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Chapter 1452 - Chapter 124 Empty Gate Seeking Home

Jiang Wang had already been gone for a long time.

In the dilapidated temple of Three Treasures Mountain, Monk Jing Li sat quietly in meditation.

Monks are those who leave home, but if they never had a "home," where do they "leave" from?

Under the ancient lights of Buddha statues, practitioners seek to avoid the world. But if they have never been in the world, what is there to avoid?

From as far back as he can remember, he did not know what family was, never having seen his parents. It was Ku Jue who raised him.

Some young novitiates miss their parents and cry their eyes out.

He doesn't know what he misses.

He lives in this so-called impure world, with nothing he can entrust his "longing" to.

Growing up amidst the sound of sacred chanting, rolling among piles of Buddha Scriptures, growing up with the sound of bells. Sometimes he also wonders, "What is 'home'?"

Why do we have to "leave," and why is it said to be hard to part with?

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