(Snail Watch Journey to the West No. 6056)
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Why did the Tang monks go to the Western Heavens to learn the scriptures? Because Rulai said that the people of Nan Ganbu Zhou liked to kill and steal frequently, they urgently needed the scriptures to cleanse their hearts, but Ru Lai's words were too strong in personal color, and Nan Ganbu Zhou was not as bad as he said, and his lie was poked through by two people on the way to the scriptures.
Tang Monk was the son of Heavenly Selection, Guanyin personally selected the speaker, she also specially reminded Li Shimin at the Water and Land Festival, Tang Monk is proficient in Hinayana Buddhism, has no sense of Mahayana Buddhism, and the people of Nan ganbu Zhou still need mahayana Buddhism indoctrination, her words touched Li Shimin, and the emperor was willing to send him to learn the scriptures.
However, after the completion of the sutra, the Tang monk seems to have lost value, and he seems to have only served as a courier. Rulai sent the Eight Great Kongs to escort the four masters and apprentices back to the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and before Old Tang could spread his thoughts, he was taken away by the Eight Great Kongs, and Li Shimin was opened by the imperial disciple, so he had to find someone to recite the sutra again. At this point, Rulai's mind has become clear, and the person who takes the sutra is not important, nor is the person who takes the sutra, he only wants the nations along the way to believe in the Dharma.
Sima Zhao's heart was known to everyone, and Rulai's mind was also known to two people.
The first, Wuchao Zen Master
After the Eight Precepts of the Pig joined the team, the three masters and apprentices passed by the Floating Tu Mountain, and the Tang monk mistakenly thought that this was a gathering place for monsters, and the Eight Precepts laughed and said that the owner of this place was his old acquaintance, and he had wanted to take him as an apprentice before. Zen Master Wuchao was not a narrow-minded person, and he did not buy and sell benevolently, he did not anger the team for taking the sutra because of the eight precepts, and handed them the Mahabharata Paramita Heart Sutra, and the written sutras of Rulai were nothing compared to it.
The Wuchao Zen master predicted the monsters that the Tang monks would encounter, as well as the appearance of the sand monks, and even pointed out their way forward: although the road is long, there must be a day, but it is only a miasma that is difficult to dispel. Although the road to taking the scriptures is far away, but this is not an obstacle, the most feared thing is that their magic obstacles are difficult to eliminate, the magic obstacles here have two meanings, the first is the demons and ghosts on the road, the second is the magic obstacle in the heart, the Tang monks are not cultivating enough, how can they reach the Western Heavens.
Second place: Thorn Ridge Whispering Clouds
Fu Yunsuo is one of the monsters of the Thorn Ridge, he appeared and abducted Tang Monk, however, he was not interested in Tang Monk meat, more wanted to talk to Old Tang about poetry and song, such a youkai should leave his life no matter what, more words will be lost, Fu Yunsuo is still destroyed on this mouth, he said the secret of Rulai.
The Taoists, Ben An China, instead, seek verification of the West. Empty straw shoes, I don't know what to find?
In Fu Yunsuo's view, going to the Western Heavens to learn the scriptures is to give up the near and seek the far, but in the end I don't know what to find, this kind of blatant and contradictory behavior, where will the Eight Precepts be let go.
Under the suggestions of these two people, Tang Monk still did not give up taking the scriptures, why is this?
Because he had already made a promise to Li Shimin: I will definitely dedicate my life to the Western Heavens when I go. If they do not reach the Western Heavens, they will not be able to read the True Scriptures, and even if they die, they will not dare to return to China, and they will fall into hell forever.
How could Tang Monk break his promise by gambling on his oath, so even if he knew the truth of the sutra, he would still continue to travel west.
Go to the "Snail to See the Journey to the West" public number, you can see the related article "Taking the Scriptures was originally scheduled for three years, why did it take fourteen years?" 》