Great Qin Empire, Xianyang Imperial City, outside the city, Gold Mountain Monastery.
This is a small temple, with only seven or eight monks in total.
The elderly abbot looked at the little novice sitting under the Buddha statue, his gaze filled with satisfaction.
The little novice was only four years old, an age when children are often disliked, yet he could calmly recite scriptures. Truly, he was born with a Buddha nature, a son of Buddha in the Buddhist Sect.
The Hundred Schools of Thought contended in the Great Qin Empire, and although Buddhism was a foreign religion, it was not discriminated against.
However, the concepts preached by Buddhism were accepted by few Daqin people, so Gold Mountain Monastery had few worshippers and not many believers.
In the temple, besides eating vegetarian and chanting, the monks had to support themselves, tightening their belts to get by.
This little novice was a Buddha's son sent by the heavens to Gold Mountain Monastery.
