Yao Xing devoted himself to Buddhism and supported more than 3,000 monks, who traveled to and from the palace and participated in various affairs.

Only Juexian is quiet and different. However, he was not spared.

His trouble lies in two things.

One day, Jue Xian said to his disciples, "Yesterday I saw five boats coming here from my hometown. ”

The disciple passed the word to outsiders, so the monk in Guanzhong immediately thought that Juexian's evil words were confusing the people: "Who doesn't know that his home is in Tianzhu? China is thousands of miles away from there, and he is not a god or Buddha, how can he see it?"

The other thing is that Juexian promotes Zen teachings, and monks and laymen from near and far come to hear the news. However, there are levels of learning and attainment, and it is inevitable that there will be hypocrites who use treachery to play tricks.

There was a disciple who rarely paid attention to the evidence, but he claimed that he had not returned the results, and Juexian did not immediately inquire about it. As a result, rumors and slander are rampant, and unforeseen disasters may occur at any time.

A large part of the disciples were opportunistic and shortcuts, and when they saw that the situation was not good, some walked away anonymously, and some jumped over the wall in the middle of the night, and after half a day's work, they were almost scattered.

It's just that Juexian is indifferent and doesn't care. But someone came to the door.

The monks of Chang'an, Dao Heng and Sangha Qi, came and said with a solemn expression: "You previously claimed that five ships were coming, but there was no trace of them, and it was false and untrue, and your disciples also deceived the people and loved to cause disputes, which has violated the precepts. You'd better go quickly, don't stop!"

Juexian said calmly: "I am like duckweed floating on water, it is very easy to go and stay. It's just a pity that I haven't had a great ambition here. With that, he packed his bags.

Juexian and his disciple Huiguan and more than 40 people began to set off, and the sun was very good at that time, and everything was shining brightly.

The master and apprentice were all calm, their faces were not different, and they were as relaxed as if they were traveling.

Many people saw them as if they had encountered demons, and avoided them in the distance, and there were also people with extraordinary vision who felt sorry for them, and the monks and laymen who sent them off gathered more than a thousand.

When Yao Xing heard this, he was so angry that he summoned Dao Heng and reproached: "Monk Juexian, you have traveled thousands of miles to preach, and you originally wanted to preach Dafa. True knowledge and insight have not yet been revealed, but the good intentions are enough to make people sigh, how can they let everyone lose their mentor because of a mistake?"

Dao Heng was not convinced, but he had to make a confession, so Yao Xing sent an envoy to chase after him on a fast horse.

The envoy explained his intentions, and Juexian said calmly: "Your Majesty's imperial grace is vast, and it is worth thanking, but since you have already set off, you will not be able to obey your fate." ”

Juexian knows that everything has fate, there is no need to be reluctant, and there will be a day when he will be recognized in the future.

Juexian led everyone to rush overnight and went straight south to Lushan, which was the situation of Song.

Huiyuan, a monk who lives in seclusion in Lushan, has long heard of Juexian's name, and knows that Juexian is coming, and he is very happy, as if he is old.

Huiyuan believes that Juexian's rejection is too much for the disciples, and as for the statement of the five boats, it only depends on whether you agree with it or not, and Yu Yu is not guilty.

So he sent his disciple Tan Yong to send a letter to Yao Xing and the monks in Guanzhong to solve the problem for Juexian.

He also asked Juexian to translate several Zen sutras.

Juexian had no fixed residence, and after more than a year, he went west to Jiangling.

There happened to be five boats docking, and when I inquired, it was indeed from Tianzhu, and then I checked the date, which was the day when Juexian spoke to his disciples.

The news spread, and the people of Shishu in the territory rushed to come to worship.

When the monks in Guanzhong heard about it, they realized that they had blamed Juexian, and they were ashamed.

Juexian became famous, and he received a lot of offerings, but Juexian didn't want anything, but held the bowl regardless of the high and low, and lived a quiet life.

Juexian took his disciples to the house of Taiwei Changshi Yuan Bao to beg for food.

This Yuan Bao doesn't believe in Buddhism on weekdays, and treats them quite harshly.

The two ate a little, then got up to say goodbye, Yuan Bao said: "It doesn't seem to be enough, let's use more." ”

Juexian smiled: "The donor's heart is limited, and the meal set for me is gone." ”

Yuan Bao exhaled left and right to add food, and said: "The monk doesn't have to be careful, how can it be gone?"

Left and right, he was embarrassed and said, "It's really over." ”

Yuan Bao was ashamed. He quietly asked Huiguan, "Who is this monk?"

Huiguan replied with a little mystery: "The strength of virtue is far-reaching, and it is not something that you and I ordinary people can measure. ”

Yuan Bao was very surprised, so he reported to the captain, and the captain asked to see him, and when he saw it, he revered Juexian to the extreme.

Soon after Taiwei returned to Beijing, he invited Juexian to go with him and live in the dojo temple.

Everyone saw that Juexian's demeanor was frank and genuine, which was different from that of the Han land.

And the rhyme is elegant and remote.

All of them were praised, and Emperor Wu of Song also valued him very much.

In the fourteenth year of Song Yixi, Shi Meng in Wu County and Chu Shudu, the general of the right guard, asked Juexian to translate the "Huayan" brought back from Khotan.

Juexian gathered more than 100 monks such as Faye and Huiyan and began to translate scriptures in the Dojo Temple.

Juexian holds the Sanskrit text, interprets and determines the meaning of the text, because he is also familiar with Sanskrit and Chinese, so he can explore the mystery of the scriptures.

This translation is very famous, and the Dojoji Temple later still existed in the Huayan Hall.

Later, Fa Xian brought back the "Monk's Law" from the Western Regions, and also asked Juexian to translate it.

Juexian also successively translated six volumes of "Viewing the Buddha Samadhi", "Mud Huan" and "Theory of Convenience of Practice", etc., a total of 15 books and 107 volumes, all of which can achieve both rhetoric and meaning.

In the sixth year of Emperor Yuanjia of Song Wen, Juexian died in Jiankang City at the age of seventy-one.

An Xiaoyu said with emotion: "Juexian has already cultivated the positive fruit, and he has obtained the Great Dao." ”

The little monk continued: "There is also a high monk who has traveled thousands of miles to seek the Dharma, which is also a fortunate thing for my Buddhism. ”

An Xiaoyu said: "Which monk is it?"

The little monk said: "Fa Xian." ”

As fate would have it, Fa Xian was not an ordinary man: his three elder brothers all died at a young age, so when he reached the age of three, his heartbroken father decided to become a novice.

It's just that he was still young, Fa Xian was temporarily kept at home, who knew that after living for a few years, he was sick and died, and his family hurriedly sent him back to the monastery, and after one night, the illness was cured. Since then, he has refused to go home.

When Fa Xian was ten years old, his father died of illness, and his uncle forced him to return to the world because his widowed mother could not be independent, and he replied lightly: "I did not become a monk because of my father, but I just wanted to stay away from the world, so I converted to Buddhism." ”

The uncle thought that Fa Xian's words were reasonable, so he left.

A few months later, his mother passed away, and as soon as the funeral was over, he returned to the monastery.

Fa Xian once and dozens of brothers were harvesting rice in the field, and groups of hungry people came to rob them, and everyone scattered and fled. It's just that if you didn't do good charity in your previous life, you will have the evil retribution of having no food and clothing in this life. Now they're coming to rob someone else. I am afraid that in the next life it will be even poorer. The poor monk is really worried about you!"

After that, he left. The hungry people were stunned for a moment, and then they scattered one after another.

Hundreds of monks were all impressed by Fa Xian. After he was ordained, he was serious and did not exceed the norms, but he was deeply aware of the omissions and mistakes in the scriptures, and he was determined to seek them abroad.

In the three years of Emperor Long'an of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Fa Xian and his classmates Huijing, Daoquan, Huiying, Huiwei and others set off from Chang'an, walked to the west, and traveled through the quicksand in the desert area of northwest China.

Fa Xian and others can only judge things by the sun and the moon, and identify the road by the dry bones of people.

There were many hot wind demons on the way, and if they collided, they would definitely die, Fa Xian and the others resigned themselves to their fate and actually broke through. Walking to the Green Ridge, it is even more difficult to walk.

This ridge is covered with snow all the year round, there are evil dragons spewing poisonous gas, wind and rain are continuous, the sky is full of sand and gravel, and when you look up, the cliffs are towering into the clouds. At the beginning, there were pioneers who chiseled stones to open the way and built steps, Fa Xian and others walked more than 700 steps, and then dragged the suspension cable across the river.

There are dozens of such places, all of which were never set foot in by Zhang Qian and Gan Ying in the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty.

Climbing up the small snow mountain, a cold storm suddenly rose. Huijing trembled and said to Fa Xian: "I can't survive, you keep going, leave me alone, otherwise you will all be buried here." ”

Huijing closed her eyes after speaking. Fa Xian stroked the corpse with his hand and wept: "I had already prepared for this, this is the destiny of heaven, what can I do?"

Several people had either died or been deterred on the road, and only Fa Xian was left alone.

Fa Xian quickly stood up and walked towards the confusion.

Out of the mountains, Fa Xian traveled through more than 30 countries before arriving in Tianzhu.

For the first time, a smile appeared on Fa Xian's tired face.

Night was approaching, but compared to the night in the snow-capped mountains, the night here was so calm and gentle, that Fa Xian stayed in a monastery thirty miles away from the royal palace.

The next day, Fa Xian said that he was going to the Vulture Mountain, where the Buddha said the Dharma, and the monks persuaded one after another: "The road here is very difficult, and there are many black lions in the mountain, and they have eaten people repeatedly, so why do you have to go?"

Fa Xian was very persistent: "I traveled tens of thousands of miles, vowed to go to Vulture Mountain, and I didn't expect to save my life, how can I make years of piety and devotion be nullified when I achieve my goal?"

And when they could not stop him, they sent two men to see him off.

When they came to the mountain, it was already sunset, and Fa Xian wanted to stop for the night, but the two people who sent him heard the roar of the lion in the distance, and they trembled in fright, and left him and ran back.

Fa Xian was alone in the mountains, thanking the relics of the Buddha, burning incense and worshipping, as if seeing the true body of the Buddha.

At night, three black lions came running and crouched in front of him, wagging their tails at him and licking their lips.

Fa Xian continued to chant, and the lions gradually lowered their heads and tails, and crouched at his feet.

Fa Xian stroked the lion's head and recited a mantra: "If you want to harm me, wait until you finish chanting the scriptures before you open your mouth, if you come to test me, you can leave now." ”

It was a long time before the lion departed. Fa Xian made a wish, and went back early the next morning.

The road in the mountains is rough and there is only one trail to access.

Before Fa Xian walked a mile, he suddenly saw a monk in his nineties walking towards him, dressed in plain clothes and with a clear charm.

Fa Xian was secretly surprised, but he didn't care very much.

Then he met a little monk, Fa Xian lowered his head and asked, "Who was that old man just now?"

The little monk replied, "Toudha Mahakalpa, the great disciple of the Buddha!"

Fa Xian suddenly woke up, repented, and turned back to chase, but when he saw the horizontal stone blocking, he had to return with tears.

Fa Xian traveled to the country of Gashi again. There is a white-eared dragon in China, which often meets with the monks, so that the domestic grains are abundant, and every time it is not a joke.

The monks built a dragon house and offered blessed food, and after meditating in the summer, the dragon came in the form of a small snake, and its ears were still white.

They put cheese in a copper bowl, put the dragon in it, and passed it down from the throne, and everyone had to do it once, and then the dragon took shape. After the Fa was revealed, I admired it from the bottom of my heart.