After the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism six hundred years ago, Taoism occupied the Central Plains. Under the strong promotion of Lushan Jianji Temple, and with the power of great victory, it integrated various Taoism schools, roughly achieving one province, one pavilion, and one mansion. The practice pattern defines the scope of acquisition of practice resources for each school.
At the same time, Jianji Temple also established a three-level secular system of temples, palaces, and courtyards to strengthen the monitoring of government affairs and ensure that believers can effectively gain trust.
As the loser, Buddhism is different. After being driven out of the Central Plains, Buddhism came to the West and established Buddhist kingdoms of various sizes. In this process, the senior Buddhist sects were on the losing side and did not possess the high prestige of the Taoist sect Jianji Guan. Each Buddhist temple inadvertently established its mountain gates according to the rules of strength and order, and divided the territory on its own - avoiding the Without various fights, it was finally confirmed by senior Buddhist officials.
Including Tianlongyuan, they were actually all established later to fight against Taoism.
Therefore, some temples occupy good sites, while others go to relatively poor areas. The gap between the temples is quite large.
For example, Tianmatai Temple, according to Aslan, this Buddhist lineage arrived in the West relatively late, which resulted in today's tragedy.
No believers, no donations
The land is barren and there is no property
??The spiritual eye is thin, and the medicinal garden has low yield
??Well, even Zhao Ran couldn't stand listening anymore and asked: "Didn't the eminent monks of your temple go to Tianlongyuan for help? They are all from the Buddhist sect."
Regarding this question, Aslan said: "There are many temples like ours, especially at the southern foot of Helan Mountain. Among the thirteen temples, seven are similar to ours, and they are not much better." Go, where can Tianlongyuan take care of it?"
This is the biggest problem of Buddhism now. There are too many temples and there is no limit.
??????????????????????????????????????????????? On such a barren land on Helan Mountain South Road, thirteen temples have been built. Where can we reason? Just like the Bayan Har Mountain that Zhao Ran visited a few years ago, there is one peak and one temple, nineteen peaks and nineteen temples. Zhao Ran felt that it was extremely unreasonable. If this were placed in the Taoist gate of the Ming Dynasty, it would probably only accommodate one Taoist temple.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? A lot of monks, a little meat, is true to the saying.
Thinking about it carefully, it is actually no different from those casual cultivators under the Ming Dynasty. No, it is even worse than the casual cultivators!
Next, Zhao Ran still needs to find out the cultivation strength of Tianmatai Temple. Regarding this, Aslan has nothing to hide. He really knows everything and talks about it.
There are more than 200 monks in Tianmatai Temple. The abbot is Master Longji who is in the Arhat realm. The abbot and the four major classes are in the Bhikkhu realm. Among them, the abbot, Master Longyang, has a higher level of cultivation. This is an eminent monk of the Long generation in Tianmatai Temple.
Next, there are more than ten second-generation disciples of the Xuan generation, all of whom are in the novice realm. More than twenty second-generation disciples of the Xuan generation and more than forty disciples of the Bamboo generation are in the monk realm, including Aslan. My name is Xuan Heng.
Zhao Ran was stunned when he heard this. This cultivation strength is quite impressive. In terms of top-level strength, Tianmatai Temple may be slightly inferior, but compared with the basic level of cultivation, Tianmatai Temple is really strong.
Asked Aslan this question, Aslan himself couldn¡¯t explain clearly. In the end, Zhao Ran could only attribute it to the unbreakable common sense that children from poor families should become masters early.
Zhao Ran held the tea cup and calculated for a long time, then started to get down to the topic and asked: "I heard that your temple made three black ginseng pills a while ago. I wonder how effective they are?"
In the world of spiritual practice, there are several kinds of elixirs that are the most widely used, such as Taoism¡¯s Heart-Nourishing Pill and Buddhism¡¯s Wushen Pills. These two elixirs cannot be said to be the most effective¡ªthere are many elixirs that are stronger than them. But it can be said that it has a wide range of uses.
Although the names are all the same, in fact each sect has its own refining recipe. The same refining recipe is refined by different people, and the effects are very different.
Aslan immediately felt confident, patted his chest and said: "Dong Cheng, when it comes to refining elixirs, our temple is absolutely no problem. Especially the black ginseng pills refined by my abbot, I dare not say that they are as effective as Xia Guoyi's. Absolutely, but at least it¡¯s undoubtedly superior.¡±
"Can you take a black ginseng pill and let me take a look?"
"This Chengdong family forgives me, my temple can't refine it now."
"Why is this?"
"To be honest, Master Cheng, the money for purchasing snow lotus this time is three black ginseng pills refined by my abbot. In order to refine these three black ginseng pills, the Chinese medicine garden of our temple has been completely plundered"
"It's simple. If you trust me, Jinbo Club, just send me a prescription for Wu Shen Pills. Jinbo Club will provide the medicinal materials, and your temple will be responsible for refining the elixir."
Aslan hesitated and said: "I still need to contact the temple about this matter, and it will be decided by the temple. It's justWhat does it mean to become the boss? Do you want to buy the elixir from our temple? "
Zhao Ran said: "Master, didn't you ask me, Jinbo Club, for some advice to save your temple from the famine? This is the solution."
Aslan was a little happy and asked: "Chengdong family, do you really want to buy the elixir from our temple? As long as the Chengdong family helps our temple solve the problem of medicinal materials, our temple will be able to refine good medicine. It's just that this medicinal material is difficult to find." ¡¡±
Refining elixirs requires various elixirs, and elixirs are usually grown and collected by the temples themselves, so they are not willing to sell them casually. This is the main reason why there are so few elixirs on the market.
Zhao Ran waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. You ask clearly first and then we can discuss it. Is your temple willing to come up with the prescription? Is your temple willing to cooperate with me in refining the elixir? That's all."
Aslan left the Jinbo Club in a daze. Liang Xingxia listened to the whole process. At this moment, he couldn't help but ask Zhao Ran: "Dong Cheng, it is difficult to find the elixir for refining the elixir. Is this feasible?"
Zhao Ran said: "It all depends on his prescription. Wouldn't it be much easier if he removed the most difficult to find medicinal materials?"
Liang Xingxia was confused: "But is this still a panacea?"
"Brother Liang, I have always told you before that you must focus on the target group when doing business. Who is the target group for our business? Is it a practicing monk? Obviously not. Of course, the elixir we produce must be sold to Ordinary people, ordinary people do not practice cultivation, and many uses in the elixir are meaningless to them. Not only are there no benefits, but they are also toxic. What we have to do is to refine ordinary elixirs that are beneficial to ordinary people. It's a magic pill', so you can do this for a long time."
Liang Xingxia was suddenly enlightened and patted his forehead: "Chengdong's family is tall, really tall." As he said that, he took out a small book from somewhere, put the langhao pen on his tongue, and began to write down in the small book: "We provide medicinal materials. Tianmatai Temple is responsible for making medicine, and we sell it, what kind of trick is this?"
Hearing the previous sentence, Zhao Ran felt very bad immediately, but he still patiently answered Liang Xingxia¡¯s next question: "This is called processing with supplied materials."
Recently, Liang Xingxia flattered Zhao Ran with great detail. He often followed behind and recorded it in a notebook. Zhao Ran felt a bit like a "great man".
A few days later, Aslan came over again and asked to see Zhao Ran. Zhao Ran still met the monk merchant from Tianmatai Temple in his study.
Aslan used his precious flying talisman to report the situation to Tianmatai Temple, but the reply he received was different from what he originally expected.
Tianmatai Temple not only agreed to take out the prescription for Wushen Pills, but was even willing to provide the formula. However, it was not a cooperation in refining the elixir. Instead, it planned to sell the formula to Jinbo Club for a one-time price of 1,500 taels.
As for why he doesn¡¯t want to cooperate in refining the elixir, according to Aslan¡¯s guess, it may be related to his previous efforts to promote the snow lotus. To put it bluntly, this is a big loss and the sequelae. Tianmatai Temple no longer dares to engage in this kind of business. They just want to get their money back as soon as possible and make a one-time deal to buy back the grain and seeds they need to survive the famine.
Being willing to exchange the precious formula passed down from his ancestors in his temple for money was really beyond Zhao Ran's expectation.
You must know that a formula is different from a prescription. It not only includes the ingredients and proportions of various medicinal materials, but also the refining method: such as the order in which the medicinal materials are put in, the heat during refining, etc. This is a very precious experience.
If what Tianmatai Temple brought out was a prescription, Zhao Ran might have agreed, and sending this thing back to the Ming Dynasty could be considered a credit.
But now that Tianmatai Temple has come up with a more precious formula, Zhao Ran is unwilling. Just kidding, you showed your trump card and expected value in advance at the negotiation table, and you still expect me to stop here. How can such a good thing happen?
No matter how you look at it, this is an opportunity. We must pursue it fiercely!
Zhao Ran pinched his nose and announced to Aslan that since Tianmatai Temple had no intention of in-depth cooperation with Jinbo Club, the business would be abandoned. Jinbo Club is not interested in the formula of Wushen Pills. He himself expressed deep regret and regret for this. I wish Jinmatai Temple can get out of the predicament as soon as possible and survive the famine.
Aslan was about to cry.
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