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Chapter 88 Xuanzang's Epiphany
"No, the national teacher is a person full of truth, kindness and beauty in his heart. I practice for the great love in the world, and I must not hurt him!" Chen Xuanzang said.Then, he paused, and said again: "I have always thought that the national teacher is the incarnation of the Buddha. He will show his real body when my merits and virtues are complete, and lead me to become a Buddha."

I have to say that Chen Xuanzang's IQ is really worrying.

"Bastard, traitor!" For the first time, the fat old monk got really angry.

The Chen Xuanzang of this world is born a fool, if it is something else, even if he is stupid again, the old monk will not be angry.But now, he even admitted that his master was wrong, how could the old monk bear it?Although he is not the real Tathagata Buddha, it is precisely because of this that he has human emotions!
He really couldn't bear it, this Chen Xuanzang was so stupid that he regarded other people as Buddhas.

You know, this Chen Xuanzang is not only his apprentice, his predecessor, Jin Chanzi, is also the great disciple of Tathagata Buddha.

"Master, you are angry, it's not right." Chen Xuanzang said foolishly.Immediately, the fat monk became even more angry. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "Today, your master, I will not only be angry, but also glaring at King Kong. I will beat you to death, you little bastard who deceived your master and destroyed your ancestors."

As he spoke, he chased Chen Xuanzang for several miles.

"Master, since you hit me, you can no longer hurt the national teacher!" Chen Xuanzang yelled and ran out of Chang'an City.

In order to find the pig demon, he spent the next few days wandering around.

That night, he came to Shaolin Temple, where the monks warmly received him.Then they went to the meditation room to do their homework together, but when they arrived at the meditation room, Chen Xuanzang was shocked: the Shaolin Temple actually had all the 22 scriptures in Tianzhu that he had been looking forward to for a long time.

Even not only the Mahayana Buddhism, but also some side-by-side minor Buddhist teachings, as well as local Buddhist scriptures, were placed on the bookshelves.

"Why, why do you have these scriptures?" Chen Xuanzang asked confused.

"Buddhism in the world comes from Shaolin, and there are only Buddhist scriptures in the world that no one else has seen, and there is no Shaolin." Taishang Huang Li Yuan sat on the futon and said with a smile: "Little brother, if you like, you can copy the Buddhist scriptures here at will." , the door of my Shaolin Dharma is open to the whole world.”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Xuanzang was taken aback again.

After a pause, he asked: "Since there is Mahayana Buddhism, why don't you save all living beings?"

"If the scriptures can really save all living beings, what do we need Buddhism for?" Li Yuan shook his head and laughed at himself: "I used to think that as long as I spread the Dharma, I could save the suffering in the world. But it turns out that I was wrong. If we want to be truly liberated, we can only rely on the sentient beings themselves, and we have to do some practical things.”

"What's the matter?" Chen Xuanzang asked.

"That's too much, digging rivers, opening up wasteland, upholding justice... Everyone has their own things to do, and what you need to do most now is to catch that pig demon." Li Yuan said: "The one you like 'Mahayana Buddhism', I can give you all, as long as you promise to help me catch the pig demon."

Chen Xuanzang frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

"A year ago, I was your Emperor, and now, your Emperor is my son." Li Yuan said.

"I promise you!" Chen Xuanzang said, taking the 22 scriptures on his back in a bamboo basket.

"Where did you find it?" After returning, the fat monk stared.Chen Xuanzang did not answer, but said blankly: "Master, you have always taught me to practice for the great love in this world, but what is great love? Are these useless scriptures?"

On the way back to the city, he tried to use scriptures to save people, but the result disappointed him greatly.

He passed the scriptures to a group of refugees. Those who believed in Buddhism and recited the scriptures starved to death, while those who did not believe in the scriptures went to the government for help, but survived.

"No, the scriptures have already appeared, so how can I learn from them?" the old monk said, and burned the scriptures with a fire.Seeing this, Chen Xuanzang wanted to stop him, but he was sent flying out with just a slap, and his cultivation base was abolished.Finally, the old monk said with a grim look: "You are going to find Monkey King for me, subdue him, and learn scriptures together!"

"Why?" Chen Xuanzang looked at the unfamiliar master and asked.

"There is no reason, you must go!" said the old monk.

"Master, your obsession has become a demon. If the Buddha manifests, he will definitely convert you." Chen Xuanzang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, turned and walked out of the alley.In the same place, the old monk stared blankly, and said to himself: "What a fool, the monks are all empty, how can it be possible to become a demon?"

Maybe even he, or even the Tathagata himself doesn't know that Journey to the West has become an obsessive obsession.

After Chen Xuanzang left, he came to a barbecue shop.

"You obviously want to eat in your heart, but you say you don't want to eat it. Did you learn lies when you joined Mahayana Buddhism?" He thought of what Ji Ming said: "You obviously went to my house to beg for alms, but what you saw was not I, but my glory and wealth, why should I give you alms?"

This is greed!
"You want them to be eaten by monsters to prove that you are right, but you don't admit it. Doesn't the Buddha know if you don't tell me?"

This is anger!
"Obviously love to death, but you want to say you don't love, don't you even have the courage to look directly into your heart?"

This is crazy!
"You are angry, jealous, and hate yourself for being incompetent, but you vent your anger on the people closest to you. Don't you think that is ridiculous?"

This is a magic barrier!

"If you don't agree with your heart, you can't even find your true heart. Even if you practice peerless martial arts, do you think you can really save all sentient beings?" Ji Ming's words echoed in his mind, making him suddenly realize: it turns out , I have already committed greed, anger, ignorance, and demonic obstacles, but I just haven't discovered it.

All the reasons come from obsession, because I can't let go, so I can't get rid of it.

"The Buddha is born from the heart. It turns out that the Buddha has always been in my heart." Chen Xuanzang murmured.

This is a historic moment. On this day, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty canonized Chen Xuanzang as "Master of Protecting the Nation" and ordered Mr. Kongkong, Tiancanjiao and Beastman to go with him to catch the pig demon.Li Shimin said in person: "The day the pig demon is punished is the day when you and Miss Duan will be married."

As for Buddhism and worldly love, those unrealistic things, he no longer thinks too much about them.

He wants to catch all the monsters in the world and be a practical exorcist.

"Xuanzang, what is it that makes you betray your master?" The fat monk appeared in front of him and asked.When Chen Xuanzang heard the words, he thought for a while and said, "It's not that I betrayed my master, but my master betrayed me—I practiced for the sake of the great love in the world, but your Buddhist sect preaches the Dharma just out of selfishness!"

"You..." The old monk was taken aback by the words.

"Since compassion is true and kind, why do you have to ask me to get scriptures instead of sending them directly?" Chen Xuanzang said.The old monk pointed at him for a long time with trembling fingers, but he didn't say anything after all.At this time, Ji Ming's voice suddenly rang out: "Let go of all the upside-down dreams, let go of emptiness and form, let go of obsessions, Xuanzang, you have realized the true meaning of Buddhism."

After confirming that the old monk had lost contact with Tathagata, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a wonderful thing.

"Who the hell are you?" Sensing the Buddha nature in Ji Ming's words, the old monk asked with some doubts.

"There is no appearance of others, no appearance of self, and no appearance of sentient beings. I am 'Amitabha Buddha', and you can call me 'Lord of Receiving and Leading Buddha'!" In Lingshan in Journey to the West, there is no "receiving and guiding Taoist" and no "Amitabha". This gave Ji Ming a lot of room to fool around.

(End of this chapter)