On the second day, the discussion on Buddhism was carried out as scheduled.
I saw the abbot bringing several elders from Jinlang Temple and several people whom his master and disciples had never met before to the forum.
Tang Seng and his disciples saw the respectful attitude of the senior officials of Jinlang Temple towards those people, and knew that those people were Jinlang Temple's trump cards.
The two sides started quickly, and Tang Seng took the lead and ran away from the perspective of self-detachment and self-improvement from the beginning.
He knew that what he was learning here was the Bodhisattva Way, so he wanted to disturb the people in Jinling Temple with the Buddhist ideas of Hinayana Buddhism.
Tang Seng's idea was very good. In the first hour, Tang Seng did have the absolute upper hand.
Unfortunately, as time went by, Tang Seng's advantage gradually disappeared. At five hours, Tang Seng and everyone in Jinlang Temple were tied.
Later, the people in Jinlang Temple also explained the Bodhisattva Way of Mahayana Buddhism and argued fiercely with Tang Monk.
At this time, Tang Seng's understanding of the Bodhisattva Way was very tested. This is a very critical issue.
Although Tang Seng devoted his life to cultivating self-perfection and transcendence, he was also involved in the Bodhisattva path.
Even though Tang Monk's cultivation of the Bodhisattva Way is not as advanced as the path of self-improvement, it should not be underestimated.
After the sixth hour, Tang Seng was always in a passive moment. The people in Jinlang Temple kept asking questions, which made Tang Seng almost unable to resist.
To Sun Wukong and the others, they breathed a sigh of relief. Tang Seng finally stood firm. At the sixth and seventh hours, Tang Seng withstood Jinling Temple's attack, and then came Tang Seng's attack.
At this time, Tang Monk's physical strength was gradually exhausted, but his thinking was still very clear, and he once again launched self-improvement Buddhist inquiry.
Before, everyone in Jinlang Temple found it difficult to answer Tang Monk's question, but now Tang Monk asked a question that was even more difficult to answer.
At this time, everyone in Jinlang Temple started to answer hesitantly.
Although Tang Seng was not very satisfied with the result, Tang Seng still considered them to have passed.
Immediately, Tang Monk asked again, and with this question, everyone in Jinlang Temple was finally defeated.
Finally, in today’s discussion about Buddhism between Tang Seng and Jinlang Temple, Tang Seng won.
It took Monk Tang a full eight hours to convince everyone in Jinling Temple, leaving them speechless and winning the debate on Buddhism.
Seeing Tang Monk's crumbling body, the abbot of Jinlang Temple was very impressed and sighed.
"Tang Monk, I didn't expect that your Buddhist cultivation is so profound. Even our Mahayana Buddhism requires you to try your best to answer it from Hinayana Buddhism. You are a true Buddhist genius, and we admire it."
After finishing speaking, the abbot handed the Buddha from his arms to Tang Monk.
Looking at the Buddha sticker that was handed over to him, Tang Monk really wanted to take it, but he really didn't have the strength to even raise his hand.
In the end, it was Sha Wujing who supported Tang Monk, while Wu Ming took the Buddha sticker from the abbot's hand.
"If you didn't intend to give in, it would not be so easy for the poor monk to survive today." Tang Seng said weakly.
"Tang Monk, it's not that we intentionally gave in, but your true strength shocked us. You really have this strength, there is no need to belittle yourself." The abbot said with a smile.
When the Jinlang Temple discussed the Bodhisattva Way with Tang Seng, they were somewhat a little lethargic, but that was because they were shocked by Tang Seng's understanding of the Bodhisattva Way and made them relax, not on purpose.
In any case, they can let go and Tang Seng can defeat them, which is enough to prove Tang Seng's Buddhist cultivation.
"Then thank you abbot and all of you." Tang Seng really didn't want to continue the pleasantries now. He really thought he was going to die.
"Thank you Tang Seng for the knowledge you gave us today. I hope you can continue your efforts in the future. Now you should go back and rest first. Your body will not allow you to continue." The abbot saw what Tang Seng meant and said.
"The poor monk will retire first. When the poor monk recovers, he will discuss Buddhism with the abbot." After saying that, Tang Monk asked Sha Wujing to take him back.
Because Tang Seng showed great power today and because Tang Seng tried his best to discuss Buddhism, Tang Seng consumed too much.
Finally, after Tang Seng returned to the courtyard, with the efforts of Sun Wukong and others, Tang Seng drank some porridge before falling asleep peacefully.
Sun Wukong and others knew that Tang Seng was really tired today, so they did not disturb Tang Seng.
But they didn't expect that Tang Seng had to rest for two days before slowly waking up.
Sha Wujing kept staring at Tang Seng. When he saw Tang Seng slowly waking up, Sha Wujing said quickly.
"Master, you finally woke up, how do you feel now?"
"What's going on? I feel very hungry now. I just took a nap, how could I be so hungry?" Tang Monk said with his chest pressed against his back due to hunger.
"Master, you have been sleeping for two days, are you not hungry?" Sha Wujing quickly helped Tang Seng up and said.
"What? Two days?" Tang Seng said in surprise.
"That's right, it's been two days. If you include the day you talked about Buddhism, it's already been three days." Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie came over and said.
"I didn't expect that this day would come to me as a teacher, so I really suffered a lot. But I feel very happy." Tang Seng said with emotion.
"Don't worry about anything else now. Master, please feel how your body is. If it doesn't work, you should lie down and rest for a day. We are not in a hurry." Zhu Bajie asked with some worry.
"Master, I think I'm fine now. I'm just a little hungry. After I finish eating, I should be fine." Tang Seng said after feeling it for himself.
It is easy for Tang Seng to know his own situation. He now feels very energetic, but a little weak.
He knew it was caused by hunger.
"As long as you're fine, Master, I just asked Wu Ming to talk to the people at Jinlang Temple and ask them to make some porridge for you to drink. After the meal, your strength should be restored. We will discuss it later.
What should we do?" Sun Wukong said.
"Yes, we should discuss it." Tang Seng knew what Sun Wukong meant and said.
Immediately, Wu Ming came in with the young novice monk from Jinlang Temple and brought the meal.
Sun Wukong and others had already asked everyone in Jinlang Temple to prepare meals so that they could eat once Tang Monk woke up.
That's why meals were served so quickly for Tang Monk to replenish his internal organs.
Seeing Tang Monk eating his meal gracefully, Zhu Bajie quietly asked Sun Wukong.
"Brother Monkey, what do you mean by what you just said?"
"What do you mean? Are you asking how we should proceed with this matter in the future?" Sun Wukong asked.
"Yes, aren't we in a good situation now? Why do we still need to discuss what to do in the future? Is this too much worry?" Zhu Bajie asked.
"I will talk about this later. Now that I have said it, I need to say it again later. I am too lazy to talk about it." Sun Wukong did not answer Zhu Bajie's question.
After listening to Sun Wukong's words, Zhu Bajie was a little unhappy, but what he could do, he had no choice but to obey.
Finally, after half an hour, Tang Monk slowly finished his meal.
After the people from Jinlang Temple took down the residue, Tang Monk began to speak.
"Wukong, if you have any questions, you can tell them now."
"It's nothing, I just want to discuss with Master and a few junior brothers how we should proceed next." Sun Wukong said directly.
"Brother Monkey, aren't we doing well now? Why should we change?" Zhu Bajie asked in confusion.
"Yes, Senior Brother, we don't think there is any problem now." Sha Wujing and Wu Ming also agreed with Zhu Bajie's words.
"Actually, what Wukong said is right, we do need to make some changes." Tang Seng looked at Sun Wukong and said.
This made Zhu Bajie and the others a little confused.