the last priest

Zha Wenbin's ears are shrewd, and he listened to Zha Brown's murmurs. He was a little surprised that the Buddha statue appeared in such a place, so he stopped and asked Zha Brown, "It's not your Buddha. , then he is?"

Zha Brown said he was a lama, but his attainment in Buddhism is actually half a bucket of water, but he likes to read those messy books, many of which are manuscripts handed down by previous generations of lamas, piled up in temples as materials, I don't know how many years no one has moved.Sometimes, in order to cope with the supervision of the old lama, Zha Mu dug out those manuscripts and used them as Buddhist classics, shaking his head and pretending, purely as a storybook for entertainment.

Zha Brown's recounting of these histories is simply child's play: "Puxian King Tathagata is the leader of Dzogchen in Bon religion, and the original Buddha worshiped by those Bon religion believers, that is, the Dharmakaya Buddha among the three Buddhas. They regard him as The head of the Buddhas of the ten directions is the highest and the most primitive among the Buddhas of the three bodies. Because they have never traveled through the cycle of reincarnation, they are fundamentally pure and free from contamination. He is Dharmakaya Buddha, the first Buddha in the universe. However, Bon religion lost its former bishop status in the catastrophe more than 1000 years ago, but in the hearts of Tibetans, Bon religion is still a sacred local religion , so there are still many people who believe in it.”

Cha Wenbin listened to what he was saying and asked, "Then which sect do you belong to?"

"Me?" Zambun shook the monk's robe that was caught with a big hole on his body and said, "Shangpa Kagyu, a small sect of the Kagyu sect, used to be brilliant, but it has almost withered in our generation." Speaking of this, Zhabu thought of the records in the manuscript again, rolled up his sleeves and said: "You don't know, but the esoteric scriptures and mantras of our Shangpa Kagyu back then were amazing. Compared with Brother Wen Bin's current exorcism skills are even worse, such as illusion, shikigami, puppetry, praying for blessings, praying for rain, healing diseases, etc., and he is proficient in driving ghosts and gods, which covers everything." The more excited I was, the more spit was flying when I said this.

Cha Wenbin saw that his words became more and more unreasonable. Isn't this kid talking about what he is doing now, so he interrupted immediately: "Wait, wait, these things seem to be what our Central Plains Taoism is good at, don't you This is nonsense."

Za Brown took the water bottle from Zhuo Xiong's waist and took a big gulp: "I'm thirsty, drink some water first!" Then, he simply sat down on the ground and continued his long speech: "Brother Wen Bin, I didn't fool you, like me I just learned a trick." Then, he picked up his demon-subduing pestle and drew three small rectangular signs on the ground, and wrote crooked handwriting on each sign, pointing to those handwriting and saying: "This The three signboards read: Qianfan Tuanfan Seal, Wenzhu Seal, and Zhouzhou Shuji Seal. Our ancestors called this a deed. Of course, it cannot be written with this thing. If it is a woman, then it will have eternal feathers , if you are a man, you have to use black and red teeth to write. After writing, you can guide people's bad luck to the realm of liberation and subdue the evil spirits, isn't it very powerful?"

Zha Wenbin squatted down to look at the three seals, and was surprised. The painting on this thing was somewhat similar to the Taoist seals. Isn't this method of drawing people's bad luck away just a substitute commonly used in Taoism? Can people avoid disasters: "Using this thing to avoid evil spirits, does this seem to be inconsistent with the great idea of ​​your Buddhism that if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?"

Za Brown squatted down, touched his head and said: "There is no rule that you should not use it, but praying for blessings, asking for money, etc. must be taught carefully, because Buddhist disciples cannot use it, or people will be lazy. Those who need to pray can use it. Only the guru can master the Tantric mantras, which ordinary disciples cannot learn, and they only occasionally use them to help poor or bad-luck Buddhist disciples. So at that time Chaozi came Yes, when I heard that you can exorcise demons and look at Fengshui, I thought you must be a master who is proficient in Tantric Buddhism. I didn’t know until I arrived in the Central Plains that you are a Taoist, which is different from Tantric Buddhism, but you are still very powerful. Anyway, I have no relatives , the master is gone, so I have to follow you." After finishing speaking, Za Brown immediately showed the face of a younger brother, for fear that Cha Wenbin would abandon him.

"Okay." Zha Wenbin waved his hands again and again. He was afraid of this guy. If he said that Chaozi would be difficult to control at best, this kid was just a gangster in a monk's robe, and he treated himself like a half-immortal.However, Zha Wenbin's impact on Zha Wenbin was not so great. For a moment, the book flashed in his mind again. Who is it?

When they stood at the foot of the big Buddha again, Zhuo Xiong first poured a pot of burning knives for warming up into the snake egg pit, and then threw a piece of fire, and instantly the pit was surrounded by raging fire , some little snakes that were about to break out of their shells were still twisting their bodies, Za Brown looked at the pretending hands clasped together and said: "My Buddha is merciful." Zhuo Xiong almost burst out laughing: "You fell just now!" Why don’t you show mercy when you’re here, your body is enough to feed these guys, so it’s a good deed anyway.”

Zhabi argued: "Everything is a living thing, and if I show mercy, it doesn't mean that I will sacrifice. Compassion should be everywhere..."

"Okay, okay." Cha Wenbin planned his chatter that was about to start. Facing this big Buddha, although he was a Taoist priest, he also felt that the majesty was important. Peaceful and well-proportioned, it should be considered a masterpiece among Buddha statues, so why would it be buried here. "What happened to the accident more than 1000 years ago that you just mentioned?"

"Well, listen to me slowly." Seeing his pretentious appearance, Zhuo Xiong had the urge to kick him down again...

In history, Tibet is a magical place where politics and religion are united. It is said that a primitive religion appeared here 1 years ago: Bon religion. The influence of religion has continued in this land to this day. The 5000-year history of myths and legends is as good as it is, and Zhabi is very interested in these things. In his words, he reads them as novels to pass the time.The unofficial histories that Zha Brown had seen once recorded such a period of history:

Tibet was also called Tubo in the past. According to the tradition of Tubo, after each king Zanpu ascended the throne, he had to elect an eminent monk of the Bon religion called "Guxin".Zanpu wants to build a temple called "Sai Kham" for him. Zanpu handles military and political affairs and even the succession of Zanpu's throne requires the participation of Guxin. It can be said that Guxin is a high-ranking and powerful symbol of theocracy , where the state and religion are united, his status can often override Zanpu.

Because the influence of the Bon religion has completely covered this land, both civilians and nobles are believers. When the religious power becomes too large, it threatens the status and authority of the Tubo royal family.

About 1000 years ago, Tubo began to expand its territory to the outside world. Another tribe that was active on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: the Qiang was also gradually annexed during this period, but the tribes of the Qiang were scattered, and they had their own religions and beliefs before. Local chieftains and aristocratic forces controlled the tribes in this way. The Tubo royal family needed to reshuffle and establish a new order to strengthen the centralization of the royal family and weaken the power of the local chiefs, thereby deepening the control over the tribes.

Zamp Songtsen Gampo, one of the greatest Zamps in Tibetan history, introduced Indian Buddhism to Tubo 300 years ago, and worked hard to spread it to this land ruled by the Bon religion for thousands of years.About 100 years later, a Zanpu named Chisong Dezan began to promulgate a series of policies to fully support Indian Buddhism and suppress the forces of Bon Religion. At first, this move was opposed by ministers and nobles who believed in Bon Religion.

This Zanpu adopted the method of public debate, asking the eminent monks of Indian Buddhism and Bon religion to fight, and held a public debate contest to determine the winner, and finally decided that Indian Buddhism won.As a result, Bon religion began to usher in a dark period. It began to be defined as a "black religion" by the Tubo royal family. All Bon believers were forced to convert to Indian Buddhism together with their monasteries. Those who did not want to change were exiled. In remote places, the Bon religion began to gradually decline in the core area of ​​Tubo, and this period was also called in history: Buddha Bon Fa Nan.

After talking about this period of history, Zabu said something quite profound: "Who knows who won that debate, anyway, Zanpu's victory is the most important thing."

Zha Wenbin also has a deep understanding of this. The Central Plains has never had such a history. From the flourishing of all flowers in the previous dynasty to the exclusive respect for Confucianism in the later period, religions often become victims of political struggles.Thinking of the decline of Taoism, he felt even more emotion. Most of the disputes about Buddhism and Taoism in history were conspiracies of politicians. True believers have never given up the purest pursuit in their hearts because of this.

"Then this Buddha statue is left by the Bon religion according to you?"

After looking at it for a while, Zha Brown put on a very sophisticated look, dragged his chin with two fingers and said in a deep voice, "I think so!"

Zhuo Xiong couldn't bear it now, he flew up and kicked Zha Brown's ass...