Chapter 581 580 [Magic Path]

If you want to ask about Master Taixu's status in the Buddhist world, just give a simple example.

Although Master Taixu had a good relationship with Liang Qichao, he did not agree with Liang Qichao's argument that he used Japanese textual research to do Buddhist research. He even said bluntly: "Japan is today, so there is no real Buddhist scholar!" He also accused Japanese monks of marrying Wife eats meat, all f*cking bunch of fake monks.

These words of criticism spread to Japan. It stands to reason that Japanese Buddhist circles should hate him very much. But just eight years ago, Master Taixu led the Chinese delegation to Japan to participate in the East Asian Buddhist Conference. With his profound Buddhist practice, he was actually highly respected by the Japanese monks, and was honored by the Japanese monks as "the leader of the Buddhist world." ".

Of course, the leader is just a compliment, the Japanese monks would never dare to leave Master Taixu behind, this master is playing the Buddhist revolution!

No one wants to be revolutionized, including the conservatives in the Chinese Buddhist circle, so the Buddhist reforms advocated by Master Taixu often end in failure, and many times they have to make compromises with conservative forces.

But even the most conservative monks only opposed Master Taixu's reforms, and did not question his own Buddhist practice.

Including Master Yinguang, the number one eminent monk today, although he was sprayed as a "devil king" by Master Taixu's disciples, but the personal relationship between the two is very good, otherwise Li Shutong would not respectfully call Master Taixu his senior brother .

After all, Li Shutong is Master Yinguang's apprentice.

Even Lu Xun, who has always been mean-spirited, commented on Master Taixu as "friendly and approachable, with a clear mind".

True masters all have unique charisma.

Seeing that the two were chatting enthusiastically, Lu Bicheng suddenly asked a question: "Master, when Mr. Zhou was in Europe, he once said something that confuses me to this day. Please ask Master to clear up my confusion."

"Tell me." Master Taixu laughed.

Lu Bicheng repeated what Zhou Hexuan once said, saying: "Mr. Zhou said that in his opinion, the Buddha is the embodiment of great wisdom, great compassion and great power. The Buddha represents a personality that has reached a perfect state of reason, emotion and ability. The Buddha is not omnipotent. , the Buddha cannot give us liberation. The Buddha can only teach us and lead us to achieve liberation through our own efforts. The Buddha cannot make us go to heaven or send us to hell, whether it is the heavenly Western Paradise or the terrifying eighteenth century. This level of hell is all caused by our own actions. Master, what do you think of this?"

"Amitabha!"

Master Taixu looked at Zhou Hexuan in surprise, and said with a smile: "What Brother Zhou said is very much in line with my wishes!"

"Master also agrees with this point of view?" Lu Bicheng asked in surprise, obviously she had never read Master Taixu's "True Reality".

Master Taixu pointed at Zhou Hexuan and said with a smile: "Looking up to the Buddha, the end lies in the personality. It is true reality when a person becomes a Buddha. Brother Zhou can say those words, and he has glimpsed the real reality. I am also a six I just realized this a few years ago.”

Lu Bicheng was immediately dumbfounded, because the four lines of verses spoken by Master Taixu were extremely similar to Zhou Hexuan's words, and their views coincided with each other.

After a little silence, Lu Bicheng asked again: "Master, I practice Pure Land Buddhism, and you practice Zen Buddhism. Mr. Zhou once asked me, since there is no difference between Buddha and Buddha, then what is the difference between Zen and Pure Land Buddhism?"

Master Taixu smiled and pointed to the east: "To go to Shanghai, you can take a boat or a car. What's the difference?"

"It's just the same goal by different paths," Lu Bicheng understood, but he was still struggling. "Although the same path leads to the same goal, the paths we take are still different. Since the Buddhas are the same, why choose different paths?"

Master Taixu shook his head and said, "Your mind is confused!"

Lu Bicheng was stunned for a moment, and then put his palms together and smiled wryly: "Amitabha, thank you for your enlightenment, Master, Manzhi really has a sign."

Although Zen and Pure Land Buddhism have different ways of practicing, both schools focus on "cultivating the mind".

Zen Buddhism talks about calming the mind, requiring the mind to stay in one place, avoiding false thoughts, wisdom from concentration, enlightenment from wisdom, and liberation; Responding to the Buddha, get the Buddha to receive and guide you to the next life.

Lu Bicheng's ability to ask that kind of question shows that her heart towards the Buddha has been disturbed, and she has completely violated the purpose of the Pure Land School, and the achievements of the past two years of practice have been wiped out.

Master Taixu saw that Lu Bicheng was confused, and said: "Why don't you listen to what Junior Brother Hongyi has to say?"

Lu Bicheng looked at Li Shutong suspiciously, only to hear Li Shutong say: "Precepts give rise to samadhi, samadhi gives rise to wisdom, and wisdom leads to liberation."

Hearing Li Shutong's words, Lu Bicheng was even more confused, because what Li Shutong said was the basic method of Lvzong, which had nothing to do with the questions she raised.

The so-called bystanders are clear, but Zhou Hexuan understood it when he sat beside him.

Master Taixu, Li Shutong and Lu Bicheng belong to the three major sects of Buddhism, Zen, Vinaya and Pure Land. Li Shutong deliberately mentioned the basic method of Luzong, in fact, he wanted to say that he should stick to his own practice and not be disturbed by other people's remarks, so that Lu Bicheng should not be too obsessed.

Obviously, Lu Bicheng's practice is not enough, she is already on the edge of a dead end. If she can't understand this truth, she will never try to be diligent in her life.

Zhou Hexuan ignored Lu Bicheng, but asked: "Master Taixu, Master Hongyi, what do you two think about the relationship between Buddha and people, the nation, and the country?"

Li Shutong replied: "Buddhas, who have realized the truth, can swear to sacrifice everything, be brave and diligent, and save the country. Therefore, to save the country, you must chant the Buddha, and you must save the country if you chant the Buddha."

A patriot is a patriot after all, even if he becomes a monk, he is still a patriot.

Li Shutong participated in many national salvation movements back then, and he was a staunch advocate of boycotting foreign goods. When he was a teacher, the students saw that the materials he wore were poor, so they gave him a new one. Li Shutong said: "I don't wear foreign cloth." The student said: "This cloth is a domestic product, and we can also make this kind of good cloth in China."

Even after Li Shutong became a monk, he once said to his disciples: "There are three rare things in life. One is that it is rare in China, the other is that the Dharma is hard to hear, and the third is that it is hard to find a good teacher."

From this sentence, it can be seen that in Li Shutong's heart, the country ranks ahead of the Buddha.

Zhou Hexuan turned his head and asked again: "What does Master Taixu think?"

Master Taixu’s answer was completely unexpected to Zhou Hexuan. He said: “Buddha is a realist who pursues freedom. The rise of Buddhism originated from the liberal movement in Indian society to liberate caste oppression at that time. Today’s China The reality is to pursue the freedom and liberation of the country and the nation. This is what Buddhists must understand. At that time, if you want to practice Buddhism successfully, you must devote yourself to the national liberation movement in China. This is similar to the concept of Sakyamuni's founding of Buddhism. of."

"What does this have to do with realism?" Zhou Hexuan wondered.

Master Taixu said: "The paranoidism and subjectivism of all private opinions and desires have their origins in materialism, solipsism and God-only chakra. To imprison the subjectivity of inanimate things and investigate the noumenon of inanimate things, as far as being divorced from reality The purely subjective state of the universe is like atoms, etc. Paranoia is the origin of reality, and everything is evolved according to it, then it is the philosophy of materialism and the theory of scientific evolution..."

Zhou Hexuan was dumbfounded.

Nima, I just asked about the relationship between Buddha and the nation, and how Buddhism involves realism. Is it necessary for you to talk so much?

Master Taixu talked for five or six minutes, from materialism and evolution to idealism, Taoism, and Confucianism, and also said that the Buddhist theory of reincarnation and liberation belongs to Indian heretics.

Great, my master. Liberation from samsara is in your mouth, and it has become heresy. Are you really a monk?

Li Shutong was noncommittal, neither refuted nor agreed.

Lu Bicheng was completely stupefied, what Master Taixu said at this time completely shattered her Buddhist views.

In fact, Master Taixu has said so much, it is very simple to sum it up. He believes that people's selfish desires bring subjectivity and imprison human beings in a complicated subjective world. Buddhist practitioners should jump out and look at problems from an objective perspective of reality. Only in this way can they gain insight into the truth of reality and get free from the cage.

Therefore, he said that Buddha is a realist who pursues freedom. And this kind of freedom also includes the freedom of the country and the nation. Once Japan invades and occupies the whole of China, Chinese Buddhists will be imprisoned forever, and they will never be free and detached. Therefore, Chinese Buddhists must drive out the Japanese aggressors if they want to achieve the true fruit of cultivation, so as to truly reach the state of Dzogchen.

This is a subversive Buddhist thought. I am afraid that in the eyes of traditional Buddhist practitioners, Master Taixu has fallen into the devil's way.