Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 283 Fighting Buddha Dharma
"Oh, no problem. No problem."

The Shaolin abbot stroked his white beard with a smug look on his face and said, "Master Weijun, the master of Gongdelin's boss Zhao Yunshao, is my uncle and junior fellow disciple according to the Buddhist seniority system. I had a good relationship with him back then and often invited him to Shaolin for vegetarian meals.

After the old fellow had his fill, he thought about whether he could lure one of my Shaolin chefs back to his home in Hangzhou. I said that of course not, even if the 72 unique skills were lost, the Shaolin chef's culinary heritage could not be passed on to outsiders.

He helped in my kitchen for two and a half years, and he really learned a lot of skills. Later, he passed it on to his apprentice, and his apprentice found a chef to replicate it. This is the merit of Lin. Speaking of which, I am his ancestor. "

"It makes sense." He Songling nodded. It was no wonder that today's meal was about 70% similar to many of the dishes he had eaten in Gongdelin in his previous life. I think it was improved later when Gongdelin was developing.

"Since the abbot has said so, it would be disrespectful for this junior to refuse."

The Shaolin abbot was stunned: "Why would you refuse it?"

"The seventy-two unique skills, didn't you just say that they could be passed on to others?" He Songling flipped his hand and pulled up a small phonograph record machine from under the table, "I have evidence here, you can't deny it."

Shaolin Abbot:?
What kind of disciple is Zuo Rutong teaching? How could a decent person carry such a machine with him when going out and be ready to record at any time? Is this how he uses space magic?

This is the difference in cognition. Not to mention that He Songling's Taoism is now higher than the Shaolin abbot, even when he was still weak, he did not have the awareness of leaving evidence like that big boss in the alien world.

This is all the experience I had when I was dealing with fairies in my previous life, and I was forced to use my cell phone to record and keep evidence. This consciousness was forced out of me, otherwise if I was not careful, I would end up like the protagonist of a small essay.

"It can be passed on, but..." Even fairies can defend themselves to a certain extent, so these strange people born in the Qing Dynasty, no matter how cunning they are, can't get around them. The Shaolin abbot could only stammer:

"Mr. He, you know that our 72 unique skills are too murderous. If we don't use the corresponding Buddhist teachings to dispel the evil spirit, it is easy to hurt ourselves and go astray. Let's start with Buddhism."

"Well, Buddhism is good. We must learn Buddhism."

He Songling was not opposed to learning any Buddhist teachings. They were all methods of practice in other religions. In Taoism, Quanzhen is called cultivating the nature and life, Zhengyi is called receiving the talisman and practicing the ritual; in Buddhism, Zen is called the relic golden body, and Tantric Buddhism is called the three channels and seven chakras. They are all real stuff.

The key is to bring out the real stuff. Looking at the Shaolin abbot's cunning behavior, he doesn't seem to want to bring out the real stuff. If you just use the Diamond Sutra, the Heart Sutra, or other things that are superficially similar to religious philosophy to fool him, he won't read it.

He has to be a true practitioner of the method of cultivation. Otherwise, would he really come to the Shaoshi Mountain to meditate on Zen out of idleness?
"I only know a little bit about Buddhism. I heard that Buddhism has the 'Buddha's Thirty-five Buddha Names', 'Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra', and 'Buddha's Determined Vinaya Sutra'. I think Shaolin, a thousand-year-old temple and the ancestral home of Zen Buddhism, should have some secret books preserved there, right?"

The Shaolin abbot's face immediately turned green.

Zhang Zhiwei has been here for almost ten days, and he only took out the "Avatamsaka Sutra" yesterday.

Strictly speaking, taking out the Avatamsaka Sutra is not considered to be fooling people. The full name of this sutra is "The Avatamsaka Sutra of the Ten Directions", which directly demonstrates the Buddha's vastness and perfection and is known as the "King of Sutras".

It is said to be "an ocean of sutras, containing everything", and its contents are magnificent and incredible. Not to mention that Zhang Zhiwei is just a disciple of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, even if he were to discuss the Dharma with the Heavenly Master, he would not lose face if he took out a copy of the Avatamsaka Sutra.

This is the problem. Zhang Zhiwei does not understand Buddhism at all. He is barely in the developmental stage. He came here to learn Buddhism instead of discussing it. For those who understand, this kind of general scripture can bring great wisdom and a great realm. For those who do not understand, it is just a bunch of empty talk. It does not mention how to do it specifically. What is the difference between learning and not learning?
Zhang Zhiwei just didn't understand Buddhism, not that his level of attainment was not high enough. Of course he could see that the Shaolin abbot was fooling him.

But he was a monk after all, and he knew very well whether cultivation was basically a skill or a way. He couldn't just ask the abbot of Shaolin to show him the 72 unique skills. He could only beat Jie Kong and his fellow disciples with increasing force.

But the fist didn't hit the Shaolin abbot's head anyway, so the Shaolin abbot didn't care. He had to do two things. The first was to make sure that the seventy-two unique skills didn't get passed on to others, and the second was to make sure that the cook didn't leak out.

These two, one is a means of protecting religion, the other is a way to win over wealthy people, neither of them can be missing, as for the others? Shaolin monks are trained to be as still as a mountain, and they throw away their stinking skins. Getting beaten? What's wrong with getting beaten? That's cultivation!

I thought I could just get away with it, but I didn't expect that someone who knows the business would come and ask for the "Buddha's 35 Buddha Names Repentance Text". This thing records the 35 Buddhas in the heavens, and also records the method of repentance for the 35 Buddhas. It is a real thing.

This method combines paying homage to all Buddhas, repenting of karma, and dedicating merits to the merits. The Mahayana practitioners in ancient India practiced the thirty-five Buddhas repentance method every day. The power of repentance they achieved was incredible and the merits they gained were enormous.

"I didn't expect that Mr. He is quite knowledgeable about Buddhist classics." The abbot of Shaolin looked at He Songling somewhat unwillingly.

They were all people of the right path, and the Buddhist and Taoist sects were usually friendly and respectful to each other. Even if the abbot was a cunning person, he still had to be decent. He had recorded what he had just said, and now that He Songling had mentioned the scriptures, he naturally couldn't refuse.

"Haha, lucky, lucky, just a random guess. The ancestor of our Sanyi Sect emphasized the unity of the three religions. It was simple and crude. I have also heard some Buddhist scriptures."

He Songling is actually full of nonsense. He has never read any Buddhist scriptures. He just knows that among the thirty-five Buddhas there is Fighting Buddha, who is ranked thirty-first, which is higher than the ranking given to Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West".

There is no way. People from the Internet age cannot say that their knowledge is very deep, but it is likely that it is broader than that of people in the past. When I was a child, I watched "Journey to the West" and was very happy. I searched for "Fighting Buddha" on the Internet. I could definitely find more than Zhang Zhiwei on Longhu Mountain on Tiantianmao.

“You are not guessing randomly, you are well prepared.” The Shaolin abbot sighed, led the way, and brought the three people from the Xuanmen to the deep first floor of the Sutra Library.

Zhang Xuan was born into a Mohist family and was a pure craftsman. He had no interest in these religious contents. After consulting He Songling and the abbot of Shaolin, he went to play in Wooden Man Lane and Bronze Man Lane by himself.

He Songling looked at his back, secretly worried about the Shaolin abbot. He was also worried about your scriptures. This guy is the one to worry about the most. If you are not careful, he can demolish your temple.

But he didn't tell the abbot, just waiting to see what fun was about to happen.

"You three, please. The scriptures on these bookshelves should be just right for you. Some great Buddhist scriptures, some Mahayana merits, and some śramaṇa magical powers."

I have to mention the abbot of Shaolin Temple. Although he is usually quite cunning, once he has decided on something, he will tell everyone sincerely. He is indeed a great monk and is completely different from shameless people like He Songling.

"Please, please!" He Songling said a few polite words and opened the scriptures in the Sutra Library. He felt a golden light shining before his eyes.

(End of this chapter)