"What is restraint?"

Fahai looked at the few disciples beside him, "What do you want to restrain again?" ”

"If you wait to gossip, you are controlling your emotions, or suppressing evil thoughts, desires, and some dangerous thoughts and behaviors."

These are all clichés, so they don't need to be reiterated by Master, they also understand.

After all, they also followed the master to read the scriptures all the way, and it is impossible not to understand these simple truths, but at this moment, since the master is playing the same old tune, he naturally has the master's truth, and the master has always been lost... At this moment, even Bajie has a focused expression, for fear that he has missed something.

"In fact, it is not these negative emotions that need to be restrained, many times, even positive emotions need to be restrained." Fahai asked the apprentices, "Do you know what the truth is?" ”

The Great Sage was the first to reply, "It's too much." ”

Wukong's understanding, as always, many things are penetrated at a glance... In the past, there was just a lack of guidance.

"That's right." Fahai was obviously very satisfied with Goku's answer, first affirming Goku's answer, and then continued: "Corresponding to restraint is indulgence, and indulgence... It often causes a loss of control. ”

Fahai has a deep understanding of this.

"Therefore, when you come under the disciple of the teacher, the first thing the teacher teaches you is to learn restraint."

In fact, this is not only a requirement for Wukong and others, but also Fahai's own code of conduct now.

Restraint is undoubtedly a very important lesson for practitioners, and even the vast majority of practitioners need to spend their entire lives in it... This is also why the heavenly court requires the gods to restrain the seven emotions and six desires with the rules of heaven, and Buddhism also has precepts as the rules for monks to behave in the world.

"And on restraint and indulgence, learn to control it."

"Learn to control your seven emotions and six desires, including good thoughts and evil thoughts." Fahai said this, smiling slightly, "It's like Wukong harnessing his own strength and aggressive nature, and Bajie harnessing his greed... You will make it one, and you will control it as you wish. Rather than being swayed by it. ”

"As a teacher, this is how cultivation is."

This may not be the same as the mainstream cultivation path of the Three Realms today, but this is Fahai's understanding of his cultivation in these two lives.

As for whether it's right or wrong... Fahai didn't dare to make assertions, what he could do was to encourage him and keep his heart at all times to prevent him from going astray.

In fact, in Fahai's view, the purity of heart and few desires that Taoists seek is restraint... And then the "extinction of emotion" on the next level cannot be regarded as an indulgence of restraint.

Comparatively speaking, the same is true of some of the extreme measures taken by Buddhism to transform the world.

After listening to the master's words, several disciples felt as if they had been empowered, only to feel that their previous thoughts were too superficial.

Master is worthy of being a high-ranking monk in the world, and he can have such a state of mind.

The Great Sage couldn't help but think of his original intention when he first practiced - he wanted to live forever.

And the master only has two words to evaluate himself.

- Fear of death.

In this regard, the Great Sage really has no room for refutation.

But who hasn't had a time when they were young and ignorant?

The Great Sage looked at the villagers of this village, it is difficult for the deceased to be resurrected, and the living still have to carry the weight forward, it is the way of the world now, in the Dhara Village under the Seven Peerless Mountains... In fact, it is not a rich place.

It's just that the land is vast and sparsely populated, so that they can be self-sufficient and have food and clothing.

In the past, these seven peerless mountains were sinister, but now that they have subdued a snake demon, the villagers will naturally be able to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains... It's a pity that the transportation is not convenient, otherwise they can make a small profit by relying on this mountain of persimmon trees.

The monks have the skill to subdue the demons, and after removing the snake demons of the Seven Peerless Mountains, the villagers naturally can't stop being grateful.

All the families are grateful, and they are invited, and each is rewarded... They had to ask their masters and apprentices to stay in the Zhuangzi for a few more days, and they asked each family to take turns to be the hosts to show their gratitude.

The master and apprentice came but could not refuse; The second is the surviving people who have been rescued, who are weak and frail, and they have to recuperate, otherwise they will pick up a life now, but if they are left alone, they will inevitably leave some troubles.

During the period when Fahai was recuperating the surviving villagers, he also learned why they were able to save their lives.

It turns out that this goblin got a fragment of a volume out of nowhere, but he has cultivated so much that he can barely turn into a human form, but after all, he has fallen into the bane, and every three or five days, he has to suck blood to maintain his life...

On this day, the master and apprentice were about to leave and go west.

Because their master and apprentice did not want money, they all prepared some dry food and fruits, and they came to eat them as much as they could... It's just some melons and fruits, and Fahai let Bajie accept it, which can be regarded as the cause and effect of subduing demons for them.

And when Fahai was leaving, he said that he would clean up the filth of the Seven Peerless Mountains for them, and the people of the whole village went with them to see the supernatural powers of Master Sanzang.

Along the way, they sent the five of their masters and apprentices to the persimmon Tongkou of the Seven Peerless Mountains.

A foul breath made everyone cover their mouths and noses together, this smell... It's really not something ordinary people can bear.

"Holy Monk." Li Laohan said to Master Sanzang: "If you want to cross these seven unique mountains, there is only one way, and now the road has long been blocked... How can you get by? ”

Everyone knows that their master and apprentice come and go, and they all have the method of flying to the sky, but they also know that this mage made a vow to walk to the western heaven on foot.

Old man Li suggested to Master Sanzang: "The holy monk might as well stay in the Zhuangzi for a little longer, or let me wait for each other to do my piety, open another good road, and send the holy monk over." ”

As for Master Sanzang's words before that he would clean up the filth all over the mountain for them, Old Man Li only thought that Master Sanzang was polite... He may not have been to these Seven Peerless Mountains for a long time, but now he looks... Where is it still a person who can pass people?

"Old man." The Great Sage stopped in front of this Li Laohan and said with a smile: "If you want to open another mountain road with the axe and chisel in your hand, what year and month will you have to wait?" Since my master and apprentice have said that they will sweep away the filth of these seven peerless mountains for you, you will put all your hearts in your stomachs... Let's see my old grandson detain the land of the mountain god... Ahem, call them, tell them to get out of the way. ”

The Great Sage recited the mantra a few times, wanting to summon the mountain god land here, but after reciting it a few times, he couldn't hear any movement, and screamed: "There is not even a mountain god land here!" ”

Bajie thought about it, squeezed his senior brother away, and offered his advice to the master, "Master, it seems that the method of praying to God doesn't work... In my old pig's opinion, it is better to ask the disciple to perform a change and arch the original path. ”

"No." Fahai shook his head: "Although it can open the way, it is difficult to get rid of filth." ”

Bajie looked at the endless rotten persimmons on this mountain, and said in his heart: "This is a difficult thing." ”

The villagers saw that the Great Sage called the mountain god and was missing, and the Bajie advice was rejected again... When he was worried, he heard Master Sanzang speak: "Wujing, take that person's seed bag." ”

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In fact, not only the people in the village don't know what the name of this human seed bag is, but also a few brothers of the Great Sage Master, and they don't know what the magic of this human seed bag is.

Fahai also gave it a try, after all, this is Maitreya Buddha's bag, so it won't even be able to fit these things.

Wujing took out a cloth bag and sent it to the master, but saw that the master did not urge it with mana, but poured it with the golden light of the Dharma.

Suddenly, I saw that this cloth bag was blowing without wind, and it flew into the air, and the pocket was open, and it was bulging.

The Great Sage glanced sideways a few times, and saw that the black goo in this bag was chaotic in the middle of winter, and there was nothing clear at all, as if it was a bottomless pit, and suddenly thought of Zhenyuan Daxian's "sleeve in the sleeve", and said in his heart: It must be a treasure bag containing the way of space.

The pocket swelled, and a gust of wind came out of thin air, but the rotten persimmons of the seven peerless mountains were sucked up from the surface mountains and put them all into the bag.

This scene made the villagers amazed again and again, and even many people had already knelt on the ground and said, "Meet the living Buddha." ”

Living buddha...

Life is like this, always somewhere, and inadvertently evokes some memories of the past.

Fahai asked himself that he definitely couldn't afford the word "living Buddha", so he naturally didn't dare to be worshiped by the villagers.

This acquired seed bag is also worthy of being the Buddha treasure of Maitreya Buddha, and it can really contain the filth of this mountain.

Wobbly –

With a casual move, Fahai caught a human seed bag full of Dengdeng, and after a little sense, he sent some mana into it, and then a spiritual power was born inside to refine these filths.

Wukong immediately cast a wind spell to blow away the stench in the mountains and rivers.

The difficulty of these seven unique mountains can be regarded as solved, and it does not take much effort.

It can be said that "the thousand-year-old persimmon is clean today, and the seven unique alleys are open this day", saying that these three Tibetan masters and apprentices, wash the filthy alleys, and go on the road of leisure, the time is fast, and it is worth the hot day.

After a while, I saw a city in front of me.

It was also a hot summer day, and everyone saw the city in front of them and was about to rest.

A little white dragon had already come back from exploring the road and said, "Master, there is Zhu Ziguo ahead. ”

Fahai nodded and said, "Since it is the throne of Xibang, I am about to change Guan Wen, disciples, let's go to the city." ”

Everyone went forward, and saw the apricot yellow flag at the head of the city, and there were three big-character famous books [Zhu Ziguo] on it, and after a while, they got off the horse and crossed the bridge at the city gate, and entered the three-story gate.

looked left and right for a while, but it was really a good Huangzhou.

There are many goods in the six streets and three cities, and thousands of households are prosperous.

It is such an imperial capital, the capital of Tianfu.

The master and apprentice walked in the streets of the city, but when they saw the characters were lofty, neatly dressed, and their words were clear, they were not much worse than several prosperous cities in the Tang Dynasty.

The traders on both sides were not afraid to see Bajie's ugly appearance, but they were afraid that they would not look carefully, so they approached to take a look, and even took Wujing and the Great Sage into trouble.

On the contrary, Fahai and Little White Dragon, who have always attracted attention, have lost their "favor" at this time.

Seeing that he was about to cause a riot, Bajie immediately covered his face.

"Go, go—" The Great Sage was bored with them, and stretched out his hand to rush them.

The funny laughter and laughter are over, and some local splashes are not afraid of things, but come up to play with the great sage... The little white dragon has already figured out the path and leads the way ahead until it reaches the Huitong Hall.

This pavilion is the place where the country receives the envoys of other countries.

The so-called Huitong Pavilion is the place where the world is connected... Even if their master and apprentice were not envoys sent to Zhu Ziguo by the Tang Dynasty, it was okay to settle down here.

Seeing that the five masters and apprentices entered the yamen, the people who were coaxing naturally gradually dispersed.

Although Zhu Ziguo is in the Buddha realm, his country's Buddhism cannot be regarded as prosperous, and it can only be said to be an ordinary level.

Along the way, everyone didn't even see a larger Buddhist temple.

However, I heard Xiao Bailong say that the lord of this Zhu Zi country enshrined a Guanyin Temple, which was very pious.

When everyone heard that this king was a Bodhisattva worshipper, they first had a good impression in their hearts...

The embassy envoy listened to the report of the official and said that a group of monks had come in, so he walked out quickly, stopped the master and apprentice, and looked quite arrogant, after all, they Zhu Ziguo is a big country around, and generally those who come here are the tribute envoys of the vassal state, and they are naturally a little stiff as the envoys.

Not to mention a few monks.

Xiao Bailong immediately said: "My master is the Emperor Sanzang Master who was personally given by the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty in Zhongzhou, Dongtu, and he went to the West Heaven to learn scriptures by decree of the King of Tang... Today, your country is about to change the official documents, and the right to take a break from the high office. ”

Ah!

Maybe other families don't know what the boundaries of the Tang Kingdom are, how can they not know about the envoys of the Ministry of Rites?

After listening to the words of the little white dragon, he hurriedly tied the belt, went down to the hall to meet him, and immediately ordered the official to clean the guest room, and personally led the master and apprentice to rest.

After the master and apprentice settled the luggage, when the embassy envoy was about to say goodbye, Fahai asked him: "Can the lord of the country go to court today?" ”

"Long live my country's long-term illness, very rarely go to the court, but today is a good day of the zodiac, and I am discussing with the civil and military officials in the court..." If it's tomorrow... It's too late, and I don't know when I'll be able to wait until the last day. ”

"If that's the case, there's really no delay." Fahai got up and said to Wujing: "Wujing, take Guan Wen." ”

Wujing took Guan Wen and sent it to the master.

"If you go for the teacher, you will come, and you will be ... Remember, don't cause trouble. ”

"Don't worry, Master." Bajie smiled and said, "It's not the first day we've gone out... When the disciple goes out for a while, he will perform a change and cover his face..."

Entering such a big city, this is Bajie's favorite, and when he was on the road, he smelled a lot of local specialty snacks and called him drool.

If it weren't for Master's admonition that he told him to control his appetite and not be swayed by his appetite, he would have been tempted to eat a lot.

Wujing also wants to record the local customs and customs, so that after learning the scriptures, they can be compiled into books and passed on to the world, so that the world can also know what they saw and heard when their masters and apprentices traveled all the way west.

Fahai's footsteps are fast, and he arrived in front of the Wufeng Tower in a short time, and the Wufeng Tower here is taller than Chechi and Baoxiang countries, and it can almost be equivalent to the sacrificial country.

It can be said that the palace is magnificent, and the tower is magnificent.

Fahai went to the end of the gate, and the annoying official conveyed it to the heavenly court, wanting to reverse the Guan Wen.

The Huangmen official didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to the front of the jade steps and said: "Your Majesty, there is a monk from the Tang Dynasty outside the door, who went to the West Tianleiyin Temple to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures, and wanted to change the customs clearance documents. ”

"Oh." The first king's expression was still sluggish, and he seemed to have a little joy, "The widow has been sick for a long time, and only then did he come out to recruit doctors, and there were high-ranking monks who came to the country... But isn't it auspicious? ”

"Quick!" The king cheered up and said, "Quick, Xuan Gao monk enters the palace!" ”