Chapter 939: Buddhism lacks the ten great virtues of the nine great virtues
In the early years of Wude, out of the principle of maintaining the stability of the world, His Majesty Li Yuan adopted the policy of the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. Not only did he take over a large group of old ministers, he even changed the previous dynasty's policy of using monks, officials and Taoist officials to check and manage the monks.
Not many changes were made.
The so-called policy of using monks and officials to check, balance and manage the monks and Taoists is, specifically, the imperial court appoints some Taoist priests and monks as officials, who are responsible for vertically managing the rest of the Taoist priests and monks in the world!
At this point, everyone should understand...
That’s right!
Taishi Ling Kong Qing is the current head of Taoist officials in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the Taoist priests responsible for managing the Taoist priests in the world, and the Taishi Bureau is the department responsible for managing the Taoist priests in the world.
However, unlike the Taishi Bureau, which has a powerful organizational structure, the system of the monks and officials is more Western-style 'democratic'... because they are not led by a certain eminent monk or great virtue, but organized a
It is an organization similar to a parliament, with a total of ten people participating, and all issues will be resolved through consultation.
These ten great monks are called the ‘Ten Great Virtues’!
However, everyone knows about Western-style 'democracy'. Those who can become one of the 'Ten Great Virtues' must basically be eminent monks from the Buddhist sect in Jingzhao, and ordinary monks would not even think about it.
Generally speaking, since these 'Ten Great Virtues' require strength and background in Jingzhao, their lives should be relatively smooth. However, the fact is just the opposite. The eminent monks of these 'Ten Great Virtues'...
I don’t know what kind of bad luck I have had over the past few years, and it can be said that there have been many disasters...
Some of them died violently, such as Monk Faya of the Fahua Sect who committed suicide in prison; some passed away, such as Monk Jizang who just founded the Sanlun Sect not long ago; and some met His Majesty Li Shimin's qualifications as a monk and nun.
After taking the exam, the result was that they were directly eliminated, for example, monk Huiyuan of the Kushe sect and monk Dharma Sutra of the Chengshi sect, etc.
After His Majesty Li Shimin officially ascended the throne, the Chongxuan Office made some calculations and discovered that among the "Ten Great Virtues" established by His Majesty Li Yuan, now only one "Great Virtue" is left, Monk Du Shun, who founded the Huayan Sect. The remaining
All the 'Nine Great Virtues' have fallen into ruins!
Therefore, after consulting the only remaining 'great virtue', Monk Du Shun, one of the four great saintly monks who has not yet received the title of Emperor's Heart Venerable, the Chongxuan Office decided to recruit eminent monks from all over the world.
...For example, selecting new candidates for the "Ten Great Virtues" among those such as Fahua Sect Initiation, Lian Sect Sengyan, and Zen Daoxin.
Under such circumstances, Monk Zhang'an, who was initiated by the Fahua Sect, came to Chang'an in a very high-profile manner, and on the day he entered Chang'an, he held a Dharma conference in the Dayun Jing Temple, the last remaining Fahua Sect temple, and even held it in advance.
He invited Sikong Pei Ji, Prime Minister Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and other dignitaries to attend the meeting.
On the day of the Dharma conference, there were also a large number of attendees, and the momentum was huge. It not only attracted enough attention, but also created a strong sense of presence.
"Master Zhanran!"
After the ceremony, the initiation monk met a pretty middle-aged nun in the backyard of Dayunjing Temple.
"The old monk attaches great importance to what you said in your previous letter, so he went to the capital specifically to re-select the ten virtues. I want to help Master Zhanran to retrieve the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon Achievement Sutra" as soon as possible!"
"Then thank you, the great monk for the initiation!"
The middle-aged nun nodded slightly to the initiation monk, then took out a metal sign from her sleeve, pushed it towards the initiation monk, and continued.
"Because Qingwei is currently rebuilding a house in Yunzhong City, the poor nun didn't know where the other party kept the Sutra, so for the time being, he only found this one, the "Dashe Gaoxin Garuda Sutra".
Now the jade is returned to Zhao intact!"
"oh!"
After seeing the middle-aged nun take out this original copy of the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon Achievement Sutra", the initiation monk's face instantly showed a look of surprise.
"Old monk thought Yinniang you had found nothing, but unexpectedly you found a piece. Your ability to hide and disappear is truly extraordinary!"
"..."
The middle-aged nun smiled and didn't admit it, but she didn't deny it either.
"It just so happened that the old monk also brought the originals of "Deva Sutra" and "Ashura Ten Karma Sutra". Now the old monk can cast a spell and find the way through the mutual induction between the "Eight Parts of Heavenly Dragon Sutra".
The whereabouts of the remaining scriptures."
After saying that, the initiation monk stood up, took out two original pieces of the Sutra from his sleeve, and held one piece in one hand.
"After the map appears in a while, Master Zhanran, you can take a look, where are the remaining ones?"
As he spoke, the initiation monk exerted force with both hands and poured his own mana into it. Then he saw that the reliefs on the Sutra of Sutras in his hands came to life instantly, revealing the original positions of all eight Sutras of Sutra.
"These two places are the two pieces in the old monk's hand. This place is the book you just brought, Master Zhanran, and the remaining place is the book that Qing Weizi has not had time to collect. As for
The remaining two are connected together..."
Having said this, the initiation monk blinked silently and his tone became a little solemn.
"It should be that Qingweizi is also using the old monk's method to find the last enlightenment sutra!"
…
"What!"
Kong Qing, who had just inspected the construction site, turned around and learned some news from Master Guanshan that made him a little puzzled.
"Master Guanshan, you said that the last remaining Sutra of Achievement is not in the Buddhist temple, but is on the body of Nvjuan at Chai Shao's residence?"
"Exactly!"
Master Shi Sengyan put his hands together and said sincerely.
"But the old monk keeps the precepts very strictly, so he really can't take things from women... So, my lord, how about you send a helper to the old monk, or do it yourself?"
"..."
Kong Qing narrowed his eyes and looked at Shi Sengyan with an evil look.
What does this bad old man mean?
Co-authored by you, Master Shi Sengyan, the great monk, keeps the precepts very strictly, so he cannot attack women casually. I, Master Qingwei, am the kind of frivolous and dissolute person, so can I attack women?
"Pindao is also a Taoist master, a moral model, and a master of persuading people to do things that you can't do. Pindao will definitely be even more incapable of doing it!"
Kong Qing waved his hand to Shi Sengyan and continued.
"But since you are in trouble, Master Guanshan, of course I will support you... so be it!"
As he spoke, Kong Qing waved and called a certain ghost maid standing aside.
"You...yes! It's you. Go find Er Niang and tell Pindao to ask her to contact Sangmen Star Warrior Xun and Broom Star Feng Deyi and ask them to come to Yunzhong City to meet me!"
"yes!"
After the ghost maid respectfully agreed, she turned around and floated away without touching the ground!
"Alright, Master of Encouragement!"
After the ghost maid left, Kong Qing turned to look at Shi Sengyan again.
"You are both familiar with Sang Men Xing and Broom Star, and there is no need for Pindao to introduce them. The two of them must fit the definition of a persuasive master who can attack women..."
…
Just when Shi Sengyan was reporting work to Kong Qing, the two orchid dancers from Chai Shao's Mansion once again took a carriage and arrived at the West Market in a familiar way, stopping at the door of a house with rough decoration.
forward.
After seeing the appearance of these two orchids, a certain ranger who was standing in front of the house guarding the door suddenly became excited, the look in his eyes immediately became blank, and his voice became respectful.
"The two ladies are here again, please come in!"
"Um!"
The two Hu Ji nodded, then held a pipa and strummed the strings casually while getting out of the car and walking towards the house. Wherever they passed, all the rangers looked at them intoxicated.
He bowed down and saluted them.
"Hello ladies!"
"Um!"
Amidst such calls and responses, the two Orchids came to the main hall of the house, and then sat down on the main seat with a golden sword. One of the Orchids was still playing the pipa gently, and
Another Hu Ji asked.
"Half a month has passed. Have you found the man in Tsing Yi who asked you to say that Zi Huang Jie is in his hands?"
"No!"
A ranger with a drunken expression shook his head.
"I have tried my best to find it, but I really don't know!"
After this ranger, the remaining rangers also followed suit and started talking.
"That's right!"
"No one was found either!"
"No!"
"did not find……"
"..."
When they heard that the rangers said that they had not found it, the two Hu Ji looked at each other again, with helpless looks in their eyes.
"Okay, then..."
Before the two Hu Ji could finish what they said, they saw a somewhat skinny ranger saying.
"Someone found it!"
"...wait for you to continue looking for...what..."
The Hu Ji who asked the question looked at the ranger with excitement.
"Did you find it?"
"yes!"
The ranger who spoke had an intoxicated look on his face, and then he spoke.
"Just two days ago, a certain person was passing by a longevity food store in the West City and happened to see the man in Tsing Yi walking out of it. A certain person even looked at him one more time... That's right! He was the one who asked us to let him know in the first place.
that person!"
"Very good!"
After hearing this, Hu Ji immediately asked excitedly.
"Then have you found his home?"
"This does not!"
The ranger shook his head with a confused expression.
"The man in green is very ghostly. After walking around for a few times, I couldn't find him..."
"well!"
After hearing his words, Hu Ji, who was originally excited, instantly became depressed.
"Isn't it true that we haven't found it yet?"
"But I went to check the account of that birthday food store..."
The ranger said stupidly again.
"I found out that the man in Tsing Yi ordered some vanilla wooden figurines or something, and he even had a delivery address!"
"..."
After hearing what You Xia'er said, the two Hu Jis, who suddenly felt that there was a bright future, looked at each other in surprise and urged each other.