“The Buddha’s son has entered the secular world?”
Martial Monk Institute Head Huiwen was the first to react. It was not unusual for monks from the Great Chan Temple to descend the mountain and travel the world. Abbot Huaiyuan and several of the other Institute Heads had done so more than once. For high-ranking monks, such a journey was a necessary form of spiritual cultivation.
In their minds, however, Wei Boda was different. He had spent a
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