Sun Wukong can be said to have eaten and seen many masters. He went up to Lingxiao Palace and went down to Yama Luotang. He basically visited the Five Elements and Three Realms without seeing anything. But today he was completely shocked by Zhangjiacun. He stepped into the village.
The purple energy rushes straight to the front door, the red light is dazzling, and the clouds of happiness float in the sky. The merit and virtue of this village is countless times stronger than that of the fairy mountains and islands. The people in the village are all kind-faced and beaming with joy. The men are handsome and down-to-earth, and the women are handsome and virtuous.
The elderly support the children, and the children respect their elders... The whole village is "permeated" with an atmosphere of endless harmony.
Not only Wukong was frightened, Tang Monk also did not expect that there was such a village in the world. This place was no different from the Pure Land. Originally, there was still a sense of superiority in his heart that "the holy monk came to the village", but Xuanzang was cautious at this time, fearing that
Doing something that is not in line with the etiquette is embarrassing here. Not long after Tang Monk entered the village, the Buddha's light began to slowly emit from the top of his head. Although it was not obvious and could not be seen clearly by ordinary people, Wukong and the Taoist priests and men in the village could feel it.
"Holy monk, we have been tired from the journey. Thank you for your hard work. The two of us are taking care of a Taoist temple in this village, Kumao Temple. Why don't we go in and rest." The male Taoist said, "Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced you yet. I am a poor Taoist.
My name is Jiuyang, this is a poor Taoist monk, my Taoist name is Peicai."
"I am Amitabha, the poor monk Xuanzang." Tang Monk said, "I dare not refuse to obey the Taoist priest's invitation."
"Please." Taoist Master Jiuyang led everyone into Kumao Temple located in the east of the village. "Dear villagers, please come back." Everyone who greeted Tang Monk bowed to Xuanzang and dispersed to go home.
This Taoist temple is not big, with average furnishings. There are no other rooms except the main hall, master bedroom and a guest room. Taoist Master Jiuyang said slightly apologetically: "The temple is small and there is no other accommodation. We can only invite four people to rest together.
Please forgive me."
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way." Tang Monk said, "It's enough for wandering people to have a tiled house to live in."
The Taoist Master and Xuanzang said a few more words and then left, "Please rest, everyone. After the fast meal is ready, the Taoist will come back to treat you all to a meal."
The pilgrims had not had a bed to rest for a long time. After the Taoist priest left, Bajie immediately lay down on the bed and fell asleep. Sha Monk sat on a stool to rest. Wukong seemed to be very energetic. He saw a few books on the table and picked them up to read.
Xuanzang originally wanted to rest, but he had some questions in his heart that he wanted to ask Wukong, but he didn't know where to start.
"Master," Sha Monk suddenly said, "This place... is a little strange."
"Oh?" Although he had the same doubt in his heart, Tang Seng didn't say anything and instead pretended to know everything.
"Master, the people here seem...too kind, and..." Sha Seng couldn't figure out what was wrong, but he always felt something was wrong, "It can't be a monster, right?"
"Junior brother is talking nonsense!" Sun Wukong said, "How can there be monsters in such a kind place?"
"But..." Sha Seng shook his head and said no more.
Seeing that his third disciple didn't ask what he also wanted to know, Tang Monk quickly said, "Wukong, the journey is difficult. It's normal for your junior disciple to have some doubts."
"Haha!" Wukong laughed, "Maybe he has seen too many bad people and suddenly met countless good people and is not used to it?"
Tang Monk said: "How does Wukong know that they are all good people?"
"The aura of merit and virtue that fills the village is proof." Sun Wukong said, "And according to Old Sun's sharp eyes and careful observation of the soul bones of the villagers, the people here are at least good people in the second life, and there are many good people in the third, fourth, and fifth lives, and even
Several of them are good people from the eighth generation. We have met too many bad people and monsters. Naturally, we feel that nothing is right when we come to such a good place. Sigh~ Thinking about it carefully, it is really sad. Our hearts have been contaminated by the filth and filth of the world.
There is actually some inability to gather the pure and kind energy. Alas~"
"What!" Tang Monk and Sha Monk said in shock, "How come there are so many good people?! My Amitabha Buddha, my Amitabha Buddha. There is this place in the world, and it lives up to the Buddha's stature. My Amitabha Buddha."
"What a kind person!" Bajie, who was sleeping on the bed, woke up for some reason, "Look at the villagers, they were very enthusiastic when they welcomed us, but each of them went home without even entering the Taoist temple. They must be hypocritical.
"
"You idiot, don't talk nonsense." Wukong said, holding up the book in his hand, "I guess they didn't come in because of the teachings in this book."
"What do you mean?" Bajie didn't understand.
"There is something written in this book, '...a gentleman's happiness ends with oneself; a gentleman's ability ends with the world; a gentleman's friendship ends with the table...'" Wukong read.
"Old pig can't understand."
Tang Seng explained: "The meaning is that a gentleman cannot force others to enjoy his own pleasure; a gentleman has the ability but cannot interfere with work that does not belong to him without authorization; no matter how good the friendship between gentlemen is, they must have private space and cannot be too intimate.
Overenthusiastic. The villagers didn’t come in just because they didn’t want to disturb our rest, which means ‘stop at the seats’.”
"That's what it means." Sun Wukong agreed with Tang Seng's statement.
"This book is kind of interesting, what's it called?" Bajie approached Wukong and asked.
"'Zhang Shuo'." Wukong said, "I don't know who wrote it."
"Probably they are the wise ancestors in the village." Xuanzang sighed, "There are so many kind people in the village and they are encouraged by this book. I am really lucky."
"Master, how come this book has become a spur?" Sha Monk asked.
Tang Monk smiled and said: "Because of 'stop'. If you think about it, we have met many good people in other places when we passed by. They are just too enthusiastic and often pester me. In fact..."
"It turns out that Master is also annoyed. I thought I was the only one annoyed by those nagging old men. Hahaha..." Sun Wukong laughed.
"Even kindness or enthusiasm requires rules. Kindness that does not comply with the rules and precepts can easily lead to unknown consequences." Tang Seng said, "I just read it once. This book "Zhang Shuo" teaches villagers from all aspects, some of which
I don’t quite agree with it, but most of them agree with it, especially regarding the ‘rules and laws’.” As Xuanzang spoke, the Buddha’s light behind him became brighter and brighter, and even Bajie and Sha Seng could faintly see it. At this time, the person speaking
It may be Tang Monk, but it may also be Jin Chanzi. "The scriptures I teach include 'Buddha cut meat and fed it to the eagle', which means that the Buddha fed the eagle meat with meat in exchange for the eagle not killing pigeons. This incident touched countless believers, but it is a pity that the little
I don’t like it very much. Let’s not say that it is natural for the hawk to catch the doves. It is against the rules of nature to intervene. Let’s talk about what happened next. After that, the hawk went to the master to catch prey every day, waiting for the master to cut the meat. Over the years,
Over a long period of time, the cultivation gradually strengthened, and the eagle became a hawk demon. Not only did it continue to cut the flesh of the master, but from time to time, it would also catch some innocent mortals to eat as a tooth-beating sacrifice. If I hadn't killed the hawk demon, I don't know how many living beings would have been harmed...
Good things must also comply with the laws of nature. Kindness without rules means doing evil..."
Xuanzang was talking loudly in the room, and the three disciples listened attentively at first. Later, Bajie and Sha Seng fell asleep one after another, not knowing whether they were too tired, sleepy or for other reasons. Only Wukong stared at Tang Seng full of energy.
"Monkey, that's all for today," Tang Seng said for a long time, then suddenly stopped, "I will meet you again if I have a chance."