[Journey to the West] So I am Monk Tang

Coming out of Chang'an City, it was the first time that I felt so comfortable in my heart.

Avalokitesvara Temple has almost been burnt to the ground. Except for the meditation room where I lived, the left and right rooms, and the former residence of the old master, the other places are broken tiles and walls, and cannot be lived in.In this early spring season, there must be a large group of people who will have a hard life.

Yet I have no sympathy for them.

Now that I have decided to live in the Guanyin Temple, I will definitely clear up what happened yesterday.The monks in this monastery are not of one mind either. Apart from the dead old master, they also pushed out two young monks who had received vicious attention from the old master.

One is Guangzhi, and his idea is to sneak into the meditation room when Brother Hou and I are asleep at night, kill us with knives and guns, and then bury us in the back garden.

One, Guangmou, was the one who came up with the idea of ​​closing the door of the meditation room and setting fire to us.

In the end, the old homeowner used Guangmou's idea.

However, this does not mean that the remaining people are innocent. There are more than two hundred people, big and small. They moved firewood and surrounded the meditation room airtightly.

After I heard it, I was so happy that I didn't care that I was the one they wanted to kill. I just said with a cold face: "Is this still a pure place of Buddhism? If I don't save you all, how dare I continue to go west to learn scriptures. If the time comes Avalokitesvara Buddha asked about me, I just said let go and go straight, it will really shame me when the time comes!"

The first thing I asked those monks to do was to clean up the monastery, not to mention the burnt ones, but at least they had to find shelter.Naturally, I live in a good meditation room, but if these people get cold and sick, it will be bad for me to infect them.

This is an era when typhoid and colds can kill people.I firmly remember this.

"Master—" Monkey Brother stretched his voice forward and backward, "If we want to save these bad embryos, I don't know how long it will take. Why don't you let the old grandson go down with a stick, and you can save them and let them recover. How about reincarnation?"

I looked at the monk who was passing by carrying the wood, his legs went limp, and he almost knelt down.

"You need to talk nonsense to scare others." I patted Brother Hou's hairy head, "There are thousands of ways to practice, don't stick to one. This is the Guanyin Temple, and Guanyin Bodhisattva has eaten this incense for hundreds of years. If we take this The Bodhisattva will be happy when the cooking is done."

"How long will it take to finish cooking?" Monkey Brother was very upset, "My children in Huaguo Mountain are still waiting to be reincarnated."

"Wukong, tell me, what did Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva tell you?" I asked.

"It's just to let me protect the Buddhist scriptures from the west, and I will be rewarded when the time comes." Brother Monkey replied.

"Didn't you mean to reshape the reincarnation of Huaguo Mountain?" I wondered.

"The Bodhisattva didn't say it directly. At that time, I was grieving for the children on Huaguo Mountain. The Bodhisattva came and said that my children were pitiful. Then we tangled for a while... Do you want to protect Master, you go to get scriptures, sir Sun was worried about the children at the time, so he couldn't manage so much, but the Bodhisattva said, it is a great merit to protect Master to learn scriptures, and it will naturally be rewarded."

"That still didn't mention reincarnation in Huaguo Mountain?" Is it because my comprehension is too poor, or is Brother Hou's comprehension too good?

Brother Hou sighed, "Master was clever and clever in the past, why is he so unbearable now? When talking to some people, it goes without saying too much. I think when my old grandson was studying art with a teacher, he didn't succeed in asking for it, but instead I was hit on the back of the head three times, if I left without understanding the meaning, I would have missed a big opportunity."

Speaking of this, I really admire Brother Hou's cleverness and wit. After all, at the very beginning, I didn't even think about it. Master Bodhi knocked on Brother Hou's head three times, and Brother Hou knew that it was telling him to study in the middle of the night. .I don't comment on the style of this kind of master who doesn't know what to say and insists on making a little test to show his inscrutability, but, brother monkey, have you forgotten that Guanyin has a criminal record?

In fact, I was relieved in my heart, Guanyin didn't say anything flawless, it was so convenient for me to provoke.

"Wukong, you must have made a mistake on this matter, right?" I said, "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva has boundless mana, but this involves the six realms of reincarnation... Could it be that you made a mistake? Just like at the beginning, You thought that sending me to the west was just a matter of somersaults, but in fact, it was a step by step process."

"No, no, that's what we were talking about at the time..." Brother Hou firmly denied it at first, and then hesitated, "Even if you are a Bodhisattva, you can't play tricks...Master! We must reorganize the Guanyin Temple!"

Brother Monkey, take your time, I can't keep up with your train of thought.

"It is necessary for Guanshiyin Bodhisattva to owe my grandson a favor. The journey has been so long, and the bodhisattva has accumulated a lot of favors, so it will be difficult for the Bodhisattva to shirk." Brother Hou poked the Ruyi golden cudgel on the ground, and rushed out with a 'swoosh'. "Work hard! Don't be lazy! Let the Bodhisattva know your determination to reform!"

The provocative words I had planned before were stillborn like this, but since the result is good, then... death is well deserved.

I just didn't expect you to be such a monkey brother, so reckless, people owe you favors, I'm really sorry for your thick eyebrows... Oh, no, I'm so sorry for your sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks.

With brother Hou urging, the Guanyin Temple was almost cleaned up soon.Of course, it is not as solemn and gorgeous as before, but the general framework has been set up.

I gathered monks big and small, and in the main hall, started the first scripture ceremony.

This is no problem for me.

Back then, at the Chang'an Water and Land Conference, I was supposed to speak for 49 days, but it didn't take long for the Avalokitesvara to be interrupted, and the emperor couldn't wait to kick me out of Chang'an City.Now that I split these contents into pieces, I think I can talk for ten years!

Before the lecture, I respectfully pulled out the Avalokitesvara statue that had been under the burden and replaced the original wooden idol of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva—there was a fire before, and this place was also affected, and most of the Avalokitesvara statue was burned—let everyone go first. Worship the Bodhisattva, and then I will speak.

In the middle of the speech, there was a novice poking his head at the door. I raised my hand and asked him to go and wait. After the sutra was finished and the people below dispersed, I beckoned the novice to come in.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Return to the monk, someone sent an invitation card to Elder Jinchi outside just now." The little novice replied respectfully.

Elder Jinchi was the old head of the courtyard who wanted to take my cassock, but he died and let the cassock disappear. I would like to know who gave him the invitation.

The person on the invitation card claimed to be the attendant Xiong Wei, and asked Elder Jinchi to attend some kind of Buddhist clothes meeting.

I feel that my IQ has been insulted, the Buddha clothes, isn’t it just my lost precious cassock?

This is very interesting, didn't this monster steal the cassock from the old courtyard master on the night of setting the fire?Why is it only a few days later, and you invite someone to appreciate it again, are you not afraid of being recognized by others?

Suddenly there was a monkey head in my hand. Brother Monkey took the invitation from me and gritted his teeth, "I haven't looked for his bad luck yet, but he sent it to me by himself. Master, let me see that cassock Knowing how to find the owner, even if you lose it, you know to ask the owner to find it quickly. Lao Sun will go for a walk and get the cassock back!"

"Don't mess around." I looked at Brother Hou's appearance. He didn't want to take the cassock, but he clearly wanted to hit the door to exercise his muscles and bones. "If others post politely, we should reciprocate."

Ignoring Brother Monkey's muttering that "this post was not for you", I wrote a new reply, stating that Elder Jin Chi died in a panic because of losing his cassock, and now the Guanyin Temple is run by me——from Dongtu The eminent monk Dade of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial brother of the emperor, and the Buddhist scriptures hand-picked by Avalokitesvara—to preside over it, we can only decline his kindness. By the way, there is a small Dharma meeting every five days in the Avalokitesvara Temple, and there is a big Dharma meeting every ten days. Welcome to participate .

"Master, you are too polite." Brother Hou was a little dissatisfied, but he still found out where the monster lived and went to deliver the letter.

"Being a teacher is such a kind person." I am very humble.

When Brother Hou came back, he told me that there was not only Heifeng monster on Heifeng Mountain. When he went there, he also met a snake monster and a wolf monster.

"My Buddha is merciful, and all living beings are equal." I said casually.

There are still four days before the next puja, so I asked someone to find a large piece of wood and prepared to carve a statue of Avalokitesvara with a carving knife.It was finally finished before the Fa conference started again.

"It's really both body and spirit, as if the Bodhisattva spoke the next moment." Monkey Brother praised, "Master, you really keep Bodhisattva in your heart all the time."

"It should." I smiled, I really like this kind of skill that requires a thousand cuts.

When another Fa conference started, three strangers came outside.A black and strong man, a white-clothed scholar, and a Qinghuang Taoist.I only know what kind of monsters they are, but I can't be sure about their arrival. I am not surprised or happy about their arrival and continue my puja.

I have to say that the quality of these monks in the Guanyin Temple is not so good. The mesmerizing scriptures that can make people listen to in the Water and Land Conference are just hypnotic sounds to them, which makes me feel very unfulfilled. Comfort yourself, it's good to meet someone who is not enlightened, so that it can be delayed for a longer time.But the three demons who came this time heard it from the beginning to the end. Their expressions told me that not only did they understand, but they were also deeply inspired and touched.

After the lecture, the big and small monks stepped back immediately, leaving only the three monsters to praise me in the main hall.

"As expected of an eminent monk and great virtue from the Eastern Tang Dynasty." The black and strong man was the most sincere, "It really opened my mind and solved a lot of my doubts. I really wish I could worship under my seat and listen to teachings day and night."

"This layman is being polite." I smiled calmly, it seems that I don't have to worry about the neighbors in the future.

This black and strong man, Heifeng, then came to listen to three more pujas, and at the end of another one, he already had the intention to go to Datang to ask other eminent monks for advice.

Is there anyone in Datang who is more virtuous than me?It's not me, no matter how much moisture there is, I'm still officially recognized as No.1.

When I told Heifeng this tactfully, Heifeng looked at me with much hotter eyes.

"I'm so stupid that I forgot that a master is right in front of me." He couldn't afford it. "My disciple is all about Buddhism and nature, so I ask Master to accept me."

Hey, this style of asking for a teacher if there is any disagreement, is very monkey-like!

But, will I agree so easily?

of course not.

"Thank you for your love, but my master and apprentice will not stay here for too long. After the monks in the Guanyin Temple have reformed, I will go on the road again." I said, "Heifeng layman's family business is here, I'm afraid it won't be It is convenient to go together."

"Are you going to the Western Paradise to learn Buddhist scriptures?" Hei Feng asked with no surprise on his face.

That's right, he's gotten so familiar with Brother Monkey these days, it's impossible for him to know nothing.

"Exactly." I nodded.

"Is there a wonderful scripture in the Western Paradise?" Hei Feng asked.

I nodded again, "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva once said that all I have learned is Hinayana Buddhism, and the true and profound Mahayana Buddhism is in the Daleiyin Temple in the Western Heaven. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty ordered me to go and seek the scriptures to educate the world."

"Master." Hei Feng kowtowed again, "I am willing to follow you to the west to learn scriptures, and I will never leave or regret it."

This development was something I hadn't thought of before, but I don't seem to have any reason to reject it.After all, I'm not the Monk Tang in the book, and the white dragon and horse are all butterflies by me, so it doesn't seem like a big deal to have one more apprentice.

"In that case, then I will take a dharma name for you." I pondered for a moment, "You are the generation of Wuzi, and your name is Heifeng, so I will call you Wufengke..."

Before I finished speaking, a 360-degree surround sound sounded in the sky, "Xuanzang wait a minute!"

I looked at the woman floating in mid-air who was holding a bottle of willow with a compassionate expression, and my heart was once again trampled by a large group of alpacas.

What about reserved?Is there any more reservedness of big names?

This kind of uninvited behavior of rubbing traffic will attract ridicule from the crowd, do you know that Guanyin is big?

The author has something to say: Guanyin: Hehe, if I don’t come again, there will be no gatekeepers in the back mountain!