Xiao Rui smiled, "Smear? If your Buddhist sect does not hide evil and is really upright, who can smear it? People must insult themselves, and then others will insult them. Chang'an County, read this to the people."
The magistrate of Chang'an took out a thick book and read from the first page, "In July of the fourth year of Wude, Xu Bocheng's wife in the west of the city was seriously ill. She was deceived by the monks of Shanlian Temple, which delayed the treatment time, and Xu's wife eventually died. . In September of the fourth year of Wude, Guo Kai and his wife in the south of the city went to Guanyin Temple to ask for a child. The next day Guo’s wife committed suicide for no reason..."
One after another, the people in the audience were silent. All the monks in Daxingshan Temple closed their eyes and chanted sutras, not daring to raise their heads. The old abbot had a troubled look on his face, showing no emotion or anger, as if he hadn't heard anything. The young monk Xuanzang was indignant, thinking that Xiao Rui was deliberately throwing dirty water on Buddhism.
After half an hour, Chang'an County finally finished reading the booklet in his hand, and made a final explanation: "Every item mentioned above has been verified and recorded, and witnesses can be found to confirm it. There is nothing better than this booklet There are several times more cases recorded, but they cannot be recorded because no substantial evidence can be produced, but today all these victims are present."
"This county does not want to express personal opinions, but I can here, as the Chang'an County Magistrate, prove that all the cases recorded in this booklet are true."
The people then became angry and their eyes were red. Someone shouted, "Damn monks, let them pay with their lives! Pay with their lives..."
The tsunami-like public dissatisfaction not only shook the monks to the point of collapse, but even the Buddhist believers who defended them also moved back in fear.
Monk Xuanzang shouted: "This is slander, this is pouring dirty water..."
But his voice was too small. Compared with hundreds of thousands of people, it was simply not worth mentioning, and he was directly drowned in the complaints of the people.
Emperor Li Er's face was livid. Because he was pretending to be a common person, he raised his fist angrily along with the common people and shouted loudly to pay for his life... He was stunned by the Prime Minister Fang Xuanling who was accompanying him, and thought that his Majesty was shouting Now, should I keep up?
At this moment, Xiao Yu's face was ashen and he couldn't say a word.
Xiao Yue persuaded in a low voice: "Father, how about we go back? Don't make you so angry."
Xiao Yu glared and said with a stubborn temper: "No, just sit here and watch until the end."
His son Xiao Yue is afraid that his father will be angry to death, but at this moment, is Xiao Yu really angry for his eldest son Xiao Rui?
Xiao Rui walked to the middle, raised his hands, and pressed down on the roaring people, and the people gradually became quiet.
Xiao Rui sneered at Xuanzang, who shouted hoarsely, "Little monk, you said I slandered Buddhism? Haha, I don't have that spare time."
"I said at the beginning that today is to be a witness and peacemaker. It is a grudge between the people and Buddhism. Buddhism has done too many evils and attracted public anger. The people want to build your temple. What does it have to do with me? "
"Now, do you still think that your Buddha is compassionate?"
Xuanzang firmly believed: "Buddha's compassion and love are beyond your imagination."
Xiao Rui laughed loudly, "Okay, in that case, let me give you a question to test you."
As he spoke, he pointed at a random father and son in the crowd who were watching the fun, "For example, this child, do you think it is the Buddha who loves him more deeply, or the father who loves the child more deeply?"
Xuanzang blurted out, "Of course it's Buddha!"
Xiao Rui's expression dropped, "Young monk, you must speak responsibly. Monks don't fight bravely or tell lies. If you don't even dare to tell the truth, I won't bother to reason with him. I'll say goodbye after being beaten. Blame me for not taking care of you."
Xiao Rui turned around to sit back.
Xuanzang panicked and stammered: "The young monk is wrong, it is the child's father who loves him more. No, no, no, the Buddha's love for the child should be the same as the father's love, equally great."
"Okay, as you said, they are equally great." Xiao Rui nodded and said indifferently, "Then if the child is sick, how will the Buddha help him? Will he be cured by waving his hand?"
Xuanzang rolled his eyes and said dissatisfied: "No, Buddha will guide people to save him. Or guide him to save himself. Buddhism has the Medicine Master Jingliure Mantra, which can be recited regularly to cure diseases."
"Oh... what a magical method." Xiao Rui exclaimed in a mocking tone, and then waved to the father and son.
"Brother, let me ask you a question."
"I don't dare, I don't dare to call the Marquis my brother."
Xiao Rui smiled and said: "What are you talking about? Elders are brothers. Soon, my child will be born, but my son is already so old. You deserve to be called an elder brother. Dare you ask me, if, what I said What would you do if your son got sick?"
The man said without hesitation: "Of course I need to take him to see a doctor. No one wants their child to get sick and suffer. I don't believe what these monks say about praying to the Buddha and reciting mantras."
The onlookers laughed.
Xiao Rui turned back to look at Xuanzang, "Little monk, did you hear that? What you are talking about is the love of the Buddha. This is the love of a father."
Xuanzang remained silent, still unconvinced on his face.
Xiao Rui then asked the man: "Brother, if there are two prescriptions, one expensive and one cheap, the expensive one can cure the disease in one day, and the cheap one can cure the disease in five days. Which one do you use for your child?"
The man said again without hesitation: "Of course it's good. It can be cured in one day, why five days? You can save four days of suffering."
"You are rich, but if you were impoverished, you might have to borrow money for expensive prescriptions to see a doctor?" Xiao Rui asked in the exam.
The man hesitated for a moment and said seriously: "Then I'll choose the more expensive one. It will save my son from suffering, and I will just work harder to pay off the debt. Not to mention one day, I don't want him to get sick for a quarter of an hour. Not to mention going out to borrow money." Money, if it can exchange for my child's safety, it will cost me my life."
Everyone burst into laughter again, what this person said was too true.
The boy next to him pulled on his father's clothes and begged: "Dad, I don't want you to die. I don't want to be without dad."
Everyone was silent and the laughter stopped. Only at this moment did everyone understand what the example of Champion Hou was talking about? This is true love.
Compared with this, the love of Buddha? Haha, I really want to say, go to hell!
Monk Xuanzang was a man of wisdom, and he understood it. At this time, he fell into deep thought, and there seemed to be something different from the Buddhist principles he had learned since childhood. (ps: The imitation is taken from the Indian Amir Khan classic movie "I'm a God". Personally, I think: Buddha is a realm of theoretical cultivation, not a certain god and idol. Those who have religious beliefs should not criticize, you and I are just Personal choices are different, so I won’t argue here.)
"Okay, my brother-in-law is so awesome. The bald monk is speechless." Xiao Changle cheered enthusiastically.
Taoist Master Ge Dan changed his hands, shook his sore arm, and asked curiously: "Can you understand this kind of Zen theory at such a young age?"
Xiao Changle: "I don't understand!"
"Then what are you cheering for?"
"My brother-in-law won. You see everyone is cheering."
Daochang Ge:...
Xiao Rui enthusiastically sent away the father and son who gave the example, then turned around and patted Xuanzang on the shoulder, "Little monk, do you understand? If it is like what you said, Buddha's love is the same as father's love. Great and profound. Then the Buddha should have waved his hand and cured his child immediately. Instead of asking the child to kowtow thousands of times, recite some mantras, or wait for some fate to guide him and make up his mind. But as you said, the Buddha is omnipotent. God of mercy."
"At this moment, don't say that Buddha is a god. Even if he is an ordinary person, if he really has compassion and love for others, he should do the same as this father, take his child to seek medical treatment instead of letting him go Kowtow and recite the mantra.”
Xuanzang's brows furrowed even deeper, as if he was hesitant to speak, as if he couldn't find anything to say to refute Xiao Rui.
Xiao Rui smiled, "Now let's go back to Du Xiang's question just now: Is Buddha a god?"
Xuanzang wanted to answer, but he found that he could not speak, and his words were silent?
After struggling for a long time, Xuanzang finally thought of something, "Then how do you explain the miracle of Buddha's appearance? There are indeed many people with great supernatural powers in Buddhism."
