Chapter 206: Buddhists gather together, is there a Buddha appearing in the world?

When talking about the Jianghu and the martial arts world, there are two words that cannot be avoided.

Buddha and Taoism.

The so-called three religions.

Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

However, although the three doctrines have always been listed side by side, when it comes down to it, Confucianism and Taoism are actually in a transcendent state.

Do not believe in ghosts and gods, do not seek afterlife, it seems like a religion but it is not.

The most important thing is to learn literary and martial arts and serve the emperor.

Confucianism and Taoism have been rooted in the court since their inception.

Strictly speaking, it is different from Buddhism and Taoism.

But Buddhism and Taoism.

These two schools are different.

The martial arts world, the rivers and lakes, even among the people and the imperial court.

It can be said that the two major sects have long infiltrated all aspects.

Of course, ever since the two religions came into being, there has never been harmony between the two sides.

From top to bottom, in every aspect, the struggle between the two sides can be seen.

In the court, people fight for power; among the people, people fight for faith; in the martial arts world, people fight for superiority and inferiority.

The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism.

It can be said that it has never stopped over the past thousand years.

Of course, where there is a fight there will be a winner and a loser.

In Kyushu and in various countries, the two religions have always been in a state of rise and fall.

In a certain country or place, perhaps Buddhism will increase and Taoism will decrease, or Taoism will increase and Buddhism will decrease.

But overall, the two major sects are still in a state of balance.

Great Sui.

To some extent, it is a country that is in a period of the rise of Buddhism and the decline of Taoism.

Discuss from the root.

Among the three schools of thought, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, Confucianism is excluded.

Just talking about Buddhism.

In the beginning, Taoism actually had the upper hand.

a little.

The founder of two religions.

The Buddhist Sakyamuni was not from China, but belonged to a foreign race.

And Taoism, since Laojun, has always been a purely authentic Chinese sect.

So at the beginning, the people of Middle-earth did not have that much good feelings towards Buddhism, a foreign sect.

But as time goes by.

Buddhism took root in China, absorbed the Central Plains culture, and quickly completed the transformation from top to bottom.

The so-called major Buddhist sects in China were also formed, which were truly evenly matched with Taoism, and even slightly surpassed Taoism.

After all, these sects are just Han sects.

Among the various alien races around Middle-earth, there are also the four paths of Tantric Buddhism.

As we all know, in most foreign countries, Buddhism has always had the upper hand.

Our attention returns to the Sui Dynasty.

The situation of Buddhism and Taoism in the Sui Dynasty actually has its roots in historical legacies.

At that time, Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Yong, destroyed Buddhism and suppressed Taoism.

As a result, the Buddhist and Taoist forces in the country suffered a devastating blow.

After Emperor Yuwen Yong, the ban was lifted, and both Buddhism and Taoism began to recover with all their strength.

The Taoist Zhonglou Temple gave rise to the Ten Elders of Tiangu, which made this sect the leading Taoist sect in the Sui Dynasty.

But in comparison, the development of Buddhism is undoubtedly faster.

The most important point is when the Sui Dynasty was established.

The Buddhist community fully supported Yang Jian.

In the Taoist sect's traditional business of Fulongting, they actually fell behind the Buddhist sect.

Of course, the most important point is that in the late Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, Taoism did not produce any truly amazing leaders.

Although the Ten Elders of Tiangu and Qi Hui today are considered outstanding people, they do not have an overwhelming advantage when facing the powerful Buddhists and individual figures.

For example, the Daming Taoist sect produced the legendary Zhang Sanfeng.

In the Taoist sects of the Song Dynasty, including Quanzhen in the North, Zhengyi in the South, and even other sects, there are countless amazing people.

But in the Sui Dynasty, apparently there was no such person.

This also led to the fact that Taoism was at a disadvantage in the struggle between Buddhism and Taoism in the Sui Dynasty.

Great Sui, Eastern Capital, Luoyang.

The streets are crowded with people, it can be said to be a prosperous scene.

Before that, Yang Guang issued two edicts in succession, one to build the Eastern Capital and the other to repair the canal.

But in fact, this building was not built from scratch, but was renovated and expanded on the original basis.

After all, Luoyang has always existed and has always been the eastern capital of the Sui Dynasty.

As Yang Guang's edict was issued, the city became more prosperous.

Luoyang, southern suburbs.

Looking around, you can see endless palaces of all sizes.

They are connected to each other and it looks like a city within a city.

At the very center is a magnificent circular hall with an arched roof.

Even if you don't get close, you can feel the golden light coming towards you.

It was emanating from the four walls of the hall.

The golden arched roof and copper walls together make up this majestic hall.

Such luxurious and magnificent decoration is enough to make anyone stunned.

But for people in the world.

This area is also well-known.

This is the location of Jingnian Zen Temple, a giant in the Buddhist community of the Sui Dynasty.

At this time, at the entrance of Jingnian Zen Temple, the people moving back and forth had almost occupied the vast open space.

"What does Jingnian Zen Temple want to do?"

As one of the pillars of Buddhism in the Sui Dynasty, it is the largest sect near Luoyang.

Such a huge commotion at Jingnian Zen Temple naturally attracted countless people.

After the news of Yang Lin's death in the Battle of Yumen Pass came out.

The Sui Dynasty fell into unprecedented turmoil.

This is true in the court, among the people, and in the martial arts world as well.

From north to south, in every part of the Sui Dynasty, irresistible forces were ready to make a move.

But soon, the Battle of Xiangfan broke out, and the imperial edict issued by Daxing City spread the battle report of Xiangfan throughout the Sui Dynasty.

Great victory, Gao Changsheng.

These few words swept across the entire Sui Dynasty like a hurricane.

All the resentment that had been ignited everywhere was instantly extinguished.

Because everyone knows it.

After the war, the Duke of Qi, who had swept across half of the eastern part of Jiuzhou with his troops, would soon return to the Sui Dynasty.

At a time like this, who would dare to act rashly?
Not only those ambitious people, but even the entire martial arts world fell into extreme tranquility all of a sudden.

All past disputes and conflicts seemed to be put aside in an instant.

The entire Sui Dynasty was harmonious.

Under such circumstances, the sudden commotion in Jingnian Zen Temple naturally attracted attention.

"With all this commotion, could it be that Jingnian Zen Temple is making some big move? This shouldn't be the case."

A puzzled voice was heard from the crowd watching in the distance.

The strength of Jingnian Zen Temple is indeed powerful, and it is an extremely dazzling existence in the Buddhist community of the Sui Dynasty today.

After all, when supporting Yang Jian, it was Cihang Jingzhai and Jingnian Zen Temple that first participated.

After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, both factions gained great benefits.

However, due to the special nature of Cihang Jingzhai, most of the believers, incense and money are actually inherited by Jingnian Zen Temple.

The clue can be seen from the luxury of the halls in Jingnian Zen Temple in Luoyang City.

But in fact, the current situation of Jingnian Zen Temple is actually very embarrassing.

In the early years of Yang Jian's founding of the country, Buddhism and Taoism were in decline. Because of the support of the two sects and Buddhism, he did greatly support the establishment of Buddhist temples.

But as time went on, Yang Jian and the court slowly adjusted their strategies, began to restrict Buddhism and balance all parties.

Therefore, today, Jingnian Zen Temple and Cihang Jingzhai no longer have the preferential treatment they received in the early days of the founding of the country.

And the most important point: Gao Changsheng.

This can be seen from the great battle outside Daxing City.

The Duke of Qi did not have a good attitude towards Buddhism.

Even now, the dozen or so monks from Jingnian Zen Temple are still working as coolies in Nanjing city.

Now Gao Changsheng is about to return home with a great victory, and considering what happened before, it is conceivable that the other party will not be in a very good mood.

At a time like this, it is really surprising that Jingnian Zen Temple did not keep a low profile but dared to mobilize such a large force.

"Indeed, Jingnian Temple has always followed the lead of Cihang Jingzhai, but I haven't heard anything about Jingzhai recently?"

Someone wondered.

Jingnian Zen Temple and Cihang Jingzhai have always been inseparable from Jiao and Meng, while Cihang Jingzhai has been quiet in the martial arts world for a long time. Under such circumstances, it is indeed quite strange for the Zen temple to act alone.

In fact, what these people don’t know is that Cihang Jingzhai is not inactive.

When the news of Yang Lin's death just came out, Fan Qinghui, who had sought help from Song Que in vain, had already returned to Jingzhai and made plans to help Long Ting again.

And this time, they also set an extremely shocking slogan: Choosing the emperor on behalf of God.

Unfortunately, while Jingzhai was still planning and had no time to act, the Battle of Xiangfan broke out at an astonishing speed and ended with an astonishing result.

Fan Qinghui and others were scared back before their plan could even begin.

"Strange, really strange."

The sounds around me are endless.

Because at this time, more and more monks were gathering outside the Jingnian Zen Temple.

Even if you look around, you can see a large number of monks coming in one after another.

Such an astonishing number of monks even exceeds the number of disciples in the Jingnian Zen Temple.

"Look, that's the Emperor's Heart."

Someone suddenly exclaimed, pointing at an old monk in the distance who was holding a staff.

As the old monk appeared, three old monks also appeared in the other three directions at the same time.

Wisdom, Jiaxiang, Daoxin.

The four great holy monks appeared together.

Everyone was inexplicably shocked.

At the Jingnian Zen Temple, the four great holy monks of Buddhism appeared again.

With such a big show, what exactly does Buddhism want to do?
Doubts arose in everyone's mind.

"I seem to have seen someone from the Vinaya school." Another voice spoke.

After these words were spoken, the people around them frowned again.

The Vinaya school is also a major Buddhist school, but it was not very popular during the Sui Dynasty.

There are many Buddhist sects in the Sui Dynasty, but they are generally divided into two forces.

On one side, there are Cihang Jingzhai and Jingnian Zen Temple. On the other side, there are Shaolin Zen, Sanlun Zen, Huayan Zen, and Tiantai Zen, which are the sects where the four great monks are located.

Although there are occasional intrigues between the two major camps, they are actually quite harmonious on the surface.

But it is quite strange that people from the Vinaya school appear here.

The major branch of the Vinaya school was not in the Sui Dynasty, so it was not prominent in the Sui Dynasty, and they did not participate in many Buddhist affairs of the Sui Dynasty.

"Even the Vinaya school is participating, which basically means that the entire Sui Dynasty Buddhist community is here. Could it be some large-scale Dharma assembly?" someone asked doubtfully.

"A Dharma Assembly? It won't be hosted by Jingnian Zen Temple, right?" As soon as the words were spoken, someone raised a question.

Among the Buddhist sects of the Sui Dynasty, the most prominent ones today are undoubtedly Cihang Jingzhai and Jingnian Zen Temple.

This is also the leader of Buddhism in the hearts of countless people.

But among them, Cihang Jingzhai is a female sect and its existence is quite special.

Although Jingnian Zen Temple is also known as Zen Buddhism, it is not as good as Shaolin, Sanlun, Huayan, Tiantai, etc.

Jingnian Zen Temple is actually more like a pure martial arts sect.

As for other sects, the Huayan Sect has the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Tiantai Sect has the Lotus Sutra and the Wonderful Dharma Lotus Sutra.

Although Shaolin is famous for its 72 unique skills, it is well known that when Bodhidharma founded the sect, he revered Kashyapa from afar. There are also classics such as the Diamond Sutra and the Lankavatara Sutra in the temple.

Therefore, even if there is a Dharma assembly that encompasses all Buddhist sects, it will never be held at the Jingnian Zen Temple.

In other words, even if Jingnian Zen Temple held a Dharma Assembly, it would definitely not attract so many sects.

"So many eminent monks gathered here, isn't it for some kind of ceremony?"

Just when everyone was curious, a voice suddenly sounded beside them.

"Ok?"

As soon as these words were spoken, they instantly attracted the attention of everyone around.

"Brother, do you know the reason?"

Someone asked.

"Yes, this time the Buddhists gathered together, something big has indeed happened."

The man started to laugh.

"Please help me solve this problem."

As soon as he finished speaking, the man let out a chuckle.

It was obvious that he was very proud to be surrounded by so many people.

After a few chuckles, the man held up two fingers.

"A distant cousin of mine works as a fire monk in the Jingnian Zen Temple, so I happen to know some inside information."

"The unprecedented gathering of the Buddhist sect of the Great Sui Dynasty is due to two major events."

As the man spoke, the surroundings quickly became quiet.

"A few days ago, several major Buddhist temples received a letter."

"What's the letter?" Everyone around spoke instinctively.

“A high-ranking Tantric monk is here to visit us.” The man said with a smile.

“Tantra!”

Someone exclaimed, as if realizing something.

Among religions, everyone is aware of the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism.

But in fact, the fighting within the same sect is equally terrible, especially a sect like Buddhism that is extremely dependent on the incense of believers.

For a long time, various sects of Tantric Buddhism have occupied the territories of foreign races outside Middle-earth, while Middle-earth has the Buddhist sect headed by Zen Buddhism.

This is the so-called Zen-Esoteric Buddhism dispute.

It is called Zen and Esoteric Buddhism, but in fact it is the Buddhist sects in China that have joined forces to keep Esoteric Buddhism out of the countries in China.

"You should have guessed it. It's the dispute between Zen and Esoteric Buddhism."

The man laughed and said, "And the person who delivered the message this time is no ordinary character."

This statement once again attracted everyone's attention.

"When my cousin was delivering food, he overheard that the person coming to visit this time was the founder of the Nyingma school of Tantric Buddhism, Guru Padmasambhava."

"What?" A cry of surprise came from all around.

"The founder of the Tantric Buddhism, the living Buddha in the world, suddenly came to visit the Great Sui Dynasty. Maybe it was a call for the Tantric Buddhism to enter the country to preach. How can the various sects of the Great Sui Dynasty not face a powerful enemy?"

Hearing this, several people nodded at the same time.

But soon a hint of doubt appeared again.

"The entry of Tantric Buddhism into the country is indeed a huge event for Buddhism."

"But according to common sense, this kind of thing should be left in Shaolin."

Someone spoke.

The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, and the dispute within the Buddhist community, is not simply a matter of physical combat and debate, which is bound to be unavoidable.

The Jingnian Zen Temple doesn’t even have its own scriptures, so what will it use to deal with the situation when the time comes, especially Padmasambhava, the founder of the sect.

"Hehe, under normal circumstances, it would definitely not be the turn of Jingnian Zen Temple."

"That's the second big thing I mentioned."

"That's why so many people are participating. Even the low-key Vinaya sect has sent people here."

In a word, it can be said that everyone's curiosity was completely aroused.

"It is said that a Buddha was born in the Jingnian Zen Temple."

As soon as the words fell, everyone around him widened their eyes almost at the same time.

"Are you sure?"

Son of Buddha, this slogan is too grand. After all, it does not represent just one Zen sect, but encompasses the entire Buddhist community.

"It is absolutely true. This time it was Master Liaokong of Jingnian Zen Temple who personally sent out the invitation to each sect."

As soon as these words came out, everyone took a breath.

It was Liaokong’s personal invitation, so this cannot be fake.

But anyone who knows a little bit about the inside story of Jingnian Zen Temple knows that they are really not a good match for Buddhists.

At this time, the man suddenly leaned close to the ears of several people and whispered: "As far as I know, this Buddhist disciple is not a disciple of Jingnian Zen Temple, but was found in other temples and brought back to the Zen Temple."

"What? There is such a thing. I wonder if this Buddhist..."

"It's not far away. It's a little monk in the Pure Land Temple at the foot of Jinshan Mountain, outside the western suburbs of Luoyang."

"I think his name is Xuan... Yes, it's Xuanzang."

(End of this chapter)