novellhall Chapter 195
Chapter 195
Chapter 195
Master Xingkong knew that if he just talked to these people, he would never be their opponent, and after decades of getting along, he had no doubt that if he continued to discuss, he would soon be brainwashed by them.
Master Xingkong stopped hiding, and said bluntly: "To be honest, I have found out the real culprit behind the destruction of Shadow Gate this time."
"what?"
The four guardian monks never cared about the mundane world. They just devoted themselves to the study of Buddhism, and they didn't know about these things that had been spread in the rivers and lakes.
Master Xingkong said: "This person is the former number one master in the world, the leader of the Battle of Feishan, and the demon who slaughtered tens of thousands of people."
"Jiang Yuefeng"
Although the temple guardian monks do not care about worldly affairs, it does not mean that they do not know history.Using copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; using ancient times as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs; using people as a mirror, you can know gains and losses.The temple guardian monks are all smart people. They know that only by continuous learning can they know their own shortcomings and correct them.Therefore, it is very important to understand some history, at least to prevent the original disaster from recurring. Even if it is unavoidable, we can still prepare in advance.
Master Deren sighed: "Amitabha, our Shaolin Temple still didn't participate in the Battle of Feishan, why do we have to do it now?"
Master Xingkong retorted: "Uncle Shi also said just now that future generations can make up for the regrets of predecessors. At the beginning, the senior masters of Shaolin Temple did not know Jiang Yuefeng, so they let Jiang Yuefeng do evil. I think that after the Battle of Feishan , The senior masters of Shaolin Temple also regretted it. But now it is different, Jiang Yuefeng has revived in the name of feigning death, and now is the time for our Shaolin Temple to make up for the sins of thousands of years, don’t all the uncles let Shaolin be born?"
"Amitabha" Master Dezhong said: "We can only know some clues about what happened at the beginning from the history books, so we can't comment on the past events, but judging from the records in the history books, the battle of Feishan broke out. The reason is the three poisons of greed, hatred and ignorance.
Greed, greed for the state of smoothness, must be obtained, otherwise, the heart is unwilling and unwilling. It is recorded in "Mahayana Yizhang": the external five desires are tainted with love, which is called greed.Living beings live in the world, using organs such as eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body to contact the outside world to produce sensations such as sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.These feelings can arouse the desire of all living beings, so they are called the five desires.At this point, attachment to the five desires and a heart contaminated with love will become greed.Therefore, greed and love are synonymous.
Anger, anger against the state of rebellion, lose your temper when you don't get what you want, irrational, and impulsive. "Cheng Wei Consciousness Theory" records: Those who are angry are suffering and possessing suffering. Hatred is their nature, and they can be blocked without anger.The generation and function of hatred are just opposite to greed.Greed is the psychological desire of insatiable pursuit and possession produced by liking for things, while anger is the psychology and emotion of resentment and anger produced by dislike of all beings or things.Buddhism believes that resentment towards others or other things that violate one's wishes will cause all living beings to have mental effects such as heat, anxiety, and restlessness, and is the great enemy of the human heart.
Ignorance, ignorance of reason, ignorance of right and wrong, indiscrimination between good and evil, upside-down and presumptuous taking, and all kinds of evil deeds.Since ignorance is the basis of all afflictions, it naturally becomes one of the fundamental afflictions.And it works along with other fundamental afflictions. It is recorded in "Kushe Lun": The ignorant, the so-called ignorance is ignorance.The sage believes that all living beings are ignorant and obsessed with reason because of the ignorance they have had since beginningless time.Then there is self-grasping and law-grasping, all kinds of troubles in life, and the disturbances of worldly affairs all arise from this.Therefore ignorance is the basis of all afflictions.
The scriptures say: from all appearances, that is, the name of the Buddhas.It is knowing that there is a phase, and it is the phase without a phase.It cannot be seen with the eyes, but it can only be known with the intellect.If a person who hears this Dharma has a single thought of faith, this person will transcend the three realms with the Mahayana.Those of the Three Realms: Greed, hatred and ignorance are.Returning to greed, hatred and ignorance is precepts, concentration and wisdom, which is called transcending the three realms.However, greed, hatred and ignorance have no real nature, but as far as sentient beings are concerned.If you can reflect back, you will see that the nature of greed, hatred and ignorance is the Buddha nature, and there is no other Buddha nature besides greed, hatred and ignorance. "
Master Dezhi said: "If Huyanmen could stop the greed in their hearts, there would be no case of Jingmen exterminating the family, and there would be no further incidents."
Master Defang said: "No matter how powerful a person is, they will die from greed, hatred and ignorance in their hearts. I think that if Jiang Yuefeng hadn't seen through these things, he would not have chosen to feign death to survive, let alone break through the legendary life boundary."
Master Deren looked at Master Xingkong, and said earnestly: "Our ancestors let us hide the Shaolin Temple from the world, but it is for the long-standing inheritance of the Shaolin Temple. But once the Shaolin Temple is born, I will not devote myself to practicing Buddhism in the Shaolin Temple, so please let the abbot let me go."
The main reason why Shaolin Temple can become the leader of the Jianghu forces is because of the guardian monks of the temple. After all, there are only 13 Qi practitioners with two-year-old skills in the Jianghu. On the one hand, even three qi practitioners with 60 years of skill may not be able to defeat a qi practitioner with 61 years of skill, because the gap between the two is not the reserve of qi training, but the purity of qi training .
If the news that the guardian monk is leaving the Shaolin Temple gets out, it will definitely have a huge impact on the Shaolin Temple.The Shaolin Temple itself is reclusive, but no force in the world dares to forget the Shaolin Temple. In the final analysis, it is because of the four strong men of the Shaolin Temple. If they leave the Shaolin Temple, the appeal of the Shaolin Temple in the world will be greatly reduced.
The purpose of this trip is to join the Jianghu alliance and take the position of leader. He wants to take this opportunity to tell the entire Jianghu that Shaolin Temple is the number one force in the Jianghu.But being the leader of the alliance requires strength. Qian Lingfeng, the number one master in the world, belongs to the Kunlun Sect, but the Wudang Sect also has four strong men, and the Wudang Sect will be the leader. As long as the Kunlun Sect agrees, no other sect will object.
Although Xingkong has broken through the two-year power, his strength is still far behind that of the long-established powerhouses. If there is no guardian monk sitting in Shaolin Temple, then no one will recognize the dominance of Shaolin Temple , even if Xingkong can serve as the leader, it will also cause dissatisfaction among other sects, among which the Kunlun faction and Wudang faction bear the brunt.
There is nothing static in this world. On the surface, Shaolin Temple is the number one power in the Jianghu. There are many sects trying their best to please them, but these sects are just not strong enough. Once there is a power that is enough to pull Shaolin Temple down, Shaolin Temple, the uncrowned king of Jianghu Xian has already given up.
But now the Shaolin Temple is in a precarious situation. There are thirteen strongmen, Shaolin Temple has five, Kunlun School and Wudang School each have four. From the point of view of numbers, Shaolin Temple has the advantage, but Xingkong is its own situation. I know that once the two Even if the sects go to war, their own strength can only be counted as the strongest existence in the second level, so the top combat power of the three sects are all the same.
Among them, Qian Lingfeng, the supreme elder of the Kunlun School, is the most powerful, with 80 years of skill; followed by Master Deren, the guardian monk of Shaolin Temple, with 78 years of skill; and Master Dezhong, with 76 years of skill; and then the Wudang School The Supreme Elder, Elder Tianchen, has 75 years of skill; the fifth and sixth are the guardian monks of Shaolin Temple, Master Dezhi and Master Defang, who have 74 years of skill and 72 years of skill respectively; the seventh is Wudang sect The supreme elder Zhao Wufeng and the Wudang sect's elder Di Yao have 70 years of skill; the eighth is the Kunlun sect's supreme elder Sun Yifeng, who has 68 years of skill; the remaining three, Li Shuangfeng, Xuanhen and Huang Yu, all have 65 years of skill years of skill.
Although the best master in the world is not in the Shaolin Temple, the four temple-protecting monks of the Shaolin Temple have all practiced Qi for more than 70 years.In comparison, the gap between Kunlun Sect and Shaolin Temple is not too big, and Wudang Sect is indeed the weakest among the three major forces.
There has always been a saying in the arena, which is called small progress in ten years, great progress in 20 years, and a breakthrough in quality.It means that the strength of a qi trainer with 11 years of skill is almost the same as that of a qi trainer with 20 years of skill, but there is some gap between the strength of a qi trainer with 21 years of skill. There is an obvious gap between a qi practitioner with [-] years of skill and a qi practitioner with [-] years of skill.
Even if one day the Shaolin Temple and the Kunlun faction go to war, although Master Deren's 78-year skill is two years less than Qian Lingfeng's, the strength of the two can be described as almost the same. Even if Qian Lingfeng can defeat Master Deren, he needs at least The contest of five hundred strokes will determine the outcome.As long as Qian Lingfeng has not broken through to 81 years of skill, it is impossible to defeat Master Deren within a hundred moves.As for the rest, Shaolin Temple is much easier. Even if Master Defang, the weakest guardian monk of Shaolin Temple, faces Zhao Wufeng, it will take at most 70 moves to tell the difference. After all, there is a small river between 71 years and [-] years.
These things are not only known by Xingkong, but also by Zhao Wufeng, Elder Tianchen and others. Therefore, neither the Kunlun Sect nor the Wudang Sect will take the initiative to provoke Shaolin Temple. Fortunately, Shaolin Temple does not like fighting between rivers and lakes. It has been hidden from the world since ancient times. Therefore, the Kunlun School and Wudang School also acquiesced in the title of Uncrowned King of Shaolin Temple. After all, this is just a title. Without this title, it relieved the pressure on Kunlun School and Wudang School.
But everyone has an enterprising heart. The enterprising heart of Shaolin Temple is to keep its position as the number one force in the arena, the title of the uncrowned king of the arena, and even become the overlord of the arena; while the enterprising heart of the Kunlun School is to become the number one force in the arena. The enterprising heart of Wudang School is to surpass Kunlun School.
This kind of thing is tacitly understood by the three major forces, so on the surface the three major forces are in harmony, but the struggle behind the scenes is more intense than other sects.
Before Xingkong took over as the abbot, he wanted to build the Shaolin Temple into an overlord in the world. Not the first force, but an absolute overlord. No sect in the world could compete with the Shaolin Temple.
After taking over the Shaolin Temple from Xingkong, he tried his best to develop the Shaolin Temple. The first step was to join hands with the Chinese government to first reappear the Shaolin Temple in the name of a scenic spot in the eyes of the world, and then take the opportunity to make money and lay an economic foundation for the future development of the Shaolin Temple. .
Now that Jiang Yuefeng destroyed Shadow Gate, it was an excellent opportunity.Shaolin Temple can take the opportunity to be born, so that no sect will accuse Shaolin Temple of being obsessed with the world of mortals. If Jiang Yuefeng can be captured, whether it is life or death, Shaolin Temple's reputation will return to its peak. It is really a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
However, these things are all based on the foundation of the guardian monk. Although not only force can win on the battlefield, there is a prerequisite, that is, someone must be able to complete the plan.Jiang Yuefeng was once the number one expert in the world. The massacre of Yingmen yesterday made everyone in the rivers and lakes shudder. If one wants to kill him, the force required is very powerful. It can be said that there are not four guardian monks. No matter how good the plan is, it is impossible to implement it.
And the reason why the Kunlun Sect and Wudang Sect are willing to be under the Shaolin Temple is largely because of the guardian monks of the temple. Without their existence, it may be difficult for the Shaolin Temple to win even the leader.
When he was born, the four monks who protect the temple will leave the Shaolin Temple; in seclusion, although there are monks who protect the temple and sit in the Shaolin Temple, so that other forces dare not underestimate the Shaolin Temple, they cannot command the world.Xingkong fell into a dilemma for a while...
Xingkong couldn't believe what he heard, he looked up at the four guardian monks, and asked, "Is the existence of Shaolin Temple irrelevant in the hearts of my uncles?"
"Amitabha" Master Deren replied: "The survival of Shaolin Temple is important, but the existence of Shaolin Temple is not for hegemony, but for self-cultivation, and to persuade people to be good. In the final analysis, Shaolin Temple is just a temple. Compared with other temples The words are just a little too big, as for the title of the No. [-] power in the Jianghu, it is nothing more than the awe of the people in the Jianghu for Buddhism, even if one day this title falls above other sects, what does it have to do with our Shaolin Temple?"
Master Xingkong said: "Of course it has something to do with it. You also said that the existence of our Shaolin Temple is to persuade people to be kind. Only the Shaolin Temple has enough appeal in the world to do this. The more capable we are, the more we can listen to us quietly. The more people who speak, the more people will be affected by the Dharma. Perhaps not everyone of these people respects the Dharma, but they would rather do bad things because they are afraid of the strength of our Shaolin Temple. Wouldn’t it be better to publicize it? Dharma?"
"Amitabha" Master Dezhi shook his head and said: "Xingkong, your heart has been deceived. Now the behavior of the world is naturally restricted by the government's laws. Buddhism is just a belief. We believe in Buddhism and naturally need to abide by it. , but we can’t restrain those who don’t believe in Buddhism.”
Xingkong said: "The sage said: Man's nature is evil, and his nature is false. Today's human nature is born with good and good, and obeys it, so it fights for life and resigns to death; born with disease and evil, and obeys it." Yes, so the remnant thief is born, loyalty and benevolence die; born with the desire for eyes and ears, good sensuality, obedience, so promiscuity is born, and propriety, righteousness, and literature die. Competing is in line with the law of breaking divisions and chaos, and it turns into violence. Therefore, there must be the transformation of teachers, the way of etiquette, and then out of humility, it is in line with literary principles, and it turns into governance. From this point of view, it is obvious that human nature is evil. , the good ones are false.
Ordinary people are lustful and profit-loving, and hate ugliness and evil. These are the manifestations of the inherent evil of human nature. If we let the natural development take its course, the society will be full of contention, brutality, and promiscuity.Therefore, it is necessary to use imitation, etiquette and norms to make people be kind, but kindness is not sex, but hypocrisy.
Everyone in this world has greed in their hearts. Without the restraint of Buddhism, everyone will put their interests first, and people will be full of intrigues. Not only the rivers and lakes, but even the whole world will suffer from this. And messy. "
"Amitabha" Master Deren sighed: "We have no right to deprive anyone of their desires. Existence is natural, and the existence of desires is very necessary. In other words, desires themselves belong to other people's private goods. We have neither the ability nor the ability. right to be involved."
(End of this chapter)