Journey to the West I am just a river god

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The Manjusri Terrace faces the Garanshe, and the Maitreya Hall is close to the Daci Hall.

There are also a group of eminent monks in the Buddhist hall who are chanting scriptures, the sound of Sanskrit is bursting, and the fragrance is hazy.

It is really a Buddhist treasure!

Wukong pressed the cloud head and said: "Master, it really is a monastery. It is a good place to stay overnight. Let's go now."

Several people laughed all the way, approached all the way, and walked outside the mountain gate.

There are five big characters on the mountain gate, which are: Jian Baolin Temple.

Lin Yun said, are you here yet?It turned out to be that difficulty.

Ba Jie asked from the side: "Master, who will you send in to stay overnight in this temple?"

Tang Seng looked at a few people, and then said: "I'll go in, and Lin Yun will follow, but the three of you have ugly faces, rough speech, and strong and arrogant nature. If you offend the monks here, it would be unsightly if you don't give me a night." .”

Hearing what Tang Seng said, Wukong, Bajie and Drifting looked at each other in dismay, and could only say helplessly: "In this case, please invite Master in, and don't say anything else."

"Hey."

Tang Seng sighed, then put down his tin stick, took off his cloak, straightened his clothes, put his palms together, and led Lin Yun into the mountain gate.

This Baolin Temple is really rich.

I saw a pair of King Kong sitting high inside the red painted railings on both sides, they were dignified and ugly.

An iron face and steel beard, a dry brow and round eyes, a brilliant golden armor, and a windy cuff.

And in the west there are many stone Buddhas, and in the middle is a big stone tripod, with incense and green smoke curling up.

This scene made Lin Yun think that he had returned to modern times and visited a certain temple.

But the Tang monk was actually moved, nodded and sighed: "In our eastern land, if someone burns incense to make offerings to the big Bodhisattva made of clay, my disciple, I don't have to go to the west."

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After listening to Tang Seng's words, Lin Yun could only express, Master, do you really want to go to the West Paradise or not?

Just as they were sighing, the two of them had already reached the second floor of the mountain gate.

There are actually four heavenly kings here, that is, the four who hold the country, learn more, increase, and broad-eyed.

After walking for a while, the tallest place is the Daxiong Palace.

After the Daxiong Hall, there are also some Guanyin Halls, Manjusri Halls, etc., so I won’t go into details here.

Tang Seng, who had never seen such a scene, kept sighing.

Lin Yun even suspected that the layout of temples in later generations would be like this, so it had a lot to do with this trip to Baolin Temple.

While he was admiring, a Taoist actually walked out of the door.

Chapter 200 Tang Monk in Baolin Temple was deflated

This Baolin Temple is built in the name of imperial edict, that is to say, Wuji Kingdom is a royal temple, so why invite a Taoist priest to be in charge?

Lin Yun guessed one or two. First of all, this is a small move to stigmatize Taoists. The Buddhist school is still far behind the Taoist school in terms of strength and the magic power of the gods.

It is not because of how capable the Taoist priest is in Baolin Temple, but because he takes the opportunity to stigmatize the Taoist priest and show the outside world that the Buddha is greater than the Tao, and the Taoist priest can only do some chores for the monks.

But in fact, letting Taoist priests serve monks in Baolin Temple is just a small step towards stigmatizing Taoist priests.

After that, Manjusri Bodhisattva intensified his efforts and sent his mount Qingshi Jing to pretend to be a Taoist priest in Zhongnan Mountain to "kill" the king and seize his throne.So, after King Wuji came back, how could Taoism still have a good reputation.

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

In other words, this is actually Manjushri Bodhisattva seeking faith for Buddhism by taking advantage of the catastrophe of learning scriptures. Of course, the greatest benefit is obtained by himself.

Besides, the Taoist in captivity suddenly saw Tang Monk's unusual appearance, and Lin Yun's gentle and jade-like temperament, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Where did you two come from?"

The monk Tang made a gesture and said: "My disciple is a monk sent by the Great Tang Dynasty of the Eastern Land to go to the Western Heaven to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures.

"Don't blame this eminent monk, but I can't be the master of this matter. I'm just a Taoist here who sweeps the floor and rings the bell. There is also an old housekeeper 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 dare not make a decision to let you stay."

Tang Seng felt helpless, but he had no choice but to say, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

But he said that the Taoist went to the abbot to report again: "Master, two people came outside and said they wanted to stay overnight."

The abbot got up, changed his clothes, pressed the Vairocana cap on his head, put on his cassock again, opened the door and asked people, "Where did they come from?"

Another person wearing a Pilu hat, Lin Yun said, the last person wearing this hat died a miserable death.

The Taoist leading the way pointed to Tang Seng and Lin Yun not far away.

But I saw Tang Seng leaning against the back door with a bare head, wearing a 25-piece Bodhidharma robe, and a pair of worn-out Dagong shoes.

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 was too gentle, he didn't look like a nouveau riche or powerful.

Seeing this, the abbot said angrily: "You disturb me with such a trivial matter? Don't you know that I am the host and also a monk official. I will only come out to greet the scholar-officials who come from the city to offer incense. This monk, you Don’t even think about it, just let me pick him up! Look at his face, and the man behind him who doesn’t look like a monk. He is probably not a good monk, but those wandering monks. The status of Baolin Temple is so high, how can we 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 called unsympathetic!"

The Taoist had no choice but to hear this, after all he was just a part-time worker, shook his head, came to Tang Seng, and truthfully told the words of the master.

Hearing this, Tang Seng felt a little uncomfortable, so he could only sigh deeply, and then said: "Poor! Poor! Sure enough, when I go out, I suffer a lot of insults and disasters. Disciple, I have been a monk since I was a child. I have never Worshiping prophecy and eating meat with evil intentions, and never throwing tiles or bricks to hurt the Buddhist temple, let alone peeling off the real gold on the face of the Buddha statue, hey! Poor! I have often encountered bad people in my life, and this homeowner just doesn’t want us to stay, why did he say such insulting words and let us squat in the front porch overnight?"

After hearing the words relayed by the Taoist, Tang Seng spit out a series of words, which can be regarded as showing his true feelings.

Tang Seng subconsciously wanted to leave, and then went to find another place to stay, but the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he couldn't bear it, he passed the Taoist and went straight to the inner hall. Lin Yun naturally followed, after all, it is rare for Tang Seng to get angry .

In fact, Tang Seng cannot be blamed for this. Buddhism has always had a tradition of placing orders, and along the way, I have never encountered any temples that did not give orders. After all, it was just a one-night stay.

After all, Dongtu Datang is still a golden signboard, and of course the more reason is because the host said something that might make Tang Seng extremely uncomfortable.

Tang Seng led Lin Yun into the back hall, and saw the official monk taking off his cassock and sitting there angrily. He didn't know whether he was chanting scriptures or writing prayers with him. He saw some papers piled up on the table.

Tang Seng thought for a while that it would be better to salute first and then fight, so he clasped his hands together, said the Buddha's name, and said: "Amitabha, the old master, disciple Tang Sanzang has seen the abbot!"

As for Lin Yun, he didn't salute, after all, he was not worthy of the person in front of him.

The abbot was already a little impatient, seeing Tang Seng and Lin Yun intending to come inside, he returned the courtesy without answering: "Where did you come from?"

Tang Seng suppressed the fire and said: "My disciple is sent by the Tang Dynasty in the east to go to the west to worship the Living Buddha and ask for scriptures. After passing by Baofang, it is getting late and I want to ask for a night. We will leave before dawn tomorrow. I hope the old homeowner is convenient and convenient."

After the abbot had finished listening, he got up and asked, "Are you that Tang Sanzang?"

"Don't dare, the disciple is."

"You used to go to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures, but you can't go anywhere?"