What kind of help did the black bear essence give the Buddha, and will it be appointed as the mountain protector?

In our cognition, Guanyin Bodhisattva is almost omnipotent. When all beings encounter any difficulties and pains, if they can sincerely call Guanyin Bodhisattva, they will be saved by the Bodhisattva. In Journey to the West, Guanyin Bodhisattva is more powerful. She has many identities, such as the teacher of seven buddha, one of the five elders, one of the four Buddhists, and so on. Both in heaven and Buddhism have great influence.

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If you look at the original work carefully, you will find that Guanyin Bodhisattva has a great right to speak in heaven. For example, when she comes to see the Jade Emperor, the Jade Emperor will be demoted to welcome her. Xiaobailong broke the dogma, and Guanyin Bodhisattva asked the Jade Emperor to forgive her sin in one sentence. Guanyin Bodhisattva promised the Monkey King that she would "scream every day, and the earth spirit would scream", which also showed her strength. It is conceivable that it is a great honor to work beside Guanyin Bodhisattva. From beginning to end, the Monkey King believed that it was better for Hong Haier and Guanyin Bodhisattva to be good children than for them to learn from the scriptures. Then the question is, why can the black bear essence win the favor of Guanyin Bodhisattva and become the patron saint around the Bodhisattva?

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Welfare First of all, being a mountain god beside Guanyin Bodhisattva is definitely a great welfare. Why do you say that? We know that before he converted to Buddhism, the identity of the black bear essence was a demon king. He wants to live forever, and he has to make great efforts, not only to make an alchemist, but also to practice, which may not necessarily lead to immortality. Don't worry about Guanyin Bodhisattva, because Bodhisattva has plenty of ways to make it immortal. She can use her face to ask the old gentleman for elixir and the jade emperor for flat peaches, even if she asks Zhenyuan Daxian for ginseng fruit.

Secondly, being around Guanyin Bodhisattva is more conducive to practice. We know that a goldfish essence raised by Guanyin Bodhisattva in the lotus pond cultivated a magical power only by listening to the Buddha chanting, which made the whole Buddhist learning team have a headache, while the black bear essence had more opportunities to be trained by the Bodhisattva, and the magical power definitely increased even more.

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Finally, the man of Guanyin Bodhisattva has more advantages in identity. Take the black bear essence as an example. Before he converted to Buddhism, the black bear essence was a demon king and was the object of suppression by heaven. After his conversion, he is the representative of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and he can attend various activities on behalf of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

There's so much talk about the benefits of recruiting black bear essence, and there must be a reason why so many good things fall on black bear essence. If Guanyin Bodhisattva only needs a mountain protector, as long as the job advertisement is posted, the people in line will definitely fill Luojiashan.

The real reason, a pot of porridge, is that the black bear essence has made great contributions to the cause of learning the scriptures, so it has been rewarded. So what did the black bear essence do to make the Buddhist system value it so much? We all know that the black bear spirit stole the Tang Priest's cassock and made Guanyin Bodhisattva close to him. As a result, he was accepted as the guardian of this mountain.

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So what exactly did he do? Let's take a look at what happened after the cassock in Jin Lan passed the black bear essence. Before the black bear essence, the cassock was like this. This passage in the original 12:

This cassock is worn by saints. When you are free, you can fold it. When you meet a saint, you will be scared by ghosts and gods. There are wishful beads, manizu beads, dust beads and wind beads on it. There are also red agates, purple corals, night pearls and relics. Steal Bai Yue and compete with the sun for red.

Moreover, after the black bear essence, there is something missing from the cassock, which was introduced in the original 65 chapters:

The cassock is the treasure of the Buddha, and it has Ruyi Pearl, Mami Zu, red agate, purple coral, relic and luminous pearl, so it shines brilliantly.

Let's not talk about the rest. The most important thing is that there is one wind-setting bead missing. Moreover, this set of wind beads has a great influence on the scriptures. If he exists, then the Monkey King doesn't need to find reinforcements to deal with Huang Fengguai, but directly kill him, and it is also easy to deal with Princess Iron Fan. If these two disasters are so easy, can they be counted as disasters? The three realms will definitely think that the Buddha sent water, and what's more, they will put off the plan to learn from the Buddha, so the blow to the Tathagata will definitely be quite serious.

Black bear essence

Black bear essence stole the core components such as cassock and wind beads, which enabled the Buddhist sutra plan to proceed smoothly. This must be a great achievement. It is not too much to give him a god for this credit.