Chapter 400: The Buddha's Tooth Relic (II) Because this Buddha tooth was invited back by the Dharma Offering, this Buddha tooth is also known as the Dharma Offering Buddha Tooth, which is different from the Wukong Buddha Tooth (good name, could it be that it was left after Sun Dasheng Nirvana?).
), Daoxuan Buddha tooth, etc.
It's just that Li Zhen is skeptical about the authenticity of this Buddha tooth, and Fa Xian just said that he got the Buddha tooth, but he never mentioned how he got it, so we can't help but speculate on the origin of this Buddha tooth - first of all, this Buddha tooth must not have been obtained from someone else, nor could he have stolen it, after all, the Buddha tooth is so precious, as long as people who know it, whether they believe in Buddha or not, they will definitely hide it tightly, and it is impossible to trade it.
And if it is obtained by the state, then even if the country dares to display the Buddha's tooth, it will definitely send layers of guards, and it is impossible for ordinary people to get close to it.
Even if the king of Khotan was moved by the Dharma offering and gave him a tooth of the Buddha, he would never have allowed him to leave his country with the tooth of the Buddha.
Therefore, the Buddha's tooth must have been severed in the inheritance, and then the Buddha's tooth was covered with dust, and finally the Dharma offered the pearl with a discerning eye and got the treasure in his hand - then the question is, how is the Dharma offering sure that this Buddha tooth must be the Buddha's relic?
Is it because there is a Buddha light shining on it?
You must know that since the development of Buddhism, there have been countless eminent monks, and there may not be no people comparable to the Buddha, so must it be the Buddha to leave relics?
(Although Sakyamuni is called the Buddha, he is a person after all, and the later ones are likely to have someone more powerful than him, after all, this is a historical text, not a fantasy text, and there is no inheritance.) ） Compared with the Buddha tooth brought back by Fa Xian, the inheritance of this one in Li Zhen's hand is very straightforward and clear, it is simply a straight line.
As mentioned before, because Brahmanism and Buddhism competed, Brahmins gained power, Buddhism suffered great persecution, monks carried Shakyamuni relics to the west to the west and other countries, and some to the east, into East India, and took root here, among which the Buddha tooth relics changed hands several times, in the fourth century A.D. came to the ancient Indian country of Gakya, and was offered as a treasure by the king at that time.
Until 371 A.D., the ancient Indian country of Gaga was attacked by neighbors, and the king Gohaseva was afraid that the Buddha's tooth would be snatched by the enemy, so he ordered his daughter Hemanli to send the Buddha's tooth to the lion country and hand it over to the lion king Jitsali Miwen for support, because the lion country is lonely overseas, and the lion country itself is not a weak country, so the Buddha's tooth has been greatly protected here, and has been left here - according to historical records, if there is no Li Zhen to arrive, this Buddha's tooth will have been passed down in the lion country, Until the 21st century, it was still enshrined in the Kandy Buddhist Temple in Sri Lanka, becoming one of the only two remaining Buddha teeth in the world.
Therefore, Li Zhen has every reason to doubt the authenticity of the Dharma sacrifice relics, after all, Li Zhen's Buddha tooth must be real, but the shape of the two Buddha teeth is so different, then the Buddha tooth of the solemn temple is very likely to be fake.
And not only is the Dharma offering a Buddha tooth found from the garbage heap, this Buddha tooth has also been stolen and lost many times after coming to the land of China, and the last time it was actually discovered and presented by King Yuzhang of the Sui Dynasty, which is even more suspicious, this is too coincidental, right?
How come all the good things have fallen into the hands of your royal family - the falsification of the Buddha's tooth is not uncommon in history.
It's just that Li Zhen's judgment is destined to be unacceptable, especially the person who doubted him just now, and even stood up and questioned him: "So, does Your Highness mean that the Buddha tooth in the solemn temple is fake?"
” It's just that before his question was answered by Li Zhen, Li Shimin on the throne exploded: "Presumptuous, what is your identity?"
How dare you question the prince?
Don't say that the prince just reasonably doubts the authenticity of the Buddha's tooth in the solemn temple, even if he really suspects, what he suspects is justified and well-founded, you are suspected of not verifying the truth of the prince's suspicion for the first time, but instead firing at the prince?
How?
Do you think that by suppressing the suspicions of the crown prince, your false Buddha teeth will become real?
” "Your Majesty is angry, that's not what the minister meant." was reprimanded by Li Shimin, this person was very frightened, and hurriedly knelt down to explain, but where would Li Shimin listen to his explanation?
said coldly: "Okay, you don't have to explain, you go down first." ” "Yes, thank you, Your Majesty."
This person was suddenly overjoyed: This is simply an unexpected joy, although he was reprimanded, but Li Shimin was magnanimous, and it was impossible to dismiss or punish himself for this trivial matter, on the contrary, he actually drove himself out, but it was a happy news - the Buddha's tooth was born, but at this time the banquet was in full swing, and no one could leave the scene, and the news could not be delivered.
But now that he has been kicked out, then he can get the news out as soon as possible.
"Humph!"
Looking at the back of this person's rapid departure, Li Zhen let out a soft snort between his noses, what kind of calculation did this person make, Li Zhen didn't even have to guess to understand, but it didn't matter, since he dared to show the Buddha's tooth in front of the world, he naturally had his plan, otherwise how could he take out this kind of thing that could cause a collective explosion of Buddhism?
Wouldn't it be nice to just collect it and make a fortune in a muffled voice?
Since he took it out, it naturally makes sense - before Li Zhen intended to establish a Buddhist society to restrict Buddhism, but Xuanzang he chose just mentioned it, and was assassinated the next day. can make Buddhism so out of shape and kill the holy monks of this sect with hot hands, you can understand how much this Buddhist society stimulates Buddhism, and this matter will not be over, but Li Zhen understands that Buddhism has long been dissatisfied with the imperial court, especially for him Li Zhen, and he wants to get rid of it quickly, but he has never found an opportunity, and it is not easy to start.
In fact, what Li Zhen didn't know was that when he went to sea to look for Spice Island before, Buddhism actually secretly sent a fleet of ten merchant ships, loaded with 500 elite soldiers, intending to solve Li Zhen overseas, but unfortunately the luck of this fleet was really bad, and it hit a typhoon that was forming head-on in less than three days after going to sea, and as a result, the entire fleet was blown to pieces, all of them were blown to the point that I don't know where to go, and I don't know how many people survived in the end - anyway, until now, Not a single of these 500 elite soldiers is alive.