Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva could only leave in a dejected state.
Returning to the Pure Land, Amitabha Buddha sat upon the Nine-Colored Lotus Platform and asked, "What did that monkey say?"
Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva recounted everything about his journey there.
Of course, he omitted one detail, namely his assertion that Amitabha Buddha would definitely be victorious.
What the outcome for Amitabha Buddha would be, Mahasthamaprapta did not know.
He was certain that if he had spoken that line, he definitely would not have seen Amitabha Buddha's outcome, because Amitabha Buddha would definitely kill him.
It was now universally acknowledged that he was the newly emerged crow's mouth of the Three Realms.
Amitabha Buddha frowned and after a long silence, he finally said, "If I'm not mistaken, Sun Wukong has known for a long time that Tathagata is not dead, he might even know more details than us."
