Chapter 347 Reading the Bible
Taien hurriedly looked at Kumatara, but he couldn't tell that Kumatara was the sudden national master. How could the sudden national master suddenly come to the Dafang Empire? Let's not ask about this for now, but just from the clothes and dress, the old man in front of him would not be the famous Kumatara no matter what!
Kumodara did not wear a monk's robe, but was wearing Han clothes. This clothes were given to him by Li Yan when he was in the west of the town. Although the material of the clothes was pretty good, he looked like a rich man, and he was wearing a hat with his hair exposed under the hat.
In Tyne's eyes, Kumodara is a dark-faced, gorgeously dressed country rich man with no temperament at all. He is even the kind of stingy old rich man who does not hire long-term workers to save money and goes to work every day, and then wears the only good clothes when he goes out to meet guests.
Kumatara Amitabha said, "It turns out that no one is fighting here. When I came, I wondered, how could monks fight in Buddhist holy places like Dacien Temple? It's incredible!"
It doesn't matter if he doesn't say it. As soon as he speaks, he reveals the mouth that lacks four big front teeth, and his speech is leaking and he is vague.
Taien grinned and thought to himself, "Where did you find someone? Is it bad to pretend to be someone, but I pretend to be the sudden realization of the national teacher Jumotara. This is too outrageous. Is this adult a fake?" He looked at Yang Ze, his eyes full of doubts, but after all, he was a monk and he didn't have the nerve to say it directly.
Yang Ze seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a serious expression: "Abbot Taien, do you think this sudden national teacher is pretending to be an impersonator? Do you think that this official is also an impersonator?"
Tyne couldn't say anything, frowned and thought to himself: "Kumatara is definitely not true, but this official may be true. I guess it was the nephew of a powerful family. I don't know who I made a bet with. Then he ran to my temple to find happiness, wanting to see if he could deceive me. This kind of thing is the favorite thing that the playboys of the powerful families like to do. It's boring and hateful, but if something happens, his family will wipe their butts!"
Just as Tyne frowned, Yang Ze shouted: "I'm waiting for you to ask here. You can send someone to the Ministry of Rites and ask the Minister of Rites Jiang Jinbai to see what he said so as not to be suspicious."
Taien shook his head. He was just the abbot of a temple. For such a clumsy scam, he went to ask the Minister of Rites. Not to mention whether the Secretary of the House of Rites would see the people he sent, even if he saw it, it would become a laughing stock when the news spread. Is the abbot of the Dacien Temple so confused? When others say it, he goes to verify it.
Yang Ze's face darkened. He said, "Whether you go or not, you don't feel like you are a Buddhist. Are you a Taoist person playing the art of inaction? If you hesitate so much and delay the emperor's affairs, you can afford to be sinful!"
Taien looked back at the monks behind him. Of course, those who could follow him were all monks in charge of the temple. When they saw these monks all looked surprised. No one had ever encountered such a thing, and they couldn't figure out what this was. Even if they were cheating, why did they go to the monk temple to cheat, and what could they cheat? And they also had to involve the Minister of Rites. This was too inexplicable. You must know that Dacien Temple is in the city. If the abbot reports to the official, the official officer would arrive at any time. The group of scammers in front of him would not have time to run away!
Seeing that the monk behind him had no reaction except surprise, Tyen was very disappointed, and he had no idea, so he had to turn his head and said to Yang Ze: "I haven't asked me what is this master yet?"
Yang Ze said his name and said, "The emperor asked me to come and ask you monks about the fight. Hand over the person quickly. I will go and hand over the service!"
Taien was thinking, you only said your name, but you didn’t say your official position... Before you could come up with a word, Yang Ze said, “Master Yang, there are no monks fighting in the temple. This rumor is false, it is really a rumor!”
"Who can testify, who can prove that no one in your temple is fighting, let the witness come out and show me. Hurry up, I don't have so much time to hang out with you!" Yang Ze said impatiently.
Kumodara listened on the side and couldn't help frowning. He had known Yang Ze's character for a while. Yang Ze liked to mess around, but now it was a bit too much. Why did he say that there were people fighting in the temple? Even if there were not all monks who were enlightened here, the monks were not fighting casually. Why did he insist that there were people fighting here? Is it a slander for the monks in Dacien Temple not following the rules and regulations? What are the benefits for him?
As soon as Yang Ze found a witness, Tyne was immediately anxious and wanted a witness? This is not an ordinary place. Not to mention that there will be monks fighting each other in the Buddhist holy land. Even if there is, the abbot said that there is no, would others say that there is, and even Queen Dugu would not say that!
Taien shouted: "Men of the Man Temple, who concentrates on studying Buddhist scriptures every day. There is no time to argue or fight. Lord Yang's words are too unreasonable. I will not argue with you. Let's go to our yamen. If the emperor blames me, I will bear it with all my strength!"
He was so excited by Yang Ze that he was determined that Yang Ze was a playboy who came to play with Dacien Temple. He didn't want to talk nonsense to Yang Ze anymore, so as not to go out and talk nonsense and ruin the reputation in the temple.
The monks behind Taien were also angry, and they all had the same idea as the abbot. There was nothing in Chang'an City, especially such young and ignorant who relied on their family power to cheat everywhere, and they were extremely hated.
But Kumatara understood that Yang Ze would be the key point in the next sentence, and it seemed that he would also be on the stage. Alas, he was a national teacher in vain, and his mind was not as fast as Yang Ze's!
Yang Zeha said, "You are studying Buddhist scriptures carefully? It's a joke. I think you will also recite Amitabha. As for the scriptures... they must be inferior to the national master!" As he said that, he turned around and smiled at Jumatara.
Kumatara recited Amitabha Buddha, put his palms together and said, "Mr. Yang was joking. In the past, I only read Sanskrit scriptures. For the translated scriptures... Well, the ambiguity is too great and the level is not high. I will not read it, especially the scriptures translated into Chinese characters. The ambiguity is even greater and it is inconsistent with the original text. It is seriously inconsistent."
He followed Yang Ze's words and said it, with a look of contempt on his face, and coupled with his leaky mouth, it made people feel even more unhappy!
The monks in Dacien Temple suddenly understood that this is here to challenge. Let’s find fault first and find a reason to inspire us to debate with him. This is to use the method of provoking the generals, not the method of provoking the monks!
Taien was still furious just now, but he calmed down instantly. It was so ridiculous that someone dared to come to Dacien Temple to challenge him. Not to mention pretending to be a national master of Sudden View to debate, even ordinary monks would not refuse. The debate meeting is a traditional relic of Dacien Temple!
I remember that when a senior monk went west to India. After a lot of hardships, he waited for 18 days at the Unblocked Debate Fair in Qunu City. As a result, no one dared to come out to argue. Therefore, he won without a fight and was intimidated by all the people in India. He was praised as Mahayanati by the Mahayanati practitioners at that time. He was also known as Mahayanati Heaven. He was praised as Mucha Deva by Hinayanati believers, also known as Mucha Deva, or the "Liberation Heaven"!
The monks in Dacien Temple may be afraid of something else. But they are not afraid of others coming to ruin the situation. They have always challenged and debated with them, but they can go back every time. No matter who the challenger is, they can win every time and win every battle!
Tyne suddenly became more energetic and said loudly: "It turns out that this old donor is here to debate, so why pretend to be the national teacher Jumotara? Please, let's debate under this tower!"
He thought to himself: "Since it is someone invited by a playboy in Beijing, then there must be some skills in the Buddhist method. Playboys like to make others lose face, but they absolutely do not want to lose face, so this person should be a powerful person. It's great, I haven't debated with others for several years, I'm lonely!"
The monks in the temple were also surprised. Dacien Temple is famous. If you want to argue, there will be wins and losses in other places, but when you come to Dacien Temple, you will definitely lose. It is purely a challenge!
Although all the monks are solemn and claim to be a monk without any dispute, they are still very welcome when someone comes to the door to find a slap. This is also a little adjustment in the boring life!
The monk of Zhike hurriedly took out more than a dozen cushions, placed them at the hem of the tower, and asked the monk to sit down, and a simple debate began.
Yang Ze did not sit down, walked to the side and stood there, holding his shoulders to watch the fun. He knew very well that even if Dacien Temple was a top-level temple, even if these monks were top-level monks, who would have to compare with that of the national teacher of a country, that would be a big deal. Kumadora is a super-top contestant.
Sure enough, the debate started without long. At the beginning, Kumodara used his leaking mouth to talk about it in a crackling manner. Taien and the others were stunned. This countryside rich man was too likely to speak, and the interpretation of the Buddhist scriptures was very different from theirs. They could not say it completely different, but in some views, they could hardly refute it. If they insisted on refuting, they could only find the original scriptures and translate them again for reference!
If ordinary people debate with Taien and others, they will definitely lose. It is not the turn of taking out scriptures as reference. However, if you debate with a super expert like Kumatara, Taien and others will have no choice. Taking out scriptures as reference is not in line with the rules of the temple. Taien wanted to ask Kumatara to take a break. He and the monks in this temple went to read the books and concluded that they would debate with Kumatara again, but Yang Ze kept sneering, which was too unbearable for him to come out!
Tyne gritted his teeth, then break the rules! He asked someone to open the tower gate, went in and took a scripture out, sat down on the cushion again, turned to the page of the debate just now, and said, "This sentence should be translated like this." He first pronounced the original text in Sanskrit, and then translated it in Chinese.
But Kumatara said, "We can use our sudden words to translate this way!" He also said it, but he deliberately pronounced the original text incorrectly, but his eyes were fixed on the scripture. Is the book original or copied? Well, at this time, it should be the original version of the temple!
Taien was overjoyed and smiled and said, "Old donor, you read the wrong one. This is not what you read in the original text. The difference is a thousand miles away!" As he said, in order to prove that what he said was right, he held the scriptures in both hands and let Kumatara read them.
Kumatara took the scriptures and was extremely excited. Is this the true scriptures that the senior monks retrieved from the West? Oh my God, I finally saw it, I finally touched it, I will never live in vain in my life!
Yang Ze looked at Kumatara's expression and thought to himself: "Is it necessary to be so excited? Be careful to drool and fall into the book. This book is very precious! However, I have solved the problem that Queen Dugu has asked me. Kumatara will be willing to stay in the temple. You will know by looking at his expression... Oh, don't dizzy!"
Chapter completed!