Nine idlers

Chapter 250 Eighth Convenience Yinhuan

"Originally, I would give some magic tools to those who came into my sect, but I don't have any suitable Buddhist magic tools for you now, so I have to owe it temporarily and make up for it later." Xu Changqing's performance to Andy was not Not surprised, he patted him on the shoulder to wake him up, and said apologetically.

"It doesn't matter! The master is able to accept the disciple, which already makes the disciple very satisfied, and the disciple dare not have other extravagant hopes." Andy waved his hands quickly, with a grateful face, and said sincerely.

Andy's humility made Xu Changqing feel very good, and at the same time he also felt that he was not so much a foreigner as a Chinese with a foreigner appearance.After all, only Chinese people with Confucianism deeply rooted in their bones will regard humility and retreat as a virtue, while foreigners pay more attention to publicity and wildness.Xu Changqing is gratified that a foreigner can have the character of a Chinese, but it makes him feel sad that the Chinese regard humility and retreat as a virtue, because he also knows that it is this so-called virtue that makes Huaxia It became the fragmented appearance it is today.

Xu Changqing didn't let his feelings 'show', always with a faint smile on his face, after letting Andy sit back, he said: "Although I can't give you the magic weapon now, but I can make you Some instruments work."

"Is there a magic weapon in the first place? Is the master talking about the disciple?" Andy asked with a puzzled face, "The disciple also has a magic weapon on him?"

Xu Changqing smiled, pointed to the silver ring on Andy's arm that was blocked by his sleeve, and said, "Where did you get the silver ring on your arm?"

"This silver ring?" Andy lowered his head and rolled up his sleeves, looked at the silver ring, and said, "This is what I bought from a local businessman when I was in Lampung Port four years ago. I found it in the book, is this also a magic weapon?"

Xu Changqing smiled and said: "This is naturally a magic weapon, and your Pure Land Sect Buddha Yuan was also obtained through this magic weapon."

After finishing speaking, Xu Changqing signaled Andy to untie the silver ring, took it into his hand and looked at it carefully, and Andy also looked at Xu Changqing's movements expectantly, as if he wanted to learn something from it.

I saw that this silver ring was made extremely exquisitely. Eight Buddha statues were engraved on the outside of the silver ring, and very small Sanskrit characters were engraved on the inside. Although it has been eroded for a long time, all the engravings are still clear.

"I didn't expect this kind of Buddhist artifact to exist in the world!" Xu Changqing breathed a sigh of relief after examining it carefully, closed his eyes slightly, and sighed: "Duotian good fortune, it is indeed a good fortune!"

Andy couldn't help but asked, "Master, is this thing miraculous?"

"Of course, it can be said that among the many magic tools in ancient Tianzhu, the magical function of this thing can be called the first." Xu Changqing stroked the engraving on the silver ring, and told its origin, saying: "When Sakyamuni founded Buddhism, the state religion of Tianzhu was still Brahmanism. At that time, it was very difficult for Sakyamuni's disciples to promote Buddhist teachings, because Buddhist teachings paid attention to practice outside the world, so the Tishali caste that ruled the city-states of Tianzhu This is extremely disgusting. In order to win the support of the Dishali caste, Shariputra, who was known as the most intelligent among the ten major disciples of the Buddha at that time, thought of an opportunistic method. He extracted the essence of Buddhism from various sects of the eight leaves of the Buddha , created a magic weapon that can transform the Buddha's nature of ordinary people into a matching Buddha element. In this way, those emperors don't need to go out of the world to practice, but only need to chant the Buddha at home If you keep the precepts, you can achieve Buddhahood and practice Buddhism."

"It's indeed opportunistic. Doesn't it mean that there are Buddhist practitioners everywhere?" Andy asked, immersed in Xu Changqing's words, to himself.

"Your problem is also the effect that the Buddhist preachers wanted to achieve at that time." Xu Changqing smiled and continued: "Because of the existence of such magical artifacts, the number of Buddhist practitioners is increasing day by day, and it is difficult for Buddhist believers. The speed of imagination spread, and a large number of Dichali caste became Buddhists. Buddhism soon replaced Brahmanism and became the largest sect in Tianzhu. Later, during the Mauryan Dynasty, Buddhism in Tianzhu reached its heyday. After the king unified the northern part of Tianzhu, Ashoka, who was originally a believer of Sanaism, also turned to Buddhism and promoted Buddhism to the whole territory and its surrounding countries. However, after he came into contact with this magic weapon, he thought that this magic weapon It is inconsistent with the teachings of Buddhism, but it is an evil weapon that deviates from the teachings of Buddhism. So he ordered the whole country to completely destroy this kind of magic weapon. In just a few years, this kind of magic weapon disappeared from Tianzhu, and finally became a legend. It is recorded in a small number of ancient Buddhist scriptures."

"This King Ashoka can be regarded as a devout Buddhist believer." Andy seemed to agree with Ashoka's approach, and nodded.

"Indeed, no matter the East or the West, as long as they are Buddhists, they will think that King Ashoka is a devout Buddhist. He has made indelible contributions to the promotion of Buddhism, and he is revered as a Bodhisattva in China." Xu Changqing also praised King Ashoka , but then the voice changed, and he said: "But he was very wrong in this matter. He shouldn't destroy this magic weapon. The reason why Buddhism can spread in Tianzhu so quickly is that this magic weapon It should be the first achievement, but it is precisely because of the loss of this opportunistic magic weapon that the teachings of Buddhism were completely at a disadvantage in the subsequent sect battles, and were eventually replaced by Hinduism later, disappearing from its place of rise Now primitive Buddhism no longer exists, whether it is Theravada Theravada Buddhism, Esoteric Buddhism or the various Buddhist schools in China, none of them belong to primitive Buddhism." After speaking, he sighed again and said: "This is also the so-called success. Ye Xiao He, defeat also Xiao He! Do you know this Xiao He?"

"Xiao He? I know it's the one chasing Han Xin under the moon. I've heard the Beijing opera about him." Andy replied immediately, and sang an opera about Xiao He, which had a little original flavor.Seeing Xu Changqing nodded appreciatively, he also showed a hint of complacency on his face, then pointed to the silver ring in Xu Changqing's hand, and asked: "Master, what kind of dharma is this silver ring?" device?"

Xu Changqing didn't say a word to answer, just nodded slightly, and then looked solemn, clasped his hands together, put the silver ring in the palm of his hand, the true energy in his body slowly circulated according to the method of the white lotus in the world, and at the same time, a burst of white light slowly leaked from his hands , gradually forming a lotus shape.At this time, in addition to the feeling of envy in Andy's eyes, there seemed to be some insight, and his mind naturally settled down, and his body involuntarily took the lotus seat, clasped his hands together, and chanted the Buddha's name, echoing Xu Changqing's white lotus.