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Chapter 943 Given a chance, it's up to you to see if it's useful or not

Bianliang.

Daxiangguo Temple.

If we say which Buddhist temple has experienced the most ups and downs in recent years, it is undoubtedly this royal temple that has flourished for a hundred years.

At the end of the Song Dynasty, when the emperor first came to the throne, he entered the temple to pray for the sick official family, shouted and hugged, and the scene was huge. What an honor. Although he was assassinated soon, Daxiangguo Temple was very honored and favored. Don't pursue it, and still accept the incense from all directions.

Until the last emperor moved the capital.

The common people fled, and the market was scattered. This is too fatal for a place like a monastery that must have a flow of people.

What's more, once the capital of the country is moved away, if it is really decided not to return in Jinling, then the royal temple will definitely be replaced.

As a royal monastery, Daxiangguo has a central management agency "Zuojie", which jointly governs Buddhist affairs in the country with "Youjie" Kaibao Temple. Such an institution must be located in the capital. Since the capital has changed, these institutions will have to Following the move, the status of the monastery will plummet, and it will no longer enjoy the honor of "opening the temple for the country".

Fortunately, the Zhao and Song Dynasties soon perished. Today, there is no royal temple in the Buddhist temples in the world. The "Left Street" is still located in the Daxiangguo Temple, and officials sent by Yanjing are temporarily in charge.

With the end of the wars in various places and the pacification of the mountains and rivers, the people moved back one after another. However, compared with the heyday of Bianjing, it is no longer the same. The scale of the most lively "trading of surnames" has also shrunk by more than half.

This city with well-developed waterways has finally returned to its proper size and status.

Facts have proved that although Buddhism emphasizes all four things are empty, it still cannot avoid the iron law of "it is easy to go from thrift to extravagance, and it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality", and the schools in Daxiangguo Temple have left one after another.

Those who have connections will go north to Yanjing, trying to explain the beauty of Buddhism to His Highness King Yan, and spread my Buddha;

Those who are economically minded will go south, where the powerful and wealthy households are easy to fool, and take advantage of the aptitude of Daxiangguo Temple to be effective, and quickly do a few more religious ceremonies.

There are fewer and fewer monks in the temple, but gradually, a lot of impetuosity has disappeared, and a little more real tranquility and indifference.

But on this day, the tranquility was broken.

"The new regulations issued by the imperial court restrict the selection of monks, and there are many temples in various places who are unwilling. Now they have sent monks to my temple, suggesting that I should wait for my success and write to the imperial court!"

"Hmph, all places cut off contact with our temple before, but now they think of Daxiangguo Temple again!"

"The poor monk thinks that you should not stand out. My temple is originally a royal temple of the former dynasty, and my status is very inconvenient. What's more, the imperial court's order is because of the cult thieves, who pretended to be my Sakyamuni, and made the Buddhist temple a mess. It should be rectified! "

The opinions gradually became unified, and the abbot Zhiyuan clasped his hands together: "Amitabha! What you say is reasonable!"

Compared with other temples, Daxiangguo Temple has direct hatred with Mingzun Sect. Xianglong’s previous Mingzun died at the hands of Zhending of Daxiangguo Temple. The eminent monk visualized Guangde Buddha, the most restrained Mingzun The evil method, the Ming Zunjiao was severely injured in the first battle, and it lay dormant for a long time, but later it recovered its vitality and started to stir up trouble again.

No matter from this point of view, or the sensitive status of Daxiangguo Temple, Daxiangguo Temple should not come forward and become the vanguard of disobeying the imperial court.

However, thinking of the Minzhong Temple and other Yanjing monks who could not wait to rush out and become the vanguard to suppress other Buddhist temples, Zen Master Zhiyuan had to give some advice, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly beamed with joy: "Brother has left the customs!"

The group of monks was startled, they all got up and headed towards the Sutra Pavilion at the rear.

Daxiangguo Temple is known as "resplendent in gold and green, disfigured by clouds and clouds". It is not comparable to Minzhong Temple. The Sutra Pavilion stands tall, comparable to Fanlou. There are bursts of Sanskrit sounds in it. The gate is opened, and an old monk with white beard walks slowly. It was the previous abbot, Zen Master Zhiqing.

Zen master Zhiyuan led the group of monks to salute: "Congratulations, brother, for leaving the customs!"

Zen Master Zhiqing looked at the monastery with warm eyes, clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha!"

A Buddha's name shocks the soul, comparable to a thousand words.

Thinking of the decline of Daxiangguo Temple, all the monks felt a pain in their hearts, and some even couldn't help weeping in a low voice, but soon felt that the depression in their hearts had disappeared, and they couldn't help being surprised and happy, and clasped their hands together: "Amitabha!"

Zen Master Zhiyuan said in admiration, "Brother's Dharma has become more and more profound!"

Zen Master Zhiqing responded calmly: "Brother, let's go to the meditation room to discuss matters."

The two returned to the meditation room with several elder-level monks. Zhiyuan presented the regulations for distributing the monasteries, and took out a pair of reading glasses that had been bought and sold among the people.

Zen Master Zhiqing did not strengthen the five senses, and his eyes were indeed presbyopic. He was a little surprised when he saw it, so he took a closer look after wearing it.

In the eyes of many Buddhist monks, the "Detailed Regulations for the Examination of Monks" is not stingy with curses, but this Zen master looked normal and did not express his opinion.

On the contrary, regarding the cultural exchange group that no one paid attention to later, the former abbot read it several times and thought about it.

Seeing this, Zen Master Zhiyuan's complexion changed slightly, and he couldn't help but whispered: "Brother, this kind of communication is quite taboo!"

Buddhist disciples have the habit of spreading the Dharma to barren lands and continuously expanding their influence. Therefore, Buddhism is the most widespread religion in Southeast Asia today.

It's not that Buddhism is really so omnipotent, but that it actively adjusts itself and integrates into the local environment. On the other hand, Taoism is only prevalent in the Central Plains, and it has indeed absorbed part of the essence of Buddhism, but the spread of the two is very different.

But teaching the Dharma is not random. If the local Dharma is flourishing, it will not be teaching the Dharma, but will become mutual discussion of the Dharma. It is precisely because there are many sects of Dharma in various places that they often write and discuss, and they will argue, and finally quarrel. Parted badly.

Looking at the countries near the Central Plains, Liao worshiped Buddhism, Xixia worshiped Buddhism, Dali worshiped Buddhism, Qingtang Tubo worshiped Buddhism that was destroyed decades ago, Goryeo worshiped Buddhism that was destroyed not long ago, and even Japan, which is far away overseas Worship Buddha.

In such an environment, they went out to discuss the Dharma. Daxiangguo Temple has a profound heritage, and Zen Master Zhiyuan is not afraid, but he just doesn't want to cause chaos.

Zen Master Zhiqing has a different view: "My Buddhist school has a catastrophe in the world. The Kalan disappeared for several years and fell into ruin for several years. Today's chances are hard to count. Fortunately, it is very fortunate. We should recruit monks widely to serve the country at the command of the emperor!"

Zen master Zhiyuan's eyes lit up, and he said secretly: "I never thought that my senior brother still has ambitions, and he wants to fight for the position of leader of the Buddhist sect!"

Now that Minzhong Temple is taking the lead in rectifying Buddhist temples, this move will definitely cause resentment, but it has indeed been appreciated by the court, which cannot be compared, so let's start with the cultural exchange group...

He was also unwilling to accept that Daxiangguo Temple became Xiangguo Temple, and finally gradually declined, nodding his head and saying: "Brother, high opinion!"

Zen Master Zhiqing's pattern is bigger than him, his snow-white eyebrows trembled slightly, and his eyes showed firmness: "This trip is not only for Xiangguo Temple, but also for the entire Buddhist sect!"

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"Xiangguo Temple organizes a group of monks to participate enthusiastically, good!"

After receiving the latest information provided by Shi Qian, Li Yan frowned slightly.

It is reasonable that a royal monastery and Buddhist leader who has been a leader for more than a hundred years should have such a pattern.

But the other party knew that after Yanjing was established as the capital, Xiangguo Temple would not be able to return to its former glory, and its status was still quite embarrassing, but it was really not easy and somewhat unexpected for the other party to stand up.

That being the case, Li Yan also took note of Xiangguo Temple's performance, and ordered: "Zen Master Zhiqing led the crowd to Beijing, and Wu Youcheng went to see him in person."

"Your Highness benevolent!"

Wu understood with all his heart that this was to give Xiangguo Temple a chance to become a supporter of policy implementation.

These auxiliary monasteries will definitely be treated relatively better in the future. On the other hand, those who are stubborn will have to rectify and deal with them more severely.

It turned out that Xiangguo Temple was not on the list of consideration at all, but now that the opportunity is given, it is up to him whether it is useful or not!

Li Yan also warned: "Monasteries in various places need to regulate the distribution of medicine and hunger relief, and we must not relax."

Wu Yong took the order: "Yes!"

Since the monastery's property is generally relatively abundant, sometimes it will be fed back to the society. The most common behaviors are dispensing medicine and alleviating hunger.

To apply medicine, a pharmacy is set up in the temple, which to a certain extent replaces the role of the medical center. Many eminent monks are also genius doctors.

For example, Zhiyuan, who shined brightly at the opening of the Xihe River, is directly called a medical monk. His medical skills are so good that he can tell the status of a person just by diagnosing the pulse, and he is as accurate as a god. This is obviously a combination of fortune-telling and medical skills. At that time, the officials and nobles in Beijing flocked to it.

Not to mention hunger relief. In times of famine, many monasteries will indeed open their doors to give out porridge to help the government offices in various places to relieve the victims. Many times, the victims trust the monks of the temples more than the servants of the government offices. It is because of this tradition.

Change is the pursuit of getting rid of the bad and keeping the good. While changing the defects, it is also necessary to keep the outstanding advantages as much as possible. Where Buddhism has done a good job, he will naturally affirm it and give it corresponding awards.

Of course, monasteries around the world don’t think so. They are used to living a good life. Now that the new dynasty has just been established, it will be cut down with a single knife. It has not yet reached the stage of tax collection. The fast horse keeps delivering the news.

Regarding this, when Wu Yong walked out, he seemed calm and composed, and Li Yan was even more calm as water, but he also thought of a person who happened to meet him: "That Taoist Lin, is he still asking to see him outside the palace?"

Wu Song, the head of the guard, said: "I tell Your Highness, I am still waiting."

Li Yan said: "Allow him to see him."

Hearing this, Wu Song took a few guards with him and headed out of the palace all the way.

When Wu Song picked up the Taoist priest and turned back, several officials also brought a group of monks into the Zhongshu Province where the former government worked.

Lin Lingsu looked over from a distance, and the other monks didn't notice anything, only Zen Master Zhiqing turned his head, the eyes of both sides collided, and then quickly separated.

In Zhongshu Province, Wu Yong, the Prime Minister of You, saw him meet in person. The monks clasped their hands together, and the treasurer solemnly said, "Amitabha! I have met Prime Minister You!"

In the Mingde Hall, facing the figure behind the imperial case, Lin Lingsu's Taoist robe flicked lightly, and said in a fairy-like manner: "Supreme Tianzun! See you, Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)