Zhenguan's prosperity and fame

Chapter 325 Educating Master Xuanzang
Li Tai was dumbfounded, and immediately froze.

Is this monk really planning to take a trip to the west?
Xuanzang saluted the Buddha again and said, "Amitabha, how does His Royal Highness the King of Wei know what is in the heart of the poor monk?"

Li Fangchen sent someone to take out the completed Journey to the West and hand it in Xuanzang's hands, "You are not allowed to take it away, let alone use it to promote Buddhism, only you can read it alone. If not, I don't mind killing you." A monk!"

Xuanzang suddenly felt that the book in his hand weighed a thousand catties, and perhaps all the previous mysteries could be solved with this.

"I don't know if the little monk can chatter in the village for a few days. A bowl of cooked rice a day is enough."

"That's right."

Li Fangchen pulled Li Tai away, Xuanzang sat in the hall directly in Panxi, opened Journey to the West and began to read.

This reading lasted for seven days. I ate and slept, and never put the book down.

This is a story written by King Qin, and the stories written in the book are also closely related to Buddhism.

Although it is a biography, the story in it is not thought-provoking.

Respect the Tao and suppress the Buddha?Respect the Buddha and restrain the Tao?
No, in Xuanzang's eyes, this book completely exposed the cruelty of the world.

Why do some monsters have a backstage and can kill people without any worries? Why are the difficulties along the way set by heaven, Taoism, and Buddhism even though they are learning from the Western Paradise?

Among them, the Zen master of Guanyinyuan, which Xuanzang remembers most, conspired with the fur monster because of his greed for cassocks.

What about Datang?
Buddhism escapes the world and is not subject to jurisdiction, but secretly continues to promote orthodox traditions and attract believers.

Why did the King of Qin disdain him so much when he saw himself performing Buddhist rituals? Does all this explain a problem.

King Qin, no, it should be that in the eyes of the royal family, they probably hate Buddhism more than they like it?

To use a more appropriate word to describe Buddhism, I am afraid it is a moth!
Look at Taoism, since Li Tang founded the country, because of Yuan Tiangang's relationship, it was often suppressed in the early days.

Later, he was recruited by His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and made an indelible contribution to the subsequent development of the Tang Dynasty.

In the Gunpowder Workshop, there are still [-] people who come from Taoism.

In addition, Taoism also has a living god, Sun Simiao, whose realm Xuanzang can only sigh in awe of Sun Laodao.

And what about Buddhism?

Make money, make money, make money.

In addition to money, what kind of sincerity do you dedicate to the Buddha?
Not to mention other monasteries, just the Daxiangguo Temple, the involvement in it made Xuanzang feel a chill.

In the past, I always felt that to serve the Buddha, it is natural to take the best things.

At this moment, Xuanzang seemed to have an epiphany, got up and called the waiter, begging to see King Qin again.

It was told that King Qin and King Wei were fishing in the fields at the moment.

So under the guidance of the envoy, Xuanzang walked out of the other courtyard and marched all the way to the field.

At this moment, King Qin and King Wei were dressed as farmers, and they rolled up their trouser legs and were groping for something in the rice fields.

"Hey! Second brother, I caught it. Hurry up, basket!"

Li Fangchen hurried to the side, turned around to reveal the wooden basket behind him.

Li Tai grabbed something from the mud with both hands and put it in the basket.

Although Xuanzang didn't work in agriculture, he didn't know what it was.

The rice fields in Qinwangzhuang are irrigated with river water, naturally there will be loaches from the river, and catching loach is one of the few pleasures of Li Fangchen and Li Tai in their daily life.

Seeing Xuanzang arrived, Li Fangchen straightened up, waved to him, and beckoned him to come over to his side.

Xuanzang hesitated slightly, every step he took was full of mud, but his Buddhist robe was spotless.

He hesitated for a moment, but still stepped into the mud.

It was a little uncomfortable to walk, and it took a long time to get to Li Fangchen's side.

"Your Highness."

"Carry it!"

Li Fangchen directly handed the basket behind his back to Xuanzang, and at the same time blocked Xuanzang's mouth in a disguised form.

After catching a few more loaches, Li Tai laughed loudly, "The food can be improved tonight!"

Xuanzang was stunned for a moment, and a thought suddenly came to his mind, to pour out all the loach in the basket and release them.

But reason told him that he couldn't do that.

Li Fangchen saw Xuanzang's discomfort, and said with a smile, "Why, don't you like killing people?"

"Amitabha, the Buddha told me that if you don't abstain from killing, all things have spirits."

"Then your Buddha doesn't eat meat?"

Xuanzang shook his head, "The Buddha feeds the eagle with his body."

"Since everything has a spirit, why does your Buddha have to eat five grains?"

Xuanzang explained: "Five grains are a gift from heaven, why not eat them?"

Li Fangchen smiled and said: "God bestows the five grains? This statement is wrong. As far as I know, the five grains are determined by the ancestors of the human race generation after generation. If it is pushed forward for thousands of years, is there something wrong with the human race sticking to hair and drinking blood?" "

Xuanzang didn't answer these words, but raised his finger to the distance, "Among the houses of Your Highness, are there cattle, sheep and other animals?"

"Those? That's not true, your ears are not aura!"

Seeing what Xuanzang was referring to, Li Fangchen couldn't help laughing, referring to the greenhouse.

"Qingque, let's go ashore and take Master Xuanzang around Qinwangzhuang."

"okay!"

Currently, the bean sprouts are raised in the greenhouse, because the eldest grandson Wugou loves to eat them, so a batch will be sent to the palace every few days.

When Xuanzang saw it, he was a little surprised. He never thought that without the sun's moisture, he could grow vegetables.

According to Li Fangchen's introduction, what's even more surprising is that this kind of dish matures in only a few days.

Immediately after was the livestock house, the house for the chickens and ducks, which made Xuanzang feel a little uncomfortable, and then went to the cattle and sheep house, Xuanzang couldn't help sighing: "Your Highness, without the sky, they are not free."

It seems that Xuanzang is still a member of the ancient animal protection organization?
Existence is reasonable. Although Li Fangchen is dissatisfied with Xuanzang's views, he will not denounce Xuanzang's false compassion.

"For them, what is freedom? Life and death are not in their own hands, so why do you need freedom?"

After leaving the animal house, Xuanzang sighed and said, "Your Highness, if you imprison people in it, you will probably go crazy."

Li Fangchen said: "But this king will not lock people in it. Since Buddhism pays attention to cause and effect, and this king raised them, why can't they repay me?"

"Such a return will cost them their lives!"

Li Fangchen stopped in his tracks, "So what? Natural selection, if the people standing in front of you and me today are not humans, but tigers and leopards, do you think they will reason with humans?"

"But we are the spirits of all things!"

"Do all things ever agree? The reason why people can come to this day is only because people have more wisdom and knowledge!"

"Your Highness."

Xuanzang never thought that His Royal Highness the King of Qin would be so decisive that he would not be kind to all creatures.

"After I have changed my clothes, I will argue with you again."

It wasn't that Li Fangchen didn't want to continue the conversation, but that the mud on his body got in the way.

After waiting for a stick of incense in the main hall, Li Fangchen reappeared, apparently after scrubbing, the mud on his hands and face had long since disappeared.

On the other hand, Xuanzang looked rather dilapidated, his robes had been stained with mud, and there was still a lot of dirt on his body.

Different from Master Xuanzang of Daxiangguo Temple when he came here, Xuanzang today is more pure and more like a Buddhist monk.

"Sit down and drink tea."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

I didn't see His Royal Highness King Wei, and it seemed that His Royal Highness Qin Wang didn't want His Highness Wei Wang to know what happened next.

(End of this chapter)