Chapter 22 Chapter 21 Retire

Sangye Gyatso was troubled by Tsangyang Gyatso's delay.But in name, he is still Diba under the jurisdiction of Tsangyang Gyatso, and has no right to force Tsangyang Gyatso to practice.But as the Dalai Lama's teacher, he can use this to criticize him.So Sangye Gyatso conveyed his dissatisfaction. He knew that Tsangyang Gyatso would not be able to enter the mountain, so he could only change his practice to meditate on the master in the palace. This is also a way of retreat and practice, but the location is not in the mountains, but in the secular residence.There are many disturbances in the world. In order to shield the influence, you need to meditate on the situation where the eminent monk you admire is guiding you, and create a pure atmosphere for yourself.

Tsangyang Gyatso is of course happy to do this kind of retreat. Although he is restricted and cannot go out, at least the wind here can carry her breath.He knew that she was not far away from him, so he felt somewhat comforted. But with such thoughts, how can we practice real practice, so: I read Lamarong, Baisi can't remember, I don't miss my lover, Clearly fell asleep. (Translated by Liu Xiwu) What the human heart can remember is the persistence of thinking day and night.If there is no guru in your heart, how can you remember the face of the guru.So Cangyang Gyatso swayed in front of his eyes, still the figure of his lover.The graceful posture made him slowly recall it in the silence.

Although he also hopes that there is a guru who can guide him, but his heart is always with his lover.It is impossible to make him change his mind with the guidance of the master: Before sincerely taking refuge in Lama, The way is clearly announced for me. But this madness never stops, When he returned, he still went to that person's side. (Translated by Zeng Yan) Unexpectedly, Tsangyang Gyatso couldn't let go of his love in his heart.When there is a limit to the ends of the earth, there is only endless lovesickness. Men and women in love are the easiest to love each other.During the period of meditation, Cangyang Gyatso was not allowed to go out, and it was even more impossible for Yuqiong Zhuoga to enter the palace.How can I meet Yuqiong Zhuoga who misses day and night?He was thinking in his heart, and suddenly imagined that if the mallow flower in his heart became an offering, he would rather stay in this Buddhist hall.

You are like folding sunflowers, Always make offerings to the Buddha, Bumble me, please, Together with the Buddhist hall. (Translated by Liu Xiwu) This is Cangyang Gyatso going crazy again, his fantasies are always unrealistic.But he is happy to feel her beauty in such fantasy. The figure of Yuqiong Zhuoga always appeared in the quiet room. What Cangyang Gyatso practiced was not Buddhism, but lovesickness.Thinking of this, even Cangyang Gyatso shook his head helplessly: With such sincerity, Used in the supreme Dharma. That is, in this life, Then you can become a Buddha in the flesh. (Translated by Yu Daoquan)

He knew that this meditation would not allow him to gain a moment of peace.Instead of torturing one's mind in the Buddhist temple and repeatedly thinking about the constraints one has received, it is better to allow oneself to accept lovesickness frankly. After this meditation, Dipa's restraint can no longer bind Tsangyang Gyatso's heart.He decided to give up meditating and be his wanderer. Lazang Khan finally heard about Cangyang Gyatso's affair.Lazang Khan is the grandson of Gush Khan who helped the Fifth Dalai Lama unify Tibet. He has just inherited the Khan position of the Heshuote tribe of Mongolia.The young king wanted to restore the prestige of Gushi Khan back then.But the power of that year has been weakened by Diba Sangye Gyatso's monopoly of power.It was not easy for him and his father to even meet the Dalai Lama, not to mention managing Tibet's politics.

This time, Lhazang Khan found an opportunity: since Sangye Gyatso has monopolized power and used the sixth Dalai Lama as a shield, he will knock down this shield.And the unqualified Dalai Lama will be the best excuse.Lazang Khan told Tsangyang Gyatso's love affair to the new leader of the Junggar tribe, Tserwang Alabatan, and they issued a joint statement, saying that the sixth Dalai Lama was not real, but was used by Sangye Gyatso. An imposter who secures his position. Tsangyang Gyatso didn't mind this statement.He didn't want to be a Dalai Lama at all, he was pushed into this position by Sangye Gyatso.It would be a kind of relief for him if he can no longer be the Dalai Lama.But at this time, his heart is not on these trivial matters.His heart has found a warm place to belong, and he has no energy to be distracted by other things.

Sangye Gyatso was extremely nervous about this matter.Back then, the search for the reincarnated soul boy was conducted in secret, and apart from the witnesses of the searchers, no other screening was done during the whole process.By the time Tsangyang Gyatso came to Lhasa to receive precepts for him, Tsangyang Gyatso had already grown up.At that time, in order to get him enthroned as soon as possible to consolidate his authority, he did not carry out relevant screening activities.It is normal to say that others have doubts.But he couldn't tolerate the impact this incident might have on his power, and he had to come up with a solution.

In desperation, he could only send a distress letter to the fifth Panchen Lama, hoping that the Panchen Lama could use his own authority to quell the incident.Soon, the Fifth Panchen Lama sent a letter, inviting Tsangyang Gyatso to go to Tibet.He will preside over the ceremony of accepting Gelong ordination for Tsangyang Gyatso in his residence in Xixi. Previously, what the Panchen Lama received for Tsangyang Gyatso was the precept of Gechu.The so-called Gechu precepts are equivalent to the novice precepts in Han.After accepting this precept, it means that this person is a Buddhist, but he is only a rudimentary scholar.But Gelong precepts are different. This is equivalent to the Bhikkhu precepts in the Han region. People who receive this precepts already have a certain amount of knowledge and can be regarded as monks with certain qualifications.The Panchen Lama received the Gelong precept for him, in order to tell the world that he recognized the identity of the sixth Dalai Lama in order to quell the turmoil.

Sangye Gyatso told Tsangyang Gyatso the news of his ordination, and he listened angrily, but there was nothing he could do.In the end, Tsangyang Gyatso agreed, and he would go to the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse to receive the Gelong Ring ceremony.At the same time, Lazang Khan and the khenpos of the three major monasteries in Lhasa also went together to witness this moment that is related to the fate of the sixth Dalai Lama. Shigatse is located in the southwest of Tibet, at the confluence of the Yarlung Zangbo River and its tributary, the Chu River. It is a famous political, cultural and religious center in Tibetan history, and it is also the place where successive Panchen Lamas resided in Tibet.Shigatse means "manor with fertile soil and water" in Tibetan.Tashilhunpo Monastery is the largest temple in Shigatse, located on the hillside of Mount Nyima in the west of the city.Tashilhunpo Monastery, Ganden Monastery, Sera Monastery, and Drepung Monastery in Lhasa are collectively known as the "Four Great Monasteries" of the Yellow Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, and are the residences of successive Panchen Lamas after the fourth generation.

Shigatse has beautiful scenery. If there is no Yuqiong Zhuoga, Cangyang Gyatso can see all this with the mood of traveling in mountains and rivers.But everything is fate, and it can't be controlled at all.His life, when he became the sixth Dalai Lama, was no longer entirely at the helm of himself.Life is like this, there will always be some unexpected things bothering you, what you don’t want will come, what you don’t want will come, what you like but you can’t grasp it, and what you hate will always come. With a dull face, Tsangyang Gyatso came to Tashilhunpo Monastery.The Fifth Panchen Lama came out happily, and he hoped that all the problems before him could be solved smoothly this time.But just as he came out, he suddenly saw the sixth Dalai Lama kneeling in front of him.For Tsangyang Gyatso, at this time, he is not the high-ranking Patriarch of the Yellow Sect, and he did not kneel down to worship the Panchen Lama in such a capacity.At this time, he was a depressed Buddhist, he couldn't get what he wanted in Buddhism, and he wanted to ask the teacher who gave him the precepts for help.

So, Tsangyang Gyatso cried and said something that surprised everyone present: "I will not take the Gelong precepts, and even the Gechu precepts I received before will be returned to you. I want to live a free life!" This sentence I don't know how many times I have thought about it in Tsangyang Gyatso's heart.He is fed up with the living Buddha's life, he doesn't want to be a high-ranking Buddha anymore, he is a human being, and he wants to live the life of an ordinary person!His love with Yuqiong Zhuoga is not just a simple love, it is his struggle against the status of living Buddha, the only struggle he can do. At this time, he spoke out the struggle in his heart.His crying was the deepest sorrow in his heart.How many years he has suffered for this, it is a heart-wrenching pain that no one else can understand.Now, he was in extreme pain, and he wanted to cry out, shouting out all the pain in his heart. Not everyone is obsessed with power. When power is bound to make people breathless, it becomes the best affiliation to escape in feelings. We can't imagine how intense an ideological struggle Tsangyang Gyatso had in resigning from the precept for love.But perhaps out of ignorance of the depths of the world, he did not analyze the consequences of the matter.But maybe it's because of his helplessness that he wants to express his helplessness in this kind of way.In the eyes of Thiba Sangye Gyatso, the Fifth Panchen Lama, Lhazang Khan, and other Khenpos, this boy's childishness led him astray. Only when later generations interpret him will they sigh: most people live in chaos in the world, but he has been firmly pursuing his own righteousness.In fact, he is the same as Dipa Sangye Gyatso, who is obsessed with politics, but each has his own preferences.In the chaotic political situation in Tibet, Tsangyang Gyatso is just a pawn, but it is related to the outcome of this struggle.Of course he himself would not think about these things, and the two sides in the struggle probably would not easily throw away this chess piece that was about fate.