Chapter 295: Mahayana Buddhism

“Everything in this world has a heart; if you can have compassion in your heart and sense all things, why should you be bound by human words?”

The old monk folded his hands together, unperturbed, not annoyed by Xu Qi’an’s words.

Then you don t talk to me about the official language of the Dafeng, you speak the language of the Western Region is not on the line ……… Xu Qi an heart bellyache, said bluntly:

“Straight to the point, how to fight! Don’t pull these have-nots with me.”

“The scholar is mesmerized, why do you want to fight?” The old monk wore a smile.

“It was clearly your Buddhist Sect that proposed the fight, Master is being so unreasonable, not afraid of losing the face of the Buddhist Sect?” Xu Qi’an frowned.

“Just now, the monk said on the mountainside: the four great things of a monk are all empty.” The old monk’s face was peaceful and calm as he slowly said, “Since the four great things are all empty, what is a face?”

“Alright, how does Master intend to test me.” Xu Qi’an was patient.

He was feeling tricky, and even worse than the barbs were the ones that didn’t talk about people. A barbarian would at least desperately try to catch the holes in your statement to refute you.

But the guy who doesn’t speak human words, on the other hand, doesn’t care what you say, he only speaks his own words. If you can’t comprehend it, then you can’t.

But even if you try hard to comprehend it, it’s useless because he will ignore you.

“Life is cultivation, and it is also a cultivation for the monk to enter this Buddhist secret realm.” The old monk laughed.

“How do I fix it? The master points out.”

“Cultivation depends on the individual, why ask the poor monk.”

Cultivate your mom next door! You don’t speak human language, right? I won’t accompany you. Xu Qi’an’s heart suddenly rose up with a nameless fire, leaving the old monk behind and walking away.

But a barrier stood in his way.

“I do have an idea,” Xu Qi’an sneered back, pressing down on the hilt of his blade, “I wonder if you can take a slash from me, Master of the Four Great Evasions.”

“Amitabha Buddha, try it then.”

The old monk lowered his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, “The poor monk is a wisp of obsession that was chopped out by Bodhisattva Wen Yin before he became a monk.”

Man Yin Bodhisattva, a first class Bodhisattva?

Xu Qi’an let go of his hand expressionlessly, “Master, where were we?”

The old monk replied honestly, “The monk asked the poor monk to receive a knife.”

“Master!”

Xu Qi’an sternly chided, walked across to the old monk, sat down cross-legged, folded his hands, and criticized:

“Does the Buddhist sect only fight and kill? Could it be that the Buddha Sect’s universalization of life is all about fighting and killing? Master, let’s talk about a penny silver.”

………….

“Dog slave he, did he just wimp out ……….” Mounted whispered, twisting his head to look at Huaiqing.

Huaiqing slanted a glance at her, his expression clear and cold, his tone flat: ”Changing tactics is just a matter of changing. The Art of War says that the upper armies should fight for strategy. It’s the same with the enemy.”

Framing dawned on him, so he thought he was being narrow-minded, and the dog slave that was not a wimp, but a smart change of tactics.

He’s just scared …….. Brainless Lin An was too good at fooling! Huaiqing shook his head and looked at his sister in pity.

Upon hearing that the other party was a ‘Bodhisattva’ obsession, Xu Qi’an’s resourcefulness in defusing the conflict caused many people outside the arena to rush into surprise.

It’s too much of a knowledge of the times.

However, this act made his image even more distinct and interesting, at least the noblewomen found this silver gong amusing and interesting.

“He is indeed sensible, I’m afraid that if this level is solved by violence, he will definitely lose.” Nangong Qianru snorted coldly.

The boy ……… gold gongs shook their heads helplessly, somewhat tempted to laugh, but the occasion was not right.

Sometimes it felt like he didn’t look like a martial artist at all, goading without any pressure, without any psychological burden at all. But he was also a martial arts genius with excellent qualifications.

“Righteous father, where is the mystery of this level?” Yang Yan asked.

The golden gongs looked at Wei Yuan, waiting for his answer, never considering that Wei Yuan wasn’t a two-fifty from the Buddhist Sect, so how would he know what the third level of the fight was about.

Wei Yuan ignored them.

At this time, in the royal pergola, the maiden with the fiery red palace dress made a trumpet with her hands and delicately shouted, “Hey, vultures, what is the competition for this level? Is it the Old Monk Formation?”

That young girl had a round face and a pair of watery peach blossom eyes, at first glance she was the kind of woman who was charming and affectionate and extremely seductive.

Duo Yu Luohan was unwilling to take care of it, but seeing that it was a certain princess who asked the question, out of etiquette, he explained, “The third level, there is no content.”

The moment these words came out, the dignitaries present were all stunned.

“What do you mean there’s no content?” Framed expresses his displeasure by “slapping” the table with both hands.

Duoyue Luohan just shook his head and smiled without saying anything.

It dawned on the golden gongs that no wonder Wei Gong did not say anything, so this level has no content at all, but without content, how can they fight?

In the crowd’s confusion, Princess Huaiqing opened her mouth, her clear and crisp voice was like a jade collision, pleasant and textured:

“Untitled! Does that mean that no matter how Xu Yinluo responds, the Buddhist Sect can refrain from responding or agreeing and trap him in the secret realm until he admits defeat.”

A word to the wise!

In the various pergolas, the faces of the civil officials and military generals changed slightly.

After chewing on it carefully, I realized that it is true that even the most difficult hurdles are always surmountable as long as there is a topic.

The most difficult, the most insurmountable is this kind of fight without content, there is a lot of room for maneuver, no matter whether it is a martial arts fight or a cultural fight, the Buddhist Sect can veto it with a single vote.

The Buddhist sect will always be invincible.

“Isn’t this playing the rascal, since we want to fight, then we should set up a formation, civil and martial arts fights you Buddhist sects can say whatever you want. What is this?”

“I’m afraid a fight won by trickery is not a win.”

“Chief Minister Wang, His Majesty is not here, so step in and say something.”

The quick-tempered military general was so angry that he slammed his cup and pointed at Duyi Luohan and the others, cursing them.

Civilian fights are not afraid of martial arts, the capital is full of experts, both sides see the moves, each according to their ability. But this third level is simply insoluble, Xu Qi’an can not, then change someone else on, can?

The people who were blocked by the forbidden army on the periphery heard the nobles drinking and immediately realized that something was wrong, but they could not hear too clearly because of the distance.

“What’s going on? The lords in the pergola seem angry.”

“It seems to be saying that the Buddhists are cheating?”

“How did the Buddha Sect play tricks, oops, in a hurry, is there something mysterious about this third level?”

In the voices of discussion, a jianghu man sank his face and said aloud, “Gentlemen, I just heard it, and here’s what happened …….. “

The ear of the martial artist is extremely strong, ordinary people can not hear, but near the front row of the jianghu people heard clearly, immediately the third level of the mystery of the broad.

“Shameless!”

Some readers were furious, “I think I read more than a dozen years, never met such a despicable and shameless people, hall of Buddhism, to win the fight was so nasty and dirty.

“Is it that you are afraid of our Xu Shikui’s sword skills, and that’s why you deliberately use this underhanded tactic. Regardless of whether it is an examination or a fight, it should be honorable, and people should not, at least not ……..

“For something as heavenly as the imperial examinations, there are still exam questions.”

The people were agitated, denouncing the Buddhist sect as shameless, and hating the fact that they did not have rotten eggs and vegetable leaves in their hands, or else they would have thrown them all over.

With Xu Qi’an’s two stabs in front of him, the common people had already changed from the notion that “the Buddhist sect was really powerful” to “the Buddhist sect was nothing more than that”.

This was all the confidence that Xu Qi’an brought with him, the bottom line.

Countless people are proud with honor in their hearts.

Now, seeing that the Buddha Sect was so rogue, setting up a trap to trap Xu Qi’an, the civilians became furious and began to push and shove the forbidden soldiers again, in a stance that they were going to rush in and beat up the skinheads.

“Amitabha Buddha, no question is also a question, life is unpredictable, is it possible that there is always a question waiting for you?”

The peaceful voice of Duoyue Luohan spread throughout the room and seemed to carry a soothing power, causing the crowd outside to unconsciously quiet down and assume that he had a point.

The seventh level of the Buddhist discipline, the ability of the Venerable Master realm.

Not only the people, but even the nobles in the pergola, also collected their anger and nodded slightly.

“Shameless!”

Just then, angry shouts rang out.

The crowd followed the sound and realized that it was actually a handsome scholar with a raw face, who walked down the pergola with a flourish and came to the square, looking at the group of monks with a cold smile:

“No wonder you monks are all bald, so you hide the hair on your head into your heart; outwardly you are graceful, but inwardly you hide dirt, shameful!”

Monk Pure Dust frowned, “This shifu ……..”

“Who is your almsgiver, Mister Xu won’t give you a single copper plate, calling everyone an almsgiver, shameful!”

“You ……”

“You what you, what a Buddhist monk’s guru, are you also an obsession that the Buddha chopped out before he left the house.”

The obsession that Buddha chopped out before he left the house? Pure Dust froze, then became furious, who was this insulting.

“As a scholar, the monk opens his mouth and closes it only to curse, is this the scholar of the Dafeng?”

“I never curse, I curse no one.”

All the people of the Buddhist Sect showed their anger and glared at Xu New Year.

“What’s the matter, not convinced? Several senior monks have traveled a long way to propose a duel, and the Dafeng, being a country of etiquette, has already given you face by sending only a silver gong to appear.

“How do I know that you and other cheeks are even thicker than the walls of the capital city, no wonder that twenty years ago the battle of Shanhaiguan could be won, indeed much to rely on all of you. The north and south barbarians allied army for ten years can’t break through the masters’ face skin.

“On the contrary, the masters have not yet become self-conscious, and what is not self-conscious, it is useless to look in the mirror.”

“Outrageous!”

Monk Pure Dust rose up in a flash, his monk’s robes inspired, and he glared angrily, as if he were a vajra in full fury, his aura was horrifying.

Xu New Year loomed large and snorted, “What a master of the four great emptiness, empty of what the fuck, bah!”

Monk Pure Dust’s expression suddenly froze.

Master Du Du said indifferently, “Pure Dust, your heart is in turmoil.”

Monk Pure Dust’s face turned white, and he dropped into a seat powerlessly, folding his hands together and saying in a trembling voice, “Disciple is caught in the act.”

The Western region envoys came to the capital to ask for punishment, and themselves carried anger, after the fight, the people around the abuse did not stop, at the same time, Xu Qi’an broke two formations in a row, which caused great pressure on the heart of the Buddhist monks.

Xu New Year this suddenly jumped out to abuse, personality insults, Buddha still has three points of anger, let alone these disciples of theirs.

Xu Xinxin gave a grunt and turned around to go back.

A gaze fell on Xu New Year, amazement mixed with appreciation, those words were not heard, but the scolding was good, scolding the Buddhist monk speechless.

That would be cool.

Moreover, they prided themselves on their status, and those words could not be uttered under any circumstances in front of a large audience, and Xu Xinxin was equivalent to an instrumental person who delivered the voice of the nobility on behalf of the nobles.

Clever! Miss Wang gave a secret praise, she could see that Xu Huiyuan’s cursing was only superficial, his real purpose was to disturb the Buddhist monks’ Buddhist hearts.

Deliberately provoking them and then delivering the killing blow.

It was both a relief and a heavy blow to the monk.

In addition, she guessed that Xu Huiyuan took the initiative and had another layer of deeper meaning, that is, to show off in front of the nobles in the capital and to show off in front of His Majesty.

Show enough value to make His Majesty feel that he is a talented person, and after the Palace Examination, he might be given a good future.

“There are a few talents.”

At that moment, she heard her father, Wang Zhenwen, comment lightly.

Ms. Wang smiled sweetly.

It’s cool! Xu New Year sat down on the chair with great inner satisfaction, there really was nothing better in the world than cursing someone.

The vignette ended, the fight continued, and the hearts of the people outside the arena remained heavy.

…………

Under the Bodhi tree, Xu Qi’an and the old monk sat down to discuss the Tao, and he nodded his head as he said, “What the master said is very true, and it is enlightening.

While thinking about the way to break the third level.

The Buddhist sect is indeed insidious, the fact that there is no title for this level means that the interpretation is all in the hands of the Buddhist sect, will the monks let themselves lose?

The answer is no.

How to break the situation? Xu Qi’an, after deep thought, had two thoughts: one, convince people with reason. Two, convince people with reason.

In my current state, I can’t cut the second slash, even if my qi is restored, without the ……. the boost, it is simply impossible to chop through the barrier.

This old monk in front of me is the obsession that Wen Yin Bodhisattva chopped out before he attained enlightenment, so the first one to convince people by reasoning would have to think carefully.

The second way to convince people is to use all means other than “physical” to get rid of the old monk.

Fix him, and this level will be broken.

“Speaking of Buddhism, I definitely can’t speak to him, the old monk is the bodhisattva Wenyin chopped out of the obsession, is by no means the kind of small monks like Jingsi can be compared to, only he snubbed me, it’s impossible for me to snub him …….. How can I fix him?”

Xu Qi’an pretended to listen to the sutra while thinking of a response.

“Master, when you say that the self is an obsession cut out by Bodhisattva Wen Yin, what kind of obsession is it?” Xu Qi’an suddenly asked.

“The supreme state of Buddha!” The old monk replied.

The supreme state of Buddha ……. Right off the bat, it’s such a profound question, I still want to start from the aspect of obsession, it seems impossible …….. Wait a minute, might as well listen to him first and then combine it with my keyboard warrior’s knowledge to see if there’s any room for maneuver!

Xu Qi’an asked rhetorically, “What is the supreme state of Buddha?”

The old monk was silent for a long time, “I don’t know, and Wen Yin felt that it was Buddha. So he cut out me, and from then on a glazed Buddha heart, no more mortal dirt, proved to be a Bodhisattva.”

At those words, Xu Qi’an fell silent, he knew nothing about the Buddhas of this world, instead, he had some knowledge of the Buddhism of his previous life, however, there was a great difference between the Buddhism of his previous life and the Buddhism of this world.

The most obvious point is that there is no Buddha Rudra in the Buddhist sect of this world. There is only one Buddha.

“Why is the supreme state of Buddha the Buddha? Are other Buddhas not Buddhas?” Xu Qi’an frowned.

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered a detail, that in the Buddhist system, the second grade of Lohan, the first grade of Bodhisattva, and then the Buddha who is beyond the grade.

No other Buddha exists.

The old monk replied, “In the Buddhist sect there are the fruit positions of Lohan and Bodhisattva, but only the Buddha attains the supreme fruit position. Therefore, the Buddha is the supreme state of Buddha, a unique existence. A Buddha is a Buddha, and there is only one.”

“Lohan and Bodhisattvas, it may not necessarily be impossible to attain the supreme fruit.” Xu Qi’an said.

The old monk looked at him and shook his head, “You are not a Buddhist, it is inevitable that you do not understand the flavor of the fruit.”

Xu Qi’an acted like a disciple and folded his hands, “Please explain, Master.”

Please, Master, let me whittle down some more Buddhist knowledge.

“Do you know why a Bodhisattva is a Bodhisattva and why a Lohan is a Lohan? The four qualities of Buddhism are “asceticism”, and those in this realm should make great wishes.

“Grand wishes are closely related to the position of fruitfulness; those who make great wishes attain the position of bodhisattva. Those who make small wishes attain the Lohan status, and the Lohan status is divided into three classes. The three levels of Lohan status are: the killer of thieves, the non-returner, and the Arahant.

“Once the fruit position is condensed, it cannot be changed or advanced.”

Xu Qi’an froze, not speaking for half a day, the amount of information in this paragraph was just too much, making him digest it for several minutes.

“It turns out that Bodhisattvas and Lohans are essentially unrelated, and they are all fourth-passage ascetics advanced to …….. Wait, after the fourth grade comes the second or first grade, what about the third grade Vajra realm?”

“The fourth grade directly skips the third grade and achieves the luohan or bodhisattva fruit position …….. Does this mean that the Third Grade Vajra Realm belongs to another Buddhist system?”

Xu Qi’an’s mind flickered with a corresponding guess: Eighth Grade Martial Monk – Third Grade Vajra!

Crap, the eighth rank jumped directly to the third rank? The Buddhist system is too weird, isn’t it? It’s not a step-by-step promotion at all.

Xu Qi’an revisited the Buddhist system, and many things were instantly figured out.

The Buddhist Sect had nine grades to the first grade, where the eighth grade of Martial Monk corresponded to the third grade of Vajra, so it was no wonder that Grandmaster Hengyuan was strong in battle but was only an eighth grade Martial Monk because his next grade was the third grade of the Vajra realm.

Furthermore, it is no wonder that the second class is a lahan, the first class is a bodhisattva, and the Buddha belongs to the superlative class; the reason for this nomenclature is that the fruition, once determined, cannot be changed.

So unlike the previous world, where there were a whole bunch of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, the Buddhas of this world have only one Buddha: the Buddha.

There is only one Buddha in the world ……. Crap, isn’t that Hinayana Buddhism?

I figured out how to break the game!

Xu Qi’an slowly got up, staring straight at the old monk, the corners of his mouth picking up slightly, then widening, from a smile to a laugh, from a laugh to a maniacal laugh.

“Hahaha …….”

He laughed his head off and laughed wildly and recklessly.

“What’s he laughing at? Crazy?”

The crowd outside the arena raised their heads in bewilderment and looked at Xu Qi’an, who was in the Buddhist Sect, under the Bodhi Tree, letting out a wild laugh.

“Is it time to admit defeat …….” Someone worried.

The crowd of Buddhists frowned slightly, not knowing why Xu Qi’an was laughing so loudly.

In the pergola, the civil and military officials, the women, the forbidden army, etc., all of them showed a bewildered look.

Those who were familiar with Xu Qi’an, on the other hand, rose with worry, fearing that he had been stimulated by something and had suddenly become this abnormal.

Emperor Yuan Jing stood at the side of the Supervisor Zheng, his head slightly angled, looking at Xu Qi An’s maniacal laughing posture in the scroll, he frowned and swept back at the Supervisor Zheng, only to find that the Supervisor Zheng had unexpectedly stopped drinking, his face serious as he looked at Xu Qi An.

Wei Yuan unconsciously tapped his fingers and looked at Foshan without saying a word.

………..

“What’s the shifu laughing at?”

Under the Bodhi tree, the old monk asked what everyone was wondering.

Xu Qi’an covered his stomach and stopped his smile with difficulty, his face arrogant and arrogant as he said, “I laugh at the narrow-mindedness of the Buddha Sect and the hypocrisy of the Buddha.”

Hubris!

The old monk’s face showed his anger, and the linden tree moved without wind.

Outside the arena, the face of Duoyue Luohan, who had been emotionless until the beginning, finally sank.

This is the case with the Doji, not to mention the Buddhist monks.

But Xu Qi’an’s words stopped the old monk’s sky-splitting rage under the Bodhi Tree.

“Master, don’t you not know about the supreme realm of Buddhism, then, let me tell you!” His voice was resounding.

Golden light exploded from the old monk’s eyes.

“I thought that Buddhism was profound and that all the Lohan Bodhisattvas were compassionate people, but now I realize that they are nothing but selfish people. It turns out that the Buddhist sect practiced Hinayana Buddhism.” Xu Qi’an exclaimed.

Hinayana Buddhism?

It was a strange, never-before-heard word. It made the monks outside the arena angry, but their hearts actually became curious, both Hinayana Buddhism, is there also Mahayana Buddhism?

“Hmph, what Hinayana Buddhism, it’s obvious that he’s deliberately talking nonsense to belittle my Buddhist Sect.”

“What does a martial artist know about Buddhism, and he has taken the liberty of categorizing Mahayana and Hinayana? Senior Uncle, this person has bullied my Buddhist sect and cannot be lightly spared.”

The monks, of course, would not admit it on their lips, and the monks angrily rebuked Xu Qi’an.

…………

“Master, where are you a high priest from?”

“Westfield.”

“Why do Buddhist monks practice?”

“To attain enlightenment and transcend the sea of suffering.”

“This is Hinayana Buddhism, practicing only for oneself, and the same is true for attaining fruitfulness, benefiting oneself rather than others.” Xu Qi’an said.

The old monk froze, and this time, after pondering for a long time, he actually did not get angry and asked, “The monk said that this is Hinayana Buddhism, so, what is Mahayana Buddhism?”

“You are not a high monk of the West, you are a high monk of the Kyushu, a high monk of the world. Even monks should not be practicing to free themselves from the sea of suffering, but to help the world’s living beings to free themselves from the sea of suffering.

“Four hundred years ago, why did Confucianism exterminate Buddhism? It was not the Buddha that was exterminated, but the Buddhist sect, the Hinayana Buddhism.”

“Hinayana Buddhism is ultimately limited to one sect, only Mahayana Buddhism can universalize all beings, so what is Mahayana Buddhism?”

The old monk’s breathing became rapid, his eyes were no longer desireless and unperturbed, and his voice appeared to fluctuate significantly:

“What is Mahayana Buddhism?”

Outside the arena, the Buddhist monks stared at Xu Qi’an in death, their breathing becoming rapid.

“Why is there only one Buddha?” Xu Qi’an questioned.

Including the old monk, all the monks’ breath caught violently.

Duo Luohan rose with a flourish, as if he knew what he was going to say.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Qi’an slowly said, “All beings in the world are Buddhas, and there are countless Buddhas in the three worlds and ten directions. Why is there only one Buddha in the world!”

It was like a bolt from the blue!

All beings in the world are Buddha ………. The old monk was dumbfounded, as if petrified.

“All beings in the world are Buddhas, all beings in the world are Buddhas …….. Mahayana Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism ……… If it is Mahayana Buddhism and all beings are Buddhas, can Confucianism still destroy Buddha?” Monk Pure Dust murmured, as if his life had suffered a denial and his Buddhist heart had been greatly impacted.

“I practiced Hinayana Buddhism, I practiced Hinayana Buddhism, ha, ha, ha, ha ….. It turns out that all beings can become Buddhas, yes, all beings are Buddhas, this is Mahayana Buddhism …….”

Suddenly, one of the monks went berserk and rushed towards the crowd in a frenzy of madness.

The Buddha’s heart is broken.

………..

PS: two things, one, thank “the memory of the broken sword” alliance reward.

Second, this chapter took a bit too long to look up information, and I’m stuck and mentally exhausted writing it. There are many differences between Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism, and I’ll just briefly mention some of the core differences here.

In order to be able to tell the story, this manuscript I wrote and deleted, deleted and wrote, repeatedly read the information, thinking ……. I was really exhausted.

One more chapter to go, so keep on livering.

I have just one request today: can you compare hearts for Xu Qi’an, one shouldn’t, at least not by a mount on one’s head.