Fahai travels through Tang Sanzang

Chapter 326 Qijue Ridge Removes Pollution, Zhu Ziguo Exchange Pass

"Why restraint?"

Fa Hai looked at the disciples beside him, "What else should I restrain?"

"To put it simply, it is to control one's emotions, or to suppress evil thoughts, desires, and some dangerous thoughts and behaviors."

These are all clichés, so there is no need for Master to reiterate, they understand.

After all, they have also read the scriptures with the master all the way. It is impossible to understand these simple principles, but since the master repeats the same old tune at this moment, there is naturally the truth of the master, and the master has always had a target. They all looked focused, afraid that they might miss something.

"Actually, it's not these negative emotions that need to be restrained. In many cases, even the positive emotions need to be restrained." Fa Hai asked the disciples, "Do you know the reason?"

The Great Sage answered first, "It's too late."

Wukong's comprehension is the same as before, and many things can be understood at a single point. In the past, there were only a few people to guide him.

"That's right." Fa Hai was obviously very satisfied with Wukong's answer. He first affirmed Wukong's answer, and then continued: "The counterpart of restraint is indulgence, and indulgence...often leads to loss of control."

Fa Hai has a deep understanding of this point.

"So when you become a teacher, the first thing your teacher teaches you is to learn restraint."

In fact, this is not only a requirement for Wukong and others, but also Fahai's own code of conduct.

Restraint is undoubtedly a very important lesson for practitioners, and even the vast majority of practitioners need to spend their entire lives in it. This is why the heavenly court requires the gods to restrain their emotions and desires, and Buddhism also has precepts as the rules for monks to live in the world.

"On top of restraint and indulgence, you must learn to control it."

"You must learn to control your emotions, including good and evil thoughts." Fa Hai said here, smiling slightly, "It's like Wukong controls his strength and aggressive nature, and Bajie controls his lust. Into one body, you can control it in one thought as you like; instead of being controlled by it."

"As a teacher, I think that practice is like this."

This may not be the same as the current mainstream practice in the Three Realms, but this is Fa Hai's understanding of his practice in the past two lifetimes.

As for whether it is right or wrong, Fa Hai does not dare to make a judgment. All he can do is encourage him to do it, and keep his heart and mind at all times to prevent going astray.

In fact, in Fa Hai's view, what Taoism pursues is restraint. And the "extermination of emotion and nature" that follows it to the next level may not be regarded as an indulgence of restraint.

Relatively speaking, the same is true for some extreme methods used by Buddhism to transform the world.

After listening to the master's words, several disciples seemed to be enlightened, and they only felt that their thoughts in the past were too superficial.

Master is worthy of being an eminent monk in the world, to have such a state of mind.

The Great Sage couldn't help but think of his original intention when he first practiced—wanting to live forever.

But Master only has two words for his evaluation.

--fear death.

In this regard, the Great Sage really has no room to refute.

But who hasn't had a time when they were young and ignorant?

The Great Sage looked at the villagers in this village. It is difficult for the dead to be brought back to life, and the living still have to carry on with their burdens. Even in today's world, the Tuoluo Village at the foot of Qijue Mountain is actually not a rich place.

It's just that the vast land and sparse population can make them self-sufficient and have food and clothing.

In the past, the Qijue Mountain was dangerous, but now that the snake demon has been subdued, the villagers can rely on the mountain to eat. It's a pity that the transportation is not convenient, otherwise they can make a small profit by relying on the persimmon trees all over the mountain. Pen.

The eminent monk has the skill of subduing demons, and he got rid of the snake demon in Qijue Mountain. Naturally, the villagers couldn't help but be grateful.

All the families were grateful, invited from east to west, and rewarded each other. They must ask their masters and apprentices to stay in Zhuangzi for a few more days, and each family should take turns to be hosts to express their gratitude.

The masters and apprentices come here because they can't refuse; secondly, the rescued surviving people are weak and weak, and they need to take care of them, or if they recover a life now, if they let it go, they will inevitably stay some troubles.

When Fahai nursed these surviving villagers, he also learned why they survived.

It turned out that this goblin got a volume of fragments from nowhere, but she became obsessed with cultivation. Even if she could barely transform into a human form, she eventually fell into a curse. Every three to five days, she had to drink blood to maintain her life
On this day, the master and apprentice were about to say goodbye and go west.

Because their masters and apprentices didn't want money, they all prepared some dry food and fruits for their farewell party. It was just melons and fruits that Fahai let Bajie accept, which was considered as the cause and effect of subjugating demons for them.

And because Fa Hai said that he would clean up the filth of Qijue Mountain for them when he was leaving, all the people in the village went with him to see Master Sanzang's supernatural powers.

This journey sent the five of them, master and apprentice, to Shishi Tongkou in Qijue Mountain.

A foul smell made everyone cover their mouths and noses. This smell is really not something ordinary people can bear.

"Holy Monk." Old man Li said to Master Sanzang, "This is the only way to cross the Qijue Mountain. Now the road has been blocked long ago, how can we pass?"

Everyone knows that their masters and apprentices come and go, and they all have the method of flying to the sky, but they also know that this mage has vowed to walk to the west.

Old man Li suggested to Master Sanzang: "It's better for the holy monk to stay in Zhuangzi for a longer time, or let me wait for my own devotion, and open another good road to send the holy monk there."

As for what Master Sanzang said before to clean up the filth all over the mountain for them, old man Li just thought it was Master Sanzang who was being polite. He may not have been to Qijue Mountain for a long time, but looking at it now, how can he still look extraordinary?
"Old man." The great sage stopped in front of the old man Li, and said with a smile, "If you want to open another mountain road with the ax in your hand, what year and month will you have to wait? Since my master and apprentice have said that we will clear it for you The filth of Qijue Mountain, you put all your heart in your stomach, just watch my old grandson call the mountain god land and tell them to open the way."

The Great Sage recited the formula a few times, intending to summon the land of the mountain god here, but after reading it several times, he couldn't hear any movement, and he cried out strangely: "There is not even a land of the mountain god here!"

Bajie thought for a while, pushed his elder brother away, and offered advice to his master, "Master, it seems that elder brother's method of praying to God doesn't work. In my old pig's opinion, it's better to ask the disciple to perform a change and open the original path." That's it."

"Not right." Fa Hai shook his head: "Although it can open the way, the filth is hard to get rid of."

Bajie looked at the endless rotten persimmons on this mountain, and said to himself, "This is really difficult."

When the villagers saw that the great sage summoned the mountain god and disappeared, and Bajie’s proposal was rejected again, they were worried when they heard Master Sanzang say: "Wujing, bring the human race bag."

In fact, not only the people in the village don't know what the race bag is, but even the Dasheng brothers don't know the magic of the race bag.

Fahai also gave it a try. After all, this is Maitreya Buddha's bag, so it won't be too big to hold these things.

Wu Jing took out a cloth bag and handed it to the master, but saw that the master did not use magic power to move it, but poured it with the golden light of Buddha Dharma, hey——

Suddenly, the cloth bag bulged without any wind, and flew into the air. The bag opened up, and it looked swollen and swollen.

The Great Sage glanced sideways for a few moments, saw that the bag was dark and chaotic, and there was nothing clear at all, just like a bottomless pit, and suddenly thought of Zhenyuan Great Immortal's "Sleeve Universe", and said to himself: It must contain the power of space. Tao's treasure bag.

The pocket swelled, and a gust of wind came out of nowhere, but it sucked up a mountain of rotten persimmons from Qijue Mountain from the surface of the mountain, and put them all into the bag.

This scene made the villagers amazed again and again, and many people even knelt on the ground and said, "I pay homage to the Living Buddha."

活佛
Life is like this, there is always somewhere, and some past memories will be awakened inadvertently.

Fahai asked himself, he absolutely could not afford to be a "living Buddha", so naturally he did not dare to be worshiped by the villagers.

This acquired human seed bag is worthy of being the treasure of Maitreya Buddha, and it can really hold the filth of this mountain.

wobbly——

With a casual move, Fa Hai caught a full human race bag, felt it for a while, and sent some mana into it, and then a wave of spiritual power was generated inside to refine the filth.

Wukong immediately cast a wind spell to blow away the stench in the mountains and rivers.

Even if the difficulty of Qijue Mountain was solved, it didn't take much effort.

It can be said that "thousand-year-old persimmons are clean today, and Qijue Hutong opens today." It is said that the master and apprentice of Sanzang wash away the dirty alleys and embark on the road of leisure. Time flies and it is summer.

Not long after, I saw a city in front of me.

It was also scorching summer, and when everyone saw the city ahead, they were about to rest their feet.

A little white dragon came back from exploring the way earlier, and said: "Master, the Zhu Zi Kingdom is ahead."

Fa Hai nodded, and said: "Since it is Xibang's throne, Guan Wen is about to be replaced, disciples, let's advance into the city."

As the crowd moved forward, they saw the apricot-yellow flag at the top of the city waving, on which there were three famous books [Zhu Ziguo] in big characters. After a while, they got off their horses at the city gate, crossed the bridge, and entered the third-story gate.

After looking around for a while, it is really a good Huangzhou.

The six streets and three markets have a lot of goods and capital, and thousands of households have prosperous business.

It is this kind of emperor's city, the capital of Tianfu.

The masters and apprentices were walking in the main streets of the city, but they saw dignified figures, well-dressed, and clear speech, which were not much worse than those in the prosperous cities of the Tang Dynasty.

The businessmen on both sides were not afraid when they saw Bajie's ugly appearance, but they were afraid that they would not look carefully, so they came closer to have a look, and even Wujing and Dasheng were beaten.

On the contrary, Fahai and Xiaobailong, who have always been eye-catching, have lost their "favor" at this time.

Seeing that there was going to be a commotion, Ba Jie immediately covered his face.

"Go, go--" The Great Sage thought they were bored, so he stretched out his hand to chase them away.

Smiling wittily, it passed away. Some local rogues were not afraid of trouble, but instead came up to play with the Great Sage.

This will be the same as the embassy, ​​which is the place where the country receives envoys from other countries.

The so-called Huitong Hall is the place where the world is connected. Even if their masters and apprentices are not envoys sent by the Tang Dynasty to Zhu Ziguo, it is all right to settle here.

Seeing the five masters and apprentices enter the yamen, the booing people naturally dispersed gradually.

Although Zhu Ziguo is in the realm of Buddhism, the Buddhism in his country is not prosperous, it can only be said to be at an ordinary level.

Along the way, everyone has never even seen a larger Buddhist temple.

But I heard from Xiaobailong that the ruler of Zhuzi Kingdom enshrined a Guanyin Hall, which is very pious.

When everyone heard that the king was a Bodhisattva worshiper, they first had a good impression in their hearts.
The envoy of the embassy listened to the report from the yamen servant, saying that a group of monks had come in, so he walked out quickly and stopped the master and the disciples, with a rather proud expression on his face, after all, Zhuzi Kingdom is a big country around them, and usually the people who come here are vassals and tributes So, as embassy envoys, they are naturally tough.

Let alone a few monks.

Xiao Bailong immediately said: "My master is Master Sanzang, who was personally bestowed by the emperor of Tang Dynasty in Dongtu Zhongzhou, and he went to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures under the decree of the king of Tang. Now he is passing through your country and is about to change the official document. rest."

Damn!

Maybe other families don't know what kind of territory the Tang Dynasty is, how can they, the envoys of the Ministry of Rites, not know?

Hearing Xiao Bailong's words, he quickly put on his belt and went down to the hall to meet each other. He immediately ordered the servants to clean the guest room, and personally led the master and apprentice to rest for five days.

After the master and apprentice settled the luggage, when the embassy was about to leave, Fa Hai asked him, "Can the lord go to court today?"

"Our country has been ill for a long time and rarely goes to court, but today is a good time for the zodiac, and we are discussing matters with all civil and military officials in the court." The embassy said to Master Sanzang: "Master Shicai said that the official document should be reversed, so I hurried to return it at this time." I can catch up. If it is tomorrow, it will be too late, and I don’t know when I will be able to wait until the court.”

"If that's the case, I really can't delay it." Fa Hai stood up and said to Wu Jing, "Wu Jing, fetch Guan Wen."

Wujing took Guan Wen and sent it to the master.

"As a teacher, come and go, just remember to wait for yourself, and don't cause trouble."

"Don't worry, master." Bajie said with a smile, "It's not the first day we go out and wait for the disciples to go out for a while, so we can make a change and cover up our faces."

Entering such a big city, this is Bajie's favorite. When he was on the road just now, he smelled a lot of local specialties, which made his mouth water.

If he hadn't kept in mind Master's advice to control his appetite and not be influenced by his appetite, he would have long since been unable to resist eating.

Wujing also wanted to record the local customs and customs, so that after learning the scriptures, he would organize them into a book and hand them down to the world, so that the world would also know what he saw and heard when his master and apprentice traveled westward.

Fahai's footsteps were fast, and he arrived in front of the Wufeng Tower in a short time. The Wufeng Tower here is taller than Chechi and Baoxiang, and almost comparable to Jisai Kingdom.

It can be said that the palaces and pavilions are towering and the buildings are magnificent.

From Fahai to the outside of Duanmen, the troubled official conveyed it to the Tianting, wanting to check the customs.

The Huangmen official didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly went to the front of the jade steps and said: "Your Majesty, outside the gate, there is a monk sent by the Eastern Tang Emperor to go to the Leiyin Temple in the West to worship Buddha and ask for scriptures, and he wants to change the customs clearance certificate. "

"Oh." The king's expression, which was not in a good mood, seemed to be a little bit happy, "The widow has been ill for a long time, so I went out to recruit doctors, and some eminent monks came to the country. But it is not auspicious?"

"Quick!" The king pulled himself together and said, "Quick, monk Xuan comes into the palace!"

(End of this chapter)