Chapter 216 Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism (Subscription Requested, First Update)

The sun is rising, and everything is recovering!

The emperor stepped on the peak, as if resurrected.

Dada!

With his footsteps flickering, Xiang Yu arrived at a nunnery and said respectfully: "Disciple Guangwen, meet the teacher!" ”

The nunnery opened, and out came a woman, with light steps and white cloth, and said, "What is the matter?" ”

Xiang Yu said: "Disciple, not long ago, I cultivated the first trace of true qi and entered the realm of the day after tomorrow!" ”

"Yes, come in!"

The owner of the nunnery said.

In three months, cultivating a trace of true qi is not bad.

Most of the living beings in the world do not have martial arts qualifications and cannot cultivate their true qi, so they can only focus on cultivating external skills. Those who can cultivate true qi and enter the authentic martial arts are not one in ten.

can enter the acquired realm within three months, which is considered a group of people with medium qualifications who have surpassed the ninth layer and nine.

"Yes!"

Xiang Yu entered respectfully.

Sit upright on a futon.

"Bodhicitta Sutra, can you have enlightenment?" The owner asked.

Xiang Yu said: "A little understanding! ”

Talking about his understanding of the Bodhicitta Sutra, there are also private goods mixed with himself.

Outer disciples cannot practice the Cihang Sword Canon, but only practice the Bodhicitta Sutra.

The Bodhicitta Sutra, which is peaceful and focuses on the foundation, is also the best true qigong method.

Surprise flashed in the eyes of the owner of the nunnery, and he said, "Not bad, not bad. Your comprehension is still above Fan Qinghui, but it's a pity that your talent is inferior! ”

Xiang Yu was silent.

The owner of the nunnery said, "What is a Buddha?" ”

Xiang Yu said: "In Hinayana Buddhism, the Buddha is a person of noble character. Everyone can become a Buddha, which means that everyone can become a virtuous person. Therefore, Buddhism has five precepts and ten virtues! ”

"The five precepts are: one is not to kill, two is not to steal, three is not to commit adultery, four is not to lie, and five is not to drink. These five precepts are the basic precepts of the four disciples of Buddhism, and they should be observed regardless of whether they are monks or at home. ”

"Do not kill, but cultivate a merciful heart; Do not steal, but cultivate a heart of faith; Do not commit adultery, cultivate perseverance in the heart; Do not lie, cultivate the heart of integrity; Don't drink alcohol and save food. ”

"If you do these five precepts, you can become a virtuous and noble person, and you can become a Buddha immediately!"

"In Mahayana Buddhism, the Buddha is the one who saves the world. As the saying goes, put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the ground! If you are an emperor, a high-ranking official, or a general, you can save people in the world, and you can become a Buddha on the spot! ”

Theravada Buddhism is to fool the common people, persuading them to take moral education classes, and as long as they have good moral character, they can become Buddhas.

Mahayana Buddhism fools the emperor and the powerful, persuading them that as long as they kill less and cherish the people more, they can become Buddhas.

It is the same as Buddhahood, but the standards for both sides are different.

The owner of the nunnery asked again, "What is Confucianism, what is Buddhism, and what is Taoism?" ”

Xiang Yu said: "Confucianism is a grain store, and the people have to eat every day. Buddhism is a pharmacy, if the people are sick, the emperor is sick, they have to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine. ”

"But if you eat medicine as food, you will die. For example, Emperor Wu of Liang ate medicine as food, and died a miserable death! ”

"As for Taoism, in the grocery store, there can be me, and I can believe it or not."

The owner of the nunnery said, "If you eat medicine as food, you will die." Is this the root cause of Emperor Wu's destruction of Buddha? ”

Xiang Yu was silent.

The three martial arts and one sect, engaged in the action of destroying the Buddha, were appreciated in later generations.

Because Buddhism does not pay taxes and does not marry, it is extremely harmful to society.

In later generations, there was no large-scale action to exterminate the Buddha, but all kinds of soft knives were used to restrict the development of the Buddhas.

For example, in the degree system, you need to take an exam for Buddhist scriptures, and you can only become a monk if you pass the exam, which brushes off most people.

For example, various measures of Buddhism are taxed in the dark.

This is also the fact that Buddhism in the Song Dynasty was very prosperous, with more temples, but there was no large-scale extermination of Buddhism.

The owner of the nunnery said: "What should I do with my Buddhism? ”

Xiang Yu said: "If it is too much, it will decline." Emperor Wu of Liang took Ashoka of India as a model, poured all the financial resources of Jiangnan to worship Buddhism, and went to the extreme, there was the Hou Jing Rebellion, the lives of Jiangnan were devastated, and Emperor Wu of Liang was also starved to death! ”

"In the past, Damoses came, Emperor Wu of Liang was overjoyed, begging to go forward, after a long talk, Bodhidharma did not comprehend Buddhism, Ye Gong was a good dragon, and left directly!"

"Zen Buddhism is the future of Buddhism!"

In Journey to the West, Li Shimin is a Buddhist, and he even ordered that those who slandered monks and slandered Buddha would cut off their arms. But in reality, he ordered a large number of monks to be sent back to the laity, and at the same time strictly regulated the number of temples in the country: three temples in Beijing, one in each state, and the rest.

It is even more vulgar for Tang Xuanzang.

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After talking for a while, Xiang Yu retreated.

While practicing martial arts, he also comprehended Buddhism.

Buddhism, in the early days, was relaxed.

In Buddhism, there is no command to say that it is forbidden to eat meat, to marry a wife, to drink alcohol.

There are eight main sects of Buddhism, three of which allow monks to marry, have children, drink alcohol, eat meat, and live normal sexual lives. One is Tantra, one is Zen, and the other is Pure Land.

Tantra, there is such a branch in Tibetan Buddhism, which pays attention to "male and female double cultivation".

Zen Buddhism, which emphasizes meditation and cultivating the mind, believers can choose to practice at home, and only when they have a wife is called home, and those who practice at home are now commonly known as "laymen".

The Pure Land sect, which worships the Amitabha Sutra, which was introduced to China around the third century, also allowed monks to marry without having to live a monastic life.

The early Buddhists ate meat, and what they ate was "three pure meats", and the so-called "three pure meats" refer to meat that they did not see, hear, or eat for themselves.

Starting from Xiao Yan, Buddhists are forbidden to eat meat, and vegetarianism is not all vegetarian food, there are "five meats" forbidden to eat, "meat" in ancient times refers to vegetables with a pungent smell, not meat dishes in today's sense, meat dishes in today's sense are called "fishy" in ancient times, "five meats" have different sayings, but basically have garlic and green onions.

It was only later that it became more and more strict, and gradually turned into ethics.

Just like Confucianism, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith are the norms, and as long as you do this, you can become a saint.

Buddhism has a thousand disadvantages, but there are two major benefits: one is that it restricts the behavior of ordinary people and improves their moral level; One is to fool the king so that he becomes merciful and kills less.

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Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, two years passed.

Xiang Yu is also ten years old, carved in pink, with skin like white jade, delicate eyebrows, like a peerless beauty, and extremely handsome appearance.

is so handsome, even Fan Qinghui, Bi Xiuxin, etc. are much inferior, and they can be called the first beauty of Cihang Jingzhai.

Everyone knows that he is a junior brother, but he is still a junior sister.

"Senior Sister Guangwen!"

At this time, a beautiful girl walked over, it was Bi Xiuxin, who was only twelve years old at the moment, innocent and romantic.

"Senior sister!"

Xiang Yu stood up and said respectfully.

"Senior sister, three are missing one, there is one less person, just missing you!" Bi Xiuxin said.

"Good!"

Xiang Yu immediately got up and followed Bi Xiuxin to leave, to a shade tree.

Sit to the side and start building the Great Wall.

One billion people, nine hundred million hemp, and another 100 million are watching.

On the emperor's peak, Cihang is quiet, very boring, most of the disciples here practice martial arts, chant scriptures, and occasionally play Go.

But Go is an extremely boring sport, and you may not be able to finish a game of chess for a day or a night.

In his spare time, Xiang Yu introduced mahjong and immediately became hot on the Emperor's Peak.

Then, pop bang!

Mahjong collided, and the game became popular.

At the beginning, the owner of the nunnery was also worried that the plaything would lose his mind and affect his normal cultivation, but he soon found that mahjong could exercise his mind.

At the hottest moment of playing, discard mahjong and enter the state of cultivation, which is an extreme test of human control and human heart.

It is good for polishing the state of mind.

With the popularity of mahjong, everyone's cultivation progress has not been pulled down, but the scope has improved a lot.

As the saying goes, the longer the overtime, the longer the wasted time, because the efficiency is decreasing.

Similarly, meditating twelve hours a day and entering a state of cultivation seems to be diligent in practicing martial arts, but in fact the efficiency is also decreasing. Every six hours of practice is the most appropriate.

Bang Bang Bang!

While playing mahjong and chatting, Elder Liu Qianjing said: "The Journey to the West you wrote is good, but there are many slanders against the Buddha in it. It's like Ananda, Ka Ye, etc., asking for bribes from Tang monks, which violates the precepts of Buddhism! ”

Xiang Yu said with a smile: "Ah Lang, Jia Ye, you are an arhat, how can you lack gold and silver, how can you be greedy for that little money." This move seems to be asking for bribes, but it is actually warning Tang Seng that he will become an adult before becoming a Buddha. Even if you want to become a Buddha, you must remember that you are a human being, don't be high-minded, and take care of people! ”

Elder Bai Jingxin said: "Bodhisattva, Buddha, discipline your subordinates, the mount is not strict, causing your subordinates to harm the world, this is the case. Sun Wukong kills demons, if there is no backstage for monsters, they will naturally kill; If the monster has a backstage, it is to let the monster go! This is unfair! ”

Xiang Yu said: "How can there be absolute fairness in the world, if it is a cold family to kill someone, it is naturally a capital crime; But if you are born into a family and are noble, you can use money to exonerate yourself from crime after killing. This has been the case since ancient times, so why should the elders ask more! ”

Fan Qinghui said: "Senior sister, Sun Wukong is thirsty for killing, the eight precepts are lustful and greedy, and the sand monks are useless, but they are all Buddhas, which is a big violation of the five precepts and ten virtues!" ”

Xiang Yu said: "Theravada Buddhism, emphasis on virtue, as long as virtue is enough, you can become a Buddha; But Mahayana Buddhism pays attention to merit, and only by making great merits can you become a Buddha! ”

"Sun Wukong loves to kill, can punish evil and promote good, eliminate demons and monsters, and promote Buddhism, which has great merit and can become a Buddha. Zhu Bajie, there is no merit, there is hard work, there is also merit, and you can also become a Buddha. Sand monks bear the burden, work hard, and can also become a Buddha. Even the little white dragon is also carrying Tang Seng and walking 108,000 miles, which also has some merits, and can also become a Buddha! ”

Bi Xiuxin said: "The yellow-robed monster was originally a heavenly Kui wood wolf, and because he had a lifelong relationship with Princess Baihua, he went down to earth to marry him. When Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and others attacked the cave, they found that he and Princess Baihua had a son and a daughter, and the three brothers threw his two children to death from a height in order to take revenge on the yellow-robed monster, which was too cruel! ”

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PS: Writing this chapter is a bit laborious because you have to look up a lot of Buddhist materials. For Buddhism, many of them are ugly, but in fact they are wrong.