After the re-establishment of Kyushu, the destiny of the world has become strong enough to rival that of heaven.
Not to mention immortals and gods, even saints dare not peek into the human world easily.
If the Western religion wants to contact the believers in the human world, it must first contact the believers in Chentangguan through the Chentangguan Tongtian Port, and then use the human jade messenger to inform their believers.
Therefore, the holy metaphors of Zhunti were passed down to the human world, and they all arrived at Chentangguan, and then they flew to Lingshan, Chentangguan, Chaoge, and several Yixiaxuegong.
However.
Not long after these jade medals were opened, the White Lotus boy opened his eyes even more indifferent and ruthless than Tiandao.
There was no emotion in his eyes, but every emotion was there.
Immediately afterwards, the news was transmitted to the dark network through a messenger.
Within the territory of Dashang.
These human beings who received the summons from Zhunti all showed the smiles of the Virgin who had understood the depth and sobriety of life.
But they didn't know that there was also a look around them that was looking at a patient, staring at him calmly.
Almost at the same time, Zishou received a summons from Bai Lian Tongzi.
However, Zishou was not prepared to catch them all and kill them directly.
These people, because their speech is different from ordinary people, have already attracted the attention of the dark web, and special personnel have been arranged to keep an eye on them a long time ago.
Most of them are immigrants from Kushan, many are craftsmen in Western teaching workshops, and some are scholars who have received support from Western teaching workshops.
These people think they are hiding deep.
In fact, their list had already been placed on Zi Shou's desk.
"Master Warden, what kind of seeker is this? Are you talking about my great disciple Hong Chao?"
Just as Zi Shou finished speaking, Hong Yi's voice came to his mind.
Zishou smiled and said, "That's right. I remember that you once said that one of your disciples has been clamoring to come to the East to seek enlightenment."
Hong Yi couldn't help but smile and said: "He, he is not a seeker, he is a book mover... Over the years, he has transported thousands of books from Dongtu, and he is still moving them. I asked him to sit down He insisted on carrying the Tianji chariot on foot by himself, saying he was sincere."
"Oh yes, you unified the Three Kingdoms a few days ago. Many Kushan people fled with many scriptures, and they were kidnapped by him."
"Now, these books are hidden in the rebel army. Oh no, they gave themselves a name, called the Revolutionary Army. These books are hidden in the book cave in the Revolutionary Army base."
Zi Shou:......
Since Hong Yi was released from prison, he had hardly asked Hong Yi about Xi Tu.
Now it seems that Hong Yi's years in the West have been quite difficult.
Not only do I have to run around, but I also have to carry thousands of volumes of books...
Zi Shou said helplessly:
"He is the one I am looking for."
"Now the Western religion imitates the method of the fall of the Tiandao Immortal Sect, directly lowering the Great Thunder Sound Temple to the human world, establishing Buddhism, and creating the Lingshan Pure Land. I am afraid that the situation in the Western Land will change rapidly and be more complicated than the coming of the Kingdom of God."
"You already know the bet between the Two Saints of the West and me. What do you think of me letting Hong Chao be the seeker?"
After Zi Shou finished speaking, Hong Yi was silent for a long time and then said: "Master Warden... I thought that lame horse was more suitable than him..."
Zi Shou:......
He chuckled and said: "It seems that your apprentice is really worried. I wonder if you have any other candidates?"
Hong Yi sighed and said, "If the situation in the Western Territory hadn't become increasingly serious, I would have wanted to be this seeker."
Zi Shou smiled and said, "Those who seek the Tao must be mortals."
Hearing this, Hong Yi pondered for a moment and then said:
"Then let this scoundrel go..."
"After all, he is familiar with the road..."
"He has crawled through the Kunlun world countless times. Once, he was almost kept by the soldier master who asked him to practice the devil's way. Later, for some unknown reason, he was let back."
When Zi Shou heard this, he suddenly regretted it. He originally wanted to change people, but thought about it but gave up. After all, the key to success in learning lies in the guardian, and the seeker is just a mascot.
Then Zishou said:
"Then please trouble Brother Hong and let Hong Chao prepare. For him, this is an opportunity."
Hong Yi nodded and said, "I wonder, Lord Warden, have you arranged for someone to protect the way?"
Zi Shou smiled and said, "You will know when the time comes."
After Zi Shou finished speaking, he stopped talking, and Hong Yi's spiritual consciousness stopped coming.
He was clearly standing outside the Shouxian Palace, but the shadow of Jizhou City was reflected in his eyes.
It was Bailiantongzi who conveyed the pictures of Jizhou to Zishou's mind through a messenger.
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at this time.
world.
Jizhou Yixiaxue Palace.
A master was sitting cross-legged on a high platform, with his hands clasped together and his face kind and compassionate, and he was about to explain his knowledge to thousands of disciples.
Lectures are a trend that gradually formed after the establishment of Yixia Academy.
In other words, it is a system formed under the instruction of Zishou.
It is called Yi Xia Lun Dao.
In Dashang, as long as there are scholars who want to promote their own ideas, they will have the opportunity to lecture and preach to the people of the world on the podium of Yixia Academy.
This system is extremely free, with few restrictions, and speech is not even controlled by Dashang Law.
However, all lecturers must accept doubts and questions from listeners.
Because the people who listen to the lectures are not necessarily people who are ignorant of reading. On the contrary, most of them are well-educated people, and there are even enlightened people who are famous all over the world.
If the lecturer's knowledge is more unique, such as propagating hatred, violating human ethics and causing public outrage, he will be approached by some righteous masters and heroes of the green forest to compete in martial arts, and the government will not be held responsible if he is beaten to death.
As the saying goes, once you reach the podium, life or death is determined.
As long as you have the courage to stand up, as long as you are not afraid of provoking public anger, and as long as you are not afraid of being ruined by accusations and questions from the sky, you can register with the government and agree on a date to give lectures.
Since the beginning of Taoism in Yixia, there have been many scholars who are not afraid of the countless living and dead, and there are many scholars who even risk their lives in order to promote their ideas.
It is precisely because of this that more and more people in the Great Shang Dynasty have become enlightened. Reading is no longer because of worship of Emperor Xin or because of Zi Shou’s shouts and calls. Instead, it is divorced from the reasons for its rise and has formed a unique Lecture atmosphere.
This custom was even praised by inscriptions posted on the podiums of every city academy.
The content of the inscription is exactly: Yixiaxuegong, a hundred schools of thought contend.
Nowadays, the scholar who is giving lectures in the Lower Academy of Jizhou City is an unconventional person in knowledge.
His surname is Shakya, and he is a member of the Shakya clan of the Kushan royal family.
Back then, big businessmen were recruiting immigrants from all over the world, and he was one of them.
The principles he taught are called the Three Vehicles.
This method is not the knowledge of Dashang, but the knowledge of Kushan.
When Western immortals and gods descended to the human world and spread their teachings into the human world, what was brought into Kushan was not only the heretics, but also the Western teachings of the Three Vehicles.
After he came to Dashang, he was favored by a master because he used the knowledge of the Three Vehicles to discuss Taoism with others, and he became a disciple.
After the master took him in, he not only did not teach him his knowledge, but asked him to spread his knowledge everywhere.
The three vehicles are Mahayana, Middle Vehicle and Hinayana.
The Hinayana method refers to the principle of hearing and seeing.
The method of the middle vehicle refers to the principle of self-understanding and understanding, and the mystery of enlightenment.
The Mahayana method is accessible to all dharmas. It is uncontaminated and unattached. It is far away from all dharma. No method can be obtained. No matter what principles are in the Mahayana, you can come and go without hindrance and freedom. You can use the Mahayana method to go there. Tell.
However, this is not what makes him unique.
After all, this kind of argument is too numerous to count among the hundreds of schools of thought contending.
The novelty of this person's argument is that before he teaches people to achieve enlightenment, he first teaches them to suffer.
Every time he would choose a day with the worst weather, either with a scorching sun or a violent storm. When he stepped onto the podium, he would scatter nails on the stairs and carry a brazier on his body.
And after he went through all kinds of hardships to get to the podium, it was not over yet.
He would go without drinking for three days and without eating for seven days. After suffering all kinds of hardships, he would start lecturing to the students in the audience.
The first sentence I spoke was that the world is a purgatory, a furnace, and a sea of suffering, full of endless suffering. Only by passing through the sea of suffering can we reach the other side.
Today is the fourth time this person has given a lecture.
This time, he still followed his usual habit and stepped onto the podium of Yixia Academy. After being hungry for seven days, he opened his eyes and looked at the audience who were still sitting in the audience, with compassion and relief on his face.
He opened his mouth and said: "Dear friends and friends, I am really happy to see your faces again. Unexpectedly, after so many days, only 20% of your faces have changed."
"Sighing, 80% of the people are still willing to come and discuss the Three Vehicles with me again."
Off stage.
The futon, which only three thousand scholars are qualified to make, is already full.
In addition to the futons, the Yixia Academy, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, is also filled with people from Jizhou.
These people are basically students from rural schools.
They have just graduated from school, or even just entered school. This kind of scene where a hundred schools of thought are contending is more attractive to them than the little ladies in the market.
After all, a good man aims at enlightenment, which is the ultimate principle of heaven and earth.
Shakya is sitting on a three-foot podium, and his voice seems to have some kind of power. It can be heard clearly even from hundreds of feet away. Even if he is under the podium, he does not feel that the sound is deafening.
No matter where you are, the sound is the same.
"Is this Master Shi really not eating for seven days?"
"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. This time, he didn't even drink water."
"I haven't eaten or drank for seven days, but my voice is still so sonorous and powerful. I am worthy of being an enlightened person."
"He is not an enlightened person, just a scholar."
"How is this possible? Just an ordinary scholar, how can he not eat the fireworks of the world for seven days, but still his limbs are intact and his voice is clear..."
"Yes, according to what he said, he can control his body and enter a mysterious state."
There was a lot of discussion among the people who were listening to the lecture. They were most curious about this kind of unconventional person. It was especially rare for a scholar who was unconventional and could live a good life and give lectures four times in a row.
After Shakyamuni put his hands together and saluted the audience, he began to lecture. All kinds of anecdotes and strange things were slowly told from his mouth. After each story was told, there was some kind of thought and reason.
Ultimately, though, it’s still about promoting suffering.
Half a day later.
The lecture is over.
This is the rule for discussing Taoism in the city.
No matter what the scholar's reasoning is, since he has gone up and has something to say, he must be given half a day.
After half a day, whether you have finished speaking or not, you will begin to enter the discussion stage.
After Sakyamuni finished his last words, he thanked the audience and closed his eyes without saying a word.
He knew that based on his previous lecture experience, what awaited him next would be a storm of questions.
When discussing Taoism in a city, it is often not the lecturer who gets the limelight initially, but the listeners who raise questions in the audience.
In other words, a commentator.
Many unknown scholars became famous overnight by discussing Taoism and Dharma with famous people.
If you can defeat a famous person, you will naturally become a famous person.
If they can't be defeated, their reputation will be greatly enhanced.
Therefore... the people in the audience are not necessarily his supporters, but commentators.
Sure enough, after the lecture began, one after another people standing up, holding books and raising their hands, stood up and started talking.
"Master Shi, if you give up your passions and don't eat the fireworks of the world, will you still be a human being? Isn't this... the immortal who was driven out of the world by your majesty?"
"Master Shi, if you accumulate virtue and do good deeds, you will receive blessings in the next life. Should you suffer in this life?"
"Master Shi, Your Majesty visited the south to preach and carved the world-famous stone tablet of enlightenment. I wonder what Mahayana path you are talking about?"
"Master Shi, you said that life is like a sea of suffering, but your disciples don't feel bitter. Instead, they feel that life is full of joy, laughter, family and friendship..."
"Master Shi, are you suffering? You are suffering. How about I tell you a joke? If I can make you laugh, does it count as saving you from the sea of suffering? According to Master, will I become a Buddha?"
"Master Shi, I, Dashang, do not have the surname Shi. I heard that you are from Kushan. Is the reason you are talking about the reason why the Kushan Kingdom lost to Dashang?"
Sakyamuni sat on the podium with a smile on his face. Although his eyes were still calm, there was already anger in his heart.
None of these ignorant people care about the mysteries of the Three Vehicles, but they are all eloquent and even verbally attacking. They are really inferior people.
If it were not for the afterlife, he would definitely not stay in this filthy world for even a quarter of an hour.
The filthy world needs to be purified by the three-vehicle method.
At this time, he had not yet begun to respond to these commentators. He was just closing his eyes to rest, but suddenly he opened his eyes, raised his gaze, and looked towards the west, with some kind of longing and yearning in his eyes.
this moment.
In his eyes, he saw a golden Buddhist body manifesting in the void!
This Buddhist golden body is none other than Medicine Master Tathagata.
The Three-vehicle Dharma contains the Medicine Master Glazed Light Tathagata's Original Vows and Merits Sutra, so Sakyamuni immediately recognized the identity of this Buddhist golden body.
The Lord of the Oriental Glazed World is Medicine Master Glazed Light Tathagata.
He looked with longing eyes and was about to stand up to salute when the voice of Medicine Master Tathagata rang in his ears.
"Sakyamuni, don't be polite, don't be surprised, don't get up, you are the only one who can see me in this world."
"The Buddha only exists in the hearts of those who are destined to be."
When Sakyamuni heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and asked in his heart: "May I ask the teacher, what is a Buddha?"
Medicine Master Tathagata nodded and said:
"Today, Buddhism is first established. It is not wrong for you not to know the Buddha."
"Buddha is the enlightened one. Buddha has two legs of blessing and wisdom. Buddha is the one who has perfected the practice of merit and wisdom. All sentient beings who have gone through the sea of suffering and endured tribulations and practice may become Buddhas."
After hearing this, Sakyamuni added: "Could it be that the Buddha is the pagoda among the three great dharma? According to rumors, those who have perfected self-consciousness, awareness of others, and enlightenment have gained great wisdom and can see through all the phases of the three realms. Saint?"
Medicine Master Tathagata was overjoyed and immediately said, "No wonder the saint values you so much."
Sakyamuni was delighted and said, "I wonder what the teacher is doing here?"
Medicine Master Tathagata held up the flower and smiled. The Buddha's light shone in front of him and said: "The sage is playing chess with the human king. We need to find a believer in Buddhism in the east and go to the west to worship Buddha and seek scriptures."
"I don't know, would you like to go?"
Sakyamuni said without hesitation: "Disciple is willing to go!"
