Chapter 48: The demon, raising a cold wind, sends a great snow fall; The monk, intent on seeing Buddha, walks on layered ice.
In which Tripitaka sinks in a river and is in need of rescue (again)
Hello, sorry for the delay. As I stated in the last post, I’m not at home and can’t always be on the computer. Let’s continue.
Great King of Numinous Power: In case someone doesn’t know the meaning of numinous, it means someone who has a deep spirituality. It comes from the latin numen, divine will.
“The Great King can sit quietly at the heart of the river; as soon as you hear
the sound of their footsteps, crack open the ice so that he and his disciples
will fall into the water”: Have you realised that it is never the big boss to come up with ideas but the servants? Truly a criticism of the hierarchy
Not much to add on this chapter. In my humble opinion as a mortal being, Zhu and Monkey should have had a better strategy to kill the monster while they were disguised as children. However, that would mean that the adventure would be too short and the author wouldn’t be able to write two or three chapters about it.
See you in 3 days (probably!)