Chapter 57 Section 4

An ancient and magnificent Tibetan-style building appeared on the platform of Wuci Mountain in Genpei, and there was a splendor in front of it. The prayer flags brought the colors, and the colors covered the vision. Prince Chambord suddenly became excited: "This is Gaden Phodrang." Mesa said: "I found that the Drepung Monastery is deeply hidden, and the more you go inside, the more magnificent it becomes." Gaden Phodrang means the Palace of Bliss, and it is the most famous building of Drepung Monastery. It was built when the second Dalai Lama Gendun Gyatso was the tenth tripa (abbot) of Drepung Monastery.Later, the third, fourth and fifth Dalai Lamas were all enthroned here and served as Drepung Tripa.In 1580 AD, when the third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, was in charge of Chiba of Drepung Monastery, he was invited by the Mongolian Al Dahan to teach scriptures and preach the Dharma in Qinghai. "Holy knowledge of all Wazir Dalai Lamas". "Holy consciousness of everything" means "universal knowledge", "Vazir Dhara" is the Sanskrit "Vajradhara", "Dalai" means "sea" in Mongolian, and "Lama" means "Guru" in Tibetan .Since then, the title of "Dalai Lama" has been given.After Sonam Gyatso had this title, he recognized Tsongkhapa's disciple Gendun Zhuba as the first Dalai Lama, Gendun Zhuba's reincarnation and his previous life Gendun Gyatso as the second Dalai Lama, and the Dalai Lama Lineage is born from this.During the period of the Fifth Dalai Lama, the Gelug Sect rose suddenly. Relying on the power of Gush Khan, the leader of the Mongolian Heshuote tribe, and relying on Gaden Phodrang, it established a political and religious center that governed the whole of Tibet. Gaden Phodrang Since then, it has become famous inside and outside Tibet.In 1652 A.D., the fifth Dalai Lama went to Beijing to meet Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty, and returned to Tibet the following year. On the way, he accepted the title of Emperor Shunzhi's golden book and gold seal: "The Dalai Lama, who is a Buddhist in the world led by the Great Goodness of the West Lama".The annual Tibetan opera performance at Drepung Monastery became an important ceremony to celebrate the end of the "Xia Anju" after the Fifth Dalai Lama established the Gaden Phodrang regime.

When Prince Chambord and Mesa came to the second-floor courtyard, it was already full of water, and the audience's enthusiasm could almost lift the theater up.The Jiangka Quzong Troupe from Gyantse is performing the traditional play "Prince Nuosang". The heroine Yizhuo Ram cried out: Mommy, how sad my heart is, Thinking hard, It's really hard to let go of Nuo Sang. Prince Northang sang: I obey my father's command, to destroy the enemy, If I obey your heart, He disobeyed his father's order. At this time, two people outside the plot appeared, they played the role of two dakini men, one black and one white, bouncing and humming the love song of Tsangyang Gyatso:

Beloved Idralam, I was caught by the hunter, But by powerful officials, Prince Northang took it away. Two dakini, one black and one white, came to the edge of the stage and performed all kinds of inexplicable antics to attract the audience.Suddenly they rushed forward, wanting to hug an audience, then shrank back quickly, and then circled along the stage, making gestures of hugging from time to time, causing the audience to commotion.The audience's dodging was both surprise and fear, as if everyone hoped that the two dakini men were looking at him but didn't want them to hug him.The two dakini circled round and round, and around the seventh round, they finally hugged a person, who was none other than Prince Chambord.

Two dakini men pushed and pulled Prince Chambord to the arena, one of them pointed to him and said, "Who is the evil enemy who wants to kill the Holy Cult, who made the crime of stealing the seven sisters 'Aunt Ram' , you, you, you, who are you?" Prince Chambord said nervously: "Don't ask me like that, I don't know how to act." He wanted to get away, but the two dakini men couldn't let go, and they twisted into a ball on the stage. At this time, the bespectacled lama suddenly appeared from the crowded audience, pointing to the two dakini men, one black and one white, and said: "You two don't practice dakini in Buddhism, but come to travel in Tibetan opera. What do you want to do? I think back then, The two copper pots are missing, did the great Tang Dongjiebo bring them to heaven, or did the devil steal them to hell? Tell me.”

Black Dakinan pointed to the Lama with glasses and said: "What a devil, if you hadn't stolen the two copper pots, how could you have thrown yourself into the net?" The lama with glasses pulled up Prince Chambord and said, "I won't play with them anymore, let's go." The Tibetan opera continued: Prince Nuo Sang went on an expedition, jealousy came from the hearts of the five hundred concubines, and forced Yizhuo Ram to leave the palace.Edram sang in grief: who sits high on the sky, The Three Jewels of the Buddha Dharma without deception, Please come from the wisdom heaven,

Take care of me who is miserable. Two dakini walk towards the audience, stare at Mesa and pounce.With a scream, Mesa got into the crowd and squeezed out desperately.The two dakini stopped and smiled grimly. Prince Chambord said: "How can you allow harassment of a sacred performance?" Lama Glasses said: "This is unique to the performance of "Prince Nuosang" in Kadan Podrang of Drepung Monastery. It comes from such a story: in the earliest days, each of the seven Tara had fourteen hands. They only held a handful of copper pots in their hands, adding up to ninety-eight copper pots. The copper pots contained water from the Ganges River in India. They found seven natural jade basins by the Qiongjie River, guarded by a Tara. A jade basin, pour a pot of water into the basin every day. Fourteen days later, when the last pot of water is poured, seven beautiful fairies emerge from the seven jade basins. They call themselves the seven sisters 'Ajie Ram' , came to the world to save the souls of sentient beings with songs, dances and dramas. They said, our ninety-eight copper pots are ninety-eight Tibetan operas. We will perform one performance a year, and when the performance reaches the ninety-eighth year, Ninety-eight Shambhala hot springs will appear on the ninety-eight snow-capped mountains in Tibet. It is the source of joy brought to the world by the seven Tara. Those who have bathed in Shambhala hot springs will never again There will be troubles and sufferings. But the ninety-eight Shambhala hot springs did not appear, because the devil stole two copper pots, and they only played for ninety-six years. The seven sisters 'Ajie Ram' went out to find the lost But they never returned, and their faces disappeared from the land of Tibet. The question of posterity is: Where are the two copper pots? What are the two plays? The seven sisters 'Ajie Ram' because Where did they die? In Tibetan opera, the two copper pots, which have not been seen until now, are often transformed into two dakini men, one black and one white, chasing after the devil who stole them, because stealing them is equivalent to They stole Tibetan opera and the seven sisters 'Ajie Ram'."

Prince Chambord said: "It turns out that the 'ninety-eight copper pots of faith' are the ninety-eight Shambhala hot springs. Does this mean that the terma of the 'Gate of the Seven Tara' - the 'only Dharma gate' ’, should it be the ninety-eight Shambhala hot springs on the ninety-eight snow-capped mountains? If so, where are the ninety-eight snow-capped mountains and the ninety-eight Shambhala hot springs?” Lama with glasses brightened his eyes: "'The Gate of the Seven Tara'? What day is it today? Someone actually mentioned it. It's a pity that Drepung Monastery didn't know that termas were the ninety-eight Shambhala on the ninety-eight snow-capped mountains. Hot springs, let alone where the ninety-eight snow mountains are, or where the ninety-eight Shambhala hot springs are.”

Prince Chambord said: "Perhaps the two stolen copper jugs will tell us." The Lama with glasses said: "It's a pity that they can no longer be found. Many years ago, Xiong Baluru, the great achievement of the Gelug Sect, received a personal instruction from Guru Rinpoche. " Prince Chambord was surprised and said: "You mean that the copper pot turned into a dakini, looking for himself in a deceptive way? Why bother? The copper pot is not a devil, and it is not afraid of being found." The bespectacled lama narrowed his eyes slyly and said: "The one who calls out to catch the thief is of course not the copper pot. The devil hates the devil the most. Our Tibetan opera, the Seven Sisters' 'Auntie Ram', brings Tibetans karma. Unpredictable. In the tragedy of that year, who was the messenger of death and the Rakshasa who took life?"

"The tragedy of the year? Why is it the tragedy of the year?" "It is said that someone found the bodies of the seven sisters 'Ajie Ram' in Dangreyongcuo. They had their dancing hands and feet cut off and their singing throats cut off. Their braids were pulled out and their heads were covered in blood. , they lost their ears. What's more unfortunate, each of them had their acupoints and meridians cut out, namely the meridian leading to the heart chakra, the meridian leading to the stomach chakra, the meridian leading to the lung chakra, the meridian leading to the liver chakra, and the meridian leading to the liver chakra. The meridians leading to the gall chakra, the meridians leading to the gall chakra, the meridians leading to the reproductive chakra, the meridians leading to the crown chakra."

Prince Chambord shivered and said: "This is the murder style of the 'Hall of Blood Curse of the Invisible Man', I have seen it before." Lama Glasses nodded and said: "In the "Di De Ma Bao Roland", it is recorded that some high-level monks believed that Tang Dongjiebo's Tibetan opera had revealed the secrets of Buddhism, and opposed it, and plotted to kill Tang Dongjiebo. Tang Dongjiebo hid If you can't go to the deep mountains to practice, the claws of killing will reach out to the seven sisters 'Ajie Ram'." Prince Chambord said: "That is to say, maybe those high-ranking monks were the devils who stole the two copper pots? The seven sisters 'Ajie Ram' found them and tried to get back the copper pots, but they killed them?"

The Lama with glasses shook his head and said, "I just want you to know that in the snowy Tibet, there are two kinds of copper pots: one is the ninety-six copper pots that have been turned into Tibetan operas, which are no longer useful, and can only be used Come to make tea and milk; one is two copper pots that have not yet become a Tibetan opera, and they are of no great use unless someone discovers their great use." After finishing speaking, he gave Prince Chambord a meaningful look, and suddenly Sing along with the people in the theater: The peak rock is covered with layers of nets, The right-handed snail blesses the eagle auspiciously. Singing, and leaving Prince Chambord. Prince Chambord followed involuntarily.They passed through the crowd, walked out of the large courtyard, and walked along the narrow stone steps to the Tsochin Hall on the northwest side. Mesa caught up panting and asked, "Why didn't you call me?" Prince Chambord said, "I was going to call you." Mesa asked, "Where are you going?" Prince Chambord said: "The place where the right-handed conch is enshrined."