Chapter 501: Pure Land
"Ding!" The bell of the Buddhist temple rang.
Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji slowly stepped onto the stone steps.
The so-called Borobudur is a group of ancient stone pagodas. It is said that there may have been many of them in the past, but now there are only dozens left. The pagodas are built quite spectacularly, and after repeated repairs, you can still see the vicissitudes of time.
If you just come to see the ancient monuments, it's not bad.
Originally there was no temple here, or there was only a small temple, similar to the pagoda management office. No one knew when this huge temple building was built, magnificent and spectacular.
Now there are armed guards everywhere, making it like a country within a country.
Naturally, there won't be any tourists or other people coming to worship Buddha in this kind of environment and atmosphere. It's quite deserted, which is just right for a young couple to visit.
The two of them strolled up leisurely. As expected, no one stopped them from worshipping Buddha in the name of sincerity. On the contrary, the guards were quite enthusiastic and someone even escorted them up.
This is called faith.
If you worship Buddha, they will respect you.
"It's not bad." Qiu Wuji looked around with interest: "I've never been so deserted in the temple before. It's always very busy with people coming and going."
Chu Ge looked straight ahead: "Good thing, no need to worry about it."
"If those enthusiastic guards knew that you were here just to cause trouble, they would be very sad."
"It's a pity that they are worshipping a fake Buddha." Chu Ge said, "To be honest, if they were worshipping the Great Compassion Buddha, I would support it."
"Isn't this a clay puppet? They are just worshipping an imaginary Buddha. Perhaps it is quite close to Mahābhāra?"
"If it's possible in our country, it's hard to say here, otherwise there wouldn't be a group of people full of hostility." Chu Ge said calmly: "The meaning of Buddhism needs to be interpreted by people after all, it depends on the interpreter."
Qiu Wuji nodded slightly: "That's right. Logically, I can be considered a Taoist, but Yunji Sect cannot be considered a Taoist. It's because I feel irritated when I see the various sects arguing about the meaning of the scriptures and refusing heresy. I simply dissociate myself from it. The Sword Sect is the Sword Sect, and we only care about the sword, not the Tao. Uh... did you write this or did I do it?"
Chu Ge didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This is history. I didn't write it. But you did write it in your autobiography. Of course, it was written by you."
Qiu Wuji pouted: "Humph. So what you mean is that the meaning of their scriptures has been misinterpreted, so the Buddha in their hearts is also a false Buddha?"
"No……"
As they were talking, the two finally walked up the long stone steps and entered the hall.
There is a huge Buddha statue enshrined in the main hall. It has a solemn appearance and eyes that are carved with life. When you look up, it seems as if it is looking down at you.
Chu Ge stepped over the high threshold, stood still and looked up, staring at the Buddha statue for a while. The monks on both sides frowned and said in unstandard Chinese: "A layman comes to worship Buddha, why don't you kneel?"
Chu Ge smiled slightly: "Actually, I go to the temple every day and I will see the Buddha and worship him. It doesn't matter if I worship the Buddha statues here. But if it's like this..."
The monk had an angry look on his face: "Aren't you here to worship Buddha?"
Chu Ge turned to Qiu Wuji and said with a smile: "You asked me just now if it was because their scriptures were interpreted distortedly that the Buddha they worshipped in their hearts was also a false Buddha? I didn't have time to answer."
Qiu Wuji hummed.
Chu Ge laughed: "Now I can answer more clearly. This has nothing to do with the meaning of the sutra. If you say it is a false Buddha, that's because... it is a false Buddha to begin with."
As the words were spoken, the statue of Tathagata, which was obviously just a sculpture, actually showed a hint of anger.
Chu Ge laughed: "You said you were just praying in the name of worshiping Buddha, and taking the opportunity to go to the back to find special problems, but you were so anxious that you actually wanted me to kneel to you... Do you think that if I kneel to you, it means that the Father God will bow down? Are you still dreaming?"
A strange sneer emerged from the depths of his soul: "In this book, you are the Father God. In all the heavens and worlds, do you think you are still the Father God?"
The voice paused for a moment, then suddenly became louder: "How can you be qualified to define a false Buddha in this world?"
“Boom!”
The sound was apparently subtle, but it roared like thunder in the depths of Chu Geqiu Wuji's soul, like a missile hitting the sea of soul and exploding violently.
But they both just smiled slightly, closed their eyes in perfect sync, and then opened them again.
The violent roar slowly became just an echo, and then gradually became silent.
This is not the power of Buddha, it is much weaker.
Obviously, the other party was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji's clones outside the book were so strong. The angry Buddha's eyes showed some surprise.
Chu Ge said calmly: "The concept of Buddha in the heavens is quite interesting. There are Buddhas in the world, Buddhas in books, and Buddhas in other works. The Buddhas in different works have different abilities and temperaments, but they all point to the same concept, so you can make some projections..."
The Buddha did not answer.
"You can't wear it at all, but you can use this concept shared by all the heavens to resonate and convey your will. I have to say, you have some skills." Chu Ge smiled: "But the question is, if you define it by this world, aren't you still a fake Buddha?"
The Buddha statue asked coldly: "Why do you think so?"
"Come on, you are the Buddha created by a novice writer like me who has never even read the Buddhist scriptures. Any writer who is more professional in Buddhism would write something more like Buddha than you, not to mention the thousands of years of accumulation of Buddhism in the Middle Earth and its flourishing development in other countries. If it weren't for the connection with the fate thread of Suzaku, you wouldn't be able to project it. You want to be a real Buddha with this appearance. As your father, I dare not say this."
At this point, Chu Ge paused and sneered: "Anti-God, anti-God, you have never realized one thing... Your upper limit is derived from my upper limit. If I am a waste, so are you!"
"Crack..." The Buddha statue made of pure gold began to develop spider-web-like cracks.
"Tap tap tap..." A group of monks rushed into the hall and surrounded the two people.
"It saves me a lot of effort." Chu Ge looked around and said calmly, "Where's Suzaku? Why hide it?"
The Buddha statue sneered: "The Vermilion Bird has long since transformed into thousands of forms. Even if the meaning of this place is a little stronger, there won't be a Vermilion Bird in form. Are you too self-righteous?"
"Really?" Chu Ge sighed, "But I know Suzaku is here."
"How do you know?"
"Suzaku was extremely dissatisfied with your behavior, but because he wanted to cooperate with you to deal with me, he endured it and didn't turn against you, which made him extremely uncomfortable. So when he saw an outsider raping a woman, he couldn't suppress his anger, rescued the woman, and planned to burn Zhang Xinghu to death. You were worried about causing trouble, so you sealed the Suzaku's intention in the pendant, so that after Zhang Xinghu returned, the Buddha's light seal gradually dissipated, and the Suzaku's intention erupted, causing Zhang Xinghu to die inexplicably in his own home, and then it had nothing to do with you."
The monks around looked at each other.
Who is Zhang Xinghu?
But what Chu Ge said happens frequently and it is not an isolated case.
Was this really Suzaku's expression of dissatisfaction with them?
Chu Ge chuckled: "Do you know why it reacts so strongly to sex? It is a woman, but you have sex in the temple all day long, and it can't stand it. If this is not a fake Buddha, then what is a fake Buddha?"
The world of books.
Almost at the time when Chu Ge stepped into the hall, Chu Tiange in the book traveled all the way and finally arrived at the Western Buddhist Kingdom.
A stone tablet stood at the edge, with four large characters inscribed on it: "Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss."
Chu Tiange looked into the distance and saw celestial maidens dancing in the lotus pond. Buddha and celestial maidens were sitting under the sky and on the ground, practicing together happily.
He silently touched the strange pestle-shaped magical instrument and the newly learned Paradise Sutra collected in his ring, looking constipated.
Is this the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss?
Are you kidding me!
(End of this chapter)
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