Devadatta: Becoming a Buddha Against Fate

He was the cousin of Sakyamuni Buddha. He was born into a royal family and was extremely talented, but he was an enemy of the Buddha throughout his life: he split the Sangha, murdered the Buddha, and slandered the Dharma and broke the precepts. He was regarded as the "devil resentment" of Buddhism; This album breaks away from the stereotyped narrative of "the duality of good and evil" and uses Devadatta's life as a clue to trace his growth, practice, obsession, rebellion and repentance - from a royal boy in Kapilavastu to studying Dharma with the Buddha. Diligent disciples, and then rebels who split because of "fame, fame, and self-confidence". After going through many bad karma of slandering the Dharma, harming the Buddha, and destroying the Sangha, they finally awakened from the sufferings of hell, used adverse circumstances as a boat, and achieved Buddhahood. The story combines ancient Indian history, Buddhist classics (Zengyi Agama Sutra, Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Lotus Sutra, etc.) And speculation on human nature. It not only restores Devadatta's behavioral trajectory, but also digs deeper into his inner struggle: obsession with "becoming a Buddha", resistance to "authority", persistence to "self", and repeated pulls on the edge of good and evil. Finally, I tell the listeners: The so-called "demons" are nothing but unresolved obsessions; the so-called "adversities" are the place of practice. All sentient beings, whether good or evil, have the possibility of becoming Buddhas.