When Wukong saw that his teacher had asked him what his official position was, he was very proud. He quickly stood up and said,"Today, I came to the Heavenly Court because Taibai Jinxing personally brought me to the Heavenly Court under the orders of the Heavenly Emperor. The Emperor of Heaven gave me the title of 'Horse Plague Avoidance' in the Divine Wind Palace. I am in charge of all kinds of heavenly horses in the Heavenly Court. It can be seen that my immortal position is not low.”
Wukong was extremely pleased with himself as he said this. He cupped his fists at his teacher and the five students beside him,"In the future, if you and your fellow students need to ride a horse, feel free to go to the Imperial Horse Warden and look for me.”
Who knew that the moment Wukong finished speaking, the five students beside him had already burst into laughter. A man with a black face and a curly beard said to Wukong,""So it's Lord 'Horse Plague Avoidance'. You're a fun official, but you're in charge of imperial horses and not just anyone can ride them.”
Seeing that everyone was laughing, Wukong was also very happy, so he said,"Isn't Old Sun's official position fun? This was a good position that Old Sun had asked for from the Heavenly Emperor. The Emperor of Heaven saw that I wanted to be a fun official, so he took care of me and made me the manager of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. It can be seen that the Heavenly Emperor is quite caring towards me.”He patted his chest and continued to say to the five students beside him,"When you are free in the future, go to the Imperial Horse Bureau to find Old Sun to play. Old Sun will definitely let you ride horses to your heart's content. As the saying goes,'It's better to manage it now than to be an official.' Whether it's a royal horse or a military horse, when it comes to the Imperial Horse Bureau, isn't it still up to me, Old Sun, to decide?”
The bearded man continued,"But privately borrowing and riding a horse is against the rules of the heavens. Even if you, the 'Horse Plague Avoidance' lord, were willing to lend it, we wouldn't dare to ride it."”
The rest of Wukong's fellow students laughed even harder when they heard this. The gentleman on the stage slammed the table and shouted at the audience,"Quiet down! Quiet down!"
Seeing that their teacher was angry, they stopped laughing one after another. The teacher walked down from the podium and came to Wukong's side. He bowed deeply to Wukong and said very humbly,""So it's Lord 'Horse Plague Avoidance'. No wonder you can say something like' you're not ashamed to ask your inferior'. So Lord 'Horse Plague Avoidance' is sitting on a horse and looking down from above.”
Of course, the mister knew that the steward of the Imperial Horse Supervisor was not a high-ranking steward, but he deliberately pretended to be respectful. However, his tone was full of mockery and mockery towards Wukong.
Wukong didn't know about this. When he saw that his teacher was very respectful to him after hearing his official name, he even walked down from the podium and bowed to him. He felt quite embarrassed and quickly returned the bow."There's no need to be so polite, sir. This is a classroom, not the Imperial Horse Bureau. How could a teacher bow to a student in class? Teacher, this is inappropriate, inappropriate!"
The few people who had stopped laughing earlier couldn't help but burst into laughter again after hearing what Mister and Wukong said.
The teacher returned to the front of the stage, picked up the ruler, and knocked it hard on the table. He shouted at the five students who were laughing their heads off,"Stop laughing! Let me first answer the question of this Lord Horse Plague.”
Wukong sat down and urged impatiently,""Tell me quickly! Tell me! Old Sun has been waiting anxiously."
The mister cleared his throat and looked at Wukong.""The principle of 'benevolence' is: Don't look at things that don't conform to propriety; Don't listen to things that don't conform to propriety, don't say things that don't conform to propriety, don't say things that don't conform to propriety, don't say things that don't conform to propriety, don't say things that don't conform to propriety. Don't do anything that doesn't conform to etiquette." "I wonder if you understand, my lord," he said to Wukong.”
Wukong thought for a moment and looked enlightened." I've only heard of 'do not look at evil' before. Today, after listening to what the teacher said, he realized that the 'Benevolence Ceremony' actually included so many contents. No wonder Old Sun often heard people say,'If you don't know, you know; If you don't know anything, you'll be ignorant.'It seemed that there were benefits to asking.”
As soon as Wukong finished speaking, the five seniors beside him burst into uncontrollable laughter again. Although the teacher was angry, there was a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth. He did not stop the students who were laughing wildly below the stage...
The next day, Wukong and his fellow students came to the Tushita Palace to listen to the scriptures. Just like the Hall of Saints, the one lecturing on the stage was not the Dao Ancestor or the Old Lord, but the disciples of the Old Lord. This Daoist first explained the contents of the Taiping Jing and the Tao Te Ching on the stage. In the end, he said,"The sky is a big sky, and as a small sky, the body is like a celestial body. The joy of a thought is like a lucky star and auspicious clouds, and the kindness of a thought is like a thunderstorm in the thunder court. A thought of good, like the spring breeze dew; A thought of evil, like the cold frost of the sun. The seven emotions of human beings, as long as they follow nature, rise and fall with fate, will be unobstructed and become one with heaven and earth.”
Wukong felt like he had heard his master say these words back at Huang Mountain. Although he didn't quite understand them, he felt a sense of familiarity when he heard them now. He couldn't help but clap his hands and exclaim,"Well said! Well said! It's similar to what my master said."
When the gentleman on the stage heard this, he asked Wukong,""Immortal friend, may I ask where your master is from? Which famous immortal monarch and divine being was your master?”
Wukong suddenly remembered that when he had left the mountain after completing his skills, his master had instructed him not to mention his master or sect at all times. When he saw the gentleman on stage asking about it, he rolled his eyes and replied,""Old Sun's master…is of course Mister…you.”
As soon as Wukong finished speaking, the five students burst into laughter again.
On the third day, Wukong and his five seniors came to the Buddha Altar Square in the Heavenly Court to listen to the disciples sent by Lord Buddha, Rulai, giving a lecture on the Buddha Altar Square. In addition to Wukong and the five seniors, there were also some immortals and gods from the Heavenly Court who had nothing to do that day. They had also come to the square to listen to the scriptures.
The divine monk first recited some Buddhist scriptures, then told some gatha and Zen stories, and finally began to talk about the Boundless Buddhist Dharma. When it came to the phrase,"Only by calming the fire in your heart can you achieve the right result", Wukong raised his hand and asked,"Master, I didn't hear it clearly just now. I wonder what the last two words are?”
The master on the stage replied,"It's 'the heart.'”
Wukong asked again,"What's behind 'heart'?"”
"It's fire," the Master replied.
Wukong asked again,"What's the word after 'fire'?"”
The Master answered again,"It's Fang Neng."”
"What's the word after Fang Neng?"”
The Master also replied,"It's 'Cheng'."
"What's the last word after 'Cheng'?" Wukong asked.”
The divine monk on the stage raised his hand and slapped the table. He angrily shouted at Wukong,""Fellow Daoist below the stage, are you deliberately causing trouble or listening to the scriptures? Can't you see that I'm giving a lecture?”
Wukong saw that his master was angry, but he clapped his hands happily and said,""Haha! Master! Didn't you just say that 'only by getting rid of the fire in your heart can you achieve positive fruits'? Why? When I asked the last question, it made you angry and impatient? If you can't do what you say, I wonder if Master has cultivated properly?”
The divine monk lecturing on the stage was the Buddha Lord's favorite disciple. Because he was good at understanding emptiness and aimed at emptiness, he could deeply understand the emptiness of Buddhism, so he was called the first to solve it. Just now, because he knew that Wukong was deliberately causing trouble, he couldn't take it anymore and was furious. After hearing Wukong's words, he blushed and quickly clasped his hands together to salute Wukong. He chanted the name of Buddha and said,""Amitabha! I don't have enough forbearance and my cultivation is not deep enough. I'm very grateful for your teachings.”After saying that, he continued to recite the scriptures and explain the meaning, as if he had already forgotten the unhappiness from before.
As soon as Wukong took up his post as the Imperial Steed Supervisor, he immediately called the immortal official on duty to bring him to the horse corridor. Looking at the various kinds of sturdy and strong pegasi in front of him, Wukong could not help but feel an itch in his heart. He pulled out a tall pegasus from the herd of horses and lightly jumped onto the back of the horse. He shouted,"Let's go!" The pegasus raised its head and let out a cry. It flew out of the horse corridor and ran like lightning in the auspicious clouds and purple fog…
Wukong only felt the wind whistling in his ears, and the colorful clouds in front of him blew against his face. He was flying in the sky, fast and steady. However, he felt that the speed of the pegasus was still slightly slower than his own speed of "rolling clouds", but it was much faster than ordinary cloud-riding techniques, and it did not require the consumption of true qi and energy. He was in the mood to play, so he kept urging his horse to go faster. Unknowingly, he had arrived at the Pilgrimage Avenue of the Heavenly Street. He saw rows of palaces and pavilions flying toward him, but they were quickly left behind. Wukong rode on the horse and shouted to his heart's content. He grabbed the horse's mane with one hand and patted the horse's back with the other."Hurry up! Hurry up! Faster!"
As Wukong was walking, he suddenly saw a wide square in front of him. There was a high platform on the square, and there was a "Buddha" character on the platform. He knew that he had arrived at the square. He rode his horse to the front and saw an elegant immortal god with a mustache and a Buddhist light covering his body sitting cross-legged on the lecture platform. There were hundreds of immortals and gods from all walks of life sitting in front of the lecturing platform, listening attentively to the scriptures. Suddenly, they saw Wukong riding his horse across the sky. The immortals and gods were shocked and stood up one after another to stop him. One of the immortals shouted,"Guanyin, be careful of the frightened horses!"”
The immortal on the stage with a Buddhist halo around his body was none other than the merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva, who had saved people from distress on Mount Putuo in the South China Sea. Bodhisattva raised his hand and stroked the two small mustaches on his upper lip. Then, he smiled slightly and stretched out his hand to draw a semicircle at the flying pegasus. He said,"Let's go back." Looking at the pegasus again, it was actually running back and forth.
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