People would choose the latter between suffering a lifetime of punishment and being beheaded after forty or fifty years of prosperity and wealth. In fact, most people would not live to be forty or fifty years old.
When Chu Qing asked this question, the people shouted out their answers. No one said they liked it and suffered a lifetime of punishment.
The scene began to get a little out of control. Chu Qing pressed his hands down and the people slowly closed their mouths.
This is the result that Chu Qing hopes to see, so that the people can learn to think and distinguish, and distinguish between reality and illusion.
"Master, let me tell you, this Zhou Lang may not have been a bad person in his previous life. He has accumulated virtues and done good deeds all his life. Otherwise, how could he be reincarnated into the Zhou family and enjoy the blessings of most of his life."
Chu Qing sneered again and again: "But you also said that it is all cause and effect. A wicked person is a wicked person. If he does not atone for his sins, he will still be a wicked person. Is it possible that Zhou Lang was a wicked person in his previous life, but he believed in Buddhism and donated countless money, so he was reincarnated in this life?
If the Zhou family continues to do evil and continues to enjoy happiness, then this means that as long as he keeps doing evil, continues to believe in Buddhism and donate money, then he will enjoy happiness in every life?"
Master Huide finally became anxious and quickly raised his voice: "Zhou Lang's sins are serious and he will definitely go to hell."
"Oh, don't talk about the subconscious mind, start talking about hell, right?" Chu Qing laughed loudly: "Since it is destined to go to hell, then why does he still believe in Buddhism? Shouldn't he put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately? He not only put down the butcher's knife
, I have believed in Buddha for decades and donated more money than all other people. If this is the case, why do I still go to hell?"
"Nature is riddled with sin."
"Okay, then there is no need for people who have sinned to believe in Buddhism, because..." Chu Qing turned around, looked at the people, and shouted loudly: "Buddha cannot save you!"
After finishing speaking, Chu Qing looked at the courtiers again and repeated: "Have you seen, Buddha, those who cannot be saved, corrupt officials, dog officials, and stupid officials, no matter how much money you spend on incense and bells,
Even Buddha can't protect you, Zhou Lang, that's it!"
The courtiers were so angry that their noses were twisted.
Who is to blame, who is a corrupt official, a dog official, a stupid official?
Chu Qing laughed loudly and said again: "From today onwards, I will ask Qianqiying to guard the horses outside the temple. Whenever an official offers incense, he will be checked to see if he has done as many evil things as Zhou Lang. If not, how could he believe it?
Buddha, there is no ghost in my heart, what kind of Buddha do I believe in!"
"Jushi Chu!"
"What, are you going to say that as long as you give money to corrupt officials who are full of evildoers, your Buddha can bless them?"
Upon hearing this, Master Huide became completely anxious: "Buddhism is as profound as you think it is. Why do you, Qianqiying, still control those who worship the Buddha? Is it a sin for those who worship the Buddha to do good?"
"Hey, don't talk nonsense. You teach your Buddha, and when I investigate my case, I should ask you, are there no corrupt officials among those who worship the Buddha?"
"you…"
Master Huide is no longer calm. You must know that the biggest financial backers in various temples are these courtiers and families. Once Qianqiying is guarding outside, who will dare to offer incense and worship Buddha?
"Master Huide, worshiping Buddha is to pray for peace and blessings in the next life. But Zhou Lang donated so much money, but he is going to hell. How do you explain it?"
"He has done many evil things."
"Well said." Chu Qing laughed again, looked at the courtiers, and said in a loud voice: "You have heard it, Master Huide said it himself, no matter how much money you donate, it is useless, you should go to hell.
, don’t take any chances.”
"Master Chu, please don't confuse right and wrong. I, the Buddhist, will live the next life as well as this life!"
"Okay, have a good life." Chu Qing turned around and looked at the people: "Folks, tell me, tell me Chu Qing, since you donated the incense money, who has soared into the sky, who has leaped over the dragon's gate, and who has
Suddenly rich, who is the one who changed their life through good luck from heaven? Is there one? If so, stand up, speak out, tell me, tell the world, because of your belief in Buddha, because of the blessing of Buddha, you have completely changed your current situation.
Dilemma!"
The people looked around and fell into silence again.
No one, no one.
This silence made Master Huide palpitate.
In fact, the so-called "eminent monk" in the temple said that the Buddha will bless you, not only in the next life, but also in this life.
But now no one in the common people speaks, no one dares to say that after believing in Buddha, Buddha has blessed them and changed their lives. None. Most of the time, it is just a kind of inner comfort, but inner comfort requires spending money.
Do you go to temples to find money? Does worshiping Buddha at home count as piety?
The people were silent at first, and then thought about it again. They were even more frightened than Master Huide, because they wanted to see someone stand up, speak out, show up to speak out, and say that their lives have been changed because of their belief in Buddhism.
"If you accumulate virtue and do good deeds in this life, you will be rewarded with blessings in the next life."
Master Huide spoke, but what he said was so far-fetched.
"Who can prove it in the next life?"
"Amitabha, okay, I don't talk about the next life, I only talk about this life. I don't agree with what layman Chu just said. How can the Buddha bless the people to suddenly become rich, free from illness and disaster, and just healthy, just like the farmers in the southern suburbs?
Chickens and dogs hear each other, feeling at ease and quiet.”
"Okay, Buddha has blessed you, right?" Chu Qing pinched his waist and said: "From today on, all the workshops under the names of our Chu family and Tao family will stop. The greenhouses in the southern suburbs will be completely closed. The carriages and horses in Beijing will be shut down.
The stone shop and all businesses related to the Chu family have been closed down, and the Hanmen Academy and the Hanmen Academy will no longer admit students."
Chu Qing snorted heavily: "There is also Hanmen Academy, Hanmen Academy, no more students will be admitted!"
There was a thunder on the ground, and the people were completely in chaos.
"Shut up, everyone!" Chu Qing shouted, "I and the Tao family will do our best..."
Huang Laosi coughed slightly.
Chu Qing glanced at Huang Laosi angrily, readjusted his facial expression, and yelled: "I, together with the Tao family, the Tian family, and mainly the emperor, have spent all their wealth to open academies, build roads, and workshops.
The workshop recruits countless refugees and ordinary people to work, and all the money earned is invested in it and becomes your wages. What is it for? It is to let you have a full stomach, a house to live in, and children.
But studying is not just for you to give your salary to the temple and bless you with prosperity and wealth in the next life. Since you like the next life so much and the illusory next life so much, in this life, stop trying to take advantage of me and go drink the northwest wind.
Continue to be your refugee and your misery haha!"
The expressions of the people, who were already in chaos and noisy, changed dramatically.
This is human nature. It is very complicated. You think about today, you think about tomorrow, you think about this life, you also think about the next life. But when you are faced with a choice and you can only choose one of the two, you will naturally choose the one you can see and touch.
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"Chu Qing, the commander of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion!"
Master Huide suddenly stood up, with an angry look on his face: "You are going to stop people from worshiping the Buddha, you are going to be an enemy of Buddhists all over the world, you are going to become a demon!"
"Wow~~~ If I don't believe in Buddhism, I will become a demon and go to hell, right?"
"You have no wisdom and I don't know how to talk much, but why do you want to persecute the people?"
"When did I force the people? Don't get involved here. The fiefdom is mine. I have money. I am so arrogant and human. Do you have any control over it?"
Chu Qing shrugged and showed his signature smile: "You have to blame yourself. I gave you a chance just now and asked you many questions, but you didn't give me any satisfactory answers. All the contradictions
, you don’t have any explanation for the logical inconsistency, it’s just Amitabha, it’s just changing the topic, just to maintain your image of a high monk, it’s just your own fault. I respect Buddhism, but that doesn’t mean I respect every Buddhist, you
It does not represent Buddhism, Dapu Temple, let alone Dapu Temple. If you were an enlightened monk, I would have shut up long ago."
Chu Qing finally showed his fangs.
If he had been so tough from the beginning, he would have been rejected by the people.
But after "communication" for so long, the people also heard that Chu Qing had many questions and confusions. These questions and confusions also sprouted in the hearts of the people. Looking at Master Huide again, he had nothing to do with him.
The substantive answer is only indifferent, and only the "skin" of an enlightened monk is left.
In the past, everyone would have admired and aweed him, but looking back now, he always feels a bit ironic.
Zhou Lang, who never did bad things and believed in Buddhism, was he a bad person or a good person in his previous life?
If you are a wicked person, why will you enjoy all the glory and wealth in this life?
If he is a good person, why will he become a bad person and be beheaded in this life?
Then in his next life, will he be reincarnated again? Will he become a wicked person who enjoys all the glory and wealth, or will he become a good person? Is it possible that he will become an ordinary person, like everyone else? If so, doesn't it mean that he was also a wicked person in his previous life?
, a wicked person who has done absolutely bad things, so he became an ordinary citizen and suffered a lifetime of suffering?
The common people, like Chu Qing, do not understand Buddhism, let alone Buddhism, but they hope that Master Huide can explain it in the most popular terms and in words they can understand, so as to solve the confusion in their hearts.
Every common person thinks so, but they don't know that deep down in their hearts, they are already dissatisfied.
Money, it’s still about money!
Everyone's incense money was obtained with blood and sweat, only a few hundred cash or a few strings of money.
But Zhou Lang had more than 100,000 guan, and these hundreds of thousands guan were all stained with the blood of the common people. Can Buddhism accept it with such peace of mind?
Perhaps the Buddha really appeared. Master Huide took a deep breath and answered.
"Okay, I'll help you clear up your doubts. If you have any doubts, Master Chu, just tell me."
Chu Qing smiled, a smile from the bottom of his heart.
