Chapter 343: Puja
When Xuanzang entered Chang'an City, he didn't care about the prosperity of Chang'an, but his heart was full of sorrow. As a monk, he can be said to see the world very clearly, and he can't help but feel that all living beings are suffering, and he began to keep thinking about it, and a sentence of Buddhist scriptures spit out of his mouth.
So there was a strange scene on the street of Chang'an City, a monk stood on the street, and his mouth kept reciting the light of the Buddha. Above his body, a faint Buddha light made everyone have a new understanding of this monk. As time continued, the speed of Xuanzang's thoughts became faster, and the layers of Buddha light on his body continued to become more and more intense. With the continuous convergence of the Buddha's light, Xuanzang also appeared more solemn, and a sacred breath made people passing by look sideways.
Some people began to pay attention to the Buddha light on Xuanzang's body, and the people around them also began to gather, standing by Xuanzang's side one by one, listening to the Buddhist scriptures in Xuanzang's mouth, with a kind of enlightenment on his face. People kept gathering, gradually from a few people, to dozens, to hundreds, and finally to a thousand. The thousands of people gathered around Xuanzang, and the entire street was completely quiet, and all that remained was the sound of Xuanzang's chanting.
For three days, Xuanzang chanted in place for three days. In these three days, the people around gathered more rapidly, from thousands of people to tens of thousands. Tens of thousands of people are very large there, even Chang'an, the capital of the Terran Dynasty, is a large number. The scene of the gathering of 100,000 people also caused a sensation in the entire Chang'an, and all the people were also full of curiosity about this monk who preached the scriptures.
And after the third day, Xuanzang stopped preaching, stood up, and walked out of the city. Walking out of Chang'an City, Xuanzang came directly to a temple and entered the temple. And this temple is the Akaseiji Temple.
Xuanzang left, but the entire Chang'an City did not calm down. The entire Chang'an City is constantly reciting Xuanzang's deeds, and the tens of thousands of people who listened to Xuanzang's sermons have a better understanding of Buddhism. All of a sudden, the incense in several temples in Chang'an City became prosperous, and believers worshiped in each temple one by one.
And in the end, this news also spread to the ears of Li Shimin in the palace in Chang'an City. After learning about this incident, Li Shimin was also very shocked, but the whole person seemed very calm, without too much attention or contempt. However, on the second day, a decree handed down by Li Shimin made the entire Chang'an shake again. And Li Shimin's will is in the hands of Xuanzang in the preaching Huasheng Temple, and this will is to let Xuanzang hold Dharma in the Huasheng Temple and surpass the dead soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
As the ruler of the entire dynasty, Li Shimin's every decision affected the entire empire. All of a sudden, the entire Chang'an City was completely shaken, and in the Huasheng Temple, monks gathered one by one and began to prepare for the entire ritual.
Now that Buddhism and Taoism are fighting among our human race, such a will will definitely make people think that His Majesty wants to support Buddhism, and those immortals will definitely move at that time. In the Taiji Palace, among the hundreds of officials, civil and military, a person stood up and said to Li Shimin. This person is Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng is also a son of a hundred schools, and he can be said to be very repulsive to the two ways of Buddhism.
Originally, Taoism preached among the human race, and the hundred schools of thought were very rejected, and although Buddhism began to preach among the human race, its power was also very small, and the hundred schools did not care too much. And now under Li Shimin's will, Buddhism will definitely spread more rapidly in the entire Tang Dynasty, and it is very likely to completely surpass the current Taoist power. When the time comes, the two religions will fight among the Terrans, which will definitely have a great impact and a huge impact on the Terrans.
After Wei Zheng's words fell, the eyes of all the people in the entire hall also changed a lot. The people in the entire court are all people of the hundred schools of the human race, and they can be said to be very repulsive to Buddhism and Taoism. Now there is the beginning of Wei Zheng, and one by one they all stood up and said it sentence by sentence.
"Ahem. Li Shimin coughed out, and all the officials in the entire hall stopped talking one by one, and stood respectfully on top of the hall one by one, looking at Li Shimin.
"Ladies and gentlemen, when Buddhism spreads eastward, it is a necessary thing, and this is also the decision of our human race. Now the power of Taoism in our human race is too strong, and the introduction of the power of Buddhism can also make the balance of power in our human race, and also strive for a lot of space for the development of the hundred schools of our human race, so that there is no need to put everything on the strength of Taoism. Li Shimin's body was full of majesty, and the whole person looked very good, every time he said it, the momentum of the whole person increased by a point, and the entire hall was shrouded in this momentum.
For the immortal families and Taoist cultivators among the human race, Li Shimin can be said to be very disgusted. These people who call themselves immortals, one by one, usually look high, and the same is true for him, the emperor, as if everyone is an ant in his hands, and he doesn't take the human race in his eyes at all. And there are many immortal forces who want to infiltrate into the empire and control the rule of the human race.
After hearing Li Shimin's words, all the people also completely settled down, and their eyes looking at Li Shimin also changed a lot. The Li clan was able to suppress all the forces in the human race back then, and many of them were inserted by the power of the immortal family. After the Li family gained power, they also cooperated very much with the spread of Taoism, but these immortal people wanted to extend their hands into the rights of the human race, which Li Shimin could not tolerate.
After Li Shimin's words fell, the court began to discuss again. However, the issue discussed this time is no longer Li Shimin's will, but the response to the eastward spread of Buddhism this time, and how to deal with the forces of Buddhism and Taoism and guide the impact of the forces of the two religions.
For a day, the entire court was in the midst of discussions, and one by one the attention was raised. The enthusiasm of the people above the entire court has been completely mobilized, and the people who can enter the court and be reused, each of them can be said to be outstanding, with their talents in all aspects, and there is no weak force behind them.
Time passed very quickly, and the rituals in the Huasheng Temple had already arrived very quickly. At this time, there were 1,200 monks gathered in the temple, each of whom had a certain prestige among the human race and had a deep understanding of Buddhism, and could be called a high monk.
These people were very happy to come together, and although this time it seemed very simple, they knew that the prosperity of Buddhism had come. So even if it was very far away from Chang'an, they all rushed over one by one and gathered in the Huasheng Temple.
And in addition to these monks, there are also many people gathered outside the Huasheng Temple. However, the space of the Huasheng Temple is very limited after all, and most of the people stay outside the Huasheng Temple, but do not enter the Huasheng Temple.
At the beginning of the puja, Li Shimin also brought hundreds of officials to the Huasheng Temple. Sit down on a seat in a canopy not far from the festival and wait for the whole festival to begin. With the arrival of Li Shimin and others, there was no longer the slightest delay in the Fa. One by one, the monks walked out of the hall of the Mahavira and came to the square of the ceremony, and they were on the futon. At the forefront of these monks is Xuanzang, Xuanzang's role in this incident has greatly improved his status among Buddhist monks. Although some people are still a little unconvinced by him, Xuanzang is a person handpicked by Li Shimin after all, and even if he is not convinced, he does not dare to make the slightest move.