They are all persuading people to be good, why was Buddhism destroyed 4 times, but Taoism was fine?

Because Buddhism's behavior angered the imperial power, they even tried to control the imperial power through their beliefs, and such behavior caused them to exterminate the religion, while Taoism did not have such behavior.

Because there are too many people who believe in Buddhism, it will become theocratic supremacy, human rights become slaves, the Shang Dynasty is theocratic supremacy, the people are slaves, the king of Shang is because of his opposition to theocracy, opposition to the slavery system, so he was hacked, and therefore perished, the king of Shang has only two sons, several daughters-in-law, more than 100 sons of King Wen of Zhou is the best explanation, since ancient times, the winner is the king, the loser is the coward, the winner will definitely discredit the loser to reflect his own wisdom, Buddhism itself is synonymous with greed, The so-called Buddha and the devil are one is this reason, once Buddhism takes power, it will become theocracy, and the people will become slaves, which is why the emperor does not like Buddhism, for example, India is Liezi, ** almost many people believe in Buddhism, and as a result, they live as slaves, even now they can't achieve equality like China.

The typical two-sided perception of the question, only see the extinction, not the xing, this is also the Buddhism talks about the appearance. If it is only revived once, then it must be extinguished only once, if it is not revived again, how can it be extinguished again? Rise and extinction are opposites, and it is wrong to take out any one alone, which is what the Taoists say is that the solitary yin is not born, and the solitary yang is not long, in fact, there is no difference between the truth expounded by the Buddha and the Tao.

All appearances are false, all things with a certain amount have birth and death, and the impermanence of birth and death is the truth of this world. The Tao of Taoism and the Buddha nature of Buddhism are actually the same thing. Taoism and Buddhism are the same, there is a peak and there will inevitably be a decline, so the Buddha and the Tao are not in the temple, but in the heart.

A yin-yang fish has already interpreted the truth of everything, yin is impermanent, yang is impermanent, yin and yang impermanence is the true normal, which is called Zen in Buddhism, and it needs to be understood with heart. And this yin and yang impermanence, that is, the black and white impermanence of the world's life-seeking ghosts, if you only see impermanence, Buddhism tells you that you will enter reincarnation, if you realize the true normality, in Taoist words, it is to jump out of the three worlds and not in the five elements.

Having said that, the question itself is a two-sided opinion, and there is nothing to explain. The Prajna Sutra of Buddhism and the Laojun Sutra of Taoism are both Mahayana, what is there to compare? Respecting the Buddha and suppressing the Tao, respecting the Tao and suppressing the Buddha, there is no need, find a suitable one for yourself to participate in enlightenment, and jump out of the Three Realms, Five Elements, Inhuman and Six Realms of Reincarnation is what you should do most.

If the topic of permanence and impermanence is spoken, it is endless, so so be it, if you don't understand, no matter how much you say, you won't understand.

Because Taoism is not suitable for the nature of China's centralized state, it is very little helpful for the ruler to rule the people, while Buddhism is conducive to the centralized rule.

It is precisely when the dynasty has problems that it will promote the movement to exterminate Buddhism, because there is no money. Here's more:

First of all, it must be made clear that the four campaigns to exterminate Buddhism were all launched by Taoist priests, and Emperor Wu of Tang was himself a fan of Taoism.

Secondly, we also need to understand that destroying the Buddha is also destroying the Tao.

I see that many people in the comment area discuss the inevitability of the extinction of Buddhism from a doctrinal and institutional point of view. I don't deny that Buddhism was indeed rich enough at certain times that everybody thought about it. But if the reason for the destruction of the Buddha was that there was a problem with the doctrinal system of Buddhism, why didn't the emperor correct these doctrinal systems after the extermination of the Buddha?

And why not normalize the campaign to exterminate Buddha?

Obviously, these are not the main reasons. Buddhism has accumulated a lot of wealth in the process of development, and the so-called puffer is not guilty, but he is guilty of it. Everyone naturally understands, not to mention the background of the Three Martial Arts and One Sect, you can check it, in addition to the Taoist instigation, there is another reason, that is, there was a financial problem at that time.

What if you don't have money? Ask ordinary people to ask for it, there must be no money, and accidentally shake the foundation. Then bully and bully the "foreign religion"!

This is also understandable, after all, Buddhism is really rich, and it is difficult for people not to worry about it.

In the long course of history and development, different religions have been wiped out. The influence of Buddhism is too great and it is the number one religion in the world. Therefore, there is the greatest possibility of being destroyed.

There are many people who know. Taoism is a secluded missionary, and not many people know about it. There are fewer cases of destruction.

The tree is big and attracts the wind. It makes sense. Especially in the era of religious strife, it is common for many believers to be killed.

Temples, being burned is a common thing. Hardly surprising. Also, not all people are religious.

These people are very bold. This was due to the traffic congestion and information congestion at that time. caused.

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See if it affects the foundation of the dynasty's rule, if it does, it's useless to teach you.

The secular regime does not matter which denomination you belong to, as long as your denomination does not oppose the secular regime in its teachings.

There was a time when the plateau was an exception, because the socio-economic structure of the plateau was unable to produce a strong secular government.

Generally speaking, in both the East and the West, once the clergy is greater than the political power, and it is deeply entrenched for a certain period of time, an extremely dark era of medieval serfdom will be produced. This is because secular regimes can alleviate class oppression through popular revolt and dynastic change, but medieval clerical societies cannot achieve this.

Therefore, the free consciousness of the Chinese is deeply rooted in the bones, and even China's native religion Taoism also says that "if you swallow a golden pill in your stomach, you will know that my life is not up to heaven." ”

It can also be seen from this that we are inferior to the West in terms of democracy and republic, but in terms of free will and human-oriented thinking, we should be the ancestors of the West.

Buddhism expanded too fast, and the monks once reached 1 4 percent of the country's population, and even annexed land, and the monks did not pay taxes, conscription, or military service, which was to compete with the state for population, finance, and taxes! Not to mention not having children, this is the root of breaking a country, so it is inevitable to destroy the Buddha.

Because there are many followers of Buddhism, it threatens the imperial power. In ancient times, the common people and even the dignitaries believed in Buddhism very much, and once Buddhism grew, it would threaten the position of the ruler, so it was destroyed.

Because deliberately not seeking common ground and deliberately reserving differences can create contradictions, and if the contradictions intensify, you can fish in troubled waters, so the landlord will ask such questions. Ask if it is first, and then why. The so-called destruction of the Buddha, is it the destruction of the Buddha?

Hasn't Taoism been hit? The famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, most of them were born to fight the Yellow Turban Army, is it considered to be annihilation? Cao Cao beating Zhang Lu, is it considered to be annihilation?

Entering the Buddha and entering the Tao is to understand cause and effect, hindering social development, preventing the people from pursuing happiness, and the gods can't escape, pretending to be monks and Taoists can't escape punishment. It is the same thing, so why incite demagoguery?

Reasons for the destruction of the Buddha:

First of all, the construction of Buddhist monasteries was carried out, wasting a lot of social wealth. The main reason why the rulers believed in Buddhism and advocated Buddhism was that Buddhism and the monks could help them paralyze the people, and Buddhism could not only "guide the people", but also "benefit the work, the underworld and the extinction, the legacy of the gods, and the faith can be relied on".

It can be said that the ruling class's almsgiving to monasteries is actually a payment for religion to serve its rule. Those who participated in the almsgiving, from the emperor to the princes and nobles, constituted a blood transfusion team that had swelled the monastic economy dramatically.

Secondly, the landlords of monasteries occupy a large amount of land, which seriously affects the implementation of the national land policy. The monastic economy was mainly based on farmland, and monasteries generally relied on alms and annexation and plundering to obtain land. Whether the state or the princes and nobles built monasteries, they generally gave away some land.

For example, during the time of Tang Gaozu, Shaolin Temple was given 40 hectares of land for helping Tang Ping Wang Shichong. In addition to the emperor, a large number of princes and nobles also competed for the establishment of Buddhist temples. In addition, since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, due to the frequent social turmoil and dynastic changes, and the sharp class contradictions, in order to seek spiritual sustenance, the landlords and ordinary people of the noble clan have also given a large amount of land to Buddhist monasteries, so that the monasteries' land production has increased greatly.

In addition to obtaining land through alms, monasteries also annexed and plundered land on a large scale.

Thirdly, the development of the Buddhist monastic economy has seriously affected the tax service of **.

The salient feature of the monastic economy is that the monasteries occupy a large amount of land and also have a large dependent population. The main reason why the people are willing to join the Buddhist monasteries is that the monasteries have the privilege of immunity from rent adjustment taxes. Monks and nuns not only "do not lose an inch of silk to the government, and do not enter the public warehouse when they raise rice", but also "adjust the size of the family rest, stop the door of the strong and weak, enter and exit freely, and go back and forth freely".

In fact, Buddhism suffered three very great disasters in ancient China, and we now call these three disasters the Three Martial Powers to Destroy the Buddha.

1.Emperor Wu of the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed the Buddha.

Emperor Wu of the Northern Wei Dynasty was a very strong person, he admired martial arts very much, and his requirement for the people was that all the people were soldiers.

At that time, the number of monks was actually very large, but monks had many privileges, such as monks did not need to serve in the military, and they did not need to pay all kinds of miscellaneous taxes.

Emperor Wu of the Northern Wei Dynasty originally required all the people to be soldiers, but there was no way for the monks to do this if they did not serve in the military, which made him very unhappy.

A large number of weapons were found in the temple in Chang'an, and Emperor Wu of the Northern Wei Dynasty found an excuse to insist that the monk wanted to rebel, so he eliminated this group of monks on a large scale, and it became a Buddha extermination incident because the scale was too large.

2.Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Buddha.

Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was also not very interested in Buddhism, he believed in Confucianism, and paid attention to using Confucianism to govern the country.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the number of monks in the entire country reached as many as 5 million, and the total population of the entire country at that time was only 50 million.

If everyone goes to be a monk, then who will do the farm work? Are they all waiting to die? So Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty launched a campaign to exterminate Buddhism, and directly returned more than 3 million monks to the laity.

3.Tang Wuzong destroyed the Buddha.

Tang Wuzong believed in Taoism and did not believe much in Confucianism at all. In addition, Buddhism was also very large at this time, and it did not pay taxes, which seriously affected the enthusiasm of national economic production. Under such circumstances, Tang Wuzong also launched a campaign to exterminate Buddhism.

Tang Wuzong asked the soldiers to destroy all the Buddha statues in the temple, the wooden ones were burned, and the gold and copper ones were directly melted down to make other items.

Because the emperors of these three Buddha extermination campaigns all have a martial character, they are known as the three martial arts to destroy the Buddha.

The reason why Buddhism would incur such a catastrophe was because their presence made the emperor uncomfortable. Buddhism is privileged in many cases, and if the emperor likes Buddhism, of course it is fine. But if the emperor is not interested in Buddhism, and it has a lot of privileges, then it may not be easy.

The reason is simple. In ancient times, religion was only a tool of the ruling class. If the tool is good, use it, and destroy him if the tool is not good.

Because the Buddhist teachings contradicted the policies of the time. The emperor did not believe in Buddhism. Therefore, those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me die, and there is "three martial arts to destroy the Buddha".

This was because the ideas of Buddhism were different from those required by the society at that time, so the emperor could only exterminate Buddhism.

Because the Buddhist monks had too many privileges, the supreme ruler could not manage them, which led to such events.

Religion is promoted by the ruling class for the sake of domination, and when religion threatens the ruler, it will naturally be destroyed.

It was because the rulers of Buddhism at that time opposed the system of the emperors at that time, and they taught people to be good, but the emperors liked martial arts.

I think it is because of the huge development of Buddhism, which has seriously affected people's enthusiasm for economic production, so there is a movement to exterminate Buddhism.

Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Buddha mainly because the ideas of Buddhism did not conform to the society at that time.

Everything is cause and effect. Master Xuanhua said: During the Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains sent troops to rob a high-ranking monk from the Western Regions, Kumarosh. This is the cause of evil, and the evil result is that the Central Plains region has subsequently destroyed the Buddha many times.

Not necessarily, because religion is not only Buddhism, but also other religions.

Other formal religions are all about doing good.

As for why religion was education in the first place, it is because the mandate of heaven is sexuality, the spontaneity is the Tao, and the cultivation of the Tao is teaching.

That's right, for example.

country, you can see that Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, how the three are related.

The representative of Confucianism is to answer Confucius, the era of Confucius was a turbulent era, countries fought against each other for interests, and humanity was chaotic, that is to say, the people of that era did not even know how to be a good person of a relatively standard level, and when they told them how to become a Buddha, they must be playing the piano to the cow, just like the students of the kindergarten class teaching the course of the doctoral class, which is useless. Therefore, a bodhisattva was born to help sentient beings at that time lay the foundation of humanity, and the foundation of humanity is benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith. According to Master Yuan Ying, the true identity of Confucius is at least the rank of the Bodhisattva of the Four Lands.

After people understand the five ethics and ten meanings, and know how to deal with the relationship between people in harmony, they need to learn how to deal with the relationship between man and nature.

Human beings are the standard of cultivating the goodness of humanity, the way of heaven is the standard of cultivating the way of heaven, and the good dharma of man and heaven is the foundation of the Dharma, and when this foundation is solid, it will be easy to get started by learning Mahayana Buddhism. Therefore, it can be seen that it is the education of the Dharma from beginning to end. The Dharma and the good Dharma of the world are the same Dharma, and in fact there are no boundaries.

If you know harmony, all worldly dharmas are Dharma, and if you don't understand it, learning the Dharma will also become worldly dharma.