【Cang Qiao】Bodhi

In the past, when the Buddha was alive, he sat under the bodhi tree outside the Three Realms and achieved the true fruit.

When the Buddha sat down, he held the twelve bodhi rosary beads. These beads have followed the Buddha's rituals for many years and are soaked in the spirit of the Buddha.After the Buddha ascended to the Western Bliss, the bodhi seed stayed under the tree, absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, and 300 years later, it took human form.

This bead is originally a dead thing, and it should be a monster after cultivating an adult. However, it is not like an ordinary ghost because it is sitting with the Buddha.The Buddha spirit lingers all over his body, the aura is brilliant, and he lives under the bodhi tree, and he has a unique root of wisdom.The Buddha recited his scriptures and accompanied him for many years, and felt that his understanding was excellent. He enlightened the bodhi seed as a spirit, and authorized him to sit at the bodhi place to comprehend the Buddha's Dharma.Named——

"Pretty as you come."

Cang Yue Guming opened his mouth slowly, and the tip of his tail slapped the ground with one hitch and one hitch, the fluffy and soft fur glowed with greasy shimmer.He was lying on his stomach at the moment, with his body sticking to the old futon, and the wolf tail loosely wrapped the straw mat in a circle, staring lazily at the young man in white who sat on it.

The young man has plain clothes and frosted hair, holding a rosary, bright red cinnabar between his eyebrows, golden pupils hidden under red eyelashes, and his expression is peaceful and peaceful.He recited scriptures in a soft voice, letting the soft Sanskrit sound rise with the green smoke in front of the two-column alcove, turning a deaf ear to Cang Yue Guming's call.

"Pretty as you come."

Cang Yue Guming's voice was a little louder, but his tone was still lazy and casual.He propped up his front paws, his sharp ears trembled slightly, and his tail seemed to sweep across the young man's dangling robe sleeves, his eyes fixed on the young man, waiting for the other party's response.

The monk opened his eyes after chanting the last scripture.Qiao Tathagata put the string of white crystal rosary beads into her palm, turned her head, looked at the wolf beast lying at her feet, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"hungry."

Cang Yue Guying shook his head, propped himself up and rubbed against the futon, resting his head on Qiao Rulai's folded legs, while rubbing the soft clothes under his chin, carefully watching Qiao Rulai's expression: " Gu...I want to eat some meat."

——There is too little oil and water in the temple, and there is no food at all.

Cang Yue Guming cursed in his heart, then nuzzled Qiao Tathagata's hand, with sincere eyes and a good attitude, just like a dog begging for a reward from its master.

Qiao Rulai poked Cang Yue Guming's wet nose with her fingertips, then rubbed his hairy head, then sat up on the futon, dusted off the plain white gauze robe, and wiped the bodhi seed that never left her body. With the rosary in his arms, he walked slowly towards the door, and pushed open a gap in the wooden door of the Buddhist hall:

"Buddhism is pure, free from oil and meat. If you want to eat meat, go get it yourself. Qiao Tathagata can't help you."

The voice fell to the ground, but there was no response.

Qiao Rulai put away her feet about to step over the threshold, turned her head and glanced at Cang Yue Guming.His two pointed ears drooped down, his tail limply dragged on the ground, his blue eyes were full of disappointment and sadness, blinking and blinking, the whole wolf looked like an eggplant that had been beaten by wind and frost.

This appearance made Qiao Tathagata unable to hold back a low laugh.He smiled so much that his brows and eyes curled up, but he couldn't bear Cang Yue Guming's pitiful appearance at all.Qiaoru turned back and forth, squatted halfway in front of Cang Yue Guming, held the head of the wolf beast, and looked seriously into the other's eyes.After he saw Wang Bilan's emotions clearly, he opened his mouth and said:

"But the host said that there will be a Fa conference at the foot of the mountain in two days..."

He deliberately paused, watching the look in those eyes suddenly light up, and suppressed the smile that had surged up in his heart.Then he supported Cang Yue Gu Ming's neck, poked his head over, pressed the center of his eyebrows against the other's forehead, and continued: "I'll buy you roast chicken then."

The meaning of the language is sweet, the words and smiles are Yanyan, the young man's hair is dyed with the bitterness of the incense of Buddha's sage, mixed with the scent of sandalwood from the clothes, and it hits Cang Yue Guming's head and face.There is tranquility and peace in this fragrance, but it lacks the familiarity and warmth in memory.Cang Yue Guming squinted his eyes, moved his drooping ears, and there was a trace of unnatural stiffness in his voice:

"That's more or less..."

After saying this sentence, the wolf beast affectionately rubbed the forehead of the young man's forehead, and half-closed his eyes to feel the warmth brought by Qiao Tathagata's palm and cheek.He stared at the hair ornaments and knots mixed in the white hair, thinking——he must have concealed it very well.

Hearing what Cang Yue Guming said, Qiao Tathagata rubbed the wolf's ears covered in her palms, stood up, and walked out.

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He is sitting in meditation, he is with him.This scene lasted for ten years.

In ten years, the sea is not enough to turn into a mulberry field, but a person is enough to grow from a boy to a youth.

He found him with the bunch of bodhi seeds and stayed by his side for another two 12 years.He came to him with thousands of years of time, and accompanied him through every inch of this life from the beginning to the present.

The incense sticks in front of the Buddha, the sandalwood remains the same, the person is still the same person, but he is not the same person.

The abbot of the temple is an eminent monk with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, long eyebrows and long beard.He was able to see Cang Yue Guming's identity at a glance when he had exhausted his demon energy, but he never drove him out of the mountain gate.

He said, you have Buddha energy in your body, and you have a predestined relationship with Buddha.

edge?

Cang Yue Guming laughed.

The so-called fate in his mouth is just thousands of years ago, when the three worlds were separated, under the bodhi tree, that period of time of mutual dependence and companionship.

Is it a lie to say "My Buddha is merciful"?Or lie?Cang Yue Guming thought, I'm afraid those monks didn't know.

——Buddha, is it really compassionate?

If the Buddha is merciful, why would there be white clothes stained with blood thousands of years ago under the bodhi tree?Why is there a Buddha kalpa difficult to cross?Why is there a difference between life and death?Why would there be ashes?

Why give him life, but not make him emotional.

Why let him become a Buddha, but knock him down again.

The so-called compassion of the Buddha...

— but that's all.

Cang Yue Guming stood up, walked to the center of the courtyard, jumped up to the roof accompanied by the steady and dull sound of evening drums, dodged a few times, and disappeared outside the courtyard wall.

— Forget it, let's have a meal for myself tonight.

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By the time Cang Yue Guming finished rewarding himself, it was already time for the moon to rise to the sky.Although he is big in stature, he has a strong figure and dexterous movements. He climbs over walls and houses without any effort, and there is no sound when he jumps to the ground.Under the moonlight, the silver-gray fur shone even more faintly. When running, it looked like a flowing silver light band, which was particularly eye-catching under the night.

He jumped up the backyard wall of the monastery familiarly, jumped from the top of the wall to the roof of the meditation room in a few hits, and landed directly in the yard. While shaking his hair wet with night dew, he looked at the door of a certain meditation room.

Cang Yue Guming is too familiar with Qiao Tathagata's breath, what kind of breathing makes him awake, what kind of breathing makes him fall asleep, what kind of breathing makes him have nightmares, what kind of breathing makes him nervous, he knows By heart.

For example, Qiao Tathagata is awake now, neither sitting in meditation nor chanting sutras.He lit a lamp, and the light was reflected through the window paper. Although it was only a dim light, it also illuminated Cang Yue Gu Ming's heart.

How warm it is to hold a lamp in the middle of the night and have someone waiting for you.

It seemed to hear the sound in the courtyard, and the door creaked and was pushed open.The young monk's robes were not taken off, and he looked worried, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

Qiao Tathagata's hair is loose at the moment, as if she has finished washing and is about to take a rest.He pushed open the door and saw Cang Yue Guming bathed in the moonlight. He saw a pair of eyes as empty as the sea, and the light from the room was reflected in those eyes. It becomes much softer.

He opened the door and turned sideways, beckoning him to go home.

Cang Yue Guming entered the meditation room in a few steps, jumped onto the bed before Qiao Tathagata closed the door, lay down on the gray-blue mattress, watched the young man in white take off his cassock, combed his long hair, and then sat on the bed.Qiao Tathagata took advantage of the situation and sat on Cang Yue Guming's stomach, most of her body was buried in the soft abdominal hair, warm and comfortable, indescribably ironed.It's just that he didn't have time to enjoy more, turned his face sideways, revealing a pair of eyes mixed with questioning and worry, and asked:

"It's past Haishi, why did you come back so late?"

Cang Yue Guming moved his nest, and changed to a more comfortable position for Qiao Rulai to lean on, while he put his left leg on his right leg, turned his head, and met Qiao Rulai's eyes.He was shocked by the emotion that filled his eyes, and then he looked away, staring at the bean-like lamp on the table, and said with some guilt: "It's nothing, just... hungry."

"Hungry?" Qiao Rulai frowned, turned around, and lay on Cang Yue Guming's side, with his head resting on the softest part of the wolf's body. His eyebrows and eyes were slightly raised, and he looked at the wolf beast that was trying to hide it. His words were affirmative. He answered half a sentence:

"Are you going to eat meat?"

Cang Yue Guming didn't speak, but the movement of his tail flapping revealed his answer.

"It seems that you don't want to eat roast chicken that day at the Fa Conference." Qiaoru said, "So I wanted to buy you three more, since you would rather eat other meat than roast chicken, then forget it .”

"...!"

Qiao Rulai felt the wolf's belly tensing up on her face as a pillow, and the sound of slapping the fabric suddenly became faster, and she could even clearly see the long white hair on the wolf's neck blowing up slightly.He smiled, looking at the panic and entanglement in Cang Yue Guming's eyes with satisfaction, stretched out his hand to scratch the soft fur behind the wolf's ear, and said nothing.

Cang Yue Guming trembled all over, he didn't dare to look away at Qiao Rulai's appearance at this time, blinked his eyes several times, and then said slowly: "...I want to eat."

The sound is as thin as a gnat, barely audible.

Qiao Rulai laughed out loud, the bell-like clear and delicate laughter fell in Cang Yue Guming's ears, making him slap the tip of his tail even faster.Cang Yue Guming thought, if he was in human form at this time, his ears would turn red with embarrassment.The majestic King Ximiao of the demon world has no dignity at all in front of a few roast chickens from the human world. It's too shameful, too shameful.

Qingyue's laughter was frequent and eager, and it didn't calm down for a long time.Cang Yue Guming was extremely annoyed and ashamed, and simply blew a stream of evil spirits at the lamp on the table, extinguished the light, turned his head in the darkness, and arched his head against Qiao Tathagata's body trembling with laughter. Buried in his long hair, he said in a muffled voice, "It's too late, go to sleep."

After Qiao Tathagata raised her body, straightened the slightly wrinkled mattress, and got into the bed, Cang Yue Guming lay beside Qiao Tathagata, resting her head on the piece of frosted hair scattered beside the pillow, looking at the pair The bright red eyelashes cast a shadow on Qiao Rulai's face, listening to the gradual and even breathing, quietly waiting for him to fall asleep.

"...Canglang." Qiao Rulai didn't open her eyes, her voice was soft and waxy, full of tiredness, "Aren't you...can't take human form..."

"……Why do you ask?"

"Because...Qiao Tathagata...has never seen you...become...a human..."

"..." Cang Yue Guming didn't answer, he leaned his head closer, gently rubbed the forehead of Qiao Tathagata with the soft hair of his chin, lowered his voice, and spoke softly, for fear of disturbing the other party, "...Go to sleep. "

The breathing of the person beside him gradually became steady, light and even, and Cang Yue Guming knew that Qiao Tathagata had fallen asleep.

How dare he take human form in front of him?

He was the one who saved him when he fell outside and was displaced.

He no longer remembers how he got to the Sitting Bodhi, he only remembers the pain when he was slashed in the back by the wolf rebels, and the hands that were as white as frost.

Those hands are clasped in the wide white sleeves, and the bitterness of incense and the fragrance of sandalwood are brought out in every movement.

The owner of those hands protected himself behind him, and easily repelled the rebels who were chasing and killing him.

Those hands hugged themselves in their arms again, healing the body full of pain.

The owner of those hands let himself lie on his lap, while combing his silver-gray fur, while chanting scriptures and comprehending the Dharma.

Cang Yue Guming likes those hands, likes the smell when those hands hold Bodhi flowers in one hand, likes the temperature when those hands touch him, likes the way those hands pinch seals to meditate.

Cang Yue Guying also likes the owner of those hands, the quiet appearance of him meditating with his eyes closed, his appearance in white clothes, and his clear voice when he calls himself "Canglang".

The owner of those hands said that he was the Bodhi child in front of the Buddha seat, he said he was the Bodhi child, and his name was——

Pretty.

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Cang Yue Guming still remembered the first time he transformed into a human.

Since he was rescued by Qiao Tathagata, he stayed at Sitting Hua Bodhi and accompanied Qiao Tathagata to comprehend Buddhism.Zuohua Bodhi is located outside the Three Realms, where the aura flourishes. In addition, Qiao Tathagata practiced with the method of transmutation from the Buddhist scriptures. Over time, Cang Yue Guming's cultivation has greatly improved.

One day after accompanying Qiao Rulai to practice, Cang Yue Guming suddenly turned into a human form.He watched his silver-gray claws turn into slender fingers, and his silver-gray hair turned into long purple-black hair. He was a little panicked and a little helpless.It's not that he didn't think of himself as a man, but he didn't expect this day to come so suddenly, so fast, and——

Right in front of Qiao Rulai.

He couldn't forget Qiao Rulai's surprised eyes, and he couldn't forget his embarrassment at that time.

Qiao Tathagata was only surprised for a moment, and then he imagined a black cloak to wrap himself in the warm clothes, and the fabric still had an elegant sandalwood fragrance.

From then on, Cang Yue Guming learned to take care of Qiao Tathagata in human form. He practiced Buddhism with him, chanted scriptures together, and sorted out the fallen flowers under the bodhi tree together.

The former Cang Yue Guming thought, it would be great to be able to transform into a human form in front of him.

The current Cang Yue Gu Ming regretted the matter of transforming at that time.

If it wasn't for him to transform into a human form and accompany him...Bodhizi, the beautiful Tathagata, wouldn't she be emotional?Will it be possible to cross the body safely and sit in the golden body when the Buddha Kalpa comes?Will he be able to continue to be his alienated spirit, free from the troubles of the secular world, and not be stained with the world of mortals for a while?

Cang Yue Gu Ming was afraid, but he didn't dare.

The Bodhi son died because of him, and it was he who caused him to be wiped out and fall into reincarnation.In this life, how could he hurt him again?

The reincarnation of the world is a calamity, the secular world is a calamity, and the world of mortals is a calamity.

The Buddha said that the bodhi flower blooms and the Buddha's knowledge and vision are opened, which is the cause of the Buddha.

The Buddha also said that under the bodhi tree, the eight phases will become a Buddha, save all living beings, and become the fruit of the Buddha.

What about Bodhisattva?

Neither cause nor effect.

It is fate and robbery.

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Cang Yue Guming thought, if possible, he hoped that in this life, he would never be transformed in front of Qiao Tathagata.

How dare he turn into a human form in front of him again?