Now, if we apply this sentence to the Monkey King, who protected the Buddhist scriptures of Master in the Western Heaven, we can see that the Tathagata Buddha did not destroy the Monkey King, who caused the great disaster from heaven, but only pinned him at the foot of Wuzhishan. To put it simply, it is because the Monkey King, who jumped out of the cracks in the stone, assumed a great responsibility at the beginning of his appointment. I'm afraid that from the time the Monkey King was born in Huaguoshan to the day when he learned his magic and made a scene in Heaven, it was arranged by the Tathagata Buddha. In the course of the Monkey King's life, The Tathagata didn't know that Wukong had worked with Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi.
Furthermore, on the other hand, if the Tathagata directly destroyed the Monkey King in form and spirit at that time, what we saw in The Journey to the West was probably The Journey to the West's follow-up, right? It is precisely because the Tathagata Buddha simply put the Monkey King at the foot of Wuzhishan that it is obviously doomed that the life path after the Monkey King will be dominated. Is Tathagata incapable and unreasonable to execute the Monkey King? These factors are not appropriate at all, and it is even more obvious to look back at the end of the Monkey King's tempering in "The Eighty-one Difficult".
After the Monkey King's success, he was named as an anti-Buddha, and his guilt was extremely deep. But the result of protecting the Tang Priest all the way to the Western Heaven is so beautiful, which shows that all this has long been in the hands of the Tathagata Buddha. To put it simply, the Tathagata Buddha did not execute the Monkey King because the Monkey King was given a mission from the moment he left Lingshi. ...
A few indulgences and reminders, the monkey's mission is not simple, and it is not as good as the second generation of rich second generation officials in the celestial world. The Monkey King is just a child jumping out of a crack in the stone. From the moment he came into this world, he was the only one. The closest relationship with the Monkey King can be called family. I'm afraid there are only those monkeys and grandchildren in Huaguo Mountain. But those monkeys are not the Monkey King's backers. In turn, they protected Guo Huashan, monkeys and grandchildren, which made the Monkey King their patron. Because from birth, he was destined to rely on himself for everything, because the Monkey King had no parents to support him.
This monkey with extraordinary fate, because he is bent on acquiring skills, can protect Guo Huashan and protect monkeys and grandchildren when he comes back from school. Eager to learn, the Monkey King soon found Mr. Xi Niu Hezhou under the guidance of passers-by, and was fortunate to be worshipped by Bodhi's founder. After all, the Monkey King's life is predestined. Under the careful instruction of Bodhi, the Monkey King quickly gained a great deal of magical power. Compared with other disciples, the Monkey King has no background, but the Bodhi ancestor saw the talent of monkeys.
After a class, the Monkey King really learned the skill of making trouble in Heaven, and was soon kicked out of his old school by Bodhi. On the occasion of parting, Bodhi's father warned the Monkey King that "no matter what difficulties or people he meets in the future, he must never reveal a word about him to the outside world". We all know what happened afterwards. No matter what difficulties the Monkey King encountered or who was well-connected, he never named Master. Because in the Monkey King's mind, on the one hand, Bodhi is his teacher, on the other hand, his background is unfathomable. Since the Monkey King made a promise to Bodhi, he dare not break his word easily.
The Monkey King also had several fights with Heaven. In fact, at that time, the Jade Emperor could directly turn to Buddha Tathagata for help, but in the face of repeated provocations by the Monkey King, the Jade Emperor finally chose the means of wooing him. Although The Journey to the West's plot is finished, it is difficult for people in heaven to deal with the Monkey King. How can the Jade Emperor have no way to deal with this monkey? In addition, Taishang Laojun, as one of the Sanqing, did not lose his temper in the face of the monkey's behavior of disturbing the palace and stealing Dan.
Finally, the Jade Emperor invited the Tathagata Buddha. In fact, at that time, the Monkey King was already burdened with the sin of not living, and all of them were capital crimes. But the Tathagata Buddha didn't destroy the Monkey King's form and spirit, just put it at the foot of Wuzhishan. In the process of fighting against the law, Tathagata repeatedly advised monkeys to be good. Therefore, if we carefully taste from these multiple dimensions, we have already predicted the ending of "this hedgehog shoulders an unusual mission" ...
The Buddha's good hope for the monkey is as the saying goes: "The prodigal son will never change his gold."
I'm afraid the Tathagata Buddha feels the same way about the Monkey King. Facing hedgehog's audacity and impenitence, Tathagata finally chose to give him a chance to repent. The reason why the Tathagata Buddha chose to let him go back to the shore has a lot to do with the position of the Tathagata. Because Buddhist thought pays attention to the saying that "it is good to go back to the shore" and "saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda" ...
The Monkey King's behavior of causing havoc in Heaven was indeed wrong. the Monkey King's several sins together were enough to make him die several times, but even in the face of such a sinful monkey, Tathagata chose redemption and enlightenment. Five hundred years after the Tathagata Buddha put the Monkey King at the foot of Wuzhishan Mountain, even though the Monkey King's stubborn nature was not completely transformed, the Monkey King did repent five hundred years later. In the eighth introduction of The Journey to the West's original work, facing the arrival of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the Monkey King deeply said:
"I have already regretted it. I hope that compassion will point the way and I am willing to practice. "
So let's review the way the Tathagata Buddha put the Monkey King at the foot of Wuzhishan Mountain. The Buddha's behavior is undoubtedly the cleverest. The act of putting the Monkey King under Wuzhishan is indeed the Monkey King's punishment for everyone in heaven, and this pressure is five hundred years. "It is better to torture the hedgehog for hundreds of years than to let him die happily." For the Tathagata, the 500 years spent under Wuzhishan is not so much a punishment as a time for the Monkey King to think about his life.
Liang Lang said that we will inevitably make some evil deeds in the course of life, but just like the Monkey King mentioned in the article, as long as our mistakes are not too extreme, we can all choose to turn over a new leaf. In the process of practice, the Monkey King was inevitably interfered by other secular and evil spirits. The reason why he didn't want to accept the fetters of the rules, and finally committed the heinous crime of causing havoc in heaven, has a lot to do with his inner thoughts!
For the Monkey King, being trapped under Wuzhishan for 500 years is only the first stage of his repentance and reform, and the journey to the West in the next 14 years, especially the eighty-one difficulty on the road to the West, is the key stage for the Monkey King to truly transform and think about life. Fortunately, Tathagata Buddha didn't admit his mistake. After the eighty-one difficulty, at the moment when he was named as a defeated Buddha, the spell tightly wrapped around the Monkey King disappeared instantly, and the Monkey King's mental journey came to an end. ...