Yuan Shi Tian

Chapter 628

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The emperor sat down and a golden lotus rose. The seven-grade golden lotus Buddha's light was shining brightly. One thousand two hundred petals of the lotus bloomed under the golden lotus. A long Sanskrit sound came from the emperor's circle.

"Great Wish Ksitigarbha, Netherworld Cult Leader!!"

The emperor slowly clasped his palms together, and an innate immortal spiritual light flew across the nine heavens. A hazy clear light fell down, wrapping the seventh-grade golden lotus and turning it into a thousand-leaf green lotus platform.

This thousand-leaf green lotus platform is the embodiment of the Taoist nature of Emperor Dongyue, who transformed a seven-grade golden lotus, a great Buddhist treasure, into a thousand-leaf green lotus platform.

"Namo Amitabha!"

Three thousand Buddhas in Daleiyin Temple chanted the "Ksitigarbha's Original Vow Sutra", and beautiful pineapple flowers were flying in the scenic spot of Lingshan. All the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas clasped their hands together and paid tribute to them.

"Namo Amitabha, I make a great vow that the hells will not be empty. I swear that if I don't become a Buddha, all sentient beings will be saved before I can prove Bodhi. I will stay in the dirty land for eternity!!"

The emperor sat cross-legged on the thousand-leaf lotus platform, draped in a golden cassock, holding a pearl in one hand and a tin staff in the other, with a compassionate look on his face, and a large pure gold 'swastika' appeared behind him.

This golden seal with the word 'swastika' shines on his Buddha's light wheel. The pure golden Buddha's light is almost like a golden flame, beating endlessly on the emperor's seventh-grade golden lotus, giving birth to a distant Zen feeling.

The so-called confirming the heavenly mind with the original heart is to establish great cause and effect and great merits with the universe, and to predict the merits and causes and effects of the future lives, which is the way of Buddhism's supreme ambition.

"Namo, Great Wish Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!!"

Infinite sentient beings from the past, future, and present three generations, ranging from 24 heavenly beings and human beings to evil ghosts and asuras in the 18th level of hell, are all worshiping.

"Namo, Great Wish Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!!"

The great wishes of Buddhism are so wonderful and incredible that they are made by the original mind that confirms the heavenly mind. The stronger the wish, the greater the merits gained. After the great wish is completed, there will be infinite benefits.

At some point in the past, the Buddhist Amitabha Buddha once made 48 great wishes, and with the immeasurable merits of the 48 great wishes, he achieved the golden body of the Buddha.

However, great aspirations can be achieved or lost. Although Amitabha became a Buddha with 48 vows, there is no hope of supreme enlightenment before the 48 vows are fulfilled.

However, no one can ignore the mystery of Buddhism's aspirations. The endless variables in the future are exchanged for the immeasurable merits of the present. The gains and losses cannot be summed up in one word.

The sentence 'Unless hell is empty, I swear I will never become a Buddha', even though it blocks the path of Dongyue Emperor's 'Hunyuan Wuji', Dongyue Emperor can use this immeasurable merit to enter 'endless tribulations' in one step.

Long!Long!Long!
Just when Emperor Dongyue made an inconceivably great wish through the Buddhist method, the river of destiny hanging high above the Taixu universe suddenly gave birth to bursts of thunder and thunderbolts.

These bursts of thunder and thunder caught the gazes of the Great Luo Jinxian, the heretic leader, and the ancient Buddha Tianzun. No one could turn a blind eye to this great change in destiny.

This long river of destiny is the place closest to the origin of Taixu Universe. The slightest movement in it is a big turmoil in the entire Taixu Universe.

The river of destiny traverses the billions of worlds in the universe. All the acquired lives in the universe rise and fall within the river of destiny, performing their own joys and sorrows.

Once turmoil occurs, the fate of hundreds of millions of sentient beings will be rewritten. Who dares to ignore such a large causal relationship easily, and who can stay out of it.

Even if all the innate great supernatural beings are transcendent, no longer within the destiny and destiny, and have achieved eternal freedom and freedom, they still need this universe as a place to live.

Without waiting for all the innate great supernatural powers to illuminate the universe and examine everything in the universe, they saw that on the west side of the River of Destiny, a series of Sanskrit chants were rising, and the figure of a great Bodhisattva was looming.

On the long river of destiny where Ksitigarbha's golden body appears, two major vows and merits emerge. One is that the hell will not be empty and he will not become a Buddha; the other is that all wishes will be fulfilled, and the round light on the top of the head is inconceivable.

The power of the Bodhisattva's Great Compassion Vow manifests the body of the Brahma King, the body of the Emperor, the body of the Sravaka, the body of the King of Yama, the body of the lion, elephant, tiger, wolf, ox, and horse, and even the Rakshasa body, the hell body, and other immeasurable dharma bodies to teach and transform living beings, and to be mindful of the evil world of the five turbidities. For all living beings who are suffering, we should eliminate disasters and increase blessings in response to their requests, so as to mature their good roots.

Demonstrating the inconceivable immensity of merit and virtue, the Buddha's light and Buddha-nature enveloped the heavens and the world, and the Buddha's palace in the Buddha's land was splendid and brilliant, making the leaders of the heretics and the great gods stop for a long time.

"This is the leader of the Nether world, the golden body of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with great wishes,"

Looking at the vision in the west sky from a distance, a certain heretic leader sighed: "Buddhism is really booming. It is unimaginable that the leader of the Netherworld will join Buddhism!"

After Emperor Dongyue made his great wish, the causes and effects of the past, future, and present came to him. In the eyes of countless sentient beings, Emperor Dongyue was originally Ksitigarbha.

With the attainment of the Great Wish Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, all the deeds of Ksitigarbha in Buddhist scriptures have become part of the Dongyue Emperor's experience and the mythical deeds of the Dongyue Emperor.

Even the legendary cause and effect of King Ksitigarbha's many lives has become a matter of Emperor Dongyue, and will be praised by all living beings in the past, future, and present, and in all tribulations.

This is the power of the innate great Luo who reverses cause and effect, before and after the reversal. There is no difference in the minds of those who have great innate supernatural powers whether the chicken or the egg comes first.

"Excellent! Excellent! Emperor Dongyue has great compassion and great aspirations, and will stay forever in the filthy land of the eighteenth hell. He will be the leader of the Netherworld, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"

The eight Buddhist sects appeared in Zhouza, and a group of people who were waiting for enlightenment appeared one by one in the Great Leiyin Temple. Seeing the abundant light and Buddha nature of Emperor Dongyue, they could not help but praise loudly.

"How good! How good! Namo Great Wish Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"

24 The heavens and worlds, the endless Buddha kingdoms, heaven and earth, bloom with immeasurable light in an instant, and the pure golden Buddha light illuminates the sky, dyeing the heaven and earth into pure gold.

Although many great Bodhisattvas in Buddhism had their hearts set on the throne of Ksitigarbha, after Emperor Dongyue ascended the throne as Ksitigarbha, these great Bodhisattvas could only quickly change their minds.

It should be noted that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is too important to Buddhism. It is the most important cornerstone under the trinity of reincarnation, cause and effect, and merit in Buddhism, which is used to stabilize the order of the netherworld.

In the past, Buddhism could only hold the position of Ksitigarbha, but there was no great Bodhisattva who could firmly occupy the position of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. It had to constantly weave the myths and legends of Ksitigarbha and let Ksitigarbha exist in the form of a brand.

Now, Emperor Dongyue, who has the power of the underworld, has inherited the cause and effect and merits of Ksitigarbha, which is a powerful supplement to the perfection of the Buddhist system.

With this great merit and great vow, it is enough to greatly increase the luck of Buddhism and benefit a lot of Bodhisattvas and Arhats in Buddhism, as well as Tathagatas who have achieved perfect enlightenment.

Therefore, although all the powerful Buddhists are jealous of Emperor Dongyue's position as the leader of the Netherworld Cult, only Emperor Dongyue can secure the position of Ksitigarbha of Buddhism, and Buddhism has the greatest benefit among them.

Sakyamuni Buddha sat under the Bodhi tree, looking at Emperor Dongyue who had great vows. With a warm smile on his face, he announced to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, saying: "Ksitigarbha has received the great precepts of Moding and is a disciple of Sakyamuni. Good, good,”

"The poor monk has been preaching the Lotus Sutra for eight hundred kalpas. Since then, the Buddha's Dharma has been perfected in the Mahayana. The poor monk will reach Nirvana after countless kalpas, and Maitreya Bodhisattva will descend from Tushita Heaven and become the Buddha."

Sakyamuni Buddha is sitting on a nine-grade golden lotus, holding beads in his hands. Each beads is interpreted as the state of the void, the universe, the four major false combinations of earth, fire, geomancy and water.

"However, Maitreya's calamity lasted for a long time, during which there were 56 billion years of the evil world of five turbidities. Therefore, the current Buddha's position is vacant, and there is no righteous Dharma in the world. Ksitigarbha should be used to save the Buddha on his behalf."

The so-called "Five Turbid Evil Worlds" in the mouth of Sakyamuni Buddha refers to the long period of time after Sakyamuni Buddha's Nirvana and before Maitreya Bodhisattva attained enlightenment.

In the Buddhist worldview, at that time there will be turbidity of kalpas, turbidity of views, turbidity of afflictions, turbidity of sentient beings, and turbidity of life, which will disrupt the established order of the Taixu universe, which is the "five turbidity evil world".

"We will guide Maitreya Bodhisattva back to his throne and realize the fruit of perfect enlightenment. He will be the future mentor of Maitreya Bodhisattva."

Shakyamuni Buddha loudly proclaimed the name of the Buddha without opening his mouth. Once he spoke, he was shocked, making the three thousand Buddhas change their expressions due to the thunderous sound. They looked at the solemn image of Sakyamuni and were speechless.

Taking Sakyamuni's actions in this way is simply declaring that he is the desired successor after his extinction. What the Buddhas didn't expect is that that person is the newly promoted Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

According to Sakyamuni Buddha, although Maitreya Bodhisattva among the eight great Bodhisattvas is called the future Buddha, after he comes to this world and becomes a Buddha, there will still be 56 billion years of the end of the Dharma.

And in this 56 billion-year-old Dharma-ending age, this Great Wish Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is used to perform the Dharma on behalf of Shakyamuni Buddha and Maitreya Bodhisattva.

Many Tathagatas who were waiting for enlightenment felt unbelievable for Dongyue Emperor's sudden high position. Only a few ancient Buddhas sat firmly in the Buddhist kingdom and looked at Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva on the long river of fate with a smile.

"Excellent, excellent, Namo Great Wish Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!!"

After Shakyamuni Buddha appointed Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva as the agent of the present Buddha, the Buddha's voice that swayed in the past, future, and present kalpas became louder, and they all took refuge in and praised Ksitigarbha.

On the surging river of destiny, the golden body of Ksitigarbha sitting cross-legged in the pure land of bliss in the west becomes increasingly clear. He holds a pearl in one hand and a tin staff in the other, sitting on the Qianye Qinglian platform.

With a tiger head, one horn, dog ears, dragon body, lion tail, and unicorn feet, it can hear and distinguish all kinds of things in the world, especially good at listening to people's hearts. The divine beast of heaven and earth, known as "Listening Truth", is lying in front of the seat.

This is a divine beast of heaven and earth that has inherited part of the "Ksitigarbha's Original Vow Sutra" and been nurtured by Buddhist luck for countless years. Its essence is close to the innate divine beast and it is born with strange abilities.

This "Listen to Truth" beast is not only in Buddhist myths and legends, but also appointed by Taixu Universe to protect the Dharma in front of the Ksitigarbha King's Throne.

"Hey... this share of karma is too great!"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva lowered his eyes and sighed. Thanks to the great vows of Buddhism and immeasurable and incredible merits, Ksitigarbha easily reached the pinnacle of "coexisting with the world", which is close to the "endless eons". territory.

As long as Ksitigarbha's dharma body resides in the filthy soil of the eighteen hells and fulfills part of his great vow, he will be able to take another step forward and reach the ancient Buddha's path of "unbreakable for all eternity" in one fell swoop, and truly become the Eight Great Bodhisattvas of Buddhism. 1.

Unfortunately, all this is not without cost. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has received so many benefits from Sakyamuni Buddha, and since then he has been extremely closely tied to the interests of Buddhism, and has completely become a member of Buddhism.

In the future, Emperor Dongyue, the great Shinto sage, will only be an incarnation of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and the Great Wish Ksitigarbha, the leader of the Netherworld Cult, is the true origin of Ksitigarbha.

As if time and space were intertwined, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva sat upright on the thousand-leaf green lotus platform, clasped his hands and said: "Namo, my master, Sakyamuni Buddha, is so loved by me that my disciples will live in filthy land forever, not saving sentient beings, and not attaining Bodhi. "

Ksitigarbha's majestic appearance is bathed in the light of the Twelve Causes and Conditions of the Buddha. Sanskrit chants resound around Ksitigarbha's body, and all sentient beings praise his immeasurable merits.

"Excellent, excellent, Namo Great Wish Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!!"

Under the boundless admiration of all sentient beings, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva gave a gentle salute, and a little bit of Buddha light swayed around, like hundreds of millions of fireflies, like stars all over the sky.

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Between the vast 'Tian Yuan' Dao Domain, the Pure Yang Realm hangs high in the vast void, and the endless flames of destruction roar, and a world-destroying three-pronged fork with boundless destruction is inserted across the Pure Yang Realm.

One after another, the tide of destruction hit the world's barriers, shaking the Pure Yang Realm to the point of collapse. The membrane of heaven and earth was almost torn apart, and completely collapsed in the next moment.

"Shiva!!"

Lord Shiva the Destroyer manifests his real body with three eyes, four heads and eight arms, and his extremely destructive divine power roars in the void space of the universe, shaking the thousands of worlds in the "Tian Yuan" Dao Domain with every move.

"Shiva!!"

Lord Shiva shouted the mantra of destruction that symbolized destruction. The mantra of destruction, which was louder than the last, slowly spread in the void of the universe and among thousands of worlds.

"How good, how good, the merits are immeasurable, the great wishes are immeasurable, Namo Great Wish Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!!"

Just when Lord Shiva's destructive power permeated the world, extinguishing the life of the Pure Yang Realm and about to turn into dust, a great Bodhisattva sitting cross-legged on the Qianye Green Lotus Platform revealed his Dharma Body.

This great Bodhisattva is sitting on a thousand-leaf green lotus platform, with a Buddha seal with the word 'swastika' on its back. The light of the Buddha nature shines in the void, rendering this vast realm.

"Since I took the initiative, I have passed through countless boundless and inconceivable asamkhya kalpas, and I have been able to cross the sea of ​​Savaru for a long time. My merits are full. However, due to the power of my original vow, my power has appeared cleverly, and my shadow echoes in the ten directions."

Boundless Sanskrit Zen chants arose, emerging from the body of this great Bodhisattva. The great Bodhisattva has a dignified face, with great compassion between his eyebrows, and a gleam of cinnabar between his eyebrows.

"Hey! Take the Buddha's palm and send you home!"

After a sudden shout, this great bodhisattva manifested his dharma body, and he didn't want to talk too much with God Shiva. He had a huge palm of the Buddha, and the '卐' Buddha seal bloomed in the palm of the Buddha's kingdom.

In the holy territory of the Buddha's kingdom in the palm of the Buddha, a great Arhat and a golden Arhat are constantly praising the "merits and virtues of Ksitigarbha" and reciting the Sanskrit version of "Ksitigarbha's Original Vow Sutra".

(End of this chapter)