People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 700 Enshrine Buddha, Set Buddha, Praise Buddha
In the Daci'en Temple, inside the Daxiong Hall, the tall Sakyamuni Buddha statue stands majestically, looking softly at the sentient beings below.

The left and right waiters stood solemnly sideways, half of their eyes fell on the Buddha Shakyamuni, and half of their eyes fell on the sentient beings below.

The whole hall is filled with golden light, the candles are burning high, the prayer flags are fluttering, and the light bowl is ringing slightly.

Clusters of believers entered in an orderly manner, burned incense and worshiped, prayed and recited, and prayed for their wishes to come true.

After the noble family in front finished burning incense, Li Xuan supported Liu Jinyu, brought Liu Shubi and Liu Qiongyu to the statue of Sakyamuni, and knelt down carefully.

Li Xuan clasped his palms together, bowed slightly to the statue of Shakyamuni, bowed three times, and sincerely chanted: "Pray for the safety of Sanniang's mother and child, and the mother's good health. "

"Your Majesty is not sincere, you don't kowtow when you see the Buddha!" ​​Ming Chongyan stood beside Li Xuan at some point.

Monk Huinuma beside him couldn't help but frowned.

Buddhism opened the door of convenience, and Ming Chongyan was a close friend of Empress Wu, so he did not come to Da Ci'en Temple once or twice, but now, it was the first time that he would speak rudely as soon as he came.

Li Xuan was calm, clasped his palms together, and then slowly opened his eyes.

The man was still kneeling on the futon, Li Xuan said softly: "Master's words are wrong. The sincerity and insincerity are all in this king and in the Buddha. How can others know?"

Monk Huizuma was startled, and looked at Li Xuan in amazement, his words were quite Zen!
Ming Chongyan sneered lightly at the corner of his mouth, and then said: "Could it be possible that the lord wants to tell the world that the lord, who is a descendant of the sect, is actually sincere to the Buddha?"

"The Buddha is a sage. This king sincerely kneels down to worship the sages. The brilliance of Buddhism shines on the world, saves all living beings, and has infinite merits. Your Majesty also admires him. How can this king be different? Just wish your heart is at peace, and you will be able to attain Buddha Where is it?" Li Xuan let go of her hands, and then carefully helped Liu Jinyu up, and then continued: "My real person, Buddhism and Taoism are also a way of Taoism. If you can lead to the Tao, it is not against people's hearts. Even if the Taoist ancestor came, only I am pleased."

"The Buddha enters the middle land, that is, the Buddha enters the Tao. It turns out that the prince still has the same heart as before." Ming Chongyan still challenged Li Xuan face to face, unwilling to let Li Xuan go easily.

Monk Huinuma's face darkened.

Huinuma is Kuiji's disciple, Xuanzang's disciple and grandson, and is now half the master of the entire Great Mercy Temple.

Li Xuan smiled slightly, turned around to look at Monk Huizhang, bowed and folded his hands together and said, "I don't know about others, but Master Xuanzang, who traveled thousands of miles away, took the Mahayana scriptures back to my Tang Dynasty, translated the scriptures, and spread them all over the world. His own merits and virtues are immeasurable, and the king of the West has a sense of the Buddhist world, and he will also confer the Buddhahood.

There is a saying in Han Shu that there is a god in the West, and it is called Buddha.Master, I would like to ask your Majesty to play, how about Master Xuanzang being named Zhantan Gongde Buddha? "

Monk Huizuma originally wanted to speak out to reprimand the absurdity, but for some reason, the words came to the corner of his mouth, and he suddenly changed his mouth and chant: "Namo Zhantan Gongde Buddha."

"Nanwu Zhantan Gongde Buddha, located in the northwest, his body is blue, his right hand touches the ground seal, and his left hand seals. Holding the merit of chanting the name of this Buddha can eliminate the sins of fasting monks in the past life. Nanwu Zhantan Merit Buddha, Namo Amitabha Buddha." Li Xuan clasped his palms together and bowed to chant.

Without the slightest hesitation, the monk Huizuma immediately chanted: "Namo Zhantan Gongde Buddha, Namo Amitabha Buddha."

Seeing this scene, everyone present was stunned and dumbfounded.

What did they see, seal the Buddha, fix the Buddha, or praise the Buddha?

When the monk Huizhang followed and chanted "Namo Zhantan Gongde Buddha, Namo Amitabha Buddha", most of the people present had forgotten what they thought in their hearts, and could not help but chant: "Namo Zhantan Gongde Buddha, Namo Amitabha Buddha .”

For a while, the sound of chanting kept ringing in the hall, and then gradually spread out.

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In the inner hall, Li Xuan was sitting in front of the short table, and then in front of Abbot Kuiji and Monk Huizhao, he wrote in his own handwriting and wrote it to the emperor, please add Master Xuanzang as Zhantan Gongde Buddha.

After writing the memorandum, Li Xuan looked a little dazed, looked at Abbot Yuji with some uncertainty, and said bitterly: "Master, will this king provoke the Buddha to blame by doing this?"

Let the emperor add Master Xuanzang to be a Buddha. When Li Xuan was in the main hall, when he spoke, his mind was full of thoughts, and he couldn't stop talking. But when he calmed down, he felt the danger.

"My lord is afraid now. I'm afraid this matter has already spread in Beijing. If you don't send the memorial to the palace immediately, your majesty will have to punish you for lying." Ming Chongyan blushed Li Xuan angrily At a glance, to be honest, even if he thinks of today's scene, he still feels extremely absurd.

Abbot Kuiji is Xuanzang's disciple and the abbot of Daci'en Temple. He bowed gently to Li Xuan, and then said: "The Buddha has no discrimination and no delusions. If we can do this, let the emperor and the people understand Inheritance of the Buddha, knowing where the Buddha's heart lies, also has immeasurable merit."

Xuanzang's disciples have said so, what can Li Xuan do.

"That's it, but Master, whether His Majesty will approve this matter in the end, I can't guarantee, I can only try my best to persuade." Li Xuan looked at Kui Ji and found a way out for himself.

Monk Kuiji smiled and said: "This is the end of the matter, everything is determined by God, Amitabha."

Li Xuan took a deep look at Kui Ji, then handed the memorandum to Li Zhu, and repeatedly urged: "Immediately send it to the province, and then report it to His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven."

"Here!" Li Zhu immediately turned around and left quickly.

Seeing his solemn expression, one could tell that the notebook in his hand was like a time bomb, but he had to send it.

Watching Li Zhu leave, Li Xuan looked away.

In the inner hall today, there are only Li Xuan, Ming Chongyan, Abbot Kuiji and Monk Huizhao, and the others are gone.

The third mother Liu Jinyu, the fourth mother Liu Shubi, and the fifth mother Liu Qiongyu have all been sent back by Li Xuan one step ahead of schedule.

Today's matter has obviously become a big mess, and it is quite difficult to deal with it, so they can only be allowed to leave first.

"What are these things!" Li Xuan smiled wryly, and even looked up at Ming Chongyan.

Ming Chongyan shook his head slightly, he saw everything before, right in front of him, if there was something strange, he would be the first to feel it.

But unfortunately, no.

Li Xuan turned her head to look at Abbot Kui Ji, and asked with a little discussion: "Master, I have a question, I don't know if I should ask it or not?"

"My lord, please tell me." Abbot Kui Ji calmly clasped his hands together and looked at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan thought for a while, and asked: "Master, Taoism is called becoming an immortal, and Buddha is called becoming a Buddha. Now that the road to immortality has been cut off during the catastrophe, will the road to Buddha be cut off as well?"

With Li Xuan's words, Ming Chongyan immediately became awestruck.

In today's world, it has been more than a hundred years that no one has achieved a golden elixir, at least not in the rumors.

The most recent one, who died in the process of achieving the golden elixir, was the empress of the leader of Tianyin sect.

The path of Taoist practice is cut off, what about Buddhism, how about Buddhism?
"Golden Elixir of Daoism, Arhat of Buddhism." Abbot Kuiji smiled wryly, and said, "Your Majesty, if the poor monk says that his master once achieved Arhatship in Tianzhu, I wonder if the prince can believe it?"

Buddhism Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat, Great Arhat, Arhat, Bhikkhu, Shami, and many fruit positions practice.

After thinking for a while, Li Xuan said: "Although I have never heard this statement, I believe it in the person of Master Xuanzang."

"Thank you, my lord, Amitabha." Kui Ji clasped his palms together, and then continued: "My teacher came back from Tianzhu, and looked at his cultivation all the way, but after arriving in Chang'an, he couldn't maintain his status as an Arhat, and finally fell into the mortal world and entered nirvana. , reincarnation."

Li Xuan nodded slowly, and said: "This king understands, Taoism is a catastrophe, Buddhism is also a catastrophe, and all living beings in Central Earth are within the catastrophe."

"Not only that, Tianzhu is also in the list of cataclysms, and there have been no arhats born in Tianzhu for many years, and even Buddhism in Tianzhu is gradually dying out. The family teacher only has a chance to break through when he goes to Tianzhu, but the latecomers It’s hard to achieve anything.” Kui Ji sighed slightly, telling the unknown truth.

Since Xuanzang returned to the Tang Dynasty, although he gradually fell from the status of arhat, he was an arhat after all, and his magical powers still remain.

After seeking advice from various sects of Buddhism behind closed doors, they also came to the conclusion that Xuanzang was really an Arhat, but his realm began to fall.

This matter is a top secret of Buddhism, but there are occasional rumors, so some people think that if you go to Tianzhu from the Tang Dynasty, you may become a golden elixir or an arhat. I don't know how many people have tried it for decades, but in the end, no one success.

But everyone who has been to Tianzhu expressed their approval of Xuanzang's achievement as an arhat, but the achievement is the achievement, but in the end it is only the achievement.

After thinking for a while, Li Xuan asked slowly: "For many years, has the Buddhist school always been in front of the arhat's gate, and then returned to nirvana and reincarnated?" Li Xuan couldn't help asking: "Xuanzang Didn't the mage become an arhat and never obtain the body of immortality?"

"From Tianzhu thousands of miles back to Datang, the whole journey is only on two legs. The prince feels that this trip is an arhat. After returning to Chang'an, there is still some cultivation left, let alone after that, he will have to work day and night. After translating the scriptures, the teacher eventually exhausted his body and returned to the West Paradise." Kui Ji sighed softly.

"It turns out that an arhat is not omnipotent." Li Xuan suddenly gave a helpless laugh. Even if Xuanzang is an arhat, he is not a Buddha after all.

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and an intellectual monk in a gray robe quickly entered from the outside, and then said a few words in the ear of Abbot Kuji with a nervous expression, and the expression on Abbot Kuji's face It sank immediately.

After a little thought, Abbot Kuiji finally said, "Go to Wannian County, please send someone from the county magistrate."

"Go invite the county magistrate of Wannian?" Ming Chongyan at the side was stunned, why was he still talking about Arhat just now, why is he going to invite the county magistrate in a blink of an eye.

"A mage in the inn has passed away." Abbot Kui Ji clasped his hands together and bowed slightly.

"Yuan Ji doesn't need to invite the county magistrate, does he?" Ming Chongyan couldn't figure it out for a while.

Li Xuan said at this time: "The real person might as well go and have a look with the master, Xiao Wang is here to read Buddhist scriptures."

Ming Chongyan understood in an instant, how could it be a normal death, obviously something happened.

"Abbot, should I go and take a look?" Ming Chongyan stood up straight away, looking at Abbot Kuiji with piercing eyes.

Abbot Kuiji clasped his palms together and said softly, "Master, please!"

……

Li Xuanduan sat in the main hall with a Diamond Sutra in front of him.

With his eyes closed slightly, he whispered in his heart: "In this world, there is no one who can live forever, and the Buddha will also die."

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