Chapter 58: Xuanzang's return
The Tang Dynasty seems to be a little too powerful, although thousands of miles away, Tang Xuanzang still pays attention to the news of the motherland all the time, from the "Heavenly Khan" to Mount Tai Fengzen, from the expedition to Xue Yantuo to the Gaochang, his motherland is always showing his powerful and invincible image in front of foreigners, so that the Quartet barbarians have reverence and fear.
Although Tang Xuanzang is a monk, known as rootless and pure, but the monk also has a nationality, his identity as a Tang countryman, was favored by many kings and high-ranking officials in Tianzhu, and it was also because of his identity as a Tang country that the Tianzhu nobles treated him as a guest.
Xuanzang once didn't understand why people who were originally not enthusiastic about themselves would become more polite when they heard that they were from the Tang Kingdom, and why people who were originally unwilling to discuss Buddhism with him would become polite and enthusiastic when they heard that they were from the Tang Kingdom.
Until now, the venue of the debate conference was full of praise for Datang, and Xuanzang suddenly realized.
"The motherland behind you is strong, so you won't be looked down upon when you go abroad." This is what Xu Yang said to himself by chance, and until now, Xuanzang thoroughly understands the meaning of this sentence......
There was a lot of discussion in the audience of the "Debate Conference", but everyone was not discussing what Xuanzang wrote in "Views on Controlling Evil", but discussing what kind of country the Tang State was.
There were many people participating in the debate, including 18 kings of India, more than 3,000 monks from various countries, more than 2,000 Brahmin and nuns, and more than 1,000 monks of Nalanda Monastery.
At the beginning of the conference, the king of the ring of the sun and Master Xuanzang and other teachers jointly offered and worshiped the statue of Shakya Buddha placed at the venue. Then he sent a decree to the kings and more than 1,000 monks of great repute and knowledge, as well as more than 500 brahmins and laymen of extraordinary prestige and learning. More than 200 ministers from various countries entered the debate hall in turn. The rest of the monks and lay people sat outside the venue. Master Xuanzang was pushed as the main commentator. Sit on a treasure bed. Praise the Mahayana and expound the gist of the "Theory of Controlling Evil".
Xuanzang was very confident in his own "Theory of Controlling Evil", as early as a few years ago, he finished reading the full text of "Breaking the Mahayana Theory" written by the famous monk Nanyin Zhengliang Department Prajna Duoduo, found many errors, comprehensively summarized, and wrote 1,600 verses of "The Theory of Controlling Evil Views", which comprehensively refuted all the arguments attacking Mahayana in the "Breaking the Mahayana Theory" with the purpose of Mahayana.
Take the "Theory of Controlling Evil" to your master. was praised by his old man, and at that time, Xuanzang was already full of confidence and began to establish his own set of Buddhist theory system, and constantly improved and revised, and finally obtained the true meaning of Buddhism.
But Xuanzang gradually found that what he had learned in Tianzhu was almost done, and everything he could learn had been learned, and he actually had such a plan in his heart, that is, if this "Dharma Debate Conference" was over, no one would be able to refute his Dharma. Then even if his studies in Tianzhu are completely over, he will embark on the journey back to China.
He still remembers the day he set off from Chang'an, Chang'an. The city cheered and said goodbye, he still remembered Guiguzi's entrustment to himself, and he still remembered the cup of local tea that His Majesty gave him personally.
I've been wandering outside for too long, and it's time for me to go back......
The central thesis of "The Theory of Controlling Evil" is that the truth is only the amount of knowledge, the truth is extremely colorful, and it is not determined to deviate from the eye. Since Xu Chu took three shots, his eyes did not take it. No matter how they think, they will find that the argument put forward by the master sitting on the stage is simply infallible, and not a single word can be changed.
Under the paper hanging outside the door of the venue, although there are often thousands of heads, the water is impassable, but no one openly comes out to express dissent, Master Mingxian stands on the high platform and reads Xuanzang's "Theory of Controlling Evil" word by word, the whole audience is concentrating, only to see the crows silent, there is no movement for a long time, no one can object to the theory of this monk from the Tang Dynasty, his theory can be said to be impeccable, people look at it convincingly, so the first day of the debate conference ended peacefully......
After that, the king of the precepts cast a golden Buddha statue according to the date, and sent it from the palace to the venue with a grand and solemn procession like the first day. Every day, Master Mingxian read the papers, and when he was concentrating on the audience, he was silent every day, and he didn't see any sound. On the fifth day, the king of the sun suddenly received a secret report that someone was attempting to assassinate the Lord. He immediately issued a notice: "If anyone harms the Master of the Doctrine, the head shall be cut off; slander and insult, cutting off his tongue; As for the salvation of one's own sect, it is difficult to break the reason, and it is not limited to this! At this time, more than 3,000 Buddhist scholars from all over India who studied the Bodhisattva and Shravaka vehicles had come. Famous scholars of religion, more than 2,000 people came; Even in Nalanda Temple, more than 1,000 people came. Every day, everyone is confronted with the repeated scrutiny of the new book "On the Suppression of Evil," and they all feel that it is impeccable, and the masses have aroused even more respect and love for the master.
The eighteen days of the Dharma Debate passed peacefully, day by day, and when the session was completed and the King of the Ring Sun came to proclaim the victory of the Lord with great excitement, the eighteen days of silent anticipation suddenly exploded and transformed into an irrepressible frenzy. Fragrant flowers, competing to Master Xuanzang to fly; The brilliant lamp wax is vying for Xuanzang to shine; Beautiful music, vying to be played by the Master of China; Singing loudly, vying to praise Xuanzang; The eyes of the boundless sea of people were attracted by Xuanzang; The hearts of the boundless sea of people were all absorbed by Master Xuanzang.
The king of the ring offered 10,000 gold coins, 30,000 silver coins, and a hundred collars of the first-class battle clothes, and the king of Kumora and the eighteen kings of the pre-meeting also made offerings of wonderful treasures, which were as rotten as clouds, as a victory congratulations to Master Xuanzang.
The Buddhist scholars of the Bodhisattva vehicle jointly bestowed the glorious title of "Mahayana Heaven", and the Buddhist scholars of the Shravakayana jointly bestowed the glorious title of "Liberation Heaven". Xuanzang's name was learned through the three vehicles for a time, and the sonic boom was ......
At this moment, Xuanzang did not have the excitement of others, but at the end of the debate of the Dharma Conference, he immediately found his master, the Dharma Tibetan Precept Practitioner, and put forward his own requirements.
"Master, I have studied the Dharma thoroughly in Tianzhu, and now I want to go back."
"Go back? Where to go back? ”
"Tang Kingdom, that is my hometown, I once vowed to take back the Dharma, and now the Dharma is in my heart, I must go back and bring these Buddhist theories back to the Tang Dynasty, so that the Buddhist scholars of the Tang Dynasty can get the real Dharma, and at the same time, I also promised someone to write a "Tang Western Regions Chronicle" and return it to him, so I must go back."
After hearing this, the Dharma Tibetan Precept Commentator did not continue to speak out to stop you, but just sighed lightly and said, "If you insist on leaving, the teacher will not stop you, but I just hope that one day, I will see you come back and see ............ (To be continued......)