5174 Chapter 5174 scripture debate
The next morning, everyone rushed to the venue of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Dharma Assembly.
Because of the name of the Dharma Assembly, a statue of the Buddha was enshrined at the venue of the competition, and the monks of the Buddha Temple had been chanting the scriptures.
Master Liaowu and master xuanzhi held incense sticks and led the disciples to recite the scriptures once, and the Dharma Assembly came to an end temporarily.
Yun chujiu had seen the spiritual conference of the secular world, and it was much grander than this one. She thought to herself, these old monks said that they were monks, but in fact, they were only so-so about Buddhism. They were more concerned with how to improve the power of Buddha.
The Spiritual Conference came to an end temporarily. The main event was coming!
The abbot of the Buddha Temple, Master Fang de, walked up to the competition stage, put his palms together and bowed. Then he said,
“Amitabha. Master Xuanzhi of the suffering Zen sect and master Liowu of the Zen sect have asked me to preside over the next two competitions.
“The competition is divided into three rounds. The first round is the debate, the second round is the Buddhist power competition, and the third round is the array competition.
“According to the rules of the debate, anyone who can defeat the other five will win.
“In addition, the candidates for the competition are limited to the round-word generation of the suffering Zen sect and the silent-word generation of the Zen sect. Now, the competition begins.”
The expressions of Master Liaowu and the others immediately turned ugly. They had not said that the competition was limited to the round-word generation and the silent generation of the Zen sect. It was obvious that the bitter Zen sect had held back.
Although the round-word generation of the bitter Zen sect was of the same seniority as the silent generation of the Zen sect, they were basically much older than the silent generation of the Zen sect.
Therefore, whether it was in terms of cultivation base or experience, the Zen sect was at a disadvantage. It was really a good plan.
However, it was already too late to back down now, so they could only brace themselves and accept the challenge.
As soon as Master Defang stepped off the stage, a monk of the bitter Zen sect jumped onto the stage, put his palms together, and bowed. Then, he said, “This penniless monk is yuan guang of the bitter Zen sect. May I know which disciple of the Zen sect would like to discuss Buddhism with this penniless monk?”
Soon, someone from the Zen sect came onto the stage. “This penniless monk is Ji Wang from the Zen sect. Please enlighten me.”
Yuan Guang Looked Ji Wang Up and down, and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes. Then, he said, “All impermanence is perception.”
Ji Wang immediately retorted, “Sound is impermanence, but it is not perception.”
Yuan Guang sneered. “Because it can’t be.”
Ji Wang immediately added, “Sound should be the result of one’s actions, because it is already a dharma.”
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Yun Chujiu was drowsy from listening to him, but in order to act cool, she could only pretend to listen with great interest. In fact, this guy… did not understand a single word.
Although she had read a lot of Buddhist scriptures, she only gulped down a few sentences that she thought were useful.
Yuan Guang and Hope’s debate was no different from the tomes of arcane to her. Moreover, she felt that the two of them were too gentle. Why not just kill each other with one sentence?
She saw that the forehead of hope was already covered in sweat. She concluded that hope should not be able to win against Yuan Guang.
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There was a hint of pride in Yuan Guang’s eyes as he said, “Which other Zen sect disciple will come up to accept the challenge?”
Another Zen sect disciple immediately went up to the competition stage, but he was defeated again in the end.
Fortunately, Ji Kong, who was the third to step onto the stage, won. Before Yuan Guang left, he gave Ji Kong a vicious look before stepping off the stage.
Yun chujiu was very pleased with herself. She was definitely the reason why little monk Ji Kong was able to win. This was because she had often teased Ji Kong. Ji Kong’s eloquence had been trained by her.