Chapter 402: Religious Issues (4,000 words)

Speaking of which, it's also strange that there is a problem with the teachings of Taoism, what kind of physical sanctification and feathering ascension do you have to preach, and what kind of military solution will be buried directly even if you die? Unlike Buddhism, which pays attention to spiritual Buddhahood, the physical body is just a stinky skin, and the spirit is everything, so any monk who has a little bit of Taoism can burn relics after death - but in ancient times, relics are undoubtedly an inexplicable existence (in fact, in modern times, it is similar).

Therefore, Taoism can't do Buddhism - it's a dead man anyway, Buddhism says that he has gone to heaven, which one can see it, plus there are relics as proof, it is more convincing. Taoism is good, to fly in the daytime, with the body flying, this is too difficult, so there is no Buddhism convincing, just by virtue of this, Taoism is far behind.

As a result, the Taoist priest died and left nothing, but the monk died but could form a relic, coupled with the propaganda of Buddhism on the relics, which caused the concept that Buddhism is more bullish than Taoism in the subconscious of the people, which is also one of the reasons why Taoism can't do Buddhism.

On the contrary, if the Taoist priest dies and is also burned by fire, it should also be possible to find relics - everyone is pure-hearted, cultivating immortals and worshiping Buddha, monks can burn relics, why can't Taoist priests burn them?

When people die, Buddhism also ascends to heaven, but Taoism requires the day to soar, isn't this embarrassing? If there was really a daytime flying sky, then Taoism would have suppressed Buddhism a long time ago, and it would be Li Zhen's turn to support it? I'm afraid that at that time, Li Zhen will change to support Buddhism and Taoism.

Of course, Buddhism did not have a long time to be proud of after suppressing Taoism, because Christianity came - Buddhism later focused on Hinayana and abstained from meat and killing, and even women had to abstain from sex, crossing themselves first, jumping out of the five elements before crossing the world, so they couldn't do Christianity.

How good it is for people, except for a few ascetics and a few clergy, they still pick up girls, drink flower wine, drive famous cars, and live in famous houses. As long as you pray at the right time, even if you do something wrong, you only need to go to the church to repent, as long as you are pious enough, you can go to heaven after death - all require the common people to be good people, but the difficulty of ascending to heaven is undoubtedly reduced, so Christianity is all over the world, Buddhism is only spread in the east of Asia, Taoism is even worse, you can only go around the country, and you have to face Buddhism to fight for incense o(╯□╰)o......

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Because Wuzhuang Temple is the dojo of Zhenyuan Daxian, as the host, Li Chunfeng has of course always lived in Zhenyuan Palace, and he saw Li Zhen at this time and was naturally in the apse of Zhenyuan Palace.

"Li Chunfeng has seen His Royal Highness the Holy Son."

Seeing Li Zhen, Li Chunfeng did not call Li Zhen the prince, but called him the Holy Son, which means that in Li Chunfeng's eyes, Li Zhen appeared as the Holy Son of Taoism.

"Is there anything going on with Hongu?" It's a pity that Li Zhen won't go along with his wishes, and directly refers to himself as the palace, showing his attitude - although I am the holy son of Taoism, I am the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and the interests of the Tang Dynasty are supreme, don't want to use my identity as a holy son to bind me, let alone use my identity to seek personal interests for Taoism.

"Okay." Li Chunfeng smiled bitterly, compromised, and re-performed a courtier's courtesy: "Poor Dao has seen His Highness." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Li Zhen to return the salute, Li Chunfeng said again: "Originally, Poor Dao didn't want to trouble His Royal Highness the Prince, but Poor Dao couldn't make up his mind about this matter, so he asked His Royal Highness to help Poor Dao think about it." ”

"What are you worried about? The Buddha's tooth relics are in the hands of the emperor, and it is not certain whether they can fall into the hands of Buddhism. Li Zhen felt that Li Chunfeng's worries were purely a waste of time - the return of the Buddha's tooth relics was destined to be a protracted negotiation, as Li Shimin, who regarded Lao Tzu as his ancestor, of course he would not have any good feelings about Buddhism, especially Buddhism actually extended its power into the court, which violated Li Shimin's taboo, but the power of Buddhism in the government and the opposition was too great, even he could not have any impact on it. Finally, a Xuanzang who was willing to sacrifice himself to become a benevolent person appeared, but he was killed by Buddhism itself.

Now that he has finally grasped a weakness in Buddhism, Li Shimin will certainly not give up easily until he has reaped enough benefits - Li Zhen estimates that the negotiations will take at least half a year to reach mutually acceptable terms.

And in this half a year, if Taoism can't think of corresponding countermeasures, then they will have no value of support - but now Li Chunfeng can't make up his mind, but let himself help find a way, you have this time, it's better to send the news back as soon as possible, and combine the power of the entire Taoism to find a way together, it's much better than you wandering around here alone.

However, an embarrassing thing happened: "Your Highness, this is not what Poor Dao wants to say. ”

"Huh?" Li Zhen was embarrassed, and secretly screamed ashamed in her heart: "Then what did you call this palace for?" ”

"But this matter is indeed related to His Highness." Li Chunfeng said his worries: "Your Highness, you should know, Buddhism is transmitted from Tianzhu, Tianzhu has the most Buddhist scriptures, and Xuanzang took scriptures for this reason - and this is the most worrying place for poor Dao, Buddhism just produced a Xuanzang, brought back hundreds of classics, and brought great prestige to Buddhism, if it were not for Xuanzang's death, otherwise the reputation of Buddhism would be greatly increased." If Zhu is included in the territory of Datang today, it is bound to further enhance the exchanges between the two sides, and I don't know how many classics will flow from Tianzhu to Datang in the future...... If this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid that our Taoism will really be completely suppressed by Buddhism. ”

"I see, your concerns are not unreasonable." Li Zhen only then understood Li Chunfeng's worries - I have to say that his worries are very likely, although the war has brought a lot of territory and benefits to the Tang Dynasty, but at the same time it has also promoted exchanges between the enemy and us, once the Tianzhu Buddhism scriptures flow into the Tang Dynasty in large quantities, then the Central Plains Buddhism will be more profound, and Taoism, which is not able to do Buddhism, may really be suppressed by Buddhism again.

Especially now that the Tang Dynasty is the victor, there are not only gold, silver and jewelry, but also a large number of classics and classics among the countless trophies brought back this time, not only Tianzhu's academic materials on culture, but also the classics and mysteries of many sects. In the future, these classics will definitely be selected by Datang to be printed and distributed to libraries around the country that have begun to take shape, which can not only enrich Datang's academic thoughts, but also make Chinese people feel the charm of foreign cultures.

In these scriptures, Buddhist scriptures will certainly occupy a lot of places, but the library is destined to be popular in the future, and more students will enter it in the future to study—and it is unknown how many of these students will be influenced by Buddhist thought and become Buddhist believers. Even if 10% of these scholars can become talents, the impact is absolutely terrible (success here refers not only to being an official, you must know that outside of officialdom, there is also a thing called Shilin, Shilin is the literati and doctor class, that is, the intellectual world, different from people with mud legs, they are generally very prestigious in the local area, and their local influence is not necessarily worse than that of their parents).

But......

"Your worries are unnecessary."

"Oh? Why is that? Li Chunfeng asked in surprise, you must know that he has been going crazy for this problem recently, and he has lost several hairs, which is simply incredible for Li Chunfeng, who usually pays great attention to health preservation. And it's not just him, all the people of insight in the Daomen are thinking of a solution to this matter, but Tianzhu has already been defeated, the cultural exchange between Datang and Tianzhu is already doomed, under the general trend, what good way can they have?

But now Li Zhen actually told them not to worry, which is very incredible......

Could it be that Li Zhen has a suitable solution?

Thinking of this, Li Chunfeng couldn't help but look at Li Zhen eagerly: He is worthy of being the prince, and he can achieve the position of prince not only because he was born in the royal family, but also because of his talent, even if he is born in a peasant family, he will inevitably become a generation of Tianjiao in the future.

Li Zhen was uncomfortable by Li Chunfeng's gaze, and hurriedly waved her hand: "Don't look at this palace, there is no good way to do it." ”

"Huh?" Li Chunfeng was greatly disappointed, and then relieved: After all, the prince is only a human being, not a god, so many people in the Daomen can't think of a way, and the prince is a boy who is only eighteen years old, which is really embarrassing for him......

If Li Zhen knew what Li Chunfeng was thinking, he would definitely exhale with a big mouth-that's how you cultivate? Did your Dao Ancestor teach you to see the wind and steer like this?

Fortunately, Li Zhen couldn't spy on other people's hearts, but it also saved Li Chunfeng from the pain of flesh and skin.

"But it's true that Hongu said you don't have to worry, you're all thinking too much."

"Why is that?" Li Chunfeng restrained his mood and asked in surprise, you told us not to worry, but you didn't have a solution, what do you mean?

"It's actually quite simple." Li Zhen stretched out his hand and said, "This is like Buddhism in our Tang Dynasty, in which the palm of the hand is the general name of Buddhism, and these five fingers are the major branches of Buddhism......

"Poor Dao understands what His Highness means." Li Chunfeng is not stupid, Li Zhen just said a head, and he understood Li Zhen's meaning in seconds: "His Royal Highness means that although Buddhism is powerful, it is not harmonious within Buddhism, on the contrary, the internal struggle between them is also quite fierce, the battle between Mahayana and Hinayana and the struggle between the major sects, the internal struggle has never stopped."

So we don't have to worry about how much threat Tianzhu Buddhism will pose to Taoism, because even the Buddhist sects within the Tang Dynasty are fighting so hard, Tianzhu Buddhism, an outsider, will be the enemy of Datang Buddhism, I am afraid that the open and secret fighting will not stop in a short time, and it will take at least a hundred years for Tianzhu Buddhism to be completely integrated into the Tang Dynasty. ”

"That's right, that's what Hongu means." Li Zhen explained: "And you don't know, not only our Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty is divided into several sects, but even the Buddhism in Tianzhu is divided into many sects, the Hinayana sect alone is divided into more than 20 sects after the Buddha's nirvana, and there are more Mahayana, there are as many as two and 20 sects in the south alone...... They haven't even finished dealing with their own internals, where is the time to fight against Taoism? ”

And there is another reason why Li Zhen did not say, that is, Buddhism is now powerful in the Tang Dynasty, and the incense believers have already been divided, and now there is one more foreign food grabber, and the Buddhist sects within the Tang Dynasty have not yet agreed - of course, the warm hospitality is certain, after all, it is a high monk from the birthplace of Buddhism, and the etiquette that should be there is still indispensable, but if you want to preach in the mainland, don't even think about it.

"Your Highness's solution to this puzzle, the poor road is much more relieved." Li Chunfeng sighed again: He is worthy of being the prince of the Tang Dynasty, where can he have a simple role in this position?

"But don't think you're going to sit back and relax." Seeing Li Chunfeng's lazy look, Li Zhen couldn't help but knock and said: "The battle of Buddhism is only within them, and this kind of battle will not cause bloodshed, on the contrary, it will increase the speed of their integration. When facing foreign enemies, they will unite as one and completely twist into a fist. ”

"......" Li Chunfeng is embarrassed, there is only one religious enemy of Buddhism at this stage, that is, Taoism, and Li Zhen is undoubtedly talking about Taoism.

"What's more, your worries are also right, Tianzhu Buddhism's entry into the Tang Dynasty will give a great bonus to the prestige of Buddhism, so that the momentum of Buddhism will increase to an indescribable level in a very short period of time, if Buddhism can seize this opportunity, it will definitely soar to the sky, even the imperial court will not be able to restrict them."

"So what to do?" Li Chunfeng was anxious and couldn't help asking.

"Do you want anything else but to increase your own strength?" Li Zhen sighed, but wanted to laugh in his heart: Li Chunfeng is purely concerned about chaos, since Li Zhen can see this, how can he not be prepared?

Since he knew the contradiction between Tianzhu Buddhism and Tang Buddhism, how could he not make good use of it? But......

Although it can limit the power of Buddhism for the time being, once they are truly integrated, Buddhism will really become a sect that can be compared to Christianity, and it will be really difficult to restrict them again when the time comes......

In the final analysis, it is still necessary to increase the strength of his native religion - as for how to increase his strength, Li Zhen already has a preliminary idea......

"Please also ask Your Highness to show you a clear path......" Li Chunfeng put his posture very low, after all, he was asking for help.

Li Zhen gently raised his hand to let him get up, and said: "You are not like this, you are just a blind eye to Mount Tai now, you will eventually think of this method - since Tianzhu Buddhism can be introduced to the Tang Dynasty, then why don't you try to spread Taoism as well?" ”

"Boom~"

It was like a thunderbolt splitting down, and Li Chunfeng completely understood......

(End of chapter)