Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of Rebirth

On Luoyang Street in the Western Han Dynasty, there was an endless stream of pedestrians. There was a young man with outstanding looks who was speaking softly to the passers-by on Buddhism.

When the young man mentioned Buddha, some passers-by asked what the meaning of the word was.

Young man: "There is a word for 人, and there is a word for Buddha, which means that the Buddha has separated from human beings, is perfect in himself, and uses his own way to save people."

Pedestrian: "Then the Buddha is no longer a human being."

Boy: "..." Can I say that?It feels so strange.

Another passer-by asked, "What does the Buddha do?"

Boy: "The one who saves people." Yes! !Let's chant Buddha!

Another passer-by asked: "Cultivating Buddha can become immortal??" This is what I care about!

Boy: "No." Two departments! !How to upgrade!

The passer-by hissed: "What's the use of practicing Buddhahood if you can't become an immortal!" The crowd that had surrounded them all scattered.

The young man was shocked immediately, there hasn't been a single believer in three years! !This young man is Qing Ze, he came to this Kyushu, he preached and explained a lot, those people still couldn't understand.

Qing Ze was a little bit shocked, he didn't care about concealing his identity in front of others, and showed his real body, a young man ascended to the sky on an auspicious cloud.

The passers-by just now were so shocked that their jaws would drop to the ground: "Immortal!!" People all over the street bowed down.

Qingze returned to his home in the world. He felt that his way of preaching was wrong. He remembered that the first time Buddhism appeared in history was in a certain emperor's dream, and then Buddhism became widely known.

Speaking of dreaming, it's not bad! !

That night, Qingze waited until the moon was in the middle, and ran to the palace to chat with the emperor of the Han family.

As soon as he entered the emperor's dream, Qing Ze was hugged, and the emperor was blindfolded: "Beauty, let the widow catch you!"

Qingzehan, the emperor of affection had a dream tonight, this dream is not suitable for preaching, he waved his jade hand and the emperor woke up from the dream immediately.

The next night, it was the moon again, and Qingze came again.

As soon as he fell into the dream, Qingze saw that he was back outside the emperor's bedroom, and at this time the emperor was wandering anxiously.

The emperor couldn't see Qingze's figure, but Qingze could know everything about the emperor. The emperor grabbed a eunuch and asked, "How is my beloved concubine!!"

The eunuch was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine had a dystocia and collapsed, and the servant is about to send medicine to decoct."

The emperor fell to the ground with black eyes.

Qingze was speechless, why is this emperor so strange in his dreams, he is not suitable for preaching, let's go first!

On the third night, Qing Ze went to the palace again, this time the emperor didn't sleep.

The emperor was looking at the sky, and said to the left and right: "How many people miss my throne, but unfortunately it still belongs to me. How many of those people who miss it have become innocent souls, and they may haunt me every day."

The emperor sighed for a while and then said harshly: "I don't regret it!!! Even if they come to claim their lives, I don't regret killing them in the first place." After saying that, the emperor coughed and the chief eunuch with eyesight stepped forward to add clothes for the emperor : "Your Majesty, it's windy here, go back!"

Qing Ze quietly looked at the emperor, he suddenly knew how to preach.

People think every day and dream at night.No one knows whether the dream is true or not, but the fear is indeed my own fear.

This emperor is afraid of the wronged soul taking his life, even though he said he was so fearless, he was actually afraid of it!

If there is fear, it will inevitably become a dream at night.

Sure enough, Qingze saw the emperor yelling in his sleep: "Help!" The emperor's limbs twitched, probably frightened to the extreme.

Seeing this opportunity, Qingze immediately fell into a dream, and saw that the emperor was surrounded by a group of mutilated ghosts, demanding his life: "Emperor dog, return the child in my stomach!" "My eyes Give me back my eyes"

The emperor didn't have the original majesty at this time, he shrank into a ball and trembled: "Don't look for me, don't look for me." Qingze saw that the time had come to reveal his real body, a golden Buddha body appeared, Qingze Glaring at the evil ghosts in the dream: "Don't retreat!" The evil ghosts screamed and disappeared in the Buddha's light emitted by Qingze.

The emperor was dumbfounded at this time, what is this? ?

Qing Ze smiled lightly: "Emperor of the world, the insomnia at night is all because of the evil you committed, and now the evil is all over your body, and the pain is even greater."

The emperor was frightened and hurriedly rolled and crawled to the feet of Qingze Jinshen: "I implore the gods to help me!"

Qingze shook his head when he heard the words: "Namo Amitabha!"

After waking up from the dream, the emperor shouted at the eunuchs: "Come here! Call the left and right prime ministers."

The emperor told the prime ministers about the dream, but ignored the fact that he was so scared that he shrank into a ball. After hearing this, the two prime ministers didn't know what the golden god was.

But they promised the emperor that they would give the answer within 3 days. After returning to the mansion, the two prime ministers summoned their subordinates to ask questions.

Finally someone said that this golden god is a Buddha! !

Then, the emperor began to believe in Buddhism and begged to sleep peacefully every day. Due to the emperor's effect, the courtiers below learned and began to make offerings to Buddha statues.

The Avalokitesvara statue of Qingze also began to become popular.

However, the first Avalokitesvara statue was only used for saving suffering and suffering. People worshiped Qingze only for peace, just like other fairy statues and Buddha statues.

This business must be separated.

Qing Ze thought so

One day, Qingze was playing by the river and found many fishermen fishing. He changed back to his original appearance as a teenager and went to watch. He saw the fishermen disemboweling pregnant female fish and taking out the eggs from their bodies.

Qingze couldn't bear it, it's fine to kill the fish, why bother to kill these pregnant female fish.It shouldn't be like this for the sake of having fish for your offspring!

Qing Ze stepped forward to stop: "Several uncles, can you release these pregnant female fish?"

The fisherman was impatient: "Where is the child! Go away."

Qingze insisted: "Look! The female fish dies before giving birth to the young fish, then they will become extinct. If you do this every day, you will wipe out all the fish roe and grandchildren in this lake. Your descendants what to eat?"

The fishermen were noncommittal when they heard the words: "This lake is so big, even if we drill it for hundreds of years, we won't be able to clean it up, you little brat, what do you know!"

Seeing that they were unwilling to release the fish, Qing Ze asked, "How do you release the fish?"

The fishermen laughed: "Give us the money, and you can release the fish as you like."

Qingze is silent, he has no shortage of food and drink, and he doesn't need money at all, where is the money!Besides, changing money to them can only relieve the siege for a while, and they will do more mischief because of it.

I also blame myself for being too soft-hearted, especially after I became a Bodhisattva, I often pretended to save the suffering.But if he died without saving the dog, he would not be able to become a Bodhisattva.

Seeing Qingze standing there in a daze, the fishermen knew that he had no money, so they and a few brothers speeded up the fish cutting.

Qing Ze shouted to stop: "Although I have no money, I still hope that you will do good deeds."

The fishermen were amused by him again, and a young fisherman deliberately made things difficult for Qing Ze: "If you don't have money, you can fill this thing with water and show it to us. We won't kill the fish, let them go. .” After speaking, the young fisherman kicked the fish basket beside him.

Qingze laughed secretly when he heard the words, God's will!The image of Guanyin carrying the basket in my later life will come out from here.

Qing Ze smiled immediately: "Okay, but can you be the master?"

The young fisherman looked at the oldest fisherman, and the elder fisherman also nodded: "Brother, if you can't fill this fish basket with water, don't babble around us. Interrupt us from cutting fish."

Qing Ze nodded in agreement: "Okay, it's a deal."

Qing Ze lightly held the fish basket, seeing a small fish inside, he just smiled lightly.

Leading the crowd to the river, Qing Ze bent over to fetch water with a fish basket, while a group of fishermen behind him were about to watch a joke.

But when Qingze finished fetching water and brought it up, the fishermen were shocked.

This fish basket is full of water, and there is still a small fish swimming happily in it.

When the fisherman was about to concede the bet, he looked up and saw that the young son had turned into a graceful woman in white gauze. Her face and appearance, as well as the red mole on her forehead, were the same as the Guanyin Bodhisattva enshrined in her home. The fisherman was not stupid either. I understood immediately.

The fishermen knelt down on the ground one by one: "Nanwu Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva!" Qing Ze nodded lightly: "You wait to raise your head."

The fishermen said in unison: "Don't dare to offend Tianyan."

Qing Ze said: "It doesn't matter."

Only then did the fishermen look up, and Qingze's benevolent eyes made them feel more and more guilty in their hearts.

Qing Ze: "You can't do this thing of killing chickens and taking eggs in the future. Although killing is not allowed in my Buddhism, you still need to live, but don't kill living things. You should live in harmony with nature."

How dare the fishermen not listen: "We will bear in mind the teachings of the Bodhisattva!" A cloud rose under Qingze's feet, supporting him to the sky.

Among the fishermen there was a man who was good at painting. Since then, the statue of Avalokitesvara in Qingze Fish Basket has been erected in this small village.