Among Buddhists, the two most famous mantras are: "This thing is destined to my Buddha" and the second is "This person is destined to my Buddha". How awesome are these two sentences? It's like occupying a seat in a university study room. Others at least put a book on it. He just goes over to take a picture of the seat in the photo and simply says "This seat is mine" and that's it.
Ye Zan had both read "The Romance of the Gods" and heard Taozu Xuanyuan talk about "these thieves are bald", so the first thing he said after showing up was to "stop" the other party. When he thought about it: I have already dug up the rumors about your "fate". If you still want to have some dignity, you probably won't say such things again.
However, in the face of Ye Zan's inquiry, which could even be said to be a question, the monk Guangwen smiled lightly and said as if he should take it for granted: "Fellow Taoist Wuji seems to know my Buddhism quite well! This Dawn Church, from its preaching methods to some of the Pope's ideas, are very similar to my Buddhism. It can be said that as long as the goddess of Dawn is replaced by the title of my Buddhism Bodhisattva, Dawn Church will be able to compete with me without any obstacles. Buddhism becomes one.”
In fact, we have to admit that what Monk Guangwen said is not unreasonable. The Church of Dawn is a religion based on faith, and what all believers believe in is the Goddess of Dawn. And Buddhism is also based on faith. Those monks are actually believers, and they believe in Buddhism, the Buddha.
Taoism is different. Although Taoism also worships Taoist ancestors, it is more of a form of respect than belief. Therefore, these Taoist monastic sects accept disciples rather than believers, and they do not require disciples to believe in anyone.
For Taoists, the founders and predecessors of Taoism are just the forerunners on this road, and they are not born to stand at the end. Therefore, they believe that if they follow this path, they will have the opportunity to reach the same heights as their predecessors, or even surpass them.
It can be said that apart from the different objects of belief, there is actually no difference in form or philosophy between Morningside Church and Buddhism. As Monk Guangwen said, if the Goddess of Dawn is given a Buddhist title of Bodhisattva, the believers of Dawn Church will be able to become Buddhist believers without any obstacles.
You know, in the world of Dawn, although the Church of Dawn originally had a low status, it is the only religion after all. Therefore, the number of believers in the Church of Dawn is still very large, and almost everyone can be said to be a believer in the Goddess of Dawn. Of course, this "everyone" does not include descendants of wizards, some nobles, and extraordinary beings who have reached a certain level of power.
Therefore, if Buddhism can "annex" the Dawn Church, it will immediately catch up with the monastic sects that came first in terms of "preaching" and become the biggest winner of this "preaching". This is definitely an irresistible temptation for everyone in Buddhism, even if it requires paying some price, it is worth it.
Moreover, what makes Monk Guangwen and others even more confident is that Bartley and others who currently control the Dawn Church do not belong to the Yuqing Sect or a certain monastic sect. In fact, Bartley and others cannot be regarded as ascetics, nor can they be regarded as people in Taoism. They are clearly the best goals for transformation.
"Haha, the great monk has a beautiful idea! But I have my own uses for the Dawn Church, so you'd better not take advantage of it." After hearing what Monk Guangwen said, Ye Zan had no intention of arguing with him. Instead, he unceremoniously explained the ownership of Morningside Church.
Ye Zan knew very well that it was impossible to win by reasoning with these Buddhist monks, so it was better not to reason at all. If he were on the side of Buddhism, he would indeed think that Monk Guangwen's idea was a good one, but unfortunately it was not.
"Fellow Taoist Wuji, although Taoist Taoist took over the Dawn Church, it is the church of millions of believers! Taoist Taoist said this, as if he regards the church as a private property, but it is not the behavior of a virtuous person. " Seeing that Ye Zan refused to reason with him, Monk Guangwen, although there was no anger on his face, his tone was obviously a little more serious.
"The great monk is right. I have never said that I am a virtuous person! What's more, as early as the first time we met, I was already almost a demon in your eyes. So, if the great monk If you still want to preach safely in this world of Dawn, you'd better not have any more ideas about me, the Church of Dawn, otherwise don't blame me for not caring about the love of the 'Shi Dao Family'." Ye Zan didn't reason with the other party at all, but was very arrogant. warned.
There is a saying that "when a scholar meets a soldier, it is hard to explain what is right." Now Ye Zan wants to play the role of the "soldier" and does not want to give those monks a chance to reason. Some people may think that Ye Zan has a guilty conscience and has weakened his own momentum. However, it would be even more foolish to argue with your opponent even though you know you won't win.
"Fellow Taoist Wuji, the matter mentioned by the poor monk is not purely for the sake of Buddhism. We, Buddhism and Taoism, came to preach with the same purpose, all to restore our world as soon as possible. The origin of my teaching. Once Chenxi Church gains a foothold in this world, it will definitely give a huge boost to its preaching. Please put aside your personal likes and dislikes for the time being and focus on the overall situation!" Monk Wen did not give up because of Ye Zan's arrogance, but instead talked about his own principles.
Again, what Monk Guangwen said is certainly reasonable. If Chenxi Church is acquired by Buddhism, it will definitely be another leap forward in the process of "preaching". Just imagine, so many Dawn Church believers suddenly became Buddhist believers. Even if they did not practice anything, it would definitely be a great victory for the cultural invasion.
But the problem is, there is a difference between Buddhism and Taoism! Not to mention that Ye Zan didn't want to cut off the profits in his hands. Even if he really made that sacrifice for the sake of the overall situation. Will the Immortal Court really recognize him
The Buddhists came so late and said that no one could believe that Xianting’s thoughts were not involved. Immortal Court deliberately delayed the arrival of Buddhists, wasn't it just to prevent Buddhism from gaining too many benefits in preaching? Now, if Ye Zan gave the Dawn Church to Buddhism for the "overall situation", and Buddhism reversed its current situation through the Dawn Church, would Xianting be happy
It may not be good for Xianting to fall out with Buddhism. After all, it is not very kind to allow Buddhists to come to the world of dawn so late. Therefore, even if Xianting is dissatisfied with Buddhism, I am afraid that in the end they will have to vent their anger on Ye Zan. Anyway, Ye Zan is only a small Yuanshen realm monk.
Therefore, even in order not to offend Immortal Court, Ye Zan would not hand over the Dawn Church to Buddhism.
"Don't talk about the overall situation! Especially, don't talk about the overall situation with me! For the missionary work in the Dawn World to be in such a situation, I feel that I am very worthy of you. I have repeatedly said that there is something else in the Dawn Church. It's used, and the effect is no worse than what you call the overall situation. The monk should give up on this idea." Ye Zan was still very unreasonable and clearly expressed his rejection, and his tone was much more determined.
What Ye Zan said was not that of someone who was perfunctory about Buddhism, nor that even if it was useless in his own hands, he would never let others benefit from it. You know, after overthrowing the ruling class dominated by the descendants of wizards, the Church of Dawn is now the largest "political power" in the world. Therefore, today's Dawn Church is not only promoting prehistoric civilization, not only endorsing those monastic sects, but also has the responsibility of managing the world.
And Ye Zan just wants to use the current management responsibilities of the Dawn Church to realize some of his plans to transform the Dawn World. For example, in terms of government system, if you want to change people from feudalism to centralized power, it will be easier for people to accept it with the guidance and help of the church. In addition, Ye Zan also plans to build some technological infrastructure in Dawn World, such as rail transit and communication networks, which also requires the help of the church.
When it comes to technological infrastructure, rail transportation and communication networks, although they seem to be only things that affect people's lives, they do not seem to have much connection with preaching. However, rail transportation, communication networks, and the thousands-mile sound transmission and thousands-mile transmission of spirits for communication can all help the monastic civilization to be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
After all, the equipment that Ye Zan used contained more or less magical artifacts and did not directly use pure technological products. Then, everyone who uses Qianli Chuanshen and everyone who takes rail transit will attribute these to "prehistoric civilization", that is, to "monastic civilization." In this way, the influence of "monastic civilization" on people will naturally penetrate more deeply.
You know, many people may not have the opportunity to join a monastic sect, or to study "prehistoric civilization" in depth. Just like the world of monasticism, although it is said to be a world of monasticism and civilization, how many of the hundreds of millions of people have truly become monastics? However, even those mountain villagers, even if they have never been exposed to Taoism in their lives, still have some concepts of "Tao" in their minds.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Ye Zan said that this "preaching" was not just about recruiting disciples, but a kind of cultural invasion. This cultural invasion is not only about occupying the cultural domain of the upper class, but also letting the people at the bottom know about it. Only then can it be regarded as real cultural invasion.
No matter how these monastic sects recruit disciples on a large scale, and no matter how overloaded they are with teaching disciples and preaching, the "Tao" that can be "passed on" is still limited. If people in the entire Dawn World, no matter what class they are, start learning "square characters" and start speaking the language of the monastic world, then the effect of preaching will definitely be better than how many disciples are recruited.
Therefore, Ye Zan plans to spread the "culture" of the monastic world through infrastructure construction and things that everyone needs to use. When everyone became familiar with them and felt that life was inseparable from these products of "prehistoric civilization", the cultural invasion of this monastic civilization was successful.
Of course, the final audience for the construction of transportation and communication facilities will not really include everyone. Maybe, there are still some people who have no use for these things and don’t have many opportunities to come into contact with them. Just like, some people may never leave the city where they were born, and naturally they will not have the opportunity to take rail transit.
Therefore, in Ye Zan's plan, this transportation and communication infrastructure is only one of the steps of cultural invasion. After completing this step, Ye Zan also plans to use the influence of the Dawn Church to guide the indigenous people of the Dawn World to learn the language and writing of "prehistoric civilization". For example, establish missionary schools in various places so that indigenous people have the opportunity to study, just like compulsory education in the technological world.
As far as building schools is concerned, only Dawn Church has the conditions to truly build schools in every corner of the world. Without the help of Dawn Church, Ye Zan would have to organize the manpower himself, plan and supervise the construction of the school, arrange teachers responsible for teaching, and solve various problems arising from the school.
Ye Zan does not want to do charity, nor does he expect to make people in the Dawn World read well, nor does he want to atone for his previous sins. He only considers doing these things purely out of profit, in order to obtain better preaching effects and to obtain more preaching merits. If there was no Church of Dawn, then the energy Ye Zan would have to expend to do these things would probably increase tens of millions of times, and it might not be worth doing.
Therefore, regarding these follow-up plans, Ye Zan will never allow the Dawn Church to have problems.
"Fellow Taoist Wuji, I am afraid that the Church of Dawn will not be of any more use in your hands. After all, Taoist friend is not one of my Buddhist followers, and it seems that he has not practiced the incense and fire divine way. Such a useless thing, Why should he hold it tightly in his hands and not let it play a greater role?" Monk Guangwen didn't know Ye Zan's plans, so he couldn't figure out what the church had for Ye Zan. Not useful.
"If the monk is curious, then it is better to be patient and wait to see what I will do with this church." Ye Zan did not come up with his plan. After all, with the ability of Buddhism, it might become theirs just by seeing it. .
"It seems that fellow Taoists will not accept the beauty of adulthood no matter what! However, fellow Taoists should not forget that these fellow Taoists who preside over the church are not from your Yuqing Sect. Therefore, if these fellow Taoists are If you are interested in joining our Buddhism, I hope fellow Taoists will not obstruct you like this." Monk Guangwen saw that he could not find Chenxi Church, so he turned his attention to Bartley and others. Anyway, Morningside Church is presided over by Bartley and others. As long as these people are converted to Buddhism, wouldn't Morningside Church also become a Buddhist thing