Chapter 19 Section 3 Maggie Ami

I walked into Maggie Ami full of doubts. Maggie Ami is a Tibetan tavern at the southeast corner of Barkhor Street. Surrounded by white Tibetan buildings, only this two-story building is painted yellow, and the tavern is on the second floor. Some debris piled up on the first floor looked messy, and I climbed up to the second floor along the narrow stairs. Tonight happened to be Christmas Eve, and the atmosphere in the tavern was quite lively. Rao Xueman led a total of seven tour members, who sat down at the long table by the window. They only arrived in Lhasa this evening, and they heard that four members of the regiment had altitude sickness.

The wooden tables and chairs are antique, and two butter lamps are lit on the table. And it is full of Tibetan, Indian and Nepalese dishes. In addition, there are fragrant butter tea and barley wine brewed by the store, which tastes sweet and smooth. Celebrating Christmas in Tibet is something I never even thought about. It is also very interesting to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the Buddha's kingdom. The atmosphere of this feast was very joyful, and everyone who knew or did not know each other wished Merry Christmas to each other. I got up and looked around. There was a bookshelf in the middle of the tavern, full of books and guest books.

Every decoration and every utensil in the store is full of strong Tibetan flavor. The walls are painted dark yellow, and are covered with old photos and colorful paintings with a strong Buddhist meaning. When I saw a painted Buddha statue on the wall, I suddenly remembered the halo on the mural of the Buddha statue. I sat down, took out my digital camera, and looked at it carefully. "Why do you look wobbly?" I looked up and saw a tall man with a smile on his face. "Because my heart is broken," I said. The man let out a hearty laugh, then sat down opposite me. "My name is Shi Kang." He said, "I'm currently the owner of this store."

"Currently?" "The boss has gone abroad to play, let me watch it for him for a month." "Oh." "Do you like it here?" "I like it very much." "Do you know why the store is called Maggie Ami?" I shake my head. "On a moonlit night more than three hundred years ago, a mysterious figure came here. It just so happened that there was also a figure like A girl as beautiful as the moon walks into the store, and the girl's appearance and smile are deeply imprinted on the mysterious figure. heart.Since then, he has often visited here, looking forward to reuniting with that beautiful girl. "

When Shi Kang said this, he poured a glass of highland barley wine and handed it to me.Then say: "The mysterious figure later wrote a poem that is sung by almost everyone in Tibet." "What poem?" "On the top of the high mountains in the east, whenever the bright moon rises, Maggie Ami's intoxicating smiling face will slowly emerge in my heart. " "That girl's name is Maggie Ami?" I asked. "Maji Ami is not a person's name." Shi Kang shook his head, "Maji means undyed in Tibetan, It can be interpreted as holy and pure.The original meaning of Ami is mother, and Tibetans believe that mother is female beauty.

The incarnation of the mother, the mother has all the internal and external beauty of women.So Maggie Ami means It should be a pure girl or an unmarried girl. " "I see." I nodded. Shi Kang raised his glass to me, and I raised my glass too, cheering each other. "Do you know who that mysterious person is?" Shi Kang said after putting down his cup. "have no idea." "The Sixth Dalai Lama - Tsangyang Gyatso." "Ah?" I was taken aback, "Could it be that Tsangyang Gyatso often sneaked out of the Potala Palace back then, Just came to this tavern? "

"That's right." Shi Kang laughed loudly, "It's here." I stood up unconsciously and looked around. The story about the sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso is full of legends. When the 5th Dalai Lama passed away, Sangye Gyatso, the Diba of Tibet at that time, for political considerations, The funeral was kept secret, and it was falsely claimed that the fifth Dalai Lama was still alive. After Emperor Kangxi personally conquered Junggar, he learned from the prisoners that the fifth Dalai Lama had passed away for many years. So he decreed to question Sangye Gyatso.Sangye Gyatso had no choice but to enthroned Tsangyang Gyatso in a hurry.

Therefore, although Tsangyang Gyatso was found as a reincarnated soul boy when he was 5 years old, he has been kept in secret. It was not until the age of 15 that he was enthroned on the bed and entered the Potala Palace. After Tsangyang Gyatso was enthroned, there was turmoil inside and outside Tibet, and the political power was still monopolized by Sangye Gyatso. Tsangyang Gyatso is actually just a puppet. Tired of reality and unwilling to scramble for power, he becomes lazy and playful. Later, Lhazang Khan captured and killed Sangye Gyatso and took power in Tibet, so he wanted to abolish Tsangyang Gyatso.

Lazang Khan played Kangxi, accusing Cangyang Gyatso of indulging in sex and sex all day long and not abiding by the rules. Kangxi ordered Cangyang Gyatso to be dedicated to the capital. On the way to Beijing, he died of illness in Qinghai. The history books written by Tibetans say that Lhazang Khan sent people to kill him by the Qinghai Lake. Tsangyang Gyatso was only 24 years old that year. But some people said that he didn't die, his personal attendant and good friend pretended to be him and died, So he escaped, and then traveled around to preach the Dharma. No matter what kind of statement it is, the Potala Palace will not have the Dharma Body Spirit Pagoda of the sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso.

"Tsangyang Gyatso has always been a household name in Tibet." Shi Kang said, "He is really unique. As a living Buddha, he wrote a lot of romantic love poems." "Yes." I nodded, "I have also read his poems." "I don't work as a Living Buddha in the Potala Palace, but I often sneak here to have a tryst with my lover." Shi Kang laughed, "His verses also speak of him leaving footprints in the snow to reveal himself." "Perhaps Tsangyang Gyatso never felt that he was a Living Buddha, but just an ordinary person." "Oh?" Shi Kang's expression was a little surprised.

"Cangyang Gyatso was only enthroned on the bed when he was fifteen years old. He is no longer a child at this age. Before enthroning on the bed, he kept Living among the people, maybe after staying in the secular world for a long time, you will feel more like a human being. " "Maybe." Shi Kang said, "Only when you believe in your heart that you are just a mortal, will you make such a move." Lots of unruly affairs. " "Everyone said that Tsangyang Gyatso slipped out of the Potala Palace for a tryst with his lover. Treat it like a romantic affair. I looked at Shi Kang, "Do you want to hear what I have to say?" " Shi Kang filled my glass with wine again, and made a "please" gesture. "Cangyang Gyatso had a lover before he was enthroned on the bed. When he was in the Potala Palace, the reason why he ignored all parties Blame, break through many obstacles and sneak here, it is because of the wine girl in this shop In profile, it looks like his lover. " Shi Kang sat up straight, his eyes lit up. "From a free and easy ordinary person to suddenly becoming a supreme living Buddha, it must be difficult to adapt. Tsangyang Gyatso's life in the palace with strict precepts, chanting scriptures and worshiping Buddha all day long, and empty positions without power Life is not happy.He is increasingly tired of political struggles, but he can't escape, he only misses him more and more. A lover who is doomed not to be together or even meet again. "My tone is very flat, "So, he came here." "Perhaps Tsangyang Gyatso often sat in my position, quietly looking at the beautiful girl On the side, drinking alone, missing his lover.Only at this time, he will feel I am alive. " I raised my wine glass and looked at the counter, where a Tibetan girl with a ponytail was busy. Shi Kang also turned around and glanced at the counter. "I'm afraid that being passionate will damage the holy life, and if I go to the mountains, I'm afraid that I will lose the city. How can there be a double law in the world, and you will not fail the Tathagata and not the Qing. " "this is?" "The poems of Tsangyang Gyatso." I said. "Being an ordinary person seems to be happier." Shi Kang said. "Hmm." I nodded. Shi Kang and I were silent for a while, and then Shi Kang raised his glass and invited me to toast. "Your statement is more interesting." Shi Kang smiled. "Want to know the ending of the Taiwanese version of Tsangyang Gyatso?" I said. "Taiwan version?" "Yeah." I smiled, "Because I'm Taiwanese." "Haha." Shi Kang laughed, "A friend came from afar, so I have to drink three more cups." After finishing speaking, Shi Kang and I had another drink. "He neither died of illness in Qinghai, nor wandered around to preach, but returned to his hometown secretly, Reunite with your lover, and then live a normal life. " "This ending is beautiful." Shi Kang laughed again. "Perhaps because a novelist in Taiwan sympathized with Tsangyang Gyatso very much, he made up this ending." I said, "This is the so-called kindness of a novelist." "You are the novelist who made up the ending." Shi Kang smiled. "I'm not a novelist," I said, "I just write fiction now and then." "What is your profession?" "Hydraulic engineer." "Oh?" Shi Kang was slightly taken aback, "It's hard to imagine." "Everyone says that." I smiled. "That's right." Shi Kang patted his head as if he suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Why did you just stare at the camera in a daze?" "Look." I turned the camera screen to him. "Huh?" Shi Kang only took one look, "Why are there two apertures?" "I'm also puzzled." I shook my head. "Give me the camera." Shi Kang suddenly stood up, "I'll print it out." "Okay, I'll give you the camera," I said, "but this store will give me." "I didn't come back within 20 minutes, this store belongs to you." Shi Kang said while running. After 15 minutes, Shi Kang came back with an A4-sized paper in his hand. "Only five minutes away," I said. "It's dangerous." Shi Kang smiled. In the photo printed on paper, the aperture is more obvious. Shi Kang and I pondered carefully. But still can't get a reasonable answer. "Maybe it's the manifestation of Buddha and Bodhisattva." Shi Kang joked. "yes?" "There is a Living Buddha in the Jokhang Temple, you can go and ask about it." "The living Buddha can see it if he wants to?" "Of course not." Shi Kang shook his head, "But you can still try your luck." Shi Kang and I discussed it for a while, but still couldn't get an answer. I folded this A4 photo in half twice and put it in the Taiwan Compatriot ID, and I got up to say goodbye. "As long as you are free, you are welcome to sit here anytime." Shi Kang said. "Yeah." I nodded and waved my hand. As soon as he walked out of Maggie Ami, he looked up at the starry sky. Isn't that the bright moon in Tsangyang Gyatso's poems? When Tsangyang Gyatso left here more than 300 years ago and wanted to sneak back to the Potala Palace, What kind of mood do you feel? I went back to the entrance of the hotel and was shocked, it was dark inside. Following the direction in memory, I just walked to the counter in the dark, and was shocked again. A candle was lit inside the counter, and the light of the fire was reflected on the face of the Tibetan waitress. "Om Mani Padme Hum," I said. "There will be a power outage here tonight, but it will come back in ten minutes." She smiled. I turned on the phone, and with the faint light of the phone, I groped forward. I seemed to be the only tenant in the whole hotel, and it was eerily silent. After finally climbing up to the fourth floor, I found my room number and opened the door with the key to enter. Lying on the bed, no matter whether the eyes are closed or not, it is dark all around. I wonder where should I go tomorrow? According to Shikang's suggestion, go to the Jokhang Temple. With a bang, the call came.