Sensing Dragon Subduing's predicament, Gungun, who had returned from beside the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool to its Crouching Bear Hall in the Pure Land World, flashed a sinister smile across its big, chubby face. Smack, smack-it finished the remaining rabbit meat, then conjured a flame in its paw to destroy the bones and erase the evidence. Next, it called for the Glazed Medicine Buddha.
"Buddha Lord!" Medicine Buddha soon entered the Crouching Bear Hall, pressed his palms together, and bowed to Gungun.
"Mm, Medicine Buddha, I have a task for you. The Dragon-Subduing Arhat has violated our precepts by eating meat without permission. He even went to the mortal realm for it. Go there and watch him. See whether he's drinking wine and eating meat. If he is, seize him immediately and escort him back to the Western Heaven," Gungun instructed Medicine Buddha.
Medicine Buddha was somewhat surprised to hear this. Dragon Subduing? Isn't he usually quite observant of the rules? Why would he suddenly break the precepts? Still, since these were the Buddha Lord's instructions, he would naturally obey.
"Yes, Buddha Lord," Medicine Buddha immediately replied respectfully to Gungun, then slowly withdrew from the hall.
After he left, Gungun raised its proud head and muttered, "You dared to police my meat-eating? Now I'll have someone police yours!"
Then Gungun opened its paw. With a hum, divine light flashed in its palm, and a microphone appeared. Holding it, Gungun bounced around the hall, threw back its head, and burst into song.
"Let me tell you a myth~ a myth~ once upon a time, there was a bear~ this bear became the Heavenly Emperor, so ama... amazing~"
The monks on duty outside the hall: "..."
The Buddha Lord had started singing the sutras again!
Indeed, what Gungun was singing came from the