"Buddhism today is harmful to the Tao and should be corrected..."
When the young man in the golden robe on the sky read out the first sentence of the imperial edict, it immediately caused an uproar in the Dajiao Dharma Assembly.
For the more than fifty immortals present, this was like throwing a mountain into the lake of their hearts, which made their hearts boil with emotion. Even the old immortals who had been practicing for hundreds of years were basically able to Taishan collapsed and remained unchanged. At this moment, he still couldn't hold back the shock in his heart.
Buddhism harms the Tao and should be corrected...
The two founders of the Qingcheng Mountain Zhengyi Sect, Huang Shunzhi and Zhang Daobin, looked at each other at this time, and saw the changing emotions in their eyes. They were very unbelievable, as if they had heard the most incredible thing in the world.
Over the years, Lin Lingsu came out of Shenxiao Dao and moved to the capital, becoming the most famous Taoist around Emperor Daozong. The proposal of the "Nine Heavens Heavenly Court System" directly eliminated all the immortals and immortals of Zhengyi and Quanzhen Daoism. It doesn’t count that all the ancients who have ascended have been sealed into that “empty” heaven.
Now they actually want to take action against Buddhism again.
While the more than 50 immortals from the Zhengyi Sect, Quanzhen Taoism and others, as well as officials from the Dao and Song dynasties, were trembling with emotion, the young man in the sky ignored anyone's emotions. His voice was like lightning striking the sky, and his words were clear:
"Buddhism is not a local sect in the Central Plains of China. It was originally taught by others. For thousands of years, it has not been involved in production and has deceived the people. It is an unforgivable evil."
The voice penetrated the minds of nearly a thousand people here, and everyone's heart trembled, and these heinous words were uttered.
This is an imperial edict.
Represents the decision of the Supreme Emperor.
After this edict is promulgated, it will really take action against Buddhism, no joke.
Could it be that this time we are going to start destroying Buddhas again! !
The voice in the sky continued to say calmly:
"In this era of prosperity, all these Hu Bang foreign religions should have been exterminated to protect the national religion. However, considering that Buddhism has been spread to the Central Plains for thousands of years and has become deeply rooted. Today, Buddhism is mostly of the blood of the Central Plains people. Raising troops to exterminate Buddhas and destroy temples is really harmful to people and people."
"Thanks to the memorial of Shenxiao Immortal Lin Lingsu, although Buddhism cannot be destroyed, it can be transformed into Taoism. Qingyuan can be reshaped, the Buddhist temple can be transformed into a palace, and Sakyamuni can be transformed into a deity. Do not call the Buddha by his name. For the Golden Immortal of Great Enlightenment, the Bodhisattva is transformed into a great scholar, the Arhat is transformed into a venerable person, and the monk is transformed into a virtuous scholar.
After finishing reciting, Lin Lingsu's eyes were dull and she clasped her hands together:
"Appreciate this!"
this moment.
Everyone's scalps instantly went numb. The impact contained in this last sentence was so great that their souls trembled.
"Change the Buddhist temple into a palace, change the name of Buddha to Tianzun, all Buddhist arhats and bodhisattvas are called according to the Taoist immortals, this, this..."
"This is not an attack on Buddhism. This is a more vicious move than destroying Buddhism. It is an attempt to annex all Buddhism in one fell swoop!!"
"Lin Lingsu is too courageous. Looking at the history of the past and present, even if there are incidents of exterminating Buddhas in previous dynasties, they are just burning temples and violently exterminating Buddhas. He actually wants to completely reverse the Buddhist classics and thoughts. come over."
"If this comes true, if this comes true, it will truly be said that 'Buddha is the Tao' from now on."
The more than fifty immortals in the big ceremony were shocked at this moment, and all their thoughts flashed, so much so that they stood there in a daze, and no one thought of accepting the order.
Until Wang Anshi, the leader of civil servants in the imperial court, took a step forward with the slip:
"Long live my emperor, I obey your orders."
When the immortals saw that the great civil servant of the Song Dynasty had expressed his stance and was the first to stand up to defend the majesty of the imperial edict, they all woke up one after another:
"My emperor is wise and we obey your decree."
Today's world dynasty, after all, the Taoist Emperor is the one who dominates the world. He has the martial sage Yue Fei, the literary sage Zhu Xi, and he is also a rare Taoist great immortal master.
The Taoist sect and the Dynasty were originally members of the same family. In addition, this incident did not harm the Taoist sect, but was aimed at the Buddhist sect.
After the initial shock, they calmed down and decided to comply with the order first.
After the immortals and ministers watched Wang Anshi salute, they slightly raised their hands and asked Lin Lingsu:
"It's just that I don't know who has been assigned by Your Majesty to carry out what this imperial decree says?"
Lin Lingsu smiled faintly and said noncommittally: "What did the Prime Minister say?"
"Since it is a proposal proposed by Pindao, it is natural that Pindao should go to supervise it."
Wang Anshi asked again: "I wonder which Buddhist temple Master Shenxiao is going to start converting Buddhism into Taoism first?"
"The prime minister and others don't have to worry about it now. The imperial edict has been issued. I'm going to leave first."
Only this sentence was left in the sky.
In another moment, the young Taoist in gold and jade robes turned around and walked away.
At the big ceremony, a group of immortals were left guessing that they no longer had any intention of participating in the blessing ceremony, and they all began to send the contents of this imperial edict to their own Taoist sects as soon as possible.
Wait until the feast is over.
This imperial edict of "Changing Buddha's praise to Taoism" has quickly flown from the Imperial City of Daosong to all parts of the world.
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Quanzhen Immortals, including Wang Chongyang, Shi Tai, and Xue Shi, who left the capital, all came to Longmen Mountain where Quanzhen leader Ziyang Immortal lived.
After leaving the imperial city, these immortals finally began to openly talk about the explosive imperial edict on the big altar:
"This Lin Lingsu is really not afraid of tigers when he is born. He just sealed the immortals of Quanzhen and Zhengyiyi into the heaven system. They are just nominal titles that are insignificant. After all, I was the Great Song Dynasty before. The Tao Kingdom is one, and there is a precedent for the Tao Sect Emperor to confer the titles of Taoist, True Man, and Immortal to the Taoist monks in the world, which is not too difficult to accept."
The speaker was Zhong Yue, the leader of the Celestial Immortal Sect, an Eleventh Realm Immortal. He sneered: "But this time, he actually wants to reach the sky in one step and directly integrate Buddhism into his 'Heavenly System'. This ideal is not bad, but But it’s too big, so I’m not afraid of losing my soul!”
"indeed!"
"Although Buddhism has little luck in today's Taoist and Song Dynasty world, it has accumulated foundations over thousands of years. How can it be so easy for a little Lin Lingsu to be completely included in the Taoist sect..."
The person who answered the question was Yin Wenzhong, a veteran of the Lou Guan sect. He was a descendant of Immortal Wen Shi. He founded the Lou Guan sect with the Five Thousand Words of Morality.
Wang Chongyang stood among the Quanzhen Immortals with his hands behind his hands and said calmly:
"But if we look at it from another point of view, if he can really do this, I am afraid that in the history books of the future, his Taoist status will surpass people like Zhang Daoling and Lu Zu."
Even the two leaders of the Taoist sect, Zhang Daoling and Lu Zu, Lu Chongyang, did nothing more than integrate the internal sects of Taoism. How could Lin Lingsu be as bold as to integrate Buddhism other than Taoism? stand up.
If this is done, in the future, Taoism and Buddhism will be unified, and Lin Lingsu's status will surpass the two Taoist ancestors, Zu Tianshi and Lu Chunyang, it will not be a problem at all.
Zhong Yue, the leader of the Tianxian Sect, sneered and said: "Chongyang, you think too highly of this person. Just now Pindao said that this person's ideals are not bad, but they are too big. He simply cannot accomplish this by himself."
Yin Wenzhong, the leader of the Louguan Sect, stroked his beard and said: "In terms of cultivation alone, this boy's cultivation talent is indeed terrifying and can be called a monster in ancient and modern times. However, the Central Plains Buddhism is not without strong men in the Thirteenth Realm like Senior Ziyang."
It is true that the Taoist sect of the Song Dynasty is in its prime now, but Buddhism is not completely composed of two or three big cats and kittens.
There are still a few pillars supporting the huge Buddhist sect, the two most important Buddhist temples are Lingyin Temple and Jinshan Temple.
Among them, Elder Jigong of Lingyin Temple, everyone in the Taoist sect knows his origin. It is said that he is the reincarnation of the "Arhat who subdued the dragon" in Buddhist mythology. Although he is not in Lingyin Temple all year round, he incarnates as a crazy monk and plays in the world.
But his cultivation was so terrifying that even Immortal Ziyang felt that he was not sure of defeating him.
There is also the Dharma Sea of Jinshan Temple. Although it is only the Dharma Mountain of the Twelve Realms, it is said that the golden bowl used by "Sakyamuni" from ancient times is used as a magic weapon.
Sakyamuni, in this world, is the founder of the Buddhist sect that is older than Zhang Tianshi.
He is a character of the same generation as Li Er, Confucius and other two great religious ancestors.
They are also the first batch of ascendants in this world.
Mentioning the foundation of Buddhism, a Quanzhen Immortal who was relatively familiar with Buddhism stroked his beard and shook his head, saying: "This is just the foundation of Zen Buddhism in the Central Plains. There are masters of Tantric Buddhism in Moyuan. Although Tantric and Zen The relationship between us is somewhat similar to our relationship with Zhengyi. There are differences in doctrine and path. But if Lin Lingsu takes action against the entire Buddhism, if you think about it from his perspective, it is equivalent to a monk trying to combine our Taoism and Taoism. All Taoism belongs to Buddhism, so even if we have grudges with Zhengyi again and again, I'm afraid we won't ignore them."
Hearing such words, although the other Quanzhen Immortals frowned slightly, no one raised any objection.
Indeed, if there were Buddhist masters with the imperial court as their background, who wanted to control all Taoist sects in the world into Buddhism, and ask them to worship the Buddha and recite the Buddha's name, Zhengyi and Quanzhen would not see each other in trouble and not rescue them anyway.
This is not just a matter of lip service, but also a bottom line issue.
In an orthodoxy, no matter how the sects fight among each other, it is the matter of the own sect. But if another orthodoxy comes knocking on the door, it is no longer an internal fight. It needs to unite and deal with the outside world.
"This time we are sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight. Lin Lingsu has risen too fast in recent years, and he is a bit ignorant. It would be better if he only targets a certain sect and temple of Buddhism, but directly attacks the entire sect of Buddhism. We Even if I wanted to take action against Buddhism, I would not do it like this. If I am not careful, both Taoism and Buddhism will be severely damaged at the same time. It is unwise, young people are too unwise!"
The person who said this is Xue Shi, the third-generation leader of the Quanzhen Southern Sect. He is the disciple of Ziyang Immortal and has the status of a heavenly master.
"I guess Zhengyi's side has the same idea. A young boy wants to do something that Zhengyi and Quanzhen's ancestors couldn't do. Anyone who wants to wade into this muddy water is completely taking advantage of it. I’m using my family’s wealth to make big bets with this young boy.”
