Chapter 3 The Struggle between Buddhism and Taoism
When I heard the sound, I saw that it was a white-bearded old man. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The two of them were stunned for a moment and nodded, both of them were young, and it was indeed the first time they had come to Luoying City, unlike Xiao Qi who had been here many times.
The old man said: "No wonder the two of you don't know, Luoying City has been believing in Buddhism for a long time, the northern part of Linhai Country advocates Taoism, and the southern part of Buddhism has both, although Buddhism is not the mainstream in Linhai Country, but it does not lose Taoism in the south." In addition, three days later, Luoying City will usher in the 'Buddha Washing Festival', Mo Nian Zen Master will come to Luoying City for the first time to preside, and open the altar to preach the scriptures and promote Buddhism, this is a grand event, so this play is performed, and the atmosphere is hot. ”
As soon as the old man said, the two of them suddenly realized that Buddhism had already taken root here, although there were still many Taoist sects in the surrounding mountains and valleys, but the Buddhism in Luoying City could at least be said to be equal.
"What is the Buddha Washing Festival? Why have you never heard of it?" Ye Ziying said curiously.
"There are tens of thousands of miles from Linhai Kingdom to Linhai King City, and it is reasonable that you northerners have not heard of it. Buddha washing festival is the most important festival of the disciples and believers of the Buddha Gate in Luoying City, generally once every three years, each time the time is not fixed, but it must be presided over by a senior monk to start, the first few times are the high monks of the Great Treasure Xiangguo Temple, Benwu Zen Master, and this is the first time to start by Mo Nian Zen Master. The old man spoke eloquently.
"Is this monk very powerful?" Bai Feng said.
"Three years ago, I heard that the major Buddhist temples in Luoying City went crazy and rumored that there was a young master who had never been famous before in Dabao Xiangguo Temple who had completely cultivated the 'Myoho-renge-kyo', one of the nine great Bibles of Buddhism, and cultivated to ascend to the wonderful Dharma realm of Buddhism, and became a person who realized the silver body, and became the most profound cultivator of the younger generation of Buddha in Dabao Xiangguo Temple......
"The enlightened person is a threshold for the disciples of Buddhism to practice, and those who can become enlightened can be called high monks. Only monks who have entered the Mystic Dharma realm can be called enlightened beings, and there are three types of enlightened beings, those who have a silver body, those who have a golden body, and those who have attained perfection. The middle-aged Fang Shi on the side of the old man was afraid that Bai Feng and Ye Ziying would not understand, so he explained.
"Looking at it this way, it's not good, he's the lowest level of enlightened beings. Ye Ziying put disdain on her face, she listened to the old man blowing so hard, and she was unconsciously dissatisfied.
"It depends on the age, and it is not too surprising for those who become enlightened at the age of seventy or eighty, but for those who become enlightened at the age of twenty, it is amazing. And that was three years ago, this Mo Nian Zen Master was unknown three years ago, but three years ago after entering the wonderful law realm to become an enlightened person, he was out of control, and now he has not only achieved the golden body of the enlightened, but also another 'Great Day Rulai Sutra' has also been cultivated to the thorough, becoming a rare 'two scriptures through the thorough' monk, and now has become the chief disciple of the Great Treasure Xiangguo Temple, a year ago began to preach in the temple, during which he suppressed countless demons and rescued all the people, and was ordered by the king of the Baoxiang Kingdom to engrave his name on the list of famous monks. The old man was a little excited as he spoke, and he seemed to be a believer in Buddhism, and said casually: "Amitabha, it's really amazing!"
"Amazing, amazing, blowing is really powerful, you can fly to the sky in one breath!" Ye Ziying pursed her lips, deliberately yin and yang. She saw that this old man was probably deliberately exaggerating the majority of ingredients, and he also "suppressed countless demons", just a year, how much can be suppressed? In a year, even if he breaks his leg, he can't run many ways, which of those monsters is not hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, the older he gets, the more cunning he is, it is not difficult to kill monsters, it is very time-consuming to find monsters, and most of the time is spent on finding monsters.
"Alas, little girl, disrespectful to monks, be careful of karma. The old man sighed.
"Hmph, you are the karma, your whole family karma ......" Ye Ziying was a little angry, she was also a senior mage of Linhai Country, this old man relied on the old and sold the old, and opening his mouth was retribution.
The old man also stood up excitedly, "You ......"
"What are you doing, are you taller than you?!" Ye Ziying also stood up, her willow eyebrows raised.
Bai Feng saw that something was going to happen, so he hurriedly dragged Ye Ziying, "Senior Sister Ziying, don't make trouble, don't make trouble, if something happens, you will definitely be punished if you go back." ”
"Hmph, come and punish, I'm not afraid!" Ye Ziying snorted, ready to quarrel with the old man.
"I'm afraid, I'm afraid!" Bai Feng said while forcibly dragging Ye Ziying out, and only stopped when he dragged him out of the theater.
Ye Ziying was indignant, Bai Feng kept comforting, and the two talked all the way.
After returning to the restaurant, Ye Ziying told Xiao Qi about Zen Master Mo Nian, and everyone discussed the issue of Buddhism and Taoism for a long time, and Xiao Qi also talked a lot about the Buddhism and Taoism that he learned from the book. Through his narration, Ye Ziying knew that although Buddhism has existed in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, it was not from the Tang Dynasty itself like the Daomen, but from the extreme west, even more west than Xiniu Hezhou in the west of the Tang Dynasty.
In the end, Ye Ziying said that she wanted to see with her own eyes what the Zen Master Mo Nian was blowing to the sky was, with three heads and six arms.
"Don't, Senior Sister Zi Ying, I said that it would be three days, but it would be three days after the monk came......" Zhou Yuanjian immediately reminded.
Xiao Qi also agreed, "Zi Ying, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, and you must go back in three days." ”
"No, if you want to go, I have to look at the monk, and I will meet him again, if he just blows hard, I have to let him admit that Buddhism is not as good as Taoism in front of everyone!" Ye Ziying said angrily.
Hearing her say this, several people's heads were bigger.
It is an obvious sign that Lou Zi is going to be stabbed again.
Ye Ziying has always been willful, and ordinary people can't persuade her. And this time she not only stayed a few more days, but also reasoned with the monk, how could this be.
"Oh, it's over, Senior Sister Zi Ying is going to stab Lou Zi again. Zhou Yuanjian hugged his head and sighed.
Ye Ziying glanced at him, "If you want to go, you should leave quickly, so as not to be dragged down by me." ”
Everyone, you persuaded me for a long time, but it didn't work, Ye Ziying just wanted to see the "Buddha Washing Festival" in three days, and also to see what the monk Mo Nian had to do.
In the end, everyone could only compromise, and Zhou Yuanjian and Du Luofeng returned to the master first, lying that Ye Ziying was injured and needed to be recuperated for two more days, leaving Bai Feng and Xiao Qi to accompany Ye Ziying to watch the Buddha Washing Festival. Of course, the name is to accompany her, but in fact, she is guarded, don't let her make a fuss.
Ye Ziying was naturally satisfied with this result, and in order to apologize, she expressed her willingness to pay for it herself and take Xiao Qi and Bai Feng to eat, drink and have fun for three days.
Bai Feng was happy, but Xiao Qi still said that he would focus on cultivation and just play.
After deciding, Zhou Yuanjian and Du Luofeng left on the second day, and Ye Ziying also fulfilled his promise, pulled hard, pulled Xiao Qi softly, and went out with Bai Feng and the three of them, first visited several famous scenic spots in Luoying City, such as Stone Sculpture Square, Wanhong Pond, Xianli Lake, and finally went to Mida Temple and Jialan Temple. As the three of them strolled around, they found that Sakura Castle was in a tense and busy atmosphere before a grand event.
Everywhere there are people decorating the city, placing glow-in-the-dark stone lamps, hanging swastika flags, scrubbing Arhat statues on both sides of the main street, selling all kinds of agarwood, Buddha statues, lighted jewelry, jade, flowers, as well as monks in twos and threes, and good men and women wearing Bodhisattva and Buddha jewelry.
Mida Temple and Garan Temple are crowded with believers and monks coming and going, and the large incense burner at the door is filled with high incense sticks with large puffs of green smoke, and the incense ash alone has to be poured once every two hours.
"Hmph, demon monks are really demagogic. Ye Ziying looked at the gate of the temple and didn't plan to go in.
"My Taoist sect emphasizes quiet and inaction, this Buddhism is chaotic and noisy all day long, how can there be the appearance of pure cultivation, just deceive people to spend money. Bai Feng also criticized.
Xiao Qi was noncommittal, but his face was not very good-looking.
The three of them went shopping for a day, and finally returned indignantly, a little dissatisfied, so they decided not to go out the next day or the third day, and the province was angry.
After living in the restaurant for three days, the triennial Buddha Baptism Festival was ushered in.