<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" after successful >ly taking the scriptures, the Tang monks should have received 15144 volumes of scriptures, why did they only get one-third in the end? </h1>
We all know that although the novel Journey to the West tells the story of the four masters and apprentices all the way to the west, the ultimate purpose is indeed to learn the scriptures, after all, rulai said at the beginning: I have the Fa Yizang and talk about the heavens; on the one Tibet, talk about the earth; the Jing Yizang, the degree of ghosts; the three Tibetans have a total of thirty-five parts, the fifteen thousand one hundred and forty-four volumes, which is the path to cultivating truth and the door of righteousness.
However, after the Tang monks came to Lei Yin Monastery, Rulai did give 15144 volumes of scriptures in its entirety for the first time, but they were all wordless scriptures, such as the original text: one nirvana sutra, seven hundred and forty-eight volumes; one bodhisattva sutra, one thousand and twenty-one volumes; one void tibetan sutra, four hundred volumes; one lengyan sutra, one hundred and ten volumes; one collection of grace and intention sutras, one, fifty volumes; one decision sutra, one hundred and forty volumes; one treasure sutra, forty-five volumes; one Huayan sutra, five hundred volumes; and one ritual sutra , 90 volumes; 1, 916, 1, 300, 1, 300, 1, 1, 110, 1, 170; 1, 1, 270; 1, 1, 1, 100, 1, 1, 1, 120, 1, 1, 800; 1, 32, 1, 32, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 116, 1, 1, 130; 1, 130, 1, 130, 1, 130, 1, 1, 130, 1, 1, 130, 1, 1, 130, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 One, three hundred and fifty volumes; one Lotus Sutra, one hundred volumes; one Yoga Sutra, one hundred volumes; one Baochang Sutra, 220 volumes; one Western Heaven Sutra, one hundred and thirty volumes; one Monk-Sutra, one hundred and fifty-seven volumes; one Miscellaneous Sutra of the Buddha Kingdom, one thousand nine hundred and fifty volumes; one Sutra of The Doctrine of Enlightenment, one thousand volumes; one Great Wisdom Sutra, one thousand and eighty volumes; one Baowei Sutra, one thousand and two hundred and eighty volumes; one Honka Sutra, one, eight hundred and fifty volumes; one Orochorama Sutra of the Orthodox Law; The Great Peacock Sutra is one, 220 volumes; the Sutra of The Theory of Knowledge is 1, 100 volumes; and the Sutra of the Treatise on the Wisdom of Knowledge is 1, 200 volumes.
Then Sun Wukong went to the Lei Yin Temple and made a big fuss and said: Rulai! My teachers and disciples have suffered thousands of stings and thousands of demons, and they have come here from the Eastern Lands to worship here, and they have been instructed to pass on the scriptures, and they have been deceived by Ah Dao and Gaya- Cai, and they have cheated on the same page, and they have deliberately taught us a wordless white paper book, and what we use him for! Hope for the reign of the Emperor!
But Rulai smiled and said, "You are still shouting, the two of you asked you for personal affection, I already know." But it was only the scriptures that could not be passed on lightly, nor could they be taken in vain, so they went down the mountain to the monks of the monks and monks of the times, and recited this sutra to him at the home of the elder Zhao of the State of Shewei, to ensure the safety of the living in his family, and the deceased was detached, and only to get him three buckets and three liters of rice grain gold to come back, and I also said that they had sold it cheaply, and taught their descendants and grandchildren that they had no money to use. You have now come empty-handed to take it, in order to pass on the white book. The white book is a true scripture without words, but it is also good. For you, the beings of the Eastern Lands, who are foolish and unenlightened, can only be passed on to their ears.
Then he said, "Aksha and Gaya, soon there will be a few volumes of the scriptures with words, and in each part of the book, check a few volumes with him, and come here to report the number."
In the end, the four of them obtained the True Scriptures, but the number of copies of the Scriptures was not 15144, but:
Now pay the Tang Dynasty Nirvana Sutra 400 volumes, the Bodhisattva Sutra 360 volumes, the Void Sutra 20 volumes, the Shou leng Yan Sutra 30 volumes, the Enyi Sutra 40 volumes, the Decision Sutra 40 volumes, the Treasure Sutra 20 volumes, the Huayan Sutra 81 volumes, the Rites of Truth 30 volumes, the Da Pan Ruo Sutra 600 volumes, the Golden Guangming Pin Sutra 50 volumes, the Uninformed Sutra 550 volumes, the Vimala Sutra 30 volumes, the Three Commentaries on the Sutra forty-two volumes, the Diamond Sutra 1 volume, the Zhengfa Commentary Sutra 20 volumes, the Wei Mo Sutra 30 volumes, the Three Commentaries on the Sutra 42 volumes, the Diamond Sutra 1 volume, the Zhengfa Commentary Sutra 20 volumes, the "Sutra of the True Law" 20 volumes, the "Sutra of the True Law" 20 volumes, the "Wei Mo Sutra" 30 volumes, the "Three Commentaries on the Sutra" 42 volumes, the "Diamond Sutra" 1 volume, the "Zhengfa Commentary Sutra" 20 volumes, the "Sutra of the True Law" 20 volumes, the "Wei Mo Sutra" 30 volumes One hundred and sixteen volumes of the Buddha's Sutra, twenty volumes of the Five Dragon Sutras, sixty volumes of the Bodhisattva Precepts Sutra, thirty volumes of the Great Collection Sutra, 140 volumes of the MoShu Sutra, 10 volumes of the Lotus Sutra, 30 volumes of the Yoga Sutra, 170 volumes of the Baochang Sutra, 30 volumes of the Western Heavenly Treatise, 110 volumes of the Sangha Sutra, 1,638 volumes of the Miscellaneous Sutras of the Buddha Kingdom, 50 volumes of the Sutra of Rising Faith, 90 volumes of the Great Wisdom Sutra, 140 volumes of the Baowei Sutra, 56 volumes of the Honka Sutra, 10 volumes of the Zhengying Sutra, The Great Peacock Sutra has fourteen volumes, the Sutra of The Theory of Knowledge has ten volumes, and the Sutra of the Treatise on the Attainment of Wisdom has ten volumes. In the Tibetan General Classic, there are thirty-five parts, and 5,048 volumes are found in each part, which remain in the Tang Dynasty with the eastern soil holy monks. Now the furniture is packed up and straightened out on the shoulders of the centaurs, waiting for Shane.
From this point of view, there is a big gap between the number of these true scriptures and the number of wordless scriptures of the predecessors, or the serious lack of them.
Ah Qi and Gaye deliberately gave less scriptures, in fact, it was not their intention, but Rulai's intention, Rulai was somewhat disdainful of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, because he once said: Ru waits far away, and will pay for it all and Take it away, but the people on that side, stupid village strong, slander the truth, and do not know the mystery of my Shamen.
It can also be seen from this that the first time Rulai gave the Wordless Sutra was to express that the Tang Dynasty could not understand these mysteries, and then Ah Dao and Jia Ye also understood Rulai's intentions, so they only took one-third of the scriptures and gave it to Tang Monk, letting him hand over errands.