Nobunaga laughs softly. "No no, I wasn't called that at all until just a few years ago. Right before I burned Mt. Hiei, and I believed, truly sold my soul. The cult started it. That was what made them refuse to surrender. It is a very--" he glances up at the Tommy Bahamas lighting. "Mythical thing, I suppose. The idea that Buddha himself ascended the tiers of heavens. There are 6. 7 is nirvana. No more reincarnation then, you have surpassed the mortal realm entirely. If you live an improper life," it feels weird to explain this to an ex-cult leader, but as Klaus said, it wasn't a real religion thing. "You descend tiers, perhaps being reincarnated as a humble dog to teach you a lesson. Because cows are sacred in India, they do not exist in Hell, in my time's Japan. Nor sheep." A quiet hum. "It's a mix of many other religions in Hell. I was adding Christianity to the mix, because it's politically useful to use as a weapon. As Buddha ascended the tiers, he defeated each demon king. Demon kings only come about through great sacrifice and blood offerings. They constantly war with each other and gain each defeated demon king's power. Each heaven had many many different demon kings. And they all either fled at the sight of Buddha or tried to stop him."
Let's see... "To be born into the 6th heaven -- one must be bored with this mortal realm and wish to leave! They get born high nobility, like Buddha, and become overconfident in their power. They want to leave." It's important because he did. He was such a weirdo in Japan for that. The only one. A small frown. "As much as -- I have always been the most stubborn, the most prideful, the most arrogant, and the most insolent -- these are the characteristics that define the Demon King of 6th Heaven, even my tutors would not have called me that when I was young for fear of setting my path in stone like that. It is... the same as Western Satan. Number 666, the ultimate sin of pride, and so forth. When Buddha ascended to the 6th heaven, instead of trying to stop him or send him back down, the Demon King of 6th heaven urged him to continue ascending. Because the Demon King of 6th Heaven wants to be the best, always, and cannot stand letting someone else be as strong in his domain. The Buddhists believe: any noble has the capacity to be a demon king, but this is why they should just be obedient. Instead of enjoying their position of wealth and power, they should just become austere monks like Kennyo. He was noble born too."
A nod! "And so long as they are obedient boring austere little monks, then they can ascend to nirvana. Obviously... I am the opposite of this. Not only did I have no intentions of letting the monks and Ikko Ikki control me, but I was trying to make sure the rest of Japan became productive, and produced luxury enough to trade overseas so anyone could have as much candy as they wanted. The opposite of what the cultists wanted. They wanted no one to eat candy, much better to starve, or at least be like Buddha: and live off of one cup of rice and tea a day." An eyeroll. "So them calling me the Demon King of 6th Heaven, also meant that they would rather die than surrender. That they believed I was meant to kill them, by fate, so that they could ascend to the next tier, just like Buddha was urged to ascend by the Demon King of 6th Heaven."
A huff!
And then he just whines at the ear nom! "Klaus... I can't think when you do that..." POUT!
Nobunaga furrows his brow, trying to think in spite of the ear nom! "You are good at many things, my silly flying tiger. Nevertheless... I will let you stay zen." Because even trying to give Klaus direction of any kind, even for the inner sense of accomplishment and production like he did for everyone still might be too much like a weapon, or too much like seeing how it fit his own ambitions. So Nobunaga never will now. Klaus is just zen.
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Let's see... "To be born into the 6th heaven -- one must be bored with this mortal realm and wish to leave! They get born high nobility, like Buddha, and become overconfident in their power. They want to leave." It's important because he did. He was such a weirdo in Japan for that. The only one. A small frown. "As much as -- I have always been the most stubborn, the most prideful, the most arrogant, and the most insolent -- these are the characteristics that define the Demon King of 6th Heaven, even my tutors would not have called me that when I was young for fear of setting my path in stone like that. It is... the same as Western Satan. Number 666, the ultimate sin of pride, and so forth. When Buddha ascended to the 6th heaven, instead of trying to stop him or send him back down, the Demon King of 6th heaven urged him to continue ascending. Because the Demon King of 6th Heaven wants to be the best, always, and cannot stand letting someone else be as strong in his domain. The Buddhists believe: any noble has the capacity to be a demon king, but this is why they should just be obedient. Instead of enjoying their position of wealth and power, they should just become austere monks like Kennyo. He was noble born too."
A nod! "And so long as they are obedient boring austere little monks, then they can ascend to nirvana. Obviously... I am the opposite of this. Not only did I have no intentions of letting the monks and Ikko Ikki control me, but I was trying to make sure the rest of Japan became productive, and produced luxury enough to trade overseas so anyone could have as much candy as they wanted. The opposite of what the cultists wanted. They wanted no one to eat candy, much better to starve, or at least be like Buddha: and live off of one cup of rice and tea a day." An eyeroll. "So them calling me the Demon King of 6th Heaven, also meant that they would rather die than surrender. That they believed I was meant to kill them, by fate, so that they could ascend to the next tier, just like Buddha was urged to ascend by the Demon King of 6th Heaven."
A huff!
And then he just whines at the ear nom! "Klaus... I can't think when you do that..." POUT!
Nobunaga furrows his brow, trying to think in spite of the ear nom! "You are good at many things, my silly flying tiger. Nevertheless... I will let you stay zen." Because even trying to give Klaus direction of any kind, even for the inner sense of accomplishment and production like he did for everyone still might be too much like a weapon, or too much like seeing how it fit his own ambitions. So Nobunaga never will now. Klaus is just zen.