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Chapter 553 Samantabhadra
Chapter 552 Samantabhadra
After that, Xuanzang stayed in Hongyuan Temple, the largest temple in Chang'an.

The news of Xuanzang's arrival in Chang'an quickly spread throughout the entire city of Chang'an, reaching the ears of all dignitaries and nobles, and also reaching the ears of all practitioners who entered Chang'an.

Not long after, Hongyuan Temple held an external Dharma conference, and Xuanzang, as the patron of the abbot, held the Dharma conference.

During the dharma assembly, Xuanzang had a calm face, he spit out lotus flowers, and explained the Buddhist principles that other families could not comprehend clearly.

This time, Master Xuanzang's reputation reached another level.

Soon, the presiding officer of Jinshan Temple in Luoyang came to Chang'an for a tour and met Xuanzang in Hongyuan Temple.

The exchange of pleasantries between the two of them proved Xuanzang's identity once again.

So far, Xuanzang chose to live in Hongyuan Temple and became an ordinary monk.

But because Xuanzang is proficient in Buddhism, talented and intelligent, he is deeply loved by the monks in Hongyuan Temple. In less than a year, Xuanzang has completely established a foothold in Hongyuan Temple, and even became one of the elders of Hongyuan Temple. .

However, Xuanzang was still accompanied by the ancient Buddha with blue lanterns every day.

After chatting with Master Hongzhi last time, Xuanzang suddenly felt enlightened, and seemed to see a glimmer of hope for his future.

The hole in his heart was slowly closing, and at the same time, he also had an extremely strong yearning for the Western Spirit Mountain.

But this yearning is different from other monks.

Other monks practice, hoping that after passing away, they can go to the west and enter the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss that the Lord Buddha said.

But Xuanzang is different. He practiced in order to realize the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss in the mouth of the Buddha.

Going and realizing are two completely different concepts.

Therefore, the difference between Xuanzang and others gradually increased, and Xuanzang's understanding of Buddhism gradually widened the gap with others.

In this way, a year flies by.

On this day, Xuanzang went to the abbot's dormitory to attend the morning meeting as usual.

Six months ago, Master Hongzhi's body had decayed, and he could barely get out of bed.

Many monks discussed and arranged the early morning meeting in Master Hongzhi's dormitory.

Recently, when Xuanzang arrived at Master Hongzhi's dormitory, he found a group of monks, but they did not enter the room.

Xuanzang's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately stepped forward, only to see several monks slowly walking out of the room carrying Master Hongzhi's body.

"Abbot..."

Seeing this scene, Xuanzang immediately knew what happened.

Xuanzang let out a long breath, then clasped his hands together, and silently recited the Buddha's name.

"The abbot has passed away." A great monk stepped forward, bowed slightly to Xuanzang, and said, "Before he passed away, the abbot left a message."

"The abbot of Hongyuan Temple, the abbot asked me to ask Master Xuanzang, if you are interested."

The monk looked at Xuanzang sincerely, asking what he meant from the bottom of his heart.

Xuanzang sighed softly when he heard the words, and said, "Amitabha, Xuanzang has no such intentions. For the position of presiding officer, please ask someone else to take the lead."

"This point, the abbot also expected." The great monk clasped his hands together, and then said softly: "The abbot also said that if Master Xuanzang refuses the position of abbot, he still has a word for Master Xuanzang."

When Xuanzang heard the words, he hurriedly said, "What are you talking about?"

"Zen is in the heart, but the Buddha is in the west." The great monk bowed to Xuanzang, said only this sentence, then turned and left.

Xuanzang frowned, and this sentence immediately appeared in his heart, echoing in his mind.

Master Hongzhi was the first person Xuanzang admired on his way of practicing Buddhism, and also the first person who was stronger than him.

During this year, Xuanzang learned a lot of Buddhist truths from Hongzhi and broadened his horizons.

Xuanzang attended the funeral of Master Hongzhi.

Master Hongzhi's body was quietly placed on a pile of flat firewood. He was wearing a red cassock, but his complexion was rosy, as if he was really just asleep.

Xuanzang was holding a torch. As one of the elders of Hongyuan Temple, he was required to attend the abbot's farewell.

The fire blazed wildly and quickly engulfed Master Hongzhi's body. In the flames, Xuanzang seemed to see the figure of Master Hongzhi.

The figure floated in mid-air, looked at Xuanzang with a smile, and at the same time pointed his finger forward, pointing in a direction.

Xuanzang turned his head and looked into the distance, which was the direction where the sun disappeared.

And in which direction, there is also the sacred place of Buddhism-Spirit Mountain!
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Lingshan, Mount Sumeru.

Mahavira Hall.

Zhunti and Jieyin sat cross-legged on the lotus platform, looking at the bowing person in front of them.

That person is one of the four great bodhisattvas in Lingshan, Puxian.

"I tell the Lord Buddha that the matter that the Lord Buddha entrusted to his disciples has been completely done."

Na Puxian looked at Zhunti and Jieyin, his face was neither happy nor sad, and his voice was loud.

"Very good." Zhunti nodded lightly upon hearing this, and then asked, "Then Jin Chanzi, what's wrong?"

When Puxian heard the words, he immediately said: "Back to Lord Buddha, Jin Chanzi has reached a very high level of cultivation in this life. He discovered the loopholes in the spread of Buddhist scriptures in the Eastern Land by himself. He once felt that Buddhism is useless."

"But under the influence of my disciples, the current Jin Chanzi has returned to the right track again."

Na Puxian looked at Zhunti, his eyes were shining brightly.

"Okay!" Hearing the news, he immediately said, "Besides these, are there any other discoveries?"

Hearing the words, Puxian thought for a while, and said, "Going back to Lord Buddha, there is nothing else worth noting."

Hearing the words, nodded lightly, and said: "Okay, you can go down."

Puxian saluted immediately, bowed and retreated.

This Samantabhadra, incarnated as Master Hongzhi, became the abbot of that Hongyuan Temple.

This time he went down to the world, because of Jin Chanzi's matter, he lived a whole life in the world, just to strengthen the obsession in Jin Chanzi's heart, and then resolve the paranoia in his heart.

Obviously, Pu Xian's work is very successful.

Now Jin Chanzi has basically recovered to his best condition, and the resentment in his heart has almost disappeared.

When Puxian left, he also planted a seed in Jin Chanzi's heart, that is the seed of Westward Journey.

It's just that this matter of going west has not blossomed and borne fruit in Xuanzang's heart. Once it blossoms, the rest will come to fruition.

"Everything is going well, brother, when do you see..." Zhunti looked at Jieyin and asked softly.

"No rush." ​​Jie Yin said softly: "Recently, the Jade Emperor in the court was very quiet, but Zhen Yuanzi from Wuzhuang Temple has never shown his whereabouts."

"Junior brother, do you think that with the nature of the Jade Emperor, if he hadn't been affirmed by Zhen Yuanzi, he might just stay in the Heavenly Court and do nothing?"

Zhunti heard the words and said, "It must be impossible."

"The Jade Emperor must have reached some kind of agreement with Zhen Yuanzi through some method that we don't know."

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(End of this chapter)