Chapter 54: The Temple of the Birth
"But everyone, you are not wrong this time, you still have merit, you can defeat the enemy when the enemy is twice as large as yourself, I heard that you also killed an enemy family elder (Kuroda Vocational High School really doesn't know Mu Qingdong), you have done a very good job, and after the end of the matter of the United States, there will be a reward. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Kuroda Vocational High School said immediately.
"Thank you, young master"
After a day's rest, Kuroda Vocational High Army's 3,000 men began to advance towards Kumekita-gun to the north. When I passed by Kuminami Town, which was already somewhat deserted, I saw a temple that was magnificent on the surface, but it was already somewhat dilapidated and deserted.
Under the introduction of the landlord Goto Katsuki, Kuroda Vocational High School figured out that the location of this temple is the place where the legendary Pure Land Sect Master Horan was born, and the descendants built this birth temple here to commemorate the Venerable Master.
The Venerable Master is the ancestor of the Pure Land of Japan, and he has no source. He was born on April 7, 1133 in Mimasaka Province, Kume Nanjo Okaso. He was praised as the first wisdom in the Buddhist circles at that time, and the legend is that he is the incarnation of the Great Trend to the Bodhisattva, of course, this is just an exaggerated statement by later generations, and it is said that all the schools and schools of the Pure Land method today are derived from the Pure Land sect of the Venerable Master.
Legend has it that on the occasion of his birth, there were two purple clouds descending white flags that fell in the courtyard of the starlings, and the young name was powerful to the pill. As for the so-called auspicious Kuroda Vocational High School, I don't care much, you must know that when his son Matsujumaru was born, there was also a rainbow thrown into the house!
The Venerable Master's greatest influence was based on the essence of the Sutra Evacuation of Good Righteousness: "Concentrate on the name of the Buddha and the power of the Buddha's wish to be reborn in the Pure Land". Advocating the practice of reciting Buddhism that is disgusted with filth and purity, simple and easy to implement, has come into being and is widely believed by people in the society.
He excludes all practices other than reciting Buddhas, that is, only according to the eighteen vows, and rejects other practices of the Pure Land sect and the practices of other sects, which is in fact the prototype of the Pure Land True Sect, which allows the cultivation of wives and meat, does not require precepts, and has a regular code of ethics, and is like the worldly practice of fasting, and the first generation of the Pure Land True Sect, the Venerable Master, admitted that he was greatly influenced by it.
Even Kuroda Vocational High School, who did not understand the teachings of Buddhism, discovered the problem, that is, this Venerable Master was simply a Pure Land True Sect in the name of the Pure Land Sect!
On the surface, it seems that the Pure Land Sect and the Pure Land True Sect are really the same thing, but in the cognition of the precepts, in the dialectical unity of faith, wish, and action, it should be said that the inheritance of our Chinese Pure Land Patriarch is more pure and more rich in connotation. The Pure Land sect of the Ming Kingdom has also explained the merits of faith, wishes, and deeds, especially faith, very thoroughly.
And look at the Venerable Master's book "A Petition for the Beginning" that it is not the concept of reciting the Buddha as stated by the wise men of China and Japan; It is also not the recitation of the Buddha of learning and enlightenment; For the bliss of rebirth, there is no doubt that there is no Amitabha Buddha in the south and there is no doubt about it, and there is nothing else to do except think about the death and reincarnation. However, the so-called three hearts and four cultivators are all contained in the thoughts of saying that there is no Amitabha Buddha in the south and deciding to die. In addition, if there is profundity, it will be outside the mercy of the two deities, and it will be leaked from the original wish. Those who want to believe in the Buddha, even if they can learn the Dharma of one generation, will become a penniless and dull body, just like the unwise people, do not appear like a wise man, and only recite the Buddha
This is another wish, and it has always been, and it is the only way to recite Nam no Amitabha, okay! For Kuroda Vocational High School, this is completely the one he hates the most!
When the Wa Kingdom invaded China, a large number of monks accompanying the army carried a large number of copies of the "Choosing the Wish to Recite the Buddha" written by the Venerable Master Fa Ran, and taught the soldiers of the Wa Kingdom the method of reciting Nam Mu Amitabha Buddha, telling them that it did not matter if they killed someone, as long as they recited Nam Mu Amitabha Buddha, there was no sin. Let them feel that as long as they believe in Amitabha, even if they have deep karma, they will have no problem and can be saved.
This tmd is the spiritual sustenance of the little devil who rushes to kill people casually in China, Kuroda Zhigao frowned, very disgusted. Kuroda shook his head, and didn't say anything more, anyway, it was just a temple that had been abandoned. I would never spend money to repair such a temple, and it would be better to build a temple for such a master than to open a porridge shop for refugees.
After Kuroda's military forces entered Kumekita-gun, the road was very smooth, and when Miura Sadakatsu came strongly, the small wealthy families who surrendered to the Miura family threw themselves into the arms of the Kuroda family when the Kuroda family arrived.
In this way, Kuroda Vocational High School was very happy, first of all, each family confiscated 30% of the land and then transferred it, which brought more than 3,000 stones of additional land to the Kuroda family.
When these people were transferred to Tajima Inaba, they found that there were no castles to rely on, and no new castles could be built, which was forbidden by the Kuroda family. When the time comes, they will either cultivate the land themselves, or they will find a big city to stay and become landlords who collect rent every year.
Kuroda Vocational High School, led by several wealthy families, came to the outside of Yuge Castle, the only stronghold left by the Miura family in JMBJ, to check on the situation of Yuge Castle.
The defender of the bow cut castle is the commander of Kumekita County, appointed by Miura Sadakatsu, and this person is still a talent in the Miura family, and his loyalty is not bad, so he was left by Miura Sadakatsu and used as a heavy task to resist the Kuroda family.
"Young master, look, there is the Bow Cutting City over there, it is a fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are wells in the city, so you won't worry about the lack of water, if you want to attack the city, there will be a lot of casualties." The head of the local wealthy Yau Mu family said.
"Hmmm! Do you know the general layout of the city? Kuroda asked.
"There is nothing special about the city of the bow, but there is nothing special about the city walls, but there is a trap on the wall, and there are sharp blades in it, and the living will surely die if they fall into it. There is also a small road behind the city, but it has been abandoned for a long time, and it is estimated that it is difficult to pass. The head of the Uemura family said.
"Hmmm! Very good, any other information? ”
"I know one thing, that is, the Miura family left a hundred people this time, plus more than 60 people from the Kakunan Chongyi clan, this is all the guarding forces in the city. As for the people of the city, many had already left, and now there were no more than a hundred. "The head of the Wada family finally got a chance to perform.
In this way, you say a word to me, and the wealthy family completely sold the Miura family.
"Very well, after this battle, you will be rewarded." Kuroda Vocational High School was in a good mood and said with a smile.
"Thank you, young master." No matter what these wealthy family heads thought in their hearts, at least on the surface, they still respectfully bowed to Kuroda's high school. (To be continued.) )