"Where are your Five Wisdom Tathagatas? They are said to guard the Five Realms, aren't they? When Da Qi was on the brink of extinction, where were your Five Wisdom Tathagatas?"
Li Huowang's tone was highly offensive to the Buddha worshipped at Zhengde Temple, yet Zen Master Chan Du, as the abbot of Zhengde Temple, showed no anger nor any emotional fluctuation.
He clasped his hands together earnestly towards the five large statues within the hall. "Amitabha, bless us, bless us. How the Buddha thinks is something a humble monk like me dares not speculate."
"But Benefactor Li, cause and effect stem from their origins. Did the Five Wisdom Tathagatas truly do nothing? If they truly did nothing, why would Benefactor Li come to help Da Qi?"
"Perhaps the idea of letting Benefactor Li come to help Da Qi inherently contains the Buddha's causality."
