Chapter 69 Buddhism and Taoism are in harmony

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"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"

A Buddha trumpet, a trumpet, sounded almost at the same time, and then Xiao Yi and the old monk looked at each other and smiled, hehe...... it's easy to talk between smart people!

"Master Abbot knows who I am?" Xiao Yicai will not be deceived by the benevolent appearance of the old monk, if the person in front of him is really a high monk who is 'dedicated to the Buddha and does not ask about the world', the incense of Tianyi Temple will not be so prosperous, and the rise of Buddhism will not be so rapid.

There is a famous saying in later generations that a successful monk is equal to half a politician, plus half a businessman, which is never to be underestimated.

"Ghost-faced Xiao Lang, famous, although the old man is in the 'Sumeru world', he is also like thunder!" The old monk put his hands together, and his bald head was extremely shiny, which was in response to the old saying~ 'A smart head doesn't grow hair!' ’

"It's a sin that a little bit of fame has been spread here and disturbed the master's cultivation!" Xiao Yi first showed an embarrassed look, and then the conversation suddenly changed, "Who is the little monk 'Wuxin' who is the abbot master?" ”

"No, Wuxin is Lao Gao's closed disciple, and now he is promoting Buddhism and educating people's hearts on the Mobei grassland, and he has sent letters several times, all of which mention the words 'Ghost Face Xiao Lang', which shows that the apprentice is obsessed with Dadu Governor!"

The so-called closed disciples are generally the most proud disciples, qualified to become the heirs of the mantle, the position of 'Wuxin' in the old monk's heart can be seen, such an important person, but was fooled by Xiao Yi, a white horse, directly sent to the Mobei grassland, the old monk's heart is so resentful, you can imagine!

"I don't know how Master Wuxin mentioned it in his letter?" Thinking that there are still people thinking about him thousands of miles away, Xiao Yi's heart is also warm, maybe he should have been kind to the little monk at the beginning!

"Do you really want to know?" The old monk smiled a little playfully.

"Master Abbot ......, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Xiao Yat's back was cold, and he suddenly felt the urge to sneeze.

"The apprentice 'Wuxin' said in the letter that the ghost-faced Xiao Lang, cunning, cheeky, black-bellied, brutal ......, often trap people invisibly, kill people silently, and be more ferocious than the wolves on the grassland, we must always be careful to take precautions, do not accept his generosity, do not believe his words, do not live near his camp, do not ~~~"

The old monk Yixiu made a full list of dozens of precautions and precautions, and finally added, "To sum up, this person can only be a friend, and must not be an enemy!" Remember! Remember! ”

"Little monk, you smear me, is my brother so bad? ~~"The teeth gritted 'Gege' sounded, Xiao Yi's little face was red, white, and green, I knew that this was the case, I shouldn't have given him a white horse in the first place, but it was more appropriate to let him ride a little donkey to the grassland, and he wouldn't be tired to death......"

"Amitabha! ~~ As the so-called 'Buddha is destined to be a person', although the majority of the governors have killed deeply, as long as they put down the butcher's knife and enter my Buddhism to devote themselves to practice, they will be able to wash away their sins and reshape their golden body. ”

The old monk's ability to brainwash people is indeed strong, but what he really wants is not a monk who puts down the butcher's knife, but precisely a big governor with a butcher's knife, Buddhism is also paying attention to the changes in the political situation, with Xiao Yi's current status and influence in the court, if he is willing to give up his original beliefs and switch to Buddhism, he can definitely become the protector of the Vajra.

To put it simply, one Xiao Yi is far better than a hundred volts!

"Provocation ......, **naked provocation, knowing that he is a Taoist disciple, but he said that he converted to Buddhism, do you really think that Taoist is a vegetarian?"

"Hah! …… Ha ha! On fire, Xiao Yi laughed out loud, and then said word by word, "Master Abbot is merciful and virtuous, and can ensure the prosperity of Buddhism for at least 30 years!" ”

"Haha, thank you for the compliment, then ......" The old monk was also very proud, but then his face sank, revealing a look of doubt, "Thirty years of prosperity, what will happen to my Buddhism after thirty years?" ”

"Ban the Buddha gate, demolish the temple, smash the Buddha statue, burn the scriptures, and bury the monks alive!"

Every time Xiao Yi said a word, he put up a finger, waited until all five fingers were opened, and then clenched them together, "At that time, I was just fifty years old, and I should still be able to ride a war horse and wield a scimitar, and it was really sad to see this tragic scene!" ”

"Threat...... naked, naked threat!"

How could the old monk not understand Xiao Yi's meaning, thirty years later, he would have already become a white bone, but the other party was in the middle of the day, and he was a member of the court with heavy troops, and he was fully capable of doing it according to the five rules one by one, and then it would be the end of Buddhism!

"They are all cultivators, and they should have good thoughts in their hearts, so why should Taoist friends force each other hard?"

The Metropolitan Governor has become a Taoist friend, and the attitude of 'taking refuge in my Buddha immediately' has also become everything easy to discuss, and the old monk has changed very quickly in his role, which shows that his 'internal strength' is profound.

"Don't the master know that he is 'preaching by killing'?" finally turned the defense into an offense, Xiao Yi pressed step by step, without mercy.

"Amitabha, although I unintentionally reminded the old man to take precautions, but after all, I still missed one!" With a wry smile, the Bodhi rosary in the old monk's hand turned faster.

"Oh, I don't know which one you missed?"

"It's the Governor's sharp teeth, his lips are like guns, and his tongue is like arrows, which has set off countless waves in the old man's originally calm heart, sins, sins!"

"Master Abbot's words are wrong, although there are a few means below, at most a few gusts of wind can be blown, gather a few clouds, the real hidden danger of Buddhism is not outside, but inside!" Xiao Yi touched his chin, and felt that his little mouth had made countless contributions, and he should eat a meal of braised pork at night to treat him!

"Please try to say, what is the hidden danger of my Buddhism?"

"Hehe, dare to ask the abbot master, under the blue sky, is the Buddha great, or the emperor?"

"Is this ......?" The old monk is a person of great wisdom, and suddenly closed his eyes and pondered, in the eyes of the world, he only saw the emperor worship the Buddha, and never saw the Buddha worship the emperor, so they will think that the Buddha is great~~,

In fact, otherwise, everything in the world is people-oriented, someone has to have an emperor, the sky is big, the earth is big, the emperor is the biggest, the emperor can worship the Buddha, and naturally he can also tear the Buddha off the altar, such as puppets, to put it bluntly, in the world of the Oriental people - 'I am the country, and the imperial power is always higher than the divine power!' ’

"The emperor is naturally bigger than the Buddha!" The old monk sighed, although this sentence was blasphemous, it was a reality.

"Ah! …… The Daomen was powerful, and they were not satisfied with cultivating their minds and asking questions, but they were used by some people with ulterior motives, which led to the 'Yellow Turban Rebellion', which made the court angry and vigorously suppressed Taoism, which greatly damaged its vitality.

Now Buddhism is in the ascendant, and has been trusted by many dignitaries, less than 30 years, will inevitably rise in the world, a hundred years later will be like the sun, then everywhere monks and nuns, everywhere in the temple, dare to ask the abbot master, monks will still be at ease in the temple chanting? Are you still satisfied with a little charity from others? ”

Xiao Yat's words are like a whip, not only spurring the mistakes of 'Taoism', but also torturing the future of 'Buddhism', and when that time comes, the monks will inevitably make the same mistakes, and they will be more serious.

Human nature is like this, when you are poor, it is easy to keep your heart, and you will be satisfied by asking for food and clothing!

But once you get something, you will ask for more things, monks are also people, and naturally it is no exception, with believers, you will want more temples and temple properties, and when the robe is full of money, the next step will be to reach out to power.

In Xiao Yi's memory, Buddhism arose in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and reached its peak in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a sentence of 'four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain', is the best portrayal, but the extremes of things must be reversed, and the Buddhism that flourished to the apex also touched the imperial power at this time!

For example, in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the number of monks exceeded one-tenth of the country's population, and they also occupied a large amount of monastic land that did not pay taxes, and used a large number of precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper to cast Buddha statues, making it difficult for the imperial court to mint coins, and seriously weakening the overall strength of the country.

In the imperial court, many high-ranking monks wandered among the powerful, ventilated and reported information, made suggestions, and even intervened in the abolition and handover of the throne, trying to establish a '********' Buddha country, which eventually caused a strong backlash from the imperial power, and completed the suppression of divine power in a bloody way!

What Xiao Yi just said about 'demolishing temples, burning Buddhist scriptures, and burying monks alive' is not a lie, but something that really happened in history, and the tragedy is even more than that, from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, 'three martial arts and one sect exterminated Buddha', and the killing of the Buddha has brought devastating disasters to China's society, religion, and culture, and these all originated from the word 'greed'.

"Is there a way for the Metropolitan Governor to help my Buddhism avoid disasters and avoid boundless karmic fires?" The old monk is also a person with great wisdom, and he quickly figured out the joints, and the Taoist today is the tomorrow of Buddhism, or even worse!

"If you want to avoid the consequences in the future, you have to get rid of today's causes, since the abbot master has the heart to consider the children of Buddhism, why not join hands with my Taoist, help each other in the same boat, and fight the danger together!"

Xiao Yi said very clearly, Buddhism and Taoism give up their hostile attitude, advance and retreat together, burn incense together, recite scriptures together, encounter danger in the future, and suffer together with knives, no matter what happens, the two families face together, the risk is naturally much smaller, and there will inevitably be competition in cooperation, and there will be constraints, which will not let one family dominate, and will not threaten secular power.

"Stabilize the Buddha and the Tao, and stabilize the hearts of the people, stabilize the country's society, and the Dadu Governor is really big in this game of chess!" The old monk also admires Xiao Yi a little now, no wonder his precious apprentices have suffered in the hands of this person, what he thinks of is only a few decades, but others have seen it hundreds of years later......

"It is said that the two doors of Buddhism and Taoism are in the same boat, but the rebellion of the Yellow Turban, the vitality of the Taoist is greatly damaged, and it has already fallen into the water, do you want my Buddhism to jump down together?"

"Master don't worry, the Yellow Turban thief Kou is my Taoist scum, the side door is left, the Governor of Pontus will personally clean up the portal, and the Buddha only needs to sit on the Diaoyutai with peace of mind!" Xiao Yi sneered and touched the greedy wolf knife in his arms, full of murderous aura, half of it was against those yellow turban thieves, and the other half was against the Buddha!

If you want the Buddha and the Tao to coexist peacefully, in addition to reasoning, you must also have enough force to deter, otherwise these bald heads will never be obedient.

The decline of Taoism, in addition to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which caused the vigorous suppression of the imperial court, there is no reason why the power of Buddhism fell into the well, and now Xiao Yi understands that Taoism has fallen into the water, I don't need you to save it, but you don't throw stones anymore, my brother can climb up by himself.

"This is the best, the Metropolitan Governor is really a person of great wisdom, in this case, the old man is willing to swear with you to high-five, from now on, we will be in the same boat, and the Buddha and the Tao will prosper together!" The old monk put on a very happy look, and he couldn't be happy, because he saw that the treasure knife in Xiao Yi's arms had been unsheathed by half an inch, and if there was no good result in this matter today, it was estimated that he should go to the west to see the Buddha, although it was very glorious, but he didn't want to go now.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

After three loud high-fives, the two laughed at each other again!

"Taoism has a talent like the Metropolitan Governor, and it should be endless, but the old man still has something unclear, with such a talent as the Metropolitan Governor, why did he enter the Taoist family instead of believing in my Buddhism?"

Looking at Xiao Yi, the old monk felt envious in his heart, how good it would be if he was his own apprentice, there was no heart on the left, Xiao Yi on the right, the two of them worked together, Buddhism will inevitably prosper, and it is really necessary to establish a '********' Buddha country!

"Well, when I was a child, I was in the wilderness and almost fed the wild wolves, but the old Taoist master picked me up and saved me with a bowl of hot porridge, so I became a Taoist priest!" Xiao Yi licked his lips, and seemed to be still reminiscing about the can of rice porridge boiled by the old Taoist master, how fragrant?

"Picked it up?" The old monk's face was incredulous, "It's just a jar of corn porridge?" ”

"Yes, it's just a jar of corn porridge, so Xiao Yi swears that he will guard the Daomen for the rest of his life, and he will never have two hearts!"

"That ......, the old man will also make porridge, or ......"

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