JOURNEY TO THE WEST Episode 51
I have been saying 'Amitabha' along the journey.
Do you know the meaning?
Ordinary mind.
Ordinary mind is the Way.
Master, see.
Ragged yesterday but fresh today.
You look great today.
Thanks for your hospitality.
We are going to Ling mountain now.
We are here to bade you farewell.
Let me send you off.
No need, I know the way.
You always travel there by sky but Sage monk cannot fly.
He still needs to travel by road.
Oh, I've been there a few times...
but I may not know the route by road.
Alright, you may led my Master there by road.
Hope you won't delay him.
Alright, follow me.
Master, let's go.
Master, see.
Sage monk, look at the sky with 5 colors.
That's the peak of Ling mountain.
That's where Buddha is.
Amitabha.
Master, this place is still far away from our destination.
If you start praying from here, you will break your head.
Sage monk, you and your disciples...
are already in Lucky Land.
I shall not send you further.
Take care along the way.
Thanks for your trouble.
Thanks
Master, let's go.
Let's go.
Master, this river is wide and...
there's no boat in sight.
How do we cross it?
Did we take the wrong route?
The river is so wide and there's no boat.
How do we cross it?
Maybe that Golden Deity made a mistake.
He pointed a wrong direction to us.
Fool, do you think that Golden Deity is like you?
You!
Stop it.
Since this place is known as Ling river,
I'm sure there's a jetty.
Let's search for it.
Master, let's go.
Let's go.
Junior Sha, follow us.
Master, there's a boat.
It's a boat.
Boatman, take us across.
Boatman, we want to cross.
Get on the boat.
Master, get on the boat.
Master.
Boatman, your boat has no bottom.
How do we take this boat?
My boat don't have a bottom but it has boundless use.
What's the use of a bottomless boat?
Boatman, your poem is great.
But I don't understand a single word.
What's this nonsense?
Hear him?
Thanks for ferrying my Master.
Master, get on the boat.
This boat may be bottomless but it's stable.
Even if there's big wave, it won't turn over.
Second senior, see.
It's so strange.
Second senior, see. The boat is not sinking.
Brother monkey, this boat has no bottom but it's not sinking.
This is really strange.
Yes, it's strange.
Yes.
Second senior, see.
Master, sit tight.
Wukong, this is Ling mountain.
Why is there bodies here?
This...
That's you, Master.
Look at that.
Master.
It's me.
Bajie, it's you.
It's you.
See that? It's me.
Are you alright?
Junior Sha, see.
Ditch you own body.
Love your soul.
Today you finished your task and become Buddha.
You shall awash your sins.
Master, you have removed your human body...
and become a Buddha.
A Buddha?
Master is a Buddha now!
Wukong, Wuneng, Wujing.
All of you protect me, Chen XuanZang...
and suffered a lot.
You have fulfilled your duties.
Please take a bow from me.
No, Master.
Why are you doing this?
Master, we are helping each other.
Without you, we cannot escape from our punishment...
and cannot attain enlightenment.
You also depended on us to gain enlightenment.
If we really want to say 'Thanks'...
I should be the first to thanks Master.
Wukong, Wuneng, Wujing.
All of you, thank you.
Master, don't be like this.
If you do that, I'll start crying.
Master, see.
We are here, Master.
Thank you, Boat...
Wukong, the Boatman...
Master, that Boatman is Guiding Buddha.
He's also known as Southern Light Buddha.
Amitabha.
Master, it's Thunder Temple.
We are at Thunder Temple, Master.
Master, we are here.
Master, see.
We've reached Thunder Temple.
Disciples, we are finally here.
It's like a dream to me.
Brother monkey, take a good look.
Is that real or a fake?
Fool, this is the real Thunder Temple.
It don't have the word 'Little' in front.
It's real this time.
Are you the Sage monk?
See.
I'm XuanZang.
We are acting upon Buddha's order to wait for you here.
Please follow me.
Master.
Let's go, Master.
Second senior, go.
Come, Master.
Master.
Your disciple, XuanZang pays his respect to Buddha.
XuanZang, you have traveled afar.
It's hard on all of you.
I've a duty to fulfill.
It's not hard on me.
Wujing.
Yes, Master.
Master.
These are travel approvals...
I've got along the way. Please check.
They are all real without any problem.
I, XuanZang was acting upon...
Great Tang's Emperor's order to come here.
To obtain Sutras and save the people.
Hope that you could be merciful and let us return.
Now, I've a Sutra which can relieve sufferings.
1 Sutra about Heaven.
1 Sutra about Earth.
1 Sutra to help ghosts.
There's a total of 35 chapter.
15,144 volume.
It's really good Sutras.
All the land in this world.
Astrology, Geography and Humanology.
Birds and Beast, Flora may use it.
You have come from afar, do take the Sutras away.
But all the people in this world...
is foolish and slanderous.
They don't understand Buddhism.
Ah Nan Jia Ye.
Yes.
Take them down to have their meals.
Open the library and among the 35 chapters...
select a few volume of Sutras for him.
So that he could spread Buddhism to Eastern land.
This is the library of Thunder Temple.
Master.
Second senior, it's splendor.
Yes.
Sage monk, Amitabha.
Do you know the rules of Thunder Temple?
What rules are they? Please advise me.
Sage monk, you have come from the Eastern land.
Do you have any gift for us?
Gift?
We have traveled for 14 years to get here.
How could you ask for gifts?
This is outrageous.
Bajie Wujing.
I've traveled from afar.
I didn't prepare any gifts.
Just give us the valuables on you...
in exchange for the Sutras.
If you came empty handed, the people will have to starve.
Since you didn't prepare anything.
We cannot give you the Sutras.
Ah Nan, are you giving the Sutras to us?
If not I will go to Buddha and ask him for the Sutras.
Wait for a moment.
I shall take the Sutras.
Quick.
I never expected such greedy person here.
Bajie, don't talk so much.
Go and help them quickly.
Yes, Master.
Let's go Junior Sha.
Wait for me here. I shall bade farewell to Buddha.
You go ahead, I'm too sad to go.
Master walk slowly.
Don't you feel that this matter is a bit strange?
Brother monkey, what's so strange about this?
The 3 realms are all the same.
If you know how to bribe with money,
you will have a chance.
Especially those middlemen.
You should never offend them.
If you offended them, they will stab you in the back.
You will suffer in the end.
No... no...
That Ah Nan is a honest follower of Buddha.
How could he do all these behind Buddha's back?
Did you hear that?
They were saying that someone is going to starve.
If you came empty handed, the people will have to starve.
What does that mean?
Lt sounds like they don't want to give us the Sutras...
for our good.
Junior Sha, are you alright?
The people of Eastern land are foolish...
and cannot understand the wordless Sutras.
That will be a waste of Tripitaka's effort.
You shall use your power and catch up with Tang monk.
Get the wordless Sutras back and
ask him to come again for the Sutras with words.
Yes.
Didn't expect that after all these years of hard work...
we ended with such treatment.
It's not fun.
If I knew that this would happen. I won't be a monk.
Master, be careful.
What's going on?
The Sutras!
- Wukong. - Master.
Who are you?
How dare you commit crime at Ling mountain!
Return the Sutras to us.
Oh, the Sutras!
My Sutras!
Elder sect brother.
Master, we were deceived.
Look at these Sutras, they are no words on them.
Look... look...
Nothing. This has nothing.
There's nothing Master.
Master, there's no writing.
Master it's just paper.
Master, we've wasted years for these.
Ah Nan and Jia Ye.
How dare they lie to Buddha!
They gave us fake Sutras look.
There's no writing on it, Master.
Master, let's return and complain to Buddha.
Master, you came upon lmperial order.
Now, you got these empty Sutras.
How do you return?
Master, how do you answer them?
Master, don't fret.
Ah Nan and Jia Ye must be making things difficult for us.
Maybe that eagle is a Buddha who took pity on us and...
came to warn us.
It's sad.
Maybe our Tang people has no fortune.
Master are you alright?
Don't scare us.
Disciples, listen well.
Let's return to Thunder Temple again.
Amitabha.
I suppose that Sage monk are back to exchange the Sutras.
Sorry to trouble 4 of you.
Please come in.
Master. Let's go.
I have something to say to you.
Don't.
Buddha, we have suffered much to come here.
We came all the way from Eastern land,
hoping that Buddha will give us the Sutras.
Ah Nan and Jia Ye didn't manage to get money from us.
They gave us empty Sutras.
What's the use of those empty Sutras?
We are back for the Sutras and justice.
I knew that they asked you for gifts.
Did you allow them to do that?
Or are they doing it behind your back?
It's because the Sutras shouldn't be given away freely.
It cannot be given for nothing.
In the past monks did send these Sutras to Shelie country.
They went to Elder Zhao's house and recited them.
That will protect his family.
for their effort, they only got 3.3 ounces of gold grains.
I thought that they deserve more.
I made his descendant penniless.
It seems that Jia Ye and Ah Nan meant well.
You came empty handed and got the empty Sutras.
They are actually the Wordless Sutras, which is good.
Even if we carry these Wordless Sutras back, it's useless.
Your Eastern land people are foolish.
They can only use the Sutras with words.
Ah Nan, Jia Ye. Give them the Sutras with words.
Report back to me after that.
Yes.
Look, he's giving it to us.
Wait.
What is it again?
Just now at the main hall, you heard the Buddha too.
We went to Shelie country, Elder Zhao's house.
After reciting the Sutras, we got 3.3 ounces of gold grains.
Now, we are giving you the real Sutras.
And there's a lot of volume.
If we don't charge you for that,
Ling mountain will be empty soon.
We will have nothing for the others.
Fine...fine... Don't say anymore.
l understand.
You still want money?
Buddha has given his order, how dare you defy him?
Who cares, l will get the Sutras myself.
Bajie.
Don't be rude.
Master, we met demons along the way and suffered.
After we reached here, we still have to suffer!
Wujing, get me my Golden Bowl.
Master...
Both sage, I'm poor and came without any gifts.
This Golden Bowl was given to me by Tang Emperor.
l hereby present this to you as my appreciation.
Please don't mind this small gift and keep this.
When l return, l will ask Tang Emperor to send more rewards.
Please give me the Sutras with words to complete my task.
They are asking for money. Shameless.
Look at Buddha Jia Ye,
his face is all wrinkled from the shame.
That's real gold, we won't cheat you.
Please wait here. l shall ask them to get you the Sutras.
You shall bundle them up.
Thanks, both sage.
Send the selected Sutras out here.
Be careful.
Master.
Tell me, how many Sutras did you gave?
'Dao Leng Yan' Sutra, 30 volume.
'En Yi' Main collection, 40 volume.
'Xu Kong' Sutra, 20 volume.
'Nei Pan' Sutra, 400 volume.
'Bodhisattva' Sutra, 360 volume.
'Fa Hua' Sutra, 10 volume.
'Hua Yan' Sutra, 81 volume.
'Jin Kang' Sutra, 1 volume.
'Bao Wei' Sutra and some others.
They are all packed nicely.
Sage monk are here to give his thanks.
Your effort to obtain the Sutras are enormous.
When you return to your country, do spread it to the people.
Don't brag.
Don't delay.
if you did not bath and fast, do not open the Sutras.
They are important treasures...
and contain the secret to become immortal.
l shall obey and follow your orders.
Be on your way.
Master.
Do you have anything to say?
My Eastern land people are really not fortuned.
Don't be sad. You already got the Sutras with words.
That's good enough for Eastern land.
Your land will have more people with wisdom.
Within 20-30 years time,
this wordless Sutras will be spread.
That will be fortunate.
l shall bade you farewell and return now.
Wukong, let's leave.
Here, Master.
Buddha.
When l got your order to search...
for the person to obtain the Sutras.
From the day we started this, it has been 14 years.
And that translated into 5040 days.
We are 8 days short of the required days.
Please ask them to turn back.
That will make up for the days and complete my task.
Guan Yin, you are right. l agree.
Thanks, Teacher.
Where's the 4 Golden guards?
We are here.
Use your power and send Sage monk back to Eastern Land.
Let him spread the Sutras and guide him back here.
Finish this task in 8 days.
No delays allowed.
Since we entered Thunder Temple,
we didn't understand your actions.
You looked like a Living Buddha and...
we cannot understand you anymore.
That's right, Master.
l don't quite understand this.
Why didn't you say anything ...
when Ah Nan and Jia Ye asked for gifts?
And they gave us the Sutras.
I'm poor and can only afford to use my life...
in exchange for the Sutras..
That's why Ah Nan and Jia Ye gave me the Wordless Sutras.
Life is priceless.
So when Master use his life in exchange,
it's better than any treasures.
The Wordless Sutras is priceless.
Master, let's not talk about the priceless treasures.
l still cannot understand something.
After they gave us the Sutras with words.
Why did you offer them the Golden Bowl?
Priceless treasure will exchange for a priceless treasure.
The Sutras with words will require...
an object with a price in exchange.
We cannot get them without anything in exchange.
If Buddha is merciful, he should gave them away for free.
That is not right for Karma.
I've always talked about 'Give' and 'Take'
Did all of you forgot about it?
Buddha and Jia Ye made an effort to write these Sutras.
If everyone took them for free, who will treasure them?
Bajie, think about it.
Will you allow others to take your effort away for free?
Who dares to do that?
l will fight him with all my might.
That's right. Second senior, now you know the reason.
In the end, Master need to exchange his Bowl for them.
It's getting late. Let's leave.
Fine, let's leave.
Wait.
We are ordered by Buddha...
to send Sage monk back to Eastern land, Great Tang.
Sorry to trouble you, 4 Golden guards.
Bodhisattva, please wait.
We have been protecting Sage monk upon your order.
Today, Sage monk has completed his task.
Bodhisattva has completed your task too.
We also seek your approval to stop our duty.
Yes.
How did Tang monk and his disciples behaved on the journey?
They are really sincere and lived up to their name.
I think Bodhisattva also knows about that.
But his sufferings are really difficult to describe.
I've recorded all his tribulations here.
This is the record book.
Bodhisattva...
please check.
They have endured 81 tribulations.
That's short of 1 more tribulation.
He hasn't complete this task.
Catch up with the Golden guards and...
give them 1 more tribulation.
Yes.
Junior Sha, look at yourself.
Master, it's your first time on clouds.
How do you feel?
Of course it feels great.
Master.
Yes.
Sage monk, be careful.
Elder sect brother, where are they going?
Look, Master.
The cloud?
Second sect brother...
Why did they just left?
What should we do?
I don't...
Master... are you alright?
I'm fine.
I feel much better now since we've landed.
Why did the 4 Golden guards left us here?
Maybe we are moving too fast and...
they wanted us to take a rest.
Buddha is really petty.
He should send us all the way back.
Why did he dump us here?
It's all wilderness here and we cannot ask for alms too.
Stop it. Where are we?
Maybe it's your home, Sandy river.
That's right.
Nonsense, it's not Sandy river.
It's Sky river.
Sky river? It's the west coast.
Wukong, I remembered.
Remember what?
The Chen Village is at the East coast.
You and Bajie saved their children before.
The villagers wanted to build us a boat.
We managed to get help from the turtle...
Oh no, we are in trouble.
Master, what's wrong?
When the old turtle ferry us across,
he wanted us to ask Buddha about his fate.
Oh no, we are in trouble.
If the old turtle knew that we've forgotten about it.
He will throw us into the water.
We will really be 'Amitabha'.
Master, we will own him that favor.
And we will return it when there's a chance.
Yes... yes... brother monkey is right.
Let's go, Master.
They said that Humans know how to cheat.
Those Golden guards also know how to cheat.
They are supposed to send us to Eastern Land.
But they only managed to do half their task.
How do we cross this river?
Second senior, don't complain.
Master has already obtained enlightenment and shed his body.
He won't be drowned anymore.
We can use our powers to send him across.
No, we can't do that.
Why not?
I can't say, that will spoiled the fun.
I think this matter must be clarified.
We were given the Wordless Sutras the first round...
and why did Buddha claim it's good Sutras?
Fool, don't you know that the Way is invincible?
The Way cannot be explained or clarified.
That's the magic of Wordless Sutras.
We could just do with those Wordless Sutras.
Why did we return for the Sutras with words?
The people in this world is aplenty.
Those who are enlightened are less.
Bajie, I thought you love to scold people.
I shall scold them for you.
Those with Government post only knows...
how to gain illegal wealth.
They will plot against each other and kill to win.
Those in business will cheat and lie.
They pass fakes as top goods.
They hide their evil thoughts with smiles.
Even those small hawkers cheats.
They were earning heartless money.
Those normal citizens...
don't know how to differentiate good from evil.
They are already the weaker ones...
but they still bully others when the chance arose.
They are shameless.
Those people will not understand the Wordless Sutras.
I'm really worried for Ksitigarbha.
Second senior, why are you worried for Bodhisattva?
Ksitigarbha said that if Hades isn't empty,
he won't become a Buddha.
I think Hades will never be empty.
That's right.
That's why Master got these Sutras with words.
There's no other way.
Master... Master...
Master...
...look.
Tang Sage monk.
Amitabha.
I've waited for years, why are you so late?
Old turtle, we...
Long time no see.
At that time, you ferried us across.
It's great that we met again.
Yes... good news...
Please get on.
This...
Master...
Come up here.
...he's over 100 years old, his memory is not that good.
We won't mention it if he doesn't.
Pretend it never happened.
That's not proper.
It's okay.
We're coming...
Master, let's get on it.
Master...
...I implore you to ask Buddha a question.
Did you ask him for me?
Old turtle, you are already so old.
Why do you have such good memory?
That happens years ago, Why didn't you forget that?
Old turtle, I'm about to tell you about that.
We only remembered to ask for...
the Sutras there and forget about your request.
I really regret it and I'm sorry.
That means, you didn't ask him?
Yes. But we...
But it's easy for me to go there again.
Let me send Master back to Eastern land...
before I return to Ling Mountain and ask on your behalf.
At that time, you promised me.
Old turtle, the coast is just ahead.
Are you going to turn back?
Old turtle, I've broken my promise.
But I didn't do it on purpose.
Master...