Chapter 61: The Grievances between the Buddha and the Tao

On the way, I asked someone and learned that this place is called the Kingdom of Cangwu, and more than 100 miles in front of it is the royal city of Cangwu - Ningdu.

Cangwu has also heard that it is a large country in the south and north of Shanzhou, and it has a pivotal position in the entire continent.

Along the way, the little girl begged her brother to ask him to teach her singing tone, but Zhao Xiaobai had no choice but to pull out an erhu from the ring and slowly pull her to teach her.

Seeing that it was getting late, he was singing, "There are all the rich people in the world, there are also hungry, cold and sorrowful embraces, and there are also frustrated crying and wailing ......"

But he stopped singing again, and said: "Senior brother~~ You still teach me the song "On the Moon" that I sang last time, this is too embarrassing!"

Zhao Xiaobai smiled secretly in his heart: The tone is a kind of Peking Opera in my previous life, which is already difficult to sing, and it is strange that you little girl likes to sing.

So soon, in the wilderness of the southern state, a song that does not belong to this world sounded again:

"I'm looking at the moon, how many dreams are flying freely......"

Singing and singing, I saw a majestic temple on a steep mountain in front of them, and the two of them were overjoyed.

Zhao Xiaobai said: "I happened to sleep here for one night tonight." ”

He had a point.

Although the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism are not necessarily harmonious, no matter whether they practice Buddhism and Taoism, they are all people outside the world.

The continent is vast and boundless, and the road is far away. In the Buddhist temple, the Taoist priest occasionally borrowed a lodging for convenience when he went out, and he could always get an answer, and vice versa.

This is called, being convenient with people, and being convenient with others.

The two of them waited to inquire clearly in the temple, and only then did they know that the mountain name was Jishan, and the temple name was Qinglong Temple.

It's actually Jishan? That's not a nameless place. Zhao Xiaobai clearly remembers that there are clouds in "Mountains and Seas": Houji is in Cangwu, and the people are taught to use rice.

Then, this is the place where the legend goes, the great sage Hou Ji in ancient times, taught the people to cultivate rice and hemp, and it has a very good history.

The monks in the monastery are quite warm and thoughtful, and it seems that there should be no shortage of Taoist priests here to harass here.

The hall of Qinglong Temple is tall, the momentum is extraordinary, enter the main hall, but see that there are murals on the four walls, exquisite and exquisite.

A big Buddha in the middle, with a smile in his eyes, wisdom and solemnity, is the Buddha and his old man.

But when Zhao Xiaobai continued to watch, the problem came.

Under the statue of the Buddha, there are six reincarnations drawn, and there is nothing wrong with that. But although the upper part of the west wall is painted with the portrait of the third Buddha of the Buddha and the Buddha of the Buddha, the bottom is: Taoist ten thousand gods!

On the north wall, the eighteen Arhats of the Buddha family are painted, and the bottom is actually painted: the ten halls of Taoism.

Zhao Xiaobai was suddenly very puzzled: How can this Qinglong Temple confuse some Buddhist bodhisattvas with Taoist gods? So is it Buddhist or Taoist?

I looked at it again, and on the east wall, it was Guanyin Bodhisattva who was painted, and a portrait occupied one wall.

This is easy to understand, Guanyin is very famous, wears many hats, is a figure that exists in both Buddhism and Taoism, and has rarely been recognized by both religions.

Zhao Xiaobai suppressed his doubts and bowed to Guanyin a few times, and read in his mouth: "Master Guanyin, great mercy, immeasurable heavenly venerable!"

This is a standard Taoist title, and the way of worshipping God is also very standard.

After prostrating, he pointed to the mural on the wall with one hand and squinted at the prefect monk who was also accompanying him.

The governor and monk had white hair and a deep face, which made Zhao Xiaobai think of mysterious characters such as "sweeping monks", and he was suddenly taken aback.

As a result, he looked at it and honestly made a big bow to the monk.

The monk smiled slowly, then let out a long sigh and said, "Since the gradual introduction of Buddhism and Taoism in the southern Shanzhou, there has been no shortage of disputes for thousands of years. ”

"Especially in this vast country, in the early years, Buddhism and Taoism were both teachers of the same country, and the controversy was particularly fierce. ”

More than 100 years ago, in order to solve this kind of endless entanglement, the then Emperor Cangwu issued an order that the royal family would come forward and hold a discussion meeting every five years to determine the ownership of the position of national teacher. ”

"The Discussion Conference has been held for 21 sessions so far, and the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism have their own victories and defeats. ”

"But there was a period when my Buddhism was defeated three times in a row, and the old emperor was angry and bewitched by the demon way, and even ordered to burn down the Buddhist palace!"

"This matter finally alarmed the holy mountain, and in the end it was the Buddhist saints who came forward, and the Buddhist temple had to be retained, but the temple was renamed Gongguan, the monk was renamed the monk, the Bodhisattva was called the Dharma, and the Buddha was the Heavenly Venerable......"

"Didn't you see that on the plaque outside my Qinglong Temple, the color of the word 'temple' is slightly different from the other two words?"

"This is exactly the old traces left by the word 'temple' in Qinglong Temple when it was changed to the word 'view'. ”

After that, Buddhism knew the shame of the back, worked hard, and produced many geniuses, not only to gain a firm foothold in the southern continent, but also to win again in the discussion of the scriptures, and the new emperor issued a decree to abolish the edict of the year. ”

"For Buddhism, this is a history of humiliation, although this nondescript situation has been completely changed later, but my Qinglong Temple deliberately kept the portrait of that year as a testimony to the past. ”

The more Zhao Xiaobai listened, the more shocked he became: There is such a thing?

In this way, the dispute between the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism was once very fierce and cruel.

When the old monk said this, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he asked with a smile: "The donor is from Zhongzhou?"

"You came from thousands of miles away, didn't you come to participate in this year's lecture at the invitation of the Shenxiao Temple?"

When Zhao Xiaobai heard this, he was even more surprised, and secretly thought: I can't hide from such a big trouble as the Commentary Society, which is very easy to pull hatred, where will I accept any invitation?

Besides, I am a Taoist family, an ancestral mountain, so many masters, where can I worry about it?

Immediately didn't take this matter to heart, and replied calmly: "My junior sister and I are from Xiniuhe, but not from Zhongzhou. ”

"As for this lecture, I just heard you talk about it today, and I didn't know about it before!"

"I'm not here to attend the lectures, my sister and I are just here to travel the rivers and mountains and broaden our horizons, and we don't have any other intentions. ”

When the old monk heard this, he asked casually, "I don't know who the donor's name is, but does he have a Taoist name?"

Zhao Xiaobai was taken aback, and then suddenly remembered that he also had a road number.

He's large purple and white.

At the beginning, the senior brother gave such a road name, and he felt that what was purple and white, purple and white, there was no fixed number, which was unpleasant. I haven't been called up, and I've almost forgotten it.

Don't talk about it at this point.

Hurriedly smiled: "My name is Bai Xiaozhao, I am lazy below, I have nothing to do, and I have never had a Taoist number." ”

Then he pointed at Ziyue, his eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "This is my junior sister Ziyan Xiaodao Aunt." ”

When the little girl heard the nonsense in her brother's mouth, she not only changed the names of the two people, but also deliberately added the word "Xiao Daogu" after her road number, and she didn't know what she was doing.

But he also obediently blessed the old monk slightly, pretending to be casual, but there was still a hint of mischievous smile in his eyes.

The old monk gently brushed his sleeves, smiled far-reachingly, and said, "The donor has worked hard from afar, so it's better to rest early." ”

Then he sighed: "The Discussion of the Scriptures will meet once in five years, and the characters will be gathered, which is also a rare opportunity." This year's discussion will be held in three days, and since you two are here, it would be a pity not to sit in and observe!"

The little girl suddenly heard a little moved, and secretly pulled the placket of her brother's clothes. Zhao Xiaobai's face was blank and he said one word: "Three!"

The little girl was immediately deflated and said, "Oh. ”