I studied in modern times

Chapter 807 Holy Master
April is coming to an end, when the afterglow of the setting sun falls on Mount Mabang.

The sound of the bell from Zisheng Zen Temple began to echo in this pure land of monks.

Dozens of Tibetan nobles from Qingtang City, wearing red lapel robes, prostrated themselves in the Buddhist hall of Zisheng Zen Temple and worshiped.

Although his hair and beard were all white, the monk Zhiyuan, who was given a dignified appearance and purple robe by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and was given the title of "Master Puji Huai'en", closed his eyes and chanted the Tantric scriptures in Sanskrit: "If one is angry, without compassion, greedy, and frivolous, and is arrogant, boastful, and picky, one should not follow..."

The Tibetan nobles listened, were so moved that tears welled up in their eyes, and were so excited that they could not control themselves.

They all practiced Buddhism, so they naturally knew that the scriptures recited by the holy master in front of them were the real Buddhist scriptures that they had longed for but had never been able to access.

The true scriptures come from the West, from the holy land where Sakyamuni Buddha was born.

It is a scripture written personally by Bodhisattva Nagarjuna, who has attained enlightenment.

Combined with this scripture are the fourteen fundamental tantric precepts of the downfalls.

Even in India, such precepts are only circulated between the master and his disciples.

Even in U-Tsang, it was only when Guru Padmasambhava came to Tibet to preach that he taught his disciples these fundamental precepts.

And now...

They, mortals like ants, are fortunate enough to hear the scriptures of this true scripture.

Everyone is extremely pious.

Wait for the holy teacher with a dignified appearance to finish reciting the scriptures.

The nobles of Qingtang City collectively worshipped Zhiyuan: "Holy Master, please have mercy!"

For these devout Buddhist nobles.

Nothing could excite them more than what they had just experienced.

One of them even bowed and said, "I, the disciple Bang Biaozhu, on behalf of hundreds of thousands of believers in Qingtang, invite the Holy Master to come to Qingtang in person to preach the Dharma and save the souls of the dead..."

“If we can obtain the mercy of the Holy Master, the Tibetan believers will be grateful!”

Zhiyuan slowly opened his eyes and looked at the young man crawling on the Buddhist temple.

His face was full of compassion, extremely solemn and dignified.

"Good! Good!" Zhiyuan sighed, "Qingtang and I have a destiny!"

"If not in this life, then in the next, I will go to Qingtang City to preach the Dharma and the sutras to all the donors..."

After saying this, he stopped talking and just gently tapped the wooden fish in front of him.

Boom!
The crisp sound of the wooden fish seems to have magical power, bringing peace and tranquility to people.

Bang Biaozhu realized that he was overstepping his bounds, and immediately bowed and said, "I wish that the Holy Master would be born in Qingtang in the future to relieve all suffering, resolve all evil, and save millions of people!"

Zhiyuan didn't say anything, but just knocked the wooden fish again.

Boom!
Then again.

Boom!
All the Tibetan nobles prostrated themselves and kowtowed: "Lama, lead us!"

This is what Tantric disciples say when they worship their master.

This means that these people have regarded Zhiyuan as their root guru whom they are about to convert to and believe in.

This is a very serious matter in Tantra.

But Zhiyuan did not make any comment on this, but just struck the wooden fish again.

Bang Biaozhu and the others seemed to understand something and looked up in surprise: "Lama Qian!"

Then they bowed again and said goodbye. One by one, they stood up and left the Buddhist hall where Zhiyuan was.

There was joy and excitement on everyone's face.

at last……

Paying homage to the Holy Master!
From then on, they can visualize the compassion and majestic appearance of today's Holy Master in their practice, so as to understand and approach the Holy Master's compassion, and ultimately cultivate their own Buddhist teachings.

But among the crowd, Bang Biaozhu had his own thoughts.

As the son of Aligu, he is also the chief envoy to Song this time.

Bang Biaozhu is entrusted with the mission of continuing the Qingtang Tubo regime!

There was no way out. His father’s Qingtang regime was already in turmoil.

It is no exaggeration to say that survival depends on a single day!

The failure of last year’s war not only caused Qingtang City to lose its most reliable fighting force - the Qingyi Ghost Chapter.

After the war, Qingtang City's strategic situation immediately fell into the most dangerous situation since Zuosiluo founded the country!
Xibawen of Xige City and Wen Xixin of Miaochuan City stopped wavering and waited on the sidelines during the war and turned to the Southern Dynasty.

This not only caused Qingtang City to lose its channel of communication with the Dangxiang.

At the same time, it also exposed the vulnerable flank of Qingtang City.

Once a war broke out, the Song army would launch an attack from Miaochuan City while sending an elite cavalry unit to pass through Xige City and go around to the rear of Qingtang City.

Well, this would be a catastrophic disaster for Qingtang Tubo!
This is just a military danger!

The political danger is even more terrifying!
Qingyi Jie Guizhang was captured, and after retreating to the West Sea, Jie Wagou accepted the surrender of the Southern Dynasty.

This not only caused his father to lose a strong and reliable support force.

It also caused people in Qingtang City to feel uneasy.

Many nobles have been thinking about a question: Why does a Uighur have the right to rule us Tibetans?

This problem is extremely fatal!
Because, if these people think about it carefully, they will come to an extremely terrifying conclusion -

Since Aligu is incompetent and does not have the blood of the Zamp, he has offended his Han uncle and put us in crisis.

So why don't we invite a true descendant of the Zamp to inherit the great Zuosilo's legacy?

For example, the Lord of Xige City is very good!
And the descendants of the six tribes would think: Zuosilo’s bloodline doesn’t seem to work either!

Otherwise... let's just support one of our own!
For example, the lord of Miaochuan City, the son of Wen Puqi is very good!
Under such circumstances, Bang Biaozhu's father Aligu had no choice but to accept the orders from his Han uncle in Bian Jing.

Send this prince to the Song Dynasty, to the city of Bianjing, to beg for mercy before his uncle from the Han family.

He placed his hope on the mercy of his uncle from the Han family, who would confer a higher official title on his father.

It would be better to confer a title of king like Zuo Silu!

Relying on the endorsement from the uncle from the Han family, the legitimacy is completed.

This is his top priority.

In addition to this task, he also has another task that is also related to the safety of Qingtang City - to invite the Holy Master of the Great Song Dynasty [Master Puji Huai'en] to Qingtang City to preach.

It would be best to keep this holy master in Qingtang City.

In this way, they, father and son, can rely on the power of faith to reshape the political ecology of Qingtang City!
Thinking about the face and voice of that [Holy Master].

Bang Biaozhu let out a sigh of relief.

At this time last year, the influence of Master Puji Huai'en was still limited to Xihe area in the Southern Dynasty.

At that time, in the entire Tubo and Xixia, the Buddha's tooth relic was the treasure that everyone paid attention to and focused on.

Almost no one took the old monk sent by the emperor of the Southern Dynasty seriously.

But in just one year, this monk has completed the transformation from "old monk" to "holy master".

His teachings are indeed solemn and sacred.

The scriptures that were spoken of were indeed directly from the true scriptures in the West.

His practice of Buddhism is also truly profound.

This can't be fooled!

however……

What really made him rise and quickly become a "Holy Master" recognized by countless believers was due to two things.

The first thing is that, according to legend, Wen Xixin from Miaochuan City once dreamed of the Buddha preaching to him while he was on pilgrimage.

When he arrived at the Zisheng Monastery, he found that the pagoda enshrining the Buddha's tooth relic was emitting rainbow light and hearing the sound of Sanskrit. According to legend, the people who saw the rainbow light and heard the Sanskrit sound were not only Wen Xixin, but also hundreds of his followers.

So everyone came to the pagoda, bowed down and praised the Buddha.

At this time, they all heard a compassionate and solemn sacred voice telling them a prophecy.

Hundreds of years ago, when Prince Padmasambhava of Uddiyana was born.

The compassionate Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva had already predicted that the lineage of Guru Padmasambhava would be exhausted in U-Tsang hundreds of years later.

At the same time, he also predicted that a Buddhist disaster would occur in the Buddhist countries in the Western Regions.

Then, the Bodhisattva prayed to the Buddha with tears streaming down his face.

The Buddha was moved by the Bodhisattva's compassion, so he cast a spell to foresee the future and understand cause and effect.

Therefore, we know that when the lineage of Guru Padmasambhava declines and when the Buddhist disaster occurs in the Buddhist country of the Western Regions, a turning point will begin to emerge.

A brand new opportunity to spread the Dharma will emerge.

but……

This opportunity requires a venerable person with profound cultivation to sacrifice himself, be born into the human world, and go through hundreds of reincarnations before he can achieve perfection.

Guanyin Bodhisattva then searched everywhere for a venerable person who was willing to sacrifice himself, enter the world of reincarnation, practice, and spread Buddhism.

Finally, the Bodhisattva found a venerable monk who was willing to enter the world and reincarnate.

This venerable monk renounced his ego, passed away, and his true spirit entered the world.

It will start from the smallest details, using the supreme compassion of the Buddhist teachings to save people from disasters and resolve difficulties. After hundreds of reincarnations, one will continue to cultivate again and again, and finally achieve perfection in merit and attainment of the fruit position.

When Wen Xixin and others finished hearing the prophecy, at this moment, the abbot of Zisheng Zen Temple, Master Puji Huai'en, appeared in front of them.

Under the reflection of the rainbow light, the master understood his past and present lives and knew his own mission.

So he made a great wish: "I wish that in my next life, I will be born in Miaochuan, enlighten the world, spread Buddhism, eliminate disasters and save the people!"

Although, these are all legends.

Wen Xixin and Zisheng Zen Temple were just talking to themselves.

At the beginning, not many people took it seriously.

However, last year's war changed everything.

During the war, Master Puji Huai'en of Zisheng Zen Temple, with the supreme Buddhist teachings and a compassionate heart, took out the Buddha's tooth relic and led the monks and believers of the Zen temple to rush to the battlefield.

They touched the heads of the injured and blessed them, regardless of friend or foe, and saved the poor people among them.

Whenever they appear on the battlefield, both sides who are inspired by the Buddha's teachings will kneel down and accept the blessings of the [Holy Master]. Many vicious people are influenced by the compassion of the [Holy Master]!

not only that!

[The Holy Master] also displayed many supernatural and magical phenomena.

For example, it can foretell disasters, or make extremely vicious people cry bitterly and sincerely repent in front of him.

What’s more important is that many of the wounded he treated recovered miraculously.

Many people had already been sentenced to death and were considered hopeless.

But he was saved by the [Holy Master]!
Among these people were Han, Tibetan, Qiang, and Dangxiang people.

In front of the compassionate Holy Master, all living beings feel ashamed of themselves.

As a result, its reputation grew, and it was admired and worshipped by more and more people.

Even after the war, the [Holy Master] did not rest.

Instead, he appeared in cotton farms all over Xihe, blessing the suffering people, providing medicine for the sick, and redressing justice for those who had suffered injustice.

Eventually, its fame spread beyond national borders.

Wen Xixin took the opportunity to publicize the prophecy that he had heard under the pagoda.

[Holy Master] will be reincarnated in Miaochuan in the next life to save sentient beings and spread the Dharma, and the news will spread throughout the Huangshui River Basin.

As a result, countless herdsmen and nobles flocked to Miaochuan City.

They all hope to live in the place where the Holy Master is reincarnated.

He even hoped that his family would have the chance to give birth to a reincarnated "Holy Master" as predicted.

This kind of fighting style is not worth mentioning Ali.

I'm afraid the kings of U-Tsang have never seen it.

The power of religion is so strong.

As a result, Miaochuan City showed a trend of surpassing Qingtang City within a few months.

after all……

The nobles of Qingtang Tubo have actually heard about the current situation in U-Tsang.

So they knew that in the divided dynasty of U-Tsang, the phenomenon of converting homes into temples had already appeared.

Many great nobles began to build temples and called themselves the abbots, thus combining their aristocratic identities with those of monks.

This allowed these great aristocratic families to control not only the land, but also the spiritual world of the army and serfs under their rule.

The benefits of doing so are unquestionable.

And now, in the Southern Dynasty, under the rule of my uncle from the Han Dynasty, Buddhism emerged that surpassed that of U-Tsang.

Anyone who cares knows what this means.
A new era, an era in which Buddhism and aristocratic hereditary status are perfectly integrated, has arrived!

Only those who embrace Him have a future!

……

After seeing off the Tibetan nobles headed by Bang Biaozhu, Zhiyuan in the Buddhist temple opened his eyes.

"Amitabha!" Zhiyuan chanted the Buddha's name, his appearance was solemn and sacred.

"Master..." A young monk appeared in front of him and bowed, "The Minister of State Affairs sent someone to express our gratitude..."

Zhiyuan put his hands together and said, "Please thank you, Master Jinglüe, on my behalf..."

"Just say that I serve the country and do not ask for rewards!"

As he spoke, Zhiyuan slowly stood up.

He is very old.

But his heart is very young.

Because he knows that he will achieve enlightenment!
With the help and guidance of the emperor.

The young monk walked up to Zhiyuan and supported the "Saint Master" of Xihe Road, the "Living Buddha" created by the Emperor of Bianjing City with the help of countless forces including military doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Yes……

During last year’s war, the monks who rescued the wounded were all military doctors who had been ordained temporarily.

The secret medicine given was a medicine for wounds prepared from the cooked medicine in Bian Jing.

As for the [Holy Master] entering the cotton farm, touching the heads of the employees to bless them, preaching scriptures and diagnosing illnesses, and even redressing grievances and upholding justice, all of these were scripted and prepared in advance.

And there is special assistance from the Xihe Road government.

At the same time, this was also something that the owners of the cotton farms had repeatedly invited.

Because everyone has discovered that a visit from the Holy Master to the fields is worth a thousand words, and can also greatly improve the work efficiency of the hired workers.

As a result, cotton farm owners vied with each other to invite the Holy Master.

Of course the young monk knew all this because he was involved in the whole process.

Also, he was the person sent by the government to serve and monitor this [Holy Master].

(End of this chapter)