Chapter 621 The Buddha scolded the ancestor Maitreya
"And since Buddhism was spread in Hezhou, Xiniu, after thousands of years, it has deteriorated and become a national cancer."
Feng Zhou stood up and walked on the top of the thirteen-story tower with his hands behind his back, "Do you know the origin of the pawn industry? Hey, five hundred years ago, Xiniu Hezhou was in chaos, but Buddhism was extremely prosperous. The Buddhist temples had more money than the national treasury.
The country is at war with the Shitu Kingdom, and both sides need to borrow money from Buddhist temples to pay for their troops!"
Feng Zhou clasped his hands in the hall and shook his head, "After that, the pawn industry appeared."
"As far as I know, the reason why the Lion and Camel Kingdom was destroyed in one fell swoop was because it could not afford to repay the bonds and had no choice but to have the idea of destroying the Buddha, so it was eaten clean by the big roc. Your Buddhist sect has opened up a new industry.
Then destroy a country!"
"A religion whose followers are not engaged in production actually controls the country's financial lifeline, consumes the people's spirit, and even endangers the country's destiny. Which king can tolerate such followers? If the Buddha is not destroyed, the country must be destroyed. Only by destroying the Buddha can the country be saved.
, you say that the Buddha’s disciples suffered, who is the one to blame? Is this what Sakyamuni taught you when he preached the Dharma?”
Chang Tingzi was silent. His true identity was no trivial matter. He was Maitreya Buddha. Although he was now in the mortal world and had his magical powers blocked, it did not mean that he had no knowledge. With his status, he was naturally very familiar with the past events of Buddhism.
What Feng Zhou said is indeed true, but it is indeed difficult to answer the questions Feng Zhou asked.
After Chang Tingzi was silent for a long time, he replied: "All dharmas arise from conditions, and all dharmas perish from conditions. There must be reasons for what happened in the past. The right and wrong have returned to dust. Who is right and who is wrong? Who can comment on it."
Feng Zhou said: "Five or six hundred years ago, I might have heard about it, but now I'm afraid you can't explain it."
He looked at Chang Tingzi and said, "When the relics of Gong Fenghua, a pagoda built by the Sai Kingdom, were sacrificed, they were just brick pagodas. Now in our country, they have been replaced by copper pagodas. The supplies consume the people and are greedy. You monks have nothing, but why do you treat them so badly?
Do you value external things so much? If fame, fortune, wealth and wealth are all untouchable, what’s the use of practicing?”
Chang Tingzi lowered his head and sighed: "Your Majesty has a deep prejudice against me as a Buddhist, and it can no longer be explained clearly in a short while."
He smiled slightly: "But Your Majesty has a predestined relationship with my Buddha, so why not study the meaning of my Buddhist scriptures with me here? It will only take a year and a half, and you will surely become enlightened."
Changtingzi smiled and said: "I have the Tripitaka of the Mahayana Sutra. As long as I recite it every day, I will understand my heart and nature and understand the true meaning of my Buddha's compassion."
Feng Zhou chuckled and said, "The Buddha is in your heart, but not in your mouth?"
He sighed: "Back then, the Buddha was preaching the Dharma in the snow-capped mountains. He was holding a Jinbala flower with a calm expression and said nothing. All living beings were puzzled, but only Maha Kassapa smiled softly. The Buddha immediately said that Kassapa had received his true teaching.
, it can be seen that Buddhism emphasizes on knowing the mind and seeing its nature, and sealing the mind with the heart. Once enlightened, the mind will become a Buddha. But you are here reciting the Mahayana Sutra and the Tripitaka. What can you achieve through this practice? Can you achieve this big belly and smile?
To all sentient beings, let others know your true face?"
Chang Tingzi was shocked again, knowing that Feng Zhou had discovered his true identity.
He is the successor of the World Honored Sakyamuni Buddha. He will be reborn in the Saha world to practice Taoism in the future and become the next Buddha in the Saha world, that is, the fifth Buddha among the Thousand Buddhas of the Wise Kalpa. He is often called "Maitreya Buddha who will be born next."
Buddha".
This time he descended into the mortal world as a mortal named Chang Tingzi, with the purpose of crossing the Fengzhou River and introducing him to Buddhism so that he could achieve Buddhist status as soon as possible.
But now he discovered that the other party not only understood Buddhism, but also deeply hated some of the shortcomings of Buddhist disciples, which he found difficult to overcome.
After all, Kassapa and Ananda, the two direct disciples of the Blessed One, still have unquenched desires.
If all the Buddhas on Lingshan Mountain practiced hard, wore hundreds of robes, drank and ate little, and did not enjoy the desires of their ears and eyes, who of the three thousand disciples would be willing to enter Buddhism?
Even the Holy Land of Lingshan is like this, not to mention the many Buddhist monks all over the world?
It should be noted that the more great Buddhists are, the more they will pay attention to letting nature take its course and never go against the four seasons and the natural time. Others can see that the Buddha has not achieved perfection and refuse to enter the Buddha. Even if he is you, Maitreya Buddha, you cannot forcefully recruit people.
Buddha.
You must know that he is now a mortal and cannot use magic power. Even though he is the true body of Maitreya Buddha, the body of a quasi-sage, he knows that the other party is also a quasi-sage. If he really wants to use the trick of "the donor is destined to my Buddha", he may not be able to
success.
Being unable to cross the Fengzhou River and enter Buddhahood only means that the other party has become deeply possessed by the devil.
If he can't beat him with his hands, then his position as Maitreya Buddha in the future will be in trouble.
At this moment, Chang Tingzi sighed in his heart, it was all right, and asked casually: "If you want to become a Buddha, how can you be vain?"
Feng Zhou said: "You must realize that there is no Buddha in your heart, no Buddha in your eyes, and no Buddha anywhere."
Maitreya Buddha was slightly startled, and he vaguely discovered the true meaning of Buddhism. He seemed to have some insight into his own practice, and he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
We must know that the principles of all things in the universe are constantly developing and advancing. Even Buddhism and Taoism are constantly pursuing the ultimate truth of enlightenment. Even great people like Maitreya Buddha and those who have fully awakened must continue to understand the truth.
Today, the enlightenment of the Buddhas in Lingshan, as to how to transmit the Dharma, is still in the realm of "deep prajna, one line of samadhi, who is the one who recites Buddha's name".
It was only after Xuanzang obtained the sutras, experienced twists and turns, and ascended in front of the temple that the Buddhas gradually understood the principle of "no form as the body, no abiding as the foundation, and no thought as the sect" when teaching and teaching.
At this time, Chang Tingzi seemed to believe it or not, and asked: "What does it mean to be without a Buddha? And how do you know the method of Zen practice?"
Feng Zhou chuckled and said: "I have no Buddha and no Dharma here. Bodhidharma is an old coward, the Bodhisattva of the tenth level is a dung-carrying man, the second wonderful enlightenment is an ordinary person who breaks the precepts, Bodhi Nirvana is tied to a donkey's prong.
The two-point religion is a ghost book."
Chang Tingzi was slightly stunned, "Why is Your Majesty so rude to my Buddha?"
Although he said this, there was not much blame in his tone. He seemed to have some understanding of Feng Zhou's words, but it was not clear.
Feng Zhou continued: "When Sakyamuni was born, he pointed one finger to the sky and the other to the earth. He walked seven steps around and looked at the clouds in all directions. I am the only one in the sky and under the world. If I saw it at that time, I would kill the dog with a stick and eat it. I would be interested in the world.
Peace.”
Chang Tingzi's body trembled, and his face showed a mixture of joy and distress. He seemed to understand Feng Zhou's words, but he always seemed to be missing something.
When Feng Zhou saw this, he sighed: "Everything you have said is false!"
When he said these words, the look of distress on the face of the monk opposite suddenly disappeared, and the look of joy immediately rose. He patted his belly gently, laughed loudly, and made a verse and said: "A big belly can tolerate things that are difficult to tolerate in the world."
"Always laugh to your heart's content, and laugh at the ridiculous people in the world."
Feng Zhou laughed loudly and held his hand slightly to Chang Tingzi: "Congratulations to the Buddha for taking another step forward."
Chang Tingzi was smiling with his chest and abdomen exposed, sitting on a futon with a pleasant smile. He ignored Feng Zhou and recited a poem in his mouth: "I want to cross the emperor to join the Buddha, but when I look up I see the sky at the top of the tower, shouting at the Buddha and scolding the ancestors for enlightenment.
Going back turns out to be going forward.”
After reciting this limerick, he laughed and clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Yes! That's it! Go and have a rest! Go and have a rest!"
He didn't return the greeting, but Feng Zhou responded, "Buddha, you're welcome!"
After saying that, Feng Zhou turned around and left the tower.
On the second day, Chang Tingzi left Jinghuang Temple, clapped his hands and sang songs, and headed west without missing a trace.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty was the same as the Sui and Tang Dynasties in China. Although Zen Buddhism was on the rise, it was still very different from the Chinese Zen of later generations.
As far as China is concerned, until the time of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, Buddhist disciples scolded the Buddha and pursued the true nature of nature, so that the body and mind can be at ease, free from great constraints, understand the mind and nature, and achieve enlightenment and liberation.
Although the Buddhas on Lingshan Mountain have profound Buddhist teachings, they are still in a state of diligent practice in spreading the Dharma and enlightening themselves. What Feng Zhou said about the mortal body of Maitreya Buddha were two famous rants in later generations' crazy Zen koans. These were not the crazy words of a madman.
Crazy words, but "unconventional" aphorisms of Buddhism that shed inherent prejudices.
Remind the world that everything with appearances is false. Even if it is a classic Buddha image, whether it is a sage or a sage, they are all subject to birth and death, and are not the normal and truthful way.
After Maitreya Buddha attained enlightenment, he immediately understood that Fengzhou Buddhism was profound and not a demon that could destroy the Buddha. However, its Buddhist principles could establish a sect in Buddhism and be called the ancestral Taoist sect. Just one sentence was enough to achieve the right to the Buddha's position.
At this point, he has already stood shoulder to shoulder with the Bodhi Patriarch, Zhen Yuanzi and other great sages of the immortal world who are hiding in Hezhou, Xiniu. If you can help him enter the Buddha, it would be better to see him outside the Buddha, which will promote the true meaning of our Buddha.
After the holy monk Chang Tingzi left, Jinghuang Temple seemed to have suddenly lost everyone's protection.
Especially this temple, which whitewashes the golden Buddha and wastes money. Only the splendor of the Buddhist hall is in the eyes, but it lacks the compassionate heart of the Buddha. It only worships the Buddha and does not seek self-interest. It has gone astray without knowing it and has forgotten the fundamentals of practicing Buddhism.
It is to escape from the sea of suffering and enter tranquility. The things outside the body are worse than nothing.
As soon as Chang Tingzi left, the great fortune that shrouded Jinghuang Temple suddenly dissipated. Although many monks in Jingfo Temple mostly made friends with powerful people, and even a few old monks often chatted and laughed with the Supreme King, it was not difficult for Feng Zhou at all.
disposal.
Feng Zhou returned to the palace and gave the order. There was no longer any resistance to the resumption of the land of the Buddhist temple, which had been a bit deadlocked.
In the name of "Buddhist disciples with great compassion, the victims of the Ming Dynasty disaster are in urgent need of relief", Feng Zhou took out 90% of the money stored in the temple's treasury for ten years to be used as military supplies.
The dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty immediately understood what the emperor meant. Who was really doing good to Buddhism? They couldn't even hide at this time.
Therefore, officials at all levels went out to search the property of the temples under their control, and the Ming Dynasty's treasury immediately made a huge sum of money.
A year has passed since all the temples in the Ming Dynasty were dealt with, 90% of the monks were returned to secular life, and the law that all religious places must pay taxes according to law was implemented.
At this time, the wedding procession of the eldest princess of Huainan, escorted by Li Daozong, King of Jiangxia of the Tang Dynasty, arrived in Zhuzi City. Feng Zhou received Li Daozong and his entourage with the most solemn etiquette, and then married the eldest princess of Huainan, Li Chengxia, according to Tang rites, and named her the Golden Saint Palace.
Empress.
It turns out that after King Xiniu Hezhou, they were all called the Zhenggong, East Palace, and West Palace." In the Ming Dynasty, the Zhenggong was called the Jinsheng Palace, the East Palace was called the Yusheng Palace, and the West Palace was called the Silver Saint Palace.
Now the Golden Saint Palace is Li Chengxia, the eldest princess of Huainan in the Tang Dynasty, while the Silver Saint Palace and the Jade Saint Palace are both daughters of nobles from their own countries.
Li Chengxia from Jinshenggong was of noble birth, beautiful, generous, and virtuous. In the Ming Dynasty Palace, she was almost as good as his sister-in-law, the eldest grandson Queen. Although Feng Zhou married her because of a political marriage, after a long time, he became
Look at it with admiration and love it even more.
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