Chapter 2: Lectures
"Yang Ci's shape, call Ci's name, may I rise in the next life."
"Have mercy on my world, and there are many sorrows..."
"There is Lord Yan Futi, who is 5.6 billion years old, who has been opened up since the beginning of the immeasurable eons, and has seen the suffering of the world, and has been born..."
"At present, the world is a Buddha, the world is peaceful, the poisonous gas is completely eliminated, the rain is moist and suitable, the grains are luxuriant, the trees are growing, and people are eight feet long, and they all live for 84,000 years..."
The empty ashram was filled with a crowd of people with white scarves bandaged around their heads, men, women and children, all looking at the white-clothed monks sitting on the high platform and preaching with fanatical reverence.
The white-clothed monk sat cross-legged on the high platform, his face was gentle and a little sad, his voice was low and deep, and his tone was not high, but it clearly reached the ears of every White Lotus Sect believer who was present and listened to the scriptures.
When Bai Ming talked about the beautiful changes in the world after the Maitreya Buddha came into the world, these people's minds all showed yearning.
He also said that there are devout believers, but according to the size of the merit, after death, they can enter the vacuum hometown to transcend the sea of reincarnation and suffering, and incarnate as a celestial person to serve the old mother for eternity, and can enjoy countless delicacies and sweet springs in the vacuum hometown...
Everyone showed even more envy, if it weren't for the fact that those who committed suicide without permission were guilty and could not be purified and could not enter the vacuum hometown, it was not possible to say that after the lecture was over, a few people committed suicide.
Bai Ming saw all the changes in everyone's expressions, but his expression was as calm as an ancient well, and after continuing to explain a few verses and explaining them in detail, he stopped.
Most of these people were originally selected by him based on emotional perception, and they were the most devout believers in the White Lotus Sect, and they were a little bit close to fanatics, so the scriptures he preached had the best empathy effect on them, and it was not surprising that they behaved like this.
"May I ask the Venerable Master, how do I gain merit?"
As he expected, as soon as he stopped preaching, someone hurriedly asked about merit.
"The merit lies in the person." Today's shop is unfolding, and Bai Ming will naturally not pretend to be mysterious.
"Helping others, saving others, is merit."
"But I, a member of the White Lotus Sect, when I meet someone in difficulty and actively help him eliminate his difficulties, it is a small merit; Seeing someone in danger of their life and bravely helping them out of danger is a great merit. ”
"Faith is also merit."
"To persuade people to believe in my Buddha, each person is a small merit, and a hundred people are a great merit."
"But if I teach my followers, if they have no merit but are devout believers, they can enter the vacuum of their hometown, always accompany their mother, and transcend the suffering of samsara; Those who have the number of merits can be listed according to the number of merits to enjoy Sudrawan, Stoham, Anaham, and Arhat..."
Faith is the transaction.
Bai Ming recalled the various religions he had learned in his previous life and understood such a truth.
The growth and development of any religion comes from this most simple truth.
No matter how devout believers are, they all have their own desires and needs, and satisfying these needs is the key to the growth of religion.
And human greed is the most endless, even if there is really a sect of immortals, Buddhas, gods and demons in the world, it is impossible to completely meet the needs of everyone.
When you simply satisfy the desire to be full, you will want new clothes, and when you get new clothes, you will want a mansion...
This is the human heart!
Therefore, in the process of developing a sect, what must be satisfied is a certain kind of illusory need of human beings, and the great terror between life and death is the concept that is best manipulated.
Especially in this period of wars and turmoil, the world is like a fire house hell, the horror of dying at any time is easier for most people to panic and fear, and then they can be better harvested faith.
Of course, doctrinal dissociation of this need with this life and present life, and the more nihilistic afterlife is the core of the doctrine.
Guide them to believe, and then guide them to give, when they give, the more they will believe, and the more they will be religious, and then this kind of piety will lead more people to believe.
All Bai Ming has to do is this, he has passed the period of preaching and opening up alone, although the current scale of the White Lotus Sect is still small, it has taken shape, and the seeds at the beginning have been planted, so just wait for them to sprout.
As the first cause of the appearance of the White Lotus Sect in this world, the various changes and influences that the White Lotus Sect has caused to this world, whether good or bad, will only bring him more source energy.
As Bai Ming elaborated on merit and his status as he entered the vacuum after death, all the cultists became more devout and fanatical.
But if you have faith, you will ask for something.
The target of Bai Ming's preaching is not a high-level nobleman, most of these people who believe in the White Lotus Sect are low-level civilians who are not even literate, and they are powerless to change the reality, so they will be immersed in nihilistic expectations and unable to extricate themselves, looking forward to the salvation of the gods and Buddhas.
The idea of merit was deliberately added to the teachings by Bai Ming.
Through this, he wants to characterize the White Lotus Sect as the root of the 'Orthodox' Religion.
What is 'right', and 'right' is justice.
No matter which world, from ancient times to the present, no matter which state power or religious system, they can be established and maintained for a long time, and it is inevitable that they represent 'justice'. ’
Evil never prevails over good!
Although people's hearts are chaotic and complex, they have always had the right mind.
Because there is only a 'positive' orderly environment, we will not be worried all the time, and we can live with a sense of security.
If a person lives in an insecure environment for a long time, he or she will basically either become a madman or become a pervert.
Obviously, this is the case with most ninjas in this world, and they all have underlying or obvious mental problems.
When explaining the doctrine, Bai Ming spoke very straightforwardly, and in the process, he could not spare the Chinese language.
If the doctrine of a religion is too complicated in the early days, it will only bring difficulty to the mission, but it should not be too vulgar and straightforward, otherwise it is easy to lose its sense of mystery.
This lecture was like a training meeting for his future missionaries, and the training meeting was a complete success, and at the end of the lecture, Bai Ming released another long-planned big move.
It has been mentioned many times that the land of rain lacks cultivated area and the food shortage is severe.
When the outside world restricted the import of food, a food shortage crisis that spread across the country appeared, resulting in countless starvations.
Bai Ming realized this problem at a very early stage, and he used his medical and poison skills to search for many common plants in the Land of Rain.
A root plant resembling cassava was found.
This plant is called the pig pour, which means that only wild boars will fall down if they eat it.
Pig melon grows all year round, the taste is slightly sweet, the branches, leaves, skin and fruit are poisonous, even if ordinary people only eat a small amount, they will have diarrhea and eventually collapse to death.
Rain Country has been plagued by poisoning in the past, so it has been neglected whether this plant can be improved for consumption.
Bai Ming did it.
He improved the way to eat the pork and turned it into a non-toxic food that could be eaten.