Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Wicked Guest Comes to the Door
It is a spacious Buddhist hall with incense burners and wooden fish, but no Buddha statues.
On the wall, where the Buddha statue should have been hung, there is a portrait of a bald monk standing alone on a boat, raising his hand to subdue the raging storm.
This is the story of Nichiren, the founder of Nichiren Buddhism, who preached the boundless Dharma in his missionary work.
Strictly speaking, in the classification of the Dharma Association, the Nichiren sect is also classified as a sect of Japanese Buddhism, but this sect is in a situation where everyone shouts and fights in Buddhism. The Nichiren Master, who founded the Nichiren sect, was originally the child of an ordinary fisherman's family in Kominato, Tojo Township, Nagasasa County, Anbo Province, probably because his parents believed in Buddhism, he was sent to Anbo Kunijunaka at the age of 12 to study at Kiyosumiji Temple, the only ancient temple at that time, and at the age of 16, he was officially ordained a monk, and then went to Kamakura to study, and successively studied the teachings of all Buddhist schools at that time in Mt. Hiei, Nara, and other places, and studied so hard until he was 32 years old, he learned the Lotus Sutra, and then suddenly he claimed to be enlightened, thinking that there is no "" in the south of this Buddhist realm The Myoho-renge-kyo is the ultimate of Buddhism, so Shi Shiran returned to his hometown and publicly recited the "Nan-no Myoho-renge-kyo" ten times in front of many monks and believers in the Buddhist hall of the Seicheng Temple where he became a monk, announcing the establishment of the Nichiren sect. It is not a big deal to establish a new school, Buddhism spreads in the world, has always been known for being good at adapting to local characteristics, to China is Buddhism with Chinese characteristics, to Japan is Buddhism with Japanese characteristics, although the Buddha and the scriptures are about the same, but individuals have their own recitation, there are Taoist monks who read a lot, often suddenly enlightened, and then jump out of the founding of the sect, most of these sects will disappear in the long river of history after the founder himself hangs up or sits down, only a few adhere to and develop and grow, We will continue to adhere to the missionary concept of Buddhism, and continue to evolve, develop and change.
But the problem is that after Nichiren opened the sect, he immediately declared that all schools of Buddhism except his sect were evil and crooked, and the classic remark is the sentence that Nichiren sect disciples often talk about today: "Chanting the Buddha enters the infernal hell, Zen Buddhism is the heavenly demon, the Shingon sect guides the country and dies, and the Vinaya sect is the national thief."
At that time, Mt. Hiei, who was the strongest at the time, even sent monks to attack the Matsuba Valley where the Nichiren sect preached, and killed a bunch of monks who believed in Nichiren there, vowing to kill this uninteresting guy. Seeing that the situation was not good, Nichiren had no choice but to slip away, and thus began a long struggle with other schools of Buddhism in Japan. This bucket is hundreds of years down.
Today, Buddhism is weak all over the world, but Nichiren Buddhism has grown in Japan, giving rise to countless large and small sects, and 70% of the dozens of new religions in modern Japan belong to the Nichiren lineage. Nowadays, the so-called Nichiren sect, which has a big leg in the battle between the Japanese Mage Association and the Shingon sect, is an extreme school of Nichiren sect, the full name of which is Nichiren Daihuanxi sect, which focuses on the double cultivation of joy, and when there is nothing to do, dozens of monks and nuns get together to open an uncovered assembly, recite the Nam no Myoho-kho-kyo-k-kyo-k I think that Nichiren Venerable Master read more than 10,000 volumes of scriptures, and it took more than ten years to read this realization, and now his descendants have gone further and further on the path he has established, except for the iconic Nan no Myoho Hua Lian Sutra, he does not even recite a single Buddhist scripture at all, and usually in addition to the joy of the group, it is to practice all kinds of spells that have developed in the long struggle with the Japanese Buddhist sects.
However, although there are more than a dozen bald heads gathered in this Buddha hall today, they have nothing to do with the Unconcealed Joy Buddha Cultivation Conference, but are discussing the next plan. Sitting under the Nichiren Storm Chart is the head of the Nichiren sect, known as the Great Venerable Juri, who looks like a person in his thirties, white and clean, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, if he takes off his monk's robe and changes into a suit, it is the most common white-collar office worker in a big city. In fact, this Juri Master is already in his eighties, and his age is comparable to that of the eight-leaf dead wood, but the great joy of their sect cultivation has a miraculous effect on maintaining a youthful appearance, so compared to the dry and thin appearance of the eight-leaf dead wood, this Juri Master looks much better.
At this moment, a bewitching nun is reporting on the recent achievements and losses of the Nichiren Sect, this plan has gained a lot, compared with the rich results, the losses of more than a dozen disciples are basically negligible, everyone present listened to the smile, and when the nun finished the report, immediately praised the wise and far-sighted leadership of the Great Venerable in unison, presumably the Nichiren Sect can get unprecedented and better development under the command of the Great Venerable.
Master Juri smiled and listened for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's keep these sycophants and shoot them again." Now let's get down to business! As soon as he spoke, everyone immediately fell silent and sat upright.
"Now that the direction of the war between the Mage Association and the Shingon Sect is basically clear, it will not take a few days for the Mage Association to be defeated by the Shingon Sect, and there will be no place for it in Japan, and we will definitely be directly exposed to the sight of the Shingon Sect at that time. When the Shingon sect recovers from this war, it will definitely start to deal with us! We had to hurry up and get ready, so I decided to convene the Nichiren Kaild at the Kuenji Temple in Minoyama to gather all the branches of the Nichiren sect in Japan to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, resonate with the righteous path of Nichiren, and sweep away all the evil ways. "Mt. Shinobu Kuenji Temple is the main mountain of the Nichiren sect, and it is recognized as an authentic place in the hearts of all Nichiren sect believers.
Everyone praised them one after another, without any doubts or objections, and immediately began to discuss the specific details of the alliance.
Everyone was discussing, Ju Ri suddenly sighed, stood up, walked out of the Buddha hall quickly, looked up, just saw a gray strange bird flying from the top of the Buddha hall, he groaned slightly, flicked his nails, made a crisp sound, the gray bird fell at his feet in response, but it was a girl's clothes. The garment was covered in bright red runes, and when it fell to the ground, it still jumped and wanted to fly again, like a living thing.
Master Juri was about to pick up the clothes and take a closer look, when he suddenly heard a very flirtatious voice laughing and saying, "Ouch, this Chinese Taoist spell is really amazing, even the old clothes you wear can be used to track the trails!" It's amazing, it's amazing! Master Kikuri froze, slowly raised his head, and looked at the place where the voice came from.
A young man in a Hawaiian shirt and a straw hat was lazily crossing his arms, leaning against a small tree on the edge of the woods, with a strange smile on his face, looking at the Venerable Juri in front of the Buddhist hall.
Master Juri shouted, "Who are you?" "I was horrified in my heart, this is the nest of their Nichiren sect, there are nearly 500 disciples in the headquarters, and this Buddhist hall that usually discusses matters is a separate courtyard, and it is even more heavily guarded, even a fly is not allowed to fly in without permission, but such a big living person can appear in front of his eyes silently!
"Oops, forgetting to introduce yourself, rude, what a rude."
The young man in the flower shirt stood up in a panic, took off his straw hat, saluted to the master of the chrysanthemum in a proper manner, and said solemnly: "My name is Ono Sando!" I'm embarrassed to come to the door. However, you Nichiren Sect took advantage of the fact that our Shingon Sect couldn't take advantage of it, and I didn't ask for it, and I always felt unsteady in my heart. Those bald donkeys all said that it was unwise to concentrate their main forces to eliminate the Mage Association first and start a war on multiple fronts at the same time. But I was just unhappy, so I came by myself. ”
The people of Shingon Sect actually came to the door so quickly.
Master Juri's heart sank, he looked up and looked out, as if he guessed what he was thinking, Ono Santang said with a smile: "The Venerable Master doesn't need to look for them, there are no living people outside, they are really annoying, they block the road and say that they won't let me pass, and they say that they would rather be broken than broken, and swear to die to protect them, since they are so strongly demanding, then I have to reluctantly agree, killing these four or five hundred people, it is really a difficult thing, I knew that I would bring a helper over." By the way, you have to remember to compensate me, see no, my hands are injured. As he spoke, he cocked the tail finger of his left hand and showed it to the Master Kikuri very seriously. On the tips of the slender white fingers, there was a small blood mark, as if it had been pricked by a needle.
More than 500 disciples were killed silently like this? How is this possible!
At this time, all the Nichiren monks in the Buddhist hall poured out, and when they heard Ono Santang say so loudly, they were all furious, pointing at Ono Santang and shouting and scolding, and some of them were even more excited and rolled up their arms and sleeves to step forward.
Ono Sando grinned and folded his arms, unmoved.
Master Juri shouted angrily: "Get back all of them, do you want to send them to death?" The monks knew that the horse's fart was slapped on the horse's feet, and they hurriedly retreated behind the Venerable Juri.
Master Kikuri squinted his eyes at Ono Santang, and suddenly said: "I heard that the eight-leaf deadwood has a personal mantle disciple, who is better than the blue out of the blue, and has obtained the name of the Panzhao Vajra that the eight-leaf deadwood has not been able to get, so it must be you!" The eight-leaf dead wood is really relieved, and you actually sent you, a hairy boy, to pick our Nichiren Sect, and you can't help but look down on my sect too much! Come on, six reincarnations! ”
All the monks responded in unison, and suddenly they scattered, each standing in their own position, and surrounded Ono Santang in the middle.
In an instant, black smoke filled the air, and the wind blew loudly, mixed with creepy and screaming.
The Venerable Master Juri sat slowly in front of the Buddha Hall, and a cloud of black light slowly spread out behind his head, and a six-grid wheel with a whining and spinning wheel appeared, and the words "Heavenly Dao", "Shura Dao", "Human Dao", "Animal Dao", "Hungry Ghost Dao", and "Hell Dao" were written on each of the wheels.
Ono Santang raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "These six reincarnations are your ability to watch the house, I originally heard that you killed people to take souls, just to refine these six reincarnations, and I admired you, but now look at it, it's just like that, it's a pity to refine the 100,000 souls of this thing!" ”
I'm the dividing line of the eyelid fight*****************************
I had a fever, I took cold medicine, and I was in a daze, and I barely wrote this, and I didn't feel it at all.