As a result, Mr. Zhao declined politely, saying: Journey to the West distorted the image of Tang Priest, and the Buddhist community did not recognize Journey to the West.
In our impression, isn't Journey to the West "respecting Buddha and restraining Tao"? Why is it not recognized?
In fact, The Journey to the West in Wu Cheng'en is more "real and cruel" than Yang Jie's TV series.
Do you believe what you said at the end of Journey to the West?
This should be a common doubt of many people: after many hardships, the master and apprentice finally arrived at the Leidayin Temple in the Western Heaven, and the Buddha told his disciples Arnold and Ye Jia to lead them to learn the scriptures.
When I arrived at the treasure house of Tibetan scriptures, I looked at a room full of scriptures. The Tang Priest was in the sky, but Arnold closed the cupboard door, suggesting that Tang Priest needed to "give some personnel"-he had to offer gold, silver and jewels before he could pass on the scriptures.
I was surprised to see this place when I was a child. I thought it was above the Lingshan Mountain, right under the Buddha's nose. How can there be such behavior?
At that time, Wukong was really furious, shouting questions about Tathagata, and Arnold and Kaya handed them the scriptures.
But I never thought that the scriptures obtained by the four disciples turned out to be "wordless scriptures", so the four returned to Lingshan, and Wukong vented his dissatisfaction with the Tathagata. As a result, the Buddha said at this time:
"Classics should not be taken lightly, and Buddhism should not be passed down lightly."
There is also a sentence in the original work: "It is good to have no words in the scriptures."
What does this mean? Because there is no point, it is also good to get the "wordless sutra"?
Then, the Buddha told a story: In that year, the monk passed on scriptures at Zhao Changchun's home in Shawasti and got three buckets and three liters of scattered gold. "I also said that they were sold cheaply, leaving future generations with no money to enjoy."
When you say this, you should look like a "profiteer".
Then the four of them went to learn from the scriptures again. This time, the Tang Priest learned his lesson and asked for "personnel" again, so he took out the Zijin alms bowl given by Li Shimin, the king of the Tang Dynasty, to learn from it.
For this paragraph, why does this happen in Lingshan? Some people say that Buddha wants to teach people to "wish": if you wish, you will get it.
In fact, in the original work, the author once had a poem with two sentences:
Funnily enough, Xuanzang loves money, although it is hard to climb mountains.
The irony in the poem is not obvious, but after such a thing happened, Tang Priest looked up and said with emotion, "I don't want this paradise to be harmed by this evil demon!" "
Such a "paradise" does not meet people's expectations and imagination, but think about it carefully, doesn't it?
Therefore, some netizens said that this passage in Journey to the West is simply tearing off the Tathagata's "fig leaf".
In the last paragraph of Journey to the West, Wukong has seen through everything.
First of all, when crossing Lingyun, everyone except Wukong refused to cross the bridge and had to take a boat. At this moment, a bottomless ship came. Wukong recognized that the boat was supported by the Buddha, so he kicked the Tang Priest onto the boat. At this moment, Tang Priest saw a corpse floating in the water, and Wukong comforted Tang Priest:
This shows that the Tang priest has taken off his mortal fetus and is ready to become a Buddha. However, the abandoned mortal fetus was Tang Priest, and it was actually the Tathagata's second disciple Jin who finally became a Buddha.
Secondly, the master and apprentice went to the western Buddhist countries and saw exotic flowers and plants. At this time, Tang Yan could not restrain his admiration, but Wukong said beside him:
You know, the Tang Priest went west all the way, visited every temple, swept every pagoda, and even sat under the bodhi tree for a long time. Now he is in the position of a real Buddha, but he didn't pay homage.
What's the difference between this behavior and "Ye Gong Long Hao"?
It's ridiculous to think about it.
Finally, when the four disciples finally got the scriptures and returned happily, the Buddha asked Guanyin Bodhisattva how much their disciples had suffered. Guanyin Bodhisattva counted with her fingers. Eighty is difficult, and there is one more.
Thus, there was the Tongtian River. Because he forgot to ask the Buddha's birthday for the old turtle, the old turtle was furious and turned to humiliate the master and apprentice.
The four masters and apprentices have "made a positive result" and naturally will not hurt their lives. It's just that the scroll fell into the river, and the master and the apprentice worked together to get the scrolls ashore and put them on the shore to dry.
In the original book, when Tang Yan was drying the scriptures, he accidentally soiled them-in the TV series, this mistake was put on Zhu Bajie.
Tang Priest heaved a sigh and felt that the scriptures were damaged. At that time, the wu is empty comfort way:
"Heaven and earth are inherently incomplete, and so should the incomplete scriptures, which is beyond human power."
This sentence can only be said after a thorough understanding.
This place is also a place that is "not recognized by the Buddhist community": because the scriptures are damaged, it is said that all the scriptures handed down later are "fabricated" by later generations.
From this perspective, the final outcome of Journey to the West is not the "dzogchen" we have seen. Perhaps there are too many secrets hidden behind the final title of mentoring.
What is the biggest inspiration of a The Journey to the West?
Everyone has his own "true classics" to learn, and everyone has his own practice, which is irreplaceable by others.
There is a song that goes like this:
The "Buddha" here is not our own heart, so we should practice well.
The road to practice is long, and you should cherish it.