Chapter 81 Section 6

The Jokhang Temple is a closed temple, surrounded by the Sakyamuni Hall, surrounded by halls.They first came to the Tsongkhapa Hall, paid respects to Tsongkhapa and the eight disciples including the first Dalai Lama and the first Panchen Lama, looked around, but did not see any obvious signs of the Tantric practice site, so they hurried out and got into the Amitabha Buddha Hall. Dharma, got into the Hall of Medicine Master Liuliguang Buddha, and then plunged into the Milarepa Hall. Milarepa is the second-generation Patriarch of the Kagyu Sect. He has become the most famous yoga master in Tibet through his perseverance and penance.His appearance is skinny and bony, with a beggar in his left hand and his right hand placed beside his ear.Prince Chambord and Mesa stood for a long time in front of this tantric master who influenced the whole of Tibet with the "Dao Song" and practical practice, looking for traces and revelations that Tsomanjim and Tsangyang Gyatso might be ambushing here with the greatest hope. I let go of any Buddha statues, any ritual objects, ornaments, and offerings around Milarepa that were used to help practice Tantric Dharma, but nothing was found.

They left the Milarepa Hall with a sigh. Suddenly, there was a sound of "clang", and they gasped in fright and grabbed each other.Prince Chambord touched his painful forehead, looked sideways, and found that he had hit the thick iron chain.Many halls of the Jokhang Temple are hung with curtains of thick iron chains, adding a cold, terrifying, chilling, dark, deep, and majestic atmosphere, especially at night, when life with souls trembles. Mesa asked: "Why is the curtain of iron chains, like the execution ground, the gods, your idols, are torturing your soul." Prince Chambord said: "You are scared and frightened, aren't you? This is the purpose of others. The Buddhist hall tells you that this is heaven; the curtain of the chain chain tells you that this is hell. The Jokhang Temple is both heaven and hell. For bad people, it is hell; for good people, it is heaven. The Jokhang Temple is telling us that heaven and hell are the reproduction of the Buddha nature and demon nature in our inner world, the psychological description and direct feeling of life to its own situation, and the state of spirit ——The state of satisfying desires and full of joy is heaven, and the state of the deepest pain and the worst fate is hell. It enlightens us to understand a Buddhist principle, that the heart is neither good nor bad, and it is induction that makes it good or bad. Practicing Buddhism is to let Going back in time, abandoning hell, and also abandoning heaven, returning to the initial stage where there is no good or bad without going forward, this is the Buddha, of course the Hinayana Buddha. And the Mahayana Buddha not only wants to return to the original state of no good or bad , and let all sentient beings go back, this is the Cihang Purdue, the Bodhi Ark. The "Gate of the Seven Tara" as Cangyang Gyatso's last words should be a milestone in the Cihang Purdue. Therefore..."

"So you are looking for it, and you are also in Cihang Purdue?" "It's not that great, I'm just doing what I should do to the best of my ability." The two of them came to Guanshiyin Hall while talking. Mesa pointed to a half-human tall Buddha statue in a dark corner next to the altar and asked, "What kind of Buddha is this? I've never seen it before." Prince Chambord leaned over to try to see clearly, but the Buddha statue jumped up and grabbed him.It turned out to be a middle-aged lama. Looking at the red moon saber magic weapon in his hand, one could tell that he was sitting in the silence of the night and cultivating both obvious and secret non-leaking tranquility. See the basic skills of the six fundamental afflictions.

The lama pushed him and said: "I know what you are here for, get out quickly. The 'Gate of the Seven Tara' is the gate of the Jokhang Temple. The Jokhang Temple itself is a great terma, and it will bury all those who have not achieved success." Prince Chambord was afraid that the red moon knife in his hand would turn into a murder weapon in the blink of an eye, so he grabbed his hand and said, "Lama who never changes his anger, your cultivation is not good enough?" The lama said: "Unrepentant anger and arrogance are the nemesis of Gelugpa. The magic weapon is to support the faithful and punish the enemies. Look at my red knife in and white knife out today." Saying this, he threw off Prince Chambord, A stab at Mesa.Mesa screamed, but the Moon Knife pierced into the ghee raised high in the stone basin beside her, and it really was the red knife going in and the white knife coming out.Holding the white moon knife high, the lama gritted his teeth and said: "I will sacrifice you, I will sacrifice you, and I will sacrifice you if you don't run away." Then he turned around and walked away with a "hehehe", his figure was stalwart, but his steps were as light as The breeze swept the floor.

It took a while for the two of them to come back to their senses. Mesa asked: "What do you mean by sacrificing you?" Prince Chambord said: "It is to use our flesh and blood to sacrifice to the gods." "Hasn't Buddhist civilization abolished human blood sacrifices and animal sacrifices long ago?" "In fact, in Tibet, the primitive religion and the Yongzhongben religion, which advocated human blood sacrifices and animal sacrifices, have never really disappeared. The original construction and subsequent development of the Jokhang Temple contained elements of the primitive religion and the Yongzhongben religion. The hands and feet of the Buddha statues, the faces of the gods of the Bon religion, including the structural layout of the Jokhang Temple, all bear traces of the spooky Bon religion."

They searched quickly, came out soon, turned to the east, and saw some famous sandalwood carvings on the pillars and passing door frames. There was still no information about Tsomanjim on the ancient patterns.Next, they walked into the Lion Roaring Buddha Hall, the Hevajra Buddha Hall, the gold-plated Sheep Hall set up to commemorate the construction of the temple by filling the lake with goats, and finally came to the Jamba Buddha Hall. Prince Chambord said: "In this Buddhist hall, the sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso prayed for good weather and good harvest in Tibet for a whole month, but that was before he disappeared, that is, he had not appeared yet. Before Tsomanjim. In the year of praying, there was no snowstorm on the grasslands, the cattle and sheep were fat, the fields were free from drought and flood, and the crops were harvested. Since then, the Jamba Buddha here has become very famous. Every Tibetan New Year, it is invited out , along the Barkhor Street, around the Jokhang Temple, let it bathe in the sunshine of Lhasa, and let it hear the prayers of the believers. But it is impossible to leave traces of Tsangyang Gyatso and Tsomanjim here, because As you have seen, this is the Hall of Precepts and Tranquility of the Sutra, with five green Upara or green lotus and five plain Rautali or white lotus, symbolizing the acceptance and upholding of the five precepts: no killing, no stealing, and no sexual misconduct. , not lying, not drinking wine."

Mesa asked: "You mean, we're done, we haven't found Tsomanjim, and the Jokhang Temple doesn't have the 'Gate of Seven Tara'?" Prince Chambord said, "No, I still have to turn Langko." They walked out of the main hall of the Jokhang Temple and turned clockwise to the right. Prince Chambord said: "This is the route of Zhuanglangkou, that is, a circle around the main hall. There are 380 prayer wheels on three sides of this circle. There are no people who come to worship without turning around. Langkor, turn to Barkor, turn to Linkor. Turn to Barkor means to go out of the Jokhang Temple and circle along Barkhor Street; turn to Lingkor to walk along Lingkor Road in Lhasa City, around the Jokhang Temple, Yaowang Mountain, and Buda La Palace, Ramoche Temple, Xiamiyuan, and Sutra Printing Institute circle around. Langkor is the inner circle, Barkhor is the middle circle, and Lingkuo is the outer circle. This kind of three prayer routes from the core to the outer circle was my eight years ago Just turn around, if I find the 'Gate of the Seven Tara' this time, I would like to turn around again. Turning the scriptures is a way to firmly believe in and understand Buddhism. Aren't you full of expectations, pursuits and obsessions with the secular world? Then you turn around, turn around and you will find that your pursuit has long been realized, because you have no pursuit, your expectations and obsession with the world are completely replaced by pure thoughts and a bright world, where nothing but tranquility and Happiness, nothing. At this time, you will realize that what you are after is happiness, not other things, such as money, house, luxury, etc. Since you have already obtained happiness, what do you need money for? One who has enjoyed happiness Those who have never returned to trouble will never come back.”

The prayer wheel sounded like running water.They walked slowly, turned quickly, watched, and thought: Tsoman Jim, Tsangyang Gyatso's lover, where is she?Where is her guidance?Does it not appear until they have turned around enough? None showed up, and all the prayer wheels let them down. "It's a complete circle," Mesa said. Prince Chambord said: "It's not in vain. First, you get rid of it, and second, you pray for it. Turning the scriptures is to turn luck, and luck will come as soon as you turn. Maybe you will find out after a while, in fact, Tsoman Jim has long been in your field of vision, and you have noticed her message a long time ago. Go, go upstairs."

Mesa said: "You are comforting me, in fact, your worries are no less than mine." They came to the stairs, it was not close to the hall, there were no butter lamps, it was so dark that they couldn't see each other.Not only was it dark, but it was also so quiet that they felt their ears were deaf. Suddenly there was a burst of forbearance, which scared Mesa to the bone: "Who?" Prince Chambord grabbed her: "It seems that it's not a person, but an owl. Don't be afraid, just go up, just go up. Maybe the second and third floors are where Tsangyang Gyatso and Tsoman Jim stayed."

Mesa said: "Why do I think we shouldn't go up." Prince Chambord said: "We must go up. The main hall of the Jokhang Temple has four floors. Only by going up can we see the 108 wood carvings of lions and beasts and sphinxes as decorations under the eaves of the second and third floors." Seeing the Indian reliefs of swans, elephants, horses, and auspicious deer on beams and pillars and brackets, and the thangkas embroidered with Tantric gods Shengle Vajra and Yamantaka Vajra in the Ming Dynasty, these are extremely precious and very precious. Famous. Three hundred years ago, Tsoman Jim wanted to keep the "Guidance Grant" that opened the "Gate of Seven Tara" until today, and it is likely that they will be used as carriers, because only they will always exist, and Protected and cared for for generations.”

Finally, I walked through the steep stairs and came to the second floor.The second floor is also dark, like a Zen machine in a meditation hall: the meaning of the Buddha is as dark as it is, and the inside is not clear.Fortunately, here is a platform that looks directly at the sky. The distant starry sky dilutes the darkness, and you can see the relief-like night spreading all over your body. It is a hidden and scattered palace, absorbing a new round of terror, fierce in silence.Why is there no butter lamp?The Buddhist hall on the second floor can actually blow out the lamps and put out the wax.They walked over, only to find that it was not that there was no light, but that the door was closed.He pushed hard, but the heavy wooden door didn't budge. Mesa said: "What do you mean, the undefended Jokhang Temple closed the door of the second-floor hall to us?" Prince Chambord said: "There must be some people who are willing and some people who are not." There was another burst of suppressed laughter, and there was a faint call from above: "I am here, I am here." "Damn it," Mesa said. Prince Chambord said: "Seeing a ghost at this time is not necessarily a bad thing. It may be the illusion of a dakini, or a call entrusted to someone by Tsomanjim. Let's go to the third floor." He took her to the stairs at the northeast corner of the platform on the second floor, which is the place leading to the golden roof on the third and fourth floors of the main hall of the Jokhang Temple.The third floor is a quiet and lonely place where Living Buddhas and Lamas read scriptures and practice. It is usually closed to the public, and it is locked like a wall tonight.As they stood, they felt that the silence was thicker, as if the entire Jokhang Temple had fallen into samadhi. The ghost's laughter sounded again, and after the laugh, it was still the same call: "I am here, I am here." Although it was faint and disconnected, the silence gave it a clear possibility.Prince Chambord and Mesa obviously felt that the voice changed suddenly, and they couldn't understand it anymore. Mesa said, "Is it Tibetan?" Prince Chambord said: "No, I can understand Tibetan, whether it is Amdo, U-Tibetan, or Kham-Tibetan. I think it is like ancient Sanskrit. Yes, the rhythm and pronunciation are like ancient Sanskrit. Who is speaking ancient Sanskrit? It is obviously aimed at us." He looked at the golden dome of the Jokhang Temple where the voice came from, and pulled Mesa up. But the door to the Golden Summit was locked, and they could only helplessly listen to the voice change from Sanskrit to Tibetan, and then from Tibetan to Chinese: "I am here, I am here." Prince Chambord looked up at the top of the open-air Lion Gate and said: "There is no other way to go, but to turn over, you step on my shoulder." "It's so high, how can I climb over the top of the door and get down? Besides, what should you do?" "Then there is only one way, I turn over, you wait for me here." Mesa couldn't help shivering, and looked left and right: "I'll wait for you, alone?" Prince Chambord also thought it was inappropriate. After thinking about it, he felt that this was the only way, and he had to do it if it was not appropriate.He said: "Mesa, Mesa..." sighed, "Actually, I can't bear to leave you here alone." Then he suddenly hugged her. Mesa's tense muscles relaxed as if someone had tickled him.She shrank into his arms, quietly, quietly.She looked up.He lowered his head and found that her eyes were rolling like two night pearls in Lan Yan's arms, and he couldn't help getting excited.He kisses her and touches her body lyrically with his hands.She didn't refuse or respond, but her body was a little stiff, and then trembling.He wanted to melt her with more affectionate and passionate actions, and suddenly remembered her oath, and her words that made him feel inferior: "You remembered it, but you didn't understand it." These days, he has been deciphering her words, deciphering her oath, as persistent as deciphering Tsangyang Gyatso's love song.Unfortunately nothing.He still doesn't understand, how could he not understand such a simple and clear oath? He gently pushed her away, grabbed the lion door and said, "I'm going up." Mesa's little hand silently took his hand, which deeply moved him. "Our deadline is before dawn, and it's almost dawn." Prince Chambord said and held Mesa down. Mesa had to squat down.Prince Chambord stepped on her shoulder.