Chapter 151: I Will Not Become a Buddha Until Hell Is Empty——
Ksitigarbha put his hands together in front of his chest, lowered his head and stared at the scenes in the small hell worlds in the distance.
"Hell..."
Ksitigarbha closed his eyes and whispered softly.
Just by saying these two words, the scenes he had seen before appeared in Ksitigarbha's mind.
Hou Tu, who opened up the reincarnation of the underworld, was right.
The heavenly way was right to run the karma of sin.
The underworld was right.
The six reincarnations were right.
Hell was also wrong.
Then who was wrong?
Of course, those creatures who committed sins and were tainted with karma were wrong.
If they were wrong, they would naturally be punished.
But...
"It shouldn't be like this... It shouldn't be like this..."
Ksitigarbha stared at the small underworld world in the distance, and walked towards it step by step. For the first time...
Since he stepped into the underworld, Ksitigarbha's feet deviated from the direction for the first time.
Although he was still walking step by step, at this time, Ksitigarbha's face was no longer calm as before.
Dizang did not walk towards the six reincarnations firmly, but walked towards the hell in the distance step by step.
When Dizang stepped out of the Yellow Spring Ancient Road and stepped into the fiery red field of red spider lilies that looked like blood.
For the first time, no white lotus grew under Dizang's feet.
But Dizang did not care at all.
The magic power under his feet lifted him up, and he did not step on the red spider lilies, and walked towards hell step by step.
Came to the edge of hell.
Dizang touched hell with one hand, feeling the wailing of endless ghosts in it, and a trace of sadness appeared in his eyes.
"It shouldn't be like this... sins and karma should not be washed away in this way..."
Dizang put his hands together.
"Then you say... how should these sins and karma be washed away?"
Suddenly, Pingxin's figure appeared behind Dizang and asked softly.
"Repent..."
Dizang did not care about Pingxin who appeared behind him, but looked at the area in front of him and answered his question seriously.
"Fazi confesses his sins in his heart and atones for the sins he has committed..."
"Confess? Atonement?"
Pingxin paused, then whispered: "If you can do it, then try it!"
After the words fell.
Pingxin's figure disappeared.
And Ksitigarbha, also sat cross-legged in this field of red spider lilies, and began to recite scriptures.
The scriptures Ksitigarbha recited were not some mysterious Taoist scriptures.
There were no great magical powers in them, but just... simple scriptures transformed from small stories.
These small stories are all personal experiences of Ksitigarbha.
There was the experience of seeing his master when he was young, envying the master's golden body and asking how to get the same golden body.
There was the experience of how he, as the king of a small country, governed the country and benefited sentient beings before he practiced.
There was also the experience of receiving a family's favor when he first practiced, and making a wish for them.
The other party hoped that his deceased mother would not suffer for disrespecting the Three Jewels, and so on.
The scriptures transformed from the stories easily passed through the small world of hell and were transmitted to the ears of many evil ghosts who were being punished in the area.
The ghosts cried and wailed for a while, and then wailed even more miserably, and some souls who were being punished even started to curse.
After all...
They were being punished, but there was a Taoist telling stories beside them.
They were all about their own happy and carefree experiences.
No one could stand this.
But...
Soon, the curses of the evil ghosts disappeared.
Because...
The story in Ksitigarbha's mouth was finished, but the voice did not stop, but...
"I wish that in the future, all sentient beings in the six realms, all sentient beings who are suffering, I will make them become Buddhas, liberate them, and ultimately liberate them."
"I will not become a Buddha until hell is empty! I will not attain Bodhi until all sentient beings are saved!"
Sitting cross-legged in the field of red spider lilies, hundreds of thousands of billions of great clouds of light appeared around Ksitigarbha, spanning billions of miles and covering the boundless hell.
The face of Ksitigarbha appeared in hell, in front of all the suffering ghosts.
That face seemed to contain endless compassion, making all the evil ghosts and fierce ghosts who saw the face of Ksitigarbha begin to repent their sins in their hearts.
But...
People's hearts change, and so do ghosts.
At this time, how many of the fierce ghosts and evil ghosts who repented in their hearts were repenting from the heart.
However, at this moment, under Ksitigarbha, a strange beast quietly emerged, with a tiger head, a single horn, dog ears, a dragon body, a lion tail, a unicorn foot... and other strange beasts.
The moment the strange beast appeared, the name of the strange beast and its magical powers appeared in the hearts of countless creatures in hell.
Listen carefully!
Use hearing to distinguish all things, and listen to people's hearts!
"All beings in hell who awaken and repent can enter the six reincarnations, and all sins will be borne by this seat."
Ksitigarbha's voice rang in the ears of all beings in hell.
Then...
Hell boiled.
"I repent... I am guilty..."
"I also repent..."
Even if the punishment in hell does not stop, it still cannot stop the excited howling of the endless evil ghosts.
But, it is useless!
The divine beast listens carefully and listens to people's hearts, and it is not just a joke.
Among the trillions of evil ghosts, only a very small number of those who sincerely repent are led by golden lights and sent to the road to the underworld.
And just as Ksitigarbha said.
Those one after another were led onto the road to hell, heading towards the six paths of reincarnation, and all the sins and karma that had not been washed away ended up in Ksitigarbha's body.
"Is it worth it?"
At some point, the incarnation of Heixin appeared behind Jizo again and asked softly.
"worth!"
Ksitigarbha still did not turn around and said firmly.
He didn't even know that the person who asked him twice was the real ruler of the underworld, Empress Pingxin.
Looking at the determined Jizo, even Ping Xin couldn't help but remain silent at this time. This was the first time in her life that she had seen such a big Luo.
good.
When Ksitigarbha realized his original intention and made a great vow with Hell, Ksitigarbha's realm broke through to Daluo.
Looking at Ksitigarbha, Ping Xin sighed quietly, and just as he appeared silently, he disappeared silently.
…
Between reincarnations.
"Is it necessary?"
Ao Changsheng looked at Ping Xin and suddenly asked.
"Is it necessary?" Pingxin looked at Ao Changsheng and asked with a confused look on his face.
"He..." Ao Changsheng pointed to Ksitigarbha in the circular light mirror and asked softly: "If you want to prevent the underworld from being intervened by the West, the best way is to expel Ksitigarbha."
"Rather than deliberately leading him down this path."
"Fellow Taoist Changsheng, what do you think of this Ksitigarbha?" Pingxin did not answer Ao Changsheng directly, but asked rhetorically again.
"It's not bad! It's possible to achieve enlightenment, but I don't know how long it will take to make this great wish." Ao Changsheng said softly.
"That's right. How could a monk with the appearance of enlightenment be returned to the Western religion so easily!" A smile suddenly appeared on Ping Xin's face.
"You can't recruit him."
Ao Changsheng said.
Although Ksitigarbha's cultivation level is only at the level of Daluo, those who can attain enlightenment must have extremely firm minds and wills.
Now that Ksitigarbha has seen his own path to enlightenment, it is definitely impossible to be sentenced to the Western religion and join the lineage of the underworld.
"It's not certain whether he will be recruited or not... Isn't he just working for me, for my underworld now?" Ping Xin said with a smile.
Ao Changsheng looked at Ksitigarbha who was sitting cross-legged in the center of hell, preaching about Buddha and teaching scriptures, and saving evil ghosts.
It seems...are you really working for the underworld?
Although, this job was of little use originally, it just speeded up the emergence of evil spirits in hell.
"It's good that fellow Taoist masters are aware of it!" Ao Changsheng shook his head and said, "However, fellow Taoist disciples should be more careful with the methods of Western teachings."
"Yes! I will." Ping Xin also smiled and nodded.
Even though Ao Changsheng said this, he even responded calmly.
But in fact, in Ao Changsheng's heart, he really didn't think that Pingxin needed to be wary of this Ksitigarbha, or in other words, be wary of the Western religion behind this Ksitigarbha.
After all, Ao Changsheng also knew that Ping Xin had long stopped taking the power of the underworld too seriously.
This can be seen from the fact that Ping Xin dispersed the power of the underworld to heaven and sent it to Ao Changsheng several times before.
Although the underworld and the six realms of reincarnation are very important to all sentient beings in the wild, and even to a few of the saints.
After all, Hou Tu sacrificed his life and transformed into reincarnation to become a saint.
But actually.
Reincarnation is not the six paths of reincarnation.
It is the reincarnation world that controls the reincarnation of the entire prehistoric world.
And it is absolutely impossible for anyone to take away the power of the reincarnation world.
Even if all the saints join forces, it is impossible to wrest the slightest bit of reincarnation power from Ao Changsheng, Ping Xin, and Tiandao Hongjun.
As for the underworld and the six paths of reincarnation...
Ping Xin has never noticed it.
Regardless of Western religions and conspiracies, for Ping Xin, all he needs to do is watch quietly, or go up and play with him when he gets interested.
"In this case, the poor Taoist will take his leave."
The purpose of reincarnation this time has been achieved, and he also saw a good show. As a house dragon, Ao Changsheng is also ready to leave.
"Fellow Taoist, walk slowly."
Ping Xin bowed slightly.
As the supporter of this world of reincarnation, Pingxin could not leave this place of reincarnation, so she naturally had no intention of sending Ao Changsheng away.
Of course, there is no need to send it.
Ao Changsheng casually tore out a void passage leading directly to the dojo. He stepped out and returned directly to the dojo.
This incarnation immediately dissipated.
Ao Changsheng, who was in seclusion, opened his eyes, and there was a glimmer of light in his eyes.
"Ksitigarbha...I swear I won't become a Buddha until hell is empty..."
Ao Changsheng murmured.
I had never paid much attention to Western religion in the past, and this was the first time Ao Changsheng knew about it.
It turns out that this Buddha did not appear after Lao Tzu transformed Hu into a Buddha after becoming a god. Instead, today's Western religion has the realm of Buddha's fruition.
"It's a pity that Ksitigarbha has such great ambitions. Even if he achieves enlightenment, he may not be able to become a Buddha."
Ao Changsheng shook his head.
This sometimes reflects the wisdom of speaking, or making great aspirations.
For example, Zhunti Jieyin created this method of ambition and used it before. He even issued forty-eight ambitions that were not inferior to those of Ksitigarbha.
But people’s ambitions.
The first sentence at the beginning is all about, what if I become a Buddha?
Become a Buddha first, then talk about great aspirations.
For people like Ksitigarbha, who first make great aspirations and vow not to become a Buddha until they are fulfilled, there is basically no possibility of becoming a Buddha in this life.
certainly.
There is no conflict between becoming a Buddha and practicing spiritual practice.
The Buddha of the Western religion today is a spiritual realm, the so-called awakened one, not a cultivation.
However, if the spiritual realm is not perfect, even if he attains enlightenment in the future, there will still be a big flaw.
"It depends on whether Ksitigarbha... Bodhisattva can be completely enlightened."
Ao Changsheng whispered to himself in his heart, and then stopped thinking about it.
He and Ksitigarbha have never even met, but he has simply heard of and seen the influence of the other party.
There is only a little conflict between him and the Western religion.
(Zunti: "...")
As for Buddhism.
Although Ao Changsheng did not like some monks in his previous life, he did not have much resentment towards Buddhism.
Naturally, he did not need to bother to calculate anything.
With his eyes closed, he prepared to retreat again to prepare for cultivation.
At this time.
Outside the Nine Provinces barrier of the human race.
A Taoist came here quietly.
This Taoist was the Xuandu Master who set out from Shouyang Mountain in the ancestral land of the human race.