Black Myth: Tang Dynasty

Chapter 400

Hearing this sentence, Li Daoxuan and others were all moved.

No wonder an eminent monk like Bodhidharma died at the mouth of a poisonous snake. It turned out that the real murderer was Mo Luo.

The old celestial master said: "That's how it is. Back then, I heard from my master that the monk Bodhidharma faced the wall in Songshan Mountain for nine years. At that time, there was Xiao Xiao who didn't want to see his testimony, so he intentionally poisoned him. As a result, the monk Bodhidharma Without fear, he took dozens of gut-piercing poisons in a row, and in the end, not only did he not die, but he became energetic and became a golden body!"

"At that time, I was very puzzled. Why would the Bodhidharma monk, who is invulnerable to dozens of poisonous poisons, be afraid of a poisonous snake? Now it seems that everything makes sense."

Li Daoxuan nodded, and at the same time changed his mind.

Bodhidharma is the ancestor of the Zen sect in the Central Plains, and he has also cultivated a golden body. His mana is so high that he may have already surpassed the realm of the sun god and stepped into the realm of the fairy god. Even so, he was still planted in the hands of Mo Luo. It can be seen The opponent is indeed unfathomable.

San Le continued: "Bodhidharma died at the hands of Mo Luo, but Mo Luo did not pay the price. He was seriously injured, and he recuperated for decades after that, until the end of the Sui Dynasty, he came out to stir up the situation again. .”

Li Daoxuan's heart moved, no wonder there was no trace of the activities of the Mara Sect before the end of the Sui Dynasty. It turned out that Mara was injured by Bodhidharma at that time and was in a dormant state.

"Master, what does this matter have to do with Maha?"

San Le's eyes were very complicated, and she sighed: "This is the second sentence in Maha's posthumous poem."

"Meet a monk on the river by chance, and get married to Bodhi by mistake?"

"Exactly, the Jiangshang monk it met by chance is Bodhidharma. As for the so-called Bodhi edge, it refers to the indestructible golden body left by Bodhidharma after his death."

Li Daoxuan had a flash of inspiration, he suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise: "Could it be that Maha's golden body is the body of Bodhidharma back then?"

If you put it this way, many things can be explained clearly.

Why does Maha obviously not have the state of mind and virtue of an eminent monk, but he has a vast Buddha power and a golden body that countless Buddhist disciples can hardly achieve in their entire lives.

Because Maha is simply Li Daitao, who stole the fruits of Bodhidharma's lifelong hard work!
Sure enough, San Le nodded and said: "Li Xiaoyou guessed right, when Bodhidharma fought with Mo Luo on Luoshui, he was seriously injured and was dying. At this time, a poisonous snake crawled along the river and bit him to death. Maha who lives in the mysterious water."

"Then Mara had a whim, he took out the soul of the poisonous snake and transferred it to Bodhidharma's golden body in an attempt to cultivate a powerful subordinate, and named him Maha, which means "Dharma" in Sanskrit. It means immeasurable and big, and it is obvious that Moro has placed high hopes on it."

"It's a pity that although Maha stole Bodhidharma's golden body, he is not as good as Bodhidharma after all. His realm has slipped and he has practiced hard for decades, but in the end he is only in the realm of the Yang God."

At this point, the origin of Maha's heel has been fully explained, and Li Daoxuan suddenly realized, and suddenly wanted to understand many details that were difficult to understand before.

For example, why does Maha's vajra avatar have two sides, one side is merciful like a Buddha, and the other side is evil like a demon.

For example, why the opponent's golden body is so hard, but he is a little afraid of the little white snake in his sleeve.

Looking at it now, perhaps it was because Bodhidharma finally died in the mouth of the poisonous snake, so his golden body left flaws, and was restrained by the poisonous snake.

Taizhen suddenly laughed and said: "No wonder there is an allusion in this world about a shoe returning to the west. It seems that the Bodhidharma Song Yun saw back then was not the real Bodhidharma, but Maha who had been possessed by a poisonous snake."

The so-called return to the west only means that after Bodhidharma's death, Song Yun, an envoy of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, passed by Congling on his way back to Luojing from the Western Regions, and saw Bodhidharma with bare feet, holding a tin staff in one hand and a shoe in the other. Heading to the West.

After he returned to Beijing, he reported the matter to the emperor, and all civil and military officials were shocked, because Bodhidharma was already dead, so it was impossible for him to appear in Suiling.

Later, the emperor ordered people to dig up Bodhidharma's tomb, and found that the coffin was empty except for one shoe.

This is the origin of returning only to the west.

San Le sighed: "Although Maha occupies Bodhidharma's golden body, he is not happy because he can hear some kind of Sanskrit sound day and night, which is Bodhidharma's obsession. To resolve his obsessions, he wanted to fulfill Bodhidharma's last wish to go to the Western Lingshan to search for the Tripitaka, but after 20 years of trekking, he has never found a trace."

"In the end, he gradually became crazy amidst the lingering, day and night chanting. An unrestrained snake demon actually started to read Buddhist scriptures. In fact, he doesn't like Buddhist scriptures, but doing so will make him feel better."

"Later, he completely lost himself and fell into the obsession of Bodhidharma. He made a great wish to spread Buddhism to the world even if he could not find the Tripitaka."

Taizhen suddenly asked: "For you Buddhists, isn't this a good thing?"

Sanle smiled bitterly and said: "The benefactor is joking. Maha inherited Bodhidharma's golden body and obsession, but did not inherit Bodhidharma's cultivation, knowledge, bearing, mind, compassion and superb Dharma. How can he inherit Bodhidharma? Under such a heavy obsession?"

"That's why he is called an evil Buddha. He has acted unscrupulously and has fallen into the devil's way."

Thinking of what Maha and his disciples did, Li Daoxuan couldn't help nodding his head. Indeed, although his goal was to promote Buddhism, his actions had already seriously deviated from Buddhism.

Back then, in order to save a pigeon that was chased by an eagle, the Buddha spared no expense to cut up the meat and feed it to the eagle. His compassion moved the world, but Maha, on the other hand, completely regarded human life as worthless. On the way from Turkic to Chang'an, I don't know how many people were killed by him. Bewitched to death by the Sanskrit sound.

Those who can make great ambitions must have a matching inner cultivation and mind pattern, such as the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who swears that he will not become a Buddha if the hell is not empty.

If you have supernatural powers but no heart, you will soon lose yourself under heavy pressure and go to extremes.

"Fortunately, before Maha was about to die, he finally let go of his obsession, and only then did he come up with the last four lines. Ninety years of Sanskrit sounds, endless dreaming. Going alone today, the mother-in-law counted three thousand."

San Le clasped his hands together and sighed softly.

Li Daoxuan was slightly taken aback, he remembered the last words of Maha before his death.

"San Le, I have been reading Buddhist scriptures for 90 years, but in the end I realized that what I like most is still the soft mud back then."

……

He felt a little bit embarrassed, Maha was both lucky and unlucky in his life. Fortunately, he easily obtained the golden body and most of the cultivation base of a Buddhist great expert, easily stepped into the Yang God Realm, and became one of the most powerful people in the world.

Unfortunately, the obsession that accompanies strength makes him gradually lose himself.

He thought of Maha's relaxed and relieved look when his golden body was completely refined by the real fire of samadhi. Maybe that moment was the most relaxed moment for him in the past 90 years.

"Master, then what is the relationship between you and Maha, and why are you the deputy leader of the Moro Sect?"

San Le seemed to be recalling those years that had been dusty for a long time. He looked complicated, and said: "When Bodhidharma died, I was already the deputy head of the Mara Sect. I will teach."

Li Daoxuan secretly slandered, no wonder Maha had such complicated feelings for San Le, and there was still a trace of admiration, it seemed that in his heart, he regarded San Le as his master.

"Amitabha, but what Mo Luo didn't know was that the poor monk actually wanted to kill Maha many times at that time, so as to avenge my dear friend, Bodhidharma."

"But every time I can't do it, because every time I see Maha, I seem to see...the same sick and pitiful self."

(End of this chapter)