Konghui Attains Buddhahood

The young monk stood there, stunned, and exclaimed, "Master, there are no more inns ahead. We should go back."

The young monk said this, completely unable to understand Kong Hui's actions.

Lu Changsheng was also somewhat surprised.

He looked at Kong Hui and asked curiously, "Kong Hui, there are no inns ahead. If you insist on leaving, you will surely die."

Lu Changsheng was curious.

Kong Hui nodded and said, "This humble monk understands."

"You understand, yet you still leave? Don't you trust me?"

Lu Changsheng became even more curious.

However, Kong Hui shook her head and said...

"You have misunderstood, benefactor. This humble monk believes you."

This answer surprised Lu Changsheng even more.

"If you believe it, why leave?"

Kong Hui looked at Lu Changsheng. His aged face looked very haggard, but his eyes were crystal clear.

"It is because I believe that I understand, and it is because I understand that I want to go and experience it for myself."

"This humble monk believes what you say, but I have not seen it with my own eyes. In this world, right and wrong, truth and falsehood, cannot be clearly heard or seen. Only by experiencing it firsthand can one truly understand."

Kong Hui answered in this way.

Lu Changsheng was utterly astonished.

He never expected that an ordinary monk would have such State of Mind.

"But the road ahead is extremely dangerous. Aren't you afraid of dying?"

Lu Changsheng asked.

However, Kong Hui still shook his head and said, "Many things, if you don't see them with your own eyes, touch them with your own hands, and feel them with your own body, then living is nothing but a wasted life. If you do see them with your own eyes, touch them with your own hands, and feel them with your own body, then even death is worthwhile."

"Everyone has attachments in their hearts, and everyone hopes to let go of their attachments. But it is easy to pick them up, but extremely difficult to let them go. I believe that the only way to let go of attachments is to hold on to them to the end, regardless of success or failure, regardless of danger."

"How can you let go if you don't even try? It's just self-deception."

Kong Hui said this.

Lu Changsheng nodded immediately.

Then he smiled slightly and looked at Kong Hui, asking a question.

"Kong Hui, what do you hope to see as you journey onward?"

Lu Changsheng continued to ask.

After thinking for a moment, Kong Hui replied.

"To share the suffering of all people, I also wish to see the My Buddha."

Kong Hui answered in this way.

However, Lu Changsheng laughed.

"Kong Hui, you have already seen the Buddha."

He said this.

At this moment, Kong Hui became curious.

The young monk was also curious.

I don't understand the meaning of this sentence.

Are you Buddha?

Kong Hui asked curiously.

"No!" Lu Changsheng shook his head, then looked at Kong Hui and said, "The Buddha is in front of you, but not me."

He said this.

"In front of me?"

Kong Hui looked at the disciple beside him and asked curiously, "Are you right, benefactor? Is my disciple a Buddha?"

"No!" Lu Changsheng shook his head.

"Heaven and Earth are Buddha?"

Kong Hui continued to ask.

"No!" Lu Changsheng shook his head again.

"All things are Buddha?"

Kong Hui asked again.

"No!" Lu Changsheng shook his head again.

"Am I Buddha?"

Kong Hui asked this question.

However, Lu Changsheng still shook his head.

"Then who is Buddha?"

Kong Hui became even more curious.

However, Lu Changsheng pointed to the distance and said, "If you travel 1,500 li forward, you will see the true Buddha."

He said this.

Kong Hui didn't understand, but he put his hands together and said, "Thank you for your guidance, benefactor."

After saying this, Kong Hui continued to walk barefoot.

But the young monk did not set off.

Kong Hui did not call out to him, but continued on alone.

Finally, the young monk knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Kong Hui. Then he looked at the water bag and dry food on the ground, and glanced at Lu Changsheng.

The latter nodded, indicating that he should take it.

I don't care.

"Thank you, benefactor."

The young monk took the water bag and dry food with him and left in the opposite direction.

And so, time passed little by little.

An old monk walks through the desert.

He walked step by step.

The land was scorching hot, and there were sharp stones hidden in the sand and dust.

Even a pair of calloused feet can get cut when touching these Zi Time.

Travel three hundred li.

Kong Hui was swaying precariously; he hadn't drunk much water along the way and was now extremely parched.

But his willpower kept him going.

The land was barren and the desert was teeming with snakes, insects, and rodents, but Kong Hui was not afraid; he simply continued on his way.

Three days later.

Kong Hui collapsed in the desert and, barring any unforeseen circumstances, will die here.

Lu Changsheng did not go to the rescue; he remained seated on the cliff, quietly watching everything unfold.

But soon, suddenly, a light rain began to fall on the desert that had been dry for who knows how many years.

The raindrops fell, reviving Kong Hui.

He woke up.

But she was still very weak.

He ate tree roots for food, and although they were very bitter, he swallowed them.

On the ninth day, he set off again.

On the twentieth day, he still encountered difficulties. He was injured, his legs were covered in blood, and he had been bitten by a lizard.

But Kong Hui still persisted in walking.

The twenty-second day.

Finally.

He couldn't hold on any longer.

His legs were horribly swollen and red, oozing pus and blood, looking utterly pitiful. He was unable to walk, not even to crawl.

Finally, he sat on a cliff.

It's about a thousand li away, and there are still about two or three hundred li to go.

He couldn't go over and witness it with his own eyes.

"Amitabha!"

Kong Hui clasped his hands together, knowing that his time was coming to an end and he would die here.

However, he had no regrets whatsoever.

However, at the very last moment...

A voice rang out.

Do you know who Buddha is?

A sound rang out.

Kong Hui showed no surprise whatsoever.

Instead, he smiled and said...

"This humble monk understands."

Kong Hui smiled.

Did you see that?

The voice asked.

"I saw it."

Kong Hui said with a smile.

Who is it?

The voice asked again.

"It's me, two hundred miles away."

Kong Hui replied with a smile, but instead of using "this humble monk," he used "I."

"Great wisdom".

At this moment, his voice carried a hint of laughter.

Immediately afterward, Lu Changsheng appeared here.

"Kong Hui, today in the name of the Buddha Teacher, I bestow upon you the Supreme Buddha Heart."

Lu Changsheng smiled, and with a wave of his hand, Kong Hui's heart instantly transformed into a Buddha's heart.

At that moment, the entire desert erupted with boundless Buddhist light.

Beams of golden light from Buddha covered the entire desert.

One after another, chanting Brahmaic Sound rose up, resounding throughout the entire Central Province.

Western Desert.

Little Thunderclap Temple.

The current abbot was utterly astonished by all of this.

After a while...

He put his hands together in prayer.

"Another divine monk has emerged from our My Buddha!"

"Amitabha, well said, well said."

As the sound rang out, beams of Buddhist light surged into the Central Province from the Western Desert, landing on the barren land.

In an instant, the desert transformed into an oasis, teeming with lush vegetation and bursting with vibrant life.

And a young monk.

Yet he stood beneath a city wall, his eyes filled with regret.