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I wonder if those who haven't even survived one tribulation are qualified to go to the Western Paradise.
Perhaps I'll fall into hell.
The emperor only gave him two choices: obey the order or lose his head.
However, the fearless Zen master forged a third path.
He summoned his disciples to his seat to see him off.
After everyone had arrived,
Fearless Viling recited a verse and then passed away peacefully.
It was a peaceful passing away, not suicide out of fear of punishment.
Suicide out of guilt usually requires poison, a dagger, or something similar.
If you really don't have any at home,
Even a rope will do.
If none of those work, then we'll have to go outside.
Jumping off cliffs, throwing oneself into wells, and so on.
However, sitting in meditation to die is absolutely unnecessary.
This is a Buddhist supernatural power.
There is absolutely no need to take any medicine or swallow gold beforehand.
And it doesn't necessarily have to be a natural death.
When do you want to see Buddha?
He sat down and left.
Perhaps Emperor Huizong was frightened by the passing of the fearless Zen master, Weilin.
Perhaps the fearless Zen Master Viling will invite the Buddha himself.
Not long after, the edict ordering monks to convert to Taoism was revoked.
The temple doesn't need to be converted into a Taoist temple.
But even the fearless Venerable Viling could not return.
Therefore, Zen Master Dahui became the abbot of Jingshan Temple.
The Great Master Hui and the Fearless Viling were not master and disciple.
Jingshan Temple adopts a ten-direction abbot system.
In the past, the abbotship of Jingshan Temple was also passed down from master to disciple.
It was not until the Song Dynasty that the system was changed to a ten-direction abbot system.
Eminent monks are selected from all directions to serve as abbots.
Compared to the master-apprentice system,
The system of ten abbots was more conducive to the imperial court's management of temples.
The ten-direction abbot system of Jingshan Temple was advocated by the great poet Su Shi.
When Su Shi served as an official in Hangzhou,
Three times on Jingshan Mountain,
He considers himself a frequent visitor to Jingshan.
He felt that the old system of inheritance had its drawbacks.
They changed it to a system of ten abbots.
The first three generations of abbots were all selected by Su Shi.
After Lu Zhishen died at the Liuhe Temple in the Water Margin,
Song Jiang then personally went to invite Abbot Da Hui of Jingshan Temple to help Lu Zhishen quench his thirst.
That is, cremation.
The chanting was done by Zen masters from the Five Mountains and Ten Temples.
Actually, the concept of "Five Mountains and Ten Temples" did not exist at that time.
The Five Mountains and Ten Temples were established during the reign of Emperor Ningzong of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The ranking of Jiangnan Zen Temples was just determined.
The Five Mountains hold the highest status, followed by the Ten Temples.
五山：
I. Jingshan Temple, Jingshan, Lin'an County, Hangzhou
II. Lingyin Temple, Lingyin Mountain, Qiantang County, Hangzhou
III. Jingci Temple, Nanping Mountain, Qiantang County, Hangzhou
4. Tiantong Temple and Tiantong Mountain in Yin County, Mingzhou
V. Ashoka Temple, Ashoka Mountain, Yin County, Mingzhou
Ten Temples:
I. Zhongtianzhu Temple, Qiantang County, Hangzhou
II. Husheng Wanshou Temple, Daocheng Mountain, Wucheng County, Huzhou
III. Taiping Xingguo Temple, Jiangshan, Shangyuan County, Jiankang
IV. Bao'en Guangxiao Temple, Wanshou Mountain, Wuxian County, Suzhou
V. Xuedou Temple, Fenghua County, Mingzhou
VI. Jiangxin Temple, Yongjia County, Wenzhou
VII. Xuefeng Temple, Houguan County, Fuzhou
8. Baolin Temple, Yunhuang Mountain, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province
9. Lingyan Temple, Tiger Hill, Wuxian County, Suzhou
10. Guoqing Temple, Tiantai Mountain, Tiantai County, Taizhou
Jingshan Temple is the foremost of the Five Mountains and Ten Temples.
After the decline of the Five Mountains and Ten Temples during the Ming Dynasty,
This led to the flourishing of the four famous Buddhist mountains: (Mount Wutai in Shanxi, Mount Putuo in Zhejiang, Mount Emei in Sichuan, and Mount Jiuhua in Anhui).
Jingshan Temple also had a former abbot whose Dharma name was Zen Master Dahui.
However, Dahui Zonggao only became the abbot of Jingshan Temple in the seventh year of the Shaoxing reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song.
During the transition between the Northern and Southern Song dynasties,
Jingshan Temple was once used for other purposes.
Many of the monks in the temple have also scattered.
Under the rule of Zen Master Dahui,
Jingshan Temple has once again become the premier Zen Buddhist temple in Jiangnan.
The character of Zen Master Dahui in the Water Margin is most likely based on this Zen Master Dahui.
However, at this time, the Great Master Hui was still traveling around to seek out teachers and study Buddhism.
When the Great Liang was established,
Emperor Huizong of Song (Zhao Ji), being a religious leader and a Daoist emperor, was naturally incapable of becoming emperor.
Without the throne,
There were many Taoist priests with higher "cultivation" than Zhao Ji.
Summoning wind and rain, turning beans into soldiers,
Who would be willing to honor Zhao Ji as the leader of the religion?
Moreover, Zhao Ji became a ruler who lost his country.
Taoism would love to expel him from its ranks.
After the Great Liang destroyed the Song Dynasty,
The abolition of all Daoist official titles conferred by the Song Dynasty was also abolished.
He ordered the demolition of all the Shenxiao Wanshou Palaces in various places.
Everyone in the world knows that the new emperor no longer believes in Taoism.
Buddhist monks also wanted to convert this true dragon emperor and promote Buddhism.
Chapter 1778 The Monk's Delusions
The abbot of the Shokoku-ji Temple in Tokyo repeatedly requested an audience with Zhao Yuan.
To "convert" Zhao Yuan,
However, the territory of the Great Liang is increasing every moment.
Affairs in various places are also ongoing.
Zhao Yuan did not have time to discuss the matter in detail with the monk.
Moreover, he has always been invincible.
Why bother praying to Buddha?
The abbot of Xiangguo Temple could not convert the emperor.
The abbot of Jingshan Temple, however, wanted to convert King Liang.
Zen Master Dahui observed that even the King of Liang had arrived in Jiangnan.
So they eagerly came over.
The Japanese tea ceremony originated from the Jingshan Tea Ceremony.
Even the teaware was made using Jianzhan teacups produced in Jianzhou Jian Kiln during the Song Dynasty.
Porcelain from the Jian kiln during the Northern Song Dynasty and tea from Fujian.
These are important commodities in trade with Japan.
By the Southern Song Dynasty,
The firing technique of Jian'an black-glazed hare's fur teacups was also introduced to Japan.
After that, there was no more.
He successfully learned the craft by stealing the techniques.
However, as time went on...
Some tea etiquette traditions will be lost.
They filled in some of the procedures themselves.
Perhaps they didn't learn everything back then.
In short, the Japanese also filled in some gaps themselves.
Eventually, it became the Japanese tea ceremony.
In the sixteenth year of the Jiading era of the Southern Song Dynasty,
A Japanese man named Kato Shirozaemon accompanied Zen Master Dogen to China.
I studied ceramic firing for five or six years.
After returning to Japan,