Chapter 2146
Chapter 2146: The Current Situation of the Saint Jiang Zhiwei
This weird tree is different from Xiaoyu Continent and Hidden Immortal Continent. The thick trunk is like a pagoda in a temple, stacked layer by layer. The trunk is bare, with no branches growing until the top of the tree. , and then stretched out several feet of branches towards the surroundings. The leaves that make up the crown of the tree are equally interesting, just standing there like cattail fans. Where the wind blows, the canopy shakes, as if a big hand shakes a hundred big cattail fans at the same time. The fruit of this strange tree also caught Xiao Hua's attention. This fruit is different from the spiritual fruit and the spiritual wood. It does not hang on the branches, but only sticks to the top of the crown, lifted high, and every tree Only bear nine fruits. These fruits are uneven in size, the big ones are like heads, and the small ones are like fists. The fruit looks very strong, and the green peel tightly covers the fruit. Even if it falls from the top of a tall tree, the fruit does not appear to be torn apart.
The scenery is naturally in Xiao Hua's eyes, but what he pays attention to is still the people in the scenery. The mortals in the Paradise of Paradise are no different from those in the Hidden Immortal Continent, but their skin is darker and their clothes are different. Most of the men wear short dresses, while the women wear light veils to cover their free skin and faces. Of course, apart from the lay people, most of them are ordinary monks. In the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, there are many temples, these temples are large or small, and the incense is very strong. Every time Xiao Hua's Buddha Consciousness sweeps through the temples, he will see pious men and women kowtow, offer incense, and donate money. Of course, Xiao Hua's Buddha consciousness is often discovered by the eminent monks in the temple. At first, Xiao Hua hurriedly withdrew his Buddha consciousness, lest it cause misunderstanding, but over time, Xiao Hua found out. Not only are those Buddha consciousness not hostile to the temple, but they are very kind, and they are all retracted immediately upon contact with the free Buddha consciousness, and there will be no further warnings.
"The World of Ultimate Bliss!! Is it really a World of Ultimate Bliss?" Looking at the piety on the faces of men and women and the smiles on the faces of the monks, Xiao Hua sighed again, "People in the World of Ultimate Bliss are very satisfied Is it? Well, in Xiao’s opinion, Buddhist sect is a special one among Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. It is not so much a method and method of cultivation as it is a kind of belief! Although soul cultivation also emphasizes the power of faith. But they The believers are all natives of millions of Mengshan Mountains, after all, the scope is limited. And this Buddhist sect...Because of the teachings of Buddhism, it can be said that the light of the Buddha is universal, and anyone can believe in the Lord Buddha. The power of faith of such a single person is certainly It's weak. It can't compare to the millions of native people in Mengshan Mountain. But it can't stand the large number. I'm afraid there are hundreds of millions of people in the whole world of bliss! This kind of power of faith... Be good, it's enough for the Buddha to become a Buddha! Or maybe it is This kind of belief... is the root of people's kuài lè? Since they are all beliefs, what is the relationship between the twelve great gods of soul cultivation and the Buddha of the Buddhist sect? My Taoist sect...why is there no Taoist ancestor? Why is there no Taoist sect? Belief?"
Xiao Hua thought more and more, he had thought about these before, but at that time it was all doubts and doubts, now seeing the prosperity of Buddhist incense, he didn't think deeply.
Cihui opened her eyes, seeing Xiao Hua also closed her eyes and thinking, smiled slightly, and said: "Junior Brother Tipu, do you have any insights?"
Xiao Hua didn't open his eyes, and said with a smile: "The little monk was a little sleepy just now, just take a rest!"
The matter of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism can only be solved by Xiao Hua freely, and he doesn't think that this kindness, who only understands Buddhism, can help his understanding.
"Look at the distance, we have already reached the Shengren River!" Ci Hui didn't take it seriously, pointing her hand to the distance and said with a smile.
"Oh? So fast??" Xiao Hua's heart moved, and he opened his eyes to look, and sure enough, in the distance, a piece of clear water spread between the sky and the earth, one end of the clear water is connected with mountains and green shade, and the other end of the clear water is connected with In the boundless sky, the blue waves in the distance are so close to the color of the sky, how can we tell the boundary? It's as if the clear water is the fall of the Milky Way. Looking at the clear water again, there are white sails smaller than handkerchiefs,
The doll-like boats under the white sails condensed in the emerald green for a long time, Xiao Hua understood that these boats were not motionless, but drifting like the big boats nearby, but no matter how far they were from here, those big boats drifted In his eyes, the distance passed was too small.
"This... is this the South China Sea or the Saint River?" Xiao Hua was dumbfounded, isn't this river too wide? ?
"Nonsense, where is the South China Sea? This can only be the Saint River!" Ci Hui lightly reprimanded Xiao Hua, and said, "This Saint River is known as the origin of the two seas. The tributary flows into it, and the land where the river reaches is covered by hundreds of millions of Buddhist people, and I don't know how many Buddhist people rely on the sage river to live."
"What's that?" While speaking, Xiao Hua frowned, and pointed to one place with his finger.
"Oh?" Ci Hui was puzzled, and followed Xiao Hua's pointing.
But I saw that it was a river bay several miles in size. The water of the Shengren River flowed slowly, circling and circulating between two hills. The hills were about several miles away, forming a very peaceful Jiangwan. The two hills are ordinary and not very tall, but there are actually two golden statues of the Lord Buddha several feet in size built on the hills, so this Jiangwan is different.
At this time, on the hill, many men and women climbed hard and worshiped devoutly in front of the Buddha statue. Under the hill, in the river bay, there is another abnormality of human nature.
What Xiao Hua said was a team of more than a dozen people. All the people in this team were dressed in plain clothes, and some women had white flowers on their temples. It was like a flower basket, except that there were not only flowers in the flower basket, but also an old man lying naked among the flowers. The old man folded his hands in front of his chest, his eyes were closed, and there was a serenity that was almost a smile on his face.
The team walked to a free place on the side of the river bay, and stopped slowly. Several people in front of the head put down the "flower basket", and a dozen people behind rushed up, and the women will freely place the "flower basket" at the side of the temple. The white flowers were picked off and thrown into the "flower basket", and then everyone worked together to lift the "flower basket" and send it into Jiangwan!
Although the river water in the river bay is gentle, it is still flowing. The "flower basket" immediately drifts towards the river bay as soon as it enters the river bay. The "flower basket" was originally made of rattan. Just after drifting out for a few feet, there was an influx of river water, and the river water became more and more abundant, gradually supporting the old man's body, and the "flower basket" gradually sank. .
"Amitabha..." On the side of the river bay, there were smiles on the faces of the dozens of men and women. Although some women had tears in their eyes, they still recited the Buddhist scriptures with great devotion. Following everyone's gaze, the flower basket sank to the bottom of the river bay, and the old man's body was indeed half submerged and half floating, fluctuating with the river current.
Obviously, this was a funeral for the old man, and the dozen or so men and women should be the old man's heirs and relatives. If this is the case alone, it may not surprise Xiao Hua, whether it is the cremation of the old monk of Xiaolinglong Temple, or the burial of ordinary monks in Xiaoyu Continent, Xiao Hua has also seen it, this water burial is not unusual. However, this Jiangwan has a size of tens of miles, and there are many people not only on this side of the Jiangwan, but also within the Jiangwan.
Some people inside the river bay are bathing, some are piously immersed in the water, of course, some people don’t know whether they are dead or alive, just floating on the water like that; people outside the river bay, some kneel in the water By the water's edge, grabbing the land with their heads, they didn't know what they were muttering in their mouths, some fell down on the water, holding up the river water devoutly with their hands, and drank it in big gulps, and some people held some boxes in their hands and moved towards the water. What was splashed in the river, if it did not meet Xiao Hua's expectations, it should be the embers after the corpse was burned.
When the corpse of the old man slipped into the river, there were still a few people in the river drinking the river water. These people just gave way a little bit, and then sent the river water into their mouths without caring about the old man at all. ! !
As for the corpse of the old man floating past, the people in the river turned a blind eye and didn't care at all.
The people in the river didn't pay attention to the old man's corpse, but the fish in the water and the birds in the sky did. Not long after the old man's corpse floated into the river bay, fat river fish swam over and surrounded the naked corpse in the water, On the surface of the river, several birds also flew down, either eating river fish or devouring corpses. As for the heir of the old man on the river bank, instead of driving away the bird and fish in a hurry, he had a happy expression on his face.
"Are... these people... are they too crazy?" Xiao Hua looked at the inconceivable behavior of all kinds of people in Jiangwan, and he was dumbfounded, and said in a low voice.
"Amitabha..." Cihui was so used to it, she proclaimed the Buddha's name and said with a smile, "What's so strange? Brother Tipu is a little tricky! Brother Tipu doesn't know? My Buddhist sect has never planned to change the name. However, the great river that runs through the Pure Land world has no name in the hearts of millions of Buddhists. In the hearts of Buddhists, it is just a river of Buddha! It is the unique river in the hearts of hundreds of millions of Buddhists! It is a river full of blessings from the Buddha, and a river that carries the past, present and future lives of Buddhists.”
Seeing the way Xiao Hua frowned slightly, Ci Hui said excitedly again, "Brother Tipu, isn't he happy to see this scene? Don't you think this is the state of Buddha's light forever in my Pure Land World? You know, this In the hearts of the Buddhist people, the great river is connected with the Land of Ultimate Bliss. The source of the river is the outlet of the Paradise, and the destination of the river is the entrance of the Paradise. Let’s talk about the newborn baby, who got the Buddha after being washed in this river. And the old man who just passed away, he washed the dust of his life here, his dirty stinky skin was left in the river, and his clean soul flowed into the land of bliss along with the river." (To be continued. ...)