Chapter 340 Cyber Worship
"Shh, keep your voice down, she's asleep, don't wake her up."
When Ruyi and others noticed something unusual and rushed over, Pinggong Qianye made a gesture to silence them, then carried the unconscious Buddhist girl into the Minguang Hall and closed the door.
Ruyi and others consciously stayed nearby and forbade anyone to disturb them at this time.
Today is the birth ceremony of the Buddha girl. Nothing must happen to the Buddha girl at this time, otherwise it will cause a wave of disturbance in Buddhism.
"I'll take care of things outside, you guys guard here."
Ruyi sorted out her thoughts and mood, and went outside to receive the abbots of the temples.
They had not all left yet. Some abbots had come from far away, all wanting to discuss Buddhism and the Dharma with Master Liansheng.
There was no bed available in the Minguang Palace, so Pinggong Qianye brought a futon and placed it behind Qingxuandeng's head, then burned a stick of incense so that Qingxuandeng, with a frown on his brow and a restless mind, could fall asleep peacefully.
When it comes to the struggle on the spiritual level, it is difficult for external forces to help. It all depends on one's own spiritual will. The stronger one is, the greater the chance of waking up.
This time, Qingxuande was stimulated by the arrival of Yunu.
And the ball of dark blue flame placed inside the exquisite ball was the inducement.
I think that group of big monsters sent such a gift at this time, hoping to win Qingxuandeng again, or at least not let Qingxuandeng become a completely unfamiliar Mingguang Buddhist girl.
"Sister Snow Girl, Sister Snow Girl...please forgive me, forgive me..."
Unconscious murmurs, accompanied by tears falling from the corners of the eyes,
Pinggong Qianye sat cross-legged beside Qingxingdeng, reciting the Heart Sutra to accompany her to sleep.
About an hour later, seeing that Qing Xingdeng had fallen asleep soundly, Pinggong Qianye left Mingguang Palace.
When he left, he asked Takeda Saburo, who was waiting outside, to guard the Mingguang Hall and not allow anyone to disturb it.
In the monks' quarters in the backyard, Zen Master Zhishan and the three abbots from Honmonji, Zojoji and Sojiji have not left yet.
These are all temples in Tokyo.
Among them, Honmonji Temple is one of the four main temples of the Nichiren sect in Japan. It was founded by Nichiren Shonin's disciple Nichiren. The temple covers an area of more than 69,000 tsubo.
Zojoji Temple is a Pure Land Buddhist temple. Its predecessor was founded by Soei, a disciple of Kobo Daishi. The original name of the temple was Komyoji Temple, and it belongs to the Shingon sect.
In the fourth year of Mingde, with the arrival of the eighth patriarch of the Pure Land Sect, Venerable Shengcong, the temple was renamed the Pure Land Sect and the name of the temple was changed to Zojoji.
Sojiji Temple is the head temple of the Japanese Soto Zen sect. The abbot of the temple came mainly for Ruyi, because the Kichijoji Temple where Ruyi is located is also a branch of the Soto Zen sect.
As for Zen Master Zhishan... he kept muttering about wanting to atone for what had happened before, and he couldn't be driven away. In addition, he was very old, so Pinggong Qianye let him stay in the temple.
"Master Liansheng, just now?"
"It's just that a monster came to the Buddhist temple and has now left."
Hiramiya Chiye said this briefly without going into details about the Rain Girl and the group of great monsters before the Edo period.
"Masters, please speak directly if you have anything to say." Pinggong Qianye had no interest in continuing to beat around the bush with them at this moment.
The abbot of Zojoji Temple said, "Our temple was originally Guangming Temple. Mingguang Buddha Nv was named Mingguang and was born in the light of light. She has a great connection with our temple, so I would like to invite her to come to our temple and preach for a day."
After listening to this, Pinggong Qianye looked at the other two abbots. The abbot of Honmonji Temple spoke first: "I came here to ask Master Liansheng and the Weilian Ancient Temple where he is located to join the Japanese Bodhi Society."
Japanese Bodhi Society?
This was the first time that Hiramiya Chiye had heard of this organization.
The abbot of Honmonji Temple saw the confusion of Heimiya Chiye, smiled kindly, and patiently explained: "This organization is to coordinate the various Buddhist sects in Japan to promote Buddhism and help each other. When necessary, it will also intervene in some illegal activities of other Buddhist sects and have the duty of supervision."
"The Shingon sect's Kongobuji and Toji have both joined the Bodhi Society. The Soto sect's Sojiji is also a member. There are also various sects such as the Pure Land sect and the Nichiren sect..."
"This is a very free organization. It is mainly responsible for monitoring and correcting the various sects on a daily basis to see if they have made any mistakes. Some important matters concerning Buddhism will also be discussed and resolved within the Bodhi Society."
Pinggong Qianye roughly understood that the so-called daily work of the Bodhi Society was an enhanced and enlarged version of temple supervision.
When encountering major events, the various sects would first unite to discuss a result, and then use their influence to fan the flames within Buddhism to implement this result.
But there is already a similar organization, the All Japan Buddhist Association.
The Pudu APP, which is frequently used by most Japanese monks in their daily lives, is promoted and implemented by the All Japan Buddhist Association.
So what this means is that this Bodhi Society is the inner shadow organization of Buddhism?
Pinggong Qianye didn't really want to get involved in these troubles, but he didn't refuse directly. Instead, he asked about the organization called Hexiuhui.
His destiny-seeing ability allowed him to occasionally glimpse some scattered images and fragments of the future. In the previous case of killing monks, this joint practice association was involved.
He vaguely felt that this joint society would play an extremely important role in the future.
"Master Liansheng is a member of the United Cultivation Society?"
Seeing Pinggong Qianye shaking his head, the headmaster of Honmonji Temple once again
He smiled kindly, "The Hexiu Association is an organization that brings together Buddhism, Shintoism, and Onmyoji. It was established with the original intention of coordinating the affairs of the three religions and promoting harmonious coexistence and common progress among the three religions."
"Such organizations exist in every country, especially when it comes to religious issues. They are very common and there is nothing special about them."
Pinggong Qianye nodded, said nothing more, and then looked at the last abbot of Zongji Temple.
"Since the old abbot of Jixiang Temple was killed by the Seven Sinful Lords, there has been no real abbot. Master Ruyi's senior brother is only temporarily taking over the position of abbot of the temple."
The abbot of Zongzhi Temple hesitated for a moment, glanced at Ruyi who was standing quietly by the side, and then continued: "His senior brother is too up-to-date with the times and has caused many jokes."
In order to let Pinggong Qianye and others have a deeper understanding, he also briefly introduced some of the ridiculous things that Senior Brother Ruyi did when he became the acting abbot.
It's probably about lighting electronic candles, beating electronic wooden fish, burning smokeless incense, taking the Cyber Sutra, and worshipping Hatsune Miku...
Hiramiya Chiye's eyebrows twitched slightly. Isn't this behavior a copy of Hase Shuichi?
If you think about it carefully, the electronicization of temples is a modern trend, and many temples are also doing this to some extent.
Take the donation box for example. At the beginning, it only allowed kind-hearted believers to donate some banknotes and coins. Later, it switched to electronic payment, where people could scan the QR code 666 or 999 to make donations.
"They seem to call this kind of behavior cyber worship."
The abbot of Zongji Temple seemed very angry about this, and his voice became a little higher, "Who is Cyber? Why should Buddhist disciples learn to worship Buddha like him?"
(End of this chapter)
