Chapter 244: Buddhism and the Law of the State?
Everyone in the field was stunned, especially the abbot Siyuan of the Luohan Temple, he really didn't know why this young man who was injured by himself wanted to take his own life?
Xinyuan also had this doubt, and he asked: "I don't know what Du Zhutou wants my junior brother to do? If he takes revenge to vent his personal anger, then there is no need, he will be punished by the precepts of our temple if he violates the Dharma." ”
Du Jing said: "This is your explanation of the Tongbei Temple and the Luohan Temple to a victim who was beaten? Do you think this has credibility?"
Xinyuan was stunned for a moment, and then knew that this Du Jing suddenly became difficult, it turned out that he was resentful, and he threatened each other, and he could also take this opportunity to refute him, and he had no power to fight back, letting him know that whether it was Zen or reasoning, he didn't want to lead the Buddhist monks!
"Amitabha, the poor monk has given the donor elixir, which can be regarded as an explanation for the donor being beaten, but does the donor feel that it is not enough?"
Du Jing said: "If this Siyuan beats others, if he causes me more than minor injuries, it reaches the crime of intentional injury, is this just enough compensation? Shouldn't he be punished to a certain extent?"
"I don't understand what you said about beating others and deliberately hurting poor monks, but if he violates the precepts, he will be punished by our precepts. Ji Yuan, the abbot of the Discipline Academy, interjected.
Xinyuan was very satisfied with Jiyuan's answer, so he also smiled and echoed: "The credibility of what the donor said, isn't the compensation for you and the punishment of Siyuan enough to establish the credibility of my Tongbei Temple?"
"Credibility is naturally for everyone. Du Jing turned to look at the group of Taiping monks and asked, "Do you think this precept academy has any credibility?"
Han Zeyun hurriedly shouted: "No, they are all senior brothers, how can they have any credibility, it is very likely that we will turn around and leave, this Siyuan monk should still eat, drink, and not worry about anything." ”
"I've been the presiding officer of the Discipline Academy for hundreds of years, and I've always been iron-faced and selfless, so you slander me like this?" Ji Yuan said angrily.
At this time, another Taiping monk interjected softly and said: "In the past, you also dealt with your internal conflicts in the Discipline Academy, and you may still be iron-faced and selfless in yourself, but this time you are with people outside the temple, you feel that you are iron-faced and selfless, even if the abbot Siyuan also feels that you are iron-faced and selfless, but we still feel that you may be partial to the people in your own temple, after all, your relationship is still very close." ”
Du Jing looked at the Taiping monk who was talking in the crowd, and saw Bai Siwei from a distance, and he felt that ordinary people couldn't say this.
Bai Siwei's words directly said that Ji Yuan didn't know how to refute it, but blindly said that he would be punished according to the precepts, and would not abolish the public for personal reasons.
But no one believed his words now, so Du Jing asked the abbot of Xinyuan: "Abbot, do you still think that your precept court is very credible? After all, your precept academy is setting up lynching, which is a crime!"
Abbot Xinyuan felt that he had suddenly been detained a basin, how could he, the precept institute that taught monks to abide by the precepts, become a lynching institution, and he hurriedly said: "The precept academy has existed since ancient times, how can it be regarded as a lynching?"
"How many of your Buddhist precepts do you know?"
Speaking of Buddhism, this Xinyuan monk gushed endlessly: "My Buddhism has five precepts, and the five precepts are the fundamental precepts, which are the unchanging precepts of my Buddhism from ancient times to the present, referring to the abstinence from killing, stealing, fornication, lying and drinking. In addition to this, there are the ten good and ten evil, the two hundred and fifty precepts for bhikshus, and the three hundred and forty-eight precepts for bhikshunis......"
"Oh, why is there so many precepts in Buddhism?" Du Jing pretended not to understand, and asked with interest: "Is it possible to say that those who violated these precepts at the beginning will be punished by the precepts institute? What if it is those lay people who practice at home? What if it is those monks who travel to the side? How should the precepts be punished if there is no precept academy?"
Du Jing's series of questions, Xinyuan who asked directly was speechless, and he couldn't help but gasp after thinking about it, and when he looked at Du Jing again, he felt a burst of shame.
"In that case, my precept house can be regarded as a lynching?"
What happened, why did Du Zhutou just ask a series of questions, this Xinyuan monk wilted like a defeated rooster, right?
Du Jing also knew everyone's doubts, after all, there were not many people present who could be as profound in Buddhism as the abbot of Xinyuan.
Du Jing said: "The fundamental idea of Buddhism is still karma, the six realms of reincarnation. Any violation of the precepts, such as one of the five precepts, will inevitably lead to corresponding retribution under the influence of the law of cause and effect, and the creator will form the six realms of reincarnation in the six realms of life and death according to different nights.
In other words, if you do a lot of evil in this life, you will suffer sins in the next life, and you will be reincarnated into the animal realm, the hell realm, and so on. ”
Xinyuan's eyes widened at this time and looked at Du Jing incredulously, he didn't expect that Buddhism had long been ignored in this world, how could this young man in front of him easily say the main idea?
No wonder Master Xuanfang would pass on the mantle to this person!
"Master Xinyuan, am I right?"
Master Xinyuan nodded again and again, and continued: "All karma has its own cycle of retribution, and the establishment of the precept institute in our temple is to suspend this kind of karma, which is contrary to the idea of Buddhism, I know that I am wrong, I recognize you as the commander of Buddhism!"
Everyone present widened their eyes and sighed incredulously, Du Zhutou was really powerful, just in a few words, he was speechless and admitted his mistake again and again when this master Xinyuan, who is good at Zen theory, said speechlessly!
But Du Jing is not satisfied with this, this is the pit dug for his heart, and it is also the pit of his legal thinking, after all, their thinking is to make mistakes and need to be punished, so the next thing is to explain why you can't punish only I can punish.
I saw Du Jing say again: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with the idea of setting up a precept court, but if it is only a small punishment, such as punishing writing scriptures and reciting precepts, there is nothing wrong with it, it is an act of exhortation." But if you want to use punishment, if you want to hurt someone's body, won't you be subject to the cycle of cause and effect?
Not only that, the credibility of the Discipline Academy, as everyone said just now, is naturally not enough in society, so there is our national law!"
"National law, Buddhism?" Xinyuan muttered to himself.
Du Jing nodded with a smile and said: "That's right, the reason why Buddhism is called Buddhism is because Buddhism also has the rudiments of legal thinking, and the difference between him and the national law is that one is waiting for the retribution, and the other is that punishment and education are equally important, you think that is better." ”
"Which is better, Dharma or the Law of the State?" made Xinyuan fall into deep thought.