Chapter 112 Section 1

Once under the Potala Palace, Prince Chambord did not leave.What you see is not the same as what rises in your heart. What is infinitely majestic is not mountains and buildings, but space and time.It seems that the Potala Palace represents everything in Tibet. Standing here means standing at the end of history, the end of human spirit and all the time in the future. Prince Chambord said: "Actually, I'm too stupid. 'Potala' is 'Putuo Luojia'. When I escaped from the Lama Temple, it was the scripture flag printed with the words 'Putuo Luojia' that pointed out the escape route for me, and Using an unnamed one-foot golden Buddha to hint at the Zen mechanism: "The Gate of the Seven Tara" has disappeared in the Lama Temple, and it is necessary to rely on Putuoluojia, which is the Potala Palace. "Underground Prophecy" also Said, 'Every nameless Buddha and Bodhisattva is the incarnation of Avalokitesvara, from the holy place Putuoluojia, to the holy place Putuoluojia'. Unfortunately, I was not enlightened at that time."

Mesa said: "Great termas may have hints everywhere, and maybe there are many hints that we have not discovered so far. There are false hints and true hints, invalid hints and effective hints. It is very important to be able to walk on the route of effective hints all the time. It is not easy. Sometimes termas are not only in one place, but in many places, but only one is the most important, the only 'text' terma, and the process of digging determines which way the digger goes. Besides, when you eat melon seeds, you eat melon seeds, when you eat watermelon, you eat watermelon, we can’t pick up melon seeds and just want to eat watermelon.”

Prince Chambord said: "Maybe the person who set the hint should have reminded me." Mesa said: "This is impossible. Terton's view on suggestion is that setting a suggestion and the suggestion itself does not know what he is suggesting. Everything is accidental, and the aggregation of countless accidents constitutes necessity." Prince Chambord and Mesa saw lamas in purple cassocks and yellow cloaks standing on the city wall.The tall and majestic city wall, together with the parapet wall on the top and the height of the lamas, looks like the Great Wall gathered by soldiers from a distance.Those lamas seemed to grow out of the city wall, and gorgeous flowers bloomed on the dark gray forest belt, dazzling all the way.

Prince Chambord stopped and watched, and whispered to Mesa: "This is the 'snow fence'." Mesa said: "My heart is pounding, as if the Potala Palace is really going to explode, and the 'snow fence' will disappear in a blink of an eye." They wore wigs and sunglasses, and covered their noses and mouths with flower puppers.Such attire is not surprising in Tibet. The wild wind often blows dust all over the sky, and ultraviolet rays often make people's faces purple. Many people cover their faces even in summer to protect themselves from sun and dust.They mingled among the bustling crowd without attracting anyone's attention.

Prince Chambord laughed and said: "So many lamas are not worried, what are you worried about?" He was immersed in his own thinking, and recited the sentence from the "Guide to Granting Fortunes" of the Jokhang Temple: "'Circle the Lord of the Light in the Snowy Land. After the snow fence...'Who is the 'Lord of the Light in the Snow Land' who 'circled the snow fence'? Songtsan Gampo and the fifth king? By the way, it must be the great Tibetan king Songtsan Gampo and the fifth Dalai Lama .” Mesa asked, "How do you know?" Prince Chambord said: "There are many ancient documents that refer to the Potala Palace as the 'Land of Lights in the Snow Land'. Songtsan Gampo who first built the Potala Palace and the fifth Dalai Lama who later rebuilt the Potala Palace What is it that a lama is not the "lord of the snowy lantern"? More than 1,300 years ago, Songtsen Gampo, king of Tibet, moved his capital from the south of the mountain to the Lhasa Valley, and built the original Potala Palace in Hongshan. The original Potala Palace The palace has three sieges, among which there are nine hundred and ninety-nine fortress-style palaces, and a large temple was built on the top of the Red Mountain to make up the thousand. Unfortunately, lightning strikes, electric fires, and earthquakes made this rare palace very difficult. It has almost become a relic of history, and only the Fawang Cave and the Holy Guanyin Hall are left. In 1642 AD, the fifth Dalai Lama established the Gadan Pozhang regime in Tibet, and soon began to preside over the reconstruction of the Potala Palace. Three years later, the White House and the After the completion of the city wall, the Tibetan government moved from the Kadan Phodrang of Drepung Monastery to the Potala Palace. Decades later, the regent Sangye built the Red Palace and the Stupa to house the fifth Dalai Lama. It was "after the owner of the snow-covered lantern circled the snow-proof fence", and it was also the time when the sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso entered the Potala Palace. Then there were people who lived in the "snow-proof fence" and belonged to the "green pine tree". Sorang Banjong of The House of Stone."

Mesa asked: "But what if you know about the 'Lord of the Snowy Lantern'? The 'snow fence' they've 'circled' is too big." Prince Chambord pondered and said, "Does it mean that every Buddha in the 'snow fence' may hide the terma of the 'Gate of Seven Tara'?" Mesa said: "No way, how many Buddha statues are there in the Potala Palace?" Prince Chambord said: "The Buddha statues on the 10,000-meter murals, the Buddha statues on the thousand pagodas, Thangka paintings, scripture images, statues and carvings of various Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Dharma protectors add up to about one million. Zun. Although at least half of them are works after the Tsangyang Gyatso era, we may not be able to distinguish the age of each statue clearly. What's more, the newly molded Buddha statues must be consecrated and blessed. 'Please' can also come from neighboring Buddha statues, Buddha statues of the same kind, attached."

Mesa asked worriedly: "Many termas have been designed by the termas to move on their own, that is, to migrate in all directions, and they emerge as the times require, or divide one piece of information into many pieces of information, and spread them everywhere. The problem is that we have limited time. , can’t find all of them.” Saying that, they walked towards the three-story stone gatehouse in the middle of the "snow fence".Monks and believers lined up in long lines.On this day when thousands of monks gather, security checks are added in front of the city gate, and people and objects are checked by electronic eyes.The lamas in charge of this work have obviously been specially trained, and their movements are agile and skilled.Although no one believes that the ancient "Underground Prophecy" will come true as planned-a thousand rebels will enter the venue wearing explosives, point out their leaders one by one, and then let the leaders issue the order to ignite and detonate together, but precautions still need to be taken. of.There is nothing wrong with being careful, after all, the Potala Palace is too important, as important as the holy religion itself, and there can be no mistakes.

Prince Chambord and Mesa moved forward bit by bit in the line, and arrived at the front after half an hour.After passing the inspection, they entered the door, walked clockwise around the stone screen wall inside the door, mixed in the crowd, bent down involuntarily, and walked reverently to the long stone steps. Prince Chambord stopped suddenly, pointed to a stone tablet and asked, "Do you know it, the tablet without writing?" Mesa said: "I've heard of it, it's very famous, I didn't expect it to be so inconspicuous." Prince Chambord said: "But it is very important. It is the starting point of worshiping the Potala Palace. When the regent Sangjie built the Potala Palace Red Palace, except for a few close Galon, the outside world, including the court, did not know the fifth Dalai Lama. Lama Lama has passed away. For the safety of the sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso, Sangye has been in hiding for thirteen years. Therefore, after the completion of the Red Palace, it can only be said that the fifth Dalai Lama is practicing in seclusion and cannot personally inscribe the inscription As an excuse, a monument with no words was erected. Later, Sangjie planned to fill in the inscription, but before he could discuss it with Tsangyang Gyatso, he was killed by Lazang Khan.”

Mesa said, "Why did he discuss with Tsangyang Gyatso?" "That's what I want to say," Prince Chambord said. "Let's talk about it later, let's hurry up and visit the icon that Sorang Banzon 'pleased'," Mesa said. Prince Chambord said: "I can't talk about it later. The first sentence of the "Guideline" of the Jokhang Temple's "Light-permeable Text" is, "Why is there no record of meritorious deeds?"." Mesa said, "You mean it refers to the tablet without writing?" Prince Chambord said: "Since the direction of the entire 'light-transmitting text' and our judgment are the Potala Palace, then it must be. When Sangjie wanted to make up the inscription, he had already given the power of the regent to his son. He wanted to The last thing to do is to consolidate Tsangyang Gyatso’s status by erecting a stele. It’s a pity that he didn’t do it, and what’s left in history is still a stele without words.”

Mesa said: "But this is the monument to the completion of the Potala Palace Red Palace. What does it have to do with Tsangyang Gyatso? If you want to talk about 'high merit', it is the fifth Dalai Lama, or Sangye himself." Prince Chambord said: "It shouldn't be the two of them. The construction of the Red Palace began eight years after the fifth Dalai Lama passed away. At this time, Tsangyang Gyatso was recognized as the reincarnated soul boy. He is the god-king determined by God. In Tibet, the god-king is above everything else, and whoever is the god-king is the one who bestows blessings on the Red Palace."

"So, what does this have to do with the Seven Tara Gate?" Mesa said. Prince Chambord said: "In fact, shortly after Tsangyang Gyatso entered the Potala Palace, the regent Sangye wanted to make up the inscription, but Tsangyang Gyatso refused. Tsangyang Gyatso said, if you want to make up, you can do it Make up my previous life, or yourself. I, the Dalai Lama, have not been doing it for a long time. This is Tsangyang Gyatso's prophecy to himself. Obviously, he has long been prepared for the fate of being deposed. Sangjie insists on making up for the current Dalai Lama. Lai, so I have been discussing with Tsangyang Gyatso. Later, in the days when Tsangyang Gyatso was about to leave Tibet, a lama risked his life to engrave on the wordless tablet overnight. The description of Tsangyang Gyatso and a love song. The lama was immediately executed by Lazang Khan, and the engraved Tsangyang Gyatso and the love song were also smoothed.” He pointed to the surface of the stele and said, “Look carefully, there is still There are traces of grinding." On the surface of the stele, some wear marks are faintly visible, and even a few sunken strokes that have not been completely smoothed can be seen.The mist of history becomes lingering in the face of Tsangyang Gyatso, just like his love songs. "Which love song is it engraved on?" Mesa asked. Prince Chambord said: "It's a pity that I haven't figured it out. What I think now is that this lama was probably appointed by Tsangyang Gyatso, and this love song was also appointed by Tsangyang Gyatso. It must have a profound meaning, saying Maybe it's the last 'prophecy' of the 'Gate of the Seven Tara'." Mesa said: "There is some truth. One of the skills of terma is that the most obvious and the most hidden is that it depends on your ability and understanding. Tsangyang Gyatso wants to engrave it in broad daylight, please let the sun, moon and stars And immortal time, which is far better than entrusting to any holy image." Prince Chambord thought about it and said: "The most obvious is also the most hidden? The lama was killed, and the engraved love song was smoothed out. Will Tsangyang Gyatso take other measures?" They walked around the wordless stele without any other clues, so they walked to the stone steps and embarked on the initial journey of climbing the Potala Palace, a palace of faith and a spiritual peak. Crowds of lamas in red, devout believers, and curious tourists are all going up.The stone steps extending from west to east are like a dream ladder to heaven, and those who climb up are like ancients who have passed through history, or descendants who are active in the future.Prince Chambord felt as if he had arrived in another world, where there was no flow of time and no change of dynasties. If you want to stand still on the stone steps, it means that time does not move. You belong to the past and the future. You are Eternal existence, the "Seven Tara Gate" is also an eternal existence. Prince Chambord suddenly stopped on a stone step with a deep foot socket, and asked Mesa: "If you were Tsangyang Gyatso, besides engraving a stone tablet, what other ways can you leave your own language in the most obvious and most subtle way? Seeing that she was a little confused, he asked again, "Can't singers hide their secrets in their love songs? Tsangyang Gyatso was a well-known love singer in Tibet at that time. When he left Lhasa, the whole city of Lhasa was singing his love songs." Is it not because of his guidance? When he sang, others sang along, and then passed on from ten to hundreds and thousands of times. In other words, it is very likely that the love song that is being sung in the whole city of Lhasa is the one he wanted to engrave. Compared with the inscription on the inscription, it is more obvious and more hidden." Mesa kept nodding: "Yes, yes, that's right, please make it clearer." "I'm referring to the day when Tsangyang Gyatso departed for the capital." Prince Chambord said, looking at a tourist with a beard and a cowboy hat beside him.The cowboy hat was pressed against him and seemed to be listening to him too.He greeted Mesa and walked up two steps, avoiding the cowboy hat, and then said, "1706 AD is the year of the fire dog in the Tibetan calendar. On May 17, the sun just came out..." He immediately shut up again.He saw Bixiu was looking at him from three or four stone steps above, her sinister eyes were like eagles watching for food.He took a step back subconsciously, and touched his amulet, the golden key with a parrot head. Bixiu rushed over, grabbed his wig, threw it on the ground and said, "I can recognize you even if you become a ghost." Prince Chambord pulled up Mesa and ran away.There were people in front of him and behind him, and he bumped into them as soon as he raised his leg.Bixiu rushed over again, holding him with one hand and the gun with the other. Prince Chambord pleaded: "Now we are very close to the 'Gate of Seven Tara', please give me a little more time, even if you have the right to sentence me to death, you still have to give me a chance to repent." Bixiu said gloomyly: "Then hurry up and repent." He cast his eyes on the bustling crowd, "Do you know why I didn't shoot you down? Because Maggie Ami is about to show up." Prince Chambord was stunned, and remembered the sentence in "Underground Prophecy": "Maggie Ami, the god of excavating treasures in the Potala Palace, under the protection of Vajra, the list of the descendants of Tsangyang Gyatso was empty." He said Staring at Bixiu, he said nervously, "What do you want to do? Want to kill Maggie Ami?" "The Temple of the Invisible Blood Curse wants to get the list of all Tsangyang Gyatso's descendants. If Maggie Ami binds the list with her life, I will not be polite." Mesa pushed Bixiu: "Hey, policeman, can you kill people casually?" "Don't call me a policeman, it's not this time, I'm called Menyu Heijian." The tourist with the beard and cowboy hat who was next to Prince Chambord just now leaned over again, turned around suddenly, grabbed Bixiu's hand holding the gun with both hands and twisted it.Bixiu let out an "ouch", her hand was cut backwards, and the gun dropped.The cowboy hat grabbed the gun and left.Bixiu gave a loud roar and chased after her.The cowboy hat suddenly stopped and stood on the higher stone steps, looking down at him.Bixiu was stunned, and it took a while to realize that this person was the skeleton killer.He screamed and rushed over.The skeleton killer raised his leg and kicked him in the face. He screamed and rolled to the ground, and was trampled a few times by the excited people.When he got up and chased again, the skeleton killer was gone. At this time, there was a sudden commotion at the security checkpoint at the gate of the Potala Palace, and someone shouted hoarsely: "He has explosives on him!" The crowd became turbulent, some ran out, and some jumped up.Bixiu glared at Prince Chambord, walked quickly towards the security checkpoint, and saw that several lamas in charge of the security check had already twisted a tall man.The tall man was also dressed as a lama, and in the cassock that had been torn apart, there was a circle of explosives wrapped in kraft paper tied around his waist, at least twenty tubes. Vice Captain Bixiu ordered two subordinates: "Take him away from here quickly, there are many people here. After disarming the explosives, take him to the detective team for a surprise interrogation to see if there are any accomplices." The tall lama roared: "I want to see the Great Living Buddha Vaje Gongga, let me see the Great Living Buddha Vaje Gongga quickly." Bixiu said: "You have no right to make such a request, take it away." But the lama in charge of the security check did not allow the police to take him away.They are asking for instructions from the steward of Vaj Gongga, the Great Living Buddha on the peak seat of the Potala Palace.After consulting the Great Living Buddha Vajgongga, the steward clearly instructed: "Take people to the Dharma Protector Temple in Xuecun, and the Great Living Buddha will inquire in person. Tell the police that if we can't handle it, we must ask them for help." Bixiu said: "Since the Great Living Buddha Vajgongga said so, we have no choice but to agree, but our people must follow, and my subordinates and I must be responsible for the safety of the entire Potala Palace." Then transferred two subordinates Come over and stand guard at the security checkpoint, and tell them that if another person with explosives is found in the inspection, he will be pulled into a police car and interrogated on the spot. The two security lamas set up the tall lama and walked towards the Dharma Guardian Temple in Xuecun at the foot of the Potala Palace. Bixiu followed closely behind, took out her mobile phone, and wanted to report the human bomb in the Potala Palace to the chief, thought it over, and then forgot.If the chief sends some policemen here who don't obey his command, it will definitely interfere with his plan.Besides, the presence of explosives was probably a ruse to divert the attention of the police from Prince Chambord and Maggie Ami.He took a few steps, stared at the tall lama from the front, and found that he was very young, at most twenty-five years old, handsome and fair-looking, if he had long hair, people would believe that he was a beautiful woman. He asked: "Are all the renegades who entered the meeting armed with explosives so young?" The tall lama looked at Bixiu with tenacity and openness on his face, without saying a word. He asked again: "Could it be that the inheritance of the Betrayer is getting stronger and sharper?" The tall lama still did not speak, his eyes became contemptuous, as if to say: You are not qualified to talk to me, I want to see the Great Living Buddha Vajgongga. Bixiu smiled coldly and said, "Be careful not to fall into my hands."