[Journey to the West] Empty Enlightenment Bodhi

"There is no magic weapon, but there is a technique of immortality."

"Hey," the little monkey rolled over on the ground, looking up, "Master, you are so boring, you babble every day, like an old lady with bound feet, endlessly."

Bodhi smiled and poked the little monkey's head: "You little monkey, which one of us is rolling on the ground and staying with me?"

"Hee hee, Master, you already said that I'm a little monkey, so naturally I'm going to roll around." The little monkey nodded plausibly, "If you want to blame, you can blame Master for the bad name you gave to your disciple. It's not my fault. ,real."

"Come on, according to what you said, if I call you Sun Changsheng, will you be able to learn the art of immortality?"

The little monkey got up from the ground all at once: "Master, how much do you want the authority in charge of the heaven?" The little monkey stopped rolling and splashing, and sat upright with a serious expression on his face. Find someone to go to Tiantian Palace and drag the Jade Emperor into the water?"

"Then what's so good about the Jade Emperor, Laoshizi? Among the four emperors, there is Gouchen on top and Houtu on the bottom. The Jade Emperor is the one who can't be up or down. Even if they fight, they shouldn't fight for the Jade Emperor, right? "

"Master, you just want to experience the offering of incense and fire. Ten thousand people respect him, so Gou Chen's position is the best. He is in charge of the raging wars in the world, enjoys the emperor's offering, and has blood nourishment to replenish the primordial spirit. If Master despises Gou Chen to kill If cutting is too heavy, Houtu is also a choice. Houtu conceives all things in the world and enjoys the nourishment of heaven. You may not see anything special in ten thousand years, but after tens of thousands of years, the emperor Houtu who has enjoyed the nourishment of heaven and earth for a long time will definitely It will surpass the other three and rank first among the Four Emperors."

"It's just that the Jade Emperor," the little monkey shook his head, "is absolutely impossible."

Bodhi raised his eyes slightly: "Why is it absolutely impossible for the Jade Emperor?"

"No reason," the little monkey looked at Bodhi, "it just can't be done."

Bodhi shook his head: "I didn't want to dismount the Jade Emperor for the sake of power."

"You don't know, the Jade Emperor has acted quite recklessly in the past few years. The priests in the heavenly court complained, and even the immortals had a lot of complaints. Among other things, the Jade Emperor just issued a regulation on the management of the demon world a few years ago. For the Yaozu, strict conditions were defined, and even meddled in the success rate of the Yaozu's ascension, and stretched that hand into the heaven. If not, I would not want to find someone to beat the Jade Emperor to the Heavenly Palace. kill."

Little monkey: "Wouldn't it be better for you to go by yourself."

Patriarch Bodhi: "Even if I go by myself, I must have a formal identity."

Little monkey: "Isn't the identity of Lingbao Tianzun not formal enough? One of the Three Qings, Yuanshi Tianzun's right-hand man, and Yuanshi Tianzun are inseparable. If you go to heaven, let alone change to a Jade Emperor, you will abolish the entire Four Emperors. I'm afraid no one will say 'no'. What's more, since Yuanshi Tianzun's accident, all his confidantes belonged to the Jade Emperor, which made the Jade Emperor's family dominate and his ambitions expanded. , As long as you show your head in the sky, they will turn to you, and in this way, the power of the Jade Emperor will be reduced by half. Wouldn't it be nice to surrender without fighting?"

"It's not as simple as you think." Patriarch Bodhi sighed, "Lingbao Tianzun has long since disappeared in this world. Now that I have come out of this illusion, the group of people in the heavenly court will only think that I am old Bodhi Ancestor, not Lingbao Tianzun."

"That's true," the little monkey nodded, "Most of the gods in the heavenly court have gone through hardships to get a place in the heavenly palace. After so many years, who would not want to find a stronger backer for themselves. Once the backer loses power, they will run faster than others." Anyone is quick." The little monkey suddenly laughed, "Master calls me little monkey every day, don't you know they are the monkeys scattered when the tree falls."

Bodhi sighed: "That's right. In the battle 4 years ago, Yuanshi Tianzun fell, and I only had a few remnants of souls, which were hidden in my body. I was spared, but my vitality was already severely injured and I had to retreat Illusion of Bodhi, meditation and cultivation. Not to mention mana, it is very difficult to go to heaven again."

"Hey," the little monkey comforted Bodhi, "Your body is luxuriant, very cute. Before I went out, I found that it had just grown a circle. It has grown so big in just a few days. So, master, don't be sad, and wait with peace of mind, you may be able to return to the original state in a few days."

Bodhi raised his eyelids and glanced at the little monkey, sighing: "That's not because it has grown up, it's because a ray of spirit has returned to its place."

The little monkey was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Didn't you say that the common surname is Xu, not Bai?"

Bodhi glanced at him leisurely: "Aren't you unbelieving?"

"When my soul dispersed, I was unwilling to do so. I deliberately left a wisp of my soul in Tushita Palace and turned into a child. I didn't expect that after 4 years, that wisp of my soul could be separated again. Became the confidant of Taishang Laojun."

"Master, don't be sad, no matter where the power is, there are always some fools. Think about those loyal confidantes, such as the red-tailed horse monkey. He has always been thinking about you and has always recognized you as a spiritual treasure." God's."

Patriarch Bodhi: "Can it be the same? You are talking about subordinates, and I am talking about spirits!"

"Oh, let me try another way to comfort you, let me think about it," the little monkey blinked, and immediately had an idea, "Yes, Master, look, your spirit is so capable that it has penetrated into the enemy It won't be long before you can become a central force on your road to revenge, and walk on the broad road from now on. When you absorb the soul one day, everything will be no problem!"

Bodhi sighed: "The key is, how to absorb the soul is very problematic."

"Is this the reason why you are looking for someone to go to Tiangong?" The little monkey guessed, "Above Tiangong, is there something that can wish you a speedy recovery? For example, sticky batter or something?"

"Roll," Bodhi gave him a blank look, "Your soul is made of paper, just find a piece of batter and stick it casually, and you can continue to use it."

Little monkey: "Hey hey, are you in a better mood now?"

"Yes," Bodhi didn't have a good voice. Being interrupted by Wukong, he swallowed back what he was about to say, and could only continue with the original topic, "If you can learn this technique of immortality, my mood will definitely be even better. good."

Wukong finally let go: "It's not impossible for me to learn this method, but at most I can help you enter the Heavenly Palace and take you into the Shangqing Palace. As for beating the Jade Emperor to death with a random stick, I won't do it. Immortal I don't care about the technique, and you don't need to go to Maitreya Buddha to save me, and I don't want to help him promote Buddhism, let alone become a Buddha."

"You don't want to live forever at all?" Bodhi raised his eyes, sizing up the person in front of him carefully, "You know, everything in this world has a limited lifespan, even the Jade Emperor can only ask the Taoist Heavenly Venerable to do it for him. Refining the elixir that prolongs life, how many people in the world are seeking immortality, you really don't want to?"

The little monkey leaned back on the soft cushion and lazily interrupted Bodhi's words, "I don't want to. Your idea of ​​immortality is good, I have to admit it. Because I am an earth immortal, if Maitreya Buddha rescues me again , That is to be ranked in the immortal class and the Buddha world at the same time. The days of immortality and Buddha are different, and there is a gap of 1 years. At the time of the Buddhist calamity, I said that I was originally an earth immortal and should be under the control of the heavenly court; unless the heavenly court and the west heaven specifically reached an agreement on my situation-of course it is impossible, no one will give up my power, the Jade Emperor and the Western Heaven The Buddha could not achieve this kind of transfer and balance of power—otherwise, I would be in two ways. I don’t care about both sides of the heaven and the west, and I would naturally be able to survive all the disasters safely and live forever. But I don’t want to— —”

"Why don't you want to?" Bodhi leaned forward slightly and asked carefully.

Little Monkey: "No reason, just follow your heart."

Bodhi pursed his lips and sighed: "Wukong, I have nothing more to teach you." Bodhi paused, a little reluctant, "After a while, Bodhi's illusion will open up, you can go there yourself. Take a trip in the mortal world, meet your old friends, and then go back to Dongtu."

"Hey," the little monkey jumped up and hugged Bodhi tightly, "Teacher, you can't drive me out of the school just because I don't want to avenge you! I won't leave, I won't leave."

"Get up now," Bodhi sighed, "who gave you this habit of throwing up when you don't agree with each other?"

"Master, you raised it." The little monkey blinked innocently, "So, Master, you can actually teach me a lot. Don't belittle yourself."

Bodhi made him laugh angrily: "When did I teach you to be sloppy?"

The little monkey pretended he didn't hear it, and continued talking on his own, the more he said, the more he felt that what he said made sense, "Master, why don't you teach me how to make magic weapons, I don't know how to do this, and I want to learn, really."

"Don't teach." Bodhi vetoed it.

"Why," the little monkey hugged Bodhi's waist without letting go, looked up at him, and said in a soft voice, "Master, you can't discriminate against me just because I am a monkey. Monkeys can also refine weapons. I will definitely be able to." Done well. I will definitely not embarrass the master, I will send four!"

"It won't work after five times," Bodhi refused to let go, "I won't teach you how to make magic weapons."

"Why, why, why, Master," the little monkey was half hanging on Bodhi's body, dangling back and forth, with its tail resting on Bodhi's white arm, sweeping back and forth, "Master, do you not love me anymore?"

The author has something to say:

One thing that has been emphasized in the original book is the technique of immortality.A monkey in Huaguoshan said that only gods and sages can live forever, but the opening

Chapter 1 talks about the relationship between Hui and Yuan, and all the gods will suffer catastrophe, life and death, and the flat peach society and ginseng fruit. All the details show that the gods have no way to live forever.But Monkey King went to Bodhi and learned three spells in total, one is 72 changes, one is somersaulting clouds, and the other is the art of immortality.The previous two entire books are talking about, for example, 72 changes are very powerful, only Erlang God can see his flaws, somersault cloud is beyond the reach of all gods, and so on, all show that 72 changes and somersault clouds are true, but The art of immortality is fake. Sun Wukong went to learn Bodhi’s art of immortality, and after a few years he went back to see the king of Hades. This is actually illogical.

The other spells are all real, but one is immortal, and the fake one is too powerful.Even if Bodhi gave him a few elixir, they could prolong his life (the story of the woodcutter he met), but it was not like this. It happened that Monkey King did not die. Only Sun Wukong was ranked in the immortal class and had a place in the Buddhist family in the end. In the end, he was in a detached position. Neither side dared to control him, nor did they dare to provoke him easily. , Great Sage, when do you think it is more appropriate for you to die?

Therefore, I feel that Bodhi played a big game of chess.Probably from the beginning to the success of learning scriptures, it was all part of the art of immortality taught by Bodhi.