Chapter 597 Xuanzang becomes a monk, water and land conference(1/2)
Seeing that Fairy Chen Xi, who had always respected the noble and noble teacher, was so shocked. Chen Xuanzang couldn't help but be stunned.
Looking at Chen Xuanzang's surprised look, Chen Hua's eyes flashed slightly, and then he smiled lightly: "Okay! Looking at the moon, don't be so casual, without any sense of being a person who has cultivated immortality and Taoism."
"Grandpa, have you ever said that the path of immortality is free and easy? Unlike the Western Buddhism, which says that compassion is the most franchise, and there are many constraints, you are not at all comfortable!" Wangyue said with a smile, and deliberately turned his head to glance at Chen Xuanzang.
Chen Xuanzang, who frowned slightly, did not say anything more.
Seeing this, Chen Hua, who looked at Hu Ling'er, smiled faintly and shook his head, "Looking at the moon, you know how it is, but not why it is! There are countless creatures in the world, most of whom cannot escape the seven emotions and six desires, and suffer from life and death. If all ordinary people do things according to their nature, wouldn't it be a mess? Even if we immortals and gods do not know how to cultivate our nature and cultivate ourselves, they will cause disasters."
"I understand, grandpa! I didn't do anything bad!" Wangyue curled her lips helplessly.
Chen Hua shook his head and said nothing more, while Hu Ling'er couldn't help but say, "Looking at the moon! Although you are unintentional, if you don't pay attention, sometimes you will inevitably do bad things. It is true that things happen because of unintentional accidents. Some things are unpredictable. It is difficult for us immortals and gods to calculate all the misfortunes and good things."
Her eyebrows frowned slightly, and her mouth raised her up, Wangyue, but she lowered her head and said nothing more.
"Wangyue! Don't take your grandparents' words to heart. They are all for your own good!" Chen Xi couldn't help but shout lightly when he saw this.
Wangyue nodded and had to respond muffled: "Yes, mother, I know."
"Xuanzang. Do it casually!" Chen Hua said to the respectful Chen Xuanzang with a faint smile.
Chen Xuanzang thanked him politely, and then he respectfully sat down with the last seat carefully.
Next, Chen Hua seemed to be interested in Chen Xuanzang and started talking to him gently with a smile on his face.
After a conversation, Chen Xuanzang also let go of the tension in his heart and spoke casually to Chen Hua with a little calmness.
"It turns out that he is very smart!" Chen Hua couldn't help but praise him in his heart from Chen Xuanzang's words and deeds.
Chen Xuanzang couldn't help but admire Chen Hua: "The master is really a great master. He has concise words and profound insights, and it is even more rare to be so kind."
Time passed. As the sky gradually became late, everyone used a dinner party in this villa.
After the dinner, Chen Guangrui and his wife came to visit in person. When they learned that Chen Hua and Hu Ling'er were Fairy Chen Xi's parents, Chen Guangrui and his wife couldn't help but be more respectful and cautious.
In the following days, Chen Hua and Hu Ling'er also temporarily lived in this villa.
Time passes, and in a blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.
In the water pavilion on the other courtyard, Chen Hua, Hu Ling'er and Chen Xi sat at the stone table respectively, while Yang Chan stood by and served tea to the three of them.
"Father, the child discovered that Xuanzang has had a lot of contact with Buddhists in recent days. Especially when he accompanied his mother to Jinshan Temple to burn incense last time, he met a monk Faming who was a little bit wise and was quite speculative with him. He often went to Jinshan Temple to talk to him about Dharma!" Chen Xi said helplessly: "Is it really hard to disobey God's will, and is it difficult to separate his relationship with Buddhists?"
Chen Hua smiled faintly when he heard this, then sipped the tea and said slowly: "Xi'er, that kid has no fate with you, so he doesn't have to be too attached to it. His fate is in the West and in Buddhism."
"Dad, do you also think that Western Buddhism should be passed down to the East?" Chen Xi couldn't help but frowned slightly.
"Xi'er! The East is the orthodox Xuanmen, why should you worry that Buddhism can beat Taoist sects?" Chen Hua shook his head and smiled: "The great way is three thousand, and there are countless wonderful methods. The Western Buddhist teachings are not without advantages. My lineage of creation is the great beings in the world. As long as it is beneficial to sentient beings, it is a good thing."
Chen Xi, who nodded thoughtfully, suddenly said: "So, does my father support the Eastward spread of Buddhism?"
Chen Hua shook his head again and said, "No! He does not support nor object to his father!"
"What does father mean? The child is a little confused!" Chen Xi smiled helplessly and bitterly.
Chen Hua, who smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Yang Chan who was standing beside him and said, "Yang Chan. What do you think?"
"This..." Yang Chan, who was stunned for a moment, hesitated and said: "The disciple thought that the master wanted to spread Buddhism to the East and benefit living beings. However, the Buddhism cannot be too prosperous in the East and will hit the Taoist sect and cause struggles!"
Chen Hua immediately glanced at Yang Chan with appreciation and said with a smile: "No, right! The two Western saints only thought about the prosperity of the West, but forgot that if the water is full, the overflowing, and if the moon is full, the loss will be lost. The lesson of the Jie Sect is still in front of you, I hope that Buddhism will not repeat the same mistakes. Otherwise, if the conflict between Buddhism and Taoism will be in trouble again."
"It's not easy to find the two Western saints to understand what the word "content" is!" Hu Ling'er shook her head and said.
Chen Xi also had beautiful eyes and smiled slightly, "If there are people in the world who have no desires and no desires, there will be no so many disputes."
While the few people were talking, Chen Guangrui and his wife rushed over.
"Mr. Chen! Why are you so ignorant and don't let someone rush forward with a sound?" Chen Xi frowned slightly at Chen Guangrui with some dissatisfaction.
Chen Guangrui hurriedly bowed and apologized: "Fairy! Guangrui is rude! But there is indeed a big deal. I would like to ask the fairy to help me and save the child!"
"Hmm? What's wrong with Xuanzang?" Chen Xi frowned and asked in confusion when he heard this.
Chen Guangrui hurriedly said with a sad and helpless look on his face: "Fairy! Xuanzang has frequent contacts with Elder Faming of Jinshan Temple today. I thought he was just obsessed with Buddhism, but he actually wanted to worship Elder Faming as his teacher and become a monk!"
"Yes! Fairy! My husband and I have only one son. If he becomes a monk, how can we live!" Miss Yin on the side also cried bitterly.
Listening to Chen Guangrui and his wife's words, Chen Xi's beautiful eyes suddenly stared at the slightest moment of being stunned.
"Father, look at this..." Chen Xi, who turned to react, immediately looked at Chen Hua with some confusion.
Chen Hua smiled faintly and waved his hand to Chen Xi without saying much. At the same time, he looked at Chen Guangrui and said, "Mr. Chen! The man is kind and has a wise heart. He is indeed destined to be with Buddhism. Now that he has entered Buddhism, he will definitely achieve great achievements in the future. The so-called life, death, misfortune and blessing. Each has its own destiny. Why should he be too attached to this?"
"This..." Chen Guangrui was stunned for a moment and then smiled bitterly, "If it is true as the immortal said, it is also my son's fortune. It's just that my Chen family has a single lineage, and Guangrui has only one son. If he goes to become a monk, wouldn't my Chen family be defeated? In this way, how can Guangrui face the ancestors and ancestors of the Chen family in the future?"
Chen Hua suddenly laughed when he heard this: "Mr. Chen! You are still young, why worry about having no children? Although the way of heaven is ruthless, the way of immortals is kind. Lord Chen governs one area, so that the people can live in peace and blessings will continue. God will not let your Chen family have no descendants."
"Take it serious?" Chen Guangrui's eyes lit up when she heard this.
Nodded with a smile. Chen Hua repeatedly promised to persuade Chen Guangrui and his wife to leave.
After they left, Chen Xi frowned and said with a frown: "Father! Why are you like this? The Chen Guangrui and his wife seem to have no fate to have children!"
"If this is not the case, the couple will definitely go to Jinshan Temple to make trouble, but then they will calculate a hardship for Chen Xuanzang!" Chen Hua, who shook his head slightly, smiled and said, "Does Xier know why Chen Guangrui and his wife have never had any children?"
Chen Xi frowned slightly when she heard this. She couldn't help but wonder: "Father, is there any reason?"
"Chen Xuanzang has a fate with the West and is destined to become a Buddha in the future. If he has too many relationships with the world, it will eventually be a hindrance. Therefore, the Chen family will not have any more descendants. In this way, he will be a free and careless Buddha!" Chen Hua explained with a faint smile: "Buddhist is particularly concerned with cause and effect! This is the Buddhist plan, which will save Chen Xuanzang from the troubles of the future."
Chen Xi suddenly realized that he was a little dissatisfied and said, "Father, why do you have to plot against Xuanzang? Why do you say that he is also your disciple, right?"
"Do you think your father is plotting against him?" Chen Hua asked with a faint smile.
Chen Xi said with some amusement, "Can your father still do it for him?"
"The jade cannot be made into a weapon without carving!" Chen Hua, who shook his head and smiled, said slowly: "Xi'er, then Chen Xuanzang became a Buddha in the West. If he had no causal entanglement, although he was free, he would be difficult to go further. At that time, he would really become a tool for Buddhist teachings. After using it, it would be useless and no one would care about it. With that causality, he would have more opportunities in the future. If he grasped it well, he would definitely have great achievements. Do you still think that being a father is plotting against him and harming him?"
Chen Xi, who nodded thoughtfully, immediately looked happy and said, "My father is far-sighted, but the child is not enough! In this way, my father has put some thought into choosing clothes."
"Okay! Since Xuanzang is about to enter Buddhism, then we should leave!" Chen Hua said instead.
Chen Xi was stunned when he heard this, and then he felt a little reluctant and said, "Father, I want to stay for a while."
"Okay!" Chen Hua, who nodded slightly, looked at Hu Ling'er with a smile and said, "But, your mother and I are leaving. I promised your mother that we will accompany her to go to more places this time."
Hu Ling'er, who smiled and nodded, said, "By the way, Xi'er! Where did Wangyue go in the past few days?"
"Where else can you be? Eighty-mostly I'm going to trouble Xuanzang again! The two of them don't know what's going on, it seems that no one can feel happy about seeing each other," Chen Xi couldn't help but smile helplessly when he said this.
Chen Hua just smiled faintly: "Don't worry too much about their affairs! The girl Wangyue's temperament needs someone to polish her."
"But my father, Xuanzang is from Buddhism. What's the matter with Wangyue and him!" Chen Xi said helplessly.
Chen Hua couldn't help but smile and said, "Haha, if Wangyue can pull Xuanzang into the Xuanmen, it's her ability. I'm afraid she doesn't have that ability! So, don't worry too much."
"Yes!" Chen Xi thought for a while and nodded and smiled, "If Xuanzang traveled west to seek scriptures and looked at the moon, it would be a good training for her. However, in this way, the Western Tathagata would not be able to rest assured."
Chen Hua was stunned and smiled instead: "Let him worry!"
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After years of this, Yuan Shoucheng and the Dragon King of Jinghe were having a gambling trick, so poor that the old dragon of Jinghe died in Huangquan and asked Emperor Taizong for help. It was also Taizong who deserved this disaster, and was forced to go to the underworld by the Dragon King of Jinghe.
After several twists and turns, Emperor Taizong, who was reborn, had a lot of thoughts and gathered many officials to recruit monks, hoping to build a water and land conference to save the lonely souls of the underworld. The list of officials in the world was promoted, and officials from all over the world selected the wise monks and went to Chang'an to hold a meeting. After that month, many monks in the world arrived.
The King of Tang issued an order and wrote to the Grand Historian Fu Yi to elect a high monk and build Buddhist affairs. When Fu Yi heard the order, he immediately submitted a memorial to stop the floating map. He said that there was no Buddha. The statement said:
The laws of the Western Regions are not monarch, minister, father and son. They use the three paths and six paths to lure stupidity, pursue past sins, and see the blessings of the future. They recite the Buddhist language in order to avoid secretly. Moreover, life, death, longevity and death are based on nature; punishment of virtue, power and blessings are all based on human lords. Now, people who hear the common people have trumpeted it, and they all say that it is from Buddha. Since the Five Emperors and Three Kings, there is no Buddhist Dharma. The monarch and ministers are loyal, and the years have long lived. By the time Emperor Ming of Han established the Hu Shen, but only the Sangmen in the Western Regions have taught their teachings, which is actually a barbarian invading China, which is not worthy of trust.
When Emperor Taizong heard this, he threw this statement to the ministers for discussion. At that time, Prime Minister Xiao Xing came out and started to speak: "The Buddhist Dharma has been prosperous and promoted the good and stopped the evil, and helped the country in secret, and did not abandon the reason. Buddhas are saints. Those who are not saints cannot, please punish them severely."
Fu Yi and Xiao Xing discussed the matter, saying that etiquette is based on serving the parents and serving the king, but the Buddha turned his back to his parents and became a monk, and used a common man to resist the emperor and to survive the body and rebelled against his relatives. Xiao Xing was not born in Kongsang, but followed the teachings of no father. As the saying goes, those who are not filial have no relatives.
Xiao Xingdian clasped his hands and said, "The setting of hell is just for this man."
Emperor Taizong summoned the Taipu Qing Zhang Daoyuan, the Secretary of the Central Committee, and asked about the Buddhist affairs and blessings. What should he do? The two ministers said to him: "The Buddha is pure, kind and forgive, and he is correct and the Buddha is empty. Emperor Wu of Zhou divided the three religions into three categories: Zen Master Dahui praised the distant and far away, and he went through the offerings of all the people and showed them; the Five Patriarchs were reborn as the phenomenon of Bodhidharma. Since ancient times, they have all said that the three religions are supreme and cannot be destroyed or abandoned. I beg Your Majesty to understand and clarify the truth."
Emperor Taizong was very happy and said, "Your words are reasonable. If you have any more statements, you will be punished."
Taizong, who had already decided to do so, then invited Wei Zheng, Xiao Xing and Zhang Daoyuan to invite all Buddhas to elect a great practitioner as the altar master and build a temple. Everyone bowed their heads and thanked them and retreated.
Since then, the law has been released: but someone who destroys monks and slanders Buddhas will cut off his arm.
The next day, three court officials gathered all monks and searched one by one in the mountains and rivers, and selected a virtuous monk from the inside. Who do you think he is? Xuanzang, the son of Chen Guangrui, became a monk at Jinshan Temple.
On that day, Master Xuanzang was mentioned to the public. This man was kind since childhood. His grandfather saw that he was the chief manager of the dynasty, Yin Kaishan, and his father Chen Guangrui was the top scholar and was appointed as the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Hall. He was not interested in glory, but only liked to practice silence. He found that his roots were good and his virtues were high. He had thousands of scriptures and scriptures, and he knew everything. The Buddha's name was immortal, and he could not do anything. At that time, the three men were led to the imperial court, danced on the dust, and then said: "My ministers and others received the imperial edict and selected a monk named Chen Xuanzang."
When Emperor Taizong heard of his name, he pondered for a long time and said, "But is Xuanzang, the son of the scholar Chen Guangrui?"
Chen Xuanzang said, "I am right."
Taizong said happily: "It turns out that he is good. He is truly a monk with virtue and Zen heart. I have given you the title of "Left Monk Gang, Right Monk Gang, and the Monk Gang of the Great Master of the World."
Xuanzang bowed his head and thanked him for his gratitude, and received the title of Dachan. Emperor Taizong also gave him a colorful golden robes and a Vairo hat. He taught him to worship Ming monks with his heart, and he ranked the head of the Li Ban, and wrote the orders to go to Huasheng Temple, and chose a good day and a good time to start the practice of the scriptures.
Xuanzang came out again and went to Huasheng Temple, gathered many monks to build a Zen couch, decorate merits, and organize music. A total of 1,200 monks from all over the country were selected, and the upper, middle and lower halls were assigned to the upper, middle and lower halls. All the objects were all in front of the Buddhas, and they were selected. On the third day of the September 19th of this year, the zodiac was good, and the water and land conference was held on the 7749th day.
After everything was arranged, Chen Xuanzang immediately submitted a memorial, and Taizong and the royal relatives of the civil and military kings all went to the meeting to burn incense and listen to the lecture.
In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, the year of Ji Si, the third day of Jiaxu in September, the good day of Guimao. Master Chen Xuanzang gathered 1,200 monks and all performed various wonderful sutras at Huasheng Temple in Chang'an City. The emperor had finished his morning court, and his men and women were in charge of civil and military officials. He rode a phoenix chariot and dragon chariot, left the Golden Palace, and went straight to the temple to pick up incense. How could he see the imperial carriage? It's really:
A day of auspiciousness, thousands of auspicious lights. The benevolent wind is light and sways, and the sun is beautiful. Thousands of officials are divided into fronts and backs, and the five guards are lined with flags and flags. Holding golden gourds, holding axes and swords, and pairings; crimson candles, incense burners, and mists are hazy. Dragons and phoenixes dance, eagles recommend eagles to rise. The emperor is righteous, loyal and righteous ministers are good. Jiefu has been over Shunyu for thousands of years, and has been promoted to peace for thousands of years. Saiyao Tang. I saw the crank umbrella, rolling dragon robe, and glowing; jade chains, colorful phoenix fans, auspicious mists are fluttering. Bead crown, jade belt, purple ribbon, gold seal. Thousands of troops are protected and the carriage is supported. The emperor is bathed and respected the Buddha, and he is happy to pick up incense.
The King of Tang, who had arrived in front of the temple early, ordered the musical instrument to be held, got off the chariot, led many officials to worship Buddha and burn incense. After three turns, I looked up and watched. It was indeed a good temple. But see:
To be continued...