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Chapter 1452 The Origin of Buddhism
[Nalanda Monastery accorded great courtesy to Tang Seng. Four great masters came to greet him personally, and more than 200 monks and 1000 servants led the way with various ceremonial objects. Finally, he met the abbot of the temple, Master Jiexian.

Tang Sanzang successfully became the disciple of Master Jiexian. As the supreme leader of Indian Buddhism, Master Jiexian had not accepted any disciples for a long time, and he would not make an exception for Tang Sanzang. This was the last decade or so. Master Jiexian had been suffering from rheumatism until three years ago when he dreamed of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva telling him that in the future a divine man would come from the East and spread Buddhism back to the East.

You should take him as your disciple and teach him all your knowledge, and then your rheumatism will be cured without any medicine.

With such a dream and Tang Seng's fame and background, Master Jiexian naturally made an exception and accepted Tang Seng as his disciple. He taught Tang Seng the core scripture of the Mahayana Buddhism in Indian Buddhism, "Yoga Sastra", and this teaching lasted for five years.

Tang Seng actually only took 15 months to finish studying the Yogacarabhumi Sutra, and spent the rest of the time studying the many scriptures preserved in Nalanda Temple that had been handed down for thousands of years. Many of these scriptures were lost even to the monks of Nalanda Temple, and Master Jiexian was unable to read them. Only the text of the scriptures remained, and all of them were learned by Tang Seng.

Tang Seng not only studied Buddhist scriptures, but also all the scriptures of Indian Brahmanism. It is not that Tang Seng was interested in learning foreign religions, but because Buddhism and Indian Brahmanism came from the same source.

In 2000 BC, the Aryans invaded India, and these white-skinned people successfully became the masters of the black-skinned local indigenous people. However, there were too few Aryans at that time, while the Indian indigenous people were numerous. In order to maintain their rule, the Aryans pioneered the combination of the local indigenous mythology to create Hinduism, and also left behind the well-known caste system.

The white-skinned Aryans are the priests of Hinduism, the most noble Brahmins, the pinnacle of caste, and the embodiment of the mouth of God. The leaders of the conquered indigenous tribes are the Kshatriyas, who hold secular royal power, are the second caste, and the embodiment of the hands of God.

Next is the Vaishya, the middle class at that time, they are the thighs of God, and finally the Shudra, that is, the common people, they are the feet of God and are responsible for farming. As for the untouchables, they are the dirty things excluded from the body of God and cannot be touched.

Through this clear hierarchy, Hinduism successfully controlled the entire nation through a pyramid system. Of course, these noble Brahmins were naturally afraid that one day someone would shout out "Are there any kings, princes, generals, or ministers of different races?", so they pioneered the concept of reincarnation.

Hinduism believes that everyone's soul is in a continuous cycle of reincarnation, and your life in this life depends on your practice in the previous life. If you worked hard in your previous life, served the gods with awe, and did your best within your scope, then even if you are the most humble and untouchable person, you may become a noble Brahmin after reincarnation and enjoy a life of wealth and glory in the next life.

On the contrary, if you do not obey the instructions of God in this life, dare to destroy the will of God, do not live according to the rules of Hinduism, and think about whether there is any difference between kings and generals, then even if you are a noble Brahmin in this life, you will become an untouchable person in the next life.

The Hindu system is actually a very efficient and intelligent system. It allows everyone within the system to accept their current situation and place all their hopes and aspirations on the next life.

So Indians are not afraid of life and death to some extent, because after death they can live a good life in the next life without having to continue to suffer in this life.

Of course, there were smart people who could see through this system, so during the long process of development in India, it evolved into hundreds of different branches, and Buddhism was the most powerful of these branches, created by the Buddha.

Before the Buddha, India taught the concept of ascetics, which meant to torture one's body and temper one's will in this life, so as to obtain the blessing of God and make further progress in the next life. The Buddha was very eager to become an ascetic at first, and then he saw the miserable lives of many Indian civilians during his ascetic practice, and then he began to think and gradually formed a complete independent ideological system based on the equality of all people.

Eventually breaking away from the shackles of Hinduism, Buddhism came into being.

But Buddhism and Hinduism are still twin lotuses after all, and the various scriptures of both sides also overlap. Learning from each other can help us understand the mysteries more thoroughly. So in these five years, Tang Seng not only reached the pinnacle of his Buddhist attainments, but also reached the pinnacle of Indian Brahmanism. After all, this is a matter of one knowledge leading to a hundred knowledges.

After that, Tang Seng decided to continue traveling around the countries of India, collect Buddhist scriptures that he had not seen before, and bring the most complete Indian Buddhist teachings back to the Tang Dynasty. So in the process, Tang Seng traveled to many countries, including the Western Women's Kingdom.

The Western Women's Country is located near the Fuling Country, on an island. The island is full of women, with no men. The country produces many precious treasures and exists by relying on the Fuling Country. Because of the country's unique customs, the Fuling Country sends men to the island at a fixed time every year to mate with the women on the island.

As for the children born after mating, all the female babies were kept as citizens of the Western Women's Kingdom, while the male babies were directly thrown into the sea, so there were only women and no men in the entire Western Women's Kingdom.

However, Tang Seng did not personally go to the Kingdom of Women to explore it. He just passed by the Kingdom of Fuling and learned about such a country.

Fourteen years after leaving the Tang Dynasty, Tang Monk finally traveled all over India and returned to Nalanda Temple.

At this time, Tang Monk was ready to return to the Tang Dynasty, but he never expected that a large-scale fight broke out between Buddhism and Indian Brahmanism. The master of Brahmanism even went directly to Nalanda Temple to debate with Buddhism.

The master claimed that he had 40 great principles, and if any monk was able to refute any of them, he would behead himself. As a result, no one was able to achieve it within a month.

It was not until Tang Seng returned that he refuted all the forty major principles in just one day. As for the Brahman master, he was not really beheaded, but was convinced by Tang Seng and also became his disciple, turning to the embrace of Mahayana Buddhism.

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