This Baolin Temple is built by imperial edict, which means that the Wuji Kingdom is a royal temple, so why did it hire a Taoist priest to take charge?

Lin Yun had a good guess. First of all, this was a small move to stigmatize Taoist priests. The Buddhist sect was still far behind the Taoist sect in terms of strength and magical power.

The reason why Baolin Temple is responsible for raising Taoist priests is not because of how capable the Taoist priests are, but because they take the opportunity to stigmatize the Taoist priests and show to the outside world that Buddha is greater than Taoism, and that Taoist priests can only do some chores to serve the monks.

But in fact, allowing Taoist priests to serve monks in Baolin Temple is only a small step in stigmatizing Taoist priests.

After that, Manjusri Bodhisattva intensified his efforts and sent his mount, the Green Lion Spirit, to pretend to be a Taoist priest from Zhongnan Mountain to "kill" the king and seize his throne. In this way, after King Wu Ji's comeback, Taoism still has no good reputation.

After such a set of operations, wouldn't the incense be firmly in one's hands?

In other words, this is actually Manjusri Bodhisattva seeking faith for Buddhism through the tribulation of seeking sutras. Of course, the biggest benefit is that he himself gets it.

Besides, the captive Taoist suddenly saw that Tang Monk had an unusual appearance, and Lin Yun was as gentle as jade and had an extraordinary temperament, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Where are you two from?"

Tang Monk made a courtesy and then said: "This disciple is a monk sent by the Tang Dynasty from the East to go to the West to worship Buddha and seek scriptures. He is called Sanzang. I have arrived at Baofang now. It is getting late, so I came to ask for help for a night."

"Don't be surprised, this eminent monk, but I can't make the decision on this matter. I'm just a Taoist here who sweeps the floor and rings the bell. There is also an old master who is a housekeeper. Wait for me to go in and report to him. If he keeps you, I will come out and invite you.

You go in; if he doesn't keep you, I don't dare to make the decision to let you stay."

Tang Seng was a little helpless, but he had no choice but to say: "Sorry to trouble you."

But he said that this man came to the abbot again and reported: "Master, there are two people outside, saying they want to stay overnight."

The abbot stood up, changed his clothes, pressed the Vairocana hat on his head, put on his cassock, opened the door and asked, "Where are these people from?"

Another one wearing a Pilu hat. Lin Yun said that the last one wearing this hat died miserably.

The Taoist who led the way pointed at Tang Seng and Lin Yun not far away.

However, they saw Tang Monk with a bare head, wearing a Bodhidharma robe with twenty-five Buddha collars, and a pair of muddy and worn-out Dharma shoes, leaning against the back door. The journey was dusty, and he was a little embarrassed at this time.

Lin Yun behind him was spotless, and his clothes were neat and tidy. After all, Lin Yun still had to pay attention to his image, but because his appearance and temperament were too gentle, he didn't look like a nouveau riche or powerful.

Seeing this, the abbot said angrily: "You are disturbing me for such a trivial matter? Don't you know that I am the abbot and a monk official? I will only come out to greet the scholar-bureaucrats who come from the city to pay incense. How can you greet this monk?"

Without even thinking about it, he just asked me to pick him up! Looking at his face and the person behind him who didn’t look like a monk, he was probably not a good monk, but one of those wandering monks. It was getting late today and I thought he was coming to stay overnight. We

The status of Baolin Temple is so high, how can I allow them to disturb it? Let them squat on the front porch for the night, and give them a place to shelter from the rain. I can't be considered heartless!"

After hearing this, the Taoist had nothing to do. After all, he was just a part-time worker. He shook his head, came to Tang Monk, and truthfully told the master of the hospital what he said.

When Tang Monk heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable. He could only sigh deeply, and then said: "Poor! Poor! Sure enough, I was bullied a lot and encountered many disasters when I went out. Disciple, I have been a monk since I was a child. I have never

I pray that eating meat has evil intentions, and I have never hurt the Buddhist temple by throwing tiles or bricks, nor have I peeled real gold off the face of the Buddha statue. Alas! How pitiful! I don’t know in which life I did something that was harmful to heaven, so that I am like this

We have often met bad people in our lives, so the owner of the courtyard just won’t let us stay. Why did he say such insulting words and make us squat in the front corridor all night?"

After listening to what the Taoist said, Tang Monk burst out in a series of words, which was considered to be a true expression of his feelings.

Tang Seng subconsciously wanted to leave and look for another place to stay, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't bear it, so he passed the Taoist and went straight to the inner hall. Lin Yun naturally followed him. After all, it was rare for Tang Seng to get angry.

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In fact, this can’t be blamed on Tang Seng. Buddhism has always had a tradition of staying overnight. I have never encountered any temples along the way that refused to let people stay. After all, they were just staying for one night.

After all, the one from the Eastern Land Tang Dynasty still has a golden name. Of course, the more reason is because the host said something that may make Tang Monk extremely uncomfortable.

Tang Monk led Lin Yun into the back hall, where he saw that the monk had taken off his clothes and cassock, and was sitting there angrily. He didn't know he was chanting sutras, or writing ritual prayers with others, but he saw some papers piled up on the table.

After thinking for a moment, Tang Monk thought it was better to bow first and then fight. Then he clasped his hands together, said the Buddha's name, and then said: "Amitabha, the master of the old abbey, my disciple Tang Sanzang has met the abbot!"

As for Lin Yun, he did not salute. After all, he was not worthy of the person in front of him.

The abbot was already a little impatient. Seeing that Monk Tang and Lin Yun wanted to come in, he returned the greeting without answering: "Where are you from?"

Tang Monk suppressed the fire and said: "I am a disciple sent by the Tang Dynasty from the East to go to the West to worship the Living Buddha and seek scriptures. When I passed by Baofang, it was getting late. I wanted to ask for a night's stay. We will leave before dawn tomorrow. Return it.

I hope it will be convenient for the elderly home owner."

After the abbot finished listening, he stood up and said, "Are you that Tang Sanzang?"

"I don't dare, that's just my disciple."

"You went to the West to seek Buddhist scriptures, but you still don't know how to walk?"

Tang Monk said: "This disciple has never taken the path of your noble family. This is the first time."

"Going due west, only four or five miles away, there is a Sansanli Inn. There are people selling food there, and it is convenient for accommodation. As for my place, it is not convenient and it is not easy to accommodate you monks who have come from afar."

The abbot found a bunch of pretty good excuses.

Tang Monk couldn't hold back his anger, but he still clasped his hands and said: "Master of the temple, as the ancients said, the monastery and temple are all the residences of our monks. There are three liters of rice at the gate. Why don't you keep me here?

what is going on!"

Listening to the anger in Tang Monk's words, the abbot also said angrily: "You wandering monk, you have a slippery tongue!"

Sanzang asked: "What does glib tongue mean?"

"The ancients said that when the tiger enters the city, every house closes its doors. Although it does not bite people, it has a bad reputation."

"Why did it lose its reputation?" Lin Yun interrupted and asked.

Hearing Lin Yun speak, the abbot looked up at Lin Yun, and then continued: "In Xiangnian, there were several traveling monks who also came to sit at the gate of my mountain. But when I saw that all of them had shabby clothes, tattered shoes, bald heads and bare feet, I

We entertained them with a vegetarian meal, lent them some old clothes, and kept them here for a few days. Who knew that they were so greedy for their own comfort and our food and clothing that they no longer wanted to continue traveling around the world to spread the word of our Buddha, and stayed in the temple?

I stayed there for seven or eight years. As I stayed there, I did many unfair things."

"What's the injustice?"

"In my free time, I throw tiles along the wall and pull nails from the wall. In the cold weather, I fold the window lattice toward the fire, and in summer, I drag the door to block the path. The streamers are pulled into leg straps, and the scent of teeth is secretly exchanged for cantaloupe. I often pour oil on the glass,

Win the bowl, win the pot and win the bet."

After hearing this, Tang Monk was extremely angry. Are you talking about those monks who are fictitious? Are you cursing yourself in a roundabout way?
Chapter completed!