Chapter 1,333: The great emperor and the Buddha appear together as saints when they are idle and indolent and talk about sutras in vain.
Half an hour later, in the west sky, there is Daleiyin Temple.
The Tathagata Buddha with a bun on his head sits cross-legged on the Nine-Rank Lotus Platform.
Master Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing explained in detail what happened after Ling Feng arrived, and then said: "Emperor Ziwei acted like this, obviously intentionally to prevent the spread of Buddhism eastward. How should we deal with it? Please tell me how to deal with it, Lord Buddha."
Down!"
Tathagata Buddha said: "Let's do one over there. You go to Nanzhan Buzhou and prepare a large-scale Dharma gathering. Invite many Buddhist disciples to attend and talk about the Tripitaka Sutra. If he shows up to stop him, I will take action!
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He is one of the Five Elders of the Five Directions, and his status in the heavenly world is not as good as that of the Great Emperor Ziwei, the Great Emperor of the Four Emperors. Naturally, it is impossible for him to go to heaven and ask Emperor Ziwei to hand over Sun Wukong. After all, the monkey head made the mistake first, and he would have gone otherwise.
I'm back. Why not just make another excuse.
Xuanzang immediately nodded in agreement and continued back to the Central Kingdom with his two disciples.
Immediately, he summoned the monks from all over the world with the body method of the new abbot of the White Horse Temple, and prepared to hold a large-scale Buddhist Dharma assembly.
Baima Temple is the ancestral temple of Buddhism in China, so it is naturally very famous. With the support of two famous Buddhist monks, Shemo Teng and Zhu Falan, it immediately caused a huge response. Buddhist disciples from all over the world gathered in Baima, Luoyang.
temple.
Seven days later, the Baima Temple officially held a Dharma conference. Xuanzang lectured on the Tripitaka Sutra on the high platform, with Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing guarding the Dharma.
The Tripiṭaka Sutra is divided into the Dharma and Tibetan Buddhism, which talk about heaven. The Treatise and Treatise, which talks about the earth. The Sutra and Sutra, which can save ghosts, can resolve hundreds of wrongs, eliminate unnecessary disasters, and save death and suffering.
There were tens of thousands of monks watching in the temple, including many masters and eminent monks from various temples. When they heard Xuanzang preaching the Sutra, all of them showed joy on their faces and seemed to have gained great enlightenment.
At this moment, a group of elite guards wearing black armor quickly surrounded the place. These guards were palace guards, with the lowest level being King Wu.
The surrounding monks' expressions changed drastically when they saw the palace guards, and they all gave way.
At this time, Xuanzhuang stopped preaching, looked at the leader of the guards, and said: "We are here to lecture on the scriptures and have not violated the law. Why are you here?"
The leader of the guards took out a yellow imperial edict and read: "Don't worry, everyone, I am here not to arrest you, but to announce the imperial edict issued by your majesty today. The first article of the Dachu Code states that the names of all Buddhist temples must be
All fields must pay taxes on time, and all monks must be registered. Article 2: Temples are not allowed to defraud people of their money in the name of incense money. Article 3: Monks who have all their hands and feet are not allowed to beg for alms, and anyone they see is allowed.
Arrested and imprisoned. Article 4: If monks hold religious meetings, the court must send someone to supervise them to prevent the spread of treasonous remarks."
Just as the guard finished reciting, there was an uproar immediately. The expressions of the eminent monks and virtuous men all changed drastically, and there were many discussions. They no longer had the detached demeanor of the past.
Why so many tenant farmers brought their fields to temples in ancient times was, of course, because the temple land was tax-free. Therefore, those large temples often had tens of millions of fertile fields under their names, and they had enough food and clothing. For this reason, those who could not survive often became monks.
Even if you work as a novice monk, you can still make ends meet.
But once this article is cancelled, no one knows how much taxes will be paid every year! There are also the second and third articles, each of which is cutting off the foundation of Buddhism. If there is no means of livelihood such as incense money, alms, etc., all monks will have to go
When we are doing farm work in the fields, who has time to talk and preach?
And as these policies spread all over the world, how many children in that family still dare to become a monk? These four policies are obviously intended to destroy the foundation of Buddhism and are a strategy to destroy Buddhism!
Xuanzang naturally saw it, but he kept his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, sitting back and watching the situation develop. He believed that these monks would never allow such a law to be implemented.
Sure enough, an old monk with all white hair immediately said: "I am nearly eighty years old, how can I make a living if I don't beg alms?"
"That's right! If you don't charge money for incense, how can you build a golden body for Buddha? If you don't have a golden body of Buddha, how can you protect the people?"
"The fields owned by our Buddhist temples have been tax-free since the Han Dynasty. How can you change the rules of your ancestors?"
One monk after another said.
At this time, the leader of the guards said in a deep voice: "Quiet!"
His voice shook people's hearts like thunder, and the monks immediately dared not speak any more.
Immediately, the right servant shot Kuai Yue and led people into the temple. He first stared at the white-browed old monk and said coldly: "You are eighty years old. You should have children and grandchildren to support you and enjoy family happiness. However, you are greedy for the welfare of the temple and do not want to make progress.
If you like leisure and work, you naturally don’t have the money to marry and have children. There are three so-called unfilial piety and the biggest is not having children. Your results today are all caused by the causes in the past. Therefore, you deserve the fate you have received today!"
"However, God is kind to you. If you are willing to change your ways, the court will give you a job where you can have enough food and clothing."
After Kuai Yue finished speaking, he looked at the other monks and said: "As for you, you have hands and feet, don't you know how to support yourselves? Planting fields and vegetables, and saving the souls of the dead are what you can do to make a living. If you only seek charity from others, you will not be able to make a living with others.
What’s different about the beggars on the street?”
At this time, Xuanzang said: "Everyone, since the Emperor of Chu wants to destroy our Buddhist sect, all monks can join the poor monks in bowing to the west and praying for the Buddha to appear and relieve this crisis!"
All the monks suddenly understood and kowtowed to the west: "Now the emperor is ignorant, deceived by villains, and wants to destroy Buddhism. We hope that the Buddha will appear and save hundreds of millions of Buddhists! We will recite sutras devoutly day and night and worship the Buddha with incense and offerings."
After a group of monks kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, a golden light suddenly appeared in the west. In the golden light, there was a golden Buddha manifesting himself with incomparable majesty.
All the monks immediately looked overjoyed and kowtowed to the Buddha one after another. They thought that since the Buddha appeared, there was no need to worry about the four strategies to destroy the Buddha.
Even the palace guards, under the illumination of the Buddha's light, felt compassion in their hearts and tended to kneel down and worship.
At this time, Kuai Yue said coldly: "Guards, follow me and salute to the north, and I respectfully invite the Great Emperor Ziwei in the North Pole to descend to earth!"
Immediately, a group of guards followed Kuai Yue and kowtowed to the north. After three kowtows and nine kowtows, purple clouds appeared on the horizon. Dressed in purple robes, the mighty Ziwei Emperor suddenly appeared.
Kuai Yue looked overjoyed, knelt down and saluted, saying: "Old minister, I sincerely welcome your majesty to the world!"
The guards also kowtowed and saluted. This was not only Emperor Ziwei, but also the Supreme Emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty. How could they be disrespectful?
Now the Buddhist monks were confused. Emperor Ziwei also appeared as a saint. If Emperor Ziwei won the battle, wouldn't they still have to pay taxes and work in the fields?
At this time, Tathagata Buddha stared at Emperor Ziwei and said: "Sakyamuni came here at the invitation of the emperor, and he also asked the emperor to let go of the fight and defeat the Buddha!"
Ling Feng laughed and said: "Did this emperor ever say that when the Buddha arrives, he will release Wukong? Monks don't lie, the Buddha broke the precepts!"
What he said was that if you want to save Sun Wukong, let Tathagata come in person.