vrcanaries Chapter 432 Kuru Temple
Chapter 432 Kuru Temple
"Benefactor Lin, this...this is!"
Three figures sped past in the sky.
After they flew over snow-capped mountain peaks stretching for thousands of miles, a towering mountain standing between heaven and earth appeared before them.
Towering into the clouds, it inspires awe!
As the three figures landed, Abbot Wangchen looked up at the mountain peak and exclaimed in surprise!
Upon hearing this, Lin Que said, "Abbot, you said before that the sacred mountain of the Lotus Buddha Kingdom is the road to the Great Thousand Buddha Realm."
"Moreover, the Buddha realms of the Great Thousand Worlds have left behind their own lineages in each realm."
"Therefore, I guess that the one in front of us is the sacred mountain passage from Blue Star to the Great Thousand Buddha Realm."
"I just don't know if it's right or wrong."
Abbot Wangchen stared blankly at the towering snow-capped mountain before him without saying a word. Instead, Huixuan pondered for a moment before speaking up, "Benefactor Lin, something seems amiss here."
“This humble monk observes the mountain before him. Although it is incredibly high, it is far less high than the sacred mountain of the Lotus Buddha Kingdom.”
"How could this be the path from this world to the Great Thousand Buddha Realms?"
"Could it be... that it was cut off?" Abbot Wangchen murmured at this moment.
But his gaze remained fixed on the mountain peak before him.
"what?!"
Upon hearing Wang Chen's words, Hui Xuan was startled!
He then focused his gaze, concentrated his energy, and looked up at the top of the mountain, as if trying to see through it.
However, apart from seeing a typical mountain peak, there was nothing else to see.
This made Huixuan doubt Wangchen's words.
This is just an ordinary snow-capped mountain... Wait!
suddenly!
Huixuan was stunned!
It was because he seemed to have suddenly realized something.
ordinary...
Too ordinary…
That's right!
It's just too ordinary!
This should be the highest mountain on Earth, but it looks quite ordinary to those who cultivate here!
This is suspicious in itself.
It's not that it's really ordinary; it's still quite impressive to Earthlings, but that's only in terms of appearance.
Those who cultivate see things differently, but what Huixuan perceived was quite ordinary.
This inevitably suggests that there is a problem here.
But before Huixuan and Abbot Wangchen could get a good look, they saw a monk in a crimson robe descending from the mountain peak and heading straight for them.
Whether it was Lin Que's imagination or not, the monk who came down from the mountain was clearly hundreds of meters away from them, but he only took four or five steps to reach them.
Shrink to an inch!
This scene made Lin Que's eyes narrow!
There are still such powerful beings on Earth, even though it's already the end of the Dharma era.
"Amitabha..." The monk's face was filled with a peaceful smile as he greeted them, saying, "Guests from afar, I've finally waited for you..."
As soon as these words came out!
This caused Lin Que Wangchen and Hui Xuan to both become serious!
"Little Master, what do you mean by that?" Lin Que asked calmly, "Could it be... that you knew we were coming all along?"
"Amitabha..." the monk said again with a smile, "This humble monk does not know, but the Buddha knows."
The three people reacted differently upon hearing this!
Wang Chen remained silent.
Huixuan was shocked!
As for Lin Que... he tilted his head to the side, his face full of question marks.
What the hell?
Does Buddha know?
Who is Buddha?
Where is the Buddha?
Damn it! You little bald guy, are you playing riddles?!
Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, the monk was neither surprised nor offered any explanation.
Instead, he said aloud, "Amitabha... Please follow me, three guests. You will understand shortly."
After speaking, the monk performed a Buddhist ritual to the three of them, and then turned and left.
Upon seeing this, Lin Que and the other two exchanged glances, nodded to each other, and followed suit.
"Although he follows Buddhist rituals," Huixuan said, frowning as he looked at the figure ahead, "his Buddhist robes are different from ours."
"And the 'Buddha' he speaks of, shouldn't 'Buddha' be in the Great Thousand Buddha Realm?"
"Could it be... that there is still a 'Buddha' in this world?"
"This person's attire reminds me of an extremely rare lineage in the Buddhist realm," Wangchen said thoughtfully.
"Could it be that you mean..." Upon hearing this, Huixuan's brows furrowed!
“That’s right!” Wangchen nodded and said, “It is indeed the lineage of Zen Buddhism!”
moment!
Huixuan's expression changed slightly!
Lin Que naturally didn't understand the conversation between the two, but seeing the changes in their expressions, he knew the significance and depth of it.
A quarter of an hour later, the three followed the monk to an extremely inconspicuous temple on the snow-capped mountain.
"We didn't even see it!"
"It's unbelievable that such a small temple exists here."
"Kuruo Temple..."
The temple before them surprised the three of them!
Whether it was due to the obstruction of the wind and snow, or because the temple itself was too small, Lin Que and his companions only saw the temple after they followed the monk to this place.
The entire temple consists of only one small temple building.
Above the entrance to this small temple is a weathered wooden plaque.
Kuruo Temple!
These three characters are the name of this small temple.
When the three followed the monk into the temple, they discovered an elderly monk in his twilight years, with cloudy eyes looking at them and a kind smile on his face.
The three looked over and realized that the old monk seemed to be on his last legs, as if he were about to leave this world at any moment.
"Amitabha..." Wangchen and Huixuan stepped forward and greeted him, "May I ask who you are, Master...?"
The old monk smiled at the two men, but instead of answering their question, he asked in return, "Two masters who have come from afar, what do you think... is 'Buddha'?"
What is Buddha?
This question surprised Wangchen and Huixuan!
“A Buddha is a Buddha, possessing eighty-four thousand marks.” Although he didn’t know what the old monk wanted to do, Huixuan was the first to speak and answer: “The Buddha with eighty-four thousand marks is found all over the Great Thousand Buddha Realms.”
However, Wang Chen was deep in thought...
Upon hearing this, the old monk smiled and shook his head, saying, "That's not right..."
"Why is that wrong?" Huixuan countered.
"Buddha is all things in the world, and all things in the world can become Buddhas," the old monk said slowly. "You are Buddha, I am Buddha, and he can also be Buddha!"
After saying that, the old monk pointed at Lin Que.
This left Lin Que completely dumbfounded!
When did Lao Tzu become a Buddha?
Mudd!
I don't want to lay down my butcher's knife yet!
"Absurd!" Huixuan retorted, "Buddhahood is attained through cultivation; lacking in Buddhahood, experience, and cultivation, one cannot achieve true Buddhahood!"
"How can one attain Buddhahood?"
“You are attached to appearances,” the old monk said. “Buddha has no appearances.”
"There is no self, no person, no sentient being, and no life span!"
"It is inherently without form, yet this is the very essence of all phenomena in the world!"
"The so-called eighty-four thousand forms are not the forms of the Buddha realm, but the forms of all sentient beings!"
"That's why I say, all sentient beings are Buddhas..."
As soon as these words came out!
Hui Xuan froze on the spot!
There is no self, no person, no sentient being, no life span...
On one side, Wang Chen murmured these words, and a sharp light gradually flashed in his eyes!
"Benefactor Lin, could you grant this humble monk a favor?"
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