Chapter 15: Finding a Secluded Spot in the Mountains of Koya (Part 1)
"Buddha enemy, Oda Nobunaga, resurrection?" Lu Xihua looked at Izumi Sakurai with interest.
This lady, who claimed to be a well-known host of TBS TV, walked around the tram and chatted quietly with many believers who went south on the same road for a long time, and then came back with a frown and a solemn face to talk to herself about this influential figure in the Warring States period.
Izumi Sakurai didn't laugh, as a celebrity on TBS TV, she naturally knew that just recently, a lot of supernatural things had happened at her company's headquarters. These things can't be inferred by common sense, and the sudden appearance of a vision in the sky made her more sure of her opinion, "Lu Jun is from Huaxia, I don't know if I've ever heard of Oda Nobunaga." ”
"I know some, this person is a hero in the Warring States period of Japan, just like Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms period of China, who has the heart of the world's martial arts, ending the war, and reshaping the rules, but unfortunately he was betrayed by his subordinates, and died in the Honnoji Temple of Nichiren Sect in Kyoto on the eve of dominating the world. ”
Sakurai Izumi's eyes lit up, he didn't expect this little brother from Huaxia to know so much about Japanese historical figures, and he couldn't help but loosen his brows a little, "Yes, Nobunaga hated Buddhism and called himself the 'Sixth Heavenly Demon King', how much does Lu Jun know about Buddhism? Do you know what this Sixth Heavenly Demon King is?"
Lu Xihua nodded, "Both Buddhism and Taoism have transformed the territory where sentient beings live into the Three Realms, and the world often says 'Jump out of the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements.'" That's what it refers to. According to the teachings of Buddhism, the three worlds here are the realm of desire, the realm of color, and the realm of colorlessness in descending order. All beings other than the Buddha are in these three realms, and only when they become Buddhas can they leap out of the three worlds. ”
"Both Taoism and Buddhism in China have transformed the Three Realms into 28 heavens, 6 realms of desire, 18 realms of color, and 4 realms of colorlessness. ”
"The six heavens of the Desire Realm are all the places where the heavenly beings live, that is, the heavenly realm among the six realms. People, asuras, beasts, hungry ghosts, and hells are polluted by karma, and they are still under them, and they are not worthy to enter the heavenly realm. ”
"These six heavens, from low to high, are: the Four Heavenly King Heavens, the Celestial Heavens, the Suyan Heavens, the Tushita Heavens, the Happy Change Heavens, and the Freedom of Others. ”
"On the sixth day, he was at the top of the realm of desire. Oda Nobunaga calls himself the Sixth Heavenly Demon King, but in fact, he is the self-proclaimed Heavenly King. ”
"Desire is desire, that is to say, people living at this level have a particularly strong desire. Buddhist scriptures usually say that there are five desires, namely, the desire for wealth and wealth, the lust for men and women, the desire for fame, the appetite for food, and the desire for sleep. ”
"If a person wants to transcend the sixth day, to break away from the realm of desire, and to enter the realm of lust, he will be hindered by the king of his incarnation, and he will exert all kinds of illusions and temptations and do all kinds of disturbing things, which is commonly known as the demon of the heart. ”
Sakurai Izumi said, "I didn't expect you to know so much about Buddhist scriptures. ”
Lu Xihua smiled, "When he was born in the world, he didn't have the heart of the world, and he was able to transcend what he did in the world." After the end of his life, he will be able to transcend the realm of the world's infinite incarnation, enter the heaven of his transformation, and become a heavenly demon. But because there is still attachment in my heart, I can only stay in the realm of desire, and I can't go to the world of color. ”
Izumi Sakurai echoed, "Nobunaga used this title to show his determination to fight against the Buddhist forces, so it's no wonder that Buddhist believers hate him to the bone and call him an 'enemy of the Buddha'." But Nobunaga is listed as the most beloved figure by us Japanese, do you know why?"
Lu Xihua shook his head.
"Today's society is a scientific society, and Buddhism and Shinto are very prosperous in Japan, but the vast majority of Japanese people will answer: I am an atheist. The source of this answer was from Nobunaga. It was he who cut off the **** contact point and separated the Japanese church and state, which was Nobunaga's greatest contribution. ”
When Lu Xihua heard this, his expression suddenly became formal, he was vigorously promoting the cultivation of immortals and gods in the three worlds, interfering in the affairs of the world, and he should take this as a lesson, and he should not mess with the people's livelihood.
I knew what Oda Nobunaga did, but I didn't know the cause and effect of these things, and the images that came out of the whole of Japan, and now there are professionals who explain them for themselves as a reference, so of course I can't ask for it, so I immediately said, "I would like to ask Ms. Sakurai to elaborate." ”
Izumi Sakurai was a little surprised, she herself graduated from a prestigious school majoring in journalism, and it can be said that she has involved a lot of knowledge, not to mention the history of the Warring States period, which is familiar to Japanese people.
Before, this Lu Jun from Huaxia had a loving attitude towards himself, and just now he heard that he speculated that the accident in the sky over Tokyo might be related to Nobunaga, and he laughed it. There must be a reason why Nobunaga's influence is being so important now.
Don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, Sakurai Izumi immediately seized the opportunity and said, "Can you teach me the song you sang before." ”
"No problem, I'll write down the score and lyrics for you, and please don't hold back about Oda Nobunaga's affairs. "These things are all trivial things in Lu Xihua's opinion, and the changes in the sky over Tokyo City now really don't seem to be as simple as the current world of Evil Ghost City.
Izumi Sakurai got the promise of Lu Xihua, and immediately became happy, and took a sip of water, "Remember to invite me to a big dinner in the evening, I'll drink saliva first, and then let's start with some of our Japanese history." ”
"Japan is once again known as the Yamato nation because Prince Shotoku set the tone for the country more than 1,500 years ago, 'peace is precious.' One of the most remarkable stories is that the Yamato people obtained the Izumo Kingdom through peace talks. This is where the legitimacy and perpetuity of the regime are born, not through war but through peace talks. Therefore, from the perspective of the history before the Warring States period, Japan's political system is collegial, that is, 'collegial system'. When Izumi Sakurai talks about the history of his country, he also begins to look right.
"This is the Japanese tradition, which is orthodoxy. However, the Sengoku period, which began in 1467, fundamentally broke this political system and moved towards 'non-Japanese'. To summarize the Warring States of Japan in one sentence, it is the era of killing people to get rich, and the more people you kill, the more rewards you will receive from the lord. ”
"Tu Yi is a sin, Tu Wan is a male, and if he slaughters nine million, he is the male of the males. ”
Sakurai Izumi suddenly heard such a sentence coming out of Lu Xihua's mouth that seemed to be poetry but not poetry, and couldn't help but be surprised, "Your words sound arrogant, but they broke the world at that time. The samurai were in charge and killed people everywhere, and some wild samurai killed merchants and travelers at will in the mountains and trails in order to test their swords, and it was a troubled time. ”
"Whatever you want, please continue~"
"Well, the social structure of Japan at that time was that under the protection was the land, below the land were the wealthy people, and under the wealthy families were the common people. The guards, the landlords, and the wealthy are engaged in the exploitation of the common people. This social structure lasted for the two hundred years that the Muromachi shogunate existed, but the Sengoku daimyo of Japan decided to subvert it. ”
"Although the Sengoku Daimyo is intensifying their efforts to crack down on the primitive aristocracy, new exploitation forces are constantly emerging. Who was behind the rebellion of the people? This is the Buddhists, who used the people to collect money to build temples. At the same time, he also stood behind the people and instigated them to fight for the Daimyo. ”
"For Nobunaga, who aspires to become a king and wants to rule the world by force, of course, the existence of such an independent kingdom cannot be tolerated. As a result, Nobunaga, who had already converted to the Daitokuji sect of Zen Buddhism, began to fight against the Buddhist forces. He proclaimed himself the "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven" and embraced Christianity, and in 1570 he went to war against the Ichijo sect of Honganji, a ten-year war that ended with Nobunaga's burning of Ishiyama Honganji. ”
During this period, Nobunaga was scheming, nominally entangled his army to wage war against Ichijomune, but in fact he initially pointed the finger at the Tendai sect of Enryakuji Temple in Hieiyama, which also funded his political enemies, Asai Nagamasa and Asakura Yoshikei. In 1571, Nobunaga launched a sudden attack and set fire to Mt. Hiei, and the main mountain of the Tendai sect, which had four or five hundred temples, was scorched to the ground. ”
"Nobunaga's army attacked from all directions, and the army killed anyone they saw, whether it was a lewd monk or a wise monk, and those beautiful and handsome children who were in the temple were arrested and landed in front of Nobunaga one by one. Monks and lay believers, men, women, and children, were all killed, and more than 3,000 people were killed. ”
When Izumi Sakurai said the above words, his voice trembled a little, as if that majestic body appeared in front of him, making him prostrate and bow.
"Nobunaga also did not let go of another great sect, the Shingon sect of Koyasan. In 1581, under the pretext of disturbing the people everywhere, Nobunaga led his troops to hunt down and kill more than 1,400 monks in Koyasan. Since then, the traditional authority of Japanese Buddhism has fallen to the ground, and it has not returned to its former form. ”
Hearing this, Lu Xihua nodded, thinking of the Buddhism and Taoism in his three worlds, and couldn't help but nodded, "It's a little interesting." ”
"The conclusion of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu is that religious forces cannot possess weapons, religious sectarian disputes cannot kill people, religious leaders cannot intervene in politics, and religious groups cannot use economics for profit. Since then, such an unusually fierce popular religious movement has never appeared again in the history of Japan, and in response to this, compensation has given religious forces a certain amount of economic security. So Hideyoshi allowed the revival of Mt. Hiei, and the Tokugawa family also funded Koyasan. ”
"Nobunaga's three religious wars all ended in victory, bringing spiritual secularization to the Japanese people, announcing the dawn of modern society, announcing the emergence of atheism, and determining the spiritual development and direction of the Japanese people today. ”
"He killed the gods and Buddhas in the hearts of all the Japanese, which is why he is called the most popular person in Japanese history. If you ask Japanese people today, what is your religious affiliation? The vast majority of Japanese people will answer: I am an atheist. The source of this answer was from Nobunaga. In this sense, Oda Nobunaga was the hanged man of the Japanese religion. ”
When Lu Xihua heard this, he couldn't help but clap his hands, "Well said, well said! What a religious hanger! Six times become the time, and the time is the six dragons to control the sky." The ninth day of the first month, the ninety-two, the ninety-three, the ninety-fourth, the ninety-five, and the upper nine, see that the dragons have no leader, and they are lucky!"