Chapter 107: When I reappear, Buddhism will help me

In fact, in his heart, Zhao Yun is very repulsive to Buddhism. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In my previous life, when I saw Buddhism, I didn't do anything, and I completely relied on the people who believed in Buddhism to give alms, and I lived a very nourishing life.

Those monks don't touch me when they go out, and they are bombarded when they enter, except that they don't eat meat on the surface, and their lives are quite good.

Although Xi Zhicai is jealous of Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe admires his master's erudition even more.

He synthesized all kinds of information, and even visited the temple himself, only to know that there is still a group of bald heads in the world.

It is said that Jia Xu lived in Liangzhou, close to the Western Regions, and should have come into contact with Buddhism earlier. In fact, he himself is half a Confucian student, and his family is poor, while Buddhism mainly takes the high-end route.

What's more, the people of Liangzhou are tired, whether it is the upper class or the common people, life is not very peaceful, no matter what sect, the impact here is not much. Therefore, in the eyes of the Central Plains people, they are almost the same as barbarians.

Zhao Yun didn't know the bottom of his heart, he really didn't want that group of foreign monks to carry forward Buddhism in China, and now Taoists not only support Liu Wei, but also the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the year of Jiazi.

Buddhism and Confucianism are inherently mutually exclusive, but they also have a tendency to influence and merge with each other.

In the early days of Buddhism, Taoism was not small, and it was also influenced by Confucianism.

But on the flip side, Buddhism also helped Confucianism. For example, there are many words in the early Buddhist scripture translations that come directly from the way of Huang Lao, such as "An is clear, the general is pure, and the guard is nothing, which means that it is pure and non-action." ”

The Taiping Sutra of Taoism also uses Buddhist words, such as mentioning generosity, good life, etc. The Kang Sangha Society and others have tried to use Buddhist teachings to expound Confucianism, which has undoubtedly helped them a lot in the current situation when Confucian orthodoxy is under great attack.

Buddhism as a foreign religion, its adaptability is very strong, in order to seek its own survival and development, it initially relied on the Huang Lao Tao to practice the world, to wait until the conditions are ripe to break the ground, and strive to spread independently.

This is an important reason why Buddhism was accepted and gradually cultivated its roots at the beginning of its entry into China.

It caters to Chinese Confucianism, and the first missionary monks in China have tried their best to use Confucianism to explain the Buddhist scriptures, explain the unity of Confucianism and Buddhism, so that Buddhism can take root, blossom and bear fruit under the banner of Confucianism.

The emperors of previous dynasties were willing to take advantage of the fact that the monarch should not only have the ruling ideology like Confucianism, but also vigorously promote the three principles and five permanent ideas such as loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, so as to facilitate the centralization of power.

At the same time, the emperor needed a doctrine or religion that would allow the people to be sincere and good, to live in peace with the status quo, and to be content and happy, and the Buddhist teachings of retribution for good and evil, and the cycle of life and death could take on this task.

Buddhism's belief in the impermanence of life, full of suffering, and the ideas of karma and the cycle of life and death have adapted to people's pessimism.

At the same time, Buddhism's so-called brightness and freedom in the other world and the noble selflessness of the Nirvana realm have shifted people's eyes from the reality of suffering to the happiness of the next life, and they have gained great spiritual sustenance.

Moreover, the Buddhist idea of "equality of all beings" was also used by the lower toiling masses as a weapon against the rule of successive dynasties.

Nowadays, Buddhism is gradually becoming localized, the doctrine and rituals are suitable for the national conditions, the Buddhist leader Shakyamuni is a Buddha from a man, the religion advocates that everyone can be deified through practice, and the religion worships multiple gods rather than a single god, all of which are in line with China's national conditions.

China was a highly centralized empire from the Qin and Han dynasties, and the Chinese emperor ruled the country as a god, and it was not allowed to have higher authority over itself.

All doctrines or religions, including Confucianism, must be conducive to the monarch's establishment of the authority of the Son of Heaven in order to survive and develop.

Because the Chinese nation has a highly developed ancient civilization, it has a broad mind, adopts a tolerant attitude towards all kinds of excellent foreign cultures, is eclectic, chooses the good and follows the good, and has a thorough understanding, and the phenomenon of persecution or extermination of infidels rarely occurs in China.

Chinese Buddhism was first popular among the upper echelons of the royal family and aristocracy, such as the Buddhist scriptures dictated by the envoy of the Dayue clan at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the envoy of the Ming Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty welcomed back the Tianzhu monk, and the brother of the Ming Emperor, Chu Wang Ying's belief in Buddhism.

Because Buddhism was in harmony with Taoist magic at the beginning, and at that time, it was possible to pay attention to the gods and immortals and immortality, only the upper class could pay attention to it.

As for the belief in Buddhism by the general public, it was first in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was found in the records of the Buddha in the biography of Liu Xuan in the Three Kingdoms.

Since Buddhism is a foreign culture, and the country it introduced into is China with its own highly cultured, it must take a tortuous path of transmission.

Buddhism was initially attached to Taoism and later to metaphysics, and was able to survive and develop under the dependence.

The monks practice polytheistic beliefs, and Buddhism is not a monotheistic religion that only believes in God, although it worships Shakyamuni as the master, but also believes that there is more than one Buddha, and everyone can become a Buddha.

After it was imported into China, it was influenced by the characteristics of China's local religious beliefs, and the trend of polytheistic worship became more serious, not only the practice of polytheistic belief within Buddhism.

Moreover, the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas are often worshipped alongside Taoist gods and even Chinese historical figures.

The Buddhist system is loosely organized, it is relatively mild and loose, there is no rule to worship only one deity, there is no need to pray for everything in daily life, and there is no need for any ceremony or baptism for marriage and childbirth.

After its introduction to China, its institutional organization was looser than in some countries in Southeast Asia, and ordinary people could profess their faith in Buddhism, or believe in multiple religions at the same time, without restrictions.

Buddhism has a great influence in China because it has a philosophical power suited to China's national conditions, and the Chinese have always had a weak superstitious religious heart.

Therefore, Chinese Buddhism is mainly philosophical rather than religious, which is why Buddhism can be integrated with China's inherent Confucianism and Taoism.

In the previous life, the analysis of various sects on the Internet was meticulous, and for Zhao Zilong, an otaku, he surfed the Internet when he had nothing to do, and he had a lot of contact with such topics.

He was caught in a dilemma, and if he had come into contact with Buddhism in his own capacity, there would have been no problem.

Buddhism at the moment is very weak, and it is constantly struggling with the exclusion of Confucianism and Taoism.

If you add an influencer, they'd be more than welcome.

"Big brother, Wenhe, do you think we can control religion?" Zhao Yun asked.

"Zilong, this meaning can't be long!" When Xi Zhicai heard this, he was shocked: "In the past, you once said that Zhang Jiao would be opposed, and you wanted to be Zhang Jiaoye?" ”

Jia Xu was shocked, after analyzing the folk Yellow Turban Road several times today, he always felt that something was wrong.

When I heard it at this moment, it turned out that my lord had long known about his great sage and good teacher, and said that he was going to rebel!

My God, with all these magical powers, could it be that the Lord is really born from a god?

He is not a talkative person, and Zhang Jiao really rebelled after the extreme, and throughout his life, even in the most difficult circumstances, he never turned his back on Zhao Yun, which is really rare for a speculator like Jia Xu, and it turned out that the seeds were planted today.

Hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Zhao Yun smiled bitterly, maybe one day, he would have thoughts about that position.

Now that I and the Zhao family, I will not have half an objection at all, and the timing is not right.

"I won't go to school for the next two days," Zhao Yun narrowed his eyes: "When I reappear, Buddhism will help me." (To be continued.) )