Chapter 159: The Lectern: Buddhist Dialectics
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Two days later, Jixia School Palace.
After getting the permission of Emperor Pingle and the Queen Mother, the Buddha Gate set up a lectern in front of Luojian Lake.
This is a circular tower building, I don't know what kind of means Fuxian Bodhisattva used, it was built in just two days.
Around the pulpit, futons were placed.
The students of the Jixia School Palace and the children of the royal family all rushed over early and sat on the futon one by one, waiting for the start of this grand event.
As the time approached, representatives of the hundreds of schools of thought began to appear in front of the pulpit one by one.
The first to arrive was Han Shen, the representative of the Legalists.
This prime minister of the current dynasty behaved extremely forbearant today, and he had no power to lean towards the government and the opposition at all.
Just sat in the front row of futons with a smile on his face, and kept nodding to the students and relatives around him.
Behind him, there were several students of the Legalists.
After that, the representative of the Yin and Yang family arrived, Meng Xingchen, the national teacher of the dynasty.
Today's Meng Xingchen is wearing a special set of costumes that show the Yin and Yang family, and behind him is a young man wearing a green hat, who is Gargamel.
Meng Xingchen also behaved very low-key, smiling and sitting on the futon.
Then, all the sons of the hundred schools appeared.
There are a total of seven people from the Daomen today, including six of the seven sons of the Xuanmen, and Jiang Chenshui, the youngest genius of the Daomen.
Of course, there is also the one who was invited - Jiang Chaoge.
Jiang Chaoge didn't represent any family, he just came over to watch the excitement, because of his relationship with Wu Lingzi, he naturally sat next to the Daomen.
And then, he saw the princess win Luoyu.
Luo Yu didn't seem to represent the royal family to attend the meeting today, but on behalf of the miscellaneous family.
Because, in front of her was not Emperor Pingle and the Queen Mother, but an old man wearing a white robe, a gray beard, and a face that looked quite ruddy.
"It seems that this is Luo Yu's teacher?"
Jiang Chaoge had heard some rumors.
In the palace of Great Qin, there is a top master of the miscellaneous family hidden, but this master will not be easily revealed, but he didn't expect it to arrive today.
Then, Jiang Chaoge saw several great Confucians representing Confucianism.
Fang Xiaojing walked in the middle.
There are six of them.
From this point of view, it can also be seen that among the hundred schools of thought, Taoism and Confucianism are indeed different from other hundred schools, and there are many disciples.
"The Sword Comes"
However, Meng Liang, who represents the soldier today, was not present.
Because he had already rushed to Nanshi City on the front line of the Southern Regions, the representative of the Bing family was Bai Xing, the head of the Bai family, and Bai Xing was followed by Bai Mei.
To Jiang Chaoge's surprise and not surprise, Ji Ruxue also came.
Dressed in a black and white dress, with a beautiful face and a unique outstanding demeanor, it naturally attracted the attention of the students of the Jixia School Palace.
Finally, there is the head of the Mo family, Mo Jian and the deputy head of the family, Mo Ling and Mo Su, as well as the farmer and the doctor...... Wait a minute.
At this point, hundreds of schools of thought gathered.
Jiang Yu'er also came to the lectern and sat in the camp of a group of students.
However, the Master was not present today.
Jiang Chaoge knew that the current master was making tea on the top of the book mountain.
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Hundreds of schools of thought gathered.
The car of Emperor Pingle and the Queen Mother arrived very coincidentally.
Hundreds of Imperial Guards were in front of two magnificent chariots, in a separate area to the east of the pulpit, and no one approached.
And Emperor Pingle and the Queen Mother did not get out of the car, but just hung a bead curtain in front of the car.
When these two arrived, everyone knew that this three-hundred-year event was about to officially begin.
As for the person who presided over this grand event, it was naturally the Bodhisattva of Buddhism.
This Bodhisattva, dressed in a bright yellow robe, sat at the top of the pulpit, and his two bright eyes opened and scanned the people below.
"Today, my Buddhism has set up a pulpit under the grass, and if everyone has any disagreement with the interpretation of my Buddhism, they can ask questions at any time."
After Fuxian finished speaking, his right hand pointed to the pulpit platform.
When everyone's eyes looked over, they immediately saw the Buddhist classics on the pulpit.
Fuxian began to explain: "This time, my Buddhism came from the Western Regions, and I also brought the scriptures of my Buddhism, if you want to have a look, you can read it at any time." ”
"Amitabha!"
A Buddha horn was announced.
Under the podium, hundreds of sitting ascetics were all solemn.
Immediately, a young monk stepped out of the lowest floor of the pulpit.
His face was extremely white, his face looked very kind, and he held a string of Buddhist beads in his hand.
"The poor monk is empty."
He gave a Buddhist salute to everyone: "I preached the Dharma in the Western Regions, traveled in the Middle Earth for ten years, and today I came to Jixia, and I want to communicate with you with 'Zen Gong', and I hope to teach you!" ”
This is a meditator.
There are two different routes to the void.
The void phase belongs to the warrior monks of Buddhism, and the four realms are King Kong.
And this meditation is the three realms, and the realm is the ascetic.
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I saw the Buddha Gate and walked out.
Everyone's eyes naturally fell on the door.
After all, two days ago, the Daomen had already indicated that they would be the first to come to the stage and debate with the Buddhists.
So, Jiang Chenshui stood up from the futon, quickly walked in front of Kongshan, and bowed to Kongshan with Taoist etiquette.
"Daomen disciple Jiang Chenshui, salute the monk Kongshan." Jiang Chenshui said without humility: "Since it is a Buddhist teaching, please ask for the rules." ”
"Good." Kong Shan nodded: "The poor monk has been doing penance in Middle-earth for ten years, and everything he has seen and heard is the suffering of the people's livelihood. ”
Defend the way to liberation from suffering?!
Such a topic is actually not common in the debate of the hundred schools of thought.
The students and the children of the clan were naturally a little curious, after all, in a sense, this question was somewhat 'degrading'.
This is because only unfair governance can cause people's livelihood suffering.
Of course, this is not a problem for Jiang Chenshui, he belongs to the Dao Sect, and the Dao Sect has been separated from the Ji Sect three hundred years ago, so there is nothing that cannot be argued.
Therefore, Jiang Chenshui quickly nodded: "Yes." ”
After Kong Shan saw Jiang Chenshui nodding, he smiled and began to ask questions: "Five years ago, I passed by a village, and there was an old man in this village, this old man had a pure character, and there was a cow at home.
Because he only knows how to cultivate diligently every day, although the old man's life is hard, he can still be regarded as a lake, but one day, the old man bumped into a child of an official family in the market, and was inadvertently hit by the child of the official family, and was bedridden after returning home.
Seeing this, the scalper miraculously gave birth to spiritual wisdom, avenged the old man one night, ate the official child, and took the money of the official child, and cured the old man.
But this matter can't be hidden from the government after all, so the government came to arrest people, and in the end, the old man was put in a prison cell, and the murderous scalper was killed. ”
When Kong Shan said this, he clasped his hands together and said: "Dare to ask Daoist Jiang, do you think this matter is the old man's suffering, or the scalper's suffering, or the suffering of the official family's children?" ”
Jiang Chenshui frowned when he heard this.
The other students were also talking.
Because, this matter cannot be judged at all.
From the old man's point of view, he was injured by the children of the official family and was put into a prison cell, which was naturally bitter.
From the scalper's point of view, it avenges its owner and is then killed...... Such loyalty can also be regarded as suffering.
In the end, from the perspective of the children of the official family, he just inadvertently injured the old man, but was eaten by scalpers...... The punishment is too severe, and it can be regarded as bitter.
"I think the old man is the most bitter!"
"Scalpers are the most bitter, right? Such a wise and knowledgeable scalper is rare. ”
"It's just a grass people, Kong Shan also said just now, the children of the official family just inadvertently injured the old man, and they didn't mean to, why should they lose their lives?"
Everyone has their own opinions.
Kong Shan listened to the discussions around him, but his eyes looked at Jiang Chenshui calmly: "Daoist Jiang, how to answer?" ”
Jiang Chenshui hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and replied: "The old man, scalper, and children of the official family in the story of Zen Master Kongshan all have their own sufferings, and the poor Dao thinks that since there are all three of these sufferings, there is naturally no distinction between severity and severity, so the poor Dao thinks that all three are suffering!" ”
"Hehe, I didn't expect Jiang Daochang to have some Buddha fate, because what Jiang Daochang replied is the sutra of my Buddhism - all living beings are suffering!"
When Kong Shan heard this, a bright smile bloomed on his face: "As far as my Buddhism is concerned, all living beings in the world are born in suffering, and the purpose of my Western Regions Buddhism is to save all living beings from suffering, as long as there is a Buddha in my heart, one day, I can be reborn in bliss!" ”
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Jiang Chao was so bad that he didn't know whether to vomit or not.
This empty goodness is actually playing yin!
On the surface, he told a story, but in fact, he put a big trap on Jiang Chen.
Because, in this story, it is impossible for Jiang Chenshui to give an 'accurate' answer, whether it is to say that the old man is more bitter, or that the scalper is more bitter, or that the children of the official family are more bitter, it is impossible to satisfy everyone.
Therefore, only by saying that all three are suffering can we get other affirmations.
But in this way, it is equivalent to directly recognizing the concept of Buddhism that 'all living beings are suffering'.
Sure enough, this is a world of old yin scurrying around, and even Buddhism has no shortage of such old yin methods...... Come up and be a yin man with TMD! ”
Jiang Chaoge's gaze looked at Jiang Chenshui.
At this time, Jiang Chenshui's face was extremely gloomy, and his fists were clenched desperately, it was obvious that he was a little angry now, but there was nowhere to vent.
And the students sitting around him, as well as the disciples of the clan, heard this, and they all knew that Jiang Chenshui had already lost in the first question.
"This empty goodness has goodness in its name, but it is not good at all in its heart." Huo Lingzi was a violent temper, and he scolded without holding back.
Feng Lingzi could only wave his hand: "Since it is the Buddhism and Taoism dialectics, it is natural to talk about winning and losing, if there are means not to use, then it is incompetent." ”
"However, is this kind of method too shameless?" Huo Lingzi was still a little unhappy.
"Let's see." Feng Lingzi sighed.
The representatives of the other princes and hundreds of schools of thought also came to some enlightenment at this time.
Although it seems that the Daomen family has been yin, in fact, through this first question, everyone has already seen that Buddhism attaches great importance to this dialectic.
This is clearly intentional!
Luo Yu looked at the old man next to him at this time: "Teacher, if you answer this question, how will you solve it?" ”
"Criminal, you want the teacher to enter the pit?" The old man glanced at Luo Yu coldly: "Do you think I am that Jiang Chenshui, and I will be like this?" ”
"Hahaha, the teacher must be smart, are they just making an analogy? This is just the first question, Buddhism has made enough preparations to come to the Western Regions, do you think the second question will be easy? ”
"......" the old man fell silent.
Because, as Luo Yu said, the Buddha Gate is obviously fully prepared this time, if the Dao Gate is really defeated, how can he respond?
The most important thing is that now Buddhism has only sent one meditation of the three realms......
The real bigwigs are still sitting on the pulpit!
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Jiang Chenshui was tricked.
It is impossible to convince the heart.
And Kong Shan saw that Jiang Chenshui didn't reply, so he knew that he had won this question.
He didn't continue to ridicule or continue to preach Buddhism, but once again bowed to Jiang Chenshui and said, "Since Daoist Jiang has a Buddha fate in his heart, the poor monk will come to ask this second question, I wonder if Daoist Jiang is ready?" ”
"Wait." Jiang Chenshui stretched out his hand to stop it.
"Oh? Jiang Daochang, what do you have to say? Kong Shan looked at Jiang Chenshui in some surprise.
"Since it is a dialectic, when there is a question and an answer, you have already asked a question, and then, it is naturally up to me to ask." Jiang Chenshui said coldly.
"Understood." Kong Shan nodded: "Then ask Daoist Jiang to ask questions." ”
Jiang Chenshui bit his lip gently.
His gaze swept to six of the seven sons of the Xuanmen who were sitting on the futon, and finally, his gaze fell on the face of the misty lingzi.
Seeing that Wu Lingzi nodded at him, Jiang Chenshui's heart finally eased a little.
Then he began to think.
How to treat others in their own way, and how to govern them deeply.
He also wanted to use a story to give Kong Shan a set, so as to get back the face that Daomen had lost, but just as he was about to speak, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"If the mind is quiet, it is good, and if the heart is dry, it is dull, and Taoism pays attention to the rule of inaction, and everything goes with the flow, rather than being affected by external things."
Who is it?!
Who's talking to me?
Jiang Chenshui's eyes widened.
"It's your uncle, Jiang Chaoge!"
“……”
Voices were heard again.
Jiang Chenshui's face turned red suddenly, and then, he instinctively looked at Jiang Chaoge, who was sitting next to Wu Lingzi with a smile on his face.
And Jiang Chaoge also nodded slightly towards him unceremoniously, and at the same time, said in spoken language: "What do you see?" I'm here to help you, or you're going to lose! ”