Chapter 429: PS of the Previous Chapter

PS of the Previous Chapter

(PS: The settings here refer to *Investiture of the Gods*, realistic Buddhist history, and my own wild imagination.

First, in current Primordial novels, it is usually Hongjun who preaches, and the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, Zhunti, Nuwa, and a crowd of ancient gods and immortals run to listen.

Finally, Hongjun bestows seven strands of Primordial Purple Qi, and the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nuwa become saints through this.

This setting should come from *Lin Lin Shijia is Dao*, but Lin Lin Shijia is really not Dao...

I personally like the book *Lin Lin Shijia is Dao* very much, but reality is really not like this.

Even in *Investiture of the Gods*, Hongjun appears, the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti all appear. Hongjun is the master of the Three Pure Ones, but he has nothing to do with Jieyin and Zhunti.

This is the original text:

Just see Nezha come to report: "The Tongtian Sect Master has come with an old Daoist, calling for the master to receive him, not knowing the reason."

Laozi said: "I already know. This is our teacher, thinking he has come here to explain the grievances to us."

Then they led the way down the canopy to welcome him, prostrating by the roadside and saying: "Not knowing the teacher's great arrival, the disciples failed to welcome you, hoping for forgiveness."

Hongjun Daoist said: "Just because the twelfth-generation disciples encountered the killing tribulation, causing your two sects to be at odds. I have come here specially to explain the grievances to you, each settling in their own religion, not to be mutually rebellious."

Laozi and Yuanshi promised: "Willing to hear the teacher's order."

Then they arrived at the canopy to meet the Western Sect Master.

Hongjun Daoist praised: "The Western Paradise is truly a blessed land."

The Western Sect Master replied: "Dare not."

The Sect Master invited Hongjun Daoist to worship.

Hongjun said: "I have no constraints with fellow Daoists. These three are my disciples, and it should be so."

Jieyin Daoist and Zhunti Daoist bowed and sat down. Behind them, Laozi and Yuanshi came to worship, and then the twelfth-generation disciples and all the disciples came to worship, all standing on both sides. The Tongtian Sect Master also stood to the side.

The Three Pure Ones call Hongjun "Teacher" (additionally, the Twelve Golden Immortals and Jiang Ziya also call Dipankara "Teacher," at least Jiang Ziya calls Lu Ya Daoist "Teacher").

And Hongjun calls the Western Sect Master "Fellow Daoist."

Although Hongjun sits in the high seat and the Western Sect Master accompanies him, they at least have seats, while the Three Pure Ones Daoist Ancestors are standing.

I didn't follow the traditional "Lin Lin Shijia is Dao" because the worldview is different—once the plot unfolds later, everyone will immediately understand.

Secondly, in reality, after Shakyamuni (Tathagata Lin Lin Shijia) entered Nirvana, Buddhism entered the "Sectarian Era"—in fact, when Shakyamuni was still alive, there was no concept of Buddhism or "Lin Lin Shijia" at all.

He strictly forbade idol worship, only treating his own thoughts as a kind of wisdom to help people find liberation.

Everyone naturally says "Gods and Buddhas," "Immortals and Buddhas," which shows that Buddhas and gods/immortals are completely different.

The original Lin Lin Shijia was just an awakened person, a human, not a god, not an immortal.

It's just that today, Lin Lin Shijia almost means the same thing as gods and immortals.

Gods and Buddhas, Immortals and Buddhas are said together, all representing miracles.

The Buddhist teachings passed down by Shakyamuni deny gods and Buddhas, deny worship, and are not feudal superstition at all.

Shakyamuni even said directly to his disciples: My teachings are only a part of the truth, not equal to the whole truth. You can refer to them and learn, don't be superstitious; there must still exist a path to liberation in the world that I have not yet discovered.

This is the original words of Shakyamuni in realistic history (approximate meaning).

Therefore, the Tathagata Lin Lin Shijia in reality is truly great, and the Tathagata Lin Lin Shijia in *Journey to the West* is completely two different existences.

Let's put it this way, after Shakyamuni died, Buddhism first experienced the Sectarian Era, splitting into many schools, and only then did Mahayana Buddhism emerge.

And in *Journey to the West*, Tathagata Lin Lin Shijia directly became the leader of "Mahayana Buddhism," this...

The reason Tang Seng went to fetch scriptures in *Journey to the West* was not because he didn't understand Buddhist scriptures. He had already become the Holy Monk of the Great Tang, but he learned Hinayana Buddhism.

Guanyin Bodhisattva looked down on Hinayana Buddhism, and the Lingshan Lin Lin Shijia also looked down on it.

But the problem is, the Hinayana Buddhism looked down upon by the Lingshan Buddhas and Bodhisattvas came from Shakyamuni!

Buddhism first had Hinayana Buddhism, and only later developed Mahayana Buddhism.

Shakyamuni didn't say—my teachings are Hinayana.

It was later Mahayana Buddhists who boasted that they were "Great" and belittled their predecessors as "Small."

This is very ridiculous, making Tathagata Lin Lin Shijia oppose Tathagata Lin Lin Shijia...

To solve this contradiction, the first Lin Lin Shijia to spread Buddhist teachings cannot be Tathagata Lin Lin Shijia.

I changed it to Amitabha Lin Lin Shijia.

In this book, all the glorious achievements of Amitabha Lin Lin Shijia are actually those of Tathagata Lin Lin Shijia.

Note that if there are plots in this book later that insult or smear Tathagata, it does not mean I am denying the Tathagata Lin Lin Shijia in reality; I am only insulting the Tathagata Lin Lin Shijia in *Journey to the West*.

The two Tathagata Buddhas are completely different.) ===== CHAPTER 430 =====