Chapter 131: Religion vs. Religion, Victory

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On Indochina, the most popular religion is Buddhism.

Theravada Buddhism is the main sect of Buddhism. It is mainly spread in Laos, Laos, Siam, Shan, and parts of central and southern Annam.

According to relevant historical records, around the Gregorian era, Theravada Buddhism was already popular in Southeast Asia. "Taiping Yulan" led Wan Zhen to write "Nanzhou Foreign Objects Chronicles" said: "Lin Yang is in Funan West Seven Dry Miles, and the land is Pingbo. There are more than 100,000 people, men and women who are benevolent and benevolent, and they all serve the Buddha. ”

"Notes on the Book of Water" quotes Zhu Zhi's "Funan Ji", and there is also an account of "Funan Lifting the National Buddha". Funan is the ancient name of Laos. In the 2~6th century, Buddhism in Southeast Asia was already flourishing.

Brahmanism, which was introduced earlier than Buddhism, was replaced by Buddhism after a period of coexistence and integration with Buddhist writing, but its influence on Buddhism remains.

Borobudur, Angkor Temple, the pagoda temples of the Bogam dynasty, and a number of other temple buildings, Buddha sculptures, and Buddhist ceremonies all have a certain Brahmanical tinge.

After the 10th century, Theravada Buddhism was admired and promoted by the feudal lords of most countries, and strengthened ties with Ceylon and sent monks to study abroad.

According to the Pali phonetic order, the national script was created, which was used to write the transliterated Pali Tripitaka texts, and the system of monks and kings of the Mahanikaya and Dharma Yut schools was established, and Buddhism was revered as the state religion, which had a profound impact on the public.

From the 18th century to modern times, the transliteration and compilation of the Pali Tripitaka in Siamese, Shan, Khmer, and Laos was gradually completed, and some of the scriptures were further translated into their own languages, so that Theravada Buddhism could be more widely disseminated.

The main difference between Theravada Buddhism is that Theravada Buddhism emphasizes self-help.

They see the Buddha Shakyamuni as a teacher and mentor in life.

By studying the teachings and thoughts of the masters, you can find your way out of the suffering of life.

So all of them believe in Buddhism and study the Dharma one by one. Every man has to go to the temple and become a monk once.

In addition to studying the Dharma for self-help, Mahayana Buddhism also emphasizes the purification of sentient beings. Help people who don't understand the Dharma to get out of life's difficulties.

They worship the Buddha and Bodhisattva as gods. Because ordinary people believe that God can help them get rid of the many troubles of life.

In Mahayana Buddhist temples, most of the good men and women themselves do not study the Dharma. I just hope that the high monks can guide my life, or just beg the bodhisattva to bless me and fulfill my wishes.

Another difference is that Mahayana Buddhism is more ascetic and escaping.

Monks who practice Mahayana Buddhism are vegetarians, do not eat meat, and do not eat irritating foods. They are all pure hearts and few desires. And in order to achieve these purposes, temples are usually built deep in the mountains and old forests, far away from the human world. So in the eyes of the Chinese people,

Being a monk means getting tired of the world, escaping from the world and escaping into the empty door to get rid of the misery of life, they are the frustrated people of life.

Theravada Buddhism, on the other hand, is more secular, and there are Theravada temples where there are people. They are not allowed to kill, but they are allowed to eat their flesh.

Spicy and pungent foods can also be eaten.

Believing in Buddhism does not mean abstinence, but turning oneself into a person with a pure heart and few desires.

There is no conflict between Buddhism and their normal lives.

In their view, being a monk is a necessary step for a teenager to grow into a man. Only by being a monk can a man go out into society.

Suffice it to say, in Indochina, it is as normal for teenagers to become monks as they are for military service for men and women of school age in China.

There is still a long way to go before we can fundamentally create a fait accompli and make the areas that the mixed brigades have now occupied completely become our territory.

Under the coordination of Jingshi, people from all Taoist schools on the mainland, such as Wudang, Quanzhen, Longhu Mountain, Qingyang Palace, Qingcheng Mountain, and many other schools, gathered together for a month. A new general outline of Taoist teachings and classics has been released.

The compilation of Taoist texts is a long and arduous task.

The Chinese Taoist Association is not affiliated with each other, and is under the management of daily affairs of the CPPCC. However, all branches of Taoism must be guided by the new Taoist doctrines and programs when they operate anywhere. Those of their own sects that did not meet the standards in the past were all discarded.

Time is running out, and with the development of the situation in Indochina and Java, the spread of Taoism has become urgent.

In the southwest of Caiyun Province, it is Xishuangbanna, a famous tourist attraction in China's winter.

At this time in China, Qiongzhou Island had not yet been developed. Therefore, people who have just experienced reform and opening up happily go out of their homes to travel the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.

In winter, Xishuangbanna is full of tourists. Although it does not have the crowding of later generations, it is undoubtedly a great innovation in China, which has experienced decades of no tourism in the founding of the People's Republic of China.

With the deepening of reform and opening up, there will be more and more such tourist attractions, and people's choices will be more abundant.

In the west of Xishuangbanna, there is Menglian Dai Lagu Wa Autonomous County.

Further west, the boundaries of the Shan Kingdom.

There is a small town on the border in Shan called Bang Kham. About 100 kilometers south-west of Bangkang is a small county town called Mengxiu.

Speaking of which, the ethnic groups here and the ethnic groups in Caiyun, China, can be said to have the same roots, and their language and customs are similar.

The Songkran Festival is the most solemn festival of the Dai nationality, and it is also the festival with the largest influence and the largest number of participants among the ethnic minority festivals in the Shan country.

Songkran is the Dai New Year, which corresponds to the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar and generally lasts for 3 to 7 days.

The first day is called "Mai Ri" in Dai language, which is similar to the Chinese New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar.

The next day, the Dai language is called "annoying day" (empty day); The third day is the New Year, which is called "Horn Net Ma", which is the first day of the year.

People regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious day.

In the early morning of the festival, the men, women and children of the Dai nationality put on festive costumes, carried clear water, first went to the Buddhist temple to bathe the Buddha, and then began to splash water on each other, wishing each other auspiciousness, happiness and health.

People danced and shouted "Water!" Water! Water! The sound of drums and gongs resounded in the sky, and the splashes of blessing splashed everywhere, and the scene was really spectacular.

This was the case in the past.

However, this year, the customs have changed.

I don't know when Lu Dao began, a group of Taoist priests wearing dragon costumes with special Tai Chi patterns came here.

At first, they went from house to house in the countryside to treat people.

However, each family can only receive free treatment once.

After one free of charge, the next three times the patient's family will provide medicinal herbs. After that, there is no discount.

Even so, the common people are willing.

They believe in Buddhism and often go to the temple to be blessed by the host.

In fact, we all know that the blessing of a monk is also a spiritual effect.

If a person eats whole grains and gets sick, he will not get sick if he sprinkles a little water on his head?

The peasants of the island country are indeed too poor, and when the child is twelve or thirteen years old, he must be sent to the temple to become a monk.

The family's land should be allocated to the temple for one acre of paddy field or two acres of dry land, as the child's food in the temple, and it will never be returned.

These Taoist priests are different, and someone once asked, "Can I be cured for free?" ”

"Yes! We Taoist believers only provide medicinal herbs, and all of them are free of charge. The leader has a fluttering white beard, and the fairy wind is bonely: "As long as you participate in my Taoism, it is enough to give me two hundred catties of rice from the Taoist temple every year." ”

At that time, when it came to setting this standard, there were some difficulties.

According to the old man Zhang Chengzhong, his ancestors were the whole five buckets of rice sect, and the peasants also needed to pay five buckets of rice.

As soon as he proposed it, he was vetoed by other Taoist sects.

What are you kidding, what has been abandoned in history is used today?

Two hundred catties of rice a year, the common people have a total of them, and their eyes are bright.

It's very cost-effective!

Which family doesn't have a cold all year round? Instead of begging your father to tell your grandmother in the temple and let those monks sprinkle a few drops of water on their heads, it is better to participate in Taoism.

Those who participated in Taoism naturally cheered. At the same time, they were frustrated.

In Taoism, there are two special professions, Taoist doctors and Taoist martial arts, and these two kinds of people are the elite of Taoism.

Only Chinese can learn, and all other foreigners are not included in the study.

This year's Horn Wangma, near and far, have been told that it is the day when the Taoist Temple in Mengxiu City opened the mountain gate.

On the main entrance of the Taoist temple, only a big Taoist character was seen.

In the future, all the Taoist temples in the world will have no names, except for those left over from history. If the Taoist temple is built in Mengxiu, it is the Mengxiu Taoist temple.

However, it is said that in front of the Mengxiu Taoist Temple, there is a high platform of more than one zhang.

These aborigines were shocked, there was nothing here last night, when was a high platform built?

I saw the old fairy-like figure, walking up to the high platform.

On top of the high platform, there is a chair, and in front, is a microphone. On each side of the high platform, there is a tweeter.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!" The white-bearded Taoist shook off the dust.

The sound seemed to have magical power, and the crowds of people who were bustling near and far were constantly converging quietly here.

"Taoism, also known as Taoism, Huang Lao, Lao and Xuanmen, etc., is a native religion of our Far Easterners, the root of the Far Easterners, the source of Oriental scientific wisdom, and deeply rooted in the fertile soil of the traditional culture of the Far East."

According to the Taoist scriptures, Taoism began in Pangu and opened the world, and the beginning of the teachings was established. It was founded in the Yellow Emperor Kongtong asked, cast the Ding Alchemy, expounded under the Lao Tzu pillar to pass the scriptures, and went out of the Han Valley in the west. Therefore, with the Yellow Emperor as the era, the Taoist calendar has been more than 4,700 years. ”

A group of Dai people gasped, even a drop of God, more than 4,700 years?

The Taoist Master continued: "Our Taoist friends pursue natural harmony, national peace, social stability, and family harmony, and believe that those who cultivate and accumulate virtue can live happily and happily for a long time. ”

The crowd suddenly became noisy, and a fat monk, with a group of bald heads, came to the high platform proudly.

Everyone was silent, God knows what disasters this domineering bald donkey will bring to these Taoist priests who specialize in healing and saving people.

The people near the high platform seemed to want to block the way of the monks with their bodies.

For thousands of years, the people have retreated.

"Amitabha!" The fat monk climbed the high platform alone and pronounced a Buddha trumpet.

"Welcome the great monk to the opening day of our Taoist temple!" The old Taoist elder stroked his snow-white beard, smiled and said, "But this place is not a place for hospitality, when I finish praying to Tianzun, I will go to the temple to talk?" ”

The great monk was speechless for a while, he never imagined that the Taoist chief would come with such a sentence.

The monks below also looked at each other, at a loss.

After all, this great monk has been the host for many years, and quickly calmed down: "You are blaspheming my Buddhism and the public enemy of Buddhism by opening a Taoist temple here. ”

"The great monk has such a big breath, and he is not afraid of flashing his tongue?" The old Taoist sneered: "Excuse me, you asked the people to donate the land to the temple, what did you do to the people?" ”

"We repair the afterlife for the common people!" The great monk is justifiable.

"Oh?" The old Taoist smiled: "It's really strange! Dare to ask if the great monk has grandparents? ”

He was going to ask his parents, but he was afraid that his parents were still there. This monk is almost sixty years old, and the Shan country is in such a shambled state, so naturally he does not live long.

"Absolutely!" The great monk was stunned, but replied immediately.

"Oh?" The old Taoist frowned: "May I ask the great monk, where are your grandparents now?" How's it going? ”

"They" the great monk was speechless, and his color was fierce: "We pray for the blessings and healing of the people!" ”

"Heal?" The old Taoist elder shouted to the below: "You find two patients with minor injuries to come over, and our Taoist sect can also cure the disease." Great monk, let's take a look at which patient is getting better quickly. ”

Both were patients with flashed waists, and they were sent in a short time.

The old Taoist elder whispered a few words to the patient he treated, and pointed his finger into the distance.

The patient turned his head to look, and the old Taoist man slapped the patient's back with his hand like the wind.

The patient screamed "Wow" and then jumped up: "I'm fine, I'm fine!" ”

On the other hand, the great monk sprinkled water droplets from a small basin all over the patient, and the patient kept humming and chirping.

When he saw that the old Taoist was over, his face was full of anxiety, and he closed his eyes and recited the scriptures: "If I smell it"

After reading for a long time, the patient still couldn't move.

After the last moment, the big monk's eyes rolled: "No, your patient is slightly injured, and I am seriously injured!" ”

"Really?" The old Taoist put the microphone close to the patient's mouth: "Are you still in pain?" ”

"Ouch?" The whole town could hear it.

"It's okay, if you encounter the poor road today, it is your creation." The old Taoist said, twisting the patient's hands behind his back and placing his knees on his back.

"Does it still hurt?" The old Taoist asked with concern.

"Wait," the patient's hand hammered at the affected area.

"You're not a Dao Leader, you're an old immortal!" The patient said, "Knock knock" and kowtowed three times in front of the Taoist.

"Folks, things are already clear!" The Taoist chief shouted into the microphone: "These monks are here to deceive your land. And then trick your family members into it, one by one, they don't know anything, they don't even know where their ancestors are, can they guarantee you in the next life? Wake up, folks! ”

The silence of the crowd is too subversive of their perceptions.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the great monk quietly rushed to the monks he brought with him with a look and prepared to slip away.

"Kill these liars!"

I don't know who took the lead in shouting.

As a result, the monks were really killed.

The temple in Mengxiu City was demolished, and the Taoist temple was full of people.

Such a story takes place in every corner of the control of the mixed brigade.