Chapter 83 Section 1

The four-year competitive examination for the Great Living Buddha on the peak seat of the Potala Palace is arranged in the Chiming Buddha Hall of the Potala Palace. The Chiming Buddha Hall, also known as Renzeng Lakang, is located on the south side of the Red Palace of the Potala Palace. The tall second Buddha Tsongkhapa silver-cast statue is the main Buddha in the hall, surrounded by bronze statues of the eight gods of Master Padmasambhava. picture.Exquisitely carved horses, elephants, lions, peacocks, flowers and leaves adorn the throne of the statue.The throne is a symbol of Buddhism in the world, emphasizing that this is the world and a place that emphasizes reason.The eight silver pagodas are like the declaration of the Dharma Bodies of the eight great Buddhas, regulating the world at the critical point of heaven and hell, one step to the sky, one step to the earth, and the participants for the exam will be between the Buddha and the devil After completing the transformation, all the emotional organs became uneasy.

Between the eight pagodas and the eight gods of Guru Rinpoche, sit nine examiners, who are nine great achievers from different sects, including the Great Living Buddha Vajgongga. The two reply seats are set opposite each other, with a distance of ten meters in the middle, and a three-foot tin rod representing majesty is placed.Guru Qiuze Lama sat on the east side, and his rival Shannan Tantra leader Benbojia Rinpoche sat on the west side. Surrounding the examiner and the two candidates, countless lamas sat on those bright and colorful mats. Most of them were Geshes with advanced degrees from various monasteries in Tibet.

Today's exam is divided into three steps. The first step is for the candidates to ask each other questions. Each person asks three questions and asks the other party to answer them.The second step is for Geshe representatives to ask random questions.The third step is for the examiner to ask questions at will.In the end, the examiners will judge and vote, and the winner will be announced on the spot, and then they will enter the second exam on another day. The result of drawing lots was that Living Buddha Benbojia asked the question first. The Living Buddha Benbojia straightened his back and asked vigorously: "I have heard about the talents of the Venerable Lama for a long time. I am a foolish person, and I want the Venerable Lama to tell me that when your deity God appears in front of you , Did you see him with a green face or a red face?"

Guru Qiu Ze Lama immediately realized that this was a trap, because the appearance of the deity with a red face or a green face is a phenomenon outside the body at the low-level cultivation stage. Anywhere in the body slowly rose, and then flowed silently throughout the body like white blood.He replied in a loud voice: "The green faces I see are the faces of all men, and the red faces I see are the faces of all women. They are trapped in the realm of desire and sex and cannot be transcended, so why don't you show two-color faces? Do you know? As for the deity God taught to me by the master, I have never seen it. He may have become my pulse and breath from the beginning, and turned into the semen and all the mucus secreted by the essence. He's always there and yet I don't feel his presence."

Living Buddha Benbojia clapped his hands and asked again: "Are you saying that you can't feel the existence of the deity?" Lama Guru Chiutse replied without thinking, "Yes." Ben Bojia immediately asked again: "Do you have a deity?" Guru Qiu Ze slapped his hands: "My heart tells me, no." Geshe lamas made a sound of surprise.This is an inconceivable answer. How could it be possible that a lama who practices Tantric Buddhism does not have a deity who dominates his mind?The examiners also had their faces tense, staring at him suspiciously, wanting to hear his explanation, but he was silent for a while, which meant that his answer was over.

The Great Living Buddha Wajie Gongga thought of his advice to his disciples to "do whatever you want", but he was not too worried. Buddhism is originally a method of speculation. . Next came the question from Lama Guru Chiew Tse.He looked at the other party with piercing eyes, made a high-five gesture and deliberately did not clap, and asked, "May I ask Living Buddha Benbojia, is there a god in this world? If there is a god, then did the world come first or the god first?" ?” Benbojia Living Buddha looked calm, smiled and replied loudly: "There are no gods in the world. It is egg-born, womb-born, wet-born, and transformed into a world, and then there are gods. This is the common sense of Buddhism. If there are no three thousand In the vast world, where did Sakyamuni come from, if there is no Sakyamuni, where did the Dharma come from, if there is no Dharma, where did the spiritual consciousness come from, if there is no spiritual consciousness, where did the reincarnation come from, if there is no reincarnation, where did the Living Buddha, if there is no living Buddha, where can there be temples with all the three treasures? If there are no temples, where can all gods gather? God exists between existence and non-existence, and he exists for needs. Buddha is the only need and the only god in the world."

Many Geshe Lamas cheered. Guru Qiu Ze asked again: "If we say that God exists if we need it, and if we don't need it, we don't have it, then do we, all sentient beings and non-sentient beings, need God?" Ben Bojia stared: ah, a lama would ask such a question?He clapped his hands and answered, "Of course." Guru Qiuze asked again: "So, where is the god? If he is in the temple of the Buddha, in the seated statue of Tsongkhapa and the bronze statue of Master Rinpoche, then I pray that he will come out to me. Why doesn’t he come out when we have the power of faith? If he is in our hearts, why does he remain unmoved when I pray for him to eliminate the confusion in my heart? If he is in heaven, then the distant heaven has a great influence on our world. How much do you care?"

Ben Bojia was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the other party to ask such a low-level question: Where is God?But the lower the question, the harder it seems to be to answer.He could have pointed to his own heart and said, in my heart.But this way has obviously been blocked by the opponent.He hesitated, and suddenly said: "God is in the house of God, in a place you will never think of. The reason why you can't think of it is that doubt is the root cause. Lama's Sutras, Vinaya, and the Tripitaka are becoming more and more comprehensive, but why are you getting farther and farther away from the Buddha? gone?"

The examination room was silent.The examiner and the Geshe Lamas were all in shock as they recalled Guru Qiu Ze Lama's question: Is there a God?Do we need God?Where is God?They have never thought about these issues, because this is Tibet, and Tibet has been a place where humans and gods have lived together since ancient times, just like people don't think about why they eat, drink, and breathe air.Why did the eminent monk who is devout and believes in God as his father ask such a question so empty? The Great Living Buddha Vaje Gongga also began to wonder: what happened to the disciple today?

At this time, the Geshe representative who was ready to ask questions stood up and asked loudly: "Lama Guru Qiu Ze, do you mean that no form is reality, that God exists when there is no need for God, and where there is no God, there is God." ?” Guru Qiu Ze Lama said: "No, I mean, when the earthquake occurs, when the snowstorm comes, when the iceberg disappears, when the grassland is destroyed, where is the god, where is the Buddha? Although it is said that praying is the root of all human hearts, can praying to gods and Buddhas avoid disasters? Can it bring good luck? Can it change the status quo? When things in the world make people helpless, helpless, and hopeless, encourage all beings to go Is it enough to seek help in my own soul?"

Representative Geshe said: "When people are empty, Buddha is empty, dharma is empty, and everything is empty, should we stay empty and stagnant, or let 'empty' become empty and then have it? Guru Qiu Ze Lama please answer." Guru Qiu Ze Lama said: "Although we have proved the emptiness of objects, we have not yet proved the emptiness of people. Although we have proved the emptiness of people, we have not yet proved the emptiness of dharma. The existence of emptiness means obstinate emptiness and attachment to emptiness. Attachment to emptiness is another form of attachment to ego. Buddhism must get rid of attachment to ego and face the existence of all beings and the existence of disasters. There is the right way." Representative Geshe asked again: "Ben Bojia Rinpoche, what do you think?" Benbojia Living Buddha said: "Let 'emptiness' be empty, it is real, disasters are real, gods and Buddhas are empty, gods and Buddhas are real, disasters are empty." Benbojia replied humbly, suddenly tilted his head, He clapped his hands at Guru Qiu Ze, "Ask the Venerable Lama, I heard that your younger brother committed suicide, why? I heard that your concubine called you 'Brother Qiu Ze', why? This is 'empty' Existence, or the presence of 'has'?" Lama Guru Qiu Ze was dumbfounded, the opponent actually knew about his younger brother's suicide, and knew that Fei Bao woke him up from his coma with "Brother Qiu Ze".What he thought of was not that the walls have ears, nor that the Living Buddha Ben Bojia despicably pryed into his privacy, but that his opponent, as a tantric practitioner, may have already surpassed the abilities of ordinary people. The omniscient Living Buddha actually does not need eyes or ears. Listen to these low-level spies. Guru Qiu Ze put his hands on his chest, half-opened his mouth and did not speak. This is the meaning of "holding empty and silent", and "empty voice" in the defense not only expresses contempt, but also means that "blank" eliminates "coloured"—brother committed suicide Now, Feibao called out "Brother Qiu Ze". The karma in the world of desire and sex has never bypassed any lama living in a temple, but the lama has a blank, a spiritual blank that has been changed through cultivation.When a person says that nothing is empty, and that nothing is nothing, the troubles that are surging like clouds will be swept away. But Guru Qiu Ze really has the happiness of spiritual emptiness, can he really be empty when he says nothing, and what he says is nothing?The younger brother committed suicide, and Feibao called out "Brother Qiu Ze". At the examiner's table, the Great Living Buddha Vaje Gongga suddenly asked: "In the past six months of cultivation, which method do you mainly use, and whose empowerment is it?" Guru Qiu Ze realized that the respected teacher had fundamentally doubted himself: If you are not cultivating heretics, how could you ask such a question: Is there a god?Do we need God?Where is God?How could such a question arise: can praying to gods and Buddhas avoid disasters?Can it bring luck?Can the status quo be changed? Guru Qiu Ze was speechless for a while.He strictly abides by the precept of not lying, and does not want to lie. A few years ago, after returning to the Potala Palace after finishing his nine-year penance in the Tantric Academy, he asked his root guru, Vaj Gongga, the Great Living Buddha at the peak of the Potala Palace, to teach him the secret of the supreme yoga twin body practice Empowerment, that is, to ask the master to give precepts and deeds on the "Joyful and Emerging Paradise". Although this kind of empowerment has been taught by other masters when he was in the Tantric Academy, he feels that the empowerment of the Great Living Buddha Vajgongga is even more extraordinary. It can achieve the goal of "becoming a Buddha instantly" more quickly.At that time, the Great Living Buddha Vajgongga asked: "The five supreme Vajra Dharmas are all the supreme and precious Dharma gates. Which one are you going to practice?" King Kong went through it all in his mind, and he said firmly: "I am going to specialize in the practice of Guzheng Vajra, and I will also practice Kalachakra and Joyful Vajra." But after only one month of practice, Lama Guru Qiu Ze changed.The change came so unexpectedly that even he himself was surprised that he would obey the change and resolutely abandon the empowerment of the revered master.At that time, he was meditating day and night, and he saw the sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso.Cangyang Gyatso stands in a pavilion, holding a flower in one hand and a jug in the other. The empowerment is like milk pouring on the head, the fragrance is like music, and the sweetness is like the most beautiful words that go straight to the bottom of my heart.Then Tsangyang Gyatso sang a love song accompanied by dakini dancers: If we never met, nor will we fall in love; If you never fell in love, Will not endure the torment of lovesickness. He came out of samadhi happily as if welcoming a lover, and saw that it was snowing outside the window, and soft love songs came like snowflakes. Guru Qiu Ze believes that the Buddha nature is inherent, and the temperament is innate.He is completely Tsangyang Gyatso's temperament, unable to refuse that temptation.It is the fragrant and warm moonlight in the Buddhist gate, and it is the great comfort that dissolves all the dryness and hardship when the vigorous and broad road extends to the feet.He began to act according to his words, and found that the first thing he needed to realize was: Is there a God?Do we need God?Where is God when disaster strikes? The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga asked again: "I am so shocked by your silence. Even if you deviate from the scriptures, you should know as a teacher." Guru Qiu Ze raised his head resolutely and said loudly: "I am practicing the 'Gate of the Seven Tara'. The first gate of the 'Gate of the Seven Tara' is: Is there a God? Where is the God?" Shouts, then silence. Guru Qiu Ze also said: "The sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso's empowerment in French is that the excavation of the 'Gate of the Seven Tara' is about to start, and my empowerment to you is the harbinger of the initiation." The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga suddenly stood up and asked scoldingly, "Then what about the empowerment I gave you, doesn't it count?" Guru Qiu Ze Lama said: "Respected Master, my heart is like the waves of the lake presenting these words. I follow the current and do whatever I want. This is exactly what you taught." The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga got up in shock, walked over, picked up the three-foot tin rod representing majesty, smashed it on his forehead, and threw it to Guru Qiuze Lama, saying painfully: "I die, You die too." Then, facing a pool of blood, he turned around and left. Benbojia Living Buddha said: "Great Living Buddha, please stay still. There is no result for today's exam." Indeed, the judging by the examiners has not been carried out, and who is the winner is not yet known.In the expectations of Living Buddha Benbojia, today's winner must be him, he is eager for the examiner's announcement. The Great Living Buddha Wajie Gongga realized that he was not only the respected teacher of Lama Guru Qiuze, but also the Great Living Buddha on the peak of the Potala Palace and the most authoritative person in the audience. In the examiner's seat. The result seems to be self-evident. Geshe lamas all know that Guru Qiu Ze Lama became the failure of this exam because he violated the order of his master and practiced the extremely secret "Seven Tara Gate" without authorization. The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga pointed to the senior Nima examiner and said, "I invite you to announce it." The Nima examiner asked, "What is the announcement? Who is the winner?" He pointed to other examiners and said, "We haven't voted yet." The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga said: "There is no need to vote." Nima examiner insisted: "Don't omit the established procedures." The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga did not say a word.Nine examiners began to vote, and it was over soon.When the Nima examiner announced the results, the Chiming Buddha Hall, which was the examination room, was full of discussions. Five votes to four votes, Lama Guru Chiew Tsek actually got five votes. The Living Buddha Benbojia didn't believe it was true, so he went over and read every ticket with his own eyes. The Great Living Buddha Waje Gongga pointed at the examiners and asked sternly, "Who voted for Lama Guru Qiuze? You actually support him in practicing illegal cultivation." No one answered him. The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga lost his composure and said, "I will never allow a person who practices the 'Gate of the Seven Tara' to inherit the seat of the Great Living Buddha on the peak of the Potala Palace." Nima examiner said: "Great Living Buddha, let the exam decide, this is the rule."