Chapter 243 Yin Xuanzang and Nezha smiled while holding Fuli...
Nezha held Fuli and smiled for a long time. Seeing the Maitreya Buddha in the mirror suddenly look firm, as if he had made some kind of resolution, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. "Sister, what do you think he's going to do?"
The spread of Buddhism to the East, no matter how you look at it, is essentially the Western Lingshan competing for the incense offerings of the gods in heaven. Most of the gods in heaven are disciples of the Xuanmen sect, and Nezha is both publicly and privately repulsed by this.
But Duobao Tathagata was originally a disciple of Jiejiao. Even after he arrived at Lingshan, the Buddhism he created still had the foundation of Jiejiao.
The Heavenly Emperor Fu Li also came from the Jie Religion. Duobao Tathagata wanted to spread the Mahayana Buddhism he created back to the East. For the sake of the Jie Religion saint, Fu Li really had to help him.
But that is Mahayana Buddhism, what is Hinayana Buddhism?
Nezha was unwilling to see Maitreya Buddha succeed, so he would be alert whenever the other party made the slightest move.
Fu Li patted the back of his hand and shook her head slightly. "I don't know much about this Maitreya Buddha. I only know he's not stupid, but I don't know how smart he is."
When she said this, she felt unhappy.
As the Emperor of Heaven, the entire Three Realms should be subject to her. Even if Lingshan and the Underworld were temporarily out of her control, they were merely vassal states, detached from central control. As the Emperor of Heaven, she had the legal right to summon anyone from either faction.
The reason why she didn't know about Maitreya Buddha, the giant of Lingshan, was because Tathagata was interfering and preventing the two sides from contacting each other.
The reason is very simple, that is, they don’t want the Heavenly Court to interfere in Lingshan’s internal affairs.
But it didn't matter. She had recently refined the precious mirror she had received from Haotian and renamed it the Fuli Mirror. This mirror could illuminate the Three Realms and Six Paths, and no one except saints could detect it.
What the gods lack the least is time, and as long as she is given time, she can use the Fuli Mirror to explore all the secrets of Lingshan and the underworld.
Everyone has weaknesses. Gods and monsters all have human bodies, so they naturally inherit human characteristics, whether good or bad.
Therefore, gods and Buddhas also have weaknesses.
As long as she can find their weaknesses and break them up one by one, she will be able to control the underworld and Lingshan Mountain soon.
Thinking of this, her mood brightened up again, and she continued to say to Nezha, "If he were smart enough, he would know to be down-to-earth, starting with helping the people, and gradually letting the people of the Central Plains accept Buddhism. But..."
She smiled and shook her head, and Nezha immediately continued, "However, helping others goes against the teachings of Hinayana Buddhism, and is the essence of Mahayana Buddhism. I'm afraid they won't agree."
The Hinayana Buddhism emphasizes self-salvation and only cultivates oneself in order to achieve the goal of transcendence.
Since it doesn't benefit others, there's no need to expect people to look at it differently.
As expected by the couple, Maitreya Buddha tried several more times, but failed every time.
However, he had external support, so he went to the Thirty-three Heavens to seek an audience with two Buddhist saints. The Taoist Zhunti gave him some guidance, telling him to use the Mahayana Buddhist principle of "saving people" as a stepping stone to first open the door to the Central Plains, and then talk about preaching.
Maitreya Buddha suddenly realized the truth and started to take action after returning. He released a group of the most devout believers in the Buddhist kingdom in his palm, and asked them to travel through mountains and rivers to the Central Plains to preach from the grassroots level bit by bit.
The history of the spread of Theravada Buddhism was not only witnessed by the Fuli couple, but also by Tathagata Duobao, who was secretly observing and was inspired by it.
His actions were much more magnanimous than those of Maitreya Buddha. He directly sent his assistant Manjushri Bodhisattva to the Heavenly Palace to ask for a letter of passage for gods and Buddhas to descend to the earth. He sealed Manjushri Bodhisattva's magical powers and asked him to go to the East with several believers.
In his first life in the East, Jin Chanzi became a disciple of Manjushri Bodhisattva and laid the foundation of Mahayana Buddhism.
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Time flies, and five hundred years have passed in negligence.
The mortal world experienced the demise of the Qin Dynasty, a century of division, the brief unification and demise of the Sui Dynasty, and the rise of the Li Tang Dynasty onto the historical stage.
The one in power now is the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Shi Min. Under his command are numerous civil officials and military generals. Although it is a bit exaggerated to say that "all the talents in the world are within my grasp", it is basically realistic.
There was an old minister under the Second Emperor of Tang named Yin Kaishan. He had served as prime minister for several years. Now that he was old, he resigned from his position as the Prince's Grand Tutor and returned home to retire.
Yin Kaishan also had several children, but the most talented one was his youngest daughter Yin Wenjiao, whose nickname was Mantangjiao, which showed how much her parents loved her.
Of course, Yin Kaishan was reluctant to marry off such a talented daughter. Instead, he wanted her to wait for the birth of her baby and find a husband to continue the glory of their Yin family.
When Yin Wenjiao turned eighteen, Yin Kaishan and his wife found many second sons of noble families to marry to her daughter, but Yin Wenjiao didn't like any of them. Instead, she fell in love with Chen Guangrui, the new top scholar of the following year.
She was a talented scholar and warrior, so she certainly looked down on those dandies who had benefited from their ancestors' influence. Although Chen Guangrui was a little weak, he was a talented writer and also good-looking.
However, the other party was unwilling to marry into the family, so Yin Wenjiao had to have a brief marriage. Only after she became pregnant did she let Chen Guangrui go out to serve as an official.
Although Chen Guangrui felt humiliated, due to the Yin family's powerful status and the sufficient compensation given afterwards, he convinced himself to remain calm.
Both parties parted ways amicably and peacefully.
Besides, Yin Wenjiao was pregnant for ten months and gave birth to a beautiful baby boy.
Yin Kaishan loved his daughter's grandson very much. So on the eve of his son's birth, he dreamed of a rolling river, so he named him Yin Jiangliu. The elders in his family and relatives and friends all called him Jiang Liuer.
Hinayana Buddhism, a philosophy of numbness and escapism, was very popular in troubled times. After the century of chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Buddhism had been greatly developed in the Central Plains.
Even after Li Tang came to power and began to promote Taoism again, there were still many nobles in the court who believed in Buddhism.
Yin Wenjiao's son Yin Jiangliu had been fascinated by Buddhism since childhood and was extremely talented. When he was ten years old, he was noticed by the eminent monk Elder Faming of Huasheng Temple, who visited him and persuaded Yin Wenjiao, who was already a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, to cross the river and become a monk with the Buddhist name Xuanzang.
——Perhaps Elder Fa Ming and Xuan Zang were born to be master and disciple. Without "The Adventures of Jiang Liuer" in this world, he would have changed from a monk at Jinshan Temple to a monk at Huasheng Temple. In any case, he was determined to accept Xuan Zang as his disciple.
In the blink of an eye, Xuanzang was in his early thirties, in the prime of his life, a good time to practice asceticism.
The time has come for Jin Chanzi's tenth journey to the West, his reincarnation, to begin.
The Buddhist sect today is no longer the same as it was during the Qin Dynasty. It already has a solid base in the Central Plains. In addition, in the tenth year of the reign of Emperor Ershi of Tang, the beloved Empress Zhangsun became seriously ill. Tathagata took advantage of this opportunity and dispatched Guanyin to Jambudvīpa to take action.
Guanyin's involvement in this matter also means that Amitabha Buddha at Lingshan has completely turned to Mahayana Buddhism. Tathagata sent her to take over the Journey to the West, perhaps to show off his strength to both the Heaven and the Underworld.
Who is it that under Jiang Ziya's "mediation" over the years, the relationship between Lingshan and the underworld has not only not become closer, but has become even further apart?
Guanyin Bodhisattva was originally a Taoist monk named Cihang of the Chan school. As he reached a bottleneck in his practice and had made no progress for many years, he wanted to learn from others. After reporting to the Jade Purity Sage, he reincarnated to the West to comprehend Buddhism and make up for the shortcomings of his Taoism.
She was a person who knew how to handle things. After arriving in the East, she did not rush to do anything, but went to the underworld first and eased the relationship in the name of "delivering merits."
With the cooperation of the underworld, she acted calmly, taking the deceased Empress Changsun on a "day trip to the underworld." She then asked Cui Yan, a senior official of Emperor Yuan of Tang who was now serving as a judge, to intercede for Empress Changsun, adding ten years to her life and allowing her to meet Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who had failed in their bid for the throne.
The Yuan Dynasty was the beginning of Qin Shi Huang’s unification of the world and his merits were unparalleled. The founding emperors of later dynasties did not dare to violate his title and called themselves "Emperor Yuan".
This Emperor Yuan of Tang was Li Yuan, the biological father of the second emperor Li Shimin.
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were both brothers of Emperor II of Tang. They missed the mark in their fight for the throne and ended up dead at Xuanwu Gate.
Originally, Emperor II of Tang was planning to let their families go, but when his old ministers from the Tian Ce Palace heard the news, they became panicked.
It was Empress Zhangsun who advised Emperor II of Tang: If you don't remove the roots of the grass, it will grow again in the spring breeze.
Although they had different standpoints, Empress Changsun felt she had done nothing wrong. However, when she saw Li Jiancheng, his body covered in blood, and Li Yuanji holding his head, she was still a little frightened.
The queen came back to life and recounted what she had seen and heard in the underworld. In order to comfort his wife, Li Shimin held a water and land ceremony as she said.
Yin Wenjiao took advantage of the situation and recommended her son in the court. Li Shimin personally summoned Yin Xuanzang and after an examination, he was very satisfied and appointed him to preside over the water and land assembly.
As an emperor, Li Shimin actually didn't believe much in either Taoism or Buddhism.
If praying to gods and Buddhas worked, why did so many civilians die during the chaotic times at the end of the Qin Dynasty?
The reason why the Tang Dynasty re-promoted Taoism was because Buddhism had expanded too much during the chaotic times, seized a large amount of wealth, and many century-old temples still owned a large amount of land.
Which emperor could tolerate such an existence that was not under the control of the imperial court? Of course, he had to suppress it.
The best way to suppress religion is to support another one.
However, he had witnessed the empress's resurrection with his own eyes. Even though he was even more afraid of Buddhism, Li Shimin could only endure it for the time being and finish this water and land conference first.
However, Emperor II of Tang, who had already made contingency plans, did not expect that such an accident as "Guanyin descending to the earth" would occur at the Water and Land Assembly.
A living deity appeared before their eyes, and all the civil and military officials as well as the onlookers could not help but kowtow and pray to Guanyin Bodhisattva for blessings, longevity and wealth.
Li Shimin's face darkened for a moment. He was hesitating whether to kneel down when a majestic female voice suddenly rang in his ears: "You are the emperor of mankind. How dare I, a mere bodhisattva, kneel before you? Stand still."
He suddenly became alert and felt a sense of relief in his head. He couldn't help but look around, trying to find the source of the sound.
The voice continued, "No need to look for me, I am not in the lower realm."
Li Shimin's heart moved, and he guessed that the other party might be able to see what he was thinking, so he asked in his heart: May I ask for your title, the Immortal?
The voice said, "I am the Great Emperor of the Nine Heavens Great Sect, who saves all living beings and controls the merits and faults of Yin and Yang and subdues demons. Rest assured, I will protect you."
Li Shimin's heart immediately calmed down, and he walked forward with a swagger to greet Guanyin.
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