Journey to the West: Reopening the Path to Heaven in the Age of Dharma Decline

[Modern Journey to the West + comedy + absurdity + plot twists + face-slapping + unbeatable thrills]

[At Jinshan Temple, the master tells Tang Sheng to recruit monks, saying that the True Dharma is fading, and Buddhism must find a way to survive first.]

[He tells Tang Sheng to go down the mountain and recruit some monks. Anyone who can recite the Diamond Sutra or something similar can be brought into the temple.]

[Tang Sheng thinks to himself: the monks recruited for a salary of twenty thousand a month are all crooked-tongued frauds.]

[He can forget about attaining Buddhahood. The abbot and all his fellow disciples will end up in the Avici Hell.]

[And they will have let down the Sandalwood Merit Buddha, who came from Jinshan Temple, as well as Abbot Fahai and all the other patriarchs and eminent monks.]

[And so Tang Seng is driven out of Jinshan Temple. Facing the greedy people of the modern world, he remembers the Buddha's words about the Age of Dharma Decline.]

[Tang Sheng seems to understand something. His gaze turns toward West Lake beyond the mountain gate, where the image of the Sandalwood Merit Buddha is reflected in his eyes.]

[The Sandalwood Merit Buddha left no instructions. By the time Tang Sheng comes to his senses, all he has in his hand is an ancient-looking monk's staff.]

[Is this a sign that he must relive the eighty-one trials, enlightening himself and the people of the world to overcome greed, anger, and delusion?]

[Tang Sheng glances back at Jinshan Temple and suddenly realizes something. He begins to...]