Journey to the West: Beginning with the Apprenticeship of Bodhi Patriarch

Chapter 47 Asking Huang Po

Jiang Tong'er knew that only through "education" could he win Huang Po's heart.

If you need to educate someone, you won’t get the point unless you go there in person.

Jiang Yuan had never expected that Huang Po, the only one among the five people, would ask for advice in this way.

Ganmu bowed again and asked again: "Please Master, teach me about the country of Baoliang."

Jiang Yuan came back to his senses after hearing this, but did not agree. He asked, "Why do you need me to teach you the current style of your Baoliang country?"

Ganmu said: "The master's words are right, which is the height of wisdom. Baoliang country will definitely benefit from the master's teachings."

Jiang Yuan asked again: "If I teach Baoliang Kingdom, your throne will definitely be shaken, are you willing to do so?"

Ganmu bowed his head and said, "The master can teach the Baoliang Kingdom. This is enough. Don't be shaken. If the master wants it, what's the harm if the king gives it to the master?"

Jiang Yuan was moved, and he agreed to stay here for three years and leave after three years.

Ganmu bowed three times and left, overjoyed.

Jiang Yuan looked at Li Xingshi and said with a smile, "Li Xingshi, are you willing to follow me and teach here for three years?"

Li Xingshi said, "How can I refuse? Never mind! Just take care of the food and the money. Three years is enough."

Jiang Yuan smiled but said nothing.

……

Time flies, and before I knew it, three years have passed.

Jiang Yuan knew that Huang Po needed to be "educated" in order to get rid of her evil nature and become tolerant. For three years, he taught the people of Baoliang how to identify herbs and food, how to build stronger houses, how to make fire better, etc.

He never taught the people of Baoliang the doctrines of Taoism and Buddhism, but only taught them common sense. The people would be able to distinguish right from wrong. In the process of teaching them, the evil of Pili Zhonggong and Huang Po was gradually washed away.

Three years later, Jiang Yuan and Li Xingshi were about to travel east.

More than a thousand people from Baoliang State came to see him off, reluctant to leave, some even with tears in their eyes.

Gan Mu bowed and said, "Master, you have taught our country for three years. It is a great favor! Please leave your name, so that our Baoliang country will remember it."

Jiang Yuan refused and said, "The elders in the past did not leave their names, so why should I? If there is a wise man, it is me, so there is no need to miss him."

Say it.

He held the jade whisk in his hand and walked eastward.

Li Xingshi accompanied him holding a demon-subduing staff.

Gam said goodbye.

At the moment of parting, thirty young men from Baoliang stood up and wanted to follow Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan smiled and declined, saying that he should help to keep the family stable and there was no need to follow him.

The thirty young men had no choice but to give up.

Another young man came out and asked, "Master, I have a question, please teach me."

Jiang Yuan looked at him and found that this young man left a deep impression on him and often asked some very interesting questions.

For example, when he taught the division of time, young people often asked about the changes of the sun and the moon.

It is said that 'seeing obstacles brings wisdom, seeing confusion brings thought'.

He leaned forward and asked, "What do you want to ask?"

The young man raised his head and said, "Master, when I was young, I went to another country and saw that it was ignorant and followed the Buddha's teachings, allowing itself to be devoured by demons. The way is to be annihilated. In this life, you are fed to tigers, but in the next life, you will be noble. What is Buddha?"

What is Buddha?

After hearing this, Jiang Yuan pondered for a moment, gently stroked his head, and said: "Buddha is you, you are also Buddha, Buddha is you, you are all Buddha."

The young man asked, "Master, how can I be a Buddha?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said with a smile: "Why can't you be a Buddha? Everyone is a Buddha. When you become enlightened, you will become a Buddha."

He said no more, patted the boy's forehead lightly, and went east.

Li Xingshi accompanied him.

The young man stood there, mumbling the word "awakening". He did not understand the meaning, but the two words were deeply engraved in his heart. One day, he would find out the meaning. …

Talk about the three stars cave with the slanting moon.

The master sat on the altar and began to preach the great truth. In the class, besides Zhenjian, there were two or three disciples.

When he was preaching.

The master's voice suddenly stopped. He looked towards the east and scolded with a smile, "You are indeed a restless person. The five of you are not yet complete, and you have embarrassed the Western Saint. The Lingshan Scenic Spot has spent so much effort to make the Lord's work come to nothing. You, a child, have made the fire bigger."

"What a great enlightenment! This statement is no less profound than Lao Tzu's transformation of the barbarians into Buddhas."

"I expected that boy, when the elixir is completed one day, the underworld will definitely attack. In the past, the underworld seduced the wrong person and created a grudge. I didn't expect that they would attack the sacred mountain first."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

"Just take a walk."

The master got up, dismissed the group, and went out of the cave.

……

Jiang Tong'er didn't know what he was doing, he just walked east. He had eliminated a lot of Huang Po's evil, but most of it was still there, and it would take a long time for him to educate her.

One day, when the moon was rising in the east, a boy was walking and saw Li Xingshi standing still beside him. He couldn't help but stop.

Jiang Yuan asked, "Li Xingshi."

Li Xingshi came back to his senses, his eyes bright, and pointed to a high mountain in front of him, saying: "Master, I have a feeling in my heart, my destiny may be in this mountain."

Jiang Yuan looked into the mountain, concentrating his energy and eyes, and indeed saw a clear air in the mountain, as if there were true cultivators living there. He said, "If that's the case, why don't Li Xingshi leave quickly? We will say goodbye now."

When Li Xingshi heard this, he was overjoyed. He held the demon-subduing staff and went to the mountain to look for a good teacher.

He walked three or four steps, turned around, knelt, kowtowed seven or eight times, said no more, and went into the mountains like a mountain monkey.

Jiang Yuan looked at Li Xingshi and waited until he was far away before turning back.

He needs to teach others and cannot return to the mountain. When Huang Po is accomplished, he will return to the mountain to practice and teach all five people.

Jiang Yuanchao looked back on the road, knowing that it would be very difficult to educate them. This was because when he had followed Laozi to the west in the past, he knew that the countries here were all barbarians who feared Taoism like a tiger. It would be extremely difficult for him to educate them.

However, no matter how difficult it was, he still went through it. When the four people returned to the right path, which one was not difficult and which one was easy? To retreat because of fear of difficulty is not the right path.

After thinking about it, Jiang Yuan picked up the jade whisk and walked away.

……

Time passed quickly, through summer and autumn, I saw some cicadas chirping in the withered willows and the fire flowing to the west, and before I knew it, twenty years had passed.

Jiang Yuan worked very hard and finally taught the four countries some skills and tricks, and taught them the etiquette of food, clothing and etiquette.

There is no need to elaborate on the difficulty here.

Many nations knew of his teachings and feared him like a tiger, and would often resort to war. There were also demonic obstacles blocking their way, and the children suffered a lot.

Later, Mu Mu came out and taught Jiang Yuan how to educate the people. If a country did not obey, he would leave. If a country had people who were willing to obey, he would teach the king his abilities.

In this way, the four countries were finally educated.

After being educated in the four countries, Huang Po cleansed herself of all her evil and finally achieved perfection.

Jiang Tong'er knew that it was complete, so he went back to Lingtai Fangcun Mountain. When he returned to the mountain, he asked Huang Po to ask the five people to return to their positions.

During this day, Jiang Yuan returned to Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, entered the Xieyue Sanxing Cave, and walked into Yaotai. He wanted to see the ancestor, but heard that the ancestor had left the cave. He had to go into the quiet room and invite Huang Po.

Jiang Tong'er entered the quiet room and called out his mind and thoughts, as well as the Golden Father and the Wooden Mother. He had them place the Jade Whisk beside him and held the Yu Ding to protect himself.

He must not be careless when the five people return to their positions.

If Huang Po asks, and the five people support the Yuan Shen, he will have hope in the way of alchemy, and the two gods will no longer have the chance to covet power.

He was worried about the two gods, so he needed to make all the necessary preparations before asking Huang Po to come.

Jiang Yuan adjusted himself, rested for a while, and calmed his mind to ask Huang Po...

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