I, Dasheng Sun, swear not to become a Buddha

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This is easy to understand. If you say that you have committed a crime, you hide in a temple and pray for forgiveness from the Buddha. What do you need the law for?

Even this official can't do it now.

People also have a clear requirement, "You should not teach ministers to become monks, and you must interrogate them when you come to ask... If you don't interrogate those who become monks, it is beyond the law." This means that if you want to become a monk, you must first not be an official, that is, an official cannot become a monk.

You also need to be free of debt.

If you owe a lot of debts, when the enemy comes to your door asking for money, are you going to ask the Eighteen Bronze Men of Shaolin Temple to call you out?

Do you think that all the above requirements are met?

Of course, it’s not that simple. In ancient times, monks had to pass the emperor’s exam, and only after passing the exam would they be awarded a diploma, which is called a “degree certificate”.

It can be understood in this way, it is a diploma, on which is recorded in detail the origin, common name, age, monastery of monks and nuns, the date of arrival at the monastery, and the name of the master, and is jointly signed by the Minister of Rites and other relevant officials.

It is the same as our current qualification certificate or diploma. Where did you study and what is your major?

With this certificate, monks and nuns not only have a clear identity, are protected by the government, but also receive preferential treatment from taxation and corvee.

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===Chapter 705 The monk is very rich===

It is against the law to shave without a degree certificate, and it will be punished by national law.

Just like the current medical qualification certificate, if you have this degree, you are qualified, no one cares about you, if you don't have a qualification certificate, you are a black doctor.

In the past, there are generally three ways to obtain this certificate: one is to obtain it through the "trial test" of the imperial court, which is the same as now, a serious examination; The child is gone, and it is rare to find it. The third is to pay money in exchange, which is easy to understand. After all, this kind of thing has existed since ancient times, as long as there are people.

Regarding the price of this duo, according to historical records, during Tang Suzong’s period, a duo cost 10 min, and a min was a consistent money, that is, [-] Wen. At that time, one penny could buy a sesame seed cake. Think about it, today we buy a The biscuits cost about one yuan, that is to say, the price of a Duyi at that time was equivalent to RMB [-] per piece!

At this price, if you have so much money to buy a certificate, you might as well go around happy.

In the Song Dynasty, the restrictions on monkhood were stricter. It was stipulated that only one person could be ordained in an area with a hundred monks, which was even lower than the admission rate for university and civil servants today.

It is precisely because it is hard to get, so everyone attaches great importance to it.

Since the threshold for becoming a monk is so high, is there any way for ordinary people to become a monk smoothly?

Of course there are, after all, we have seen so many people who are monks but are not monks.

If a person without a certificate wants to become a monk, he must first go to the monastery as a "walker", which is equivalent to a temporary worker in the current government office, responsible for various chores in the monastery, such as farming, pounding rice, and the above-mentioned Announcements and other work.

For example, Wu Song, whom we are familiar with, had no choice but to be a walker without the help of Zhao Yuanwai, one level behind Lu Zhishen.

Lu Zhishen is a certified monk of wine and meat.

Think about it, how difficult it is to be a monk. Sun Xingzhe and Wu Xingzhe, who we are familiar with, are just candidate monks.

Therefore, becoming a monk in ancient times was indeed not as easy as imagined. It was not possible to become a monk if you wanted to. You could become a monk only if you reached the standard.

And this monk profession can be said to be a high-income industry.

If nothing else, just look at how expensive the incense sticks at the gate of the temple are.

The thinnest one costs tens of dollars a handful. If this thing is outside, it only costs a few dollars, and it will cost dozens of times at once.

Then the thickest ones sell for tens of thousands.

The monks said that the thicker your incense is, the more sincere your heart is. Once your heart is sincere, the Buddha's manifestation will be powerful.

Now you give Buddha an incense worth 1 yuan, maybe it will be transferred to 100 million later.

Ever since, the whole temple was filled with fireworks.

A monk is called a rich man.

Tang Sanzang and the others also had deep feelings, especially the black fur monster, which should be the deepest. In the previous Guanyin Temple, it was called a luxury.

At present, it should not be called a temple, but a high-end club, which is more appropriate.

From this point of view, the group of monks is definitely the richest group in Journey to the West.

As for the head monk, Tathagata Buddha, he is even richer.

Back then, the monks were disciples who listened to the Tathagata’s sutras. They went down the mountain to recite the sutras, and they asked for three buckets and three liters of rice grains of gold.

This bucket is equivalent to about 15000 liters of current one bucket, and this one liter is about [-] kilograms, which means that this bucket is equivalent to [-] kilograms, or [-] grams.

Calculated according to the current gold price of 300 yuan per gram, then a bucket is 450000 yuan, which is more than 150 million yuan.

It costs more than 150 million to teach a class, which is much more powerful than the current success master.

But even earning so much money, the Tathagata is still not satisfied.

When I came back, I was criticized by the Tathagata, saying that they sold it cheaply, which made future monks have to live.

So how much money can you earn once you speak the Fa?

There is also an explanation in the book: It is said that the Buddhist scriptures group arrived at the Bujin Temple in Shewei State. Tang Seng said that the prince of Shewei State had a Gion Garden, and the rich man bought it for the lonely elderly prince to ask the Buddha to give lectures.

The prince said that I don't sell this garden, if you want to buy it, you can't buy it unless it is full of gold.

For the lonely elders, gold was used as bricks to cover the garden, and only then did he buy the Prince Gion and ask the World Honored One to give the Dharma.

The name of the lonely elder is Sudada. Because he is good at giving and often helps the poor people, everyone calls him the lonely elder, which means the incomparable giver.

Of course, Tathagata did not take these gold bricks. This story just says that Tathagata's gold bricks are very expensive, and ordinary people can't afford them.

Even if Tang Seng and his entourage came here from the east to worship here after suffering from nine-nine-nine-eight-one disasters, if they want to learn scriptures, they have to give gifts.

It is precisely because Tathagata's wife collects too much money, which arouses the jealousy of the Taishang Laojun. He earns so much money with his mouth all day long, and he will be greedy for anyone.

He sent Qingniu Jing to take the Qiankun circle to stop the group's way, but Sun Wukong begged all the gods and Buddhas in the sky and the earth, but he couldn't make it in this circle. Sun Wukong went to Lingshan, but Tathagata did nothing, so he had to spend money to buy the way.

Tathagata is clear, this is his small coffers being targeted.

Let the eighteen arhats bring eighteen golden cinnabar to the Taishang Laojun. After Qing Niujing collected the eighteen golden cinnabar, the two arhats who subdued the dragon and the tiger told Sun Wukong, you go to the Taishang Laojun to cast down the demons.

As a result, the Taishang Laojun came to collect the green ox essence, and all the weapons were returned, except that the eighteen golden cinnabar of the Tathagata Buddha was not returned.

In fact, Tathagata is not the only one who loves money, and Maitreya Buddha is no exception.

The golden cymbal of Maitreya Buddha was broken by Sun Wukong's stick, and the old Buddha with yellow eyebrows put away the broken gold.

Maitreya Buddha subdued the Yellow-browed Old Buddha and asked him where my golden cymbal was.

The old Buddha said that he was broken by Monkey King.

Maitreya Buddha said that if the cymbal is broken, I will return the gold.

Then he restored a pile of broken gold into a pair of golden cymbals and walked away with a smile.

Or some people say, why do these gods and Buddhas love money, can't they live without money?

In fact, these Buddhas and Taoists can live without money, but thousands of monks and Taoists cannot live without money.

Therefore, Anuojiaye said that if the scriptures are handed down to the next generation, the descendants will starve to death.

The Tathagata endorsed the two, the scriptures should not be passed on lightly, nor should they be taken in vain.

Look down on monks?

I spit on you like a dog!

Tang Sanzang crossed his hands and looked at Sun Xiaosheng angrily, he just didn't bother to talk to him.

When Sun Wukong and the others came back from looking around, they saw Tang Sanzang sitting on the ground with his face covered in blood.

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===Chapter 706 Exploring the World===

"Master! What's wrong?!"

"Quick, Bajie, be alert! There may be monsters here!"

"I'm a master, you died so badly that you didn't even have time to say the last word to me."

Sun Wukong and the others looked at Tang Sanzang's appearance, and thought that it was a monster coming, so Tang Sanzang should deal with it.

Just this Sun Xiaosheng looked at the big brothers messing around in a daze.

What's the matter?

Isn't Big Brother doing well?

Do you see that bloody eyeball is not good for dripping?

Why is it as if the big brother is dead?

"Um, big brother, why don't you take a look first? Big brother obviously wants to say something."

Sun Xiaosheng pulled Monkey King who was about to get angry.

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Monkey King squatted down in front of Tang Sanzang.

I put my ear on it, and then I heard a little movement.

"Don't touch me, you bastard, I'll bleed if you move, go get me some water first."

Tang Sanzang didn't dare to move, and collapsed very badly.

I used a knife to scrape the top of my head just now, but I didn't expect there to be a lump on the top of my head. Now it's over, it's called a river of blood.

Tang Sanzang panicked, the more he moved, the more blood flowed out.

So he didn't dare to move at all. It was strange to say that as long as Tang Sanzang remained still, the blood would flow slowly.

Tang Sanzang persisted until several people came back.

Then Monkey King went out and got some water with a plantain leaf and came back.

Tang Sanzang washed it with great difficulty, and when he could see it, he panickedly ordered the black fur monster to tear off a piece of clothing and wrap his whole head, only then did he slightly stop the bleeding.

But Tang Sanzang still didn't dare to move around, lest if he was not careful, red flowers would bloom on his head.

"Come on, tell me, what have you gained?"

Tang Sanzang asked.

"Master, I have been walking in that direction, but I have walked a long way. There is nothing there. It is all forest and green. There is nothing different."

Sun Wukong said.

He was flying in one direction, and as far as he could see, there was always an endless green forest.

Even if Sun Wukong used the somersault cloud a few times, it was the same.

According to Monkey King's one somersault, this world is big enough.

"Master, there is a river on my side, a very big river, I, the old pig, thought I had arrived at the old man's hometown."

Zhu Bajie described the big river he saw.

"This river is really big. You can't see the end at a glance. It's full of rolling yellow water. My old pig flew on it for a long time, but there was no opposite bank, so my old pig flew back again."

"If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten about the few of them in Linglong Tower."

Tang Sanzang patted his head, thinking of the fellows locked in the Linglong Pagoda.

"Finish your news first, and get them later."

Saying that, he looked at the black fur monster.

"Master, I walked in that direction, searching and searching all the way, I turned over a mountain, although I was very tired, but I didn't rest, because I knew that this was the glorious task my master entrusted to me , if I can’t finish it, I will disappoint Master, so I gritted my teeth, and then turned over the mountain, and then there was another cliff, I tried my best to climb up, although my arms and legs were all covered by rocks It was scratched, but I have no complaints, and at that moment another tiger appeared, and I—”

"Shut up Laozi!"

Tang Sanzang waved his hand and slapped the fur monster, interrupting the fur monster's chatter.

"Say the point!"

"Oh, just nothing."

The black furbolg held his left cheek with an aggrieved expression.

"What are you doing without you talking so much?!"

Tang Sanzang slapped the black fur monster on the right cheek again.

"Uh, big brother, my side is a cliff, a cliff

Sun Xiaosheng saw that Tang Sanzang turned his gaze to him, and hurried forward and said.

"I heard you say that, how do you feel that this world is a rectangle?"