Chapter 71: What is a Buddha?
Everything was as expected.
Xiao Bai Dao Chang actually showed a puzzled expression on his face, and asked softly, "Master Wudu, are you sure that your answer is this?"
"Are you sure you don't explain it again, or make up a little bit about it?"
When he asked, his tone was not good, his expression was sinister, and a pair of eyes flashed with stars, as if there was a sword and sword shadow flickering in it!
In the audience, many people couldn't help but be moved.
On this issue, which has long been closed, people really can't believe that this little Taoist priest can also make a demon moth.
Goto clasped his hands together, looked guarded, and replied firmly, "I'm sure! I don't have anything to add, I don't need to explain." β
"But I can repeat: What is a Buddha? Buddha Day: All beings are Buddhas!"
Zhao Xiaobai suddenly laughed, covered his mouth and said, "But, respected monk, what is a Buddha I am asking?"
"Somehow, tell me who are Buddhas and what are you doing?"
"Did I ask you that question, huh?"
"The answer is not what you asked, digression! Did you do it on purpose?"
Without waiting for the bewildered and confused monk to answer, or for the people in the hall to wake up, he suddenly snorted coldly again, opened his mouth and said:
"Hmph, even if you are ambitious, you are bent on looking at the dominance of the Buddhist family, and even dominate the world, and include the Confucian Temple, the Demon Sect, and my Taoist faction, then you don't have to be so obvious and anxious!"
"What sentient beings are Buddhas?"
"I can't care about others, I was born as a Taoist disciple, how can I change the court, deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors, and bow down in front of the Buddha?"
"Even if I'm a cat or a dog, no, no, it's not even a cat or a dog, and it's not among the so-called beings in your mouth at all. β
"However, not to mention the entire Qingyin World, I only said that there are so many Wen Shengmen people here, are they counted as one of the sentient beings?"
"Confucianism has been inherited for thousands of years, and countless scholars have read poetry and books and admired Confucian sages wholeheartedly.
"Do you think they're not sentient beings?"
Speaking of this, he pointed with one hand again, his eyes swept into the hall, and said word by word: "Hehe, all living beings are Buddhas, you have such a big breath!"
"I don't want to talk about the people of the world and all living beings today, I only ask you, have you ever asked, are the princes here willing?"
When he said the last "willing", his hand just pointed to the heads of several scholars in the crowd in the west, and these scholars suddenly changed color!
A scholar in the line of Wensheng, full of articles, arrogant, and self-respecting as a descendant of Confucianism on weekdays, where can he stand such a bird's spirit?
These scholars couldn't help but look at this monk with hideous faces, and their eyes almost burst into flames.
Gritted his teeth and scolded: "Okay, you bald donkey! You actually bullied me Wen Sheng's first line? Are you sure you want to say that?"
"You're a bullshit!"
Even the referees were on pins and needles one by one, and the assistant referee Xia Jianren didn't even care about decency, Huo Ran stood up and scolded with his fingers:
"We have been taught by Confucian sages, and we have been in the same vein of literature and saints since ancient times! Although we also respect your merits in crossing people through Buddhism, if you want to... Hmph, forcibly say that I am a Buddha, then I don't recognize it!"
"I don't think I can afford it, old man!"
"Hehe, all living beings are Buddhas? The old man only realized today that it turned out to be so ridiculous! Even if he is a saint, how can he despise the world and put such a big hat on everyone? Why don't you ask all the beings in the world if they agree or not?"
"I don't believe that your Buddhist saint would say such a thing!"
"What sentient beings are Buddhas? It's just nonsense, not to mention that the person I want to study is a Confucian, not a Buddha, even if all of you here today are not even Buddhist believers!"
"These people are not sentient beings in your eyes?"
"You don't know what is serious, and you spat out wild words. Hmph, this game, Lingbao Temple is negative, there is no discussion!"
After the referee sat down with a hum, Zhao Xiaobai coughed lightly, and said slowly: "On the day of the Buddha, all living beings are Buddhas." Hara is not wrong. β
"It's just that Master Wudu has a lack of Zen heart, and he has not been able to understand the original meaning of the sage well, nor has he been able to understand the true meaning of the Buddha's words, but it's a pity!"
"The saint cherishes the world, and naturally hopes that everyone in the world will become a Buddha, but he understands the Zen machine, doesn't he know the changes in people's hearts?"
"The world is so big, and there are no stubborn people, all kinds of universes, there are human beings who cannot be crossed, and fierce spirits that cannot be influenced. β
"When the Buddha was back, he did not directly answer the question of what a Buddha is, but deliberately talked about him left and right, but in fact he had a deep meaning and painstaking heart. β
The implication of this is not that all living beings are Buddhas, but that all living beings have a good side and have the possibility of becoming Buddhas. β
"If it's possible, of course it's impossible. β
"The original intention of the saint is to persuade his disciples that God has the virtue of a good life, and that Buddhist disciples should have firm faith and indomitable Zen heart, cross the untouchable, and influence the stubborn souls that cannot be touched. Knowing that you can't do it, with the determination that I won't go to hell and who will go to hell, I will seek the greatest good results. β
"This is what the Buddha said that all living beings are Buddhas!"
"How can my descendants misunderstand the sage's original heart and impose the Buddha's painstaking devotion to his followers on all sentient beings with a body of immorality?"
When Zhao Xiaobai said this, although he directly reprimanded Wudu for misinterpreting the heart of the saint, he did not belittle the saint of Buddhism at all, on the contrary, he was full of respect for the saint in his words, and the audience was immediately amazed.
He not only skillfully answered the ventilating words said by the referee Xia Jianren, but also retained some face of the Buddhists.
The monks of Lingbao Temple who were fighting on the side were immediately convinced, and their expressions were serene; they all knew that they could no longer argue, and they bowed their heads and were silent, ashamed and speechless.
Assistant referee Zhu Yiqun's eyes were confused, and he muttered: "In this way, the saying that all living beings are Buddhas has been mistaken for thousands of years, which is a pity!"
"From now on, if anyone uses the words of a saint to answer the question of what a Buddha is, it will be really ill-intentioned and extremely stupid!"
"But what exactly is a Buddha? I wonder if the little white Taoist is willing to solve our doubts?"
Zhao Xiaobai nodded lightly, took a shallow sip of tea, and replied: "Then what is a Buddha? If you understand it superficially, this is almost the same question as what is Tao!"
"The Tao focuses on 'knowledge', exploring all aspects of nature, and the truth of heaven and earth, while the Buddha focuses on 'heart', emphasizing self-cultivation and forbearance, and moralizing the world. β
Therefore, the Buddha is in the hearts of the people, believers, self-cultivation and forbearance, accumulation of virtue for goodness, Buddha in the heart, Buddhahood can be expected, this so-called Buddha's heart and Buddha's fate. β
"For those who do not believe, the Buddha is dispensable, and there are no opportunities for the Buddha. β
"Those who are bent on evil, of course... All living beings are crumbled, living beings are fish and meat, and there is no Buddha in the world. β
"The Buddha is in the heart, and since ancient times, people's hearts are changeable, twists and turns, what is the Buddha, even the Buddha himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to answer this question completely. β
Wudu finally sobered up at this time, and when he heard this little Taoist priest actually say that the Buddha also had something unclear, it was really disrespectful, and he couldn't help but stiffen his neck and protest: "Bold! How can you say that?"
"The Buddha of the gods is above, and his old man knows everything, knows everything! How can there be a question that cannot be answered completely?"
Zhao Xiaobai couldn't help sighing, and said in his heart: How different was the Buddha from many merchants in that world in order to sell his teachings?
When he said this, he just wanted to tell his "business people": all living beings in the world are our potential customers!
As a qualified business person, we must have firm beliefs, overcome all difficulties, do our best to strive for it, and make everything impossible possible.
But in fact, anyone knows that this is a big fool.
Not all monks need to buy combs.
But now, in the face of the aura of a saint, in the face of the countless people who have been "brainwashed" by this saint in this era, how can I say it so straightforwardly?
As soon as he thought of this, he slowly glanced at the hall and said slowly: "Is the saint omniscient, and a little restless, and there is no reason to raise his voice. β
"Let me ask you a question: what is the biggest in this HarmonyOS universe? I don't know how you answer?"