Reopen after eating the Buddha fruit

Chapter 22 Three Thousand Dharmas and Three Thousand Buddhas

Xu Fu got the benefit of it, and since then it has been out of control.

On the same day, I cleaned several grottoes in succession and visualized the Buddha's Dharma.

Sitting Deer Arhat sits on top of the divine deer, thoughtful and calm, admiring himself with aloofness.

Huanxi Arhat, also known as the Venerable Canojia Daichao, eliminates demons, clarifies Yuyu, raises his hands and celebrates, and his heart is full of joy.

These Buddha statues are big and small, and after the visualization returns to their original positions, the promotion of the primordial spirit is also different.

First of all, there is no hierarchy in Buddhism. Buddhism advocates the equality of all beings, and everyone can become a Buddha. As long as you let go of all obsessions, you will have the opportunity to achieve Buddhahood.However, according to the difference in the level of practice, there are also high and low points in Buddhism.

In Buddhism, if you practice to the highest level, you can achieve the Buddhahood.

So how many Buddha seats are there?

Theoretically, Buddhism believes that the Buddha is infinite, because everyone can become a Buddha, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately.

However, when Xu Fu actually visualized Buddha Dharma images of different cultivation levels, there was a very obvious gap in the income of the primordial spirit.

In the myths and allusions of Buddhism: the leader of the Buddhist sect received the lead, and the mother of Zhunti Buddha, the two leaders saved the people from the fire and water, and founded Buddhism. From then on, there is a name of Buddha in the world.Introduce the self-supporting leader, titled Amitabha, and Zhunti as the second leader, titled Buddha Mother.

Later Shakyamuni, the leader of Theravada Buddhism, was also titled "Amitabha Buddha".

How many Buddhas are there?

Both Hinayana and Mahayana have Buddhas, and the only Buddha in Hinayana is Sakyamuni.

Of the thousands of Buddhas in the eons, only the World Honored One Shakyamuni Buddha is the perfect Buddha.

The Buddha speaks the Dharma with one sound, and all living beings can understand it according to their kind. They all say that the World Honored One speaks the same way, but the divine power is not the same.

In the Mahayana, there are countless, existing in the world of ten directions.

The ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp, Amitabha, Medicine Master Tathagata, Liuliguang Buddha... etc., are all in the ranks of ancient Buddhas.

My Buddha "Tathagata" has neither the Hinayana nor the Mahayana. He has three views with one mind and three thousand thoughts in one thought;

The "Tathagata" here does not refer to a specific person, but is a general term for Buddha, referring to a class of people.

The name of the Buddha is "Tathagata", and it is the dharmakaya of one of the Buddha's three bodies (dharma, retribution, and transformation).

There is a very hypocritical saying in Buddhist practice: "All living beings have the wisdom and virtue of the Tathagata."This sentence is like Taibai Jinxing's sentence in Journey to the West in the previous life, "In the three realms, anyone with nine orifices can cultivate immortality".

In Journey to the West, Avalokitesvara is the ancestor of the Seven Buddhas, his dharma name is Zhengfaming Tathagata, and Tang Seng's dharma name is also Tathagata.

I don't know if the statue is not strong enough, or Xu Fu's current soul strength is too weak, he can't fully visualize a "Tathagata" or "Ancient Buddha".Every time I visualize halfway, it collapses on its own.

As for the "religious leader", "Buddha's mother" and "Buddha's" Dharma appearance, not to mention, it is not possible to visualize successfully based on a statue at random.

He can only visualize the target on the Bodhisattva statue below the Buddha's fruit position.

In the level of Buddhist practice, Bodhisattvas are divided into those that threaten Bodhisattvas and support Bodhisattvas.

Bodhisattva Bodhisattva is the Bodhisattva with the highest level of practice, and his spiritual enlightenment is second only to Buddha or equal to Buddha.

Before becoming a Buddha, he was always by the Buddha's side, assisting the Buddha to spread the Dharma and educate all living beings.According to the theory of Buddhism, there are countless Buddhas in the ten directions and three times of the world, and in one Buddha land, there is one Buddha who transforms all living beings.

And each Buddha has two or several Bodhisattvas serving him.

Therefore, no one can tell or count how many bodhisattvas there are in the Buddhist world.

There are quite a few Bodhisattva statues in the Thousand Buddha Cliff.

Such as Manjushri Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Hell King Bodhisattva, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, Inexhaustible Mind Bodhisattva, Treasure Sandalwood Bodhisattva, Medicine King Bodhisattva, Medicine Bodhisattva and so on.

These Buddha statues are not only huge in size, it is time-consuming and laborious to clean, and visualization is even more energy-consuming.

It takes a long time and consumes a lot of energy.

Generally, it takes five days to one week to completely visualize a bodhisattva.

For the task of visualizing three thousand dharma images, if he visualizes all the dharma images of bodhisattvas, it will take him dozens of years to complete.

But once the visualization is successful, it will have an immediate effect on the growth of the primordial spirit.

Every successful visualization of a bodhisattva can increase the primordial spirit by 1.0~3.0.

In view of the limited strength at this stage, it is too difficult and time-consuming to directly visualize the Bodhisattva's Dharma. Xu Fu also had to put the task of visualizing the Bodhisattva's Dharma behind for the time being.

Waiting for the Yuanshen to go further, and then to visualize Bodhisattvas, it should be more effective with half the effort.

After the Bodhisattva level is the Arhat level.

According to the records of Buddhist legends, there were originally only sixteen Arhats who were disciples of Sakyamuni Buddha.

There are also five hundred arhats, which refer to the five hundred arhats who often followed the teachings of the Buddha during his lifetime, or the five hundred arhats who gathered Buddhist classics after the Buddha's Nirvana.

Every time you visualize an Arhat, it may increase the soul by 0.3~1.0.

After that, Vajra Dharmakaya, Eight Dragons, Jiedi, Protector Jialan and so on have various fruit statuses.

The Buddha statues on Qianfo Cliff are not all big and big, and there are also big and small Buddha statues.There may even be a Buddha statue hidden in a small thumb-sized stone gap.

The statues were made by different stonemasons and naturally have different styles.

Some of the Buddha statues voluntarily carved by the younger generations were placed in the Thousand Buddha Cliff for worship.

But regardless of the ancient or modern Buddha statues, after being in the Thousand Buddha Cliff for a period of time, they will be perfectly integrated with the Thousand Buddha Array, and these Buddha statues can no longer be moved.

If you count all the Buddha statues since the birth of Qianfoya.

The number of Buddha statues hidden in the entire Thousand Buddha Cliff is more than [-], and [-] are also possible.

When Xu Fu contemplates, he has to make a choice.

Do the exercises in the morning and evening, and clean the Buddha statues and visualize the Fa at other times.

The power of the primordial spirit is growing day by day.

After more than half a month, he has visualized 96 Buddha statues, which is far from the [-] Buddhas.

During this period, Xu Fu also met many monks who were ordained here.

Most of them look like "reform through labor prisoners", "didn't sleep well", and "lack of energy".

Xu Fu devoted himself to cleaning the Buddha statues all day long, immersed in his visualization, and had no intention of communicating.

Unknowingly, in the eyes of other people, he gradually became a different kind.

Say what you see, devout.

"Wu Chou!"

After another busy day, Xu Fu came to the cave of the Stove King Buddha statue on time to cook.

Suddenly there was a call from behind, it was the deacon monk who led the way when he came in.

"Brother."

The bearded monk named Zhenfan walked over with a kind expression and a smile on his face, and his expression seemed to show concern, "Wu Chou, brother, I heard that you are very serious in your work. After cleaning a Buddha statue, you have to watch it." Thinking about the Buddhas. Brother, I have to remind you that although the Buddha statues in the Thousand Buddha Cliff are vivid, it is better not to visualize them casually."

Xu Fu asked strangely, "Why?"

"The Buddha statues on Thousand Buddha Cliff are very weird. If you look at them for a long time, you will go crazy. Those monks who have gone crazy, no matter how long they have been ordained, as long as they have mental problems, it is impossible to walk out of Thousand Buddha Cliff in this life. .”

"Is that so?"

Xu Fu was slightly stunned, "I've never met them before. Since these Buddha statues are so dangerous, why aren't abnormal Buddha statues banned in the temple?"

"They cannot be banned. They have been integrated with the Thousand Buddhas Array. To ban a single Buddha statue may cause flaws in the entire array. Moreover, it is impossible to judge in the temple whether there is a problem with the Buddha statue. If you look If you go to a grotto with iron chains outside the cave, don't go in and clean it."

Xu Fu nodded, "Yes, I remember."

Shinfan nodded, with a gratified expression that a child can teach, and said: "There is one more thing to inform you."

"Tonight is the night of the full moon. On the night of the full moon in Qianfoya, some strange things will happen. No matter what you do tonight, don't take a step out of the cave, you know."

Xu Fu felt even more strange, "Why is this?"

"In short, don't ask too many questions. Even if there is some movement at night, just treat it as nothing happened. As long as you don't leave the cave at night, nothing will happen."

Xu Fu looked at the ordained monks who were eating silently.

Most of them have been ordained here for many years, and Xu Fu is the only newcomer in the past six months.

These people did eat a little faster tonight, and they were not surprised when they heard Zhenfan's advice.After eating, he turned and left immediately.

Xu Fu didn't ask too much, "Yes, senior brother."

Zhenfan smiled, "You have to keep my words firmly in your heart. By the way, which grotto are you staying in tonight?"

Xu Fu said: "Senior brother, why did you say that, I have always lived in the cave of the Buddha Statue of Jianglong Arhat."

"What? Always there?" Zhenfan was taken aback.

"always there."

Xu Fu nodded with a half-smile, and continued to cook.

If you didn't come to play the man in black on the first night, I really believed you.

into the night.

full moon.

Under the moonlight, Xu Fu earnestly practiced the "Three Tathagata Punches" one punch at a time.

After more than half a month of hard work, one bottle of Xiao Huan Dan has been used up, and most of the Golden Body Essence has been consumed.

He was finally able to fully display the first punch of the "Three Tathagata Punches", but he couldn't quite get the charm of this punch.Although it is not like at the beginning of the practice, just posing a pose will cause heartache and death, but there is still a pain of muscle tearing during the practice.

Every time he wanted to push for a second punch, the pain from this muscle tear would instantly intensify.It seems to be a warning, forcibly performing it will be dangerous, and even hurt the lungs.

Up to now, he has a clearer understanding of the "Three Punches of Tathagata".

The "Three Tathagata Fists" is undoubtedly a body-building boxing art that hammers and strengthens the muscles and bones. Every move has a magical effect on strengthening the body.

The first punch, exercise the muscles and bones.

The second punch strengthens the viscera.

The third punch, washing the marrow and exchanging blood.

In the past half a month, Xu Fu just practiced his first punch, and he noticed that his physical strength has improved rapidly.

The weakening of pain points during cultivation is a clear proof.

Now the muscles and membranes on his body have become extremely tough, and it is difficult to cut with magic weapon level magic weapons.

The work on the golden bell cover did not take much effort, and it progressed rapidly.

And the method of breathing and breathing in the "Now Tathagata Sutra" can keep him energetic at all times, even if he does not sleep all night, he is still full of energy.

Xu Fu called this matching breathing method "Tathagata Breathing Method".

Through the strange breathing rhythm and method, breathe in the vitality of the world into the body, cleanse the internal organs.

Then the impurities in the body are excreted through the breathing method, "washing the hair and cutting the marrow" all the time, changing the body bit by bit, and finally achieving the purpose of washing the marrow and changing the blood, and reborn.

Moreover, the Tathagata breathing method can also repair the hidden injuries left in the body training in the past, and strengthen the spirit.

Xu Fu had a premonition that when he could completely perform the first punch without feeling any more pain, the cultivation of the "Third Realm: Strengthening Muscles and Bones" would be completed.

But Xu Fu's biggest gain during this time is the Yuanshen.

(End of this chapter)