The Demon Host Mistreats the Fundamental Nature

The Demon Host Mistreats the Fundamental Nature The One Body Pays His Respects to the Buddha We will tell now not of the sufferings of the venerable Tang Elder but of the three demon chiefs in strenuous combat with the Great Sage and his two brother disciples in the low hills to the East outside the city. It was indeed a good hard battle, like an iron brush against a copper pan: Six types of body, six types of weapon, Six physical forms, six feelings. The six evils arise from the six sense organs and the six desires; The six gates to nirvana and the six ways of rebirth are struggling for victory. In the thirty-six divine palaces spring comes of itself; The six times six forms do not want to be named. This one holding a gold-banded cudgel Performs a thousand movements; That one wielding a heaven-square halberd Is exceptional in every way. Pig is even more ferocious with his rake; The second demon's spear-play is superb and effective. There is nothing commonplace about young Friar Sand's staff As he tries to inflict a blow that is fatal; Sharp is the senior demon's......