Chapter 66: A Detailed History of the Uncovered Conference, Revisiting the Exotic New Year's Style (Part I)

In this life, all wealth, all wisdom, and all knowledge are accumulated. When the accumulation reaches a certain level, it is natural that you can uphold good thoughts and do what you want to do.

Do you remember what the highest state of Buddhism is, at this time there is no distinction between good and evil, only existence or not? When you reach a certain level of cultivation, you have already given up evil thoughts, and all you have is the original mind of good.

To understand why this unveiled conference was held, we have to start 30 years ago. At that time, the king of the ring sun adhered to the teachings of the Bodhisattva and unified the entire Five Heavenly Pillars. Only to discover that in all parts of Tianzhu, Brahmanism is far superior to Buddhism. Although the teachings of Brahmanism and Buddhism make sense, they are very different in nature. The problem in real life is that this Brahmanism divides people into four castes, and although life is orderly, the tragic fate of the untouchables is not what they want to see.

One of the great good thoughts that has existed in his heart for so many years is to be kind to the people, to treat the people well, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment, and no longer be displaced; After so many years of fighting, he finally did it. But looking at the mountains and rivers of the entire Wutianzhu, thousands of people; Although force can conquer everything in the flesh, it cannot conquer a stubborn heart; So in the face of this deep-rooted doctrine, he seemed so helpless and difficult.

Coupled with his detailed combing, he found that after all these years of turmoil, Buddhism is also mixed. As a devout Buddhist, in order to ensure the clarity of the teachings and the development of the Dharma, the people are spiritually able to understand good thoughts and be willing to practice. At the same time, he theoretically conquered Brahmanism, pursued the equality of all beings, and educated people's hearts, so he had the idea of leading the development of Buddhism and teachings in the whole country through debate.

After some pondering, the King of the Ring turned his gaze to Nalanda Temple. Not only because this Dharma came from Nalanda Temple, but more importantly, there is a generation of famous monks ---- precepts here. At this time, Master Jiexian was already eighty years old, and although he was very old, he was full of spirit and physical strength. At the age of thirty, he had already defeated a famous Brahmin patriarch in South India in a great debate; Since then, under his leadership, the Nalanda Monastery has been revitalized from decay to become the largest Buddhist shrine in Wutianzhu.

So, the king of the precepts went to this Nalanda temple in person, and told all the thoughts in his heart to the Venerable Venerable Jiexian, and in the face of the grand vision of preaching the Dharma, the two naturally hit it off. Therefore, at the initiative of Venerable Jiexian, in the name of the King of the Ring of the Sun, the King of Wutianzhu and the people were proclaimed to hold this first Uncovered Assembly.

This first unveiled convention invited not only kings from all over the world; He also invited all the Buddhist masters of Wutianzhu, as well as the patriarchs of various sects of Brahmanism. When they received the invitation from the king of the precepts, although they were very disdainful and did not want to come, they were forced by the force of the king of the precepts, so they had no choice but to come to participate honestly.

Although he came with a stomach full of complaints, but since the beginning of the assembly; They all found that this uncovered meeting could not only be open and honest, but also carefree, and express their own arguments and judgments. Therefore, it has evolved from absent-mindedness at the beginning to a clear beginning.

As a result, the number of people in the following sessions of the Uncovered Conference has changed from a few stars at the beginning to a vast sea of smoke now. For the sake of safety, the number of people has naturally changed from no limit at the beginning to a slight limit now. So far, this is the sixth session of the Uncovered Conference, and in view of the fact that the whole process of the Uncovered Conference has lasted for more than 90 days, the number of people in this session of the Uncovered Conference is limited to about 500,000.

After talking about this uncovered conference, let's go back and talk about Wang Xuance and others. Time is also passing minute by minute, according to the Tang calendar, it should be the first month of the sixteenth year of Zhenguan at this time. Needless to say, at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the Tang people have this custom of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new year, but in a foreign land, there are only a dozen of them. How should we spend this year? So after thinking about it, they decided to invite Master Xuanzang to spend a peaceful Chinese New Year together.

The clothes of this Tianzhu people have always been quite simple, although they all advocate bright white colors, and they despise variegated clothing, but for ministers and ministers, princes and generals are an exception. After so many days of understanding and familiarity, they gradually understood the costumes and basically didn't need too many tailors. Men wear a piece of cloth around their waists, up to their armpits, across their left shoulder, and expose their right shoulder. Women wear an apron-like skirt that falls down to cover the knees, covering both shoulders, combing the top of the head into a bun, and the rest of the hair hanging down naturally.

Although there are also some men, with their beards cut off, wearing bizarre clothes, garlands on their heads, and wearing jewels on their bodies, these are not the mainstream, and of course they make this week look down on.

For the New Year, it is natural to buy a new dress. Because in these five Tianzhu lands, it is impossible to have a tailor like Datang to make Datang's clothing; Therefore, they also followed the local customs, and at the initiative of Zhou Zeng, they decided to buy a set of Tianzhu clothes for each person.

No, while everyone is packing up this New Year's thing. Zhou Zeng was so happy that after going to the tailor's shop to get the clothes back, he took the lead in trying them on. Although it is very simple to see others wearing it, when I encounter it myself, I don't wear it right, and I don't like wearing it right, and I suddenly scratch my ears and cheeks and feel depressed. Seeing him in such a difficult way, not only Chen Maocai, but even the big guy immediately covered his mouth and laughed happily.

At this moment, this Master Xuanzang walked in, and seeing him so embarrassed, he was immediately happy: "Zhou Jushi, you are right to dress like this" Between the words, I saw this Master Xuanzang walk over and personally helped him sort out the Tianzhu clothes.

Zhou Zeng immediately stretched out his arms and turned around in place, and in an instant, he felt very satisfied. Then he pointed at them one by one with his fingers, and said with a smile: "Alas, you guys who gloat one by one, will only look at my jokes, or Master Xuanzang is good to me." ”

One sentence caused everyone to laugh.

Although in this foreign country, there is no such joy and liveliness as the land of China, but what it has is a strong patriotic feeling, and a lively scene of harmony.

As everyone changed into this characteristic exotic costume, Wang Xuance had also led Dunzhu and Kampot to prepare for this delicious Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Because these five Tianzhu have always been vegetarian, this meal is also much simpler than that of the land of China. To put it bluntly, it's just a five-spice plate, a few delicate vegetables, a pot of delicious vegetable soup, and a large pot of rice and a large urn of vegetarian wine.

Wuxinpan: After the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was a traditional folk custom of eating Wuxinpan on Chinese New Year's Eve, which was intended to taste new. In the Jin Dynasty's "Records of the Wind and Soil", it is said: "Yuan Ri made five Xin plates", "Wu Xin so send five visceral gases, that is, onions, garlic, leeks, brassica, and coriander", which is now: onions, garlic, leeks, rape, and coriander. The beginning of spring salty spring plate taste, reed celery sprouts with leek yellow. Give each other friends the same taste, don't wait for the ointment, what is said is this five bitter plates. To put it bluntly, these five spice plates are like the dumplings we eat during the Chinese New Year today, and they were also essential food at that time......

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