Why can't an old turtle, who has been practicing for thousands of years, take off its shell?

There are many animals in Journey to the West, and one animal is very sad. After thousands of years of practice, I still can't cultivate human form, so I entrusted the Tang Priest to ask the Tathagata why. As a result, I didn't know if it was Tang Priest's intention, so I forgot to ask. As a result, when the Buddhist scriptures team passed the Tongtian River again, the old turtle flew into a rage and knocked all the Buddhist scriptures into the river.

Tongtianhe laobie

Speaking of which, everyone must have remembered. Yes, he is the old turtle of Tongtian River. According to his own reflection, he practiced in Tongtian River for 1300 years, and now he has learned to speak human words, which can be said to be deeply spiritual. However, one thing is very confusing. After such a long time of practice, he hasn't taken off his turtle shell yet. Knowing that the Tathagata Buddha is very good and can know the past and the future, he entrusted Tang Priest to help him ask when he can take off his turtle shell. However, although Tang Priest went to Lingshan, he forgot the old turtle in Tongtian River, which caused the old turtle to be furious when the Buddhist scripture motorcade passed through Tongtian River again and threw Tang Priest and his disciples into the river. So why can't the old tortoise in Tongtianhe get rid of its shell after thousands of years of practice? There is a reason for this. "A pot of porridge" will analyze it for everyone.

Demons with backgrounds practice quickly. Take Hong Haier as an example. It only took him 300 years to become a real samadhi fire. We know that he is the child of Niu Wangmo and Princess Tiefan in Dali. Niu Wangmo is a cow essence and Princess Tiefan is a ghost fairy. Their children are not human anyway, so Hong Haier was never born human, but when the Buddhist scriptures team met Hong Haier, he was nothing like an ox. Needless to say, it must be Niu and Tiefan Princess Church.

Red boy

Because the parents of these goblins are big bosses, and the circle of friends is also big bosses, there is no skill, so it is not a matter of repairing into a human shape at all. So it can be repaired into an adult in a very short time.

It's even harder for goblins without background. They have no ready-made achievement methods available, and rely entirely on their own understanding, which leads to rapid progress and slow progress. Take the old turtle in Tongtian River as an example. He obviously has no background. He has a sentence that particularly illustrates the background. The original 49 back is described like this:

Great Sage, you don't know that the last place in the world is my residence, which has been handed down from generation to generation. Because I realized my roots and cultivated my aura, I practiced here, and my ancestral home was turned over again, becoming the first in water strider.

Tongtian River

But this time, he will be fine, because he has got in touch with Buddhism, and Buddhism will definitely help him succeed. Why do you say that? We know that learning from the scriptures is the biggest project of Buddhism at present, and it is a move to suppress Taoism and promote Buddhism. In order to learn from Buddhism, we will spare no effort to use all resources. Let's look at the eighty-one difficulties. Almost every difficulty is carefully selected by Buddhism. Some disasters are caused by Guanyin bodhisattva begging the old gentleman several times before persuading others. It can be seen how difficult it is to make up this 8 1.

Tongtian River

But this old turtle on the Tongtian River has arranged a dilemma. The first time was to help the Buddhist scriptures team cross the Liusha River smoothly, and the second time was the last difficulty. When Guanyin Bodhisattva read the difficult book, she found that there was one difficulty missing. She immediately ordered her brother and sister to catch up with King Kong who escorted the Buddhist scriptures team. They whispered to each other, and then the Tang Priest team landed near Tongtianhe, and the old turtle immediately cooperated with the implementation. As can be seen from this detail, this old turtle has long been in secret contact with Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Old tortoise

In fact, if you look at the original carefully, you will find that this old turtle is completely unreasonable. Even if the Tang Priest helps him ask the Tathagata how to shell, the old turtle will still throw the Tang Priest into the water, because the two questions asked by the old turtle are completely different. If you don't believe me, A Pot of Porridge will compare the problems of the old tortoise in the original:

Back to the original 49, the old tortoise said this:

Thank you, master. It is said that the Buddha in the Western Heaven is immortal and can know the past and the future. I renovated/kloc-0 here for over 300 years. Although I am light and can speak human language, it is difficult to get rid of my shell. I hope the master will ask the Buddhist monk to see when I have to shell.

Old tortoise

Back to the original 99, the old tortoise said this:

Teacher, dad, I went to the west to see my Buddha and Bodhisattva in 1998 and asked how many years I could live. Did you ask me if I was dead? "

Everyone says this is an old turtle. Is it a hooligan? No matter whether the Tang Priest asks or not, the old tortoise will still throw them into the river. It can be seen that the old turtle has obviously had an affair with Buddhism for a long time. He helped and contributed a lot to Buddhism, which is certain in the future.

Therefore, it is difficult for an old tortoise to shed its shell after thousands of years of practice. This time it finally fell, and the Tathagata will definitely say: You have contributed so much, and it is stable this time.

Note: The original book called it Lao Nian, but for convenience, it was called "one pot of porridge" and changed to Lao Gui. This article is based on the original Journey to the West, with pictures from the Internet. Thanks to the supplier.