true mainstay of Buddhism and the future of Buddhism. However, Buddhism, which has been knocked out of the void in the battle of gods, had to be incorporated into the Heaven Realm. It is not easy to get those who can attain the Buddha status. Talent is scarce everywhere. Even if it is a change of territory, I came to the more inclusive Middle-earth preaching. Buddhism will also face severe competitive pressure.

However, Amitabha is the master of Buddhism ZTE after all. Unlike Shakyamuni’s tolerant attitude, this Buddha has always acted domineering, and his methods are also extraordinary. This is not consistent with the Buddha's detachment, compassion and equality, but it is undeniable that such a method is indeed necessary for the revitalization of Buddhism.

Amitabha, who claims to be the Tathagata, is indispensable for the development of Buddhism in China to its present scale. But as the Heaven Realm fell into the depths of the void, the development of Buddhism inevitably fell into the bottleneck.

Central Land of the Divine Province is still there, Celestial Court and Daomen can endure the expansion and development of Buddhism. After all, there is enough food on the plate, and it is not a big deal to have an extra pair of chopsticks. But when the Central Land of the Divine Province got out of the control of Heaven Realm, things changed. Even if you can't fill your own stomach, how can you still make you a foreign guest eat a slam?

So after that, the development of Buddhism was restricted. Even if it is said that they colluded with the Jade Emperor of Celestial Court and fought against Daomen together, the result was not much better.

After all, Jade Emperor is not a fool. He is impossible to do the kind of stupid thing that just went out of the tiger's mouth and went into the wolf's den. While cooperating, it also stumbled Buddhism, making them difficult. This is not a problem at all for him who habitually uses crafty plots and machinations.

But now, he can no longer do this. Because he who wrote such an edict clearly planned to use the conditions of letting go of constraints in exchange for Buddhism's support.

Under these conditions, Buddhism will certainly not ignore it. The only question is, what kind of conditions should he offer in exchange for the greatest support of Buddhism. And this is one of the biggest problems facing Taibai Jinxing. He came here, showing that he already has a certain base on how to solve this problem.

Things are man-made. Having made such a determination, he must be impossible at this time because of scruples and stagnation. So immediately, he yelled in the direction of the Spiritual Mountain gate.

"Celestial Court messenger Taibai Jinxing asked to see the Tathagata Buddha, and hoped that the Dharma-protector Bodhisattva would announce. He said that the Jade Emperor has important things to discuss with the Buddha!"