The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 262: Earthly Questions Entering the Tao
  Taoism and Buddhism in Ergou's previous life can be regarded as two bright flowers of faith on the tree of human civilization.

They are formed in the process of exploring the unknown as a human race. The exploration and speculation of the external world and the inner world are the embodiment of intelligent labor.

However, in this extraordinary world, the origin and development of Taoism and Buddhism are two completely different situations extending from the same vine.

Tao originated from people's understanding of the nature of heaven, earth and nature since ancient times. Tao is an accumulation of knowledge and philosophy formed by people through observation, practice and summary of nature, a collection of known and unknown.

People's knowledge of nature has evolved into a series of knowledge and skills that guide people's production and life, such as medicine, tool science, agriculture, handicrafts, astronomy, and calendars.

And because people are afraid of nature because they are unknown, they worship because of fear. Worshiping gods and reverence for heaven and earth have developed sacrifices and rituals, which are called witches.

Fear cannot kill people's curiosity. They are eager to turn the unknown into the known, and this practical process is called Tao.

Seekers are practitioners who transform unknown witches into known techniques, pioneers and prophets among mankind.

In the extraordinary world, the unknown is extremely dangerous.

When some indescribable existence is accidentally but inevitably discovered by seekers, terrible disasters come to this world.

In order to fight against those disasters, the pioneer prophets had to come together and formed a guardian organization to fight against the disasters.

This organization went from loose to strict, and then from strict to loose again, and so on three times. She once had many names, including the known witch clan, Xuanmen, Qi Refiner, Heavenly Court, etc., and there are many more that have been forgotten. name, but in the end there was only one Taoist name left.

Interestingly, in the process of exploring the unknown, the Taoist sages accidentally created many miracles, including the famous contention of a hundred schools of thought through the ages, and the ups and downs of extraordinary wars. Of course, the most touching thing is a personal Miracle - the appearance of the Immortal.

Immortality, immortality, immortality.

No matter how much time goes by, I will remain firm.

The emergence of immortals is simply an explosive shock to humans, a race with a short life span but a bright life.

Ordinary people fanatically pursue them, worship them, deify them, worship them, learn from them, and hope to live forever like them.

But people's pursuit of eternal life is like a fool's joke.

If the immortals cannot be copied, new immortals always appear around people inadvertently. Even when people discover their abnormalities, the immortals themselves suddenly realize how lucky and unique they are.

It can be said that immortals can be recreated, but no one who deliberately pursues immortality has ever been able to replicate the ability of immortality.

The power of the immortal is elusive.

This is undoubtedly a desperate denial for those mortals who are drowning in the long river of time and seek immortality.

Despair gives birth to jealousy, jealousy leads to hatred, and hatred is the fuel for killing. There was a time when people infected by jealousy and hatred began to hunt and hunt the immortals crazily.

They hunted down the immortals, tortured them, tortured them, and eventually even cut their bodies apart and ate them. They believed that eating the flesh of the immortals would make them live longer.

Many immortals truly die forever after being killed, but there are also some more powerful immortals who can still resurrect from the long river of time even after being killed.

Some of these resurrected people were dominated by fear and lived in isolation or even traveled far away from home. Some resurrected people returned to ordinary humans and began to use their own methods to reverse and transform people's ideas, guiding them to free themselves from the hatred and nightmare of eternal life. Come out and take the road to true civilization.

Among them, the three most powerful and influential resurrectors were respectfully called the "Three Emperors" by later generations.

Of course, people's pursuit of eternal life has not disappeared. It has been recorded in the secret files of Taoist classics and has become the lifelong pursuit of many seekers.

Of course, the project of immortality was a false proposition in ancient times when technology was underdeveloped, and even in modern times. It has made countless emperors and generals crazy about it for thousands of years, and most of them are truly outstanding people.

Of course, if technology is developed enough in the future, humans may be able to solve the problem of aging at the genetic level. Of course, that is already a relatively distant topic.

Buddhism is a religious belief established in tribal states outside the Central Plains by a resurrected person who traveled far away.

This resurrector, who was frightened by the madness of mortals, felt people's crazy desire for immortality and combined it with his own feelings of resurrection to create a unique practice concept.

Its purpose is to cultivate the mind rather than the body, cultivate the next life rather than this life, use the causes in this world to seek the results in the next life, and emphasize "putting aside the stinky skin and enjoying great freedom."

Of course, the only purpose of this resurrected person to come up with such a method is to make people forget about immortality and no longer be entangled in hatred and jealousy towards the immortal.

I have to say that this resurrector's trick was really effective. During the hundreds or even thousands of years he held power over the alien land, his people were like silent lambs. Maintaining an almost unchanged life honestly.

This is the ultimate paradise for the resurrected, and it is also the hell for ordinary people, but those who suffer do not feel the pain of hell.

It is a pity that this class-solidified society is not in line with the taste of some indescribable beings. They cleverly guided some barbaric wilderness tribes to rush into the paradise of the resurrected, and carried out persecution on the fallen and ignorant people of the Buddha. Brutal killing and enslavement.

Relying on his immortality, the Resurrectionist has resolved the strangulation of Buddhists from barbaric tribes three times in a row, and assimilated them into a part of Paradise.

It is a pity that when facing the fourth invasion, the resurrected person was captured by a terrifying indescribable existence, and his religion was also occupied by the terrifying existence.

Of course, the above secrets of Buddhism were not known to ordinary people in the past. It was not until a Luoyang native named Chen Yi traveled thousands of miles to Tianzhu that he unearthed part of the truth from the ruins and compiled these secrets into "The Secrets of Buddhism". Dian, established a new Mahayana Buddhism sect.

Although Di Wen is not a true successor to Mahayana Buddhism, the fact that he can take charge of Diyong Buddhist Temple and become a giant of outside Zen masters to connect with literati means that he is definitely an eminent monk who has studied the secret scriptures of Buddhism.

Under normal circumstances, Zen Master Diwen would never betray Buddhism due to his own identity and status.

Unfortunately, these are not normal times.

Di Wen was not afraid of death, but he did not want his death to be so worthless.

After all, the monks came out to hunt down the two dogs. To put it bluntly, it was for women and property. However, the first batch of monks died a bit miserably, so they sent the second batch of masters to take revenge. But ultimately, they were still somewhat unknown. .

Diwen never wanted people to talk about his death in the future, but he said that he was killed for robbing money and women. Even if Buddhism doesn’t think so, Taoism will definitely publicize it like this.

Of course, Diwen didn't want to kneel down and beg for mercy like a shameless gangster, so he made a bet to Ergou, and he would use Buddhist verses and Taoyun poems as footnotes for his betrayal.

Naturally, the two dogs are dismissive of this. I'm running for my life and fighting for my life. Who can bear with you, a bald donkey, to surrender? I'm going to do some poetry and rhymes, and I'll give you face!
  Besides, who knows if this guy is truly surrendering, or if he is preparing to pretend to surrender and stab him in the back?

It is clearly written in the history of our ancestors. How many idiots who felt that their bastard spirit was overflowing were so blinded by victory that they wantonly recruited surrenders and rebels on the battlefield, and then turned into elbows and armpits, and were so-called The surrendered army stabbed in the back with a backhand, and the good situation was ruined.

Even if it was Xue Daoguang before, if he hadn't been right at the beginning, and Monk Yuan was underhanded to accept the surrender certificate, and Xue Daoyuan guaranteed Xue Daoguang's identity, do you think Ergou would dare to accept Xue Daoguang? !
  Even with double protection, Ergou only dared to give Xue Daoguang limited trust. As for full and heartfelt trust, that was absolutely unthinkable.

Ever since Jing Ke took Fan Yuqi's head into the palace of the King of Qin and launched a shocking attack but failed, the credibility of any surrender in China has been greatly reduced for thousands of years, not to mention Huang Gai ( The Battle of Chibi (Battle of Chibi), Zhu Xu (Battle of Feishui), and many other people who pretended to surrender contributed so much that by the Sui and Tang Dynasties, wartime surrender had become a very costly trust crisis.

For example, when the fierce general Yuchi Jingde first surrendered to Li Erfeng, he caught up with Erfeng to attack Wang Shichong. As a result, the Tang army encountered a crisis. Erfeng's direct line generals and advisors all suggested that Erfeng kill Yuchi Jingde to prevent him from defecting and causing rebellion.

In the end, Li Erfeng resolutely gave Yuchi Jingde full trust, and then gained Yuchi Jingde's absolute loyalty.

Of course, there are only a few people like Yuchi Jingde, and there are more examples of people who overturned because they sincerely paid by mistake.

Therefore, Ergou did not even have [-]% trust in Xue Daoguang. As for a prisoner of war like Diwen, he could not be released. Ergou felt that it was better to cut him off with a knife.

Therefore, Ergou sneered and said, "Master is an eminent Buddhist monk. If he rebels and becomes a Taoist, his reputation will be hindered. For the sake of Master's reputation, I won't make a bet with you. Instead, I will directly help the master's soldiers extricate themselves and send them to you." It would be great to see the Buddha in the heaven of the west! Brother Liu Bao, send me a trip to ask the master!"

When Liu Bao heard this, he wanted to kill him with his sword.

Di Wen was horrified when he heard this, and his expression changed and he shouted: "You are vicious, how dare you kill famous people indiscriminately! Brother Pi Ling, save me!"

However, Xue Daoguang also hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. He and Ergou said, "Brother of the Chen family, please listen to what I say next. Junior Brother Diwen is a famous poet in the capital. He is always willing to do good and has a good reputation. My brother If I kill him, I fear that I will lose the respect of the people in the world. Besides, Di Wen's hands and feet are all disabled, and even though he has great abilities, there is no harm. It would be better to spare his life to show my kindness."

Ergou smiled and said, "Ask whether to kill or not. It's not a problem for me even if it's just a false name. But for the sake of the real person interceding with him, I will forgive him. Real person, if you ask me about this, I will leave it to you." You monitor him, but there’s something wrong with him, I hope you won’t be lenient!”

Xue Daoguang sighed. Only now did he realize that the young man in front of him was not a master who could be fooled easily. He was cautious, suspicious, decisive, ruthless, and not only interested in fame and fortune. He was simply more difficult to deal with than those old ghosts who knew everything about the world. Damn, I really don’t know how such a terrifying young hero emerged among the Demon Slayers.

The two dogs were not idle. He distributed the captured horses to everyone. The destined Ziliu returned to Xue Daoyuan, and the real Huoshaoyun (the fur on the belly and limbs was fiery red, only the top back and mane were red and white) The horse) was accepted by Liu Bao. Counting the black-headed and white-bellied bandit Li from Di Wen, who was temporarily given to Li Zhu to ride, and the spotted leopard given to Li Shouzhen by the two dogs, everyone actually got a share. A fine horse.

You read that right, Ergou is riding the most beautiful horse, Zhaoxue. Of course, he is not prepared to regard this beautiful and fascinating horse as his real mount. Ergou has already thought about it. place.

Everyone later cleaned up the battlefield, collected and buried the bodies of the dead monks, and then continued to wait for fish that might take the bait.

I asked over there that although Xue Daoguang was looking after me, he never settled down. He only said: "Chen Jiazi, you are proud of your poetic talent and love. Why don't you write a verse from the Buddha to help me escape from disaster?"

The two dogs had rested nearby for a long time, and frowned and asked, "The Zen master has repeatedly tempted me to compose Buddhist verses. He also talks about escaping from tribulation, but I don't know what the meaning is?"

Di Wen then said: "We have entered Buddhism and received ordination, and we have made an appointment with the Heavenly Lord Buddha. If we want to be freed in the future, we must have good words to explain the sutra, either as stanzas to the Buddha or as fragments of Buddhist principles. But if you can move the place of nature, you can escape and return without any worries. Otherwise, your soul will return to the ultimate bliss and be controlled by the Buddha. I have made friends with many literati in the capital. Although I have written countless poems, none of them can break the oath, so I came to ask for advice. Brother, please save me."

Ergou laughed and said, "Master, it's a great blessing for me to be able to see the Buddha in bliss. Why bother to seek out the Buddha's verses to break my vow?!"

Di Wen snorted and said: "Bliss! Bliss! The Buddha himself is unable to transcend in the Land of Bliss. It seems that we can only get pigs and goats for the Buddha to eat and drink. That is worse than death. The end of words!"

Ergou didn't believe it, so he asked Xue Daoguang. Only when Xue Daoguang revealed the secrets of Buddhism in this world, Ergou was completely dumbfounded.

Although Buddhism is often cryptic about its origins, many Buddhist sects admit that the Buddha is a powerful being from the subspace. It is said that he is a terrifying being who holds the authority over life and can control plagues.

His name is Sakyamuni, he is as big as a mountain, and his body is bloated, with infinite life force rippling around him.

Sakyamuni used the power of plague to spread his faith, and his followers were called plague monks. They once caused endless catastrophes in the Central Plains. At that time, almost no one in the Central Plains was harmed.

It can be said that the Plague Monk was a desperate taboo in that dark and terrifying era.

Later, Emperor Mulan rose up and led the demon-suppressing army to destroy demons and evil spirits, and wipe out the devil's cave. The most important battle was to wipe out the dojo of Sakyamuni in the real world, including Sakyamuni. beheaded.

But Sakyamuni did not really die, he was just expelled from the real world, and he established a Buddhist kingdom in an unknown place in subspace, also known as the Paradise.

After the death of ordinary Buddhist believers, their souls cannot go to the paradise world. Only those monks who are calibrated by the Buddha's precepts will be introduced to the Buddhist kingdom of subspace after death.

What's more interesting is that since Sakyamuni was expelled, the sect's orthodoxy passed down by him has been taken over by someone else, and the doctrine has been greatly modified.

Many wise and eminent monks will have a certain chance of seeing the truth of the Paradise after their cultivation reaches a certain level.

For example, the Elysium is just a cage full of decay, and any soul selected by that cage can be exempted from the fate of being imprisoned as long as it can provide interesting knowledge or philosophy.

But no one who knows the truth wants to be involved in it.

Therefore, Diwen urgently hopes that Ergou can compose a quality Buddhist verse to help him escape from the real sea of ​​suffering.

Ergou's memory did not lack those famous Buddhist verses, but he was worried about whether this place was worth his rescue.

Xue Daoguang said: "Brother Chen, if you have a good verse, just say it. If you can save Junior Brother Diwen from disaster, it will be a good thing with immeasurable merit."

Ergou said: "That's all, I just recited a verse. As for whether I can save you, it can only depend on God's will."

After saying this, the two dogs recited a verse, saying:
  When I was lost, I enlightened and knocked on the pass of heaven, and traveled all over the mountains. Now that I have entered the Hanyuan Palace, where can I find Chang'an?

　It’s really not easy to get out of the ban!

　　
  　
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