Chapter 138 Section 5

After the meeting in the Holy Avalokitesvara Hall was over, all the participants came to the stone steps in front of the Potala Palace Phuntsok Dorang Gate to welcome eminent monks and monks from all over the world.Some of these monks flew directly to Lhasa, Tibet from their own countries, and some first arrived in Beijing, the capital of China, and then transferred to Lhasa.But no matter where they come from, they will all appear in front of the Potala Palace at the same moment. As the most important host, the Great Living Buddha Vajgongga stood in the front row of the waiting line accompanied by the housekeeper. His uncontrollable excitement made him temporarily put aside his worries about the imminent explosion of explosives.He understood that the arrival of these guests was neither for him nor for the Potala Palace, but for the terma of the "Gate of the Seven Tara", a pair of little-known secular men and women.But after all, the Potala Palace has become the focus of the world's attention because it has the "Gate of the Seven Tara", that is, Tsangyang Gyatso's last words. This is an unexpected glory.

At this time, a person who looked like an official came to him and asked him, "What is the 'Gate of the Seven Tara'?" The Great Living Buddha Vaje Gongga said: "Simply speaking, it is the last words of Tsangyang Gyatso, a terma that needs to be discovered urgently, and a method for practicing Tantric Buddhism." "I still don't understand, can you be more specific?" The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga said: "Almost all the monasteries in Tibetan areas with the reincarnation inheritance of living Buddhas have researchers and practitioners of the 'Seven Tara's Gate'. Promote research. Even in the same monastery, you can't guess who is related to the 'Gate of the Seven Tara'. But it has been known for many years that there has been no progress in practice and research. Practitioners try to visualize, through The direct communication with the gods is the "only method". Researchers are trying to use superhuman wisdom and unremitting exploration to discover the "last terma". They are always in the silent darkness without any sound. But just recently , Lama Guru Chiu Tse disclosed his achievements in practicing the 'Gate of the Seven Tara' through the examination of the Great Living Buddha on the Peak of the Potala Palace. When he announced that his practice was limited to the 'Gate of the Seven Tara' At the fifth door, and the sixth door is the door of terma, two excavators named Prince Chambord and Mesa appeared. Their actions made everyone realize that the secret and distant 'Seven Tara' The gate of the sacred and great Tsangyang Gyatso is actually in the Potala Palace. This is not counted, because of their excavation of termas, the "Gate of the Seven Tara" of Tibetan Buddhism directly led to The Seventh Great Gathering of World Buddhism."

The official nodded, and wanted to ask something. The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga turned his face away with a smile. Now he needs to be calm and think about the sudden arrival of the seventh assembly. The Great Living Buddha Waje Gongga knows better than anyone else that there will be no Buddhism without gatherings, and without the development of Buddhism, every gathering is a milestone and a major turning point. The first assembly took place not long after Sakyamuni passed away. Under the auspices of the Buddha’s first disciple, Kasyapa, five hundred monks gathered in the Qiye Cave outside Rajgaha. It can be said that it was this assembly that gave birth to the teachings of the Buddha. Buddhist scriptures.When Sakyamuni was alive, there were only Buddhist teachings that were passed on orally, and there were no written Buddhist scriptures.In this gathering, Ananda, a disciple of Sakyamuni, recited the "Sutras" spoken by the Buddha, Upali recited the "precepts" formulated by the Buddha, and the monks recorded them in Pali, which is popular in ancient India. The original "Buddhist scriptures" were formed.Since then, Buddhism has become a religious group with idols as its form, Buddhist scriptures as its heart, and chanting and meditation as its behavior.

The second gathering took place on the 100th anniversary of Sakyamuni's death.The Vaishari Sangha in eastern India violated traditional precepts by storing salt and eating after noon, drinking unfermented palm wine and unstirred milk, using seats casually, and begging for gold and silver.Elder Yashe of the Motura Sangha in the west made a personal inspection and raised a strong objection in an attempt to correct these illegal acts, but was rejected by the other party.So Elder Yashe summoned 700 monks to gather in Vaishali, re-examined the precepts by means of great chanting, and ordered the Vaishari Sangha to make corrections within a time limit and return to tradition.The Vaishari Sangha refused to accept the ruling and called tens of thousands of ordinary monks to gather in Vaishari to recite sutras to contend.Those who participated in the assembly of 700 people were all the Theravada monks, known as the "Theravada Department", and those who participated in the assembly of 10,000 people were all ordinary monks, known as the "Public Ministry".This gathering is actually the collective name of the separate gatherings of the two monk groups, and the first split in the history of Buddhism occurred.It means that the development of Buddhism is moving toward pluralism and openness, and it means that Buddhists are using the method of changing the precepts to enhance their affinity, so that the belief starts from the practice of a few people in the upper echelons to the wider secular people.

The third gathering took place in the 236th year of Sakyamuni's death. At this time, King Ashoka of ancient India had converted to Buddhism. His own teachings influenced Ashoka.So there are different opinions and no consensus.Ashoka felt that it was necessary to eradicate heretics and purify Buddhism, so he summoned a thousand monks to gather in Huashi City.They chanted classical Buddhist scriptures, confirmed and consolidated the doctrines of the scriptures, and cleaned up and criticized various heresies and heresies.Then a group of monks were sent to leave the Ganges River Basin to preach and spread the Dharma far abroad.This gathering prevented Buddhism from being engulfed by heretics, maintained the purity of Buddhism, and began to expand to a wider area.

The fourth gathering took place around 100 BC. At that time, there were not only the Theravada and the Mass sects in Buddhism, but also many factions split between the two sects, each holding one end and hostile to each other.King Kanishka of the Da Yuezhi Guishuang Empire, who believed in Buddhism, convened a grand assembly of 500 Arhats in today's Kashmir area, adopted opinions from various schools, and completed a collection of 300,000 verses and 9.6 million words .After that, King Kanishka organized craftsmen to engrave some classics on copper plates and store them in the stupa.At about the same time, King Abaye of Sri Lanka summoned 500 bhikkhus in the Alu Temple to recite the Theravada Tripitaka and make extensive annotations. The first Pali Tripitaka and its annotations were born.The gathering of the two places opened up the trend of seeking common ground while reserving differences, and pushed the "Lun Zang" in the Tripitaka (Sutras: Buddha's own speeches, Vinaya: monks' clear rules and precepts, Lun Zang: explanations of teachings and teachings) to an unprecedented level. peak.

The fifth assembly took place in 1857. In view of the fact that the Pali language used by the Buddha and the Pali language as the popular language of ancient India have been lost, and the interpretation of the Pali scriptures and the blueprints relied on by various languages ​​have deviated , even quite different.King Minton of the Gongbang Dynasty in Myanmar summoned 2,000 monks and gathered in the capital city of Mandalay.Focusing on Vinaya, the Pali classics were re-examined, and the original text was strictly proofread and revised. Then, the Vinaya jointly recognized by two thousand monks was inscribed on 729 stone tablets for long-term preservation.This gathering emphasizes precepts and the originality of precepts. In fact, it also emphasizes the importance of belief groups, strengthens the bonds that form groups, and regards restoring the authenticity and orthodoxy of precepts as a necessary means to consolidate and purify organizations.

The sixth assembly took place from 1954 to 1956. To commemorate the 2,500-year death of Sakyamuni, the Myanmar government held the largest assembly in the history of Buddhism on a hill in the northern suburbs of Yangon. More than 2,500 Venerable monks from Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand, and China were invited to participate.The purpose of this gathering is to get to the bottom of the matter, to screen out and approve all kinds of Pali Tripitakas, especially Sutras and Lun Zang, which are false and genuine, and then carry out strict checks and corrections, so that world Buddhism has the most authoritative and perfect Pali so far. The Liwen Tripitaka embodies the seriousness of scriptures and the purity of religious organizations.

That's the great milestone six build-ups, what about the seventh? The seventh assembly took place today, in the Potala Palace, when someone opened the "Seven Tara Gate".Ah, when the Great Living Buddha Vajgongga thought about it, his whole body trembled, it was because of excitement.As an eminent Buddhist monk, facing such a major event, he couldn't help being excited.Excitement comes from anticipation, the whole world is looking forward to it, Sakyamuni is looking forward to it, the third Tathagata, the Eight Great Bodhisattvas, the 21st Mother, and the thousand Buddhas of the eons are looking forward to it, all the Buddhist monks and all believers on the earth are looking forward to it Expectations: What is the result of the great build-up?It is related to the fate of Buddhism, the future direction of Buddhism - death or glory; it is related to whether the soul is saved, whether human beings are happy, how long our spirit can go in confusion, helplessness and helplessness.And all of this depends on whether you can successfully discover the terma of the "Gate of the Seven Tara", that is, the last words of Tsangyang Gyatso. What is the last words of Tsangyang Gyatso?

The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga asked the steward behind him: "Can we help them?" "Help who?" "Two young men who opened the 'Seven Tara Gate'." "No, Great Living Buddha, they have their own destiny, our top priority is to find the explosives." Dynamite?The extremely heavy explosives caused the straight waist of the Great Living Buddha Wajiegongga to collapse immediately.There are more and more police officers, and they have brought explosive detectors and six or seven police dogs. Every temple has become a key search area.He looked back at the gate of Phuntsok Duolang, wishing someone would come out and tell him that the explosives had been found.

The butler said, "Look, Great Living Buddha, the guests have already arrived." An endless row of small and large cars came from Beijing Road, and stopped in an orderly manner after entering the Potala Palace Square.The people in the car got down one after another, and suddenly it was red, yellow and blue, and the confluence of cassock and cassock was like a cloud falling to the ground.Eminent monks from all over the world came slowly, some with black hair, some with yellow hair, some with white hair, some with no hair and some with long hair.The Seventh World Buddhist Gathering has begun. The Great Rinpoche Vajgongga thought about it, and the number of senior monks assembled for the sixth time was the largest, with a total of more than 2,500 monks.What about the seventh time?Looking at the crowd of monks in the car formation in the Potala Palace Square, there are at least 4,000 eminent monks, plus their entourage, easily surpassed by 10,000 monks. Wajie Gongga realized that the exciting moment of appearing in the assembly as the Great Living Buddha on the peak of the Potala Palace had arrived, so he put on a new cassock and walked quickly towards the square.All those who were waiting walked towards the square.Almost at the same time, a lama rushed out from the gate of Phuntsok Duolang and shouted: "Great Living Buddha." The Great Living Buddha Vajgongga stopped and turned back to look at the lama expectantly. He knew that there must be news: the explosives have been found? Has the terma of the "Gate of Seven Tara" been discovered? But when the lama ran down the stone steps and stood in front of the Great Living Buddha Vaje Gongga panting, what he said was bad news: "Something happened, something happened to Si Xipingcuo."