"Liao Yuan, you are a monk. Do you think there are really gods and Buddhas in this world?" Zhao Yan frowned and asked Le Yuan in front of him. Since he saw the miracle of the floating light of Buddha teeth in the Buddha Tooth Monastery, Zhao Yan has been thinking about this matter, but the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out, and he even felt that his worldview was almost overturned.·

"Haha, Your Highness is too much. What is Buddha? Doing good is Buddha. Although I am a monk, I actually don't believe that there are really gods and Buddhas in the sky. Otherwise, the hot air balloons in our Song Dynasty would have been flying all over the sky, but why didn't anyone find the legendary gods?" I saw Yuan smiled and said something surprising.

"You..." Zhao Yan was also very surprised when he heard this. He never expected that Yuan did not believe in the existence of gods and Buddhas, and said that doing good is Buddhas. What is the reason?

Seeing Zhao Yan's surprised look, Le Yuan smiled indifferently and said, "Your Highness, don't be too surprised. If you asked me this question when we first met, I would definitely answer that there are gods and Buddhas. However, in order to prove Buddhism, I have traveled almost all the first inch of the land of the Song Dynasty. Even the surrounding countries such as Tubo, Dali, Goryeo, and Japan. After decades of travel and insight, I finally found my understanding of Buddha. In my opinion, Buddha is not the clay sculptures in the temple, nor is it the lies of gods and Buddhas made up for fooling the people. Buddha is actually in your hearts. Good is Buddha, evil is demon, Buddha and demon are actually just in a thought, or Buddha and demon are actually humans!"

Leyuan tried his best to explain his understanding of Buddha very briefly. With Zhao Yan's wisdom, he could naturally understand it. However, although this principle seems simple and not difficult to understand, it is not easy to truly turn it into his own philosophy. · 1ka

After hearing Yuan’s words, Zhao Yan also showed a thoughtful expression on his face, but soon he turned his head and asked Yuan, "Liao Yuan, I understand what you mean, but how do you explain the strange appearance of Buddha teeth that day?"

"Haha~, why do we need to explain it? There are naturally the most profound truths between heaven and earth, and we cannot understand them one by one. Just like the previous solar eclipse, because we don't understand the truth. So everyone thinks it is the Tiangou Eat Sun, but now we already know that it is actually the moon blocking the sun. There are many similar examples, so although I cannot explain the strange appearance of the Buddha's teeth that day, it cannot say that it is the power of gods and Buddhas that are causing trouble!" Le Yuan said again at this time.

If he hadn't heard it with his own ears. ·1k, I'm afraid Zhao Yan wouldn't believe that this great monk Yuan was actually a materialist. However, his words also made Zhao Yan feel very ashamed, because he had forgotten such a simple truth. If the mythical color of the Buddha's tooth was abandoned, it might be an unknown substance, and it is normal to have some mysterious characteristics. But let alone now, I'm afraid that even later generations will not be able to solve this mystery. At least he had never heard of the reason why the Buddha's tooth would light itself.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan's mentality gradually calmed down. In fact, he can't blame him. Buddha Tooth is originally related to religion, so Zhao Yan also had preconceived ideas and was completely confused by the religious color of Buddha Tooth. Now that he jumped out and thought about it, he felt that Yuan's analysis was more reasonable.

Seeing Zhao Yan silent, Leyuan thought he could not let go of the Buddha's teeth, and then smiled again: "Your Highness, you don't have to take the Buddha's teeth into your heart anymore. Let's talk about going to Europe!"

Yesterday, Zhao Yan and the others left the Lion Kingdom, and Le Yuan also left with them. Because he was going to Europe, he had just stayed in the Lion Kingdom for a while before. He originally planned to take a merchant ship by himself, but he didn't expect to meet Zhao Yan in the Lion Kingdom. So he got on Zhao Yan's ship together so that someone could speak on the road.

When Zhao Yan heard Yuan mentioning going to Europe, he finally came to his senses and temporarily put the Buddha's teeth behind him and said, "This time I went to Europe mainly to take the whole family to visit my son, but Yuan, why do you want to go to Europe? I remember that some time ago, Buddhism organized a group of monks to preach. But it seems that you are not there?"

"Hahaha~ Your Highness is worthy of being Your Highness. He immediately guessed the key. Last time the court asked the Buddhists to select people to go to Europe to preach. Unfortunately, I was debating with local monks on the Tubo Plateau. By the time I came down from the plateau, the people who went to Europe had already left. However, I had almost moved the Song Dynasty and the surrounding areas, and I didn't want to go to the hot Nanyang, so I decided to go to Europe for a walk and check the local missionary situation." Le Yuan replied with a big smile. He was fat and fat people were most afraid of heat, so he was more interested in the farther Europe than the hot Nanyang.

"So that's it. I seem to have heard you say that you have been walking around all over the years. I didn't expect you to have even been to Tubo. Speaking of which, Tubo is a key point that our Song Dynasty needs to conquer next. I wonder what do you think of Tubo in Yuan?" Zhao Yan said at the end, and also showed a very interested expression. Tubo is located on the plateau, and even merchants are unwilling to go up. They usually only trade on the edge of the plateau. Coupled with the harsh transportation conditions of Tubo, the Song Dynasty has limited understanding of the situation within Tubo, so Zhao Yan wanted to listen to Yuan to introduce the situation in Tubo.

"Haha, I think the court does not have to worry too much about Tubo. Although I am a Buddhist disciple, I have to admit that the spread of Buddhism in Tubo has destroyed the foundation of the entire Tubo. In the past, Tubo was ruled by tribal leaders of all sizes and had a chance of unification. However, now the temple masters of various temples have begun to interfere in secular power and have many conflicts with those big and small heads. Moreover, some temple masters completely use their own power after secular power seized power.

The scope was fixed, forming small regimes, but because of the particularity of the temples, it was difficult for these forces to form a unified large force. In addition, the paralysis brought by religion to ordinary Tubo people made Tubo lose the motivation to move forward. So I dare to assert that it will be difficult for Tubo to pose any threat to our Song Dynasty in the future." At this time, Le Yuan smiled and said, although he was a monk, he was also a Song Dynasty person, so he was analyzed from the perspective of the Song Dynasty.

After hearing Yuan’s words, Zhao Yan couldn’t help but nodded in agreement. Tubo in later generations did not expand outwardly because of the rule of Buddhism, as Yuan analyzed. As long as they did not provoke them on their own initiative, there would basically be no threat. (To be continued.)

ps: After sleeping for a while, I finally recovered a little. After finishing this chapter, I continued to sleep. I basically didn’t have a good night in the hospital for a week.
Chapter completed!