There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 5309 There is also a reason why the Later Qin Dynasty promoted Buddhism
Chapter 5309 There is also a reason why the Later Qin Dynasty promoted Buddhism
Kumarajiva loudly announced the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, sin, sin, Hu Xia's Helian Bobo is also such a cruel and barbaric person, completely inhumane. Wherever he passes, if he encounters resistance, he will definitely massacre the city and establish his power.
Since he started the rebellion, I don’t know how many cities in our Qin Dynasty have been reduced to dead areas. There are at least a dozen skeletons like Guangzhou in various places in the north of the mountains. The soldiers of the Qin Dynasty trembled when they heard his name.
Dare to fight."
"It is the misfortune of all the people in the world that demons like this are rampant in the world, so Doupeng, I support your plan for ten thousand years of peace, and I also want to end this war as soon as possible. The troubled times may be good for your Tiandao Alliance for a while, but in the long run
, wars continue, and it is not a good thing for you that the world is in the flames of war for a long time."
Doupeng nodded: "The temporary war is what we all need. Just like your Buddhism, if the world is not in chaos and the people are displaced and have no land to farm, how can they cut off their earthly ties and join Buddhism? If it is not the world of human beings,
If the emperors want to give the people a little faith and hope in this dire straits, so that they can be content with the status quo and not gather people to rebel, how can you have the opportunity to develop and grow?"
Kumarajiva frowned: "That's not necessarily true. Just like the Benniu Temple where we are now, isn't it because there are so few monks? Under Huan Xuan's rule, there were hundreds of monks here, but now it is dilapidated.
If this is the case, how could we meet here to discuss matters otherwise?"
Doupeng smiled slightly: "That's because Liu Yi killed the abbot of the temple because he had protected the remnants of the Huan family. From then on, no one dared to come here to offer incense, and the monks gradually dispersed.
This does not prove that there is no need for temples in troubled times, but conversely proves that a ruler who does not tolerate Buddhism, does not allow it to recruit believers on a large scale, and even orders the initiative to destroy Buddhist temples is your biggest enemy. You have finally passed dozens of
Years of preaching and preaching about Buddhism made Yao Xing accept Buddhism and made you a national master. But if Liu Yu were to dominate the world, there would probably be no Buddhist temples left in the world."
Kumarajiva sternly said: "No matter how good he is at fighting, Liu Yu is just an ordinary person with a mortal body. How can he compete with the powerful and boundless power of my Buddha? Be it Yao Xing, Fu Jian, including Lu Guang
, why do they accept Buddhism in the end? Isn’t it because Buddhism is boundless and can transform the world, win people’s hearts, stop people from fighting, and make their rule stable?”
Doupeng sighed: "Master, you think too simply. The main reason why Buddhism can spread in the Central Plains is that the original monk Fotucheng could see some illusions and make some predictions. This is not boundless Buddhism.
, but he has some abilities that are beyond ordinary people. He used this ability to help Shi Hu fight and seize the throne. In the end, Shi Hu used his prophecies to calm the hearts of the people in the country and only spoke prophecies that were beneficial to him.
Those who are detrimental to him will never be mentioned. I am not wrong."
Kumarajiva said solemnly: "This is not an ability beyond ordinary people, this is the power of Buddha. Just like me, when I was enlightened in Kucha, I also saw the illusion that Kucha would be destroyed by foreign armies many times.
I warned King Qiuci many times, but at that time they thought I was talking nonsense and did not take it seriously. When the Qin army came to the city, it was too late to come looking for me."
Doupeng laughed: "What is the use of your prophecy? Qiuci is already the largest country in the Western Region. Even if your prophecy is taken seriously, how can it fight against the Qin army's tiger and wolf divisions? Besides, if this prophecy is destroyed,
Doesn’t that violate the cycle of cause and effect that Buddhism talks about and the way of heaven? Even if you intervene in some form, it will eventually lead to a series of subsequent events that are destined to happen. All must be changed. In this way, cause and effect will be confused and retribution will be distorted.
, I’m afraid it’s something even the Buddha wouldn’t want to see.”
Kumarajiva gritted his teeth: "Even so, the general situation cannot be changed and cannot be changed, but at least we can save some people and let more people survive. This is merit."
Doupeng sneered and said: "Didn't you say that these disasters are destined by God? If you are destined to die in these wars, it is also cause and effect, it is fate, and it is not something you can change. On the contrary, those who can survive,
It is also true that life should not be cut off, and it is not something you can save by making a prophecy. Great monk, you still haven't seen clearly that what the rulers of the world, including the current Yao Xing, want you to do are not really using them.
Buddhism is boundless to change anything, but to let you say what they want to say in order to calm people's hearts and facilitate their rule. Once what you Buddhists say or do conflicts with them, then they will be like Liu
Like Yi, I will eliminate you without hesitation, or even kill you."
Kumarajiva was so angry that his white beard was fluttering, and he said sternly: "Those who don't believe in me, the Buddha, are all evil Shura ghosts in the world. I, the Buddha, must have boundless magic power to subdue these demons."
Doupeng smiled slightly: "I think the boundless power of the Buddha is to release evil Shura ghosts like Helian Bobo and beat the Qin Dynasty to the ground, so that Yao Xing has to regard you as the national master, so that you can conquer the Qin Dynasty.
Recruit a wide range of disciples. However, you yourself also know that most of the disciples are just those in the cities in Lingbei and the grassland tribes outside the city who were attacked by Helianbobo. Their families were wiped out and they had nowhere to rely on. Especially those who
Old and weak people, these people can't do much work. If Yao Xing was asked to use the grain stored in the national treasury to support him, he would not be willing to do so, so he threw these old, weak, sick and disabled people to you to become monks, and you would enclose the land for yourself in Buddhism.
, just to provide them with food and clothing. After all, if you can survive as a disciple of Buddhism, even if you eat less, you will still be grateful for the Buddha's kindness and compassion."
Kumarajiva sternly said: "It's nonsense, it's nonsense. It's me, the Buddha, who is compassionate and protects these people who no longer want to live in the world, and gives them the opportunity to devote themselves to the Buddha. If according to what you said, it's Yao Xing, it's Yao Xing."
If Da Qin doesn’t want people, then why should he open so many temples for us and give us a lot of land for them to farm and make a living? They are not here for free rice!"
Doupeng laughed: "Because they are old and weak, their physical strength is not good enough, and they cannot fight. If we ask them to pay taxes as before, they will not be able to complete it. Moreover, the cities in Lingbiao have been attacked by Helian Bobo many times.
The fields outside were deserted, and almost no one was cultivating them. They had to move to the hinterland of Guanzhong. On the one hand, they would conscript the strong men of Guanzhong to guard the city in Lingbiao, and on the other hand, they would enclose their cultivated land into Buddhist temples for the old and weak to cultivate. At worst, they would not have to pay taxes.