From the God of Lies to the Lord of All Worlds

Chapter 231 Unbridled High Caste
"Wow, what a ruthless heart, what a strong obsession, and what powerful magic!" Bai Yang was also keeping an eye on Zhen Luo's whereabouts.

This "Buddha" who spends his days writing on the grass of Shakyamuni Buddha certainly has his own ideas, and they are quite profound.

Just when Bai Yang thought that this person might need some time to think before choosing their own method, the other party had already given him a huge surprise!

"Hiss! To be fair, for this city, for this person and this country, this kind of conversion might not necessarily be a bad thing!"

Bai Yang looked somewhat puzzled. As expected, he was still no match for such a true Buddhist member. He was truly ruthless and his mind was truly deep. He came up with the phrase "to convert the whole city" right away!
Such ruthlessness and decisiveness could only be displayed by someone like him. It's not that Bai Yang couldn't do it, but rather that he couldn't think of it.

He had even considered killing them all and using their souls to seal the city's fate in a virtual space, but he never imagined that there was such a special Buddhist method as "salvation."

So-called conversion is actually the brainwashing of believers through the power of Buddhist scriptures and teachings. At the moment of complete conversion, their lives have undergone the most terrifying change. They are no longer the original people, but have become "people" who do not belong to them.

They are still human, but they have no connection with their former selves. All that remains is this body and a soul completely unrelated to the past!
“In this sense, it really is ‘equality for all beings’!” Bai Yang couldn’t help but say, but since he had decided to delegate power, he had no intention of taking it back.

Perhaps bad soil is meant to be ravaged by bad people, and perhaps this is the future that the vast majority of people in this city were destined to face.

"I wonder if Wutian will encounter his Buddhist followers in this city today, or if he will still be all alone?"

Bai Yang was very interested. His gaze swept over a certain "Asura" but did not linger: "Just an Asura. In the Buddhist hierarchy, he certainly doesn't rank!"

"Since you despise yourself, there's no chance you'll ever get noticed again!"

He remembered that there seemed to be some Asuras under Wutian's command, but they were just a group of craftsmen.

……

"Clang!" The iron ring on the monk's staff rang out on this relatively clean street, allowing many people who came out to see the monk, dressed in simple clothes and with a calm demeanor.

These people were surprised by Jinra's appearance, but they didn't interact with him until the monk calmly knocked on the door of a house.

"I come from the East and am on my way to Nalanda University in the West. I am passing through here and hope to obtain some food!" Shinra said, bowing his head to the person who opened the door.

He was quite adept at begging for alms. Since he couldn't get any from the lower classes and wasn't allowed to enter from the higher classes, he would go into relatively clean communities with few passersby to beg for some food.

Then, the man who had thoroughly scanned him from head to toe raised the stick in his hand!

“You damned low-caste wretch, do you think you can join us by dressing up like this and disguising yourself as a monk?”

The man swung his stick down, but Zhenlu dodged it. He wasn't angry, and bowed respectfully with his hands clasped together, saying, "Since you are unwilling, I will go to the next place!"

Even so, the man didn't let him off the hook, shouting, "Next one, do you want to keep polluting our land? Get out of here!"

He showed no sign of stopping with the stick in his hand, chasing after people to hit them.

Jinro didn't stop walking, and the opponent's stick didn't hit him with any force. Instead, the opponent swung it so violently that it swayed Jinro's body to the ground, causing him to fall to the ground in a comical manner.

Now, the man was truly enraged. He stormed home and grabbed a knife!

This damned wretch dared to humiliate me in public! I'm going to kill him to vent my anger!

When he stepped out of the room to look for that damned monk, he found that the monk had already taken a meal from another resident.

"Thank you for your generosity, Buddha is merciful!" Zhenluo chanted the Buddha's name, wanting to thank the other party, but the other party knocked the bowl out of his hand.

The woman, who had initially been in a good mood and was about to give him some leftovers, suddenly changed her expression. "You're not a Hindu monk? You're a Buddhist monk?"

“Exactly!” Jinro’s words enraged the other party. “Then why did you come here to beg? Get out of our community! Low castes like you are not welcome here!”

Here, Buddhists are equated with lower castes, which seems to be an accepted fact.

Moreover, no one thought it was wrong. In fact, the conversation between the two people was overheard by those around them, so more doors were opened and people of high caste, dressed in clean clothes, came out of their rooms.

Holding clubs and chains, they marched towards Jinra, shouting insults as they went! "What kind of lowly people are you from? How dare you defile our land?"

"Where do you come from, you lowly commoner, daring to touch our house with your filthy hands?"

"As a lowly person, why do you dare to beg from us? Your tongue should be cut out, your limbs should be broken, you should not exist in this world!"

"You untouchable, you have polluted our land, and our community will be devalued because of your arrival!"

These people were furious, even outrageously so, as if they were just doing what they were supposed to do, such as beating this scoundrel to death and hanging his body in front of the community to warn other scoundrels of the consequences of their offenses!
Only in this way can their losses be partially recovered.

No one thought this was wrong, and no one thought there was anything wrong with it. Every single one of them was a participant in this malicious act.

Jinra showed little fear; he simply drew his staff to block the first wave of attacks, saying at the same time:
"The Buddha said that all beings are equal, so why do you divide people into different classes?"

"The Buddha said that life and death are preordained, so why do you judge life and death with just a few words?"

"The Buddha said that greed, anger, ignorance, and rage are the five poisons. Why do you allow these poisons to take hold without seeking a cure?"

These words seem to be directed at these people, but in reality, they are also directed at the Buddha. It must be said that he was a professional at putting the Buddha in a bad light!
But when these words are spoken to the people in front of us, it's like trying to catch fish by climbing a tree or a summer insect trying to understand ice!
"How dare you, you lowly commoner, talk to us about equality?"

"A lowly person is a lowly person. They've only read a couple of lines of scripture and they dare to talk to us about equality! If they read for another two years, won't they be trampling on our heads?"

"Kill him, let him know what respect and hierarchy are!"

These people didn't care what he was saying; all they knew was that in this country, so-called "Buddhists" were mostly people who couldn't reach a higher caste and therefore sought other paths!
In this country, Hinduism is the dominant religion because these high-caste people are naturally inclined to uphold the orthodoxy of this religion, which is also a way of upholding their own orthodoxy.

These people are no longer human; they have been alienated by the caste system and turned into tools to maintain their own class interests.

They may feel angry when their interests are encroached upon, or resentful when their interests are harmed, but ultimately, it all stems from the sense of superiority that comes with their class!

The desires unleashed on lower castes have made them forget that they too are oppressed by higher castes.

Or maybe someone knows, but they don't care!

Therefore, after the stick cleaved through the parrying staff, it stuck firmly to Zhenluo's body, knocking the monk to the ground.

Thus have I heard: Do no evil, do all good!

“To forever abstain from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, frivolous speech, greed, anger, and wrong views. These are the ten.”

"When I was dismembered by King Kali, I had no concept of self, no concept of others, no concept of sentient beings, and no concept of life span. Why? Because when I was being dismembered in the past, if I had any concept of self, others, sentient beings, or life span, I would have felt hatred."

He lay on his back on the ground, his body covered in wounds from various sticks. This was a group beating that could kill a person, and it was his second test.

The second suffering is truly profound. These people are truly beyond saving. The lower castes are beyond saving, and the higher castes are even more beyond saving... Everyone is part of that terrifying system in this society!

Then, surrounded by everyone, he burst into laughter:

"Hahahaha! World Honored One, what exactly did you encounter on this land to utter such words!"

"You say we shouldn't harbor resentment, and you also say that Buddha has wrathful Vajra eyes. Have you experienced this kind of suffering here?"

"Hahahahaha!"

The laughter grew louder, drawing the attention of those around them. Then the man who had started the conversation arrived, wielding a knife, and slashed at Jinra's neck.

With red eyes, the man roared angrily, "You lowly wretch, this is your retribution for stepping onto this land!"

This is how the high caste treats the low caste: brutal, sadistic, and unscrupulous!

PS: After much thought, I realized that salvation is indeed more in line with my beliefs—only salvation can bring purity to this kind of land!
(End of this chapter)