Chapter 24 Chapter Eight Meet Yourself

I was so shocked that I couldn't speak for a while. "Cuozong Temple was built in the late Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than a thousand years." The lama said, "Are you surprised that Cuozong Temple has such a long history?" "No, I'm not surprised by the history of Cuozong Temple." I came back to my senses and said: "It's because Bassoon was wrong." "Bassoon is wrong?" Without thinking about it, I directly told him the reason why I received the wrong message from Bassoon. It even told the story of the blue sky piercing the white spear, and the withered willow covered with gold,

This made me realize that being a hydraulic engineer in this life has special meaning. "You have a picture." The lama said after listening. "Picture?" I wondered. "Yeah." He nodded, "Appearance is a demon, leaving appearance is a Buddha." "what?" "Can I see the photo?" he asked. I immediately handed him the photo of the mural of the Buddha statue in the Potala Palace that was included in the Taiwan Compatriot Certificate. "There are two apertures here." I pointed to the position of the Buddha's chin with my finger,

"The Living Buddha of the Jokhang Temple said that each circle of light represents a Buddha and Bodhisattva." "Where's the aperture?" he said. "I don't see it." "It's right here." I pointed again. "Still haven't seen it," he said. I was surprised, and I was at a loss locally. "If you have a Bodhisattva in your heart, you will become a Bodhisattva. If you have a Buddha in your heart, you will become a Buddha." He smiled slightly, "Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are only in the heart, how can they be in the photo?"

My lips parted slightly, as if I understood something, but also seemed to be confused. "Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are all compassionate. If Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are destined to be with you, you should be happy instead of Arouse attachment and delusion.Buddhism emphasizes purity and equality, and there is no equality if there is a discriminatory mind. Persistence or delusion is not pure. " "Yes." I clasped my hands together, "I see." "It is said that the five aggregates are all empty, and they regard everything as empty, but they are not attached to empty. In the end even

"Empty" must be let go. ’ he smiled, and went on: "This is what is said in the Diamond Sutra: the mind should be born without dwelling." I woke up from a big dream and couldn't help blurting out: "Master, I understand." "Tibetans have a very open-minded outlook on life and death. Life and death are like the inside and outside of the house, although they are in different places. Space, but in the same world.The so-called life and death are actually just going from inside to outside, or from It's just outside the house and inside the house, no fuss is needed. "

"Yeah." I nodded, understanding. "In the process of reincarnation, maybe in a certain life, in a certain Buddhist temple, we once chanted sutras together, Let's worship the Buddha together, and you are still my brother who guides me. ’ he smiled, and went on: "So, Master is also empty." After the lama finished speaking, he nodded and left. "Tashi Dele." He walked a few steps, turned around, and said meaningfully: "Brother, long time no see." I was suddenly agitated, my eyes were slightly hot, and I couldn't say a word. He stared at me for a while, then smiled and turned to leave.

"This lama is so strange." Shi Kang approached me. "Huh?" I recovered. "The Buddhism he talked about seems to be the Sutra, not the Tantra of the Red Sect." "What is Sutra? What is Tantra?" I smiled and continued: "Brother Shi, you are not only persistent, but also have a sense of discrimination." Shi Kang laughed loudly and patted my shoulder. Now that the answer to the mystery has been solved, and there is still a long way to go back to Lhasa, we will leave Basong Co. On the way back, Shi Kang and I felt very relaxed, and the car felt lighter.

Shi Kang played a CD, which contained the song "Girl‧Chuji Dolma". Quji Dolma Quji Dolma You are as pure as a lotus flower You are as kind as Tara you came into this world for love you never came to me It was completely dark, the stars were shining in the night sky, and it was still an hour's drive from Lhasa. Shi Kang said he was hungry, and there were some tsampa and plowed beef jerky left in the car, so he stopped the car. "This thermos is good." Shi Kang said with a smile, "The buttered tea is still hot." We sat on the side of the road and had dinner under the brilliant stars.

"After you return to Taiwan, you won't see such a beautiful starry sky anymore," said Shi Kang. "Yeah." I sighed. "You are persistent." "Yes." I laughed out loud. Back to Lhasa around ten o'clock in the evening, Shi Kang sent me back to the hotel. "You are so lucky, the electricity just came." The Tibetan girl at the counter said with a smile: "You don't have to say Om Mani Padme Hum anymore." "Then you don't have to suffer from the cold tonight." I smiled. I had a brief chat with this Tibetan girl, and she said her name was Dolma.

"What a coincidence, I just listened to a song called "Girl‧Quji Dolma"." I laughed and said: "Are you the protagonist of this song?" "You try shouting in the street: Dolma!" She smiled happily, "It is guaranteed that many Tibetan girls will turn around." "Oh?" She explained that the Tibetan word "Dolma" means "Tara". In Tibetan Buddhism, there are many incarnations of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, and Tara is his incarnation's deity of saving suffering and suffering. Tara has a total of 21 Dharma appearances, that is, 21 Tara, the most common ones are Green Tara and White Tara.

Tara is widely admired by the people in Tibet, and she is also the female Bodhisattva closest to the believers in the hearts of Tibetans. "That's why Tibetan girls are often named after "Dolma"." "I see." I said, "Then Taiwanese girls are often named after Ah Hua." "Ah Hua?" "Taiwanese often offer flowers to the Buddha. In fact, these flowers are not for Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to see, but to remind Own.Because it blooms and bears fruit, the flower reminds oneself of the existence of cause and effect. good fruit.So Taiwanese girls are often called Ah Hua. " "Are you serious? Or joking?" "You are persistent." I said. "Leaving Tibet tomorrow?" Dolma asked. "Hmm." I nodded. "Tomorrow, December 31, you have to take three flights to go back. It should be early in the morning of New Year's Day when you arrive in Taiwan." Dolma said, "It happens to be a new beginning." "Yeah." I smiled, "What a coincidence." I said goodnight and went back to my room.Dolma said behind her back: "This trip to Tibet, you will think that you have had a dream, and you will find your true self in the dream, Get a new life from now on. " I turned around and saw Dolma's expression, very peaceful, like a Bodhisattva with lowered eyebrows. "You are not the girl Dolma." I clasped my hands together, "You are Tara Dolma." Back in the room, I called Rao Xueman and said that I would leave Tibet tomorrow. Rao Xueman said that her tour group will leave tomorrow, and she can drop me off at the airport. I asked her to help me with the seat issue and she said no problem. After hanging up the phone, I started to pack my luggage. After tidying up, I lay on the bed and savored carefully what happened on the snow-covered plateau in the past eight days. The next morning, I waited in the lobby of the hotel with my luggage. Shi Kang arrived first and brought me two boxes of Nimu Tibetan incense. "This is a good thing." Shi Kang smiled. "You still have to go to Mount Everest, I hope the diamond knot can bless your journey safely." I gave Shi Kang the khata that had been hanging on my body all the time. When the car came, Dolma waved to me and said, "Om Mani Padme Hum." "This is the six-character mantra." "You are persistent." Dolma smiled. I laughed too, and waved her goodbye. Shi Kang insisted on getting in the car to see me off for the last time. "Stop being obsessed," I said. "Don't be persistent and don't want me to give it to you." Shi Kang said. "If you get in the car, you will be charged." Rao Xueman told Shi Kang. "I have an epiphany." Shi Kang smiled and patted me on the shoulder, "Best trip, goodbye." After the car started, Rao Xueman sat beside me. "Are you sure you don't have to go to Mount Everest?" she asked. "Yeah." I was sure, "I'm going back to Taiwan instead of Mount Everest." "Why not?" She seemed puzzled. "Why do you want to go?" I smiled. "Have you found yourself?" she asked again. "Well," I said, "and I'm never lost again, so I don't need to look for it." "Really?" "You are persistent." I smiled. "Congratulations." Rao Xueman said, "You really don't need to go to Mount Everest anymore." "But I still don't know who Qixi is?" "Stop being attached," she said, "you just know who you are." "Can I be persistent for the last time?" "Ok?" "Let Qixi help me pay for the air ticket back to Taiwan." "This is not attachment!" She said loudly, "This is called pushing an inch!" "Just talking." I smiled. When we arrived at Lhasa Gonggar Airport, Rao Xueman took out a piece of paper and handed it to me. I said wait and put on my gloves before taking it. I guessed right, it really was Tibetan paper. The note reads: that day Close your eyes in the incense mist of the scripture hall suddenly heard your mantra that month I turn all the prayer wheels not for excess just to touch your fingertips that year I bow my head and crawl on the mountain road not for audience just to cling to your warmth that life I turn mountains and rivers and pagodas not for the afterlife just to meet you on the way —— Tsangyang Gyatso ~The End~