After a moment of silence, Boji Changkong said, "Let's all go together. I'm ashamed to say that I've been running here and there these days, and I've almost never gone to a Taoist temple to repent."
The four of them went to the bathhouse to take a bath, put on the clean home clothes they asked their entourage to fetch, and went to Xuantian Temple in the east of Puhua City together.
There were many people gathered at the door. When they met, they all raised their hands to salute and greet each other - pinch the Ziwu formula with their left hand, hold their chest upright, bow their heads slightly, and say at the same time: "Immortal Lord, fellow Taoist, be well!"
At eight o'clock in the evening, the Taoist temple bell rang, the hall door opened wide, and two young Taoist priests greeted everyone at the door with smiles on their faces.
Yan Wanshi, Bo Ji Changkong, Bulutai, and Tu Suli followed everyone into the main hall. They first carried a futon at the door of the hall, then each found an open space and sat cross-legged on the futon.
The main hall has a terrazzo floor that has been wiped clean a long time ago. There were more than 300 people sitting in the main hall, and the whole hall was full. After hearing the sound of copper clanging, everyone shut up. A middle-aged Taoist priest held the table.
Sit on the table in front and chant sutras.
His voice was melodious and textured, like a copper bell in a deep mountain valley.
"The Supreme Being said: There is no way for misfortunes and blessings, only people call upon themselves; the rewards of good and evil follow them like a shadow."
What I am reading is "Tai Shang Inspiration Chapter".
Yan Wanshi and others were thinking in their hearts. Three hundred thoughts, like three hundred invisible strings, gathered on the heads of everyone, forming a Tai Chi.
Taoist Jingtian Sect is a Taoist sect that has emerged in the past ten years and is also the fastest growing religious sect.
The founder's name was Guo Lingbao, whose Taoist name was Chang Lingzi. He was originally a famous Taoist priest in Taiyi Dao. He was knowledgeable, superb in Taoism, and even had a deep understanding of Buddhism. However, he disliked the mainstream Taoism at that time, such as Fulu Sect, and was obsessed with the end.
Disputes among branches and a lack of ambition to make progress have caused Taoism to decline day by day.
So he traveled around the world and learned good medical skills. Later, he signed up as a medical officer with the army and followed Zhao Sibei in the expedition to Mobei. There, his superb medical skills cured many people, earning him the title of "Living Immortal"
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During his communication with shamans, he discovered that the animism of all things in the primitive religion believed by people in the northern desert is very consistent with the Taoist teaching that "man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature."
So he had an in-depth understanding of Shamanism. After returning to Kaifeng City, he humbly studied Nestorianism, Christianity, and Manichaeism. He learned from each other's strengths, and then determined that "man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows the Tao."
"Nature." For the sake of his sect, he proposed "respecting heaven, law and earth" and founded the Jingtian Sect, also called the Tao of Heaven and Earth.
Although this sect is a religion, it is based on simple materialism. It respects and imitates heaven and earth, and ultimately achieves the unity of heaven, earth and man.
The doctrine is simple, based on several classics that advise people to do good, such as "Tai Shang Inspiration", and then stipulates only simple rituals such as worshiping heaven and earth, worshiping ancestors, treating fellow Taoists as brothers and sisters, fasting regularly, and repenting on time.
Wait for the teachings.
Relying on novel teachings, united and strict religious disciplines, and Guo Lingbao gathered a group of Taoist aspiring people to preach everywhere, Jingtian Sect spread rapidly in areas where shamanism is widespread, such as Mobei, Northeast China and the Western Regions.
After Zhao Si knew about it, he also intended to vigorously support it in order to compete with the Buddhist forces. As a result, believers in the Jingtian Sect among the Four Banners were rapidly catching up with the Buddhist sects. And the most important thing is that the Jingtian Sect was a new sect and had absorbed
The directors of each school integrated the latest concepts, so young people from the four banners were more willing to join.
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Basically, most of the middle-aged and elderly people in the Four Banners believe in Buddhism, and most young people believe in Buddhism. Each has its own strengths, but from the future point of view, each can draw on their strengths, and the dynamic Taoist Jingtian Sect will have greater development potential.
In an article called "The Inspiration of the Supreme Being", everyone recited in unison: "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord!"
A Taoist priest in his sixties, wearing a white robe, walked up to the front desk, raised his hands and saluted: "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, good evening fellow Taoists."
"Hello, Infinite Heavenly Lord, Taoist Priest!"
The Jingtian Sect has systematically regulated the levels of Taoist priests. The entry-level disciples are called Nansheng disciples, who are generally students studying in Taoist colleges; the disciples who enter Taoist temples for internship after graduation are called Qingxin disciples, who are also grassroots Taoist priests. All of them wear gray robes, and they also
They are called gray-robed disciples; after three years, they are officially taught the scriptures and are called Chuzhen Taoist priests, which means official
Entering Taoism. Chuzhen Taoist priests wear soap robes and are also called soap robe Taoist priests.
Further up are the Zhizhen Taoist priests, who wear green robes and are the backbone of Taoist temples; Dongzhen Taoist priests, who wear red robes, are the masters of the Taoist temple; Dongxuan Taoist priests, who wear white robes, are senior Taoist priests of Jingtian Sect; Jijiuzhenren, who wear
Purple robes belong to the sect leader and deputy sect leader types.
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A white-robed Taoist priest actually appeared here, which shows that the Jingtian Sect actively responded to the call and sent key personnel to the Western Regions to help the court appease the local area and win the hearts and minds of the people.
"In ancient times during the reign of Emperor Yao, when the Tenth Day came together, crops were burned, vegetation was killed, and the people had nothing to eat. Dogs, teeth, nine infants, strong winds, seals, and snake cultivation were all harmful to the people. Yao ordered Yi to kill them.
Chisel teeth in the fields of Chouhua, kill nine infants on the ferocious water, beat the strong wind in the swamp of Qingqiu, shoot for ten days, then go down to kill the scorpion, cut off the snakes and repair them in the cave garden, capture and seal the swans in the mulberry forest."
The white-robed Taoist priest said slowly, his voice was clear and moist, like water dripping on stalactites.
He explained this passage in vernacular, glanced at the crowd, and asked: "God has a way for good life, so why does it have to send out ten suns at the same time to bring six evils to the earth?"
Everyone was silent, and more than three hundred pairs of eyes looked at the white-robed Taoist priest devoutly, expecting to get an answer from his mouth, an answer that was like the secret of heaven.
"Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as rotten dogs. Heaven and earth nurture all things, but in fact, the most preferential treatment is human beings... Preferential treatment is not pampering, but going through hardships. Emperors Yan and Huang, and countless ancestors, all made their way through hardships and hardships.
.The arid land of the northwest and the bitter cold territory of the Mobei have repeatedly produced heroes from all over the world... Heroes will emerge only when the world is difficult. Any suffering will not defeat us, it will only make us stronger."
When the white-robed Taoist said the last words, he was full of emotion, his hair and beard spread out, and he stretched out his hands as if to embrace all things in the world. The audience in the audience was also extremely excited.
"Any suffering will not defeat us, it will only make us stronger."
These young believers are at their most energetic.
Pointing to the country, talking and laughing with thousands of nobles. This sentence fits their temperament, and it makes them all excited, wishing to transform into the ancient power - Yi, shoot the sun to eliminate harm, and stabilize the world.
After a lecture, another Taoist priest led the believers and recited a passage: "Those who are good at wandering will drown, and those who are good at riding will fall. Everyone does what they like, but only brings disaster to themselves." He explained it in vernacular, and then gave a warning.
People who know how to swim are often prone to drowning; people who are good at riding horses are prone to falling off. This is because relying on their own abilities brings disaster to themselves. Therefore, be sure to be modest and prudent and not arrogant. To be a day-to-day life
Reflect three times and know what you have repented of...
At nine o'clock in the evening, the evening service time was over. All the Taoist priests stood on the front stage, and the believers saluted and said goodbye to them one by one. Yan Wanshi and four others were among them. After saying goodbye piously and solemnly, they walked out of the Taoist temple gate. They couldn't help but
Zhu let out a long sigh to relieve the excitement and excitement in his heart, and then they dispersed.