Chapter 1489 Talking About Taoism and Zen!
Buddhism has no specific hierarchy in Cangxuan Continent.
After all, he has too many followers, spread throughout the Chaos Realm... and even other great realms.
Because of this, basically all forces will not deliberately provoke Buddhism.
They all know that in Buddhism, which has so many believers, the power of faith has already accumulated to an extremely terrifying level. When Buddhists attack with the power of faith, not many people can withstand it.
However, Buddhism will not compete for resources with other forces, nor will it initiate conflicts with the strong ones of those forces.
They will mainly target casual cultivators and ordinary mortals, preaching to them to convince them of Buddhism and become Buddhist believers to increase the power of their faith.
The power of faith is the main reason why Buddhism has endured for so long.
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now.
It took seven days.
Ning Chenxin traveled through many space nodes before arriving at the Buddhist territory of Cangxuan Continent.
Buddhism's territory is huge.
In the eastern part of Cangxuan Continent, there is 40% Buddhist land.
There is no so-called city here, there are undulating peaks, and on each peak, there will be a Buddhist temple.
There seems to be no darkness here, no clouds blocking the sun, and the golden sunshine is constantly shining on every mountain top and every Buddhist temple.
The closer you go to the center, the higher the height of the mountain will be, and the scale of the Buddhist temple will be larger.
This also means that the level of this Buddhist temple is higher.
When Ning Chenxin came to the outermost area, he could see devout Buddhist believers coming in and out, with machine-like piety on their faces.
There are so many pilgrims and believers just on the outermost edge.
Even ordinary people can accumulate the power of faith to an extremely terrifying level.
Thinking back to the old nun’s words.
Come here to seek solutions to your doubts and find an answer...
Ning Chenxin walked towards the mountain in front of him.
In the process of climbing up, most of them are ordinary mortals. Even if there are monks, they will not fly in the air. They still walk on the bluestone steps and climb up slowly step by step.
And people who climb up will almost always stop and pay homage to the Buddhist temple above at every step.
This seems normal, but for some reason, there is always something that makes Ning Chen feel strange.
There was something wrong about it.
But I can’t tell.
Ning Chenxin frowned slightly and continued upward. He would not know anything until he went up.
However, Ning Chenxin walked very quickly and did not bow at every step, which also attracted the attention of the surrounding pilgrims.
Some pilgrims ignored it and continued to bow down the stairs.
Some pilgrims shouted directly: "In the land of Buddhism, your attitude is disrespectful to the Buddha!"
Ning Chenxin didn't care.
But hearing these words made me even more confused.
In any case, such a fanatical pious attitude can no longer be said to be pious, but more like a disease!
This kind of believer is absolutely abnormal.
Ignore it.
Ning Chenxin's speed was so fast that these ordinary mortals couldn't see Ning Chenxin clearly at all, they could only feel a breeze blowing by.
It didn't take long before we reached the top of the mountain.
The size of the Buddhist temple is not large, but there are many people.
The door was open, and a monk wearing monk's robes stood on both sides.
Whenever someone enters, they will stand at the door and bow three times before being let in by the monk.
Ning Chen frowned and stepped forward to step into it.
One of the young monks guarding the door stopped in front of Ning Chenxin and said: "This donor, your heart is not sincere, please come back."
Ning Chen asked in his heart: "How can I be sincere?"
"You should kneel down and pray to ask for instructions from the Buddha. Only then will the Buddha feel sincere and be able to go in and meet." The monk said with his hands clasped together.
Ning Chenxin asked: "Kneel down and worship to show your sincerity? How can you tell if someone is just pretending?"
"Buddha knows how to distinguish."
Buddha should be said to be the top figure in Buddhism.
As for self-distinguishing, Ning Chen naturally doesn't believe it. This method is probably just to better absorb the power of faith of these ordinary mortals.
However, before the decision was made, Ning Chenxin did not argue. He just said: "I would also like to ask the young master to inform you that I am here to talk about Taoism and Zen."
Hearing this, the two young monks raised their brows slightly, then returned to normal. Only then did they raise their heads and take a closer look at Ning Chenxin.
After taking a look, he looked slightly heavy and said, "I'll go ask the abbot for instructions."
"Thank you."
Didn't have to wait long.
The little monk then made a gesture of invitation, "Donor, please come with me."
Ning Chenxin followed the young monk.
Looking around with his peripheral vision, there was a sound of Sanskrit sound coming from the temple.
This Sanskrit sound does not feel like someone is reciting Buddhist scriptures in front of you, but it will continue to linger in Ning Chenxin's ears.
The pilgrims who came in walked straight ahead, walked to the entrance of the main hall, and knelt down and saluted the three golden Buddhas in the middle of the main hall.
Ning Chenxin could clearly see that above the heads of the kneeling pilgrims, there would be a small wisp of light golden aura flowing out, and then merged into the Golden Buddha.
The power of faith.
Seeing this, Ning Chen seemed to think of Foshan in the wilderness.
Although the other party didn't do anything, his motives seemed impure.
The young monk led Ning Chenxin around the main hall and came to a small house at the back.
In the small house, an old monk with a white beard and mopping the ground was wearing a cassock and sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed.
He was reciting Buddhist scriptures while knocking on a wooden fish in his hand.
The young monk put his hands together and bowed, saying: "Abbot, he is here."
The abbot stopped chanting and nodded slightly.
The young monk left the small house and closed the door.
At this time, the abbot looked at Ning Chenxin with a kind smile on his face, and made a gesture of invitation to the cushion in front of him.
Ning Chenxin sat down.
"Donor, do you want to discuss Zen with me?"
Ning Chenxin nodded: "I have doubts in my heart, please answer me, Abbot."
However, the abbot smiled and said: "I have doubts in my heart, the first point is that I don't believe in Buddhism."
"Can believing in Buddhism solve doubts?" Ning Chenxin asked back indifferently.
The abbot nodded without hesitation and said, "Since you have come to my Buddhist sect, naturally, only by believing in Buddhism can I solve your doubts."
Ning Chen thought to himself, "There are so many people in the world who have doubts in their hearts. Do we have to make them believe in Buddhism?"
"Tao follows nature. Everything should respect the laws of nature, and only by forcing can we help people solve their doubts. Is this what you mean by Buddhism?"
The abbot opened his eyes at this time, and a ray of divine light like a sword shot out of his eyes.
Ning Chenxin confronted the abbot's eyes without giving in.
From the conversation between the two, it seems that they did not start to discuss Zen.
But in fact, the battle of discussing Taoism has begun since Ning Chenxin stepped into this small house.
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PS: I am traveling with my family on May Day. There is only one chapter today, and I owe one chapter. (I will make up for it tomorrow if I have time. If I don’t make up for it tomorrow, I will make up for it on the 4th.)
On May Day, I still have to accompany my family. I beg you to understand.