no,74 The debate on Buddhism and Taoism (IV)

Huang Junming's words made the people around him shake from the bottom of his heart. It seemed that Huang Junming still felt that what he said was not enough to shock everyone. He continued to speak.

"I have a few questions. I would like to ask you lay Buddhists to tell you the monks. The first question is that Buddhism says that as long as you build, kneeling down to worship Buddha statues, you can offset your own sins. But you can think about it. Instead of giving the copper coins to the Buddha, it is better to separate the copper coins and give them to the displaced poor people. The Diamond Sutra once wrote: "If you see all appearances, you will see the Tathagata. "When Buddhism first entered the land of Yanhuang, did you have any statues and atonement? As far as I know, Buddhism at that time prohibited the creation of statues at will. The statues were not the original intention of Buddhism. I would like to ask what the Buddha you worshiped is intended?"

Another important news was hit among the crowd. There were a few pilgrims who had a little understanding of Buddhism. After a moment, they thought it was really like this, and they began to whisper to each other. However, in the ears of others, Huang Junming's words, "It is better to separate the copper coins from the Buddha and give them to the displaced poor people." But they were deeply moved, but they didn't expect that they would add incense money to the Heavenly Immortal Palace every day. But even if they thought about it, they were willing to practice Taoism in this life and the Buddha practiced the next life. Everyone still knows this. Most of the people who are willing to spend incense money in the Taoist temple are not interested in the misty next life.

We both respect the gods and pray for blessings. Since the Buddha practices in the next life, why should we suffer in this life and give money to Buddhism in exchange for the beauty of the next life. In this life, we will naturally burn some money in this life with incense, bringing peace, freedom and blessings to this life. As for the next life, let yourself continue to believe in Taoism in the next life.

Seeing that everyone wrote down his words, Huang Junming took a few steps forward with his chest raised his head, and continued, "I asked the second question, what is cause and effect? ​​I also have the Taoist theory of cause and effect. However, the cause and effect of Taoism emphasizes taking the course of nature. We will naturally get corresponding results based on what you do. On the other hand, all Buddhist cause and effect are full of intimidation and terror. For example, it is good to persuade people to eat vegetarian food. However, in the mouths of some monks, they will become eating meat, and they will become animals and be eaten by people in the next life. Such cause and effect are really vicious." This time, Huang Junming did not rest,

I will not give everyone the time to remember and continue saying: "This last question is about monks. According to the original intention of Buddhism, the monk's duty is to guide sentient beings to recognize the truth of the world and move towards the path of Bodhi. This is what Buddhism often calls the original intention of saving sentient beings and benefiting themselves and others. But now it seems that only a few monks can meet this standard. Most monks seem to be more suitable to be priests. They invite Buddha statues to be released on holidays, and then open the temple gate, attract believers to come to touch the Buddha's feet, and accumulate Buddha's fate for believers. Is this the original intention of the Buddha to ask the monk to lead sentient beings?"

Compared with the first two, the second and third questions were not that shocking, because the public had long been accustomed to it. They were not surprised. They just felt a little deceived after hearing Huang Junming's words. However, they were still happy to convey these three questions to Buddhism, who were not afraid of being a big deal.

There is a kind of person who is called "Man is crazy", which means that the more people around him, the more active the more active the more people there are. Huang Junming, who was originally very low-minded, was not known why today, but seemed to be addicted to it. After asking three questions, he walked into the mountain gate and turned back. "Everyone, this dispute between Buddhism and Taoism is just a dispute between me Taoists and Buddhists. It has nothing to do with saints, gods, immortals, and Buddhas." After Huang Junming said that, he took the Taoists of the Tianxian Palace to run to the palace without looking back. He left a group of pilgrims who were unable to touch the mind and stared at each other in a daze. It was not until a long time before the birds and beasts dispersed and they were busy leaving their own way, while Li Shimin and his son went to the Tianxian Palace early.

Let’s talk about the things in the Tianxian Palace later, but the news outside the Tianxian Palace spreads very quickly. No wonder someone once said that the most popular words were human words. Many people naturally saw a few Buddhist monks who were well-known down the mountain in a mess. After a while, they caught up with the pilgrims who came down from the Tianxian Palace. After a while, they found out the whole thing and naturally passed on them. Soon, the entire Chang'an City repeatedly pondered several questions about Huang Junming asking about Buddhism, and Huang Junming's answer to the word Taoism of Taoism.

To be honest, the questions Huang Junming asked were far less misty than those asked by Monk Lin. Instead, they were very realistic. They were a practical thing that happened among people every day, and this kind of question had long been seen by everyone. Today, Huang Junming asked the question, which was equivalent to asking the public's voice. The Buddhist side could only silently suffer this secret loss and could not answer it.

In contrast, in the Tianxian Palace, Li Shimin and his son sat on the cushion in the Hundred Years Hall, leisurely drinking the tea from the Tianxian Palace. It was very comfortable. Huang Junming looked at the half-empty teapot with a convulsion on his face, and his heart twitched. He didn't take the immortal seriously!

"The Immortal Master is all old acquaintances. Why are you so serious? Do you still let the Gu Wang bow to you? The Gu Wang knows that the Immortal Master is not the kind of immortal who values ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Before Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Chengqian's weak voice suddenly rang: "Father, the immortal master feels sorry for the tea! But the immortal master, the tea in the Heavenly Immortal Palace is much better than in the palace. Chengqian likes it very much."

Huang Junming roared wildly in his heart, what is this and what. It would be fine if the person who should be the emperor smiled, but why did he even want to drink and take the son he gave birth to? Although he was reluctant in his heart, he still said, "Your Highness likes to take some before leaving. Although this tea is not much in the Tianxian Palace, he can still make a portion of it even."

"Immortal Master." Just as Li Chengqian was full of joy, Li Shimin suddenly shouted again.

"kindness?"

"Before the Lone King came, my father asked me to bring a secret decree."

"What?"

"At that time, it was said that if the debate between Tianxian Palace and Buddhism was defeated this time, it would be given to you."

"Take it to me"

"Immortal Master Junjian: The battle between Buddhism and Taoism is now a victory for Taoism. I am very pleased. Since I was the leader of the Xuanmen in the world, I have rarely done anything. I am ashamed of the ancestor Taishang Emperor Xuanyuan. After this day, my Taoism will inevitably rise sharply, so I will order that from then on, the Taoist priests in the world belong to Zongzheng Temple and are ranked second among the kings."

Huang Junming was shocked by this secret decree. Zongzheng Temple was an institution that managed the royal family and clan affairs. Li Yuan assigned Taoist priests to Zongzheng Temple to manage, obviously treating Taoist priests as his own family. In this way, this Taoist priests became the national religion of the Tang Dynasty and the royal family. He completely tied Taoism to the chariot of the Tang Dynasty. It was really easy to plot.

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Today's two updates, the first update is to ask for Sanjiang and collect them. The Taoist priest Guizong Zheng Temple in the Tang Dynasty did have this incident but during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.

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