Chapter 831 Tathagata: This is Tang Sanzang? What did I miss?
Sun Wukong used the words given by Tathagata Buddha:
"Master, have you forgotten? You were crossing the river before and you suddenly fell off the boat."
"It's our third junior brother, ah, by the way, I forgot to mention that while you were falling asleep, we gained an additional junior brother Sha,"
"Come on, Lao Sha, come over and introduce yourself to Master."
Sha Wujing came over carrying a burden and respectfully offered Tang Sanzang the master-disciple ceremony.
"Master, please bow to me, my disciple!"
Tang Sanzang was stunned, his head full of questions,
"In other words, I fell into the river? Was he fished out? And then when I was asleep, he became my apprentice?"
"In this river?"
Zhu Bajie grinned and pointed at the Liusha River:
"Yes, in this river."
Tang Sanzang twitched the corner of his mouth,
"Bajie, don't play homophonic jokes with your teacher, it's not reasonable at all!"
Zhu Bajie waved his hand, pointed at the sky and whispered:
"Master, this is a long story."
"Anyway, we now have this Junior Brother Sha."
Tang Sanzang looked wary,
"However, my teacher's team of scripture collectors are all people who are dedicated to the Buddha, so we can't mix in people with other thoughts."
Sha Wujing quickly came over, knelt down on one knee, and said respectfully:
"Master, please rest assured, I am the general who rolls the curtains and comes to earth. Because I have sinned in heaven, I fell into this river and forgot my shape and acted strangely.
However, I was persuaded by Xitian, and I am willing to return to Master and go to Xitian. Master, please rest assured..."
Sha Wujing could only follow the explanation given before.
However, Tang Sanzang took two steps back, his face full of wariness.
"Oh, it was enlightened by Xitian..."
Tang Sanzang's little eyes were as alert as he wanted to be.
The Tathagata Buddha looking up from the sky, his face as black as ink, cursed secretly in his heart,
"It's so treasonous. Xitian is your hometown. Aren't you happy that you have an apprentice to shoulder the burden for you?!"
When Sha Wujing saw that Tang Sanzang was now wary, he realized it instantly and hurriedly said:
"Master, don't worry. I am also a person who devotes myself to the Buddha. I was awakened by His Majesty the God of Hell yesterday, and now I have been given the Dharma name, called Sha Wujing."
Tang Sanzang's brows raised on the spot, and suddenly he lost his vigilance and became filled with joy.
"Okay, it turns out it was the God of Hell who gave me enlightenment, so it'll be fine. From now on, my good disciple, I will go to the West with me to worship Buddha and learn scriptures!"
Tathagata Buddha: "..."
You evildoer!
Is it such a double standard?
Xitian enlightenment, no!
The God of Hell enlightens you, okay!
Besides, shouldn’t the name Sha Wujing be bestowed by a Bodhisattva? Has he been teased again?
Because of Chu Hao's name, Tang Sanzang immediately accepted what happened at Liusha River.
Although Tang Sanzang vaguely felt that this kind of thing was a bit familiar, a bit like the last time he enlightened Sun Wukong, a small section of his memory became blank.
But Tang Sanzang didn't hesitate too much.
Tang Sanzang said to Sha Wujing:
"Sha Wujing, the God of Hell gave me this name. I think it has a profound meaning. Don't let the God of Hell down."
Sha Wujing was respectful and his eyes were full of admiration.
"Don't worry, Master, I will definitely live up to the will of the Prison God!"
Sha Wujing glanced at the two burdens he was carrying, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.
Don't kill all the evildoers!
I will not let go of any evil, no matter who it is, I will do my best to eliminate all evil!
Sha Wujing knows his responsibilities very well.
Tang Sanzang now woke up and suddenly said:
"What to do next?"
When these words came out, the scene suddenly fell into dead silence.
Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie looked at Tang Sanzang in confusion,
Sun Wukong scratched his head and said, "You are the master, you have the final say."
Zhu Bajie also had a serious look on his face, "Master, aren't you going to travel to the west? Shouldn't you be moving forward?"
Tang Sanzang showed resistance.
"Journey to the West is a journey to the West, but without the protection of the God of Hell now, how difficult do you think it will be for us in the future?"
"Do you think those beasts in Xitian will make things easier for us? I always feel that the reason why I fell into the Liusha River this time is because of Xitian's secret plot."
"Now that the God of Hell is not around, we are in danger of taking another step. It's better to, well, call it a day."
Sun Wukong looked solemn,
"It seems so."
Zhu Bajie nodded thoughtfully: "That's the truth."
Sha Wujing stroked his scruffy beard,
"Do you need to take a vacation on the first day of your journey to the west? But it's not bad."
"But since this is my territory, I'll go down and catch some seafood... Oh no, we are monks now."
Tang Sanzang frowned,
"Monks can't eat seafood? Where did your Dharma come from!"
"Forget it, today I have to give you some advanced Buddhist knowledge. If you continue to follow those old and rigid Buddhist teachings, you will never be able to achieve enlightenment!"
"Go and bring up the wine and meat from your cave for me. Today's task is to give you some new Buddhist teachings!"
Sha Wujing's eyes lit up,
"Okay, right away!"
Sha Wujing's concept of Buddhism was still in the cognition of being a curtain general. Now when he heard that Tang Sanzang wanted to give him a new Dharma, he
Sha Wujing: If you want to talk about this, I won’t be sleepy!
Then, on the first day of Journey to the West, the masters and disciples gathered together and started drinking, eating meat, bragging, catching fish and asking for leave to lecture on Buddhism!
The Buddhist teachings described by Tang Sanzang are like thunder in the ears of Tathagata Buddha!
Tathagata Buddha was completely stunned on the spot!
"It is better to save thousands of ants than to kill one evil person!"
"The Eight Precepts, the eight major precepts, are used to discipline others!"
"After the wine and meat pass through the intestines, the Buddha sits in the heart! Disciples, eat more, do you feel the Buddha in your stomach?"
"Not yet? Then eat more, feel the Buddha flowing in your body, and then excrete it. Only in this way can you truly implement the true meaning of Buddhism!"
"Actually, in addition to the Buddhas in the Western Heaven, it is said that there is a higher Supreme Buddha. I don't know his name, I only know his title: Prosperity, Democracy, Civilization, Harmony..."
"besides……"
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Buddha Tathagata would never believe that it was Tang Sanzang who was drinking wine and eating meat, and who was talking about killing evil and promoting good!
This completely confused Tathagata Buddha.
Since Tang Sanzang left Chang'an and started his journey to the West, he left all matters concerning the journey to the West to Guanyin Bodhisattva, and he did not pay attention to the healthy psychological growth of his children.
He originally thought that he only needed to protect Journey to the West from external forces and be able to continue moving forward.
Now I didn’t expect that Journey to the West had already started to become extremely outrageous from the inside!
Who is this muscular monk who stands on the table, drinks wine, eats meat, and sings loudly?
Is this still the golden cicada I arranged?
And those disciples, why are their eyes so sharp? They are not the eyes of Buddha at all!
And what’s going on with this Dharma!
Who taught the advanced Buddhism?!
And, most importantly, who knows about prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony... Who made these Buddhas up?!
Tathagata Buddha began to doubt the Buddha's birth.