Why didn't Tang Priest ask Tongtianhe old turtle to live longer?

? Why didn't Tang Priest ask Tongtianhe old turtle to live longer?

Journey to the west seems to be the only TV series that has grown up, and some plots have even been watched more than two or three times. Journey to the West seems to be a TV series that people from children to the elderly are willing to watch, especially the one directed by Yang Jie in the 83rd edition, which is a classic. Six-year-olds and Xu are also household names because of this drama.

I don't know if you still remember an episode in the TV series, in which there is a monster called the King of Inspiration, who is a goldfish essence. It was originally a goldfish in Guanyin pond, but somehow it became human nature and invaded the nest of the old turtle in Tongtian River. What's more, he had to eat virgins. Later, Wukong hurried to Guanyin for help. After Guanyin soothed the goldfish with a bamboo basket, it was the old turtle of Tongtianhe who dragged the Tang priest and his disciples across the Tongtianhe River, which was 800 miles wide, but

Later, Tang Priest and his disciples learned the scriptures, but it was still a little difficult for Buddhists to return to the truth in 1999. I don't know how to calculate a difficult point on the way to learn from the scriptures. I really doubt what Guanyin is doing. The Buddha only asked symbolically. So what's going on? It's like I give you a candy, but I want to hit you again. Ok, digression, get to the point.

When the old tortoise asked the Tang Priest what he had entrusted in those years, the Tang Priest was speechless, and Buddhism was particular about not swearing, so the Tang Priest didn't say anything, because he didn't ask at all, so when the old tortoise got angry, he threw them all into the Tongtian River.

When I saw this piece when I was a child, I thought this turtle was so narrow-minded. You ask someone to do you a favor, but when they don't help you, you get angry. Tang Priest has no obligation to help you. You asked him to ask Buddha, and he did. How many questions do you need to ask the Buddha along the way? Do Tang Priest need to remember one by one? When I arrived at the Buddhist Tathagata Hall, I took out my notebook and began to ask questions one by one. If you were Tang priest, what would you do?

Like my job, I learn from the west. Although you helped me cross the river in Tongtian River, I also thank you. You asked me to help. I should ask your life expectancy for you, but is it helpful or not? It makes sense if I don't help you.

There's another one. Buddhist thought also emphasizes that everything is doomed. As the saying goes, the secret can't be revealed, and Tang Priest is not stupid. He knows very well that even if he thinks about it and asks Tathagata, do you think Tathagata will reply to his mother? Impossible, so Tang Priest is still very clever, so he didn't ask.

In addition, Buddhist thought also pays attention to the reincarnation of past lives and karma. That old turtle wants to become an adult with such a little patience? The Buddha will never accept him, because his heart is not good enough, he has not given up on himself, and he has not done everything for all beings. The old tortoise threw the Tang priest and his disciples into the river for his own benefit, which fully showed that the tortoise had no Buddhist fate and needed to continue practicing to get results.