Chapter 220: The Dispute Arises on the Buddhist Path
The content of the messages from the two Dao is similar, Daomen now occupies a dominant position in the hearts of the people of Nanzhan Buzhou, and there are already some people who put Daomen's divine power above the secular imperial power, which has had a certain impact on the rule of Tang King Li Zhi.
Moreover, Taoism has a large number of followers, and these followers have begun to spontaneously reject other faiths, and Buddhism is the first to bear the brunt.
A few days ago, a few ordinary people threw burning briquettes into the few remaining royal temples in the capital, trying to set these temples on fire and burn them to the ground.
Therefore, Li Zhi and Xuanzang asked Sun Wukong for the first time how to deal with such a situation.
In recent years, the Buddha has been busy with retreat and impact on the saints, and Guanyin Bodhisattva has a heart to explain the teachings, so in the Nanzhan Continent, there is no big man who stands up for the Buddha to support the scene, and it is the Taoist gods and immortals who began to be a little fluttering, and the constraints on the common people are not so big, and some even secretly encourage believers to destroy Buddhism and temples.
Originally, Sun Wukong was lazy to take care of these things, but now that he actually controls Buddhism, and before he absorbs all the remaining Buddha power in Buddhism, it is necessary for Sun Wukong to stand up and support Buddhism, and he can't let Buddhism be sluggish and the personnel are scattered.
If you don't make a move, you have to deal a hard blow to the arrogance of these Daomen.
So Sun Wukong promulgated a decree in the Buddhism, so that these Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Arhats in the Buddhism have gone to Nanzhan Buzhou to do their best to promote Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty and save people from all over the world, and he seized the time to absorb the remaining power of Buddhism in the Daleiyin Temple.
In this way, it is equivalent to letting Buddhism and Taoism directly confront and collide in the mortal world, and the high-level leaders of Buddhism looked at each other for a while, and their hearts were a little bottomless.
After all, there is Sanqing standing behind the Daomen, no, Erqing, behind us, except for the Monkey King, there is no saint to rely on.
In the early years, the two sages of the West did not ask about the world for too many years, only when the Buddha attacked the saints, the two sages of the West made some movements, and other times, it was almost the same.
"What are you afraid of, the saints of the Heavenly Dao can't interfere with the mortal world indiscriminately, the saints don't come out, who else is my opponent in the world, you can go with peace of mind, everything has me!"
Sun Wukong opened his mouth to cheer up all the Buddhist bigwigs, calm the hearts of the army, and at the same time put on a tough attitude, and these Buddhist bigwigs all set off one after another to go to Nanzhan Buzhou.
On a calm night, in Chang'an City, the sky above the Great Ci'en Temple suddenly made a great Buddha light, illuminating the entire Chang'an City, and the people who had already fallen asleep were awakened by the golden light in the sky, and opened their windows one after another to look out.
I saw the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Arhats described in the Buddhist scriptures, one after another manifested their true bodies, descended from the sky, and walked into the Great Mercy and Grace Temple one after another.
Early in the morning of the second day, the people in Chang'an City exploded, and many people who had believed in Buddhism before said in private that the gods of Buddhism had gone down to earth and lived in the Great Ci'en Temple.
There is more gossip among the people spread rapidly, today's Great Mercy and Grace Temple, full of gods and Buddhas, there are requests to respond, as long as it is a sincere people, has not done any evil things, you can go to the Great Mercy and Grace Temple to pray for incense, to achieve what you want.
These news, like a spring breeze, blew all over the entire Tang Dynasty in a few days, so that some of the people who were swaying in Taoism and Buddhism rushed to the Daci'en Temple in Chang'an City, burned incense and made wishes, and sought a future, in case it really came true.
These people who came to make incense and made wishes, as long as they didn't do bad things, they all came true!
As soon as this news came out, more and more people set off from all over the country and rushed to Chang'an City.
Where can a great temple of mercy and grace accommodate people from all over the country who come to the incense, so the host of the temple of great mercy and grace announced that the only remaining Tianlong Temple and White Horse Temple in Chang'an City accept pilgrims, pray for the people to eliminate disasters, and respond to requests, and the effect is the same as that of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple!
So in the past, these three temples that needed relief from the imperial court to survive, and there were usually no pilgrims to worship, for a time the incense was vigorous, the voices were boiling, and the influence of Buddhism suddenly increased again.
The view of the Heavenly Master in the south of Chang'an City, there is a living immortal of Dingyang Zhenren in these years, and the current emperor Li Zhi has also come here to incense, and it has always been the most prosperous Taoist temple of incense in Chang'an City.
At this time, Dingyang Zhenren bowed down on one knee in the quiet backyard and reported to the people in the courtyard.
"Qi Qi Immortal Envoy, a few days ago, a large number of high-level Buddhists descended on the Great Ci'en Temple, most of them are above the Heavenly Immortal level, and there are also a lot of Taiyi-level bosses, and finally there are a few Daluo strong people in charge, this matter has greatly exceeded our ability, and please ask the Immortal Envoy to decide. ”
Today's Qingyao Fairy can actually advance in the mortal world, and her cultivation is promoted to the rank of Taiyi, and she is even more valued and affirmed by the four heavenly masters of the Heavenly Court, and she is vigorously cultivated, and she can already handle all matters in the Daomen in Chang'an City.
Such a big thing has happened in the past few days, and many earth immortals and heavenly immortals have already come to report to Fairy Qingyao, and they don't know how to deal with it next.
This matter is too important, and Fairy Qingyao did not dare to make a decision, her brows furrowed slightly, so she could only set off to Jiuxian Mountain, and now Guangchengzi, the big man of the Daomen who is in charge of the missionary mission in the mortal world, is sitting there.
Jiuxian Mountain is located in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the distance is not far, there is strange such as Yellow Mountain, show such as Mount Tai, dangerous as Huashan, as the head of the twelve golden immortals, Guangchengzi's temporary dojo, there are many Taoist spectators around, countless immortals, the people are misty, the scenery is picturesque.
In less than half a day, the Qingyao fairy rushed from Chang'an City to Jiuxian Mountain, handed a prayer to the god who protected the mountain, and soon after, he was led by the god general and came to Taoyuan Cave.
"Xiaoxian Qingyao, under the seat of the Four Heavenly Masters' Mansion, is responsible for recording the good and evil of Daomen disciples in the world, and I have come to see Guangchengzi Shangxian. ”
Fairy Qingyao bowed down and bowed.
"Get up, come to me, what's the matter?"
Guang Chengzi closed his eyes on the futon, opened his eyes at this moment, saw the face of Fairy Qingyao, frowned, and asked.
Fairy Qingyao reported to Guangchengzi that all the Buddhist bigwigs in Chang'an City came together and reported to Guangchengzi about the temple.
"Oh? There is such a thing, do these Buddhist disciples want to come over collectively to compete with my Daomen?"
Guang Chengzi's originally peaceful gaze suddenly flashed, revealing a hint of murderous intent.
The twelve golden immortals of that year, there was no good stubble, all of them were decisive people, all the way out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, not only was he not afraid of such a thing, but he was also a little excited in his heart.
Guangchengzi pinched his fingers and calculated, there are still more than ten or twenty years before the fourth change of imperial power in the Tang Kingdom, who is the next emperor at this time, there is no fixed number, and now there is no Buddha in Buddhism, is it that monkey who wants to come to compete with my Daomen?
Hmph, no matter who it is, Dao Ancestor Laojun and Yuan Shi Tianzun have already issued a decree, so that I must ensure the prosperity of humanity and luck, and at the same time firmly hold the Tang Kingdom in our hands, and we must not make a difference of half a point.
"Since Buddhism took the lead in manifesting the vision of supernatural powers in the Great Ci'en Temple, then you will return to the Heavenly Master Temple now, and make a little preparation. ”。
Guang Chengzi thought about it for a while, and decided to fight with the real swords and guns of Buddhism, with the support of saints, what else are you afraid of.
Fairy Qingyao received Guang Chengzi's decree and returned all the way back to the Heavenly Master Temple in Chang'an City, and instructed the cultivators and Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals in the Temple to prepare for those famous bosses in the sky.