After a soul journey to the underworld, Buddhism's status in the mind of the Tang Dynasty gradually increased.
As a result, the largest religious ceremony in the history of Chang'an came as scheduled.
Journey to the West is back on track, and the Buddhists are all laughing.
Among the crowd, the golden cicada was carried out, and the people, monks, officers and soldiers all cheered and cheered.
Like stars holding the moon, Golden Chanzi has become the focus of millions of eyes.
Under the gaze of everyone, Jin Chanzi looked calm and walked up the stairs to the altar step by step.
There is a golden futon above the altar.
Jin Chanzi sat down cross-legged, clasped her hands together, narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at the crowd below, and muttered something.
"Hey, that little girl is really good-looking. This little lady is really pretty. My goodness, this beautiful woman... is so delicious."
Jin Chanzi swallowed secretly while chanting.
This scene caught the eyes of the monks and people below. They all thought that he had started chanting sutras, and they all praised him. He was indeed a holy monk and he was so qualified.
In the huge city of Chang'an, the number of common people naturally far exceeds that of monks.
At this moment, the people were watching, and a large number of officers and soldiers came to maintain order, and the people were not allowed to move around at will.
However, the monks walked around as they pleased, but they didn't care.
High in the sky.
Lin Xian stretched out his hand to push away the void, and looked around to observe the situation below.
"This experience of King Tang has actually made Buddhism's status much higher." Lin Xian thought to himself.
At the same time, he looked outside the city.
The Earth Temple outside the city was silent, and Guanyin was not in a hurry to take action.
On the altar.
Jin Chanzi looked at the little girl and unconsciously saw that the officers and soldiers were maintaining order, but the common people and the monks were treated differently.
Seeing this scene, Jin Chanzi cursed in his heart.
"Ma De, this Buddhist sect is so virtuous and capable that the King of Tang supports it so much." Jin Chanzi sneered secretly in his heart, "Just wait, I will do justice for heaven today and frustrate the spirit of your Buddhist sect."
No one knows what Master Xuanzang is thinking.
Not far away, officers and soldiers were heavily guarded, and a temporary pavilion was built in a large open space.
This is the viewing platform for the King of Tang Dynasty.
When everything was ready, King Tang slowly walked into the pavilion.
Not long after, a group of monks held thick scriptures in their hands and walked up to the altar, stacking them neatly beside Jin Chanzi.
In an instant, scriptures piled up like mountains.
These scriptures were collected from major Buddhist temples.
The order issued by the King of Tang Dynasty was to let Jin Chanzi finish speaking all these scriptures.
The condition is that after the water and land ceremony is over, Huasheng Temple can deposit one million taels of incense money into the treasury.
Looking at the scriptures in front of him, Jin Chanzi sneered in his heart.
Now that he has stepped into the immortal gate, this incense money has no temptation for him at all.
Suddenly, bells and drums rang all around.
At this moment, Wanfa Chaozong, the scene instantly became quiet.
Thousands of monks bowed their heads and worshiped.
After a while, when all the monks finished their rituals, the sound of bells and drums fell, and all the eyes of all living beings focused on Jin Chanzi.
At this moment, the water and land ceremony officially began.
King Tang also stared at Jin Chanzi attentively.
Just when everyone thought that Jin Chanzi would pick up a book of scriptures and talk non-stop about the scriptures.
Bang!
The golden cicada suddenly stretched out his foot, and kicked the neatly numbered scriptures from the high altar.
Then, Jin Chanzi's angry curses came.
"Hmph, what's all this horse-riding stuff? My emperor is a dragon and a phoenix among men, and a good horse among horses. How can this childish content in the Buddhist scriptures help him drive away evil spirits and avoid ghosts?"
"Who chose these scriptures? They are so bold. They are basically bullying our emperor for not knowing how to exorcise evil spirits."
See this.
The eyes of all the people below were widened with shock.
The monks looked at each other in shock and instantly entered a state of confusion.
This sutra is a supreme Buddhist sutra collected from thousands of years old temples in various places. How come it has become a childish thing?
By the way, isn’t Master Xuanzang a Buddhist?
How could you slap yourself in the face in front of everyone and say that the Buddhist scriptures are worthless?
They originally wanted to listen to Zen teachings, but were instantly defeated by Jin Chanzi's manipulation.
When such an accident happened, many people around him were also confused.
By the way, how could this monk despise the scriptures?
Isn't this the same reason as the son-in-law dislikes the mother-in-law for being ugly?
King Tang, who was in the pavilion in the distance, also saw this scene, and he was also confused and almost fell out of the pavilion.
What the hell is going on?
He founded the Land and Water Dharma Assembly and asked Master Xuanzang to redeem the souls of his grievances for him. This was just the beginning, so why did this happen suddenly?
King Tang looked at Jin Chanzi in confusion.
"The Buddhist teachings recorded in those scriptures are just childish. Master Xuanzang actually looks down on them?"
Prince Tang held his chin and fell into deep thought, and then his eyes lit up.
"Could it be...could it be that Master Xuanzang has understood the true meaning of Buddhism and wants to save the souls of wronged souls with his bare hands, but he doesn't even bother to pay attention to these scriptures?"
Thinking of this, King Tang immediately stood up, took a step forward and shouted to Jin Chanzi.
"Master Xuanzang, exposing the true nature of Buddhist scriptures is an act of great justice. I support you..."
Prince Tang shouted like a fan of Jin Chanzi.
When the people below heard this, their eyes lit up, and they raised their arms and shouted towards Jin Chanzi.
Jin Chanzi on the altar raised his eyebrows with a strange expression.
Wocao, what have you done?
The eyes of all living beings became fanatical, indicating that they were very supportive of what he did.
It seems that Buddhism has not yet completely taken root.
At this moment, everyone below, including the King of Tang, all agreed that Jin Chanzi would definitely rely on his years of accumulation to lecture on the sutra orally.
No longer limited to books.
Someone praised: "You are indeed a holy monk. What you see on paper is ultimately shallow. Now is the time to show your strength."
Everyone looked at Jin Chanzi again.
His eyes were full of admiration and conviction.
Jin Chanzi rolled his eyes, and his behavior became more and more wanton.
He looked down seriously and coughed twice.
"This... so-called Taoism..." Jin Chanzi started to make nonsense, "Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao. It can be named, but it is not named. It is the nameless beginning of heaven and earth, but the name is the mother of all things."
Said again.
"Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as mutt dogs; saints are unkind and regard the common people as mutt dogs..."
Jin Chanzi uttered one line from left to right, reciting lines that didn't take him/her seriously, but his eyes were serious.
See this.
Everyone was stunned.
Especially all the monks below were petrified at this moment.
Not only do they come from Huasheng Temple, but there are also traveling monks who come from thousands of miles away.
They originally wanted to listen to Zen, but now they were all dumbfounded.
What Master Xuanzang said is not a Buddhist scripture. It is obviously a Taoist scripture, right?
They can still distinguish between Taoist scriptures and Buddhist scriptures.
What the hell, you are a monk who preaches without paying homage to Buddha?
Especially some old monks, their faces turned ugly and they felt very embarrassed.
If Guanyin were present at this moment, he would be so angry that he would faint.
This is too embarrassing for Buddhism.
But at this moment, Prince Tang in the pavilion in the distance suddenly showed a look of enlightenment.
"Master, I understand."
