163. The Missionary Controversy
Xiniu Hezhou Buddhism suddenly large-scale preaching, and accompanied by the forced crossing of the scattered cultivation to join the Buddhism, the disciples of Buddhism came out to preach, can be described as a lotus flower, extremely bewitching ability, and in the missionary recitation of the Sutra of the hearts of the people, so that people believe.
During this mission, Buddhist temples were built everywhere in the dwellings of mortals, Buddha statues were shaped, and Buddhist disciples were sent to preside over and preach the Dharma. It is also often held to pray for the blessings and auspiciousness of the local mortals. From time to time, a miracle or a vision is revealed. For a time, believers gathered, and the Buddhist temple was full of believers.
At the same time, although the disciples of the two sects were also preaching in Xiniu Hezhou, there were very few credible people, which was really bleak.
In the face of such a situation, the lamp that presided over the affairs of Xiniu Hezhou could not be imagined, and the last thought that there might be a way to find the Tao, so he sent the Cangwu Daoist to make a special trip to the Dao Mountain for help.
After listening to Cangwu Daoren, Xundaozi did not reply immediately, but closed his eyes and pondered, thinking carefully, and Cangwu and Su Xin on the side did not speak, quietly waiting for Xundaozi to think.
After a long time, the seeker opened his eyes, and summoned Liu Ling and Bouldering with a trick, and instructed: "Liu Ling, you immediately go to Luojia Mountain in the South China Sea, and ask your Uncle Cihang to go to Linghu Mountain; Bouldering, you immediately rush to Jinao Island in the East China Sea and ask your Uncle Jinling Our Lady to go to Linghu Mountain as well; you two go and return quickly, and you will understand as soon as possible what Shi Weier and others have said!"
Liu Ling and Bouldering bowed down to lead the order.
Xundaozi turned back to Su Xin and said, "Would you like to go for a walk together?"
Su Xin smiled lightly and said, "It's okay left and right, I'll go with you to have a look!"
Xundaozi immediately instructed the three-eyed snow lion beast, and Su Xin also explained a few words to Zi Ling, and the two of them cleaned up slightly, and took two tubes of tea and handed them to Cangwu Daodao: "I will go with my junior brother to have a look, see the situation and then reason!"
Cangwu Daoist happily accepted the tea and said happily: "Thank you senior brother!
Xun Daozi smiled lightly and said: "This move of Buddhism should not be underestimated, whether this situation can be broken still depends on the specific situation, and everyone thinks about it together." Alright, let's go to Vulture Mountain first!"
Immediately, the three of them rushed straight to Xiniu Hezhou Vulture Mountain.
After the Eagle Mountain Burning Lamp led the disciples of the two sects to welcome Xundaozi and Su Xin into the main hall and sit down separately, Xundaozi spoke: "Senior Brother Cangwu has informed me of the situation, I don't know what the situation is recently?
Randen said: "Buddhism is fierce, and preaching is done to the extreme. Therefore, in the face of Buddhism's wanton preaching and wantonization, it is difficult for us to spread the teachings of our Xuanmen, and there are very few believers, and most of the believers have been driven away by Buddhism before. But we can't think about it, so we have to ask the deputy sect leader for help!"
Seeker listened to the words of the burning lamp, and a rare trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, but he noticed that the inherent believers in the mouth of the burning lamp were actually taken away by the strength of Buddhism, on the one hand, they were angry at the unscrupulous strength of the Buddhism sect, and on the other hand, they were also a little angry at the burning lamp and so on for allowing the strength of the Buddhism to do nothing. After the lantern was finished, Xundaozi immediately asked, "Why does the Buddhism sect dare to be unscrupulous among the believers of my Xuanmen, and what is the reason for this?" There was a faint chill in his voice, which made the disciples of the two sects present feel a slight chill in their hearts.
Randen also heard the dissatisfaction in Xundaozi's words, and replied with a wry smile: "At the beginning of the Buddhist mission, there was an agreement with us, and both sides could preach among the other party's believers, and the people would decide their beliefs. At that time, we thought that with the experience of Cihang's mission, our missionary would not lose to Buddhism, so we agreed. I didn't think that Buddhism preaching is not like our Xuanmen, and the missionaries in Buddhism can be described as lotus flowers with their tongues, and they are so fantastical that they can even confuse ordinary people. From time to time, it is supplemented by the supernatural Dharma, and the most helpless thing for us is that the Buddhism once had a human scripture, and once this sutra is chanted, it can make people unconsciously plunge into the Buddhism, which is very powerful! However, we are limited by the canons and cannot use the divine channel method, and it is difficult to defeat the momentum of Buddhism's mission!"
After listening to the burning lamp, he saw that the disciples of the two sects had a look of shame on their faces, thought about it, and said: "Although there is a little conflict between the teachings of the three teachings of my Xuanmen, the core of the teachings of the three religions has the meaning of self-improvement, which is the foundation of the teachings of the three teachings of my Xuanmen. What did the Buddhism preach?"
This time, under the signal of the lantern, the Songshi Taoist told the various propositions preached by Buddhism, including the saying that all living beings are suffering, Buddhism is universal, taking refuge in Buddhism, getting rid of the sea of suffering, and ??????
Xundaozi listened carefully, and found that there were many differences between the teachings preached by Buddhism at this time and the teachings he knew in his previous life, such as the core doctrine of reincarnation and retribution, which was not mentioned by the Songshi Taoist at this time, and perhaps the six reincarnations of the underworld had not been taken into account by the two saints of Buddhism at this time, and the mysteries had not yet had time to be sorted into the teachings of Buddhism.
Buddhism has not yet preached the reincarnation of the retribution is still beneficial to the Xuanmen to win over ordinary believers, the Xuanmen emphasizes its own cultivation of strong and detached, so although it talks about cause and effect, it is more important to pay more attention to the glimmer of life under the avenue, and does not seek the glory of the next life, but only strives for transcendence in this life. The illusory and unpredictable afterlife makes Xuanmen even more important in this life. However, this pursuit is not as good as the reincarnation retribution preached by Buddhism, so that the retribution of good deeds in this life is accumulated, and the burden of patience is carried in order to seek the retribution in the afterlife to penetrate into the hearts of the people and gather believers.
At this time, the theory of reincarnation and retribution of Buddhism has not yet been born, and the Xuanmen doctrine may not be attractive to ordinary people.
In fact, as far as the teachings of Xuanmen and Buddhism are concerned, Xundaozi has always felt that in terms of elite talents, Xuanmen is more attractive than Buddhism, while Buddhism has a greater advantage among ordinary believers. Because the teachings preached by Buddhism can easily become the spiritual support of ordinary people.
From the point of view of the teachings preached by Xuanmen and Buddhism, although Xundaozi does not judge who is right and who is wrong, Xundaozi always believes that Buddhism's teachings have worn out the consciousness of ordinary people's resistance and due blood surname, and enslaved the spirit of the people.
Correspondingly, the seeker likes the practice of Xuanmen only striving for the present, but Xuanmen practice, because it does not seek the will of sentient beings, so it rarely pays attention to sentient beings, and then has little influence on sentient beings.
At this moment, although reincarnation is out, it is not in the hands of Buddhism, and I don't know if the Buddha's retribution can be introduced; the three religions of Xuanmen appeared because of the search for the Tao, and the Xuanmen mission is not just for the sake of passing on the Taoist system at will. There is also Chi You who was named the master of the army, shared the luck of the human race with the three emperors, and was sacrificed by the human race to protect the blood of the human race. No one can foresee this change.
After listening carefully, Xundaozi learned that although Buddhism was preaching very quickly at this time, and there was a great tendency to take charge of Xiniu Hezhou, because Xuanmen responded as soon as possible under Xundaozi's proposal when Buddhism changed its name, Xuanmen still had many believers in Xiniuhezhou, but now it is under the aggressive pressure of Buddhism. Everyone hoped that the seeker would come up with a way to deal with it.
After learning about the situation in detail, Xundaozi also had some ideas at first, but he needed an opportunity, and Xundaozi was confident that he would firmly nail a few nails in Xiniu Hezhou, so that Buddhism could not easily develop outward. Even development has to follow certain rules.
While waiting for the opportunity, Cihang Zhenren and Our Lady of the Golden Spirit also rushed to Vulture Mountain to understand the situation under the arrangement of the seeker. Xundaozi also explained to everyone what he thought and planned to implement, and brainstormed to further improve the plan, and everyone was extremely excited to wait for the opportunity to implement the plan.
Xundaozi and others came to Xiniu Hezhou and were also known to Buddhism, but there was no movement when they arrived at Linghu Mountain, and the disciples of the two sects of Xuanmen also continued to be active in Xiniu Hezhou, and there was nothing unusual. Let the great powers of Buddhism not be able to find out why the Taozi and others are here.
When he knew that the seeker had arrived at Eagle Mountain, Buddhism did not make a big move, and only preached in his own area and held some Buddhist activities, without the slightest conflict with Xuanmen mission.
After discovering the Buddhism, he was not in a hurry to find the Tao, so he talked about the Tao and the Dharma with everyone on the Vulture Mountain, and said some desolate things.
Time passed inadvertently, and no one deliberately paid attention to it, after all, practitioners didn't care much about the concept of time, and Xuanmen's mission in Xiniuhezhou was as always, nothing special.
This said, the Taoist and the burning lamp are explaining the confusion encountered in the practice with the disciples stationed on the Vulture Mountain, and also reflect their understanding of the Tao, and when they are demonstrating their understanding of the Tao, a disciple of the sect came in with an excited face and saluted everyone in the audience and said: "Ordered by Senior Brother, I have found out that the missionaries of Buddhism have gone to the place of preaching a few days in front of my Xuanmen!"
Xundaozi waved his hand to disperse the supernatural powers being demonstrated, and looked at each other with Randeng, Cihang Zhenren, Our Lady of Jin Ling and others, and said lightly: "Here, let's see the two junior sisters show their magical powers!"
Our Lady of Jin Ling and Cihang Zhenren saluted to the Taoist and the lamp, and Our Lady of Jin Ling said: "I will not disgrace my mission, Senior Sister I and Senior Sister Cihang will go first!" After speaking, the two got up and said goodbye.
Xundaozi smiled and said, "I'm here to wait for the good news of the two junior sisters!"
Cihang Zhenren's face showed strong confidence, and he said: "Please ask Senior Brother Xundaozi, Elder Burning Lamp, Senior Sister Su Xin and all of you to wait for the good news of me and Senior Sister Jin Ling!"
Xundaozi spoke again: "The two junior sisters are here to let go, there is no need to worry, if there is something to be carried by the senior brother and you, how can you not fall into the prestige of my Xuanmen!"
Our Lady of Jin Ling and Cihang Zhenren also had a cold face, and responded in unison: "Obey the orders of the senior brother!" and turned around and left together.