Chapter 41 Section 7

Prince Chambord and Mesa walked towards the Sutra Hall, which is called "Cong Ling Duo Huo" in Tibetan, and watched vigilantly. They did not find any lamas protecting the monastery, only pilgrims coming in and out. Prince Chambord said: "The most famous Sutra Hall of Kumbum Monastery is the pillars, thousands of bronze statues of Tsongkhapa in the alcoves, thousands of solitary scriptures, and the Dharma thrones of Dalai and Panchen Lamas." The creators of the "Guidebook" want to leave the traces of Wanma Living Buddha here and hope that they will be discovered by those who are destined later, and they will definitely not ignore them."

With that said, they walked into the Great Sutra Hall. Thousands of gold-plated copper statues of Tsongkhapa and tens of thousands of isolated scriptures are locked in the niches. They can't see and touch, so they can only be excluded. "Generally speaking, a termon does not leave a revelation in a place that is inaccessible to a terton," Mesa said. They went straight to the innermost magnificent throne of the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama, looked at it through the protective fence for a long time, and shook their heads in frustration. Prince Chambord said: "Now there are only pillars left. There are a total of 168 pillars in the Sutra Hall, 60 of which are inside the walls, and each one is a highly accomplished work of art."

They studied the carvings on the top of the pillars and the tapestry of dragons surrounding the pillars one by one. By the way, they also looked at the rows of Zen seats between the pillars, the colorful carpets, the magic tools for collective chanting, and the rotten A piece of pillars, bucket arches, caissons, murals of Buddhist stories, hanging curtains, silk, banners, umbrella covers, ancient scroll paintings, etc., nothing to gain.The Sutra Hall, which can accommodate 3,000 lamas to recite scriptures at the same time, was called by the monks as Thanni Zhatsang, where they practiced the five principles of righteousness, and rejected them without any suspense.

Mesa said: "Then go to the Longevity Hall of 'Xia Da La Kang', maybe my roots are better than yours." They walked out of the Great Sutra Hall and walked towards the Longevity Hall. Mesa asked: "Why build a Longevity Hall in Kumbum Monastery? Compared with human longevity, doesn't Buddhism pay more attention to impermanence, extinction and extinction?" Prince Chambord said: "This is a proof of the secularization and humanization of Buddhism. Longevity is the extreme state and the highest goal of the secular world. Fear of death is the instinct of all life. Buddhism can only take root if it respects humanity and human instincts. Human world. By analogy, we can understand why Tibetan Buddhism produced Tsangyang Gyatso and his love songs. Tsangyang Gyatso represents love, and love is also an extreme state, which is an ideal goal in the secular world. No love is the most terrible thing. Hate is the most painful. A world with love and no hatred is religious, but also secular. This should be the logic of Tsangyang Gyatso, and it is also the reason why I opened the "Seven Tara Gate". Specifically , With love and no hate, it is equivalent to Prince Chambord Gamesa, that is the whole world, half secular, half religious, lacking it is not good.”

Mesa said angrily: "You talk about it with enthusiasm, you have to learn to respect others, respect me, and respect Zhimei." "Chimi is not here, how can I respect?" "Whether he is here or not, I belong to him." "You're lying to yourself." "You haven't answered my question, the origin of the Longevity Hall." Prince Chambord said: "You always make me distracted. According to the generally accepted theory, after the sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso was reincarnated in Litang, Kham, he was invited to Qinghai Kumbum Monastery as the seventh Dalai Lama to make offerings. He He told the monks that he lived to be twenty-four years old in his previous life, and that he would live longer in this life, at least twice as long. In order to realize the wish of the seventh Dalai Lama, Kumbum Monastery contacted local tribal benefactors to build the Longevity Hall After the completion, the nine-year-old Seventh Dalai Lama Kelsang Gyatso led the monks to hold a grand consecration ceremony and sprinkled many auspicious flowers, so the believers also called it Hua'er Temple."

The Hall of Longevity is surrounded by sulfur-glass brick walls. It is a Han-style building with double eaves and a hilltop. It is exquisitely carved and full of ancient interest.The bodhi tree in the courtyard has dense leaves and flowers, and the fragrance of sandalwood is wafting.The hall is dedicated to Sakyamuni and his disciples Kaye and Ananda, as well as Manjusri Bodhisattva riding a green lion, Puxian Bodhisattva riding a white elephant, the sixteen venerables and the four heavenly kings. Prince Chambord and Mesa passed by Buddha statues, not looking for them, but relying on spiritual perception.After comprehending for nearly an hour, there was still no trace of Wanma Living Buddha.Finally, they came to the fragrance of the bodhi tree, facing a large blue strange stone in the flower bed, in a daze.

The big strange rock is coated with ghee and covered with coins tributed by believers. Several curved white stone patterns are stubbornly walking under the coins. Prince Chambord said: "This is the resting stone. Tsongkhapa's mother often rested on this stone when she went to carry spring water in the mountains." Mesa asked casually, "Why do you want to rest on this rock?" "Because there are lotus flowers on it." Mesa walked over to have a look, and sure enough, the white stone patterns walking on the big blue strange rock clearly formed an eight-petal lotus flower with stamens, so he said: "Then it can't be called the resting stone, it should be called the lotus platform." , the saints are all sitting on the lotus platform."

Prince Chambord was stunned, and suddenly he slapped his head and said, "Yes, why did I forget this, the lotus flower is shown here, and the lotus flower is actually shown in the Great Sutra Hall. Think about it, the pillars of the Great Sutra Hall are one hundred Sixty-eight pillars, excluding the sixty pillars inside the wall, the total number of long and short pillars we can see is 108. These 108 pillars should be lotus pillars. Master Padmasambhava came from Wuzhang, India Then when he came to Tibet, he subdued one hundred and eight fierce gods and demons along the way, and the lotus pillar represents the one hundred and eight kinds of miraculous deeds of Padmasambhava."

Mesa said to himself: "Lotus stone, lotus column..." Prince Chambord said: "There is also Wanma, 'Wanma' means lotus flower." Mesa yelled, "Yes." Prince Chambord said excitedly: "The 'Trace of Wanma' is the trace of the lotus flower." "You mean, we have found traces of Wanma Tulku? No way? Where is the 'Happy Yidroam'? Where is the 'Gate of Seven Tara'?" "It can only be said that it is one step closer." "I think so, the so-called 'Trace of Wanma' may not refer to the historical trace of Wanma Tulku entering the Holy Gate, but the modern trace. We can go directly to Wanma Tulku. It can be reincarnated, and Wanma Living Buddha in this life must know the important things of his previous life."

Prince Chambord laughed and mocked: "You are too stupid to think of such a simple question. If we can still find Wanma Living Buddha, we will look for him as soon as we come to Kumbum Monastery. Let me tell you, Wanma Living Buddha is gone. Reincarnated." "what reason?" "No one can tell." Mesa was silent, he was somewhat disgusted by Prince Chambord's mockery. Prince Chambord said, "What I think now is that the south wall of the Hall of Asceticism shows me the Great Sutra Hall, and it shows you the Hall of Longevity. They both use lotus flowers to let us see the 'Trace of Wanma'. Then Aruo Lama Well, he went to the little golden tile hall, what will the little golden tile hall make him feel?"

Behind the Longevity Hall, passing the majestic Kalachakra Pagoda, is the Xiaojinwa Temple. As soon as he entered the small golden tile hall, Mesa was a little confused: "Why are the statues and animals together?" Prince Chambord said: "The small golden tile hall is the Dharma-protecting shrine of Kumbum Monastery. In the hall, the five brave kings of body, speech, mind, wisdom, and merit are enshrined. You can see the bison, sheep, bears, and monkeys on the second-floor corridors on both sides of the hall. The animal specimens are also the life form of the Dharma Guardian God, which symbolizes the conquest of evil devils and the majesty of the folk totem. The white horse specimen over there is the mount of the third Dalai Lama, and it carried its owner from Lhasa, Tibet to the Qinghai Pagoda. Later, the third Dalai Lama went to Mongolia to spread the Dharma, but the white horse refused to leave, so he stayed. Soon, the white horse died because he missed its owner and refused to eat, and the monks offered it as a sacred horse.” Prince Chambord and Mesa didn't see Aruo Lama in the small golden tile hall, but they easily found the lotus flower, which is an ancient Buddhist artwork, hanging in front of King Ming with two horse heads. Mesa asked, "What's this?" Prince Chambord said: "Duixiu. Duixiu is an original religious artwork of Kumbum Monastery. It is to cut out patterns of Buddha statues, figures, flowers, birds and animals with various silks and satins, fill them with wool or cotton to make them protrude, and then embroider them on the cloth. On the curtain, the three-dimensional effect is very strong. Look at the lotus in front of you, it seems that it has just bloomed, and it still smells fragrant." The lotus flowers are arranged in the shape of "Xi Zheng Pagoda", a total of eight, with graceful leaves and fragrant fragrance. "There are one hundred and eight lotus pillars, eight lotus flowers on the bluestone, eight lotus flowers in pile embroidery, and they are arranged in the arrangement of breath towers. Why?" The lama is not stupid, let's go." "Where are you going?" "Wherever Aruo Lama goes, we will go there." They came to the square in front of Kumbum Temple and saw the famous Tathagata Eight Pagodas.The sun showed their white brightness, and also showed their long slanting shadows.The thought of saving life lingers on the tower.The quiet and distant color of mourning, the light of Honghua, which only the pious can feel, spreads the azure blue of the day.Several believers bowed their heads meticulously around the eight pagodas of Tathagata.A group of tourists ran back and forth to take pictures.A Tibetan youth with shawl and long hair like Prince Chambord stood on the base of the Xizheng Pagoda, and was cleaning the body of the pagoda with shiny white mortar. Prince Chambord said: "The eight pagodas of the Tathagata are the same as the one hundred and eight lotus pillars, the eight petals of the lotus stone, and the eight embroidered lotus flowers. Maybe they are the intentional combination of the terma to extend the trace of Wanma Living Buddha. .” Lama Aruo stood in front of the Xizheng Pagoda, and when he saw Prince Chambord and Mesa approaching, he left quickly.Prince Chambord pretended not to see him, and took Mesa around the Eight Tathagata Pagodas twice, then came to the back of the Xizheng Pagoda, closed his eyes and thought for a while.When I looked at Lama Aruo again, he was gone. A Tibetan youth with shawl and long hair jumped down from the base of the Xizheng Pagoda, and then climbed up to the base of the Zunsheng Pagoda with a bucket of mortar. Prince Chambord glanced at him, and said in a low voice, "Why is it not a lama who maintains the eight pagodas of the Tathagata? This is a great merit, and lamas will snatch it, and it is impossible to hire people randomly." "I thought so too," Mesa said. Prince Chambord said: "The lotus column represents the achievements of Master Padmasambhava subduing one hundred and eight fierce gods and demons, and it symbolizes peace; the eight-petal lotus on the lotus stone is also called peace flower in Buddhist scriptures; The arrangement of the Zheng tower, and the Xi Zheng tower was built to commemorate the disputes between Sakyamuni and the monks. It is also called the Peace Tower. Peace, peace, why is peace? It seems to go back, back to history, back to In the story of Tsangyang Gyatso." Mesa said, "What does this have to do with Tsangyang Gyatso?" Prince Chambord was lost in thought. Mesa added: "However, from the perspective of termonology, as long as we can return to Tsangyang Gyatso, it shows that our thinking is correct." Prince Chambord asked: "The reason?" Mesa said: "Because the terma is first to be hidden in the void and infinite time. In the face of time, we forget many things. When we suddenly think of it, we find that no matter how long it has disappeared, it is what we need today. .” Prince Chambord said: "That's right, Tsangyang Gyatso is what is needed today. The world, China, and us all need the singing of peace, love and emotion, so there is the 'Gate of Seven Tara'." "Tsangyang Gyatso is the need of the new belief alliance, the need to humiliate the Buddha and destroy the religion." But Mesa did not say this, but said: "This need is the opportunity to dig treasures, and it is linked to termas. The desire of the termon. While the terma is hiding, the opportunity to discover the treasure is also hidden in the consciousness of the person. The person who can awaken this consciousness is the person who is expected by the termon. You are a People who are expected by the gods and history, you are very lucky, but what the 'Gate of the Seven Tara' ultimately is, and whether Tsangyang Gyatso's last words are what you want depends on your feelings and positions." Prince Chambord said: "The more you talk, the more reasonable it becomes. Since the 'Gate of the Seven Tara' is Tsangyang Gyatso's last words, it must be what I want, because my feelings and positions are those of Tsangyang Gyatso. and position." Mesa said: "Let's talk about the 'prophecy' and 'guidance' of excavation. They can be tangible or intangible, real or empty, and they can act on our eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, It can also directly act on our hearts and induce our enlightenment. What is enlightenment? It is the inspiration for understanding. Or, it is nothing but a sleeping nerve in your mind. It is the prophecy of Guru Rinpoche Once the predestined relationship is touched and the opportunity is ripe, it will explode. That is enlightenment, and it is the deciphering of the common saying." Prince Chambord said: "Yes, now it seems that Master Padmasambhava and Tsangyang Gyatso stored the wisdom of excavating treasures in my heart at the same time as storing the 'Gate of the Seven Tara'. He won't wake me up. When I wake up, I can't help but throw myself into digging." Mesa encouraged: "Go on, Prince Chambord, quickly follow Tsangyang Gyatso's train of thought." Prince Chambord looked at the sky.The weather is fine, with gusts of wind blowing, like a touch of blue.He walked over a little tiredly, sat on a chair by the door of the cultural relics shop in front of the Eight Tathagata Pagodas, and lit a cigarette.Mesa followed him and sat next to him. The two were silent, waiting in Mesa and waiting in Prince Chambord, as if the one who could tell the story of Tsangyang Gyatso was someone else, not him. Prince Chambord licked his parched lips and said, "I wish I had a bottle of beer and a pile of beef. I'm thirsty and hungry." Mesa said without losing the opportunity: "I want to solemnly tell you that you must quit drinking, smoking, and meat. The digger must be absolutely clean. This is the basic condition for completing the digging." "You won't let me quit sex, will you?" "Absolute purity means that all six sense organs are pure, and form is the first precept." "Then are you and Zhimei purified? Aren't you diggers?" Mesa was at a loss for words. "I've heard that in the past, the masters of Dizang must have a legal partner to be successful. A legal partner is a sexual partner. I can't give up anything." Prince Chambord said, leaning towards Mesa. Mesa moved to the side: "It's true that many of the Trang masters have dharma companions, which are the convenient door to Tsang and a necessary condition for enlightenment. But they are practitioners, not only Tsang masters are practitioners, Dharma couples are also practitioners. Their behavior is beyond the obligatory cultivation of men and women, and it is the emptiness of Buddha, not the lust of ordinary people." "So you and Zhimei are practitioners?" "Yes, we have been practicing, not to believe in Buddhism, but to discover the 'Gate of the Seven Tara'. It is already a miracle that a person like you who is full of five poisons can come to this day on the road to dig Tibet gone." "Then I will continue to create miracles, not pure, not practicing, and not giving up digging." "There will be no more miracles. Every step of our excavation is so difficult. We almost died a few times because you are not pure. If you still can't change yourself, you have to make it worse. The one waiting in front of you is not a terma , but death." Prince Chambord gave an exaggerated jolt: "Death? How terrible, haha." Mesa got angry, got up and left, and said loudly: "I'm not kidding, I study termon, I understand better than you." Prince Chambord said seriously: "You know more about history and Tsangyang Gyatso than I do? Do you listen? It may be related to our next move." Mesa came back and sat a meter away from him. Prince Chambord immediately became indecisive again, tilted his head, looked at Mesa lustfully and said, "I discovered a secret, why do you always wear this velvet hat upright." "why?" "Because you want to pretend to be a man, a man who has no temptation for me." "You still have some spirituality. Be serious, Tsangyang Gyatso." On the square in front of the temple, towards Prince Chambord and Mesa in front of the Tathagata Eight Pagodas, the Skeleton Killer came from the east, and the policeman Bixiu came from the west.The two saw each other almost at the same time and stopped immediately.They all wanted to kill people, and they were all extra vigilant against anyone who approached Prince Chambord at this time. The skeleton killer thought: The master of black said the police were about to appear, and they did, how could I "take advantage of the chaos"?He turned and walked away, but did not go far, hiding behind the small golden tile hall and watching Prince Chambord. Bixiu pondered: What is this person doing? Why did he retreat when he saw me?He knew that the other party hadn't gone far, and saw a group of tourists coming from the gate of the square. He thought it was not an opportunity to do something, so he turned and hid among a row of cars on the side of the square, watching Prince Chambord from the windows of the cars on the opposite side.The hand holding the gun has not been taken out of the trouser pocket, the bullet has been loaded, and the anxiety of its leaping can be felt.