Chapter 421 A more convincing miracle, please feel at ease
When the seven days were up and the bottle was empty, Kang Senghui asked for another seven days, and Sun Quan agreed.
The seventh day came again, and it was still disappointing. Sun Quan couldn't bear it any longer: "If you talk about efficacious things, you are clearly deceiving me! What else do you have to say now? Come and take me down."
"Wait a minute, Your Majesty! Praying for relics is not as easy as carrying water and firewood. Perhaps some of my disciples are afraid of the king's power and cannot be pure. Even the Buddha blames him and hopes that your majesty will give you another seven days of leave. If
If it's not due yet, just let it go." Kang Senghui clasped his hands together and begged,
"Okay, I will give you seven more days." There was murderous intent in Sun Quan's voice.
The atmosphere in the hut became increasingly tense. Kang Senghui sighed:
"Confucius once said, Wen Yi is dead, so why is Wen here? The Buddha should have shown efficacious effects, but you and I can't move him. If we are so useless, why are we waiting for the punishment of the king's law? We should swear: If there is no more efficacious effects,
, just die!"
Time is becoming more and more stagnant, and everyone is looking forward to it with piety and fear. What awaits them seems not to be a flash of inspiration, but the cold light of a sword and ax.
The seventh day came again. Morning, noon, and evening, the bottles were still empty. Most of the people's hearts were already gray. When they looked at the master, he was still sitting quietly with his eyes closed and his face was as usual. He was still waiting.
At the fifth watch, there was a sound of gunshots in the bottle, and Kang Senghui's heart suddenly brightened. He held the bottle and looked at it, and the relics shone in it. For a moment, everyone's hearts fell, and everyone couldn't help but burst into tears after being extremely nervous: 1
Bloodshed was finally avoided, and more importantly, Buddhism was finally recognized.
The next day, all the civil and military officials were gathered in the court. Monk Kang came to see him and placed the copper vase on several tables. Suddenly, colorful light emitted from the vase, frightening the people who gathered around to see them and backed away. Sun Quan picked up the copper vase and poured the relics into the palace.
On the copper plate, the relics rushed down, and the copper plate immediately shattered. Sun Quan was in awe: "Although the date has been delayed, it is true after all."
"This is really a rare and auspicious thing." Sun Quan then sighed with emotion.
"Your Majesty, the relics have extraordinary power. In addition to their dazzling brilliance, they cannot be burned by calamity fire and the vajra pestle cannot be damaged," Kang Senghui said.
"Is this really true? Come here and knock it for me." Sun Quan said happily.
Kang Seng Hui secretly vowed in his heart: The auspicious clouds of Buddhism have just been spread, and the people are relying on their blessings. They are willing to perform miracles again to spread the spirit of enlightenment.
The relic was placed on the anvil. The strong man struck it with a hammer. With just one blow, the hammer shattered. The strongman was shocked. The relic sank into the anvil, but was not damaged.
Sun Quan immediately ordered the construction of pagodas and temples, and asked Kang Senghui masters and disciples to preach in them. Since this was the first temple in Jiangdong, he named it Jianchu Temple and called the temple area Buddha Lane.
Since then, Buddhism in Jiangdong has gradually flourished. It has only been two years now. Along the way, Kang Senghui is still filled with emotions. If he had not "transformed" the relics, he would have gone to accompany the Buddha long ago.
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But this was impossible, because he had already found this relic, and it was only in order to persuade Sun Quan to build the temple that he took it out after several struggles. He also concealed this matter from the disciples who were accompanying him.
After all, it is easy to see things that neither the emperor nor his disciples cherish. Only miracles are more convincing.
Although his achievements are not as good as those of the eminent monks Shemo Teng, Zhu Falan and others who came from the east when the White Horse Temple was built, he was still successful and allowed Buddhism to take root in the land east of the Yangtze River, which was something that no one before him could do.
The full name of Shemateng is Jiashemateng, or Zhushemateng. Zhu refers to the name of the country. Jiashe means Kasyapa (Kashyapa). It is the surname of Brahmin. He is good at etiquette and interprets Mahayana classics. He often takes it as his duty to travel and transform.
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In the past, when Mo Teng went to a small vassal country in Tianzhu to teach the "Golden Light Sutra", foreign troops invaded the country. Mo Teng said: "According to the scriptures, those who can speak this sutra will be protected by the earth gods and make the
Live in peace and contentment.
A war will break out today. Isn't this a good opportunity to benefit the people through the law?" He therefore vowed to sacrifice his own interests and went to the border in person to persuade peace. As a result, the two countries were happy to avoid war, and he himself also
Fame rises.
After Jiashe Moten came to Luoyang, he collaborated with Zhu Falan to translate the Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters, which was initially stored at Moten's residence.
And Flan also came from Tianzhu in the 10th year of Emperor Yongping of Han Ming Dynasty (67 AD).
At that time, when Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty sent Cai Min and a group of twelve people to his country to visit Buddhism, Zhu Falan happened to be traveling with Shemo Teng.
After being invited by the Chinese envoy, they prepared to go to the East together, but their apprentices tried their best to retain them and tried to stop them.
Reluctantly, Zhu Falan had no choice but to sneak through the tunnels and finally arrived at Luoyang, the imperial capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, where he lived with Shemo Teng at the White Horse Temple.
Zhu Falan, a learned scholar, was able to speak Chinese soon after arriving in Luo, and began to translate the Buddhist scriptures brought back by Cai Min and others from the Western Regions. Due to many wars, the first four scriptures were lost, and only the Forty-Two Chapter Sutra was handed down.
All the classics of later generations of China begin with it.
As early as the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty passed through the bottom of Kunming Pond and found black ash on his body. At that time, he asked Dongfang Shuo, but Shuo Yun didn't know and asked people from the Western Regions.
After Zhu Falan arrived in Luoyang, people asked him about it. He said: The world will end and the calamity fire cave will burn. The ashes are the witness. Zhu Falan's statement confirmed Dongfang Shuo's prophecy, so there were many believers.
He believed that his contribution to Buddhism was not comparable to these two, but his achievements were enough to be passed down to future generations.
When Monk Kang saw the many treasures enshrined in the underground palace, he clasped his hands and said, "This is the merit of this poor monk in his life!"
When the ceremony is over, several strong men will close the gate of the underground palace and completely seal the stone door. The ceremony of enshrining the relics into the tower will end.
The monks returned to the Main Hall to continue singing Sanskrit. Now they no longer have to go out for alms as they did when they first came. After all, Sun Quan's generous offerings were enough to meet their needs for decades, and the price was that Jianchu Temple became the royal temple of Soochow.
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What Kang Seng Hui taught at that time was relatively primitive Theravada Buddhism. He and his fellow monks still inherited the traditional Buddhist lifestyle, that is, they did not produce their own food and clothing, and relied on alms and donations from believers for food and clothing (now in Buddhist countries in Southeast Asia, monks
The monks still make a living from this),
With Sun Quan's charity, all their difficulties were solved. Such treatment was not available in all monasteries. It must only be available in big monasteries like Baima and Jianchu.
In the Zen room, Sun Quan continued to speak: "I built this temple for my mother and Kang Senghui just to seek some peace of mind. Just like Liu Zhuang's righteousness in killing his relatives,
After all, many soldiers from both sides died in the battles at Chibi and Yiling. I feel guilty towards Gong Jin and other people who have made great contributions to Jiangdong over the years, but I can’t say it out loud. I also have my own reasons!”
Zhi Qian clasped his hands together and said, "It's great that Your Majesty has this intention."