I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 24 Bodhisattva gives gifts, but Tian Gang is against him
The Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, the dojo of Cundi Buddha, and Tianren Temple.

The incense is faint, the golden light is majestic, and the Buddha Mother Cundi is sitting cross-legged on a lotus platform, with pure celestial beings sitting on the left and right, and dragon and heavenly guardians following below.

Just now, the Buddha Mother Cundi showed her spiritual response to Elder Guangde, and when he turned around, he saw Elder Guangde giving letters to the land gods, asking them to help report to the human world to subdue the demons.

The Buddha Mother Cundi shook her head slightly. Elder Guangde only saw the two words "pray to God", but ignored the most important two words "Spirit Platform".

Seeing that the Buddha Mother Cundi shook her head, a pure celestial being below asked, "Is the Bodhisattva worried about the Guangci Palace?"

The Buddha Mother Cundi smiled and said, "Asuola, here the six senses are pure, why should I worry? It's just that I see that the world is confused, even my Buddhist disciples are no exception, so I feel a little sad."

The Pure Land Celestial Being Asuo asked curiously, "Bodhisattva, why didn't the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas do anything when the Fire Spirit Immortal tore down the Buddha statues, occupied the temples, and robbed us of Buddhist incense?"

The Buddha Mother Cundi said, "This story started from the Buddha Bathing Festival a hundred years ago. On that Buddha Bathing Festival, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva descended to Guangci Palace to preach the sutras and enlighten sentient beings. At that time, the True Immortal Fire Spirit was just a cultivator who had achieved the state of refining emptiness and merging with the Tao. She asked Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, 'What is the difference between Buddha and me?'"

"The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra replied: 'If you attain enlightenment, you will be a Buddha; if you do not attain enlightenment, you will be me.'"

"The Fire Spirit Immortal asked: 'If one does not enter Buddhism, does not practice Buddhism, but only reads Buddhist scriptures, can one achieve the path of a Buddhist immortal?'"

"The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra replied: 'If you only read the Buddhist scriptures and practice the Dharma, without seeking external things or other ways, and this Prajna can help you achieve enlightenment, then I will grant you the incense in Guangci Mansion.'"

After saying this, the Buddha Mother Cundi smiled and said, "That Immortal Fire Spirit is indeed very intelligent. In just a hundred years, she became an Earth Immortal without relying on external objects or external ways. Over the years, she has only read some ordinary scriptures circulated in the world, but she has also comprehended the profound Buddhist teachings from them. If we talk about debating scriptures, I am afraid that no one in the Hinayana Buddhism can defeat her."

Asuo was surprised and asked, "Is the Bodhisattva saying that this Immortal Fire Spirit has not yet entered Buddhism, but has completely understood the Hinayana Buddhism of our Buddhism by relying on a few ordinary scriptures in the world?"

"That's right." Cundi Buddha nodded.

Asuo said: "Why not accept her into Buddhism?"

The Buddha Mother Cundi smiled and said, "Everything in the world is predestined. This Fire Spirit Immortal has wisdom, but he has no predestined relationship with my Buddhist sect."

Asuo nodded and bowed, "Thank you, Bodhisattva, for clearing up my doubts."

The Buddha Mother Cundi said to Asuo and the others, "You all stay at the temple, I am going to the mortal world."

Asuo and the others bowed and said, "We will obey your orders."

Afterwards, the Buddha Mother Cundi turned into a ray of Buddha light and flew out of the Tianren Temple. After leaving the Western Paradise, she flew all the way east and finally landed in Lingtai Mountain.

The Buddha Mother Cundi transformed into a beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes and came to the mountain temple carrying a basket of fairy fruits.

As soon as she entered the temple, she alarmed Zhuang Yan. Zhuang Yan only felt auspicious clouds and mist inside and outside his temple, and auspicious air rising. He immediately opened his "Dongtian Zhenyan" and looked outside.

I saw a woman coming in from outside. This woman was very beautiful, but she could be seen more clearly under the True Eyes of the Cave Heaven. She was covered in Buddha's light, had a solemn appearance, and there was a myriad of auspicious aura above her head.

This situation is exactly the same as that of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Zhuang Yan immediately walked out of the temple, revealed his true form, looked at the woman in front of him and asked, "May I ask which Bodhisattva is here?"

The look of Cundi Buddha was slightly surprised. She didn't want to meet Zhuang Yan in the name of a Bodhisattva, but she didn't expect that he would see through it directly.

What surprised Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva even more was that Zhuang Yan was only now practicing the Taoism of returning to the void. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was just an ordinary person with mortal eyes, but he could see through his origins at a glance.

It seems that what Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said is true. Although this person's cultivation is shallow, his abilities are among the best in the Three Realms.

Then the Buddha Mother Cundi put her hands together and bowed, saying, "I am the head of the Tianren Temple in the Western Paradise, my Dharma name is 'Cundi', and I would like to greet the God of Lingtai Mountain."

"So it's Guanyin Bodhisattva." Zhuang Yan bowed and said, "Is the Bodhisattva here to visit Lingtai Mountain?"

Zhunti Buddha Mother pushed the fruit basket forward and said with a smile: "Here is a basket of thousand-year-old fairy fruit 'Solo Fruit', which I planted myself. I am now giving it to the mountain god. Please accept it, Lingtai Mountain God."

Zhuang Yan's expression changed visibly. He glanced at the Cundi Buddha and the fruit basket, and said with suspicion, "The Bodhisattva gave a gift, but it was Tiangang who was wrong. What's the reason for this?"

"It's a favor." Cundi Buddha said with a smile, and placed the fruit basket full of Sola fruits on the altar.

As she spoke, she saw the pottery jar at the feet of the statue, and said with a smile: "Is this the pottery jar that suppressed the deer spirit?" Zhuang Yan: "Does the Bodhisattva recognize her?"

Zhunti Buddha Mother nodded and said, "She once offered a bunch of purple irises in front of my altar."

Zhuang Yan said, "She didn't burn incense or make offerings, just a bunch of purple irises. No wonder the Bodhisattva knew about her but ignored her."

Zhuang Yan reached out and knocked on the pottery jar, saying to the inside: "Remember, be generous when you worship Buddha and Bodhisattva in the future."

When the Buddha Mother Cundi heard this, she was not angry. She just smiled and said, "Mountain God, sentient beings are sinking in the sea of ​​suffering. It is not that I, the Buddha, do not want to save them. It is that sentient beings must save themselves first before I, the Buddha, can lead and save them. If they cannot save themselves, even the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will find it difficult to save them."

At this point, the Buddha Mother Cundi continued, "This deer spirit has been dissuaded by Guangde many times, but she still does not repent. She cannot see through the barrier of love and escape from the sea of ​​suffering, so it is difficult to save her. Fortunately, you, the mountain god, have come forward to detain her here, otherwise she would still pester me endlessly."

Zhuang Yan said calmly, "Humans and demons cannot fall in love, this is the law of nature. Talking about whether you can be saved or not, whether you can be enlightened or not, is all nonsense. In my opinion, if you suppress it for three years, it will behave itself."

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan looked at the fruit basket on the altar and said to the Cundi Mother with a smile, "The Bodhisattva gave me a gift. Could it be that he wants to save me?"

“I can’t save you, I can’t save you.” Zhunti Buddha Mother waved her hand and smiled, “I have some magical powers, but I can’t save someone like you, the mountain god.”

Zhuang Yan said, "You didn't come here specially to deliver the immortal fruit, did you? I have never met the Bodhisattva before, and I don't have much contact with the Buddhist sect. I won't accept the reward without merit."

Zhunti Buddha Mother smiled and said, "I am here to ask the mountain god for help in doing something."

Zhuang Yan's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile, "The matter of Guangci Mansion? If the Bodhisattva wants me to help your Buddhist sect suppress the Fire Spirit Immortal, then the Bodhisattva can go back now. This god will not agree to it."

The Fire Spirit Immortal had not done any evil, and secondly, he was an enlightened immortal with profound knowledge of Buddhism. It was impossible for Zhuang Yan to use his power to help Buddhism settle the matter.

Zhunti Buddha Mother shook her head and smiled, saying: "The mountain god is worrying too much. In fact, I want the mountain god to take in the Fire Spirit Immortal and make her his general to guard the mountain. She will definitely become the mountain god's right-hand man."

"Oh?" Zhuang Yan looked at Zhunti Buddha Mother in surprise, and then asked, "Why did the Fire Spirit Immortal want to rob the Buddhist temples of incense?"

The Buddha Mother Cundi paced around the hall and said, "This is a long story."

Then, the Buddha Mother Cundi told Zhuang Yan about the promise of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and said, "So it is reasonable for the Fire Spirit Immortal to seize the incense of Guangci Mansion, but she is not a disciple of our Buddhist sect, nor does she have any Buddhist status, nor does she have a divine position in the heavenly court. If she establishes her own divine sect in Guangci Mansion, she will be killed in the future and will not be able to escape the catastrophe."

Zhuang Yan nodded. What Cundi Buddha Mother said was true. Even if the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas did not care about the Fire Spirit Immortal, it was impossible for the powerful Buddhist disciples, boys, and mounts like Garuda before to not care.

These people will definitely try their best to destroy the Fire Spirit Immortal, and then she will be the one who will be in trouble.

"Then why don't you just accept her into Buddhism?" Zhuang Yan said.

Zhunti Buddha Mother shook her head and said, "If I could have taken her back, I would have done so earlier. This Fire Spirit Immortal has no affinity with our Buddhist sect. She is destined not to become a Buddhist disciple."

At this point, the Buddha Mother Cundi said: "This Fire Spirit Immortal is a spiritual fire from heaven and earth, with superior talent and understanding. Why doesn't the Mountain God recruit him as a general? In this way, the Mountain God will not only have a capable general under his command, but also let my Buddhist sect owe you a favor. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"

"That makes sense." Zhuang Yan said with a smile, "The Bodhisattva has convinced me. Is this the legendary 'glossing tongue'?"

Zhunti Buddha Mother smiled but said nothing. Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "I agree to this matter, but I have to make it clear that I have my own opinion on this matter. Please don't interfere with me, Buddhists and Bodhisattvas."

Upon hearing this, the Buddha Mother Cundi immediately put her palms together and said, "Don't worry, Mountain God. This matter is entirely up to the Mountain God. Our Buddhist sect will never interfere."

Zhuang Yan smiled and nodded, then took out two Solo fruits from the fruit basket and handed them to Zhunti Bodhisattva, saying, "Thank you for visiting me, Bodhisattva. My temple is small and shabby, and I don't have any good things to offer you. I just happened to receive this fruit basket, which is the Solo fruit given by Zhunti Bodhisattva from the West. I am offering it to you, Bodhisattva, please don't despise it."

Zhunti Bodhisattva looked at Zhuang Yan in astonishment, her lips slightly opened as if she wanted to say something but stopped. Is there a possibility that I am Zhunti Bodhisattva, and I just gave you this fruit? You are borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha, and you are borrowing them right in front of me! And you asked me not to despise it, would I despise my own things?
After a moment of astonishment, Zhunti Buddha suddenly smiled, took the two Solo fruits from Zhuang Yan's hand, put one into her sleeve, took a bite of the other, and then praised: "Well, not bad, it is worthy of being the fairy fruit planted by the Bodhisattva, it is indeed sweet and refreshing, and delicious."

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "Buddha, why are you bragging about yourself?"

Cundi Buddha Mother: “.”

Her state of mind, which had been that of a Bodhisattva for thousands of years, was now quite chaotic.

(End of this chapter)