In "The Legend of Wukong", Jin Chanzi and Tathagata bet on whether the gods can really control the fate of the world. If Jin Chanzi wins, the gods and Buddhas will no longer appear in the world. If Jin Chanzi loses, he will abandon his Taoism, fall into reincarnation again, and become an ordinary person. The result of the bet was that Jin Chanzi failed to prove that the gods could not control the fate of the world. He lost the bet and Tathagata won.
But did Tathagata really win?
01 ?Sun Wukong
Sun Wukong jumped out of the stone. His dream has always been to control his own destiny, to be carefree and not bound by gods and Buddhas. For this dream, he went overseas to study with a teacher and learned the seventy-two changes. He thought he would never have to be afraid again, but he was wrong. His fate was still in the hands of the gods. So he smashed the underworld, canceled the book of life and death, and led the demon clan to fight against the heaven.
The century-old war between gods and demons has turned the Huaguo Mountain, where birds and flowers were once fragrant, into a scorched earth without any grass. The brothers who once fought side by side will never be able to survive, and those who are alive will be worse than dead. Sun Wukong didn't want to end up miserable, so he accepted the reward from heaven and became a god. But after becoming an immortal, he was still a demon in the eyes of the gods. He finally broke out when all the gods except him were invited to the Queen Mother's peach banquet. He made a big fuss in the heavenly palace and turned the heavenly world upside down with a golden hoop. But in the end he was defeated and was pinned under the Five Elements Mountain by Tathagata for five hundred years.
Five hundred years later, Sun Wukong is still alive, but he has lost his memory. He doesn't remember everything that happened five hundred years ago. He only remembers that he was imprisoned at the foot of Wuyue Mountain for five hundred years for disrespecting the Emperor of Heaven. Only by wearing a golden hoop and following Monk Tang to the West to obtain scriptures, slay demons and accumulate enough merits can he cancel his previous sins. , get freedom.
He worked hard for this goal, but Tang Monk died, beaten to death by a "fake Wukong" who looked exactly like him. The "fake Wukong" not only killed Tang Monk, but also injured Pluto, killed the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and committed a heinous crime. He was unable to defend himself, and after a fierce battle with the heavenly soldiers and generals, he was finally captured.
At this time, "Fake Wukong" appeared in front of him, and he started fighting with "Fake Wukong" full of anger. During the fight, he saw the scene when "Fake Wukong" was apprenticed to his master. The "fake Wukong" was still childish but spoke eloquently, "I had a dream. I thought that when I flew up, the day would also get out of the way; when I entered the sea, the water would also divide into two sides, and the immortals and gods would call me brother when they saw me. Carefree, there is nothing in the world to restrain me, there is no one to control me, there is no place that I cannot reach, there is no more..."
"I want the world to have no one to fight against. An invincible thing."
Sun Wukong returned to heaven and suddenly felt very tired. He saw the dream of his youth, but felt powerless against it. However, he cannot admit defeat, he must fight. When Tathagata pressed the "fake Wukong" under the Five Elements Mountain, he raised the golden cudgel without hesitation and beat the "fake Wukong" to death. At this moment, he suddenly remembered everything, five hundred years ago. It turns out that the "fake Wukong" is his past self. It turns out that Journey to the West is just a scam.
"No one can defeat Sun Wukong. The only one who can defeat Sun Wukong is himself."
Sun Wukong finally died as the gods wished, but whether it was five hundred years ago or Five hundred years later, he has been pursuing his dream and has never given up. Five hundred years ago, he used a golden hoop to turn the heaven upside down and make the gods tremble; five hundred years later, he would rather die than admit defeat. Before his death, he was still declaring war on Tathagata.
Tathagata can set up the trap of Journey to the West to make Sun Wukong kill himself, but he can never control his spirit of never giving up for his dream. This spirit can never be beaten to death.
Is Sun Wukong really dead? No, as long as he doesn't admit defeat, he will live forever!
02 ?Tang Seng
Tang Seng was originally Jin Chanzi, the second disciple of Tathagata. According to current terms, he was a standard tall, rich and handsome man with a bright future. But he could obviously rely on his background, but he had to rely on his talent. He questioned the Tathagata's Hinayana Buddhism and bet with the Tathagata. If he lost, he would give up his path and become an ordinary person.
Before the gambling, Jin Chanzi handed the Tripitaka to Guanyin, which contained the Mahayana teachings that he had thought about for thousands of years, hoping that she would pass it on to the world regardless of his victory or defeat.
"Jin Chanzi," Tathagata said, "you have finally achieved such merit, why do you want to take the risk of walking on the road to the West again?"
Jin Chanzi turned around and laughed and asked: " Where is the West? ”
“My place is the West.”
“That’s right,” Jin Chanzi said, “My place is the West.”
He is in the Western Heaven, in a position that everyone admires, but he fights with Tathagata for the true meaning. He wants to prove that not everything in this world is under the control of the gods, and not only the Western Heaven is under the control of the gods. Genius is the ultimate destination. He wants to spread new teachings to the world, find a new way, and help thousands of people who cannot control their own destiny escape from suffering and gain new life.
But he is destined not to win this bet, because Journey to the West is just a scam. When Sun Wukong killed his past self, he lost. But so what if you lose, everything is just the beginning!
Jin Chanzi became the young monk Xuanzang, but he did not forget his dream. He discussed the Dharma with Zen Master Tianyang and became famous in the first battle. Master Faming wanted to teach him what he had learned all his life, but he refused. He said, "I want this sky, and I can't cover my eyes anymore, and I want this earth, and I can't bury it anymore." In my heart, I want all living beings to understand my intention, and I want all Buddhas to disappear into thin air!"
He left Jinshan Temple and began his long journey.
In fact, why Tathagata and Jin Chanzi won the bet out of selfish motives? As he watched his disciples become better and better day by day, even overturning his own views and putting forward more correct theories, Tathagata panicked. So, he took advantage of the gambling opportunity to drive Jin Chanzi into the mortal world. But, so what? Even though Jin Chanzi became a mortal, he still kept his original dream in mind and worked hard to find a way to save the world from pain and suffering. Who can control one day in the future, whether he will really find such a path? However, I believe he will find it.
03 ?Zhu Bajie
Zhu Bajie was originally Marshal Tianpeng, the patron saint of Tianhe. He was tall and heroic, with wings growing on his back. He fell in love with the moon goddess Ah Yue and silently guarded her for 800,000 years. For these eight hundred thousand years, he had been quietly watching her select among countless dust particles the silver dust that only existed in five hundred billion dust particles, and felt very happy. Finally, she carefully selected billions and billions of silver dust and raised them into the sky. Countless flying silver elves gathered in the sky to form a bright and shining Milky Way. Under this incredibly beautiful scene, they fell in love.
However, the good times did not last long. When Ah Yue was punished for interceding for A Yao at the Queen Mother's Peach Banquet and angered the Queen Mother, Tianpeng stood up and took her away from the banquet. However, this move made the Queen Mother furious. Cruelly, she knocked down the canopy and turned into an ugly pig.
Before being knocked down to the mortal world, Tianpeng and Ah Yue met for the last time. Ah Yue tearfully stuffed a red pill into his mouth. As long as he swallowed it, he could forget it. everything.
However, he would rather be a pig with painful memories than forget the love between him and Ah Yue. So, the first thing he did when he landed in the pigsty was spitting out the elixir. On the way westward, his only happy moment was looking at the moon in the sky at night, as if when he saw the moon, he saw Ah Yue.
When the flames filled the entire sky five hundred years later, Zhu Bajie returned to the sky and found Ah Yue, but he did not dare to go see her. How could an ugly pig be worthy of the goddess in his mind? But when the flames were about to engulf Ah Yue, he couldn't help but rush over and use his body to block the flames for her. Finally Ah Yue recognized him and hugged him tightly from behind. In the end, the two died happily.
The Queen Mother beat the canopy into the mortal world and turned him into an ugly pig, just to deprive him of the most precious love in his heart. However, even if he turns into a pig, he is still guarding the beautiful memories in his heart; even if he turns into a pig, she has been waiting for him to come home. Five hundred years later, when fire spread across the sky, he returned home and she recognized him.
Although they died in the sea of ????fire in the end, they were together forever. They lost their lives, but their love lasted forever!
04 ?Sha Wujing
Sha Wujing was originally the curtain general in heaven. Because Sun Wukong broke the Queen Mother’s precious glass lamp when he made a fuss in the Heavenly Palace, the Queen Mother could not punish her. Sun Wukong punished him to go to the Liusha River to become a goblin. Later, he followed Monk Tang to go west to learn Buddhist scriptures. For five hundred years, he has been looking for the fragments of the glass lamp every day, hoping to repair the glass lamp and return to heaven. When he finally found the last fragment five hundred years later and held the repaired glass lamp tremblingly in front of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother smashed it to pieces without caring.
When he saw the glass lamp that had taken five hundred years to repair fall into pieces in front of him, he finally broke out. He yelled hysterically at the gods and threatened to kill them. However, his roar was just a joke in the eyes of the gods.
But he resisted in the end. For a person who never thought about resisting and even had to compromise, what kind of desperate situation was he forced into before he couldn't bear to explode! Even though his resistance was powerless, this resistance was completely beyond the expectations of the gods. Who would have thought that a person as humble as dust would resist?
05 ? Tathagata loses
Tathagata seems to have everything under his control, Sun Wukong will kill himself, Tang Seng will not be able to find a way, Zhu Bajie cannot be with Ah Yue Together again, Sha Monk's five hundred years are a joke, but he can control the direction of the story, but he cannot control people's hearts and cannot guess the ending.
Did Tathagata really win? No, he lost completely!