The sudden changes in the northern foothills of Kunlun Mountains have attracted the attention of the whole world.
After all, the Xuanmen Tianzong at this moment is a very important super giant in the vast land of China. The slightest disturbance will arouse the attention and speculation of all parties.
To this day, the Xuanmen Tianzong, which is ranked as the two poles of China along with Taixu Guan, can truly shake the vast land of China with just one stamp of its feet.
What's more, the movement this time is really quite big.
It is not an easy matter for two eminent Buddhist monks who are in the second level of the golden body to have their bodies shattered and fall back to the first level of the golden body.
For a time, the changes in Kunlun Mountain affected the minds of people all over the world, and various forces continued to investigate and investigate.
The figure of Zen Master Dade disappeared deep into the Kunlun Mountains. Others were afraid of the Xuanmen Tianzong and could not conduct an in-depth investigation, so most of their attention was focused on another person who had escaped far away.
After several trials, everyone was surprised to find that the man turned out to be Zen Master Daning, who had been the head of the Buddhist Scripture Pavilion of Dayei Temple in the past and was already at the second level of the Golden Body.
There is no doubt that he went to visit his former fellow disciples, but in the end, for unknown reasons, he ended up with the Tathagata's body broken.
For a time, rumors spread and discussions abounded.
It is said that the brothers Zen Master Dade and Zen Master Daning had a conflict, and the two sides fought to the death, so that both sides suffered losses.
It is also said that Zen Master Daning spoke rudely to the Xuanmen Celestial Sect and was punished by the Xuanmen Celestial Sect and had his body broken. Zen Master Dade defended his junior disciples and also suffered disasters.
Some people also think of the battle to exterminate the Buddha. They speculate whether there is an ulterior motive.
And so on, all kinds of speculations are abuzz in the vast land of China.
Hypotheses were put forward one after another, and high-level people denied them one after another. However, they were widely circulated among the middle- and low-level monks.
Southeast of the Kunlun Mountains, in the Great Hengduan Mountains, the void suddenly cracked, and a figure fell from it and hit a mountain peak hard. His body the size of an ordinary person directly smashed the huge mountain into pieces.
The high mountain turned into a deep valley in an instant. At the bottom of the valley, an old monk sat slumped. His expression was confused and his eyes were struggling.
The old monk's body was covered with a layer of golden light, making him look like a gilded Buddha statue that had come to life.
But at this moment, his shining golden body was covered with dense cracks, like spider webs.
This was not the result of him falling from the sky and landing on a mountain peak, but the reason why his Zen heart was on the verge of being broken, and even the Buddhist golden body was cracked.
The old monk was naturally Zen Master Daning. His eyes were full of pain and struggle: "There must be something wrong... There must be something wrong..."
If he were just an ordinary monk or a Buddhist believer, he would not be in such pain. However, as a person who achieved a golden body through Buddhism, he is now full of confusion and struggle.
For a moment, Zen Master Daning felt that the whole world had become unreal. His own Buddhist practice to achieve the golden body state had become unreal, and even his own existence had become unreal.
"Brother Daning, what happened?" A middle-aged monk broke through the void and suddenly came to Zen Master Daning.
Zen Master Daning raised his eyes and said, "Junior Brother Da... Da Kong?"
The person who came was none other than Monk Da Kong, and his usually calm face showed a look of surprise.
Others need to be suspicious, but as a Buddhist monk with the second level of the golden body, he has witnessed it with his own eyes at this moment, and he can see that Zen Master Daning was not hurt by others, but his own Zen heart was shaken and broken.
Zen Master Daning struggled to get up. He shook his head repeatedly: "Da Kong, do you believe that there is an existence in this world that is neither cause nor effect?"
Monk Dakong suddenly widened his eyes: "What did you say?!"
While he was distracted, Zen Master Daning opened his palms, revealing a small Buddha statue. The small Buddha statue emitted light, wrapped around Zen Master Daning, and then gradually dissipated.
Monk Dakong came back to his senses and looked at Zen Master Daning who was about to disappear: "Did the Master of Xuanmen say something to you? He questioned the law of cause and effect and broke your Zen mind?"
Zen Master Daning shook his head in pain: "I didn't see the Master of Xuanmen, and I didn't even see his disciples. I only saw Brother Dade, and then his and my Zen hearts were broken, both...
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"It's Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Wang Lin, and Shi Tianhao, the disciples of the Master of Xuanmen. It's them... No! Everything is caused by cause and effect. They must be wrong. It's the Xuanmen Tianzong who is wrong! But...
But where did they go wrong...I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out..."
Monk Dakong said in a deep voice: "Brother, follow me back to Dazhou. There are golden bodies of former disciples of the Buddha. If we study the details together, we will definitely find the truth. The heresy of Xuanmen Tianzong will be broken, and you will have greater hope of completing it.
Great Sun Tathagata Sutra!"
Zen Master Daning clasped his hands together with difficulty: "No, I want to think clearly on my own, think about it...fate, rebellion...neither cause nor effect...but how is that possible?!"
Accompanied by low and painful mutterings, Zen Master Daning's figure completely disappeared along with the Buddha's light.
Monk Da Kong stood expressionless and did not stop Zen Master Daning from leaving.
He could see that his senior brother was now on the verge of having his Zen heart broken. There were people from other forces trying to intercept Zen Master Daning before. Zen Master Daning had already consumed too much energy in the process of breaking out. If there were any changes at this moment, he might be
There is fear for life.
"What exactly did Senior Brother Daning see? How can there be anything in this world that is neither cause nor effect?" Monk Dakong's eyes were uncertain.
He joined the Great Zhou Dynasty, but it did not mean that he abandoned Buddhism. What happened at the Great Leiyin Temple in the past was because he firmly believed that his sect had gone astray and deviated from the teachings of Buddha, and he was trying to bring order to the chaos.
As the most promising genius among the great masters of Daleiyin Temple in the past, Monk Dakong was able to reach the state of cultivation today, and his Buddhist attainments are not inferior to those of Zen Master Dade and Zen Master Daning.
At this moment, just listening to what Zen Master Daning said, his feeling was absolutely ridiculous.
Unlike Zen Master Daning who had not witnessed the traces of light and shadow of Zen Master Dade's magic power, Monk Da Kong at this moment felt confused and a little angry.
"Xuanmen Tianzong...the masters of Xuanmen...Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Wang Lin, Shi Tianhao...do you want to shake the foundation of my Buddhist sect? Why do you do that? Just because you know so little about the Buddhist teachings of this temple.
understand?"
When he was seriously injured by Zhu Yi and others in Yinghai, and his future progress was almost cut off, Monk Da Kong had never been as angry as he is today.
But when he gradually calmed down, some different emotions appeared in his heart.
That's vaguely... fear?
Monk Da Kong was shocked. He had not felt such an emotion for many years.
This sentiment comes from Zen Master Daning, and also from Zen Master Dade. Monk Dakong has a deep understanding of his two senior brothers, and he clearly knows how firm their Zen hearts are.
But these two people, at this moment, had their own Tathagata bodies shattered because their Zen minds were damaged!
If there is no truth that can actually impact them, simple arguments alone cannot produce such an effect.
This made Monk Dakong worry about gain and loss: "What did Wang Lin, Zhu Yi and others discover and what did they prove?"
"No matter what they prove, there must be some fallacy!" Monk Dakong's eyes gradually became firm: "Senior Brother Dade and Senior Brother Daning were temporarily distracted by Zen, but they will eventually understand clearly. This is also a layer of cause and effect.
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"In the past, Taixu Guan also questioned the Buddhist teachings of this temple, but in the end it was just empty talk."
Monk Da Kong put his palms together and said: "Cause and effect are the Tao. I am not here, you are not here, and he is not here. The Tao is always there, and the cause and effect is always there. People do not understand cause and effect, and non-cause and effect does not exist."
He returned to the Zhou Dynasty and reported the general story to Emperor Zhou Liang Pan, then went into seclusion and meditated for many days without saying a word.
When Monk Dakong woke up from his trance, he offered a Buddhist bead. The light shone in the Buddhist bead, and a figure appeared, which was Zen Master Daning.
Seeing that Zen Master Daning's expression was even more haggard than before, Monk Dakong looked at him and said calmly: "Brother Daning, what exactly did you see that day? Please pass it on to me. Dakong also wants to see the disciple of Xuanmen Tianzong.
His ability, let’s see why he makes irresponsible remarks about my Buddhist theory of cause and effect.”
Zen Master Daning's eyes were confused and struggling, but also vaguely hopeful.
He didn't want to believe that his theory of cause and effect had been shaken, but he couldn't refute the evidence Wang Lin showed. Deep down, he hoped that other colleagues could help him prove that he was right and the other party was wrong.
A ball of light was passed by Zen Master Daning to the Buddhist bead of Monk Da Kong through his own Buddhist beads.
The light and shadow disappeared, and the contact ended. Monk Dakong quietly looked at the Buddhist beads in front of him, and stretched out a finger to point at it.
"Thousands of strong men have emerged in this temple over the endless years. They have been passed down through the ages to this day. Strong men have also emerged in Tianyuan World. No one has ever truly shaken the way of cause and effect. But now they are criticized by a few juniors? Ridiculous!"
At this time, someone suddenly appeared in the clean room where he was retreating and stopped his movements.
"Your Majesty?" Monk Dakong looked at the Zhou Emperor Liang Pan who suddenly appeared in front of him in surprise. Liang Pan shook his head at him: "In both private and public matters, please hold it in check for the time being."
Monk Dakong looked calm: "Mr. Yu, this dynasty is currently trying not to have contact with the Xuanmen Tianzong. This poor monk can understand and will obey your Majesty's will."
"But privately, is it possible that Your Majesty is worried that the poor monk will be like Senior Brother Dade and Senior Brother Daning? Your Majesty also believes that the fallacy of the Xuanmen Tianzong will shake the way of cause and effect in Buddhism?"
When it comes to orthodox issues, even when facing Zhou Emperor Liang Pan, Monk Da Kong would not give in easily.
Liang Pan shook his head slightly: "Master practices Taoism, I will not interfere, but if Master wants to go to Kunlun Mountain to discuss Taoism with Xuanmen Tianzong, there is no need."
Monk Dakong looked at Liang Pan, and Liang Pan said calmly: "Master has been in retreat these past few days, and there have been a lot of controversies in the vast land of China." (To be continued)