975 Cultivating Buddhism Part I (1/2)

After the snow, the mountain was still the same mountain, which looked no different from any other mountain in the world. The exposed black cliff stones, which either looked rough or smooth, were also nothing special, revealing no gloss or breath of life. They were just silent cliff stones.

Standing before the mountain with Sangsang on his back, Ning Que looked at the mountain for a long time until the gold hanging over the ponds was blown into countless pieces by the night wind. The mountain was still just a normal mountain.

Did Buddha wake up? Is the Buddha alive or dead? Ning Que was nervous and frustrated waiting for the final answer.

”We've won?”

”No.”

”How come?”

Feeling disappointed and angry, Ning Que sat on the ground and kept kicking his legs like a child who felt wronged, making the accumulated snow in front of him fly around.

Sangsang answered calmly, ”Because Buddha is Buddha, not a cat.”

Hearing this, Ning Que went silence for a long time. He understood that their conjectures were quite different from the truth from the very beginning.

The ideal experiment about the cat needed a box, a sophisticated poisoning device, but the Buddha had no reason to trap himself in such a situation. Then what was Nirvana?

Nirvana was still a superposition state of quantum, but it was only related to positions instead of life and death. When observed, it would suddenly appear here or there. Buddha didn't design the device that might poison himself, but he could find another way to hide himself from Haotian.

”We still won,” said Ning Que, standing up and looking at the mountain peak in front of him. ”See, the Buddha is here. the mountain is the Buddha. We can just destroy it.”

Sangsang said, ”No. The Buddha is not among all living creatures.”

Ning knew what she meant. Observation equaled determination. The Buddha was not the quantum whose nature was determined by being observed, and he could be anywhere for he had self-consciousness.

It was a concrete manifestation that all living creatures in the world of the chessboard became Buddhas. Sangsang was right that the woman who owned the vegetable stall could be Buddha, the golden pond could be Buddha, the willows and lotus leaves could be Buddha, and even the frog that Ning Que kissed a few day ago could be Buddha too.

The snow mountain was also Buddha, and it should be the central coordinates of the chessboard world. Only in this way could the Buddha maintain his existence in the superimposed state.

But it was useless to destroy the snow mountain, because the Buddha could appear in countless positions, moving faster than light. No one could really find him, so naturally no one could kill him.

Ning Que said, ”When we came to the far east, the world began to tremble and countless Buddhas became nervous and frightened, proving that the snow mountain is very important to Buddha.”

At this moment, there was a burst of vibrations coming outside of the golden ponds. Countless Buddhas moved quickly in the field, among which several Grand Bodhisattvas who were transformed while crossing the Styx River. They seemed to possess boundless Power of Buddha.

Sensing the changes in the snow mountain, the Buddha revealed his true form. Countless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas sat on the ground with their legs crossed and kept chanting devoutly. The Light of Buddha illuminated the dark sky and the foot of the mountain.

The Light of Buddha was so bright that it broke through the dark sky, and a layer of gold light showered Ning Que and Sangsang and then broke into their bodies.

Summoned by the Buddha, countless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas came to the east to suppress the evil spirits. A indigo lion which was as high as hundreds of zhang appeared in the field and shouted to the sky, making the Light of Buddha even brighter.

Ning Que turned paler due to the bright light and also the pain. More importantly, Sangsang who was hidden in his body suffered a lot due to the Light of Buddha.

He felt her weakness. The Bodhisattvas who rode the indigo lion and the white tiger were everywhere and were as powerful as Ksitigarbha. He knew that Sangsang couldn't defeat them all.

”Tens of thousands of Buddhas going to meet their ancestor...” Looking at the countless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the field, Ning Que laughed and said, ”If the snow mountain is not their ancestor, then why are they so anxious and frightened?”

At this point, a cloud of dust appeared in the field, and then a yellow dragon screamed down the snow mountain. At the forefront, the indigo lion ran wildly and stirred up a dust storm.

Looking at the indigo lion that seemed to be swallowing up the night sky, Ning Que thought of the powerful means that Ksitigarbha used in the Styx River. He was unsettled, for Sangsang was weaker and couldn't fight against these Bodhisattvas.

To his surprise, the indigo lion suddenly stopped in front of the golden pond, and the beast fell and stirred up mud for it was too heavy and the stop was too abrupt.

The indigo lion seemed to be very scared of the water in the pond. The beast stretched out its forepaws and tried to step on the narrow dirt road between the ponds. However, its body was too big and its claw was as heavy as a mountain. The dirt road was crushed in an instant and the water in the pond wet its claw.

The indigo lion howled painfully and fearfully and the willows by the ponds bent down again. The indigo lion retreated in fear, and its claw kept shining the Light of Buddha, like it was burning.

The indigo lion was in fear so it retreated. The field was restored with silence for a while. Countless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas did not dare to walk into the golden pond and only kept chanting while sitting on the ground with their legs crossed.

Ning Que was puzzled. Although the Light of Buddha also made him and Sangsang uncomfortable, they were not as in pain and frightened as the indigo lion.

Why are these Buddhas and Bodhisattvas afraid of walking into the golden ponds around the snow mountains? If it is the ban set by the Buddha, then how can it be specifically targeted at the followers and descendants?

Sangsang said, ”The Academy is right about one thing. Buddhism is indeed disgusting.”

After Buddha reached Nirvana, he entered the superposition state of the quantum, and he was too weak to protect himself. Thus, the disciples of Buddhism were forbidden to go near the snow mountain.

Thousands of golden ponds around the snow mountains were part of the ban set by the Buddha.

So vigilant to his most devout followers and descendants... Ning Que sighed. What's the meaning of living in such a way even though you can't really hide from Haotian and exist forever?

With his great eyesight, Ning Que could see that the monk on the back of the indigo lion was pretty handsome. He wondered if the Buddha could be transformed to this monk if he was really among all living creatures?