Chapter 2146 The Current Situation of Saint Jiang Zhiguai

This weird tree is different from Xiaoyu Continent and Hidden Immortal Continent. The thick trunk is like a temple pagoda, stacked layer by layer. The trunk is bare, with no branches growing up to the crown of the tree. , and then stretched out branches several feet in size in all directions. The leaves that make up the crown of the tree are also interesting. They are like cattail fans. Wherever the wind blows, the crown of the tree sways, as if a big hand is shaking hundreds of big cattail fans at the same time. The fruit of this strange tree also attracted Xiao Hua's attention. This fruit is different from spirit fruits and spirit trees. It does not hang on the branches, but just sticks to the top of the crown, raised high, and every tree It bears only nine fruits. These fruits are of varying sizes, with large ones as big as heads and small ones as small as fists. The fruit looks very strong, and the green peel tightly wraps the fruit. Even if it falls from the top of a tall tree, the fruit does not fall apart.

The scenery is naturally in Xiao Hua's eyes, but what he pays attention to is the people in the scenery. The mortals in the Paradise are no different from those in the Hidden Immortal Continent, but their skin color is slightly darker and their clothes are different. Most men wear short clothes, while women wear gauze to cover their skin and face. Of course, in addition to secular people, there are many ordinary monks. There are many temples in the Paradise World. These temples are large or small, and the incense is strong. Every time Xiao Hua's Buddhist consciousness sweeps through the temples, he will see devout men and women kowtow to incense and give money. Of course, Xiao Hua's Buddhist consciousness was often discovered by eminent monks in the temple. At first, Xiao Hua hurriedly took back the Buddhist consciousness for fear of causing misunderstandings. But as time went by, Xiao Hua discovered that not only were those Buddhist consciousnesses not hostile to the temple, , on the contrary, they are very kind. They all withdraw immediately upon contact with their own Buddha consciousness, and there will never be any further warning.

"The World of Paradise!! Is it really a world of Paradise?" Looking at the piety on the faces of men and women and the smiles on the faces of the monks, Xiao Hua sighed again, "The people in the Paradise are very satisfied. Huh? In Xiao’s opinion, Buddhism is a special one among Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. It is more of a belief than a method of cultivation! Although soul cultivation also emphasizes the power of faith, they The believers are all millions of people from Mengshan. After all, the scope of this Buddhist sect is limited. Because of the teachings of Buddhism, anyone can believe in the Buddha. The power of faith of such a single person is certainly. It's weak, but it can't compare to the millions of natives in Mengshan. It can't stand up to the huge number of people. I'm afraid there are hundreds of millions of people in the entire Paradise! This kind of power of faith... maybe it's enough for the Buddha to become a Buddha! This kind of belief...is the basis for making people happy? Since they are all beliefs, what is the relationship between the twelve great gods of the Soul Cultivator and the Buddha of the Buddha Sect? Why does my Taoist Sect have no faith? ?”

Xiao Hua is thinking more and more. He has thought about these before, but at that time it was all doubts and doubts. Now that he has seen the prosperity of the Buddhist incense, his thoughts are not profound.

Ci Hui opened her eyes and smiled slightly when she saw Xiao Hua also closing his eyes and thinking. He opened his mouth and said, "Junior brother Tipu, do you have any insights?"

Xiao Hua did not open his eyes and said with a smile: "The young monk was a little sleepy just now, just take a rest!"

Only Xiao Hua himself can solve the problems of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. He doesn't think Cihui, who only understands Buddhism, can be of any help to his understanding.

"Look far away,

We have arrived at Shengrenjiang! "Ci Hui didn't think so either, pointing her hand in the distance and laughing.

"Oh? So fast??" Xiao Hua's heart moved. Opening my eyes and looking, sure enough, in the distance, a piece of clear water spreads between the sky and the earth. One end of the clear water is connected to the mountains and green shades, and the other end of the clear water is connected to the boundless sky. The blue waves and the color of the sky in the distance Very close. Where can the boundaries be drawn? It's as if the clear water is the fall of the Tianhe River. Looking at the green water, there are white sails smaller than handkerchiefs. Under the white sails, the doll-like boats are frozen in the green for a long time. Xiao Hua understood that these ships were not stationary, but were drifting like the big ships nearby, but they were really far away from here, and the distance those big ships drifted was too small in his eyes.

"This...is this the South China Sea or the Sage River?" Xiao Hua was dumbfounded. Isn't this river too broad? ?

"Nonsense, where is the South China Sea? It can only be the Sage River!" Cihui scolded Xiao Hua and said, "This Sage River is known as the origin of the two seas. It is not only vast and magnificent, crossing the Pure Land World, but also has thousands of rivers. The tributaries merge into it, and the land where the river reaches is benefited by hundreds of millions of Buddhists. I don’t know how many Buddhists depend on the sage Jiang for their livelihood.”

"What is that?" As he spoke, Xiao Hua frowned and pointed somewhere.

"Oh?" Ci Hui was confused and looked along what Xiao Hua pointed at.

But I saw that it was a river bay several miles in size. The water of the Shengren River flowed slowly, circling and flowing between the two hills. The hills were about several miles apart, forming a very peaceful place. of Jiangwan. The two hills are ordinary and not very tall, but there are actually two golden statues of the Buddha several feet in size built on the hills, so this river bay is different.

At this time, many men and women were climbing up the hill with great difficulty, and prostrated themselves devoutly before reaching the Buddha statue. Under the hill, the river bay was extremely lively again.

What Xiao Hua is talking about is a team of more than ten people. Everyone in this team is wearing plain clothes, and some women have white flowers on their temples. In front of the team's head, several people are carrying something like a It's like a flower basket, except that there are not only flowers in the flower basket, but also an old man lying naked among the flowers. The old man's hands were crossed on his chest, his eyes were closed, and his face showed a calmness that was almost a smile.

The team walked to an empty place on the side of the river and slowly stopped. A few people in front put down the "flower baskets", and a dozen people from behind rushed up. The women put the white flowers on their temples. Pick it off and throw it into the "flower basket", and then everyone works together to lift the "flower basket" and send it into the river bay!

Although the river water in the river bay is gentle, it is still flowing. The "flower basket" enters the river bay and immediately floats towards the river bay with the river water. The "flower basket" was originally made of something similar to rattan. As soon as it floated a few feet away, river water immediately poured in. The river water became more and more abundant, and gradually lifted the old man's body, while the "flower basket" gradually sank. .

"Amitabha..." On the side of the river, a dozen men and women had smiles on their faces. Although some women had crystal tears in their eyes, they still recited this Buddhist sutra with unusual piety. Following everyone's gaze, the flower basket sank to the bottom of the river. The old man's body was indeed half-sinking and half-floating, fluctuating with the river current.

Obviously, this was a funeral for the old man, and these dozen men and women should be the old man's children and relatives. If this is the case, it may not surprise Xiao Hua. Whether it is the cremation of the old monk of Little Linglong Temple or the burial of ordinary monks in Xiaoyu Continent, Xiao Hua has seen them all. This water burial is not unusual. However, this river bay is more than ten miles in size. There are not only many people on this side of the river bay, but also many people inside the river bay.

Some of the people inside the river bay were bathing, some were immersed in the water religiously, and of course, there were some people who didn't know whether they were dead or alive, just floating on the water; some people outside the river bay knelt down. At the water's edge, people were grabbing the ground with their heads, muttering something in their mouths. Some people fell down on the water, holding up the river water with their hands reverently, and drank it in big sips. Some people were holding some boxes in their hands and heading towards it. What was splashed in the river, if Xiao Hua did not expect it, was the embers after the corpses were burned.

Just as the old man's body slid into the river, there were still a few people in the river who were drinking the river water. These people just gave way slightly, and then they didn't care about the old man at all, and still put the river water into their mouths. ! !

As for the old man's corpse floating by, people in the river turned a blind eye and didn't care at all.

The people in the river did not pay attention to the old man's corpse, but the fish in the water and the birds in the sky did care. Not long after the old man's corpse floated into the river bay, fat river fish swam over and surrounded the "naked" body in the water. Above the corpses, several birds flew down from the river, either eating river fish or devouring the corpses. As for the old man's heir on the river bank, instead of rushing away the birds and fish, there was a look of joy on his face.

"Are these... these people... too crazy?" Xiao Hua looked at the incredible behavior of all kinds of people in Jiangwan, and was stunned and whispered.

"Amitabha..." Cihui was used to seeing the Buddha, and he said with a smile, "What's so strange about this? Junior Brother Tipu is a little obsessed! Could it be that Junior Brother Tipu doesn't know this? Although this Saint Jiang is called a Confucianist cultivator, he is a saint. However, this river that runs through the Pure Land world no longer has a name in the hearts of hundreds of millions of Buddhist people. In the hearts of Buddhist people, it is just a Buddha river! It is a unique river in the hearts of hundreds of millions of Buddhist people! It is a river that carries the Buddha's past life, this life and the next life."

Seeing Xiao Hua's slightly frowning expression, Cihui said excitedly, "Junior Brother Tipu, aren't you happy to see this scene? Don't you think this is the state where the Buddha's light will stay forever in our Pure Land world? Do you know that this This river is connected with the land of paradise in the hearts of Buddhists. The origin of the river is the exit of the paradise, and the destination of the river is the entrance of the paradise. Look at the newborn baby who was washed in the river and became the Buddha. Blessing; and the old man who just passed away washed away the dust of his life here, his dirty stinky skin remained in the river, and his clean soul flowed into the land of bliss with the river." (To be continued. . If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly votes at Qidian (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Please read it here.