Between pushing the cup and changing the lamp and staggering, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty were very pleased to taste this authentic Tianzhu food again. With a full meal and wine, everyone also ate and drank well.

I saw this Wang Xuance asking: "I heard the king just now say that along this trade route, there are many monks from my Tang Dynasty, who come and go between the two countries, are these monks who worship the Buddha and seek scriptures?" ”

"Yes, basically every month, I can see one or two monks with the face of the Tang Dynasty in my Sang and many countries, but unfortunately, in the past few years, my five Indians, Buddhism has been far inferior to when Master Xuanzang was there?" Between the old king's words, he couldn't help but reveal a trace of sadness.

"What do you mean by that?" Wang Xuance followed the questioning eyes of the brothers and asked the old king.

It is precisely because there is no famous debater in this Brahmanism, so that this Buddhism has been suppressed, especially in this sixth uncovered conference, Master Xuanzang is even more dominant, bringing Buddhism to the peak again. Although there was a later incident of the destruction of Buddhism by this Alona Shun, in our five Indias, it was basically only the physical Buddhist temples that were destroyed, but not the Buddhist system. It's a pity that a few years ago, I was five India, and there was a Brahmanical master, named Kumariro, this person was also in his thirties, and he was considered a rising star among this young talent, not long after you left, Nalanda Monastery was also under the leadership of Master Jiexian, and it was rediscovered, but after Master Jiexian passed away, this person suddenly appeared, and instantly knocked down all the monks of Nalanda Temple. Since then, the Nalanda Monastery has only been able to teach behind closed doors, Buddhism has become declining, and Brahmanism has become more and more brilliant," the old king said to them in a concise manner.

"Has it all changed so much? How can this Brahmanism, which does not divide the human race into four classes, defeat this Buddhism, which advocates the equality of all beings? Zhou Zeng then asked in surprise......

Actually, there are fundamental reasons for the development of history for all these things, if in the long run, when Buddhism flourished in my five Indias, five out of ten people believed in Buddhism. However, Buddhism has a fundamental proposition, that is, abstinence, and it is precisely because it has reached a peak in my five Indias, according to your Tang Dynasty's point of view, that is, the extreme of things must be opposed, and this kind of ascetic advocacy naturally depletes the spirit of my five Indian men. In addition, the various sects at that time were disturbed and strife, and the Brahmanical religion absorbed and dissolved the Buddhist teachings well, coupled with the conflict of interests between various ethnic groups, which led to the massacre of monks and the burning of monasteries, which made this oldest Brahmanism a refuge for many monks. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xuance and the others felt that this should be a question of basic doctrine, although they had also heard Master Xuanzang say it, but they didn't know much about the deep-seated problem, so they listened attentively to it......

In fact, from the years when Master Xuanzang was located, this clue can already be seen. In these five Indias, all kinds of foreign monks keep going to this Nalanda Temple to challenge, to put it bluntly, this Nalanda Temple is also in the suffering of the hard support, it is precisely because of Master Xuanzang, a monk who has attained the Tao, so that Buddhism has continued in my five India for decades. With the drowning of the king of the precepts, the monks of the outer ways recuperated and recuperated, and their attainments became more and more profound, so the Buddhist monks could not support it, and they had to be defeated due to moral theories......"

"Ahem, this matter is just like the debate in the early years of my Han Dynasty that overthrew the Confucianism of the Hundred Schools" Wang Xuance thought for a while, and then said such a sentence.

"Would you like to hear it?" The old king also asked with a puzzled face.

"More than 700 years ago, the land of China was in the Han Dynasty. At that time, the country was also a lot of ideological contention, what Huang Lao Theory, what Taoism, what Legalism, what Moism, all of them were integrated, all had their own theories and propositions. After Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, established the Han Dynasty, he did not advocate Confucianism, and in the later Emperor Hui, Emperor Wen, and Emperor Jing all used different schools to govern the country. Since Emperor Wu succeeded to the throne, he was in the political environment at that time, and he wanted to further strengthen the centralization of power politically and economically. Therefore, the Huang Lao thought, which advocates quiet and inaction, can no longer meet the above political needs, and at the same time, this Huang Lao theory contradicts the personality of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The Confucian idea of unification in the Spring and Autumn Period, the idea of benevolence and righteousness, and the ethical concept of monarchs and ministers were obviously adapted to the situation and tasks faced by Emperor Wu. Thus, in the realm of thought, Confucianism finally replaced the dominance of Taoism. Later, in the first year of Yuanguang, Emperor Wu summoned virtuous and righteous literary scholars from all over the world to Chang'an to personally ask for advice.

One of them, named Dong Zhongshu, pointed out in the countermeasures that the unification of the Spring and Autumn Period is "the common scripture of heaven and earth, the friendship between ancient and modern", and now the teachers are different, people are different, and the tenets of the words of the hundred schools of thought are different, so that the ruling ideology is inconsistent, the legal system is changing, and the hundred schools of thought are at a loss. Dong Zhongshu's policy of ideological rule that adapts to political unification was very appreciated by Emperor Wu. After this great debate, Confucianism completely won out from the moral superiority, while Taoism and other doctrines were politically degraded. Therefore, since then, this Confucian culture has become this orthodox thought in the land of China, and it has been more than 700 years now. ”

"It turns out that there is really the same thing in this different country, and this Buddhism has risen and fallen in my five Indias, and it has been because of this reason many times. Fundamentally, Buddhism has always relied on cities to survive in the richest areas. The reason is very simple, the monks themselves do not work, they rely on the charity of the believers, and if the foundation of the people changes, this Buddhism will naturally be greatly affected. Brahmanism, on the other hand, advocates four castes, each of which is dedicated to its duties, deep into the countryside, rooted in the grassroots, and has a strong foundation, even after experiencing war, in this rural area, the impact is often the least, so they can all survive. Therefore, when this Kumarila was in this Nalanda Monastery and some of the senior monks at that time were knocked down, he went to this Dajialan Monastery one after another, and several other monasteries, so that these monks did not have the ability to deal with it, so Buddhism in recent years has been far worse than the situation when you went on your second mission......

Hearing these words, Wang Xuance and others also had mixed feelings, and they never thought that in just ten years, these five Indian Buddhism have undergone such great changes...... Listening to these words, it is also a long aftertaste......

Editor's note: It was because of this model that Buddhism died out in the five Indias......

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