Baili Wuji couldn't cry or laugh, and in desperation, he had to explain to them again that today's Tubo is not the past.

Since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Tibet has also intensified due to internal strife, the most important reason being religious differences.

When Indian Buddhism was introduced to Tibet, it was resisted by the traditional royal and aristocratic forces at the beginning, and the struggle between the royal family and nobles lasted for more than 200 years.

Chizu Dezan greatly promoted Buddhism and reused monks in the dynasty, and even handed over the power of the state to monks, which caused great indignation among the nobles.

Therefore, they actively planned the extermination of the Buddha.

Songtsen Gampo, Trisong Detsen and Trizu Detsen are collectively known as the "Three Great Dharma Kings" in Tibetan historical books.

After the death of Trisong Detsen, he was succeeded by his son Muni Tsamp.

In order to consolidate the centralization of royal power, he advocated Buddhism like his father. After he succeeded to the throne, he was poisoned by his mother, Bandsas, for two reasons: First, the noble ministers who believed in traditional religion and opposed Buddhism instructed Sidebandsa to do so. The other is the result of the struggle of his three sons for the throne of Zampu after the death of Trisong Detsen.

After the death of Muni Tsenpo, his younger brother Tri De Songtsen came to power, and on the basis of the development of his father, he built additional temples, translated Buddhist scriptures, gave special preferential treatment to monks, members of the royal family could become monks (his eldest son Zangma became a monk), monks intervened in political affairs, and other measures.

However, he encountered great resistance to the promotion of Buddhism, and many royal nobles went to the Tshide Songtsen with the so-called "below", that is, the demands of the people (the followers), which were roughly as follows: "From divination and dreams, it is clear that one should not practice Buddhism, because if you believe in Buddhism, it will cause disaster to your work and to the detriment of the country."

The Buddhist ashram in the royal palace should be set aside and banned. It is not right to practice Buddhism. ”

This was clearly a challenge to him from the aristocracy who wanted to restore and support the native religion.

But Chide Songtsen refused these demands, and in order to curb the development of anti-Buddhist forces, he once again led the princess, the princes of small states, and the noble ministers to take an oath. Respect Buddhism.

After the death of Chide Songtsen, he was succeeded by his fifth son, Trizu Detsen.

Tride Songtsen had a total of five sons, the second and third sons died young, and the fourth son was Langdarma.

Langdarma was a man who was "fond of wine and meat, and fierce and unkind".

Langdarma's real name is Dama, because he is against Buddhism, and the believers say that he is the Bull Demon King in the lower realm. Therefore, by adding the word "cow" in front of his name, it became Langdarma, to show his disgust with him.

The royal aristocracy, led by Langdarma, opposed Buddhism. First of all, he pointed the finger at the eldest brother Zang Ma, who was a monk.

They attacked Zangma for not keeping the rules and precepts of the monks, forcing Trizu Detsen to exile him to a distant land, and then the nobles spread rumors that Beji Yundan and the princess Wentong Sabegion had an affair. So that Chizu Dexiang put "Han Xianbu" to death in anger. The princess also committed suicide.

After purging his cronies, the nobles staged a coup d'état and hanged him while he was drunk.

Langdarma succeeded Zampu in the third year of the Tang Dynasty (838).

Langdarma was able to ascend the throne of Zampu, except for the increase in the number of monks caused by the new system of "seven households to raise monks" by Trizu Detsen, and the people suffered from heavy taxes that affected their livelihoods, and resentment and resentment led to the rise of antipathy towards Buddhism, the Buddhism he created was the essence of late Indian Buddhism, that is, Mahayana, which was by no means acceptable to the general public. One reason as well.

Moreover, when translating the scriptures, the translation of tantric texts is prohibited. It was not long ago that he was at odds with the religious beliefs of Tibet.

For these reasons, Langdarma exterminated the Buddha.

Although the cause of the destruction of Buddha in the two places is the same, but the Tibetan Buddhism spread not long and the roots are not deep, so it has been hit by more than the "Huichang Dharma".

Indeed, in the final analysis, the rapid development of Buddhism did hinder private production and the rule of the imperial court.

A large number of believers have abandoned their homes and careers, while Buddhism is not engaged in production, which is tantamount to raising a group of parasites, and most importantly, the sharp rise in the number of Buddhist believers has made it impossible for the ruling class to sit still.

Langdarma first stopped the construction of Buddhist temples and destroyed temple facilities, stopped the construction of Buddhist temples that had been started during the Trizu Detsen period, closed the temples of famous monasteries such as Samye Temple and Jokhang Temple, and used Xiaozhao Temple as a cattle pen, and all places of Buddhist activities were banned.

Many Buddha statues were taken out of the temple, nailed and thrown into the river, and the statue of Sakyamuni brought by Princess Wencheng of Jokhang Temple was also intended to be thrown into the river, but it was buried again because it was not easy to move.

And because Princess Wencheng transported the Buddha statue from the mainland, so that Tubo had Buddhism, so Princess Wencheng was said to be the reincarnation of the Rakshasa ghost.

After the murals in the temple were erased, a picture of monks drinking and having fun was painted on them.

The sutras were then burned, and a large number of various sutras were burned, and a few of them were secretly buried in caves by monks.

Some of the Buddhist scriptures were taken by some monks and fled to remote places.

The Buddhist monks were suppressed at the same time, and the monks' situation was so miserable that they could not live in Tibet at all, so they had to find another way.

The monks from India fled, and some Tibetan Buddhists also fled to India, such as the monk of Chide Songtsen? Din'ai Zengsangpo and some of the first of the "Seven Enlightened Scholars" also fled to India, where they are said to have been pursued and killed on the way.

The monks who remained in Tibet were forced to return to the world or abandon Buddhism and return to their roots, and those who did not want to give up their religious beliefs had to take hunting dogs and bow and arrows.

They are also forced to carry the drum, the ritual of the religion, to participate in the worship services of the religion, which Buddhist monks absolutely forbid.

In the Tibetan folk, there is a story of why Langdarma destroyed the Buddha.

Once upon a time, there was a king who was very rough and killed people without blinking, especially when he needed a haircut, and no one survived his haircut. Later, it was the turn of a dutiful son with an eighty-year-old mother to give him a haircut, and when the filial son entered the palace to give the king a haircut, he told him that he must respect the old man and asked the king not to hurt him, and the king said that as long as you did not expose the king's secret that you saw during the haircut, you could spare his life, and the barber swore that he would never tell the king's secret that he had discovered during the haircut, and the king let him get a haircut. The barber was amazed to find that the king had horns on his head.

After the barber returned, although he vowed not to tell the secret, he was stuffed in his stomach, and his stomach was so strong that he couldn't breathe through. I had to ask a wise man for advice, and the wise man said, "If you swear not to tell the king's secret, then make a flute out of bamboo and blow out in the barren mountains and forests where no one else can hear it, and you will not break your oath, and your stomach will not be swollen." (To be continued......)