Volume 6 Enlisting people to hear the Luocheng flute, Chapter 807, Dawu
Honganji breathed with some difficulty, constantly trying to find some clues in Yu Qiuping's eyes. However, Yu Qiuping's eyes were crystal clear at the moment, and there was absolutely no intention of lying. He tasted the meaning of his words,
Finally, tremblingly, he spoke out the question he had always wanted to avoid:
"Your Highness Hongye wants to say... that all the evidence for the existence of gods and Buddhas is false, and even the gods and Buddhas themselves do not exist?"
"If you have never seen a person with your own eyes, and no one has seen it with your own eyes, and all rumors come from books, and there is no proof that he exists, then why should you say that he must exist?" Yu Qiuping
Pointing to his chest, "If gods and Buddhas really exist, why haven't I been punished by God for being so disobedient to them and teasing their followers in the name of gods and Buddhas a few days ago?"
Yu Qiuping's words made Honganji Xianru's expression war with heaven and earth. Every time when he was flustered since childhood, Honganji Xianru would always recite scriptures to calm himself down. But this time, those scriptures were
He looked weak and powerless. Honganji looked more and more frightened as he thought about it, and his eyes turned red.
"His Royal Highness Hongye is very logical and eloquent. The young monk really doesn't know how to refute." Honganji Xian bowed to Yu Qiuping as if he had finally admitted defeat. Tears were already shining in his eyes. "As a Dharma Master, I can't prove that God is a god."
The existence of Buddha is really a great shame and humiliation. But no matter how His Highness tries to reason, I will still firmly believe that gods and Buddhas exist in this world and will not be shaken."
"No one can prove that the gods and Buddhas are really not here."
Yu Qiuping's sudden 180-degree turn made Honganji Xianru startled again and raised his head in confusion.
"Yes, no one can prove that the gods and Buddhas are really not there, but no one can prove that the gods and Buddhas are really there." Yu Qiuping said with a smile.
"But didn't His Highness say a lot of truth before, proving that there are natural laws in the operation of everything in the world?"
"No one can guarantee that they are right. There are still too many things that humans don't know." Yu Qiuping laughed and shook his head, "Human beings are the most self-righteous. They always think that they have mastered the laws of everything.
Taoist priests in ancient times believed that oracle bone inscriptions could tell all the truth in the world. Later, people began to believe in omnipotent gods that controlled order, and later there were science and natural laws. Although they believed in different things, one thing was the same.
——They always think that they have mastered everything, that their own method is the only correct method, and that their own principles are the only truth."
"But on the contrary, the only truth that has existed in human society for more than a thousand years is that mankind has never grasped the eternal truth. And the only lesson that mankind can learn from history is that mankind can never learn from history."
"People in the past swore that gods and Buddhas must exist, and people in later generations swore to prove that there is no god in the world, but who knows the truth? Maybe God really exists, but it is just that we cannot observe it with our methods."
"Witchcraft, religion, and the laws of nature, to put it bluntly, they all stem from people's fear of the unknown. People are afraid of the unknown, the darkness, and the unpredictable future and world. So they came up with the idea
There are various ways to explain the mechanism of this world, to fill in the darkness that people cannot see, and to make the whole world transparent and clear at a glance. In this way, people will not be afraid."
"So there was witchcraft. People used witchcraft to predict the future, prayed with witchcraft, and offered sacrifices with witchcraft to eliminate the fear of position in their hearts and give their souls a resting place. Later, there was religion, and people believed that the world was
Controlled by intelligent gods, as long as the strange gods obey the requirements of the gods, they can live in this life and be reincarnated in the next life. Later, with the advent of science and natural laws, people used universal axiomatic logic to explain all phenomena and cause-and-effect relationships in the world.
Let the mystery of the world fade away and make people feel at ease."
"But it's all the same. These are all put forward by people who think they are right. People nowadays think that science is omnipotent and completely reliable and reasonable, which is different from the feudal superstition of the past. But little did they know that people in the past also thought that they were right.
The explanation of the world is reliable and reasonable. This arrogance has never changed, and can only be laughed at by more advanced descendants." Yu Qiuping laughed twice and glanced at Honganji Hianru. The latter was very serious.
Listening, although there may be some parts he didn't understand - but Yu Qiuping knew he had listened.
"Let me tell the Master a story, the story of the farmer and the chicken." Yu Qiuping suddenly remembered this story for some reason.
"Your Highness, please speak." Honganji Xianru didn't know why Yu Qiuping suddenly changed from a serious topic to a childish-sounding story, but he still agreed.
"Once upon a time, there was a farm. A farmer raised many chickens. He would come to the yard to feed the chickens at nine o'clock every day. Over time, an onmyoji came out of the chickens. Oh no, an onmyoji."
Yu Qiupei's story amused Honganji Xianru.
"The yin-yang chicken said that he has a way to predict the future. As long as he performs witchcraft, he can predict when tomorrow's food will come."
"Later, the chickens focused on the person who fed them. The chickens believed that the person who fed them was the god of the world. One of the chickens claimed that he was the representative of the farmer, saying that he was the reincarnation of the farmer. Only chickens
In accordance with God's requirements, they crow five times every day so that they can finally have food."
"Later, there was an extremely smart chicken who discovered the rule - feeding always comes at Mao hour before sunrise. So he called this the law of nature, and all the chickens believed in his logic."
"Later, during the Chinese New Year, the farmer killed and ate all the chickens on New Year's Eve." Yu Qiuping pretended to be profound and said this sentence, making Honganji Xianru laugh out loud.
"The gods and laws in their eyes are actually just a handful of fodder that farmers throw around when they wake up in the morning. Some people have been trying to explain the world for a lifetime, or even for several generations, thinking they have mastered the laws of the world.
The final result did not even touch the edge of the truth. Even the most advanced science mentioned by His Highness Momiji may be a handful of fodder for gods and Buddhas to accidentally collide." Honganji Xianru smiled at Yu Qiuping,
"Your Highness Hongye wants to tell me this, right?"
"That's right." Yu Qiuping nodded happily, "So although those teachings are all made up by me, in the eyes of others, it is me explaining the world, and there is no distinction between true and false. After all, even gods and Buddhas do not exist.
If we don’t even know existence, who will know the truth? Maybe, maybe, the true teachings that gods and Buddhas have in mind happen to be the same as what I casually say? Who knows? No one knows. After all, no one can
Find an old man like a god or Buddha and ask him personally."
"What did Your Highness say so much to teach the young monks?" Honganji Temple Xianru became more and more confused about Yu Qiupei's purpose. "If it is to persuade Ishiyama Gobo to open the city and to make Jodo Shinshu disappear, there is no need to say so much.
As long as the monk is shaken by the authenticity of Jodo Shinshu and can't refute it, wouldn't it be enough to stop?"
"Actually, whether it's the Pure Land Shinsect or the gods and Buddhas, it's not necessarily a bad thing. I don't have the intention to destroy it." Yu Qiuping shook his head and suddenly brought up an inexplicable topic, "Speaking of which, it seems that the master knows that Nanman
Teach?”
"Those teachings of the Nanman people?" Honganji Xianru clasped his hands together and replied in a low voice, "I have heard a little bit, they are all..." However, halfway through speaking, he suddenly stopped. He originally wanted to say "They are all..."
Heresy", but according to Yu Qiuping's analysis, what is the difference between Pure Land Shinshu, Buddhism and Nanman Buddhism? They are all meant to explain the world and eliminate the fear of the unknown.
"There is also a new sect in the Nanman sect called Calvinism. I don't know how to pronounce it in Japanese, so I will just transliterate it for you." Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "Its teachings are very strange.
In the teachings of Calvinism, their god and Buddha, whom we call God, who their God will save, who will be reborn in the pure land of heaven, and who will be sent to hell were all determined long, long ago.
Long before you were born, or even long before your ancestors were born, your fate—pure land or hell—had already been determined. No matter what you do in this world, you cannot change your fate. If you are destined to go to hell, even if
It doesn’t matter if you are a good person with boundless merits. If you are destined to be reborn in the Pure Land, it doesn’t matter even if you commit heinous crimes.”
"What kind of teaching is this?" Honganji Temple laughed dumbly after hearing this. "How can such teachings have any effect? Doesn't it encourage believers to indulge in dissolute activities and enjoy themselves in time? If no one is willing to practice, isn't it harmful to the world?"
"On the contrary, Calvinists are the most diligent and thrifty." Yu Qiuping shook his head.
"This?" Honganji looked stunned, "Why? Why do you still work hard and frugally when you know clearly that what you do in this life will not affect whether you can be reborn in the Pure Land?"
Yu Qiuping did not answer in a hurry, but after pondering for a long time, he asked slowly and in a low voice:
“Didn’t the Master face the same situation when he was praying at the top of the city this morning?”
Honganji appeared stunned.
"Whether the gods and Buddhas are really angry depends on whether the Master's ancestors have tampered with the teachings. In other words, whether the gods and Buddhas will strike down thunder and lightning today was already determined by those ancestors hundreds of years ago. 1
No matter how much you pray and be pious this morning, it will not help. If the Master’s forefathers had really changed his teachings, even if the sun and the moon could tell of the Master’s sincerity, thunder would still strike down. If the Master’s forefathers had not changed his teachings,
Even if you talk nonsense, Master, there will be no divine punishment. In this case, Master, why do you still go to the top of the city and why do you still pray devoutly to the gods and Buddhas? Even if you do nothing, the outcome will not be the same.
Is there any difference?"
Yu Qiuping's question made Honganji Xianru fall into deep thought. He was silent for a long time, and Yu Qiuping couldn't understand the complicated look in his eyes.
After a long time, Honganji Xianru finally raised his head again and whispered incoherently:
"Because the young monk firmly believes that... all the masters in the past would never do this."
"Why?" Yu Qiuping asked.
Honganji Xianru hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said, "Your Majesty Momiji, please give me a clear explanation."
"Because they can teach by example and teach you, a Dharma master who is willing to go to the top of the city in times of crisis and pray for the entire sect and believers in the most dangerous place -" Yu Qiuping prolonged his tone and raised his hand.
Pointing to Honganji Hiroyuki, "So, they will never be the ones who tamper with the teachings. People who tamper with the teachings will not have disciples like you who are devoted to the Buddha."
Honganji Xianru seemed to suddenly have an epiphany. He looked at Yuqiupei with eyes seeking confirmation and said, "So the believer of the Nanman Sect...it is also because everyone firmly believes that they were destined to be saved thousands of years ago, so they feel that
Do you think you should be a diligent and frugal person?"
"That's right. Even if fate decides that you will be saved or go to hell; even if gods and Buddhas exist or don't exist."
Yu Qiuping clasped his hands together devoutly and bowed to Honganji Xianru and the Buddha statue behind him.
"No matter what, stick to your beliefs and ideas. Save all sentient beings, quell the war, pray for the pure land, and yearn for peace."
"Everything we do is not for our own salvation. That is not something we can decide."