Passing on the Light of Buddha's Wisdom: Enchanting Wu Song and Developing an Emergency Headband! (Continued)

Wu Song murmured to himself. From the Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Dharma Manifestation he had awakened, he had obtained a single divine ability, called: [Great Practice Vajra Hand].

It was a great hand-seal technique that displayed Buddhism's power to subdue demons.

"Could the might of [Great Practice], after advancing, be [Mahasthamaprapta]?"

Faced with such a heaven-sent opportunity, Wu Song showed not the slightest wild delight.

Pressing his palms together, he humbly sought guidance from Lin Chen and Ji Gong:

"Brother, Living Buddha, Wu Er still has one doubt in his heart.

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is the lord revered by our Chan school.

Yet Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, as the Living Buddha said, is the founding patriarch of the Pure Land school.

The methods of the two schools differ, and their paths of cultivation are as far apart as heaven and earth.

If Wu Er uses Samantabhadra's Great Practice method to seek Mahasthamaprapta's fruition, would there be a conflict in terms of Buddhist principles?"

As Wu Song's own Buddhist cultivation deepened, he was now able to strike directly at the crux of Buddhist principles when considering such matters.

The distinction between sects was often harsher in Buddhism than the boundary between life and death.

Those who cultivated Chan emphasized sudden enlightenment, seeing one's nature and becoming a Buddha.

Those who cultivated Pure Land emphasized faith and vows, reciting the Buddha's name.

How could these two paths converge?

"HAHAHAHA!"

Before Lin Chen could speak, Ji Gong threw back his head and laughed loudly from the side.

"You Wayfarer, having learned a smattering of Buddhist teachings, are already here burrowing into a bull's horn.

Let this Buddha ask you: Buddhism has been passed down for so many years. Do you truly think all those rules and rigid doctrines have remained forever unchanged?"

Wu Song froze for a moment,