Chapter 169 Red Cloud

Of course, eating hot pot is very lively when there are many people, but it is not enough atmosphere for three people to eat hot pot, let alone just adding a pair of chopsticks.

"You're welcome, old monk." The old monk's eyebrows and beard were all white. He greeted several people and sat on the table.

First I fished out a piece of beef and then ate a piece of tripe. Eat the clear soup first, then the spicy soup. It's really smooth.

"Wonderful! The old monk has not eaten such delicious vegetarian food for a long time!" The old monk was satisfied with the meal and sighed with satisfaction.

"Huh?" Zhang Zichen heard the old monk talking about vegetarian food, blinked and said, "Old monk, aren't you eating meat?"

"Nonsense, what kind of meat is this? This is obviously a good vegetarian food. In our sect, this is a vegetarian food!" The old monk pointed out Zhang Zichen's mistake righteously.

"..."

Good guys, you have modified the definition of vegetarian in order to eat meat, right?

Why do people from Ming Dynasty do so many tricks?

Last time, the epileptic monk ate it openly, but you guys ate it under different circumstances.

"I wonder what kind of sect the old monk belongs to?" Zhang Zichen asked again.

"The old monk is from the Hongyun Sect." the old monk replied.

"Hongyun Sect... seems a bit familiar." Zhang Zichen thought for a while and felt as if he had heard of it somewhere.

"What the hell, Red Cloud Demon Buddha?" Wang Jinjue said in C language.

"The Demon Buddha is just other people's paranoia about the old monk. The old monk's dharma name is indeed Hongyun, and it was given to me by my master." The old monk shook his head and said.

"Trough..." Wang Jinjue didn't expect to see Demon Buddha Hongyun here.

Didn’t it mean that the Hongyun Sect was all based in the south? Why did Hongyun appear in the capital?

Fortunately, their captain is more dangerous than Mofo Hongyun.

"Why did the old monk come to the capital?" Tang Yan looked at Hongyun who was enjoying the hot pot.

"The old monk is naturally here to teach the Dharma."

"What method is taught?"

"Buddhism?"

"What kind of Dharma?"

"Know your mind and see your nature, repay honesty with justice, repay hatred with hatred, repay kindness with kindness."

"Repaying the direct with the direct, isn't that Confucian?" Tang Yan asked.

"Now it belongs to the Hongyun Sect. The unity of the three religions and flexibility are also the fundamental methods of our Hongyun Sect." Hongyun said with a smile.

"..."

Tang Yan was also choked by Hongyun's words.

"It has been 1,400 years since Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains. Buddhism has also blossomed everywhere. In this process, Buddhism absorbed Confucianism and Taoism and integrated them. This is not the first time. I am just picking up others' wisdom and imitating my ancestors. "

"makes sense."

"The original Taoism was the Yellow Turban Sect in the late Han Dynasty, which was started by rebellion. It is far different from the current Taoism that worships the emperor. The first Confucianism was Confucius, who advocated the restoration of Zhou rites, which is very different from the current Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism ”

"The same applies to Buddhism. The eight branches of Han Buddhism, plus Tantric Buddhism, have been personally visited by old monks. Each sect has its own version, and most of them are contradictory. Who among them can represent Buddhism?"

"The old monk went to Tianzhu, Fusang, Nanyue and other places to look. There is no Buddhism in Tianzhu, and the local sects are full of strange things."

"More than a thousand years have passed, and Buddhism has changed beyond recognition. No one knows the true face of Buddhism. Anyway, the Buddha can't speak. Isn't that what the latecomers want to say?"

"I annotate the Six Classics, and the Six Classics annotate me."

"Besides, times are changing, and the Buddhist teachings that remained unchanged in the past are no longer suitable for today's world."

Hongyun expressed his views to several people.

"!!" Wang Jinjue and Zhang Zichen were shocked. Damn it, you bald donkey doesn't read Buddhist scriptures or history. No wonder he is called the Demon Buddha.

Tang Yan was very calm. This was just the religious elements' doubts about their own religion. Calculating the time, it should be that a few years ago, Western Christianity launched the religious reform under the "Ninety-five Theses" proposed by Martin Luther. This Reformation lasted for more than a hundred years and should have just begun.

So, as a Buddhist in the Central Plains, would you have any doubts about Buddhist scriptures? Do you have any doubts about the world?

The last person to do this was Xuanzang, who went to the birthplace of Buddhism to find answers.

Has he found the answer in his heart?

Who knows.

Hongyun must have not found the answer. He continued: "The old monk has traveled all over the world for several years. He has been traveling all the way to the west, looking for the Western Heaven. Finally, he returned to the Central Plains from the east."

"No Buddha or Bodhisattva was found along the way. Only then did the old monk suddenly realize that the Western Heaven is in the Central Plains and in the old monk's heart."

"Ahem... Is there a possibility that the earth is round." Zhang Zichen said weakly. He felt that it was no wonder that this red cloud was called the Demon Buddha. It was indeed very demonic.

Hongyun ignored him at all and continued: "Since others can establish a sect, the old monk can naturally do it. Others are full of nonsense and confused, so the old monk should be simple. Others cannot save the suffering, the old monk …”

At this point, Hongyun's voice became obviously deeper: "No way!"

"But the old monk allows them to complain and take revenge without having to endure. You must know that patience is the deception of the world."

"Don't Buddhists emphasize when retribution should be made? Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately?" Wang Jinjue asked curiously.

"This is not reasonable. When is the time for retribution? It's because retribution for grievances has not been completed. Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately. What will happen to the wronged souls under the butcher's knife?" Hongyun answered this question seriously.

"so……"

"So I think this is wrong. Buddha can't save the world, only the world can save the world." Hongyun chanted a Buddhist name and continued, "The so-called Buddha is just the ancestors who walked in front. I am not slower than him!"

Bold assumptions, careful arguments, and conclusions! Just relying on this global tour, he has crushed countless monks and Taoists.

One link after another, rigorous logic.

Claiming to be no weaker than the Buddha, the name of the devil Buddha is well deserved.

"Fuck..." Wang Jinjue silently recited C language in his heart. Compared with such a person, a reincarnation like him feels like a weak chicken.

Not in terms of force, but in thinking and action.

Just based on this sentence "Buddha can't save the world, only the world can save the world", he can establish a sect.

Zhang Zichen also drank sour plum soup silently.

They have seen clearly the monks and Taoists of this era these days. The monks and Taoists in the novels are just righteous and help the world, which is a lie.

Temples and Taoist temples are natural landlords, with money, food, and people, and they can also absorb criminals, saying "put down the butcher knife and turn over a new leaf". If they really want to turn over a new leaf, why don't they turn themselves in and compensate for the crimes they have committed? Instead, they eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha in the temple. It is really ironic.

Therefore, most temples are places where filth and dirt are hidden, and there is even a saying among the people that "no one should enter the temple."

It is very dangerous to enter an unfamiliar temple alone, which is terrifying!

Now that Emperor Jiajing worships Taoism, the Taoist temples are even more arrogant, and some famous Taoists are even as good as officials.

"What do you think of Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism, old monk?" Tang Yin asked.

"Hinayana Buddhism is indeed desirable, but Mahayana Buddhism is really a lie!"

Mouth!