We, Fangcun Mountain, Do Not Cultivate Immortality

In the Fangcun Mountain of Lingtai, in the Sanxing Cave with the setting moon, Patriarch Bodhi preached with his disciples. Zhou Yingping, the first disciple of the Ying generation, asked: "Grandmaster, Wukong is in trouble now. Will our fellow apprentices go down the mountain to help?" The Patriarch replied: "Wukong's destiny is in Nanfanbuzhou. He is in trouble for a moment because of his destiny. You don't need to help. Someone will help him to escape." Zhou Yingping asked again: "My disciple is stupid, what is the destiny?" Patriarch Bodhi replied: "Supernatural power cannot compete with karma, and karma cannot compete with the power of vows. The opportunity to make vows is destiny." Zhou Yingping is still puzzled: "Then where is the disciple's destiny?" Patriarch Bodhi replied: "Let me ask you about your Taoist heart." Then he continued to talk about the way of heaven: "The karma of the sentient beings in Luzhou in the south depends on their hearts. Therefore, the Tathagata preached the Tripitaka Sutra to seek enlightenment and enlightenment, which can relieve their troubles. Let me ask you, what is the karma of the sentient beings in Luzhou in the north? Yingping, you answer first." Zhou Yingping replied: "The Tathagata once said that although people in Luzhou in the north are fond of killing, they only make ends meet because they are clumsy in nature and affectionate. They do not do much, for fear that all their karma will be due to the desire to fill their stomachs." Patriarch Bodhi sighed: "Those who live in Luzhou in the south are able to survive without greed, sexual immorality, killing or fighting, so their karma is in their hearts. How can those in Luzhou in the north survive without drinking or eating?" Zhou Yingping replied: "If you want to make a living, you must create the karma of killing. The karma of the heart can be solved, but what about the karma of life? I am a stupid disciple. Isn't this karma unsolvable? Aren't all sentient beings hopeless?" Patriarch Bodhi stepped down from the lotus platform, waved his whisk lightly and said: "There is no solution, but there is no solution. This is karma, not karma. Ying Ping, please go and experience it yourself." The Netherworld Yin Division heard that the disciples of Patriarch Bodhi came under the order of the master. Ten kings personally welcomed him, Ksitigarbha sent him off, and Zhou Yingping stepped into the stage of reincarnation. [Journey to the West+Fangcun Mountain+Book of Hundreds of Worlds, No Harem]