Chapter 321
The One Who Sees the Pastoral
When Ayuga was irritated, the Sanskrit sound was a spell, which was always destroying his brain. (《》)
When he relaxed, the sound of the Buddhist chant became the sound of nature, like the flowing water of the mountains and clear springs on the stones, echoing in his heart, making him feel comfortable when he listened.
After experiencing great sorrow and joy, Ayuga's thoughts actually entered a state of emptiness and clarity, and just sat cross-legged there silently, motionless.
Huo Yuanzhen stopped reciting the Sanskrit and let out a gentle breath. It was really not easy to deal with this Ayuga.
The Dharma image of the dragon-subduing Arhat behind him was also closed, and Huo Yuanzhen turned around to see the people inside.
The Vajra Dharma King had already run away secretly at some point, and there were only a group of people who were still worshiping devoutly in the room.
In their eyes, Huo Yuanzhen is almost the same as the gods.
Huo Yuanzhen looked at King Sala: "Your Majesty, this is a great matter for you to obtain the scriptures. Those who have no devoutly believed in my Buddha must not go."
"Please rest assured that if you cannot choose a suitable candidate, I will go to the prosperous Tang Dynasty in person to seek the true scriptures."
"Look at me, Your Highness Ayuga is the right candidate."
King Sala was stunned for a moment. He knew his son. He was unwilling to let him go to the battlefield to kill the enemy or play with women, but it would be a bit outrageous if he said he would go to the scriptures.
"Your Majesty, don't rush to make a conclusion. Your Highness will wake up tomorrow. At that time, you will know if you ask him again."
After saying that, Huo Yuanzhen put the sack and tin staff here, and flipped it casually, and a purple gold bowl appeared in his hand again.
"These three things are left behind. I will wait at the east gate outside the city. If your highness wakes up and is willing to go there, please let him go to the east gate to find me."
When King Sala heard that Huo Yuan was about to leave, he did not dare to stop him and took his ministers to see him off. ( )
At this time, Princess Nivea finally couldn't bear it, ran over with tears on her face, and said to Huo Yuanzhen: "Mr. Concubine, what should I do if Nivea?"
Huo Yuanzhen glanced at the Princess of Heaven and pronounced the Buddha's name: "Amitabha! Your princess, I have never promised to be a prince consort. Your hydrangea has not hit me, so we have no fate."
At this time, King Sala also came over and said to Nivea: "Nivea, Master is a god, you should have your heart killed."
Huo Yuanzhen did not continue to talk to Nivea. This Tianzhu princess is not bad, but she cannot stay here. After all, she will go back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty and will be even more unlikely to take her away. It is because King Xiang is unintentional, so it is better to swing the sword of wisdom to cut off her love.
Nivea ran back to her mother's side and went to act coquettishly. Huo Yuanzhen felt even more relieved to see this. Since she still knew how to act coquettishly, it would be fine.
After stepping away from the Tianzhu Palace, Huo Yuanzhen quickly headed towards the east gate.
His plan was to go outside the East Gate to wait for Ayuga. As long as Ayuga agreed to come to obtain the scriptures, he would leave India directly.
As he was walking out of the city, Huo Yuanzhen suddenly found two figures galloping past the roof in the distance.
After taking a look from a distance, Huo Yuanzhen's heart moved.
Those two people seemed to be Jing and Xu Xianxian!
You don’t have to think about what they are doing. They must have gone to the Vajra Dharma King’s Mansion to see if Vajra Dharma King is the one who stole their things.
However, Huo Yuanzhen did not follow him. There were too many things in the world, so he could not care about them one by one. After finding the scholars, he planned to return to the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
It is better to let the affairs of the world be solved by themselves. Interfering everywhere is not the actions of the people of the world.
Without caring about them, Huo Yuanzhen left the east gate himself and came to the east gate. He found a big stone on the side of the road, and sat cross-legged there, waiting for dawn.
The night passed, and by the morning of the next day, Huo Yuanzhen finally saw everything he wanted to see.
Ayuga came out of the East Gate surrounded by the crowd.
At this time, Ayuga actually shaved her head, wore a golden robe given by Huo Yuanzhen, and slowly walked in front of the crowd with a nine-ring tin staff in her hand.
Huo Yuanzhen has to say that this kid dressed up like this, and he has the style of a friend of women in Journey to the West - Master Sanzang.
Behind Ayuga, King Sala, with the queen, Nivea, and the officials and ministers of India, came out to see him off.
It seems that after this boy woke up, he quickly decided to go to the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He was just to do things with decisiveness. He shaved his hair, picked up his tin staff and put on a cassock and came out.
Huo Yuanzhen had long expected this scene. He had spent so much money on Ayuga, and he was waiting for this moment.
Ayuga saw Huo Yuanzhen sitting cross-legged on the stone from a distance, and immediately ran over, came to Huo Yuanzhen and said to him: "Master!"
Huo Yuanzhen waved his hand: "Don't call me Master, I am not your master."
Ayuga said anxiously: "Master, Ayuga received your enlightenment yesterday and sat cross-legged in the palace for a night. He has understood many things and even knows that my sins are serious. Ayuga knows, Master, you are teaching me. Since Ayuga has received your teaching, you are naturally my master."
Originally, Ayuga thought that Huo Yuanzhen was just a stubborn air and would definitely accept him as his disciple, because he heard that he had explained this when the first precept left. After he woke up, he would definitely decide to go to Dongtu. At that time, he thought that this magical master of the prosperous Tang Dynasty wanted to accept him as his disciple.
Unexpectedly, Huo Yuanzhen said firmly: "Your Highness, please listen to my words. You can shave your head, but I will not slain you. You can go to obtain scriptures, but it does not mean that I want to accept you as a disciple. This is completely different from accepting a disciple."
Ayu Kasilang, he didn't expect Huo Yuan would really refuse, and hurriedly said, "Master, but Ayu Ka really wants to become a monk. I received your teachings yesterday. Ayu Ka knew that all this is true. There is really a Pure Land, there are Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and your Mahayana teachings must be the supreme Buddhist scriptures. The disciples are willing to travel long distances to the prosperous Tang Dynasty and bring the scriptures back to India, but before that, I would like to accept me. After I bring the scriptures back, I am willing to go to the prosperous Tang Dynasty in person and listen to the Dharma under your seat."
Huo Yuanzhen muttered to himself, "You go to my seat and listen to the Dharma. I don't know how long I can do this as an abbot."
Of course, I can't say that. Huo Yuanzhen definitely won't accept Ayuga as his disciple, because Ayuga has a greater use.
After the scriptures are retrieved, people need to be promoted and spread.
Who will be the best communicator?
The person who truly preaches the Dharma is not the monks, but Ayuga himself.
Only when Ayuga, as the king, strongly advocates Buddhism and vigorously promotes Buddhism can Buddhism be truly carried forward again in India and truly become the national religion.
Compared with the importance of all this, whether Ayuga himself became a Buddhist is not so important.
In order to promote Buddhism and promote Buddhism, Huo Yuan really wanted to make Ayuga the king, but he also needed to obtain scriptures. Only the true scriptures he had obtained through great hardships can he cherish them and spread them hard.
But Ayuga didn't understand it yet. He thought Yijie was still testing him, so he simply knelt on the ground, which seemed to be like Huo Yuan really couldn't get up if he didn't agree.
Looking at Ayuga in front of him, Huo Yuanzhen sighed helplessly: "What's wrong with Your Highness? Forget it. Since you yearn for my Buddhism, I can't completely keep people from thousands of miles away. You can temporarily be a lay disciple under my Shaolin disciple."
When he heard that he was a lay disciple, Ayuga said a little dissatisfied: "Master, but I have already shaved my head."
"What are you afraid of shaving your head? It's not only monks who can shave their heads. There is a meat seller at the foot of our Shaoshi Mountain. He is bald from the age of five. Can't I call him a master?"
After being scolded by Huo Yuanzhen for a few words, Ayuga did not dare to speak out. Now Huo Yuanzhen's image has been mythological, especially in his heart, no one can make him feel more awe than Huo Yuanzhen.
That's all, His Highness, Prince of Tianzhu, Ayuga, officially became a lay disciple of Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan Province from today. He set out immediately to seek the true scriptures in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
King Sala and the Queen both came to see their sons in tears.
Although Ayuga was powerful, he used to lead a large army. Now he has to go to the prosperous Tang Dynasty alone, which is 108,000 miles away. How can their parents be at ease?
King Sala held Ayuga with trembling hands: "Son! Go early and come back soon."
"Don't worry, my father, after I received the scriptures, I will definitely come back immediately."
He grabbed a handful of soil and put it in the palm of Ayuga's palm: "Son, remember, you are from India. You must have passed by many countries along the way. I would rather love the soil in my hometown than the other country's ten thousand taels of gold!"
Ayuga took the handful of dust, glanced at it and threw it on the ground: "Father, the child has recorded it, but I won't take this soil."
Someone brought a white horse behind him and handed the reins to Ayuga.
This white horse is more popular with Ayuga. When he went to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, he had to use it as his foot strength.
Originally, King Sala prepared a lot of gold, silver, jewels and gems for Ayuga to take him on the way, but they were all rejected by Ayuga.
He took out the purple gold bowl given by Huo Yuanzhen and knocked it: "This thing was given by the master. I have been relying on him all the way to eat. It's better not to bring those yellow and white things."
Huo Yuanzhen nodded slightly beside him. Ayuga was still good. For this, he would not let him suffer too much on the way to travel east, and he would definitely take care of him.
But it is not easy to take care of yourself. After all, it is impossible to follow along. It would be great if there were the right people to protect him now.
Ayuga finally set out, but Huo Yuanzhen did not set off and returned to the prosperous Tang Dynasty immediately. He still had some things to do.
Chapter completed!