Chapter 196: Zhantan Hall of Merit
The festival that lasted for eight days finally ended, and Gao Lan was also able to stay in Lingshan under the protection of the Buddha. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Out of the back door of Da Lei Yin Temple, Gao Lan followed Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Seng, and Xiao Bailong, along with Ah Da and Jia Ye, the two Venerables, and walked towards the backyard of Lingshan. At this time, it is already the afternoon of the eighth day of the transmission, the end of midsummer, and when the sun sets, the strange flowers and plants all over the mountains are plated with a layer of golden lines, and the scenery is beautiful and difficult to say.
Gao Lan also knew for the first time that the Zen Temple in Lingshan was so big. Ah Wei raised his hand and said, "Everyone, this is the Holy Realm of Lingshan Immortal Courtyard!"
Ah Ao walked to the edge of a cliff and introduced it to Tang Seng and his apprentices. It turns out that on the mountain peaks here, there are all small giants of Lingshan, and even the independent mountain gates of the great gods!
The master and apprentice and his entourage looked around, but saw that above a vast golden cloud, there were many tall peaks, and there were palaces and pavilions built on those peaks, and I don't know how many thousands of miles stretched. Venerable Ah Wei sighed with emotion: "There is an independent mountain gate in Lingshan, and only small giants can enjoy this honor. However, the holy monk has become a Buddha and has been blessed by the Buddha, but he has ascended to heaven in one step!"
In a holy place, there are many disciples, divided into many levels, such as the outer gate, the inner gate, and the true lineage. This is also the sect management plan that the scattered cultivation sects are vying to follow, but even those major sects of Wuzhuang Guan are not as vast and vast as the Great Leiyin Temple in the West Heaven, and they draw talents. If it is said that among the Holy Land of the Four Continents, the West Heavenly Spirit Mountain ranks second, absolutely no one dares to say that he is the first, even the Jade Emperor has to rely on this holy land.
Moreover, the level of Lingshan disciples is so high that other sects are beyond the reach of other sects. The outer disciples are only those who have taken refuge and become immortals, and even Nahan Tianmo is only an inner disciple, and he has not yet passed on the true lineage. Only a disciple who has made great meritorious deeds, has great creation, and has bathed in the light of the Buddha and become a disciple of the golden body of Zhengguo can be called the true lineage of Lingshan! But even so, there are also 500 arhats of the true lineage of Lingshan. Three thousand truths, and many more unknown characters are among them.
Like Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk. The little white dragon is the new true disciple. Gao Lan, who is not a golden body, can only start as an outer disciple.
But Tang Seng was not a true disciple, but a "true elder"! Originally, in the Western Heavens, only small giants could become true elders. However, Tang Seng has a noble status, he is a great Tang Qincha, in charge of the great cause of preaching scriptures, and belongs to the civil elders. After knowing this, Tang Seng hurriedly clasped his palms and thanked him: "There is Venerable Lao's guidance!" Sun Wukong and they were all overjoyed when they heard this, because their master and apprentice actually had a fairy palace in Lingshan.
"Haha, this time it's really stained with Master's light, let's be on the same level as those gods?"
"Alas......" Ah Wei sighed, and then said: "Tang Seng, Tang Seng." Why are you still so ignorant? I've talked so much about it, and you don't want to be embarrassed. Personnel, personnel!"
"Ah!" Tang Seng immediately reacted when he heard this, but although he kept reminding himself when he left Lingshan, he never thought that he had suffered another eighty-first tribulation in Tongtian River, so he forgot about it. And the eighty-first difficulty that caused him to forget this matter was also caused by forgetting to ask about the life of the spirit turtle. And the reason why I forgot the longevity of the spirit turtle was because the personnel and the white character scripture disturbed Tang Seng's thinking.
If it had to be explained, it would be cause and effect. Gao Lan looked at Tang Seng's embarrassed appearance. Hurriedly stepped forward and took a package from his body, and presented it to Ah Ao's hand with both hands: "Venerable, my master and apprentice have been twists and turns all the way in the past few days, and I really haven't prepared a gift. That's a little bit of money. Just give His Holiness some wine to drink?" Ah Ao took the package, opened it slightly and glanced at it, and then his attitude immediately changed.
"Senior Sister Xiaolan, don't be so polite, you really don't need to be so polite!hahahaha......"
Tang Seng and his apprentice were speechless for a while.
After Ah Ao and Jia Ye had laughed enough, they stepped forward and whispered to Tang Seng and his apprentices: "You still remember our brothers. Let me remind you first: The masters of these immortal peak palaces, in addition to the immortal Buddhas and Bodhisattvas you are familiar with, there are also some characters from other sects. Some of them, like the Great Sage, were transferred from the Taoist faction, but they could make friends with one or two. Some are chaotic sects......"
As he spoke, he stepped forward and said in an inaudible tone: "That senior brother of Han Tianmo is also here, living in the Tianmo Palace near the Tianshan Mountain. He is also the same as Elder Tang, he has a special purpose to have the identity of the Immortal Palace Buddha Hall, you must not provoke him!"
"Huh?" Sun Wukong was puzzled when he heard this, "How could the Buddha let these strangers stay in Lingshan and the palace!"
"The Great Sage...... Ah no, fighting to defeat the Buddha, there is a way at this time and that time, at the beginning of the founding of the Great Leiyin Temple, there were also difficulties. Venerable Gaya, who had been talking very little, lowered his voice and said to their master and disciple, "The Buddha said that the Buddha sect is a foreign sect, and if you want to gain a foothold in the Western Heavens, you must have local support. Now that the Great Religion has been introduced to the Eastern Land, you should not let the Buddha down in the future. ”
"I see!" Gao Lan listened, and seemed to understand a little bit of the general pattern in the Spirit Mountain.
Buddhism originated from Taoism, and in Xiniuhezhou, especially in Tianzhu Kingdom, it belongs to foreign sects, so in the minds of the local people, it is actually a resistance to Buddhism. However, Middle Earth is the birthplace of Taoism, and there is no soil for the growth of great religions, so Lao Jun turned Hu into a Buddha, put forward a plan, and then let the Buddha establish the Buddha school, which can be implemented. In the end, the Buddha retired as the Supreme Elder, and finally passed the mantle to Shakyamuni, that is, the Buddha.
If you come to the body of Xiniu Hezhou to defend the country, and then preach, it will naturally be much smoother. However, although Buddhism has a foothold in Xiniuhezhou, it is impossible to gain the support of all the people, because countries such as Tianzhu naturally spread their own beliefs. Therefore, among the many disciples, there are Tianzhu monks like Han Tianmo, who can only tolerate it for the time being, and cannot punish them too harshly.
"But I can really feel that the Buddha is partial to our master and apprentice. Because the Buddhist sect cannot always be like this, relying on Xiniu Hezhou and looking at the faces of the Tianzhu people! Now that the Great Religion has been introduced to the Eastern Territory, the four great Bodhisattvas have also truly settled down in the Eastern Territory and opened up this foundation. As long as the business is good and there is a foothold, it will be the day to take these local heretics in the future. ”
Listening to the words of the two Venerables, Ah Ao and Jia Ye, Gao Lan pondered carefully, and also savored the road to be taken in the future. Although Gao Lan can't be called smart, he is definitely not a stupid person, and it is impossible for a stupid person to cultivate to the point where he is today. It's just that she has a loose personality, is carefree, likes a comfortable life, and doesn't think about many things. But if she really thinks about it, she will definitely not be wrong.
Now Gao Lan has cut off the cause and effect of his previous life, but Han Tianmo is still entangled, and there is also his senior brother who is troubled by it, and finally Gao Lan, who is innocent in nature, has also begun to use his crooked brains, which is quite a bit of a compulsion. To paraphrase a more fashionable phrase: he forced it.
The reason why Tang Seng has such a high status is that his identity is related to the fate of the development of Buddhism. What he is doing now is what the Buddha did in the first place: revitalizing the religion!
"The poor monk understood. Tang Seng is also a very smart person, and hurriedly nodded with his palms together, asking for the way, and after thanking the two Venerables, the master and apprentice drove the clouds towards the Peak of Merit. Although Ah Ao and Jiaye's character is not very good, they are the personal disciples of Rulai, and they are the same as the Buddha, they are Tianzhu people in Xiniu Hezhou, such an identity is very rare in the Buddhist school, and they will naturally be blessed by the Buddha.
If you have a good relationship with them, you will definitely be much better off in Lingshan in the future, so Gao Lan will not spare money, at least he can't offend these two people.
"Master, this is it!" Before I knew it, the sun had set in the west, but the golden clouds of smoke in the sky were still bright, like colored lights in the night light. Sun Wukong put his hand on the pergola, glanced at the mountain peaks in front of him, flew to Tang Seng's side in the clouds, and stretched out his hand to support him. Over the years, the master and apprentice have made them very close, and Sun Wukong is still serving Tang Seng tirelessly, all year round.
Gao Lan followed the sound and looked over, only to see that above the sea of clouds, a high mountain that stretched for hundreds of miles stood up, sticking out of the clouds to a height of thousands of feet. There are pavilions, temples and temples built on the mountain, and there are dozens of large and small houses, which are even more magnificent than a small sect of scattered cultivation. Before flying close to the mountain gate, I saw that on the arch that was as high as nine zhang, there were five words flashing "Zhantan Hall of Merit".
"Amitabha!" Tang Seng hurriedly bowed with his palms together, and then took his apprentices to fall down the clouds together and came to this immortal palace surrounded by fairy incense. Gao Lan also found that on the edge of this fairy palace, a lot of elixir herbs have been planted, although the climate is still short, but after years and months, it will definitely be able to bloom in all seasons and compete for beauty. There are cranes on the side of the mountain, and the spirit ape jumps and flies, and there is a wonderful fairy palace and Buddha land everywhere.
Some of the monks and lay disciples, there are hundreds, bowing respectfully in front of the mountain gate: "Welcome to the Buddha of Merit, Fight to Defeat the Buddha, Pure Altar Messenger, Golden Arhat, Eight Heavenly Dragons Return to the Temple of Merit!" Although Bajie has recovered his body, the self-title of "old pig" has never been changed.
Tang Seng hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Hurry up, please get up! You will perform your duties in the future, don't be too restrained." ”
"Thank you Buddha!" all the disciples kowtowed together, and Gao Lan also took out some happy money and sent them down. These disciples originally didn't care about Gao Lan's person, but now that they see her rewarding, many people's impression of her has improved. Although the disciples of Lingshan did not necessarily lack such a little money, Gao Lan's actions showed a kind of respect, and Tang Seng and his apprentices also let go of their restraints and entered the Meritorious Immortal Palace.
This is the Buddhist Immortal Palace belonging to the Tang monks and apprentices, the Hall of Merit of Zhantan! )