In Journey to the West, in addition to Zhu Bajie who did not become a Buddha, Sha Seng actually did not become a Buddha, and he ended up being a golden-bodied Arhat. To put it nicely, you can say that you are an eight-treasure golden-bodied Arhat Bodhisattva. But whether it's a bodhisattva or an arhat, he hasn't become a Buddha, so what is the reason why he hasn't become a Buddha?
Reason 1: Sha Seng does not have enough credit
Take a look at what the Buddha said when he was talking about the merits of the sand monks. All I can say is that it's really not a lie.
Fortunately, he converted to my religion, sincerely respected and protected the holy monks, and had meritorious work in mountaineering and leading horsesSha Seng's biggest contribution on the road to learning scriptures should be to lead the white dragon horse. Generally speaking, fighting monsters is the work of Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, and the sand monk occasionally cooperates, but the key is that he has not won every cooperation, such as taking the initiative to make two shots, one is Kui Wood Wolf, and one is the place of Lion Camel Ridge. Both of these times were caught by youkai, and you can understand that this is the ultimate bastard.
Reason 2: The status of the sand monk is not enough
Some people may say that even if he is a bastard, if he has a little backstage relationship, he can become a Buddha, the key is that this sand monk is not too good in the background. Because his own position is quite embarrassing, he is a rolling shutter general.
Sha Wujing, you are a general of the roller blind, first because the peach will break the glass cup, degrade your lower realm, you fall in the quicksand river, hurt and eat man-made sin.Although it is very likely to be the person of the Jade Emperor, it is not on the stage after all. Even if he is a general who commands the army, he is just the personal bodyguard of the Jade Emperor. Don't talk about the comparison with the level of Monkey King, even if you compare it with Zhu Bajie's Marshal Tianpeng, you will find that if it is really compared to the official position, Marshal Tianpeng's position is much more powerful than that of Sha Seng. Of course, if Sha Seng has always been a general of the rolling shutters, then Marshal Tianpeng will also say something nice after seeing him, after all, most of the people around the Jade Emperor are officials.
Reason 3: Sha Seng himself didn't have this idea
Another point is that Sha Seng himself did not have the idea of becoming a Buddha, we can see that when Zhu Bajie was named the messenger of the Pure Altar, he directly said such a sentence to the Buddha.
They have all become Buddhas, how can they make me a messenger of the altar?To put it simply, he is not satisfied with such a position and wants to go further, but for Sha Seng, this position is already very good. We can look at it from another angle, that is, Sha Seng was a servant at the beginning, and later became an organized leader. This gap is actually quite large. After all, from a secretary to a big guy, even if it seems to be slightly demoted, it will be reused.
To put it simply, there is no need to give at all
Therefore, for the Buddha, although the preparation of this Buddha is said a lot, there is no need to give Sha Seng a golden Arhat is completely enough, and for Sha Seng what he has done on the way to learn scriptures, I believe he is also very clear, and he will not want to ask for a Buddha's position because he led a white dragon horse.
After all, the white dragon horse was changed by the dragon prince, in other words, even if the white dragon horse was not led by him, he would not run around. A bastard who is learning scriptures and does not make much contribution on the way, but in the end, when grading, he gives some practical benefits, and if he continues to ask the Buddha for benefits, it is a little unreasonable.