The owner of Nuwa Temple is a gentle and easy-going old lady, although she is bitter, but her face is amiable, she is the kind of person who is not burdened by the red dust, and after seeing this person, Shi Qingyi is undoubtedly more satisfied here, so she did not hesitate to say her intention: she wants to live in this quiet temple for a while. "With all due respect, looking at the girl's demeanor and demeanor, she seems to be a member of Buddhism! It has nothing to do with my temple. However, after getting this answer from the temple owner, Shi Qingyi was not discouraged, but gave a deep salute to this lady, and then Shi Shiran said: "The Buddha has great wisdom and great hypocrisy, and he is doubtful because of this, and he is no longer suitable for practicing in Buddhism, so he came here to ask for help, and asked his wife to be accommodating." Shi Qingyi's words were undoubtedly a little rebellious in the eyes of Buddhism, and the lady looked at Shi Qingyi in amazement, but Shi Qingyi's expression was still calm, without a trace of waves, and the lady was silent for a long time, and then smiled: "Since the girl doesn't dislike the simplicity of this temple, then please come in!" So, Shi Qingyi moved in.

The Nuwa Temple is not big, but in the entire Luoyang City, it is one of the few Nuwa Temples, it is really difficult for Nuwa to be a classical god of Middle Earth, and the origin is in Henan, and now it has fallen to the present appearance, it is really difficult for it.

Madame usually does not go out often, tidying up the temple, cleaning and farming in the open space behind the temple and receiving occasional pilgrims into the temple to incense is most of her work, the whole Nuwa Temple is too clean, these temples of ancient gods are not like Buddhist temples, there are those mountains of scriptures that need to be memorized, so Mrs. will leave a lot of time every day, and these times are finally spent on Shi Qingyi chatting with her. Shi Qingyi is well-informed, well-read and has a strong memory. Of course, the knowledge is far more than squatting at home almost without leaving the house, so more often, she is talking, Mrs. is listening, and then analyzing and interpreting it with the eyes of a house.

"According to legend, the origin of Buddhism comes from the Western Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu dreamed of a tall golden man one day. So the next day, he asked the ministers, and some ministers said that the Jin people were the Buddhas of the West, so Emperor Wu sent people to invite two monks, and built a temple to live with them, and from that day on, Buddhism came. ”

In fact, the initial arrival of Buddhism, although it developed, did not have a huge impact on the ruling class. The opportunity came from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the world was in turmoil and the people were displaced, and the hundreds of schools of thought suppressed by Confucianism took advantage of the situation to integrate the doctrines of Buddhism to establish Taiping Dao, and rebelled in armed rebellion. After more than 100 years of war, the prosperous northern land was certainly beaten into rubble, and the scholars crossed to the south. However, it triggered a large-scale plague epidemic in the whole south, and many people died. Under these circumstances, the foundation of Confucianism was on the verge of collapse, and Buddhism, which preached the suffering of all beings and ascended to bliss early, took advantage of the situation and soon replaced Confucianism as the dominant cultural ruler in Middle-earth. Especially after the arrival of the eminent monk Bodhidharma, as well as the vigorous promotion of Emperor Wu of Liang and even the sacrifice of his life. Buddhism has reached its peak. At this time, the grand occasion of Buddhism, later generations have a poem as evidence: "Four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasty, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain." However, in fact, there were more than 500 temples at the height of the Southern Dynasties. The Northern Dynasty reached an astonishing number of nearly 1,000 at most, and most of the imperial relatives and relatives of the Northern Dynasty believed in Buddhism and were devout Buddhists, including even the famous Empress Dowager Hu, who was the culprit who directly contributed to the demise of the Northern Wei regime. The Buddhism gate is powerful, which can be seen from this.

Buddhism has rapidly developed in Middle-earth to reach its peak, but at the same time, many ancient gods and temples that have flourished since the pre-Qin era are rapidly declining, Middle-earth, originally a bipolar society where elite philosophy and primitive ancestor worship coexist, and Buddhism rose in the war, preaching that the world is suffering at the same time, it is also rapidly breaking the original system of Middle-earth, and elite philosophy has not been affected too much, but the ancient gods who were originally prosperous for a while, such as Fuxi Nuwa, King Dongwangxi, Posei Mazu and so on. But they quickly faded out of the sight of the grassroots people, and successively decayed, and their existence was printed in the books recorded by the upper elites, but they had been separated from the grassroots toiling masses. Become high-minded but not grounded. In this way, the primitive god worship of the Central Plains finally irrepressibly declined.

"The Buddha can conquer the world with his own charm, of course, there are some merits, but at this time, the intertwined and deep-rooted Buddhism is really the paradise on earth that it proclaims?" The lady of the Nusnail Temple had deep disdain in her mouth: "Preach self-cultivation, but wear brocade silk and silk, known as asceticism, but travel luxuriously and greedy for pleasure, but it is exactly as you said, girl, the Buddha has great compassion and great hypocrisy!" Buddhism may have been good at first, but now it has long since fallen. ”

Shi Qingyi asked: "Nuwa is the ancestor of the Chinese nation, such a god, her temple was prosperous in the past, gorgeous and majestic, why is it so shabby and simple now?" When the lady heard this, she showed a bitter smile: "Because the people's hearts are scattered, this Nuwa Temple will naturally decline." ”

The Northern Dynasty does not mention it first, just talking about the Southern Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Liang advocates Buddhism, not only worships Buddhism as the state religion, and even voluntarily sacrifices himself to become a monk many times, in this case, the power of Buddhism has spread to the entire Southern Liang in one fell swoop, the upper and lower have some effects, the land and the small temple of the mountain god that was originally rooted in the market were uprooted one after another, and it was replaced by a simple floating temple, a monk temple, Nuwa is the ancestor of Chinese civilization, naturally no one dares to touch her, but people have a herd mentality, when most of the mountain gods, After the land temples were transformed into Buddhist temples, the hearts of the people naturally began to shift to the Buddha, so they gradually ignored the original gods of Middle-earth, and in this case, the decline of the Nuwa Temple became inevitable. When the originally prosperous Nuwa Temple declined, the people who presided over the Nuwa Temple naturally left one after another, and only those who truly believed in Nuwa would stay, and there is no doubt that they would always be the least minority, people, always extremely realistic.

With a wry smile, Shi Qingyi couldn't help but show such an expression after listening to this story, what could she say? Perhaps, as the Buddhists say: the story of the world, there is a dust, the people who are the reality, how can they be driven by faith, people with unwavering faith are originally the most minority of those people, the rest of the people, mediocre, but driven by interests, once the glory of the gods of Middle-earth, at the moment the heyday of Buddhism, is just a layer of glitz on the surface, how inside, but as always. Shi Qingyi laughed, and then, she told a story from a Buddhist scripture.

It is rumored that when Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment, the demon king Bo Xun rushed to stop it, the demon king first incarnated as a bewitching woman, and then transformed into an endless illusion, wanting to make the Buddha lose in it, but was broken by the Buddha one by one, the Buddha defeated the demon king, and finally achieved the right result. Under his endless teachings, he took refuge and was crowned as the sixth realm of desire.

Endless years have passed, and under the immeasurable calamity, even if the Dharma is boundless like the Buddha, it still came to the time of Nirvana.

Bo Xun said: "If you come to save all sentient beings, you are afraid that you will have to deal with the catastrophe, right?" The Buddha's expression was calm: "I have spent all my life, my wish has been fulfilled, and Nirvana is coming." Bo Shun laughed, "If you are not there, then no one will be able to stop me from destroying your Dharma." The Buddha's expression was still calm: "The Dharma is the Dharma, and no force can destroy it. Bo Xun laughed cruelly: "Everything in the world is born and restrains each other, maybe the Buddha will live forever, but the devil will not disappear." Human nature is evil, and it is easy to learn bad and difficult to learn. After you are destroyed. There will be fewer and fewer people who believe in you, and more and more people who believe in me. ”

This time, the Buddha was silent for a moment, and then admonished Bo Xun: "It is not good for you for you to destroy my Dharma. The light of the Buddha is the light that shines on the good and the evil like you. If the Fa-rectification era is over, your good fortune will be played. What awaits you is the Infernal Hell, and you will suffer immeasurably in the Hell. In the face of the Buddha's advice, Bo Xun did not take it to heart at all: "I know that the Buddha will not lie, but as a demon king, I will naturally try my best to avoid falling into hell and suffering." The Buddha sighed: "The six realms of reincarnation are endless, how can it be avoided." ”

Bo Xun's expression was relaxed: "The saint is impermanent, and he takes the heart of the people as his heart." Bo Xun is also impermanent, and takes the hearts of the people as his heart. In terms of conforming to the people, Buddha, you are not as good as me. You are very disciplined. Strongly emphasize the danger of greed and teach people to stay away from greed. And I conform to the people. Satisfy the people. The common people are demons, and your Dharma will eventually be defeated by me. ”

The Buddha said, "I have Buddhist scriptures left behind." Bo Xun retorted: "The scriptures are dead words, and if you want to educate sentient beings, you still need people to interpret them." The Buddha said, "I have a Sangha treasure to leave behind." Bo Xun asked rhetorically: "If you want to educate sentient beings, you have to bring in new people." Your old man won't refuse my disciple to accept your teachings, will you? The Buddha was slightly stunned, shook his head and said, "No." He replied, "At the end of your Dharma period, I will ask my disciples and grandchildren to blend into your Sangha treasure, wear your robes, and destroy your Dharma. They distort your scriptures and destroy your precepts in order to achieve a goal that I cannot achieve by force today..."This time, the Buddha listened to the words of the demon king, and was speechless for a long time, and after a while, two lines of tears slowly flowed down......

When the demon king saw this, he laughed and turned away without looking back.

I am not me, who knows me, whether I am a Buddha or a demon. For this question, Shi Qingyi was puzzled. However, the words of the temple owner made her frightened: "The six reincarnations are endless, and sure enough, even if it is a Buddha, it will eventually usher in the day of Nirvana, thinking about it this way, the demon king is not the original one for a long time!" ”

It turned out that it was the authorities themselves who were confused. Shi Qingyi sighed in his heart, the torrent of the times is rolling in, and it will not change for any person, even if it is the Buddha and the Demon King, aren't they also struggling in it! So, she then sincerely bowed to the temple master: "Thank you for your order, Tsing Yi is taught." (To be continued......)