Chapter 39 Araha
"The Heavenly Lord of your sect is so weak that he was killed by a small state official. Is there some hidden secret in this?"
Both Buddhism and Taoism have legends about resurrection from the dead, so Miss Qianrui didn't think there was anything strange about it. Instead, she was more curious about why the dignified Heavenly Lord was killed by a mortal.
In fact, every good person who comes to Nestorianism will ask this question, so Milis is not surprised, and the smile on his face does not diminish, saying: "Everything in the world is determined by heaven. The venerable man had known that he would encounter this in his destiny.
I want to bear the sins of the masses with my own body and seek salvation for all sentient beings."
If you save all the evil ghosts and hell is not empty, you will never become a Buddha.
Qian Rui instantly thought of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva enshrined in the Buddhist hall, and thought: It seems that this Nestorian deity is also a person of great mercy.
Subconsciously, she looked carefully at the man hanging on the lotus cross——
He has a high nose and deep eyes, wears a crown of thorns on his head, and has a sad face.[space]
Aroha is the taboo name of the deity.
And what Millis just said was the Venerable.
Lu Li knew that the two should not be confused, and in the Nestorian scriptures, the two were different.
On the side, seeing that Qian Rui had no problem, Milis explained: "The good teaching female donor knows that the name of the venerable person hanging on the cross is Misha, and he is the son of Tianzun."
"Mouse?"
"That's right."
Hearing this joyful name again, Lu Li couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
As the saying goes, foreign monks like to recite sutras, but this is not the case. It is difficult to get around the translation hurdle.
In a few words, the three of them came under the statue. Milis saluted respectfully. Lu Li and Qian Rui were not Nestorian, so they only had to make a cross on their chests to express their respect.
"Last night, Heaven entrusted me with a dream, saying that I would give this thing to a noble person, saying that it would be of great use to you in the future."
After finishing speaking, Millis went around behind the cross statue and peeled off one of the stone bricks. He saw a square wooden sign placed in the slot, about the size of a palm, with the same scene carved on it as the statue——
Mishiha wore a crown of thorns on his head and had a sad face, and was hung on the cross to be tortured.
Apart from this, there is nothing else, no written description, no decoration.
However, Lu Li felt that there was something wrong with the color of the wooden sign. It was light red, as if it had been dipped in some kind of paint.
Knowing that this thing was a gift from the Nestorian God, Miss Qianrui came over to take a look.
Hmm...it's unremarkable, it must be that the brilliance is restrained and the magic is obscured.
She was not the only one to think so, the other two people present had the same guess. After all, it couldn't be that Aloha was bored and deliberately playing tricks on them, right?
Thinking of this, Lu Li carefully put away the wooden sign, then raised his eyes to look at Milis, "Does the Heavenly Lord have any other teachings?"
"The Heavenly Lord told the young monk two things in total." Milis shook his head and said: "The first is to ask the noble man if he is willing to enter my door, and the second is to give this thing to the noble man."
Having said this, he couldn't help but bring up the past: "Is your noble lord willing to join Nestorian Christianity? You only need to abide by the ten vows, and there are no other restrictions."
You must know that this person in front of you is the person who is favored by Tianzun. If he can choose to join the religion under his own persuasion, it will be a great achievement.
In addition, Lu Li is the Minister of Dali, the official who stands at the highest point in the temple, and is deeply favored by the Holy Spirit. This is consistent with the method they have figured out in recent years to spread the religion:
Take the upper route, which is the name of Nestorianism.
This is why images of past emperors are hung in the lobby.
Lu Li was a little shaken, but soon became firm again. He had not yet reached the stage where he needed to rely on belief in gods to improve his strength.
The most important thing is that even though Nestorianism is completely different from the Western sect and only needs to obey the ten vows, it still gives people a sense of restraint.
Seeing Lu Li's silence, Milis knew what he was thinking and took the initiative to speak: "There is a confession room in this temple. You can tell anything in it. There is no connection between heaven and earth, no transmission to the six ears, and no risk of leakage."
"As long as you are pious, the Heavenly Lord will send you revelations."
"Then I'll have you, Dade Lao." Lu Li walked down the steps and said, "I just have something to ask Aroha Tianzun. Please show me the way."
The gifts given by the Zoroastrian Cult were so hot that Lu Li couldn't sleep until he figured out what they were planning.
After all, if you just throw something away like this, wouldn't it be a big loss if it turns out to be something good?
"Madam, please go in first." Lu Li stopped in the corridor.
The small cubicle in front is the confession room. It is low and narrow and cannot accommodate two people. In addition, his hearing is far beyond ordinary people. If he gets too close, he may hear Miss Qianrui's secrets.
As long as his own interests are not touched, Lu Li will not be so bored as to pry into other people's privacy.
"good."
Qian Rui did not refuse and walked directly into the cubicle, while Milis and Lu Li stood in the corridor and waited patiently.
According to normal understanding, the grooves on the cloisters should be painted with various murals, such as Genesis, the Virgin embracing the Holy Child, the Doomsday Judgment, the Kiss of Judas...
However, there is no similar mural in this temple. It is simple and plain. The one you see most is the cross:
There was a lotus cross, and a cross that Lu Li had never seen before. There were three bone-like protrusions at the end of each arm.
Later, after listening to Milis's explanation, Lu Li realized that this kind of cross could bring people from death to life, just like the sprout of the tree of life.[space]
As the chat progressed, Lu Li felt more and more that Nestorianism was completely different from the Western branch. They did not recognize Mary as the Mother of God, did not recognize Purgatory, and even opposed the theory of incarnation.
On the contrary, Nestorianism worships ancestors and has many of the same ideas as those of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
"Zong Zhou's virtue is mourned, Qing Jia rises to the west. The great light of Tang Dynasty, the scenery is fanned to the east."
This is what Milis said when he described Nestorianism to Lu Li. It means that the Zhou Dynasty lost virtue and declined, Laozi rode a green ox to the west, the great Tang Dynasty had great virtues, and Nestorianism blew to the east like a gentle breeze.
This almost confused Lu Li. Doesn't this mean that Nestorianism is the result of Laozi turning into a beard in the past, and now he is just returning to his homeland.
After thinking about it this way, I feel that some things can be explained.
[My three-one wonderful body, the originless God Araha, marks the cross to determine the four directions, blows the original wind to generate two qi, the dark sky changes and the heaven and earth open, the sun and the moon move day and night, the craftsman completes all things, and then establishes the first man]
The more I think about this, the more I feel like the sentence in the "Tao Te Ching": Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things, all things bear yin and embrace yang, and the qi creates harmony.
Milis also said that Yishu, that is, Venerable Mishiha once told his followers: You should know that your people and ancestors are your father. They are not from one generation to two generations. They must be associated with good people in the past and accumulate good roots for generations in my sect... You
For several generations, my father and ancestors have been closely related by marriage, and many of them have been passed down to you.
And the "Book of Changes" says: A house that accumulates good deeds will surely have remnants of happiness; a house that accumulates bad deeds will have remnants of disaster.
The meanings expressed by the two are almost identical.
In addition, the Buddhist theory of six paths of reincarnation is also accepted by Nestorianism.
Lu Li couldn't help but ask in his mind:
Chapter completed!