Chapter 89 The Four Saints of Lingshan Save the Divine Bird
The four Bodhisattvas talked about the various major events that happened in the three realms during this period. When they were about to observe the three realms and save them all, they saw a five-colored light that escaped into Lingshan and fell into the Great Leiyin Temple. When Guanyin Bodhisattva saw it, he was surprised and said, "Huh? Isn't this the relics light of Dashizhi? He is not in the lower realm and is fighting with Wuliang Heavenly Lord, why are he doing in Lingshan?"
When the light was about to fall, I saw the infinite light above the four Bodhisattvas' heads in the sky above the Pure Land Garden. I immediately turned and fell to where the four Bodhisattvas were.
The light fell, but turned into a glass-colored relics. The voice of Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta came from it and said, "When I was fighting with Wuliang Heavenly Lord, I was plotted against him. Please help me!"
Manjushri Samantabhadra looked at each other, but Guanyin Bodhisattva calmly asked, "Fellow Daoist Mahasthichi, don't panic, quickly tell us the original fruit." Bodhisattva Mahasthichichi described how Chen Ang tricked him into a Garuda, and then suddenly used his harsh hands to imprison him, and then explained in detail the causes and consequences.
After understanding the whole story, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said, "The magic power of the Wuliang Heavenly Lord is amazing, but he is not particular about others. He likes to bully the small with the big and bully the weak by the strong, which is very despicable. This time he planned to make a friend of the great power, and to find him a good son and create difficult cause and effect!"
Manjushri Bodhisattva said: "We must never let him plot against fellow Taoist Dashizhi."
Guanyin thought more and pondered: "The infinite Heavenly Venerable in the Supreme Lord was the World Honored One who planned to open up the Mahayana Buddhism in the next kalpa. The World Honored One bet with them that they wanted them to give up a incarnation and enter my Buddhist temple, and become the master of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss - Amitabha Buddha."
"Originally, Laojun had agreed to turn Hu into Buddha and become the position of Amitabha Buddha, but he did not want to attract the infinite heavenly masters of the Heavenly Heaven to come to the world and live in constant variations. Therefore, the position of Amitabha Buddha is divided into two, the infinite light Buddha, the infinite life Buddha, and Amitabha Buddha. He brought a supreme demon realm. Not long ago, he made forty-eight great vows to transform into the Pure Land of Bliss by relying on the demon realm. Among them, there are countless demons such as heavenly demons, yin demons, secret demons, and hundreds of millions of sentient beings."
"This demon realm can be said to be the Yuanshi Heavenly Demon Realm, with the supreme spiritual secret, and is the key to the future development of the Pure Land of the Great Sect. It is a hundred times more suitable than the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss prepared by Master. It can be another Lingshan Sacred Land, the source of the teachings."
"This is the key compared to the plot of Dashizhi. When we go, we must not mess with the plan of the World Honored One!"
The four Bodhisattvas looked around and looked at each other, and nodded and said, "We will definitely not break the plan of the World Honored One!"
"Then let's go together for a while...that Immortal Heavenly Lord!" Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled slightly and said.
After saying that, the four Bodhisattvas followed the relics of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva to the lower realm of Yiqu Kingdom. They landed on the streets of Yiqu City. Guanyin Bodhisattva turned into a poor woman, Manjushri Bodhisattva turned into a white-browed old man, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva turned into a black-faced man, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva turned into an ascetic monk.
In the market, Chen Ang was still selling: "Five hundred golds at a time! Only five hundred golds can this noble man take away this Western Region divine bird. If he doesn't have health, you can't buy your life span for 500 golds, and you can't buy your magical powers for 500 golds. Five hundred golds... Just five hundred golds, are you like letting him take away this Garuluo bird?"
"A Ruyi bead on the head can live forever after eating it... Have you let it go?"
"This noble man bids!...800 gold,800 gold and an eight-foot-high red coral! This noble man doubled the price at once... It can be seen that the price now has room for a big increase!"
"Even if you can't use it yourself, will your family and other noble people who have not come? Send the divine bird, make friends with noble people, get promoted and make money, and now you can get a lot of money!"
"One thousand gold... This noble man gave one thousand gold!" Chen Ang said with all his might: "Being rich means being destined to be, and being rich means being great! Even the King of Hell can afford to be rich. If you have money, you can do whatever you want!"
The poor girl in Guanyin was dressed in plain clothes, and was young and 28 years old, and had a full body. She said to Chen Ang: "The little woman has a compassionate heart. I wish to redeem this divine bird and release it to heaven and earth."
Chen Ang's face immediately changed and he sneered: "How much does a pound of compassion cost?"
"A thought of compassion shines on the vast thousand, my heart weighs eight taels and seven zhu, but it can accommodate the vast thousand worlds and accommodate countless sentient beings... I only wish to exchange one heart for one heart and my heart for its heart." The poor girl bowed and said, "Compassion has infinite merits, and tens of millions of merits are exchanged for one pound."
Chen Ang sneered and said, "No, no exchange! Compassion is someone else's money, and others' wealth is not worth my money. Even if you have infinite blessings, it is better to fill your stomach with your belly. You have never been taken in this life, so why do you have to ask about the next life?"
The ascetic monk transformed by Samantabhadra Bodhisattva also came to join in and said, "This thing is very good, I am willing to exchange the land of a country."
"Monk!" Chen Ang said lightly: "You are poor and in poverty, and you have nothing to do. Where did you come from the land of a country?"
The Yiqu nobleman who bids a thousand gold next to him also came back to his senses and said angrily: "Where are the beggars coming from? I'm here to make trouble for me." He turned to Chen Ang and said: "You said that the price is higher, but you can't regret it. What are the reasons for these random bids? If no one pays higher than me, you should have a hammer!"
"What this noble man is saying!" Chen Ang turned his head and asked, "Monk, is the land of your country worth a thousand gold?"
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said: "The land of my country has thirty-six cities and 290,000 people. It is worth a lot of cities. If you get it, you can become a prince."
The nobleman sneered: "Where are the beggars coming from here talking nonsense? Where can you change the land of a country?"
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said, "I am begging for alms! The king of the Great Huai Kingdom is kind and generous. When he heard that I wanted to beg for alms and release the bird, he gave up my cassock."
"The land of a cassock?" the nobleman laughed and said, "If someone promises you a cassock, you claim to have a country? And where does the Dahuai Kingdom come from? Where is your cassock?"
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva took off his cassock and threw it to the side. The cassock floated under a big locust tree and covered the roots. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva pointed there and said, "That is the place where the Great Locust Kingdom promised me a cassock, a country that was given to me."
The nobles of Yiqu Kingdom next to him were furious and said, "This is the Yiqu City of Yiqu Kingdom. It is also from Yiqu Kingdom. The Dahuai Kingdom from there will be a land that you have? And even if this little land belongs to you, it is not worth a thousand gold."
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva clasped his hands together and went up to pick up the cassock. He pointed his right hand down to the ground. After a while, he raised his finger and placed it in front of everyone and said, "This is the king of the Great Huai Kingdom. It has lived here for thirty-nine generations, passed down from generation to generation, and was still before the founding of your Yiqu Kingdom, so this place should belong to the Great Huai Kingdom."
Everyone clearly saw that there was nothing in his hand. After checking carefully, they saw a big ant with a big belly on the finger of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. It was a queen of ant. They were watching the place covered by the cassock, and there were countless black dots crawling around, and they could also see the mouths of several ant holes.
I heard from Samantabhadra: "This Dahuai Kingdom was founded under the Dahuai Tree for dozens of generations, built 36 cities, and has 290,000 people. It is already a great country. The king of the country has compassion and is willing to exchange the life of the divine bird with this merchant. Can this Dahuai Kingdom be worth a thousand gold?"
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Chapter completed!