[Not recommended]
The Vimalakirti Sutra says: "There is a Dharma gate called the Inexhaustible Lamp. The Inexhaustible Lamp is like one lamp lighting a hundred thousand others. All who dwell in darkness are illuminated, and the light never runs out."
He is a Buddha, a boat to ferry all living beings across. Once, he was a bright lamp, but the winds of the world extinguished him.
She is one of all living beings, the one who lit the Buddha's lamp. The faint flame in her heart set his love and his lamp alight.
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Ru Ye never imagined that the Lotus-Born Master, seated on a lotus throne in the great hall, would one day come to her.
He recited the most heartfelt protective sutras for her and said, "Ru Ye, I will keep your lamp burning bright."
He took her to watch the sunrise in the mountains behind the temple. In an abandoned palace where she was held captive, he asked, "Ru Ye, do you believe in past and present lives?"
They formed a bond with the hermit in the mountains. In a valley swept by fierce winds, he asked, "Ru Ye, will you leave Xingzhou Hall and Zhous Island?"
Holding a lamp, he knelt before the reclining Buddha, his face full of sorrow. He said, "Ru Ye, she is just like you. This place can't hold her, and it can't hold you either."
They lay on the shore beneath the night sky, gazing at the same stars. He said, "Ru Ye, the starry sky is also a sea at night."
He treasured the memory of the fireworks in his heart. As an irresistible desire rose within him, he said, "Ru Ye, what if I stopped being the Holy One?"
They gazed at each other in silence as memories from past lives surged back. He looked at her, but did not walk toward her again. He said, "Ru Ye, goodbye."
She left Zhous Island, never hearing him say, "Ru Ye, the illusion is not false. And somewhere in this world, the shadow of me who once stayed for you is not false either."
But she knew that Buddhas and gods show compassion, and love all living beings alone. She was one among the countless living beings he loved.
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Those who love each other
are all falling,
fulfilling a promise made through countless cycles of reincarnation.
"I love you in this life, and will forsake you in the next."
Time passes,
love flourishes.
The evil of this life cannot be repaid even in the next.
Good karma binds us, hard to sever, never severed.
Bad karma is paid off, and we part, never to meet again.
Only between you and me,
good and evil are hard to judge.
The confusion of this life
need not be resolved.
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1. Wrong category. This is actually a contemporary romance.
2. You can skip the prologue without affecting the story.
3. Since you're here, add it to your favorites before you go.
Theme: One hundred and one forms of love
Great! The author is really great