Great Transcendence

Chapter 16 Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism

If a sect wants to survive and develop, it cannot do without the support of the court.

If you don't follow the ruler of the country, it will be difficult to establish legal affairs.

As in Buddhism, so in Taoism.

Unless one day religion can override imperial power, that's another matter.

Primitive Taoism once worked hard for this. Zhang Daoling broke down mountains and temples, wiped out ghosts from the six heavens, and established a righteous law for three days.Under the pretense of entrusting the old monarch to stand upright and unite his power, to reset the order of the three realms of gods, ghosts and humans, the grandeur is in a mess.

The great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao even shouted the slogan "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand", he wants to revolutionize the sky, mix the universe, and establish a Taoist kingdom on earth.Countless Taoists died on the battlefield for their dreams, and sacrificed generously, how many heroes at one time!
But later, the Taoist became "quiet and inaction", and the helplessness and blood and tears in it were all formed by the accumulation of human heads.

The blood is cold, the Tao has declined, the sword has been broken, and the Taoists who still have dreams are all dead.

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, Taoism has been reformed with the Buddhist heart method and restrained with the Confucian principles.

Wang Chongyang said: "There are five classes of gods, the first ones are those who don't keep the precepts, don't drink and eat meat, don't kill animals, don't think good, they are ghosts and immortals; It is a sword fairy; the fourth one who meditates is a god; the fifth is filial piety to parents, six paramitas and ten thousand actions, which is convenient to save all living beings, eliminate ten evils, do not kill, do not eat alcohol and meat, evil is not stealing, and the intention is the same as the heart of heaven , the upright and selfless song is called the Celestial Immortal."

This kind of classification requires the immortals to be no different from the secular ones—integrity, raising parents, and saving sentient beings.

This is the order that completely integrates Confucianism and Buddhism, thus obtaining a small order under the large order, and because of the ignorance of the Hu people's regime, they canonized emperors arbitrarily, thus achieving great prosperity.

After the great prosperity, it was a great decline.

Under the leadership of Wang Changyue, Lin Yi came to the ruins of Changchun Palace on the west side of Baiyun Temple.

Changchun Palace is also known as Taiji Palace. In the early Yuan Dynasty, Qiu Chuji, a real person in Changchun, was stationed in Taiji Khan to take charge of Taoism throughout the country under the edict of Genghis Khan, so it was renamed Changchun Palace. Unfortunately, it was later destroyed by war.

This place fully witnessed the prosperity and decline of Quanzhen Sect.

Lin Yi silently looked at the ruins.

He didn't have a good opinion of Quanzhen Sect, and at the same time, he didn't have any malice.

Quanzhen Sect is a religion that once served the Kingdom of Jin and the Mongols, so it can naturally serve Lin Yi now.

Wang Changyue stood aside, waiting quietly.

After a while, Lin Yi finally spoke, and he said lightly, "I need sincerity."

"Please tell the real person clearly?" Wang Changyue said immediately after hearing the words.

The worst thing in the world is not being taken advantage of.Instead, it completely loses its use value and is directly ignored by others.

Where there is value to be used, there is still hope.

"I heard that before the founding of the Quanzhen sect, the Chongyang Master met an immortal on Mount Zhongnan and enlightened him. In the hands of the Chunyang Master Lu Dongbin and Zhengyangzi Zhongliquan, he got seven 'Tiangang Stones' that record the mysteries of heaven and earth. Only then did Confucianism become Taoism, and the 'Tomb of the Living Dead' was built in Zhongnan Mountain, to comprehend Yin and Yang, overcome life and death, and practice Taoism to be true. I wonder if there is such a thing?"

Lin Yirao asked with interest, this is a story he heard from Taoist Xuanyou.

Taoist Xuanyou was inherited by Chen Tuan, and he was on the same mountain as the Huashan School founded by Hao Datong among the "Quanzhen Seven Sons". Among Taoists, they were called "Old Huashan School" and "New Huashan School" to show the difference.

After pondering for a while, Wang Changyue nodded and said, "It's true, but..."

"Wang Guanzhu might as well speak up if you have something to say." Lin Yi said.

Wang Changyue said: "This is also a pity for the sect. After Chongyang Patriarch passed away, he gave seven Tiangang stones to the seven sons of the sect one by one, and each of them kept one. Later, each sect gathered the Tiangang stones together. They were preserved together in this Baiyun Temple. During the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, the seven Tiangang stones were forcibly taken away by Buddhism, and finally fell into the hands of Basiba, the national teacher of the Yuan Dynasty. Now they are in the Potala Palace in Tibet. .”

"Tibetan, I want to know what is the relationship between Wu Tian and those people in Tibet?" Lin Yi asked.

Wang Changyue was a little puzzled, didn't Master Wu Tian already worshiped under the sect of the Banished Immortal, and he knew it when he asked, why bother to look far away?
How could he know that the real Wu Tian had already been beheaded by Lin Yi, and now that Wu Tian who studied the Tao so hard was completely a fake.

Wang Changyue said: "According to Pingdao's knowledge, Master Wu Tian should be the protector of a dharma king in the Jokhang Temple in Tibet."

"Tibetan esoteric sect, you are so courageous." Lin Yi said.

Wang Changyue said: "Ever since the Mongols were expelled from the Central Plains, those Tibetan dharma kings have been watching the Central Plains all the time. Esoteric Buddhism is close to the way of magic, cultivating supernatural powers with human lives, and every Dharma king has a lot of bones under his seat. In contrast , We and other Central Plains monks are greatly influenced by the world, but it is somewhat difficult to continue."

Lin Yi heard that, according to the history he knew, after the Tartars usurped the Han Dynasty, the Manchu Dynasty suppressed the orthodox Taoism and Buddhism, and supported Tibetan lamas and foreign teachers.

Esoteric heretics and evil Buddhas want to spread the power of their beliefs to the Central Plains and Han. Those living Buddhas and Dharma kings have long been planning secretly, and Wu Tian's matter is just the tip of the iceberg.

Lin Yi thought, and turned his gaze to the northeast.

Black Water and White Mountain Jurchens.

Does the old Black Mountain demon in the underworld have anything to do with the Jurchens?
Lin Yi kept thinking, besides the simple plot of "A Chinese Ghost Story", the water in this world is very, very deep.

Is the black old demon completely lost, or is the golden cicada escaped from its shell and reborn with another identity?

He doesn't know yet.

It seems that there are some things that cannot continue to wait.

Lin Yi held the hilt of the broken sword at his waist. Since he came into this world, the so-called plot is only a possibility in the future.

The future, after all, has to be grasped by oneself.

Whether it is an old demon from Montenegro or a living Buddha from Tibet, anyone who stands in my way will be killed without mercy.

The murderous thought in Lin Yi's heart was fleeting, and he hid it deeply.

After leaving Baiyun Temple, Lin Yi walked on the street.

The name of the new national teacher "Exiled Immortal" is known to everyone in the capital, but few people have actually seen his face.

Lin Yi walked casually, feeling the prosperity of the market.

A voice came from the teahouse next to it, but it was a storyteller who was telling the joke of "The Immortal Baiyun Guan Xianxian".

"Let's say that Master Wu Tian used the supreme supernatural power of Buddhism 'colorless and formless prajna palm'. In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color, the sun and the moon dimmed, flying sand and rocks, ghosts crying and gods howling. At this moment, guess what happened?"

"Speak quickly, speak quickly, your tea money will be indispensable later." Someone urged immediately.

The storyteller said with satisfaction: "At this moment, the exiled immortal stepped forward, stood in mid-air, shouted 'Sword Come', after the words fell, only a dragon's chant resounded through the sky, and a sword light flew from the sky. Come……"

(End of this chapter)