Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2249 Prosperous Buddha, Chaotic Dao
Fang Junqi said: "Everyone in the world regards you as a living fairy. Although this is a bit exaggerated, you are at least a half fairy..."

Yuan Tiangang immediately stared.

"Living Immortal" is a word of praise, "Half Immortal" is not a good word, folks call those swindling charlatans "Half Immortal", full of ridicule and contempt.

Don't you know if you are a veteran?
Fang Jun coughed, and continued: "...You are such a strange person, you should eat the wind and drink the dew, jump out of the three realms and not be in the five elements. These disturbances in the world of mortal world should not be just fleeting clouds in your eyes. Is it?"

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip of the tea, Yuan Tiangang exhaled slowly, and said distressedly: "Who can really cut off the world of mortals and escape the world? People live in the world, after all, there will always be too much reluctance and concern. Cultivating the Tao, but you can’t get rid of the opportunity of Taoism in your life, and you will not be able to get it if you don’t have a skin, so how can you not care about the future well-being of Taoism?”

People live in the world, there will always be cares and fetters of one kind or another, no one can really cut off the world of mortals and keep the six senses clean.

Yuan Tiangang is well-known all over the world because of his Taoism. Looking back, he has to worry about the rise and fall of the Taoism.

Not to mention the sense of belonging to the Taoist sect, just saying "people's words are awesome" is enough to shatter his reputation as a "living god".

The Taoist school cultivated you, but in the end, when the Taoist school is in trouble, you stand idly by, study your mystery, and understand your way. Isn't this ungrateful and wolf-hearted?
Therefore, even a strange man like Yuan Tiangang can hardly get rid of the shackles of the world.

Fang Jun held the pot and refilled the teacup in front of Yuan Tiangang. Since Yuan Tiangang asked about the rise and fall of Buddhism and Taoism, he naturally did his part when looking at history.

It is no exaggeration to say that there is a huge gap between him and the people of this era in terms of knowledge and accumulation of knowledge. Even the most outstanding person of this era who dares to shout "read thousands of volumes and learn five cars" in front of Fang Jun It's still scum.

In particular, the systematic knowledge of various disciplines formed through countless summaries and inductions is enough to stand out against the contemporary era.

Not to mention the natural sciences and electronic sciences that are developing rapidly like explosions in later generations, but just take history as an example. How many history books did people in the Tang Dynasty read?
The well-known ones are "Spring and Autumn", "Zuo Zhuan", "Historical Records", "Hanshu", "Hanshu", "Three Kingdoms"...

"Book of Jin", "Book of Liang", "Book of Chen", "Book of Wei", "Book of Northern Qi", "Book of Zhou", "Book of Sui", "Southern History", "Northern History" are still in recent years Compiled.

Like "Bamboo Book Chronicles", few people have even heard of the name. Has anyone seen it?
The amount of information is too narrow, which restricts the extent to which the world can absorb knowledge, and most of this knowledge is in the hands of a very small number of people, and it is not easy to give or receive it privately.

Why was Sima Qian able to write the "Historical Records", which is "the swan song of the historian, the Lisao without rhyme", and then passed down through the ages?In addition to his own talent, "family origin" is also very important. The Sima family has been the historian of the Han Dynasty for generations, and only they can have access to those precious historical information.

And the information explosion in later generations, as long as you want to learn, you can find any historical material...

Therefore, regarding the pros and cons of the development of Taoism, Fang Jun's knowledge is definitely the best in the contemporary era.

Yuan Tiangang knew that Fang Jun was talented and he was an important minister of the imperial court, so his insights were naturally unique, and it was about the future of Taoism, so he put away his usual rebelliousness and asked for advice humbly: "Erlang has something to teach, so please speak up."

Fang Jun thinks this is an opportunity.

He didn't want to show his "talent" in front of Yuan Tiangang, but instead of analyzing the strength of the breakthrough, he might be able to make the Taoist sect embark on a path completely different from the historical track, and be able to make a difference in the development of Chinese history. It plays the role of connecting the past and ushering in the future and fueling the flames.

According to the profound influence of Taoism in China, it should definitely not just fight alone when the nation is in peril and China is in turmoil, or even protect oneself in the later period.

Of course, the more important thing is that if this old man can be confused, he might not have the time to stare at his "different face" and talk about things...

After taking the kettle, he poured the boiling water into the teapot. After waiting for a while, Fang Jun also took the opportunity to think about it, organized his words, and then poured tea for Yuan Tiangang. The more obvious phenomenon, in a word, is 'Buddha in prosperous times, Dao in troubled times'."

Yuan Tiangang frowned slightly, his expression blank: "What do you mean?"

Fang Jun invited him to drink tea, and said with a smile: "To put it simply, Taoists in troubled times go down the mountain to save the world, and monks close their doors to avoid disaster; Taoists in prosperous times retreat to the mountains, and monks go out to collect money."

Yuan Tiangang: "..."

After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly became enlightened, and praised: "Erlang has the style of Buddhism and Taoism in one word, and Erlang is worthy of the name of 'talented nine buckets'."

In this era, Buddhism and Taoism can be said to be distinct, superior and inferior. The essence of Taoism must be understood by scholars, and scholars in the world are the ruling class, so Taoism is "metaphysical" and develops within the upper class. The meaning of high and low.

Since it is closely related to the ruling class, Taoism has never cared about money, and it has never been short of money.

Buddhism is different. They come from foreign lands, and the early spread was among the lower class people.The people at the bottom of the society live a hard life. They can't even eat enough to eat. How can they have the material basis for the extravagant hope of cultivating Taoism and alchemy and immortality?

Buddhism came in at this time, and the core ideas of "benevolence" and "patience" were quickly accepted by the suffering people.

"Benevolence" is the pursuit of all low-level people, and it is the same in ancient and modern times. The poorer the people, the more they hope that those "superior" will have a heart of benevolence and charity, rather than being unkind for the rich. "Patience" is even more of a trump card. Poor people are willing to believe in the teaching that "if you suffer a lot in this life, you will be reversed in the next life".

There is no hope of living a good life in this life, so we can only pin our hopes on the next life, and firmly believe that those noble people who have enjoyed prosperity and wealth in this life will be cattle, horses and animals in the next life...

Because Buddhism is rooted in the lower class people, and these people are not easy to survive, and they don't have more money to worship Buddhism, so they are very short of money.

The existence and development of any organization is inseparable from the support of money, so the Buddhist sect buys a lot of land and releases "sharp money" wantonly in order to grab money.

And this is exactly where Buddhism is currently being criticized.

……

Yuan Tiangang admired Fang Jun's sentence "Taoists in troubled times go down the mountain to save the world, monks close their doors to avoid disaster; Taoists in prosperous times retreat to the mountains, monks go out to collect money" and he agreed very much.

At least from the superficial point of view, this is clearly elevating Taoism and belittling Buddhism. How can we not be happy?

Fang Jundao: "The difference between Buddhism and Taoism lies more in the thought of joining the world. Taoism pays attention to 'retreat from the world and practice, and rule by inaction'. What is 'inaction'? In my opinion, 'inaction' does not mean inaction, but refers to Do not intervene too much, let nature take its course. When troubled times come, the world is in turmoil, and the life trajectory of the people is seriously disturbed, which is easy to violate the purpose of Taoism, so Taoist disciples go out and down the mountain in order to restore the righteous way."

"Brilliant!"

It was hard for Yuan Tiangang to believe that such a young person who had never had in-depth contact with Taoism would have such a sharp insight.

He took a sip of the tea and relished it: "What about Buddhism?"

Fang Junxin said to test me?
We never fool people, but if we use our ability to fool people, we will never be afraid of anyone...

"Buddhism emphasizes 'practice in the world, and save the world'. Not only do you want to practice to become a Buddha, but you also need to use your kind thoughts, hearts, and deeds to save people in the world, so that more people will do good to the Buddha, and Only in prosperous times, when the common people live and work in peace and contentment, will they have the mind to pursue a higher level of spiritual evolution. In troubled times, when the common people can’t eat enough to eat, what are they talking about becoming immortals and Buddhas? The foundation of Buddhism’s existence is crumbling. The strength has been severely weakened, so we can only restrain ourselves temporarily, waiting for the world to calm down and make a comeback."

"Brilliant!"

Yuan Tiangang was amazed.

He used two "brightness" in a row, which shows the secret sigh in his heart!

This discourse on Buddhism and Taoism can be said to be penetrating and penetrating, directly revealing the inner purpose.

There are very few in the world who can have such insight.

He asked urgently: "In your opinion, now that the prosperous age is coming, the soil for the existence of Buddhism is becoming more and more fertile, and its development will inevitably reach a higher level, while Taoism is about to fall...how should Taoism respond?"

(End of this chapter)