Chapter 19: Arriving at Vulture Peak
After overcoming countless hardships and dangers, the four of them finally saw the Vulture Peak. This was the place where the Buddha lived and where Tang Sanzang was to obtain the scriptures.
They arrived at the Great Thunder Temple and met the Tathagata Buddha. The Buddha gave them the scriptures, but the two disciples Ananda and Kasyapa who guarded the scriptures demanded that they exchange them for a purple-gold alms bowl. Tang Sanzang hadn't brought any gifts, so he could only give them the alms bowl.
The four obtained the scriptures and began their journey back. However, after walking for a while, they discovered that the scriptures were actually blank! It turned out that Ananda and Kasyapa wanted to give them wordless scriptures. When the Buddha learned about this, he exchanged them for the true scriptures with words.