Chapter 1144 Buddha Refuses to Go
After listening to everyone's inquiries, Guanyin Bodhisattva pointed to the goldfish in the basket and said, "Isn't this the same? It is a goldfish I keep in the lotus pond. Because it floats its head to listen to the scriptures every day, it has attained the Tao and deeds. The lotus flower that I used was trained into a nine-petal copper hammer, which became its weapon. Taking advantage of the high tide of the sea, I escaped from the lotus pond and came to Tongtian River to play monsters. I didn’t know about it. Hua, I didn’t see the goldfish coming to pay respects, and I only knew that I had caused trouble after I counted my fingers, so I didn’t have time to wash up, so I went to cut bamboo strips and make baskets, and waited for you to come together to subdue the demon.”
The Bodhisattva continued: "The monster has been eliminated, hurry up and rescue the master in the stone box.
After all, a ray of light left.
At this time, the people around Tongtian River came to pay their respects to the beauty of Avalokitesvara.
Some of them knew how to draw and drew the image of Guanyin at that time. This portrait was handed down to later generations, and it was called the Fish Basket Avalokitesvara.
It is different from the stories I heard in the previous episode, which were folk stories, but this one is from the Journey to the West.
It was written in Qin Hao's Wukong biography.
In this story of Avalokitesvara in a Fish Basket, there is no Ma Lang, and there is no Avalokitesvara tricking others into reciting Buddhist scriptures, which really cleaned her up a lot.
"Have you ever heard of Barefoot Avalokitesvara?"
Mount Putuo was originally a snake island. After defeating the snake king and driving away the sons and grandsons of snakes, Guanyin found a cave and wanted to live here.
The Land Bodhisattva heard the news and came to help, digging rocks and carrying soil; all the birds came to help, and took away the centipede and all the feet.
The cave has been refurbished, and it is really a quiet place. Later generations call it Guanyin Cave.
In order to renovate the cave, Guanyin was so busy that she was covered in plaster. She took advantage of the night to take a bath in the sea water a hundred steps away. After washing and washing, I became very excited and swam on my back.
This trip was no small matter, and the Four King Kongs were shocked to close the Nantianmen, the Dragon King of the East China Sea sealed the Crystal Palace, the stars closed their eyes, and the moon girl hid in the thick clouds.
Guanyin also suddenly felt that something was wrong. If the Jade Emperor knew about this matter, he would go to the Buddha of the Western Heaven to complain.
So he hurriedly jumped up the Baibu sand, grabbed a handful of sand and sprinkled it towards Luojia Mountain, and the shape of the mountain changed suddenly.
Later, the Jade Emperor sent Taibai Jinxing to inquire about the matter. Guanyin pointed to Mount Luojia and smiled, "Is it a mistake?"
Taibai Jinxing looked up and saw that Mount Luojia was like a statue: "Water-Water Guanyin", said "ashamed", and hurriedly returned to his life.
Let's say that Guanyin returned to the cave and felt unwell, so he wanted to find a secluded place and wash it with fresh water.
She walked out of the cave and came to the Pan Tuo Stone, where she saw a large stone basin nearby, filled with clear water emitting bursts of fragrance.
This stone basin was originally a white jade basin in Yaochi, but because it was used by Vega to give birth, the queen mother thought it was unclean, so she threw it out of the heaven and fell here.
The clear water in the basin was secretly prepared by the green snake spirit lurking on the back of the mountain.
It turns out that this green snake has cultivated for thousands of years and has already taken human form. In order to please Guanyin and save himself to become a dragon, he spit out the essence and turned it into a basin of clear water.
Avalokitesvara was eager to rinse, so she didn't care to take a closer look, so she undressed, took off her shoes and socks, and sat in the stone basin to wash.
After a while, the water of the Yellow Ocean turned yellow, and thousands of waves rushed towards Mount Putuo.
Avalokitesvara saw it, and knew that it was the carp in the East China Sea, so he waved his jade arm lightly, hanging up the sky full of smoke and water, and stopped the carp outside the lotus ocean.
The Aoyu who was moved by evil thoughts refused to give up, opened his mouth wide, and spewed out water arrows, and shot at Zhilian.
Guanyin was furious, she stretched out her foot and kicked the mouth of the stone basin, a piece of stone flew out, and hit the turtle's lips impartially.
Aoyu screamed and fled in pain.
The green snake lying on the side couldn't help laughing out loud.
Guanyin was startled and followed the sound, only to realize that there was still a green snake spirit lurking nearby.
Avalokitesvara was furious, picked up a shoe and threw it over, blinding the green snake's left eye.
The green snake hid its face and endured the pain, and did not run away, but sobbed sadly.
Avalokitesvara asked: "Nie Zhan, why don't you leave?" The green snake choked up and told the whole story.
Only then did Avalokitesvara realize that he had been wronged, moved her heart of compassion, picked up the other shoe, and threw it to Lianhuayang.
Avalokitesvara washed and put on her clothes, only to find that the two shoes were gone, so she sat on the Pan Tuo stone and worried.
Then I thought: "Since Mount Putuo is a pure land of Buddhism, there is nothing wrong with walking barefoot!"
After thinking about it, he jumped off the Pan Tuo Stone with a "shua", and walked back to the Guanyin Cave barefoot.
Since then, "Barefoot Avalokitesvara" has become popular, and the statues of Avalokitesvara are always barefoot.
"Have you ever heard of refusing to go to Guanyin?"
According to legend, a few years ago, also in the era of King Tang, a Dongying monk named Hui E came to China, traveled to many famous mountains and rivers, worshiped many ancient temples, and became close friends with the abbot of Mount Wutai.
One day, Hui E saw a statue of Avalokitesvara carved from sandalwood in the backyard of the main hall.
The Buddha statue has a serene expression, and its hair and eyebrows are extremely delicate and lifelike.
Hui E stood in front of the Avalokitesvara statue, looked at it again and again, praised it again and again, and didn't even hear the abbot come to ask him to eat.
When the abbot saw this, he asked, "How does the master think this statue of Guanyin Buddha is carved?"
Hui E praised again and again: "Good, good! I am so old, and this is the first time I have seen Taoism!
This Buddha statue is exquisitely carved, and the demeanor of Guanyin is carved out. What a living and compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva!"
Seeing that he liked it, the abbot smiled and said: "If the mage is happy, I will send you an offering!"
After hearing this, Hui E hastily bowed his hands together.
He took the Guanyin Buddha statue and was overjoyed. He planned to go back to Dongying to build a temple to make offerings to, so that all living beings in Dongying could come to worship.
After leaving Mount Wutai, we traveled to Mount Jiuhua again, and finally came down from Mount Wutai and sailed back to China from Lingjiang Estuary.
On this day, Hui E respectfully invited the Avalokitesvara Buddha statue carved from sandalwood to go abroad to Dongying.
But when the boat arrived at the ocean surface of Mount Putuo, a strong wind suddenly blew up, causing the boat to topple from side to side and spin around.
Huie had no choice but to sail the boat into a cave in Putuo Mountain, drop the anchor and lower the sails, and wait for the strong wind to subside before leaving.
The next day, Hui E set sail, but just as the ship sailed out of the mountain, a cloud of gray-white smoke suddenly rose from the ocean, constantly hindering the ship's progress.
Hui E had no choice but to return to the ocean surface of Mount Putuo again, sail the boat into the cave, drop the anchor and lower the sails, and wait for the smoke to dissipate before leaving.
On the third day, the sky was clear, radiant, and multi-colored. Hui E walked into the cabin and looked up. He saw a majestic and colorful archway in the middle of the colorful clouds.
Hui E set up the boat and headed eastward, but before sailing far, the sailboat suddenly stalled. He looked down and saw iron lotus flowers floating in the sea, surrounded by sailboats. Hui E was shocked, so he knelt in front of the Guanyin Buddha statue and prayed: "If all living beings in Dongying have no chance to see the Buddha, I will follow the direction pointed by the master and build another temple to support my Buddha."