Chapter 61 The grievance between Buddha and Tao
On the way, I asked someone and learned that this place was called Cangwu Kingdom, and more than a hundred miles ahead was Cangwu's royal city-Ningdu.
The Cangwu Kingdom has heard that a big country in the northern part of Danzhou in the south plays an important role in the entire continent.
Along the way, the little girl begged her brother to pester her senior brother and insisted on him to teach singing. Zhao Xiaobai had no choice but to pull out a erhu from the ring and slowly pull her to teach her.
As the sky gradually became late, I was singing "There are no rich people in the world? There are also hunger, cold, sad and sad embraces, and frustrated crying and howling..."
But he stopped singing and said, "Senior Brother~~You should teach me the song "Above the Moon" I sang last time. This is too difficult to pronounce!"
Zhao Xiaobai smiled in his heart: The tune was a kind of Peking Opera in my previous life, and it was difficult to sing. It would be strange if you like to sing movies like.
Soon, a song that did not belong to this world completely rang out on the wilderness of Danzhou in the south again:
"I'm looking away, above the moon, how many dreams are flying freely..."
As they sang, a majestic temple appeared in their eyes on a steep mountain in front of them, and the two were overjoyed.
Zhao Xiaobai said: "It's just a night of sleep here tonight."
His words make sense.
Although both Buddhist and Taoist schools are not necessarily harmonious, they are considered to be outsiders regardless of whether they practice Buddhism and Taoism.
The mainland is boundless and the road is long. In Buddhist temples, Taoists go out and occasionally borrow a visit to make it convenient for them. They can always get an answer, and the same is true for the other way around.
This is called being convenient to others, being convenient to others.
After entering the temple, the two of them found out that the mountain was named Jishan and Qinglong Temple.
It turned out to be Jishan? That's not a nameless place. Zhao Xiaobai clearly remembers that "The Mountains and Seas" says: Hou Ji stayed in Cangwu and taught the people to use rice and beans.
So, this is the legendary place where Hou Ji, the great sage in ancient times, taught the people to cultivate rice, beans and hemp, which is very knowledgeable.
The monks in the temple are quite enthusiastic and thoughtful. It seems that there should be many Taoist priests here who are making trouble.
The Qinglong Temple is tall and imposing. When you enter the main hall, you can see murals on all four walls, which are exquisite.
There is a big Buddha in the middle, with a smile on his eyes and a solemn wisdom. It is the Buddha who is the old man.
But when Zhao Xiaobai continued to watch, the problem arose.
Below the Buddha statue, there is nothing wrong with the six realms of reincarnation. But although the Buddha portraits and Buddha worship pictures on the west wall are painted on the three generations of Buddhists, the following is: Taoist Gods Pictures!
A statue of the Eighteen Arhats of the Buddhist family is painted on the top of the north wall, and a picture below is painted on the bottom: The Ten Temples of Taoism.
Zhao Xiaobai was immediately confused: How could this Qinglong Temple mix Buddhist Bodhisattvas with Taoist magic? Then is it a Buddhist or Taoist?
I looked again and saw that on the east wall, there was Guanyin Bodhisattva painted, and a portrait occupied a wall.
This is easy to understand. Guanyin is very famous and holds multiple positions. She is a figure who exists in both Buddhism and Taoism. She is rarely recognized by both religions.
Zhao Xiaobai suppressed his doubts and bowed to Guanyin a few times first, chanting: "Guanyin Master, great compassion, Immortal Heavenly Lord!"
This is a standard Taoist title, and the way he worships God is also very standard.
After the bowing, he pointed at the mural on the wall with one hand and looked at the governor who was accompanying him.
The governor's monk's hair and beard were all white and his face was deep, which made Zhao Xiaobai think of mysterious figures like the "sweeping monk" and was shocked.
As a result, after a glance, he gave a big gift to the monk honestly.
The monk slowly smiled, then sighed and said, "Southern Danzhou has been gradually introduced to Buddhism and Taoism, and there have been no shortage of disputes for thousands of years."
"Especially in Cangwu, in the early years, Buddhism and Taoism were both teachers of the same country, and the debate was particularly fierce."
"More than a hundred years ago, in order to resolve such endless entanglements, Emperor Cangwu at that time issued an order to hold a lecture on the rituals every five years to determine the ownership of the position of the national teacher."
"The Treatise and Sutra Conference has been held for twenty-one sessions so far, and both Buddhist and Taoist schools have their own victories and losses."
"But there was a time when my Buddhism was defeated three times in a row. The old emperor was so angry that he was bewitched by the demonic path that he actually issued an order to burn the Buddhist palace!"
"This incident finally alarmed the holy mountain. In the end, the Buddhist saints came forward, and the Buddhist temples were preserved. But all temples were renamed as palaces, monks were renamed as vassals, Bodhisattvas were called masters, and Sakyamunis were called heavenly lords..."
"Didn't you see that the word "Shi" on the plaque outside my Qinglong Temple is slightly different from the other two words?"
"This is the old trace left when the word "Shi" in Qinglong Temple was changed to the word "Guan".
"After that, the Buddhist lineage knew shame and bravery, worked hard to achieve strength, and emerged in many geniuses. Not only did they gain a foothold in the southern continent, but they also won again in the Sutra Conference. The new emperor issued an order to abolish the edict of that year."
"For Buddhism, this is a humiliating history. Although this inappropriate situation was completely changed later, my Qinglong Temple specially retained the portrait of that year as a witness to the past."
Zhao Xiaobai became more and more shocked the more he heard it: Is there such a thing?
From this point of view, the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism was once very fierce and cruel.
When the old monk said this, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he asked with a smile: "The donor is from Zhongzhou!"
"You have come from thousands of miles away. Didn't you come to attend this year's lecture at the invitation of Shenxiao Palace?"
When Zhao Xiaobai heard this, he was even more surprised and thought to himself: "It is so tempting to face the wheat with such a sharp point as the Sutra of the Confucianism, which is very easy to cause great trouble for hatred. I can't even hide, so how can I accept any invitation?"
Besides, I have so many experts in Taoism and the ancestral mountain lineage, so how can I worry about it?
I immediately didn't take this matter seriously and replied frankly: "My junior sister and I are from Xiniuhe, but we are not from Zhongzhou."
"As for this lecture, I just heard you talk about it today, and I didn't know it before!"
"I'm not here to attend the lecture. My junior sister and I just came here to travel around the world and expand our knowledge and have no other intentions."
When the old monk heard this, he seemed to ask casually: "I don't know who the donor's surname is, do you have a Taoist name?"
Zhao Xiaobai was shocked and then suddenly remembered that he also had a Taoist name.
His large size is purple and white.
When the senior brother gave such a Taoist name, he felt that there was no fixed number, purple and white, which made people disliked. He had never called people, and he had almost forgotten it.
It would be fine if you don't say it now.
He hurriedly smiled and said, "My name is Bai Xiaozhao. I am lazy and lazy. I practice in Taoism and do nothing, and I have never had the name of Taoism."
Then he pointed to Ziyue, his eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "This is my junior sister Zi Yan's little Taoist nun."
When the little girl heard the senior brother's mouth, she not only changed the names of both of them, but also added the three words "Little Taoist nun" behind her Taoist name, not knowing what mysterious it was.
But he obediently gave the old monk a little blessing, pretending to be nothing, but there was still a hint of naughty smile in his eyes.
The old monk gently brushed his sleeves, smiled deeply, and said, "It's better to take a break early than to have a hard time."
Then he sighed: "The Sutra Conference is once every five years, and the gathering of people is also a rare opportunity. This year's Sutra Conference will be held in three days. Since you two are here, it would be a pity not to listen to it!"
The little girl was moved immediately and secretly pulled her senior brother's clothes. Zhao Xiaobai looked stern and said one word: "Three!"
Chapter completed!