Chapter 24 The Secret of Buddha Spirit
There is another world?
Is there anything else in this world that can deserve a name like the Buddha spirit besides the Buddha spirit that we think of?
As Chunting finished his words, he kept silent again. He slowly walked to the wall, and then carefully touched the face in the pattern on the wall with his hands, as if he wanted to feel something from it.
After a careful feeling, Chunting seemed to have really sensed something from this pattern. As he withdrew his hands, he turned around, looked at the earnest eyes in our eyes, and slowly explained to us the truth of the so-called Buddha spirit.
"I know, when you mention the word Buddha spirit, what you think in your heart is the soul left behind after the legendary Buddha Nirvana. However, the Buddha spirit I just mentioned is not such an illusory thing. Strictly speaking, the Buddha spirit I mentioned should actually be considered a product made by man."
Seeing our confused expression, Chunting smiled slightly. At this moment, he looked like a wise elder, and he slowly increased his knowledge for us.
It turns out that the Buddha spirit in Chunting’s mouth is indeed not the real Buddha’s soul, but is actually just a synonym.
As we all know, although Buddhism is not a local religion in China, there have been many people who believe in it since ancient times. Therefore, there are many temples in various parts of China. Whether it is true belief or seeking peace of mind, people often go to the temple to pray to the Buddha when they have something to do, so most of them are incense.
There is no doubt that since temples were built to worship Buddha, there must be statues of Buddha in every temple.
It is precisely because of these Buddha statues used for worship that the Buddha spirit mentioned in Chunting was born.
Whether it is a gold statue, a bronze statue, a stone statue or a pottery statue, as long as it is believed that the statues produced are definitely all mortal clay sculptures. Logically speaking, there should not be any mystery.
However, the saying of luck that has been passed down since ancient times is not a false saying. Although the Buddha statue is a dead object, after being worshipped in a temple, countless believers will definitely come to worship it. As long as they come to worship it, they must be a pious person who is full of thoughts and thinks that this Buddha statue can satisfy their wishes.
In this way, the statue that should have been a clay sculpture of the mortal body was enshrined in the temple, and was worshipped devoutly by countless believers every day, received hundreds of incense, and gathered the vows of sentient beings. After gathering the vows in the hearts of sentient beings, the Buddha statue naturally gave birth to spiritual wisdom and became a special existence.
If this kind of existence is an immortal, it would be a bit of a big deal. This is just a ghost that gave birth to spiritual intelligence, far from the kind of means of the legendary gods.
However, it is obvious that although it is not an immortal, the Buddha statue that has given birth to spiritual wisdom is no longer a clay sculpture of the mortal body. Because spiritual wisdom is born in the Buddha statue, later generations call it Buddha spirit.
Hearing this, Shen Lang couldn't help but have a confusion in his heart and asked Chunting a question that we share in our hearts.
"Brother Ting, I think the Buddha spirit should be a solemn existence of treasure appearance, but after you finished speaking, why do I feel that it is similar to the mountain spirits and wild monsters in some stories? Is this Buddha spirit good or bad, good or evil?"
"Although the Buddha's path is not a single one, in the final analysis, the Buddha's path is actually of the same origin. It must be admitted that except for a very small number of side-door paths, most of the inheritance of the Buddha's path is to guide people to goodness, and this Buddha spirit is naturally no exception."
Although Chunting is not a Buddhist, it is not difficult to hear from his words that his attitude towards Buddhism is very friendly.
"As the saying goes, there will be a cause. In fact, Shen Lang, you are right. As long as you have the worship of incense and the blessing of the power of vows, no matter what you are, you may have spiritual wisdom. Those with poor heart will become the mountain spirit and wild monster you mentioned."
"However, the wisdom born from the Buddha statue will never appear among the mountain spirits and wild monsters. As the saying goes, the Buddha saves sentient beings, and there are no evil thoughts in it. Even if it is blessed by the incense of sentient beings, the Buddha spirit born will only guide people to goodness."
"If you really want to talk about it, the existence of the Buddha Spirit is more like the land and mountain god mentioned in various strange novels. While accepting the incense of sentient beings, you can also bless the peace of the country and not do evil."
After Chunting's explanation, everyone nodded one after another, and a look of silence appeared on each other's faces, obviously they had already understood the mystery of the so-called Buddha spirit.
"If it is too big, the existence of the Buddha spirit can even protect one side and protect one side of peace. Even if it is too small, the Buddha spirit can change a person's fortune, make it smooth and everything you want, and its effect is extremely mysterious and makes countless people fascinated."
"It is precisely because the Buddha spirit has such a magical effect that an unknown transaction emerged in secret from when."
Seeing that we had already understood the existence of the Buddha Spirit, Chunting told us some content that we had never been exposed to before.
"Like those larger temples, the Buddha statues in them have even been worshipped for thousands of years, and the spiritual wisdom born in them has reached an incredible level. These Buddha spirits have long become the foundation of the temple, and it is impossible to easily take them out no matter what."
"Some smaller temples don't care about this. They don't need the magical effect of the Buddha spirit to protect one side, so they have another idea, which is to sell it to those who need it."
"So, people often take away the Buddha statues that have been worshipped in the temple for many years on the grounds of rebuilding the temple and rebuilding the golden body. The purpose is to take out the Buddha spirits born therein for their own use."
It seemed that I felt that I had shifted the topic unknowingly. Chunting smiled apologetically and pulled the topic back to my question just now.
"Han Chuan, when it comes to your story, I have been to Emei Golden Summit before and have a deep memory of the Samantabhadra statue in the ten directions. I can be sure that although the statue was cast for a short time, it already contained an extremely powerful Buddha spirit. This Buddha spirit not only had spiritual wisdom, but also had human thinking."
"I just said that the Buddha spirit is formed by the Buddha statue being incense with hundreds of incenses to gather the power of sentient beings. In just three or five years, it is impossible to give birth to such a powerful Buddha spirit. Since I am sure that there is a Buddha spirit in that statue of Samantabhadra in the ten directions, there is only one possibility left."
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Chunting suddenly turned his back to me, with a deep tone, and said the only remaining possibility in his mouth.
Chapter completed!