Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 213: Cremated on the spot, relics appeared!
"The Holy Emperor's order prohibits the spread of Buddhism, not the study of Buddhism. I have been studying the Buddha for decades, and finally I saw the bright moon when the flowers bloomed. Today, the dawn has broken, and the Buddha has appeared and granted me Buddha's light to shine everywhere. This is beyond my control. It is also not my wish for the believers to gather here under the guidance of the Buddha."

Although Master Miaofa was panicking, he had already prepared his speech in mind and managed to remain calm as he answered.

As he spoke, Zhang Yuangong noticed that the Buddha's light behind Master Miaofa had completely dimmed, and the pine scent lingering around his nose was also slowly dissipating.

Master Miaofa still said the same thing, 'Buddha's light shines everywhere', it is the Buddha appearing in person, the will of the present emperor can be effective for ordinary people, can it be effective for the Buddha who sits high in the sky?
'The Buddha's light shines everywhere' is the Buddha's command. If you have any problems, go and ask the Buddha for punishment. What does it have to do with me?
Similarly, the gathering of believers here is a spontaneous behavior of devout believers after the Buddha's appearance, and it has nothing to do with me?

Zhang Yuangong frowned when he heard this sophistry. After Lu Bing's reminder, he was sure that this so-called Buddha's light was definitely related to the pine resin.

It is impossible for the Buddha to appear and send down Buddha's light and also send pine resin. It must be someone doing this in secret.

With a compassionate face and pretending to be innocent, Zhang Yuangong's eyes gradually revealed an unfriendly look.

Lu Bing smiled faintly, turned the page on the imperial edict, and continued to ask: "Second question, Master, do you know what crime should be imposed on evil monks and evil Taoists who use evil words and magic to deceive the world and confuse people according to the Great Ming Law?"

The Emperor Taizu of this dynasty was once a monk. He was quite familiar with the methods of outsiders and also knew Taoism and Buddhism, many of which were magic tricks unknown to ordinary people.

If you set up a stall to perform and show your magic tricks in front of people, no matter whether people can see it or not, you are still making money based on your own ability.

Although he is an actor, he does not shiver.

But using the name of gods and Buddhas, playing tricks, pretending to be gods and Buddhas walking on earth, deceiving people of their money and their hearts, this is very despicable.

Those who cheat people of their money should be punished, and those who cheat people's hearts should be killed.

This is a law that has been passed down since the time of Emperor Taizu Gao. The laws of that period were often directly linked to people's emotions. Some uncommon and seldom used tortures and tormenting methods can often be seen in the laws of the Hongwu period.

Zen principles are profound and can only be understood by those with great wisdom, especially the great masters of our time. There is no need to doubt their intelligence and wisdom.

As for people outside the secular world, apart from chanting scriptures and worshiping Buddha, what they recite the most throughout the ages are the laws.

Reciting scriptures and worshiping Buddha is to make yourself live a better life, while reading laws is to let yourself know what can be touched and what cannot be touched, which is a means of survival.

Throughout the dynasties, there were many prohibitions on outsiders. Therefore, the great masters of Buddhism were often high-level monks who had attained enlightenment and were also masters of law.

When he thought of the Hongwu Law, Master Miaofa's face turned pale. He tried his best to calm down and said slowly: "Evil monks and evil Taoists should be punished by being burned by ten thousand fires!"

To put it bluntly, this punishment is to burn the evildoer alive.

There is no doubt that among all punishments, making people feel every inch of their skin being burned and charred until they die and turn into ashes is one of the most painful punishments in the world.

Perhaps because the fire cauldron in front of him was too close, Master Miaofa felt a little thirsty and even hot, with sweat constantly oozing from his forehead.

But no matter how Zhang Yuangong looked at it, he felt that the dense beads of sweat on Master Miaofa's forehead did not look like sweat from heat, but more like... cold sweat.

"The third question is, Master, do you know what the 'wisp of the devil' in the field graveyard is?"

"The obsession of the deceased has transformed them, and they are reluctant to leave the world of the living."

"The fourth question is, Master, do you usually use rosin when you burn incense and worship Buddha?"

"I often use it. I like to burn pine incense when I chant sutras and recite Buddhist scriptures. In addition, most of the wood used for the halls and pavilions in my Xingfu Temple is pine."

"So, the pine scent here comes from the scent of the great wizard?"

"I have not smelled the fragrance of pine. If the commander-in-chief smells the fragrance of pine, I am afraid that I have smelled it for so long that I no longer feel its fragrance."

Questions came one after another.

Master Miaofa answered one question after another, and sweat oozed out of every pore of his body. After a short while, he looked as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

The monk's robes made him look like a monkey in a human robe. Master Miaofa looked more and more embarrassed, but Zhang Yuangong became more and more excited as he listened, thinking that pine resin was the answer to the mystery of Buddha's light.

Lu Bing shook his head. It was an answer, but it wasn't an answer either. At least it was still some distance away. He slowly said, "Fifth question, has the Master ever cooked beef bones?"

"Monks only eat vegetarian food. Although I am not like Master Huizhen, who was born a vegetarian, I have been a monk for more than 40 years and have never had anything to do with meat or bones."

"The sixth problem is that in abandoned cemeteries where no one worships, wild dogs will dig up human corpses. The coffins of the poor are mostly thin coffins that dogs can touch. A few wild dogs can pull the dead out of the coffin, and then eat the meat and discard the bones.

If human bones are exposed to sunlight for a long time, the "ghost fire" will ignite the bones, or in other words, the "ghost fire" will come out of the human bones.

These human bones burning with ghost fire can be ignited if ground into powder.

However, the light of bone meal fire is enchanting, and different from the bright and upright Buddha's light. But the magical thing is that the light of bone meal fire plus a little rosin becomes the Buddha's light.

The burning Buddha light relying solely on bone powder, flames and rosin is unstable and requires cow bones.

After the beef bones are dried, they are roasted until they crack and then put into a pot to cook. At this time, add the melted rosin, mix and boil.

After taking out the beef bones while they are still hot, roast them into powder and then add them to the rosin.

When human bone powder and rosin cow bone powder are burned at the same time, a continuous and stable "Buddha's light shines everywhere" can be formed.

Does the Grand Master know?"

Lu Bing revealed the truth about the mystery of Buddha's light, and Zhang Yuangong and the Buddhist believers nearby were stunned.

Human bones, cow bones, and rosin, what a clever trick.

true and false?
When everyone saw Master Miaofa slumped on the ground, his lips trembling, unable to speak, they knew the answer.

People like to create gods, and they like to destroy gods even more.

The moment when faith is shattered is far more powerful than the moment when faith is accumulated. There was an uproar inside and outside Dongzhimen.

Lu Bing knew that Master Miaofa could no longer answer, so he paced a few steps and said with a faint smile: "Master, do you know what the disadvantages of this 'Buddha's Light Shining Everywhere' are?"

Master Miaofa couldn't believe that someone could crack his 'Buddhism' and then go a step further and point out its shortcomings?
Decades of meditation and self-examination were shattered in an instant, and he looked at Lu Bing in disbelief.

"That's just a recipe for disaster!"

Lu Bing waved his sleeves, and the combustible material in his sleeves was accurately shaken into the fire cauldron, and the dim "Buddha's light" immediately became brighter.

The great master Miaofa, who was standing nearby, was swallowed up by the surging flames in an instant, and his robes, flesh and blood were burned.

Bone fire.

Human bone fire, cow bone fire.

They are all fires that cling to the bones and will not go out until all combustible materials are consumed.

No matter how the terrified Master Miaofa slapped his hands or rolled on the ground, he could not put out the flames.

Lu Bing escorted Master Miaofa for a while, then kicked him into the cauldron of fire, adding fuel to the fire. Master Miaofa slowly turned into ashes while wailing in extreme pain.

Without the fuel, the fire in the cauldron slowly died out, leaving behind layers of ashes. Lu Bing reached in and dug around for a few times before finding a 'sarira'. He took it out despite the burning sensation...

(End of this chapter)