Chapter 373 The mysterious golden cicada

In the sixth layer, except for Dong Tinghua, the others were all delirious and said some strange things to those cicadas. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Miao Weiqiang shouted to the cicada policeman that the police were coming, Zhou Tianyi shouted angrily at the Cangyin Taoist, but the old monk knelt on the ground and bowed, and then sat cross-legged on the ground and shouted Buddha to a cicada.

Dong Tinghua stood by at a loss and watched what was happening in front of him, but he couldn't do anything, wondering why they all became confused, why didn't I change?

Dong Tinghua listened to the sound of cicadas and guessed that the reason why they became like this should have something to do with these cicadas, and thought of a legend about Journey to the West.

What Journey to the West says is that Tang Seng was originally the reincarnation of the golden cicada, so does this sixth layer representative mean that it has anything to do with Tang Seng!

Dong Tinghua knew that several of them were now insane, whether they could pass the sixth layer and save Zhou Tianyi, Miao Weiqiang, and the old monk in the illusion would all fall on him, if he couldn't find a way to crack the sixth layer, then all three of them might die here.

Dong Tinghua didn't dare to delay, and cautiously walked towards a cicada, and after a closer look, these cicadas all have golden wings and exude a faint golden light, these cicadas can be said to be golden cicadas!

Thinking of the legend of Journey to the West and Tang Xuanzang's historical allusions, Tang Seng is the reincarnation of the golden cicada, Tang Seng came to India to learn scriptures thousands of years ago, about this short story, there are descriptions in history, and now I wonder if Tang Seng has anything to do with the golden Zen in the sixth layer of this relic? Buddhism has a legend that the golden cicada is the second largest disciple of the Buddha!

Dong Tinghua, who was familiar with history, flashed his understanding of Tang Xuanzang in his mind, thinking that these cicadas should have a close relationship with Tang Seng, otherwise, he would not be called the reincarnation of the golden cicada!

Tang Xuanzang; A famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, the founder of the Faxiangzong, his legal name is "Xuanzang", he is respected as the "Sanzang Master", and the later secular is called "Tang Seng", and is known as the three major translators of Chinese Buddhism together with Kumarosh and Zhenyi.

In order to explore the differences between the various schools of Buddhism, Tang Xuanzang traveled 50,000 miles west in the first year of Zhenguan, and arrived at Nalanda Temple, the center of Indian Buddhism, to obtain the true scriptures. In the past 17 years, he has studied all the theories of the Mahayana at that time, brought back a total of 150 Buddha relics, 7 Buddha statues, 657 sutras, and has been engaged in translating Buddhist scriptures for a long time.

Tang Xuanzang is a descendant of Chen Yu, a famous minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his great-grandfather Chen Qin served as the Taishou of the Later Wei Dynasty; Grandfather Chen Kang, who excelled in Northern Qi with academic excellence, Dr. Ren Guozi, and Zhounan (Luoyang, Henan); Father Chen Hui, tall and strong, beautiful eyebrows, usually devoted to learning, read scriptures, admired by the people of the time, once served as a county official in Jiangling, and later the Sui Dynasty declined, then lived in seclusion in the countryside, the sick could not be out, people of insight at that time praised his Zhijie. Chen Hui had four sons, Xuanzang was his fourth son, Xuanzang was born in the second year of Renshou in the Sui Dynasty.

In the first year of Tang Gaozu Wude, due to the war, Xuanzang and his brother Jie left Luoyang to go to Sichuan, where they studied with two masters, Kong and Jing (Huijing, Regent Scholars). The following year, Xuanzang went to Chengdu to listen to Bao Xian's lecture on "The Treatise on Regency", and learned from Daoji the "Treatise on Abhidhamma", and then studied "The Theory of Wisdom" at Daozhen. During the four or five years that Xuanzang lived in Shu, he studied under many teachers, studied the doctrines of the Mahayana Sutra and the doctrines of the Northern and Southern Earth Theory School and the Regency School.

In the twelfth year of the Sui Dynasty, Xuanzang followed his brother into Hanchuan and went north to Yizhou, where he met Master Kong and Jing Er, and learned from it. Then the most eminent monks gathered in Chengdu to study. In the fifth year of Wude (622), Xuanzang received full ordination in Chengdu. Later, Xuanzang traveled all over the world, visited famous teachers, and preached the scriptures.

In the past four or five years, through the instruction of many famous teachers, Xuanzang has a deep insight into the "Theory of the Great and Small Theravada Sutras", "The Theory of the North and the South", and "The Theory of the Subject", which is famous in Shuzhong. Xuanzang learned the "Treatise on Miscellaneous Hearts" from Huixiu, and then went to Zhaozhou (in present-day Zhao County, Hebei Province) to study the "Theory of Enlightenment" with Daoyue, and then returned to Chang'an to listen to the "Treatise on Kusha" from Daoyue, and consulted Buddhism with the Central Indian Po Garamitara (referred to as "Bopo") who came to China during the Wude period.

As early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Buddhist academic community began to debate whether sentient beings have Buddha nature. By the time of Xuanzang, the long-popular "Nirvana Sutra", "Chengshi Sutra" and "Vitan" studies in the north and the "Treatise on Regency" and "Kusha Treatise" translated and transmitted in the south constituted the mainstream of Buddhism in the north and south at that time. However, through study, Master Xuanzang deeply felt that the translation of ancient virtues such as the true meaning was not good, resulting in vague principles, different understandings, different commentaries, and great differences on some important theoretical issues, which were difficult to integrate. In particular, at that time, the two schools of the Regency and the Earth Theory had different opinions on the aspects of the law, so they had the intention of going to India to seek Maitreya's teacher.

In view of the differences between the formation of physiognomy in the north and the theory in the south, how to integrate the two has become a problem to be solved by Xuanhui. In the ninth year of Wude (626), at this time, when the Tianzhu monk Bopo arrived in Chang'an, Xuanzang heard that the Indian ordination sage taught the "Yoga Treatise" in Nalanda Monastery and the general theory of the three vehicles, so he vowed to go west to seek the Dharma, explore the original scriptures, and re-translate them, in order to unify the differences in Chinese Buddhist thought.

In the first year of Zhenguan (627), Xuanzang married Chen Biao, and asked for permission to go west to seek the law. However, it was not approved by Tang Taizong. However, Xuanzang was determined, and he "crossed the charter and went to Tianzhu privately", traveling more than 50,000 miles. [11]?? In the second year of Tang Taizong's Zhenguan (628), the twenty-nine-year-old Xuanzang, Xuanzang, Xuanzang was awarded for the ultimate yoga only knowledge, and the beginning of the road to the west.

In 643 AD, Xuanzang set off for China and brought 657 Buddhist scriptures back to Middle-earth. In the first month of the nineteenth year of Zhenguan (645), Xuanzang arrived in Chang'an.

At this time, Tang Taizong had been stationed in Luoyang for the Liaodong Campaign. When Taizong learned of his return to China, he immediately ordered him to be received in Luoyang. Xuanzang hurriedly set off on the road on the 22nd of the same month, and was received by Taizong on the first day of the second month in the Yiluan Hall of Luoyang Palace??。

Tang Taizong was deeply pleased, and sat down with Xuanzang and asked: "Why didn't the master report to the imperial court when he went west to learn scriptures?"

Xuanzang said: "When Xuanzang goes, he will play it again and again. But I sincerely hope that the court will not be allowed. The ultimate in catechumenism is a private act. The sin of despotism is only deeply feared. ”,

Tang Taizong said with a smile: "After the mage became a monk, he broke off with the world, so he was able to entrust the Dharma to benefit the common people."

After Tang Xuanzang returned to China, he was treated by Tang Taizong, and since then Tang Xuanzang has been famous for eternity, but there are still many questions about whether Tang Xuanzang has come to this place These golden Chan have anything to do with him, just when Dong Tinghua was thinking about the legend of Tang Xuanzang, a strange scene suddenly appeared in front of him... (To be continued.) )