The Reason Why Golden Cicada was Banished from Heaven
Someone asked me a question about this fairly recently, but my answer appears to have been deleted. Anyway, I thought I would answer it again. In short, Master Golden Cicada (Jin chanzi, 金蟬子) fell asleep during the Buddha's sermon. But chapter 81 adds to the reason: accidentally kicking something and causing a single grain of rice to fall. This is explained while Tripitaka is deathly ill for a few days:
“You don’t realize that Master was the second disciple of our Buddha Tathagata, and originally he was called Elder Gold Cicada. Because he slighted the Law, he was fated to experience this great ordeal.”
“Elder Brother,” said Eight Rules, […] “Why must he endure sickness [for two days] as well?”
“You wouldn’t know about this,” replied Pilgrim. “Our old master fell asleep while listening to Buddha expounding the Law. As he slumped to one side, his left foot kicked down one grain of rice. That is why he is fated to suffer three days’ illness after he has arrived at the Region Below.”
Horrified, Eight Rules said, “The way old Hog sprays and splatters things all over when he eats, I wonder how many years of illness I’d have to go through!”
“Brother,” said Pilgrim, “you have no idea either that the Buddha is not that concerned with you and other creatures. But as people say:
Rice stalks planted in noonday sun
Take root as perspiration runs.
Who knows of this food from the soil
Each grain requires most bitter toil?
Master still has one more day to go, but he’ll be better by tomorrow” (Wu & Yu, 2012, vol. 4, p. 82).
行者道:「獃子又胡說了,你不知道。師父是我佛如來第二個徒弟,原叫做金蟬長老,只因他輕慢佛法,該有這場大難。」八戒道:「哥啊,師父既是輕慢佛法,貶回東土,在是非海內,口舌場中,託化做人身,發願往西天拜佛求經,遇妖精就捆,逢魔頭就吊,受諸苦惱,也夠了,怎麼又叫他害病?」行者道:「你那裡曉得。老師父不曾聽佛講法,打了一個盹,往下一試,左腳屣了一粒米,下界來,該有這三日病。」八戒驚道:「像老豬吃東西潑潑撒撒的,也不知害多少年代病是。」行者道:「兄弟,佛不與你眾生為念,你又不知。人云:『鋤禾日當午,汗滴禾下土。誰知盤中餐,粒粒皆辛苦。』師父只今日一日,明日就好了。」
This points to the supreme importance of rice in an agrarian society like ancient China.
For more on Master Golden Cicada, see my previous article:
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二〇二二年六月八日
回家之後我們試著仿造在醫院的照顧模式,
很多事情要自己來,其中一樣是分藥,
在醫院護士會按時把每餐要吃的藥送來,
這時候才發現爸爸到底吃了多少藥,
第一次分完一週份的藥花了一個多小時,
因此認識了不少藥名,
漸漸的不用看藥袋描述就能把藥分好,
如果我不是設計師可能會是一名藥劑師。
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8th.June.2022
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