On the tenth day of April, Zhang Yan set off from Beiping Mansion again and went north to Chengde Mansion.
But this time, there seemed to be a bit of anxiety in the air.
Because since he left the country last year, the 20,000 to 30,000 athletes Zhang had recruited in the Helong area had been following him away from his hometown for a full nine months.
You must know that they are not active soldiers, but young people recruited directly from their parents. This has almost reached the limit of what they can bear.
This is also the reason why Zhang Zhang summoned the leaders of the three tribes from the grassland, plateau, and Songmo to come to Chengde to participate in the rural shooting conference, and set the date in April. It was time to let these Helong athletes return to their hometowns.
Sandalwood curls up and Buddha chants come and go.
At this time, Chengde Mansion has become an ocean of Buddhism. Monks from all over the world, wearing various robes and robes, shuttle through the streets and alleys of Chengde Mansion.
It was as if all the monks from all over the world had arrived in an instant. The number of people exceeded the capacity of the major temples in Chengde Prefecture.
Even after Zhang Zhang opened the large and small administrative offices of Chengde Prefecture, he was still not satisfied. He could only allow qualified residents to accept these monks from outside.
Since the last time Murong Nobunaga reported to Zhang Yan that Master Cixian had brought Murong Yanchao, Helian Hailong and Gao Song to find him, Zhang Yan immediately agreed that these three people should follow Murong Nobunaga.
Zhang Gao also specially summoned three people and agreed that Helian Hailong should return to Hedong and bring his tribe to Liaodong.
He also gave Murong Yanchao the title of beggar that he had used in Anxi, and ordered him to organize the villains in Wuning Town, the old tooth soldiers recruited by Xue Huairang and others, and the Buddhist villains cleaned up by Pei Yuan.
With Murong Yanchao as the capital commander and Zhao Siwan and others as deputy commanders, they formed the brutal cannon fodder unit that will make Xiao Xiba and Xiao Baga afraid to speak loudly when they hear their names in the future - the beggar Yamosha.
Gao Song, on the other hand, was appointed as the front Sima of Liaoyang County King Bafu, and ordered him to recruit 50,000 Bohai and Jurchen tribesmen and select 2,000 elites as the vanguard to conquer Goryeo.
However, except for the three of them, Zhang Yan did not summon Master Cixian. I, Zhang Shengren, have a very stable mentality and enough patience.
Master Cixian, a well-known eminent monk who has left his name to future generations, has a very firm mind. Under normal circumstances, let alone Zhang Zhi, unless the Buddha really comes, even if Bodhidharma is resurrected, it will be difficult to affect his state of mind.
Therefore, although Master Cixian said that he had inner demons, Zhang Yan still did not dare to believe it easily.
You know, a religious superpower spent several years traveling 20,000 miles from the Indus River Valley with just one pair of legs to preach in Khitan.
Can a monk who is still regarded as a guest by Shulu Ping and Yelu Deguang, and who is still on the national news more than a thousand years after his death, can be a simple person, can he be an honest person?
This can be regarded as a figure infinitely close to Tang Sanzang, and it would not be too much to call him a ten thousand year old fox.
The lies he tells are exactly the same as the truth. You can't tell which of his words are true and which are false.
I, Zhang Shengren, have always been extremely wary of people like this.
Even though he has the status of the Supreme Being, it is precisely because of this that Zhang Hao understands clearly that in the hearts of people like Master Cixian, he is actually the least believer in Buddhism.
What he believed in was only the philosophy and wisdom of the real-life Sakyamuni on life and the world. It was the promotion and enrichment of Buddhism by eminent monks and great sages in the past dynasties for more than a thousand years. It was the speculation of ascetics, the only one in the Tianzhu continent. The essence of the era of philosophical explosion.
He only believes that he can achieve Dzogchen with his compassion and practice. If you ask him if there is a Buddha, he will definitely answer that the Buddha is in his heart.
Zhang Yan didn't have the confidence to fight against such a purely religious person, so he could only just disappear and make sure that Master Cixian was not here to trick him before making a choice.
In fact, what Zhang Yan didn't know was that Master Cixian really didn't trick him. The reason is very simple. It is precisely because he is an eminent monk who does not believe in the existence of gods and Buddhas, but only believes in the truth, that he fell into Zhang's trap.
If ordinary people heard Zhang Yan talking about Dongsheng Shenzhou, about the water of Cangming, about potatoes, corn, and tomatoes, they would just be stunned and say that Buddha is really great! What a compassionate heart!
But Master Cixian is very sure that there are no gods and Buddhas in this world, and Zhang Yan, in this capacity, speaks with certainty and is not afraid of others to verify it, so this will be difficult to deal with.
Are there any gods or Buddhas? Whether there is Dongsheng Shenzhou or not, Master Cixian's current understanding cannot be answered at all. This is the major reason for the inner demon in his heart.
In fact, the same goes for the monk Yanshou who left Chang'an. Monk Yanshou, apart from being angry at Zhang Zhang or the Liufa Sect for tampering with the meaning of the scriptures, his biggest problem is the same as Master Cixian.
Are there any Buddhas in this fucking world?
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After Master Cixian waited for Zhang Yan in Beiping Mansion for more than ten days, he couldn't wait any longer. He felt like there was a fire in his heart, which made him feel extremely depressed and wanted to vomit blood.
In order to suppress this inner demon, Master Cixian simply returned to Puji Temple in Jinzhou Prefecture where he had placed orders.
This temple is the later Jinzhou Daguangji Temple, and the famous Jinzhou Liao Dynasty ancient pagoda is located in this temple.
However, at this time, Puji Temple had not been repaired by successive emperors of the Liao Dynasty, and its scale was still relatively small.
After Master Cixian returned to Guangji Temple, he immediately locked himself up and meditated facing the wall in the Zen room.
But this method of restraining his desires in the past could not solve the problem in his mind now.
Do people all over the world live in a world with gods and Buddhas, or a world without gods and Buddhas?
If so, all this has been arranged by gods and Buddhas. Why do people in this world live? What does it mean to survive? Where do human life, old age, illness and death come from, and where does the soul go?
In mid-March, Master Cixian walked again for more than ten days, from Jinzhou to Chengde Mansion, and then to the Jokhang Temple where he was going to be enshrined in the future. He found a futon outside the Main Hall to meditate, and he has never left since.
It was only at this moment that Zhang Hao began to believe that this famous eminent monk was really bound by his inner demons.
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Zhang Yan put on a silk garment. This silk garment was very worn out. Just from the fur balls all over the surface, one could imagine how many years it had gone through.
Master Cixian saw Zhang Yan from a distance. He knelt down on the futon and did not get up. Instead, after chanting the name of the Buddha, he smiled lightly and said: "The appearance of the Dharma King, whether cloth or brocade, can not change the true appearance of the Dharma King." .”
Master Cixian was just in awe and confusion at Zhang Gao's questions. Master Cixian was actually a little disgusted with Zhang Gao himself and his way of turning himself into a living god and Buddha.
Zhang Hao smiled faintly, "Since Master thinks that it doesn't matter whether I'm wearing cloth clothes or brocade clothes, why do I pay attention to this? Is it because Master is the only one who has the appearance?"
When Master Cixian heard this, he was stunned for a few breaths, and then smiled lightly, "The inner demon is indeed powerful. The old monk is indeed possessed."
As he spoke, he pulled a futon from his side and placed it on the opposite side, and motioned for Zhang Gao to sit down.
After Zhang Yan sat down without refusing, Master Cixian asked: "The Dharma King once said that in this world there are Dongshengshenzhou, Nanfanbuzhou, the Buddha's Three Treasures to relieve hunger, and the Cangming Water. , where does it come from?”
As he spoke, Master Cixian stared at Zhang Gao: "Dharma King, please don't say, this is what the Buddha told you.
Because the four major continents first appeared in the Agama Sutra, the Buddha had already passed into nirvana for a long time at that time. As for the water of Cangming, that was what Li Taibai said and has nothing to do with Buddha. "
Zhang Hao smiled in his heart. You are a great monk. You chant "Namo Sakyamuni Buddha" in your mouth, but you are an atheist in your heart.
In other words, the person in front of me is not a superstitious liar, but a very sober philosopher and a cultural person.
Only people like this are useful!
Doesn’t the longevity monk need to be confirmed? However, it is still too unrealistic to cross the Pacific Ocean from Ningbo. If we try from Japan, or go north along the coast of the mainland, it is really possible.
Great voyage is not a beautiful word. Without strong perseverance, or even the blessing of religion, the spiritual opium, it is difficult to persevere.
Aren’t Master Cixian, his disciples, and the monk Yanshou from Jiangnan the most suitable people?
Immediately, Saint Zhang also started a fight with Master Cixian, "The Buddha is at home in my heart, and my great perfection is all due to my heart's salvation and following the Buddha's compassionate intention.
If the Master asks me how I know all this, I will say that this is God's will. It was God who brought me the science of physics, chemistry, geography, biology and botany, and let me know all this. "
Master Cixian couldn't help but touch his prickly big head with his hand. Except for the two words "gewu" and "geography" that he was a little familiar with, he could understand the rest of what Zhang Hao said just now, but he didn't understand it at all. Know what's going on.
Zhang Gao didn't wait for Master Cixian to ask, and took the initiative to explain, "The study of studying things allows me to know how the world is composed, and the study of transforming things allows me to form a new world.
Geography lets me know that the world is not just Zhongtu, Tianzhu, Hezhong, the desert and the Qin Dynasty. Since the west of Middle-earth is so vast, isn’t there another new world to the east of Middle-earth and across the ocean?
Since the Han Dynasty, onions, garlic, coriander (cilantro), beans, courgettes (cucumbers), carrots, walnuts, flax, pepper, pomegranates, jujubes, and honeydew melons have all arrived from the west. How many people have they been nourished by grace? .
Is there no such edible food in the east to relieve the world's hunger? Absolutely, this is the science of botany. "
Master Cixian blinked when he heard this. He felt that the Supreme Dharma King Zhang was not talking to him about Buddhism, but it did not contain the true meaning of Buddhism. Some things sounded ridiculous, but at the same time they seemed to make sense.
Of course, Zhang Yan knew that there were many loopholes in his words. In the current situation, he actually covered up the loopholes by relying on his identity, freshness, and the inner demons of Master Cixian.
We must seize this time when it is most convenient to instill theory and increase the output.
"The Master knows that I have been thinking about one thing. This round sky is probably wrong, because it cannot explain the rising and setting of the sun and the ebb and flow of the tides that we have seen.
For example, the setting sun rises on the grassland in the morning. If the sky is round, it should fall on the grassland at sunset.
Even if it is far away from us, we should have heard the rumor that the setting sun falls to the ground!
Looking at the mountains in the distance, they couldn't block the setting sun. When we climbed over the mountains, the sun was still in the sky.
Some people think that there is only one possibility, that is, the sun is always in the sky and it never sets.
The flat ground we see is just an illusion. The world is not a square, but a sphere, and we live on this sphere.
Someone thought that if we kept going eastward and walked nine million miles, we would definitely be able to return here from the west. "
Master Cixian looked at the direction of Zhang Hao's finger, and his mind was shaken for a moment. He was sometimes confused and sometimes awake.
"His Holiness is saying that hundreds of years ago, Zhang Nanyang of the Later Han Dynasty once said that the sky is like a chicken's egg, and the earth is like the yolk of an egg. Living alone inside, the sky is big and the earth is small. Is this a true statement?
But if this is the case, if we live on top of the sphere, how can we stay stable if we have to point our feet upward and our head downward? "
Zhang Yan nodded unceremoniously and said shamelessly: "The Zhang Nanyang mentioned by the mage is the ancestor of a certain family! As for the question raised by the mage, shouldn't it be up to the mage to explore it himself?"
After hearing this, Master Cixian felt that there must be something wrong here, but he had already fallen into the inner demons for six months! He had been burned to the point where he no longer looked like a normal person.
He was still doubting, but he heard Zhang Wushangtian sigh, "I am blocked by this silk dress and have not brought peace to all the people in the world, so I can't go there. Otherwise, I really want to drive a small boat to go there." On the other side, explore the truth of these heavenly beings.
I think the reason why Master's inner demon suddenly arises is not because he is doubting whether there is a Buddha, but because he has clearly studied the meaning of my Buddhist scriptures to the extreme, and has spread my Buddha's great kindness and compassion to the world, but he still cannot achieve perfection by himself, and still cannot explain it. These are the truths of heaven and earth. "
Master Cixian was shocked, as if someone had slapped him on the head, he stood there blankly.
yes! How could a man with such a strong mind like him become possessed by demons just because of a few words? It must be because the Buddhist scriptures could no longer solve the problems in his heart.
Zhang Gao did not bother Master Cixian who was in trance, but turned around and left.
At this time, it's time for Master Cixian to figure it out. If he talks too much, more loopholes will inevitably appear, so it's better to get out of the way immediately.
Outside the Main Hall, several Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes appeared in Zhang Yan's sight, and Zhang Yan called them in front of him.
"You have all seen that although Buddhism is foreign, it has already blended with our Chinese culture. Taoism is too far behind!
Although I am called the King of Dharma, I am also the Emperor of China. The doors of Tiangongyuan and Alchemy Bureau are open to you at any time.
Whether it is the Ma family of Junshan, the Zhang family of Longhushan, or Taoist Hui of Danding sect, Taoist Liu of Haichanzi, Taoist Zhenyizi Peng, or the great masters or descendants of Wang Tuan, etc.
If you want Lao Tzu to turn nonsense into a stand-alone thing, what should you do and how should you do it? We should still go to Tiangongyuan and Danyao Bureau in Shendu to have a good discussion. "
