Xuanci had a total of three true disciples, Guangfa, Guangzhen and Guangxin. Today, Guangfa is among the four leaders of Taici Temple and is the hall leader, Guangzhen is a monk in Taici Temple, and both monks are in Luohan
At the pinnacle of the realm, there is only one opportunity left to enter the Bodhisattva realm.
Guang Xin is Xuanci's close disciple and the one with the best understanding. He is also an Arhat monk - only slightly lower than the two senior brothers, but eighteen years younger than them. Xuanci is very interested in this closed disciple.
His disciples love him the most and look forward to him the most. He has repeatedly declared that Guangxin will achieve the status of Buddha in the future.
Seven years ago, Guangxin went to Tianlongyuan to meet friends. It happened that the Battle of Baima Mountain was at its most intense, so he was invited to participate in the war, but he did not expect to die because of it. The bad news spread to Taici Temple, and all the monks in the temple felt the same grief.
The one who is sad is the abbot Xuanci.
Seven years have passed since this koan, but it has always stuck in Master Xuanci's heart like a thorn and cannot be erased for a long time. It has become the last obstacle that hinders Master Xuanci from achieving Nirvana. Without this obstacle, Master Xuanci will not be able to achieve perfection.
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Xuan Sheng said: "...but the Taoist sect is already alert..."
Xuanci said: "That's why I have to go. I wanted to wait a little longer, but now it seems I can't wait any longer. If the Taoist sect wakes up, where will there be a chance? Junior brother, don't worry, Guangzhen has already
The search scope has been reduced to the Gaoligong Mountain area, and the radius is less than a hundred miles. If it is really there, it will be found within a month."
Now that the matter has come to this, Xuan Sheng also knows that it is useless to talk too much. Talking too much will shake the determination of the abbot, senior brother, so he said: "I will go with senior brother."
Xuanci shook his head: "This matter must not be made public. I will go quietly and return as soon as I succeed. You should stay in the temple and show your face from time to time... Furthermore, if things are not harmonious, Taici Temple will be promoted in the future."
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Xuan Sheng said: "Senior brother, I don't feel at ease if I go alone. Although Shiwanda Mountain is uninhabited, the area around Gaoligong Mountain is in the realm of Ming Dynasty. Senior brother is the pillar of my Buddhist sect. How can I enter the Ming Dynasty alone? If it weren't for me, my senior brother, I would say something ominous. Thirty
The broken halberd of Monk Lu Xi many years ago is still heartbreaking. Senior brother, please do not be careless."
Xuanci said: "I have realized in my heart that this trip is my destination. If it goes well, I can come back in a short time. If it doesn't go well, it won't help if you go. Instead, I will focus on taking care of you. If you and I both
If I can’t come back, what will happen to my Taici Temple then?”
Xuan Sheng was helpless: "I understand, senior brother. How about asking nephew Guangfa to accompany senior brother as a support?"
Xuanci smiled and said: "Again, what's the use of him going? Besides, he has been searching for Tibet for these years, which is considered tiring, so don't tell him. There are three flying talismans here, you can
Take it, if I still haven't returned in three months, or if you still can't contact me after three months, send out these three flying talismans."
Xuan Sheng took the flying talisman and responded: "Yes."
Before Xuanci left, he turned back and left his last words: "If my trip does not go well, there is no need to say anything. If my trip goes well, you will be ready to kill Xu Gu."
Xuanci no longer had any worries and quietly left Taici Temple, descended from Animaqing Mountain without anyone noticing, and walked along the southern foot of the mountain towards the mountain pass. He paid homage from afar every time he came to a temple along the way, and the passing years unfolded.
It appeared in front of our eyes, and soon became fragmented and turned into clouds and smoke.
Leaving Animaqing Mountain, Xuanci slowly headed south, experiencing delays in many places. At Dushan Pass, he cast spells to kill a group of wolves that were causing harm to the villagers, and at Luoxi, he rescued several families of hunters who were besieged by floods.
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When arriving at Da Jinchuan, Xuanci boarded a passenger ship and sailed down the river. Halfway through the journey, when the ship was crossing the Seventeenth Beach, the boss of the ship accidentally hit the reef in the river and the ship suddenly capsized.
Come over, the more than 20 people on the boat are covered in the bottom of the boat.
Xuanci had already flown into the air at the moment when the boat capsized. He stretched out his finger and the passenger boat turned over again. He threw the people who had fallen into the water onto the boat one by one. He then held the boat with one hand and stepped on the waves in the river to send them away.
Stranded on the shore.
More than twenty people were kneeling in the boat together, chanting the great virtues of Bodhisattva toward the sky, but Xuanci, who had saved people, had already drifted away without a trace.
When he came to Dajianlu, Xuanci was flying low in the air, and suddenly saw small fields cultivated in the valley in the mountains in Mingjing. These fields were planted here and there, and some were sandwiched between them.
In the valley, some bloom halfway up the mountain.
When did Ming people have such perseverance to reclaim wasteland in these vast mountains? Xuanci's heart moved and he landed.
After a quiet inspection, I found that these fields were all medicinal gardens, with countless mountain people working hard in them, and many more people were opening trails in the mountains.
Xuanci stayed here for a long time and witnessed the lively scene of the mountain people working hard and happily building their homes under the leadership of a monk called "Master Guo". He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After thinking for a moment, Xuanci came to a small stream. He had already looked carefully. A mountain road opened by the mountain people would extend here, and a bridge would probably be built to cross the river in the future. At this moment, it was still a dense jungle, with no trace of people.
So Xuanci rolled up his sleeves and started cutting down trees. After a while, he got dozens of big trees...
Xuanci had never had any experience in civil engineering work, so he went to the bridge that the mountain people had built many times to study hard. Working until late at night, he managed to build a small bridge that was six feet long and one foot wide.
After I got better, I went up and tried it again and found that it was quite stable, so I left here with satisfaction.
From Dajianlu, we headed west, along the Tibetan border, bypassed the countryside, and headed all the way towards the Hengduan Mountains.
Hengduan Mountain, also known as the Hundred Thousand Mountains, has countless high mountains and deep valleys, and there are countless peaks over a thousand feet scattered among them like stars. No one has ever counted them clearly.
It's October, and the weather in the mountains changes a lot. Sometimes there's pouring rain, sometimes there's lightning and thunder, and sometimes there's heavy snow. Master Xuanci, who is at the top of his Buddhist practice, doesn't dare to fly over it at will.
Xuanci trekked in the mountains, passing Mangkang Mountain, Ququ Mountain, and Bilong Mountain, and came to the foot of a snow peak that seemed to grow in the sky. Looking up at the top of the magnificent snow peak, Xuanci prostrated himself on the ground and paid homage to Padmasambhava.
This mountain is Meili Snow Mountain, one of the most famous sacred mountains in Buddhism. After paying homage, Xuanci walked south and entered the hinterland of Hengduan Mountain.
Both the Ming Dynasty and Tubo claimed to have undisputed power over the Hengduan Mountains, but neither of them was able to get involved here. In the history of Buddhism and Taoism, countless eminent monks came here, but ultimately disappeared. However, the disputes between the two sides
A tacit understanding has been formed for the time being that the east and south of Meili Snow Mountain are considered to be in the Ming Dynasty, and the west and north are considered to be Tubo.
After passing the Meili Snow Mountain, Xuanci gradually entered the range of Gaoligong Mountain. The canyon of Gaoligong Mountain is so deep and the trees are so lush that you can't see beyond ten feet at a glance.
He was convinced that there was a great demon in disguise in the Hengduan Mountains. With Xuanci's ability, although he was not afraid, he couldn't move casually in an unfamiliar situation, so he found a peak and stood on the top of a tall pine tree.
Go up, shake your hands and issue a flying talisman.
After less than half an hour, a scrawny old monk quietly came to Xuanci and kowtowed: "Meet the Master."