Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 380 Patchwork Clothes

When Gandhara saw the monk's robe on Master Tianque, a hint of envy and jealousy appeared in his eyes.

“Is this the perfect heavenly robe? It is indeed a treasure of Buddhism forged by the prayers of hundreds of thousands of millions of dead souls. It can suppress and even purify sins that have turned into karma… It is truly enviable!”

"Good! Good! This is not some Buddhist treasure, it is just a patchwork robe. The so-called good deeds and prayers are just appearances."

Master Tianque's answer obviously failed to satisfy Gandhara. He sneered, and the manifested Vajra King waved the magic weapon in his hand, and the flames around him immediately turned into karma and fell down.

Karma fire is the embodiment of karma. Highly condensed karma will appear in a burning state. It can ignore the obstacles of the universe and cosmic light to a certain extent and directly affect the individual.

The magic weapon was waved, and layers of glass-colored, red lotus-shaped flames twisted and bloomed in the void, trying to fall on Shao Siming and others and Master Tianque.

Upon seeing this, the eight benevolent gods in the surroundings retreated one after another and dared not move forward.

Feifei, Guo Shan and Wu Chaoxi also felt a bone-chilling breath rising from their dantian, reaching the Yongquan acupoint and penetrating the Niwan Palace. It was quite similar to the feeling of fire leaving, water boiling and wind dispersing among the three disasters.

Upon seeing this, Chu Tai controlled Shao Siming to gently wave the purple bamboo branch, dropping a few points of clear light to protect the three people. Then he looked back at Master Tianque and saw him standing in the karmic fire. No matter how hard the karmic fire burned, it could not get close to him at all.

But what's interesting is that the wisdom light behind Master Tianque's head was rotating, and it dropped down milky white light, flowing over the Wuque celestial clothes, preventing the karma fire from directly contacting them. This action made Chu Tai curious, and at the same time he couldn't help but think of what Master Tianque had said before, "It's just a patchwork coat."

As soon as the mind moved, "fate" came together, and Buddha's light also moved in Shao Siming's eyes, like a thousand petals of lotus blooming, reflecting many colors.

"Wait, that's not right. This is not a prayer, nor is it a good deed. This is just an ordinary monk's robe..."

Chu Tai's pupils dilated slightly. He, who was able to see "fate", clearly saw that the prayers and good deeds on the monk's robe were just performances. In essence, it was just a patchwork robe, a patchwork robe made up of hundreds of thousands of pieces of cloth.

The so-called good deeds and prayers are nothing more than decorations attached to the surface of this piece of clothing.

"Hmm? Daoist friend, did you actually figure it out?"

Master Tianque looked back at Shao Siming with a hint of joy in his eyes, while Chu Tai's eyes showed a hint of complexity.

"How was this dress on you made?"

"Actually, I was also taking shortcuts. About three lives ago, I was an ascetic monk. At that time, I had no cloth to make clothes, so I went door to door to ask for some scraps of cloth. In return, I would chant sutras for them and help them with some chores. I made a piece of clothing that was not so comfortable."

"I don't know if I got used to wearing it, but in my second life I made another piece of clothing and added the good deeds I had accumulated in my previous life and the prayers I had made from doing good deeds to it. It is now a truly flawless heavenly clothing. This was also one of the main reasons why I was able to escape from the hands of the Buddha and the demons. But I don't think so in this life. I think that compared to the good deeds and prayers, this piece of clothing itself is very valuable."

As he spoke, Master Tianque reached out his hand and gently touched the clothes on his body, whispering: "I remember that this piece of clothing was given to me by a child from the Western Regions. He didn't have a complete piece of clothing himself, but he wanted to save his mother at the time, so he stumbled to me and thought I was a Tantric monk, wanting to use himself to exchange for his mother's life." "I just asked him for a piece of cloth. He was stunned there for a long time, and then I don't know where he found some water, washed his clothes again and again, and tore off a piece of cleaner cloth for me. Because of this, his clothes were torn into tatters. He was too embarrassed to come to see me..."

Then, Master Tianque pointed to a small piece of bloodstained cloth on the edge of the cloth.

"As for this piece, it's quite special. It was given to me by an evil man. I saved him back then, and he realized his mistakes through Buddhism and wanted to repent, but karma follows you everywhere, and what should be repaid must be repaid. He was chopped down 7,645 times by others, and before he died, he gave me this piece of cloth, saying that this was the only clean piece of cloth on his body, and it was his reward..."

"And this one, it was woven from a thread I pulled out from the swaddling clothes of more than 700 children I saved 800 years ago..."

As Master Tianque explained word by word, Chu Tai gradually understood the special nature of this patchwork quilt.

According to the concept of the unity of man and nature and the game between man and nature in the immortal way, this thing is actually a witness, a witness to the path of Master Tianque. It does not have any supernatural powers itself, but it can protect all those who are wearing patchwork clothes.

Because this is how Master Tianque protected and guided sentient beings in the past, this patchwork robe now protects the people under it in the same way.

"If the master can pass it down one day, you will be only a step away from becoming a bodhisattva... I spoke out of turn. If you want to become a bodhisattva, you would have had the opportunity to do so earlier. It is not impossible now. You don't need to give up this thing to see your true nature."

"In fact, I will eventually pass it on. The Diamond Sutra says: 'Even the Dharma should be abandoned, let alone the non-Dharma'. Now, although this patchwork robe is an honor to me, it is only an honor. If there is a need in the future, I will pass it on, even if I give it up."

At this point, Master Tianque put his hands together, looked at Shao Siming and said, "Just like the Zen Master Bodhidharma, who transformed the Southern Ming Lihuo from tangible to intangible, and from intangible to tangible, upside down for seventeen times, and refined it with supreme merit to forge one of the top flying swords in the world today, but in the end, didn't he also abandon it?"

"ignorance……"

Gandhara originally planned to take advantage of Tianque's explanation to recover a little secretly and suppress his karma and resentment at the same time, but when he suddenly heard Master Tianque's analogy, he immediately jumped out to refute it.

"No matter how powerful and mysterious the Nanming Lihuo Sword is, it is only the manifestation of magical powers. The patchwork robe on your body is the embodiment of your merits and good deeds. One is only the embodiment of the tangible law, and the other is the reflection of supreme compassion. How can they be compared?"

"What's the difference between the two?"

Master Tianque asked, looking at Gandhara and said, "In terms of magical power and mystery, can my clothes compare to the Nanming Lihuo Sword? In terms of mystery, you also said that it is just the reflection of compassion. The foundation should be in my heart, not in this patchwork clothes. If I really care about this patchwork clothes in the future and am unwilling to pass it on, or even use it to save people, then I will really ruin this treasure, just like now..."

Master Tianque stretched out a hand, and tiny points of light gradually flew out from his sleeves. Gandhara's pupils trembled slightly, and then the Buddha's light on his body gradually dimmed.

He was horrified and asked, "What on earth did you do?"

(End of this chapter)