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Anyone who has read the journey to the West knows such a plot, that is – the monkey king and the Tathagata bet to see if they can jump out of the palm of the Tathagata. If they jump out, the Tathagata will promise to let him be the Jade Emperor.
However, when Wukong saw the five “pillars” supporting the sky, he really thought he jumped out of the palm of the Tathagata and jumped to the farthest place in the sky, so he peed under the “pillars” as evidence, so that the Tathagata could not cheat. Unexpectedly, the so-called five “pillars” were the fingers of the Tathagata. Finally, he was forced to accept the price of losing the bet, that is, being suppressed by the Tathagata to the foot of the five element mountain for 500 years.
In these five hundred years, monkey king saw the sunrise and sunset, felt endless loneliness and desolation, precipitated himself, and finally he could steadily escort Tang monk to the West.
So, the bet between Tathagata and Wukong seems to have harmed Wukong, making him feel the suffering of the world, and the pain of not being free to see the flowers bloom and fall in person. But in fact, Tathagata is also helping Wukong grow. Why do you say so? It’s because Wukong was very willful when he was making trouble in the heavenly palace before. Tathagata pressure helped him know the truth of “there are people outside, there are days outside” to a certain extent at the foot of the five elements mountain, which made him see the people and things around him, so he became more mature.
In fact, Tathagata dare not let Goku jump out of his palm. Why?
I. the power behind the monkey king himself
In fact, the monkey king was not born for no reason, but was artificially “made”. Why do you say so? It is because the original work once said that the stone on which Wukong was born is painted with various Taoist symbols, and there are nine holes and eight small holes on it, engraved with nine palaces and eight trigrams, which fully shows that Wukong’s birth is manipulated by experts.
Whether Tathagata knows who this “master” is or not, from the way he deals with Wukong, he has some scruples, because he is also afraid of provoking people who should not be provoked. If this “master” is really stronger than him, he will naturally be implicated and will be involved in sectarian disputes.
II. Wukong jumping out will cause havoc in the three realms
Why do you say that? In fact, it is because Wukong asked a sentence before. Wukong once asked the Tathagata whether he could be the jade emperor after jumping out before the bet began. At that time, the Tathagata had to say yes.
Tathagata is not qualified to say yes or no, because he is not a Taoist administrator, but a Taoist counterpart – a Buddhist administrator. If he really makes Wukong jump out of the palm of his hand, the consequences are unimaginable.
Once the heaven changes the “Lord”, without saying whether the Jade Emperor will agree or not, the Jade Emperor will certainly throw the problem back to the Tathagata, because it is the words promised by the Tathagata, and the Tathagata will not end, which will not only affect the problem of his later choice for scriptures, but also make Buddhism from prosperity to decline, and the Tathagata will therefore “fall from the altar of God”, because the patriarch of Sanqing and the Jade Emperor will definitely fight against himself, so the situation is unstable, The three realms are likely to be turbulent as a result.
So. The Tathagata will never allow anything beyond his imagination to happen, and will never let the monkey “escape from his five element mountain”. Disclaimer: the above content originates from the network, and the copyright belongs to the original author. Please inform us if your original copyright is infringed, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.