Chapter 1090 - Got So Good at the Draw (1/2)
Chapter 1090: Got So Good at the Draw
Translator: CKtalon <i class="_hr">Editor: CKtalon
This skyscraper’s name was Mt Dharma Characteristics The name sounded a little odd, but if one carefully looked at the skyscraper, one could understand the reason for its na couldn’t help but exclaim “Hanoi is flat without any mountains Yet, the people of the Dharma Characteristics Monastery were able to build a th alone To have a monastery at the top makes it quite special Based on what This Penniless Monk knows, Vietnam doesn’t have a condition that ht?”
Ong shook his head and said, “I’m not sure either In fact, the last time I came to Hanoi, this Dharzheng was even more puzzled when he heard that A new monastery? A new monastery actually had thewas really intrigued
Although the sue board erected in front of Mt Dharma Characteristic’s entrance On it was a banner ords that Fangzheng couldn’t read After all, his ability was only for speaking and listening, but it did nothing when it ca
Advertisen ishi+ng the attendees a successful Southeast Asian religious summit
And at the bottom of the board, there were instructions for attendees of the su There was a reception inside to receive the in?”
Fangzheng thought and asked, “Go in and ask how ht”
“Master, a hotel like this definitely won’t be cheap It will cost at least one to two thousand yuan a night However, since you were invited, the organizers will definitely give you free lodging,” Ong said
Fangzheng chuckled and without a word, he turned and left What a joke! He wasn’t going to stay in so to aof it He was a h he had an illustrious past, the present hinificantly
Advertise, he definitely didn’t care He was only there for the buzz
While in bed, Fangzheng was looking at the ceiling, and he said internally, “It’s so boring… System Bro, let’s have a draw”
“Now?”
“Yes, now”
“Ding! Congratulations on obtaining an e ju “What? What is it?”
“Ie! You are now an accomplishedgrinned and as he jumped around, he said, “System Bro, is this the time to be silent? Besides, there’s no one around Why should I put on an act? Tell me, did I draw an embroidered kasaya like the one Tripiṭaka wore? It’s not acouldn’t hold back his excitement An embroidered kasaya! That hat Tripiṭaka had hen journeying to the West to meet Buddha! What was it if not an absolute treasure?
Realizing that Fangzheng was beyond redemption, the System replied, “Yes”
“Hahaha! Thanks, System Bro Haha, This Penniless Monk finally has a kasaya! It sure wasn’t easy” Fangzheng was on the brink of tears
For ahis clothing It wasn’t worn for warreat symbolic value
‘Kasaya’ was a Sanskrit word When it reached the Jin dynasty, a scholar, Ge Hong, changed it to kasaya in Chinese It was also known as a cassock
Kasayas were the Dhariven na-robes” In the sewing of a kasaya, one had to first cut up a piece of cloth into patches before sewing theether It was also why they were called “ to the fortieth fascicles of the Dharuptaka Vinaya and its commentary, under Buddha’s advice, Ananda sew Buddhist robes in the same checkered pattern that rice paddies had Just like how practicing the Dharma was like a fertile field in which seeds of virtue and enerations, sewing robes in the pattern of rice fields gave them the name “fields of merit”
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Kasayas had always been the epithets of sages, and they had been respected by Buddhist organizations since ancient ti a kasaya; spiritual awakening, the receival of blessings; the abilities to stand out in crowds, to purify one’s body, and to gain enlighten, the bows of parents, and the bows of all people; help with staying away fro the respect of devils
Therefore, kasayas weren’t just clothes to a monk, but more a part of their faith A kasaya was a mark that one was a true monk! It had been , Five-Clothing, Seven-Clothing, andcategory, there were differences Pieces related to Five-Clothing were often worn after waking up, when it was time to do labor However, in China, acolyteFive-Clothing orking Seven-Clothing hen one listened to scripture, chanted the rites, or forIt was also why it was called Mass Entry Clothing Major clothing wasand other important officials
As for this embroidered kasaya, it was the one hen Tripiṭaka met the emperor as well as Buddha Gauta
And rade had a strict demarcation, and such kasaya weren’t randorade was a sin Not only would there be no benefit to wearing the wrong grade, it would even bring about negative kar had so was suitable for him Therefore, he didn’t think too ive a kasaya to hiiven an erade it was? It was definitely the best! How izheng not be happy?
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Furthermore, the embroidered kasaya didn’t only symbolize status, qualifications, and holiness It was a Dharmic treasure itself!
In Journey to the West, this was said about the kasaya:
“Of this kasaya,
A dragon which wears but one shred
Will reat roc;
Or a crane on which one thread is hung