Chapter 63: Two monks, quelling fiends, disturb the dragon palace; The sages, destroying deviates, acquire the treasures
In which we finally subdue the thieves!
Hello everybody, sorry for the long hiatus. I am back home now and back to the regular schedule. I hope you had a good break, because we’re 63% through the book and we’re close to the summit. Let’s get reading.
“This humble cleric," said Tripi taka, "has hardly any magic power, and he's dependent on these three lowly disciples throughout the journey”: And yet he is not very gracious to them…
“Of course, I'm not a recipient of the king's favor, nor do I feed on his water or rice, and thus I'm not obliged to serve him”: Water and rice seems to be the equivalent of salt and bread in Europe, in regards to guest rights.
“…after which they took away the sarira Buddhist treasure on top"of the Golden Light Monastery”: Śarīra is a generic term referring to Buddhist relics, although in common usage it usually refers to pearl or crystal-like bead-shaped objects that are found among the cremated ashes of Buddhist spiritual masters.
“At the time, the dragon son, having draped himself with a mourning
gown of hemp…”: Such as the one below, which is from Korea.
That was a lot of fighting, I have become accustomed to reading it. See you in 3 days!
