Why did the Tathagata Buddha give the Tang Priest three treasures?

The Tathagata sent the Tang Priest to fetch the scriptures and gave him three treasures, namely, the cassock, the nine rings and the hoop spell.

At the age of eighteen, Tang Priest became a monk and converted to Buddhism. He often studies Buddhist scriptures in the evening, and his understanding is extremely high. In his twenties, he was famous for China Buddhism and was deeply loved by Emperor Taizong. Later, he was secretly selected by the Tathagata, went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, and got the three treasures, namely the cassock, the nine rings and the hooping spell. Tang Priest is tall and elegant, kind-hearted, and highly accomplished in Buddhist scriptures.

In the novel, he learned from the eighty-one difficulties and never changed his original intention. With the help of the Monkey King, Pig Bajie, Friar Sand and Bai, he finally got back 35 scriptures from western Buddhist temples, which made great contributions to promoting Buddhism. Up to now, he is still talked about by people and never forgets his historical achievements.

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A vigorous stone monkey (played by a six-year-old child) was born from a boulder in Ole Guo Hua, which won the victory in China. Later, the stone monkey learned seventy-two changes after worshiping Xubodhi as a teacher, and had the ability to cross the sky, so he took the mountain as the king and called himself the Great Sage of Qitian.

The Jade Emperor sent Taibai Venus down to recruit the Great Sage in the sky. Later, because the official position given by the Jade Emperor was too low, the Great Sage was trapped in the blast furnace for 49 days. The Great Sage kicked over the blast furnace and became a golden eye. When the Tathagata saw that the situation was out of control, he suppressed the Great Sage at the foot of Wuzhishan.

Five hundred years later, the Tang Priest was chosen by Guanyin Bodhisattva to learn from all sentient beings in the West. Under the guidance of Guanyin, the Great Sage worshiped the Tang Priest as his teacher, and his disciples embarked on a journey to learn from the scriptures.

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