Chapter 525: A Century of Buddhism

At that time, the Dao of the Heavenly Master was declining, and Kou Qianzhi himself was very sincere to Dao, and tried every means to promote Daoism. It was really possible for the old man to show his holy edict. In order to further increase the influence of the new Tianshi Dao, Kou Qianzhi went to meet with Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but he was not reused. He worked hard to find a supporter.
This supporter was the famous Confucian Cui Hao. With Cui Hao's strong recommendation, Kou Qianzhi was valued by Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and sent someone to take him to the palace. Emperor Taiwu specially sent people to worship at Songshan Mountain and took Kou Qianzhi's disciples to the capital. From then on, he was both a celestial teacher and an emperor, and he was deeply trusted by Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Kou Qianzhi draws symbols in the palace every day. He advocates inclusiveness, absorbing the strengths of Confucianism and Buddhism, and transforming the way of heaven.
The Tao of Tianshi was revered by Emperor Taiwu and definitely affected the development of Buddhism, but at that time Emperor Wei Wu and Kou Qianzhi had no ill will towards Buddhism. Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty later discovered that monks and nuns did not abide by the rules and disciplines, and did some depraved things, so he ordered the prohibition of monks and lays.
In 445 AD, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty discovered that the monks of the Chang'an Buddhist Temple were related to the Huren Gaiwu who had rebelled against the Wei Dynasty. He ordered the killing of the Shamen of Chang'an, the killing of monks in Xia Zhao states, the destruction of Buddha statues, and the prohibition of people from believing in Buddhism. Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty was devastated.
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, most of the believers in Buddhism were the Xianbei nobles. The prime minister Cui Hao ruled the country with Confucianism and wanted to weaken the power of the nobility, so he strongly supported Emperor Taiwu to destroy Buddhism.
Kou Qianzhi was not enthusiastic about Emperor Taiwu’s extermination of Buddhism. He believed that Taoism was already the state religion, and Buddhism was a war. The five scums could not compete with Taoism. There was no need to reject Buddhism. Lao Zi wrote a letter to Guan Hua Hu as a Buddha. Sakyamuni was the incarnation of Lao Zi, with red flowers, white lotus roots and green leaves. The three religions only began to separate their families in the Zhou Dynasty. They used to be one family.
He repeatedly begged to see Prime Minister Cui Hao to analyze the pros and cons of extinguishing the Buddha, but Cui Hao refused to listen and insisted on completely extinguishing the Buddha. Buddhism began to spread to the east five hundred years ago. Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed the Buddha. All temples and towers in the country were not spared, which affected the plan of spreading Buddhism to the east.
According to the game setting, there are two main people responsible for the layout of Buddhism Dongzhuan. On the bright side is the compassionate Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, and on the dark side is the Dingguang Huanxi Buddha.
Guanshiyin Bodhisattva and Dingguang Huanxi Buddha came from Dongtu and are very familiar with the customs of Dongtu. It is very suitable for them to be responsible for the east spread of Buddhism. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is very compassionate and treats the people of Buddhism in a gentle way. While spreading Buddhism to the east, he hopes that Buddhism will be more recognized in the east.
Dingguang Huanxi Buddha is doing some things that are not on the table, secretly making various arrangements, such as supporting Ge Wu to send troops to fight against Wei, and Ge Wu promised to position Buddhism as the state religion once it succeeds.
Five hundred years ago, Buddhism formally formulated a plan to learn the scriptures of the west. The premise of the scriptures was that Dongtu greatly recognized Buddhism, and believers hope that more Buddhist scriptures can be imported. During the Yongping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the "Forty-two Chapters" of Buddhism was first introduced to Dongtu. It was about 500 years before the Tang Seng went west to learn the scriptures. It can be seen that the westward journey did indeed begin its layout 500 years ago.
Buddhism began to be introduced to Han areas five hundred years ago. At that time, it was generally believed that Buddhism was a kind of magical magic with limited influence. In order to preach, Buddhism took the initiative to mention that Laozi went to the west to teach Hu people to have Buddhism. Buddhism and Taoism are actually one family.
Buddhism has been conscientiously planning the eastward spread, looking for opportunities to lay out the west to learn the scriptures. Because of the cause and effect of turning Hu into a Buddha, the Taishang Laojun can only accept that Buddhism is propagating under his banner.
Although Buddhism does not want to admit that Buddhism does require a peaceful and prosperous age to prosper, Buddhism has been quietly developing and increasing its influence from the Yongping period to the seventh year of Guanghe. There are more and more Buddhist believers in the East. Seeing that the layout is not far away from the west, the Yellow Turban uprising happened.
Dongtu entered the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms. In the troubled times, the princes were busy fighting and needed sources of troops and food, but Buddhism happened to occupy these two, and of course they were not seen by the princes from all walks of life.
Dingguang Huanxi Buddha suspected that Taoism was a secret trick, because Zhang Jiao, who caused the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, had obtained the preaching of "Tai Ping Yao Shu" and had the idea of ​​contending for the world. The Yellow Turban Uprising led to great chaos in the world and the people were dying, and Buddhism had no foundation to carry forward, and it would be impossible to lay out to the west to learn the scriptures.
After a secret investigation, it was discovered that it was the cause and effect between the white snake and the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, not the layout of the Taoist master. Although he was extremely unwilling, Dingguang Huanxi Buddha could only pinch his nose to admit it, and returned to Lingshan to report the situation of Dongtu, saying that Dongtu has no possibility of setting out westward to learn from the scriptures, and can only wait for new opportunities.
Buddhism is more than two hundred years old, and Dongtu has not entered the heyday, even if it is unified, it will not last long. At the beginning, Buddhism hated the Wuhuluanhua, and believed that the Huren led to the turmoil in the East, leaving Buddhism with no soil for survival, but then Buddhism changed its view.
This change started when Xianbei entered the Central Plains, and some monks preached among the Xianbei nobles and achieved very good results. Dingguang was overjoyed over the Buddha. The Xianbei people are not as deeply influenced by Confucianism and Taoism like the Han people. It is much easier to find them to spread Buddhism. Xianbei's mastery of Dongtu is more helpful for the east.
There were more Buddhist temples in the Northern Wei Dynasty, many Xianbei nobles became Buddhist believers, and Buddhism showed signs of prosperity in Dongtu. The Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty was very talented. At the beginning of his succession, he recruited many high monks to say that the Prince of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Huang believed in Buddhism very much. When he succeeded to the throne, he would have the opportunity to travel west to learn.
The ideal is full and the reality is very skinny. Dingguang Huanxi Buddha cannot stay in Dongtu for a long time. When he returned to Dongtu again, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty was already destroying the Buddha. Although he is a Buddha and hates Emperor Taiwu for destroying the Buddha, as a god, he cannot interfere with the emperor of the world, so he can only watch.
Dingguang Huanxi Buddha is very unwilling. Seeing that Buddhism is about to flourish, and the westward journey is completed, his position in the teaching can be further improved. Why is there a mistake at the critical moment? Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty repeatedly recruited eminent monks to say that the prince was also a Buddhist believer. Why did he suddenly destroy the Buddha?
Dingguang Huanxi Buddha learned that Kou Qianzhi had an additional national teacher in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and that Kou Qianzhi's creation of the new Tianshi Tao has a lot to do with Taoism. There are many legends about Kou Qianzhi. The most famous one is that the Supreme Lord descended to the Songshan imperial seal, and the immortal descended to the world before he was enlightened.
Regardless of whether it is true or false, the Taishang Laojun Feng Feng Kou Qianzhi, Dingguang Huanxi Buddha is powerless, because Laojun Guangdao teaches well. There are gods who come to enlighten Kou Qianzhi to gain the Tao, and this is the crux of the problem. The who enlightens Kou Qianzhi is probably the chief culprit of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty in destroying Buddha.
Dingguang Huanxi Buddha had practiced Fate Tong, but his Taoism was average. He only found out who was the person who enlightened Kou Qianzhi in the world, but did not find the master behind the scenes. Knowing that the General Shutter in the Tianting District had dared to go down to the earth and ruin the centuries-old layout of Buddhism, Dingguang rejoiced that the Buddha was furious and quickly contacted Tianting.
Heavenly Court and Buddhism have been very close for a long time. Since the Tathagata Buddha suppressed Monkey King, the two families have been very close. Knowing that General Roller Blind descended to enlighten mortals, the Jade Emperor was furious. Your General Roller Blind led my salary in the heavenly court, and dared to do such a thing without me.
The General Rolling Blind descended to the earth to enlighten mortals, and there was likely to be an expert in the background, and the Jade Emperor was not good at punishing him for this. However, as the Lord of the Heavenly Court, it was too easy to clean up a small fairy like General Shutter. When the Queen Mother was holding a flat peach meeting, General Shutter smashed the glass lamp and was tortured by the Jade Emperor and knocked down the dust.
General Rolling Blind knew that he was framed, and his grievances turned into monsters in the Liusha River. At this time Dingguang Huanxi Buddha appeared, saying that you were not wronged at all, and deliberately instigated mortals to ruin the good deeds of Buddhism. This punishment is already considered light.
General Rolling Blind specifically asked Kou Qianzhi about his dream, and learned that he had suffered a disaster, his grievances increased, and he vowed to eat all the monks in the world. Because of the great grievances and the vows involving Buddhism, the Western Tathagata Buddha felt it, pinched fingers and knew the truth, and called Dingguang Huanxi Buddha to reprimand him.
The big mistake has been made. If you specifically go to the Jade Emperor to explain the truth and let the Jade Emperor pardon the general of the curtain, Buddhism cannot afford to lose that person. So the Buddha made a decision, regardless of whether the conditions for learning the scriptures in the west were ripe or not, he first threw his disciple Jin Chanzi to the east to reincarnate, and let General Rolling Blind eat his ninth life to repay the cause and effect.
Jin Chanzi's Buddha nature is no small thing. No matter how great the grievance is, Monk Sha will be suppressed if he eats Jin Chanzi IX. He is also very Buddha nature. As for the cause and effect of his eating the golden cicada, the worship of the golden cicada just repaid for his teacher. This is a good way to kill three birds with one stone. While dissolving the enmity of the general, Buddhism can also have a golden body.
After going westward to learn the scriptures, the monk Shah was awarded the title of great vocation, which is better than Zhu Bajie and Xiao Bailong, which has a lot to do with his experience. When protecting Tang Seng going west to learn the scriptures, in order to avoid him being unable to let go, Jin Chanzi's ninth physical body suppressed his grievances, and his strength could not be displayed.
At the end of the westward journey, he got the great merits, and with the merits as a lubricant, Jin Chanzi's ninth physical body was perfectly combined with his own grievances, and the rolling curtain would be cultivated into a golden body. The Buddha has compassion and vajra anger. The two dharma meets perfectly in his body, and his body directly becomes the Buddha body.
Therefore, it is a question of how to seal the monk at the end of the westward journey. He has a perfect Buddha body and should become a Buddha like Tang Seng and Monkey King, but the credit is not enough. If monk Sha is sealed as a Buddha, how do Zhu Bajie and Bailongma feel? Therefore, the Lord Buddha sealed him with a golden body of Arhat, and his attainment status is a great position and a positive result, which is equivalent to the Buddha's preparation of a cadre, as long as he has the right opportunity to become a Buddha.
Venerable Desha from Heaven remembered his past and present life, but with such great fortune, he became a golden arhat, and his dissatisfaction with Buddhism disappeared. However, before the merits come, he must not be able to restore his memory. At that time, grievances and Buddha nature have not been perfectly integrated, and it is impossible for him to be willing to convert to Buddhism because of his resentment towards Buddhism.
The General Roller Blind once again turned "The True Art", his eyes stopped flowing blood and tears, his eyes became extremely deep, and he laughed self-deprecatingly and said: "The Buddha is really easy to calculate. It has not only repaid the cause and effect of wronging me, but also made me fail. Only the Buddha nature is left in the memory, and I am willing to worship the golden cicada as a teacher."