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As soon as Zen Master Yuanjing said this, everyone was shocked. At this critical moment of the dispute over Taoism, the two masters of the Linji Sect actually left the sect and explored their own ways. Zen Master Langmu was still tinkering with the traditional sect, citing

The three sects are for personal use only.

But Zen Master Yuanjing abandoned the orthodoxy of Buddhism and devoted himself to a more simplified version of folk Linji Zen that was more suitable for poor people.

Since its establishment, Wuwei Sect has always claimed to be a branch of the Linji Sect, and has been canonized by the imperial court and recognized by Buddhism. However, it can be followed by not eating fast, not chanting Buddha's name, not donating incense money, not being ordained and becoming a monk, not following formalities, and praying for Buddha in the heart, etc.

The teachings spread widely and had a huge impact on Buddhism.

This aroused strong dissatisfaction among orthodox Buddhists. With the vigorous advocacy of Buddhist senior officials, the court's attitude became subtle.

Nowadays, there are very few eminent monks in Buddhism. Due to the impact from various aspects, many eminent monks have emerged who are determined to revive Buddhism.

If we say Zen Masters Langmu and Yuanjing are new outstanding monks who have emerged from Linji Sect in recent years, they are endowed with high hopes.

Master Daguan of the Caodong Sect, Master Deqing of the Linji Sect, and Master Zhu Hong of the Pure Land Sect are the three most powerful people who have emerged from various sects in Ming Buddhism in the past twenty years and are the most powerful in revitalizing Buddhism. The greatest achievement of these three is to lead

The three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism merged, and Zen and other sects were unified.

As an eminent monk of the Linji Sect, Master Deqing’s perception of the Wuwei Sect is crucial. For this reason, four years ago, Deqing went to Shandong to clarify the purpose and inheritance of the Wuwei Sect, denying the Wuwei Sect as a branch of the Linji Sect, and comprehensively

Criticize the Wuwei teaching. Become one of the most effective monks in criticizing the Wuwei teaching.

The Empress Dowager Cisheng admired Master Deqing even more. Four years ago, the Empress Dowager sent an envoy to send three thousand gold to build a nunnery for him to live in. At that time, Shandong was hit by a famine, and he gave all of it to the victims. Last year, Emperor Wanli printed fifteen parts of the Tripitaka.

As gifts to famous mountains across the country, the Empress Dowager Cisheng specially sent one of them to Donghai Laoshan. Since there was nowhere to place him, he built Haiyin Temple for him.

Also last year, Daguan and his disciple Dao Kai came to the East China Sea to visit him specifically to engrave Tibetan affairs, and stayed there for twenty days. Under his influence, Dao Kai, who came from the Caodong Sect, also became a pioneer in criticizing the Wuwei Sect.

Master Deqing also had a good relationship with Wang Shizhen, the leader of the literary world. Under his influence, the reputation of Wuwei Sect in the court, the scholarly world, and Buddhism plummeted. In addition to still being strong among the people, it was blocked in all aspects.

Therefore, in order to break the situation, the top leaders of Wuwei Sect set their sights on the rising stars of Linji Sect, Lang Mu and Zen Master Yuanjing. Lang Mu, in particular, is now catching up with Master Deqing. If he can rectify the name of Wuwei Sect, he will be able to achieve great success.

alleviate the crisis to a certain extent.

The end result was that Lang Mu remained silent because his mentor, Master Lan Feng, had been committed to spreading the Wuwei teaching during his lifetime. Lan Feng was originally a master of Zen Buddhism and once wrote the sentence "Bodhi sitting in the world of dust, not moving ***"

, singing in the Zen sect. He is highly virtuous and respected by monks and laymen.

In the second half of his life, he worked hard for the Wuwei teaching, and it was difficult to have an opponent when discussing the Dharma. When he was alive, no one dared to question the Wuwei teaching. Therefore, he was called the Iron Mouth. Unfortunately, Lan Feng died of illness five years ago.

With De Qing and Dao Kai, they began to attack with all their strength, but Wuweijiao never had another Lan Feng.

Lang Mu, who was given high hopes by the senior leaders of the Wuwei Sect, remained silent. Another disciple of Lan Feng, Yuan Jing, was helpless. In the end, it failed to change the fact that the Wuwei Sect was denounced as a heresy by Buddhism and could not escape the fate of being beaten and killed.

Yuan Jing went north to restore his ancestral home, Rinzai-yuan, but in fact he left the Rinzai sect and followed the path of his teacher Lan Feng.

Everyone was not clear about the twists and turns here, but the host, the old monk and the Holy Mother, as the parties involved, knew the meaning very well. Therefore, they all looked at Zen Master Yuan Jing in extreme shock, simply in disbelief.

For a long time, the host still couldn't believe it: "Master... are you kidding me?"

When the old monk heard this, he thought about whether Wuwei or Buddhism could bring him greater benefits.

However, Master Yuanjing looked extremely serious, folded his hands and said, "Amitabha, monks do not lie!"

"Master, I thank you on behalf of the thousands of believers, please accept my worship!" After the Holy Mother said this, she bowed down.

Yuan Jing accepted it calmly. After praying to the Holy Mother, she stepped forward to help her and sighed: "The poor monk is not as good as Master Lan, and his opponent is even better than before, so he can only do his best to serve my Buddhism and thousands of people."

Make a way out."

"Master is merciful, and we will do our best to help you, and we will never hold you back," the Holy Mother said.

At this time, the old monk also called out the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, after listening to the master's teachings, this poor monk has achieved great enlightenment. Eating food and chanting Buddha's name are all delusions. Being down-to-earth will lead to spiritual mountains."

"Master Rutong has great wisdom, and his future is limitless." Zen Master Yuanjing said with great satisfaction.

Bai Yuzhan frowned when he heard this. He always felt that the old monk had no good intentions. The host seemed to be meeting the old monk for the first time. The Holy Mother opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but finally held back.

Except for Zhang Jiebin, Li Yingzhi and Zen Master Yuanjing, everyone here knows the basics. But no one said anything, probably thinking that the future is long, and a person can pretend for a while, but cannot pretend for a lifetime.

Sure enough, the old monk said again: "Master Yuanjing, just half a moment before you came, that Taoist threatened to discuss Buddhism with me. He also asked the master to come forward and give some advice so that he would know that I, the Buddha, cannot be insulted."

Everyone looked at Bai Yuzhan. At this time, Bai Yuzhan was also a little embarrassed. He was originally a Taoist boy from Qingxu Mountain in Tang County. He changed his name to Bai Yuzhan because he accidentally heard that "I am Chinese. I was born in China and I follow the Chinese way."

There is only one word difference between Bai Yuchan, the fifth ancestor of the Southern Sect.

But after all, he is only Bai Yuzhan, not Bai Yuchan. If he is just discussing the Dharma with an unlearned monk, it is fine. But if the person is a real Buddhist monk, he does not care about his personal honor and disgrace, he just doesn't want to embarrass the Taoist sect.

Thinking of this, Bai Yuzhan took the initiative and said: "The name of the master is like thunder in Bai's ears. If you discuss Dharma with Xiaodao, you may lose the name of the master. I teach senior Qianxuzi, and I am currently in Qingxu Mountain. I welcome you to come and discuss it."

road."

As soon as the three words "Qian Xuzi" came out, Zhang Jiebin was immediately excited. He couldn't believe it. The old man who set up a divination stall in Qipan Street; the old man who listened to the preview of Journey to the West and became a god!

The old man Qianxu who left a letter saying he would meet in three years but never came back is actually in Qingxu Mountain, only two hundred miles away!

Everyone is even more familiar with the name "Qianxuzi". At least in Buddhism at this time, no one can compare with him. Qianxuzi's reputation and achievements are equivalent to the sum of the three people of Daguan, Deqing and Zhuan Hong today.

Of course, it’s only for the moment. After all, Qianxuzi is a generation older than the three of them, and he became famous ten or twenty years before them. While the three of them were still exploring their own way, Qianxuzi had already founded a sect and became a master. The two of them are in the present moment.

There is no comparison.