Chapter 139 Section 6

Prince Chambord and Mesa, who were walking around, collided with the lama from time to time, and sometimes even stepped on the legs that were coiled up, but the lamas didn't care. They took a look at them and went to concentrate on their own affairs. Mesa said: "There are so many people, getting in the way, getting in the way, getting in the way, if only there were no people here." Prince Chambord said: "Perhaps we need more people, and maybe we don't need to walk around like this. The route of excavation has been set, and the environment of excavation must also be set. Think about it, we Along the way, basically what kind of environment there is, there is what kind of route.”

Mesa said: "You are right. Terma is the burial of the environment, and excavation is the opening of the environment. This is theoretically valid, but how to find the key to unlock it varies from person to person." Prince Chambord stared at the fearless lion throne of the Dalai Lama at the west end of the main hall. Above the throne hung the imperial plaque of Emperor Qianlong "Yonglian Chudi".Between the throne and the plaque, colorful prayer flags are twisted into a round wheel, and in the middle of the round wheel is a black dot full of scriptures. "We took a closer look," Mesa said.

Prince Chambord said: "It's useless to get close. We can't disassemble the throne and plaque. Anything we can't do will not be the choice of terma. What I care about is the round wheel, which is another The shape that does not exist in the temple suddenly appears here, which feels a bit special. There is a point in the center of the round wheel, which is the pictograph of the sun, which once appeared in the Ritu rock paintings in Nagqu, Tibet. About this pictograph, ancient Tibetan, Chinese, It's all the same in Egyptian." "You mean, the earliest writing in Tibet was pictographic, not phonetic?"

"Every ancient nation has a pictographic childhood. Some have been annihilated by time, while others have been preserved. Tibetans are the nation that retains the most traces of childhood. It deifies childhood, becomes an object of worship, and also becomes a protection If you look at the forty-four pillars in the main hall and the brackets on the pillars, those beautifully carved Buddha statues, animals and flower decorations are not only a kind of decoration, but also a kind of language and expression.” "The key is what it says." "Yeah, what does it express? According to the "Potala Palace Chronicles", forty-two pillars are enough for the Sixi Pingcuo Hall, and two were added later. Why?"

"You mean we need to find these two pillars that were added for some reason?" Prince Chambord paused for a moment and said: "We couldn't find it for a while. On the surface, it looks like they are all heavy pillars. Besides, adding two pillars and then hiding them in these two pillars is too obvious and too focused on the 'truth'. There's it." "That's right, termas should be neither empty nor real, neither falling into the 'permanent side' nor falling into the 'broken side'." "So I suspect that it is just to make up the number. In the knotting records of the Tibetans in their childhood, the forty-fourth knot expresses the wish to come true, also known as the 'heart of making things come true'. And those carved on Dougong beams and columns Animals that jump up into the air and have bloody mouths are all used to symbolize the "heart of Dharma protection". When building the Red Palace of the Potala Palace, Bai Lang Gongbu, the chief woodcarver, drafted many flower decorations. Someone asked him: " What kind of flower is this, why haven’t I seen it before?” Bailang Gongbu said: “Good flowers bloom in people’s hearts, where do you go to see them? If there is no holiness in the heart, where is the lotus?” For 'the flower that grows in the heart' or 'the holy heart'."

Mesa said: "It sounds like you're emphasizing 'heart', but other temples also have flower decorations called 'Holy Heart' and animal carvings that symbolize 'Heart of Dharma Guardian'." Prince Chambord said: "But there is no way to add two additional pillars in other halls to make up forty-four. And when this number was made up, it happened to be the era of Tsangyang Gyatso. The heart of the sun represented by the prayer flags, the heart of the sun represented by the pillars Is it a coincidence that the heart of success, the heart of Dharma protection represented by carved beasts, and the heart of holiness represented by flower decorations come together?"

Mesa shook her head blankly.Prince Chambord smiled, he knew that he was also at a loss, and the more he talked, the more at a loss.They bypassed a group of lamas and walked up to the gallery on the second floor looking around. Prince Chambord said: "There are 698 murals here, and more than 400 painters participated in the drawing. We can only look at it quickly, but not in detail." Mesa looked at the murals in surprise: "I've never seen so many and such bright murals. There are all surging colors in front of me. What can I browse through?" Prince Chambord said: "Try it, use your brain more and use your eyes less, go quickly."

There are fewer lamas in the gallery on the second floor than those below. They walked quickly, and Prince Chambord kept talking: "There are countless Buddha statues in the murals. The most important Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Dharma protectors in Tibetan Buddhism are all here. In addition, there are Padmasambhava, Atisha, Tsongkhapa, the Dalai Lamas of all dynasties except Tsangyang Gyatso, as well as the stories of Buddha Jataka and legends of achievers. But the most famous murals of the Potala Palace are historical themes. There are pictures of envoys proposing marriage in Tang Dynasty, Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet, legend pictures of Jokhang Temple, construction pictures of Potala Palace, pictures of Gushi Khan meeting the fifth Dalai Lama, pictures of the 13th Dalai Lama meeting Empress Dowager Cixi and Guangxu Emperor pictures, etc. There are also some murals that reflect labor and life scenes, including farming, hunting, crossing rivers, smelting, playing music, dancing, riding horses, archery, wrestling, bathing, etc. Among all the murals, the group of five Dalai Lamas on the east wall The pictures of Lama Lama's life are the most important, including amusement, watching operas, preaching scriptures, on the way to Beijing, rewarding gold-topped yellow sedan chairs, meeting Emperor Shunzhi, etc. Look, this is the picture."

They stopped and looked up. In the center of the mural are the young and handsome Emperor Shunzhi and the wise and vicissitudes of the fifth Dalai Lama.Emperor Shunzhi's seat was a little higher, and he looked up at the fifth Dalai Lama peacefully.The fifth Dalai Lama lowered his head and opened his eyes wide. His eyes were like torches staring down like a guardian deity. Below were two monks and ordinary people who made contributions. Prince Messalachambor said, "Let's go." Prince Chambord remained motionless: "Why is the fifth Dalai Lama looking down? What is he looking at? And so surprised?"

"Haven't you noticed it before?" "I used to see all replicas, which are so different from the real ones. You see, the fifth Dalai Lama's downward gaze fell on the monks who paid tribute, to be precise, on him. On the raised Tibetan teapot." "Should this be surprising?" "The monk who offered the tribute was unconventional. He was a person close to the fifth Dalai Lama, and he should have raised the Tibetan pot to Emperor Shunzhi on this occasion. But he seemed to turn around suddenly, and together with the layman who paid tribute to the court, He raised the Tibetan pot to the fifth Dalai Lama, of course the fifth Dalai Lama would be surprised. The surprise of the fifth Dalai Lama may be a kind of revelation."

"Revelation of what?" "It also surprised the people who watched this mural later: Why did the monk who paid tribute turned to the fifth Dalai Lama unconventionally?" The Dalai Lama, but the head of the tribute monk was only slightly raised, staring at the Tibetan pot in his hand, or he used the Tibetan pot to cover his face. He covered his face so that the fifth Dalai Lama could not see it. Because he wanted the Fifth Dalai Lama to only see the hidden pot in his hand." Mesa blinked: "What's so interesting about a hidden pot?" "From the perspective of the Fifth Dalai Lama, all he can see is the lid of the pot. The Tibetan pot is a kind of wine offering vessel for worshiping gods. The lid of the pot is very particular. It is a round wheel with Tibetan mantras. There is a point in the center of the wheel, and it is a straight point, and the straight point is obviously an emphasis." "There is a point in the center of the round wheel? You mean the heart of the pot lid? But what does this mean?" "The round wheel is the Dharma wheel. When Sakyamuni first turned the Dharma wheel, he put his hands on his heart and proclaimed his enlightenment. The heart of the round wheel is the heart of complete enlightenment." "You're still talking about 'heart', but I'm even more at a loss." Prince Chambord smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know the point either. It's just a speculation. While speculating, I doubt myself: Is it right? Maybe it's not the time to grasp the essentials and suddenly see the light." They walked down the gallery on the second floor, squeezed among the lamas, not knowing where to go, and stopped to look up, down, left, and right.Didn't see anything, turned to leave, suddenly froze.It turned out that they had come to the famous pair of giant brocade curtains. Mesa looked up: "It's great, there are such rich brocades, it's simply exquisite." Prince Chambord said: "This pair of brocade mantles was given by Emperor Kangxi to congratulate the completion of the Red Palace. The one on the right is embroidered with the image of Tsongkhapa, and the one on the left is embroidered with the image of the fifth Dalai Lama. They are all woven with gold threads. They were woven in those days. Kangxi ordered the construction of a weaving factory for this pair of brocade mantles, which took more than a year and cost more than 16,000 taels of silver. After they were transported to Tibet, they were immediately regarded by Tibetans as a rare treasure of wonderful music and worshiped solemnly. At this time, it has been 14 years since the fifth Dalai Lama passed away, and it was one year before the sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso entered the Potala Palace. One year later, when Tsangyang Gyatso stood here for the first time In front of a pair of huge brocade curtains, a love song like this was suddenly sung: The seeds of black and white karma, Although quietly sown, The fruit cannot be concealed, I am gradually maturing. "I have been thinking, why did Tsangyang Gyatso sing such a love song at this time? It literally means that the lover is pregnant with his child, but why does he describe the love that leads to pregnancy as 'black industry white' What about karma? To put it simply, 'karma' means 'cause' or 'seed', 'black karma' is the bitter fruit infected with filth and evil, and 'white karma' is the happy fruit that inspires the pure, wonderful and innocent. Pure religion The meaning makes me think it has something else to say." Mesa looked at him, turning the inquiry in his eyes into light: What is the deep meaning? Prince Chambord said: "The meaning of the love song is that there must be an effect if there is a cause. The symbol of the causal relationship is actually the Dharma wheel among the eight auspicious treasures. The Dharma wheel is like a wheel. It is a weapon in ancient India. Later it became a Buddhist magic weapon because it can Non-stop rotation. Non-stop is walking, which symbolizes the enduring and spreading of Buddhism, which is the so-called "Dharma Wheel Constantly Rotating". The Dharma Wheel has eight spokes, representing the eight merits of Sakyamuni from enlightenment to death. But "walking ', 'permanent rotation', or 'merit', this is just the meaning of the outer circle of the Falun. The eight spokes stretch from different directions to the center, highlighting their causal relationship. There is a point in the center of the wheel, This point is the 'cause', and it radiates away to form the outer circle, which is the 'effect'; but the rotation of the outer circle will drive the rotation of the center, and the outer circle becomes the 'cause' again, and the center becomes the 'effect'. 'fruit'." Mesa said: "It's another 'there is a point in the center of the circle', but you still haven't explained why Tsangyang Gyatso sang a song expressing cause and effect when he stood in front of this pair of brocade curtains for the first time. love song?" Prince Chambord said: "I still can't explain it clearly, but I think the Sixi Pingcuo Hall must be telling us something, otherwise it wouldn't let us realize the existence of the 'heart' so concentratedly - the sun represented by the prayer flags. The heart of the heart, the heart of success represented by the pillars, the heart of Dharma protection represented by carved beasts, the heart of holiness represented by flower decorations, the heart of enlightenment represented by the lid of the pot, and the heart of karma represented by love songs. If we continue to read, we may still Can find other 'hearts'." "All these 'hearts,' others are likely to find too." "But if anyone doesn't have the tortuous experience from the Lama Temple to the Potala Palace, what's the use of finding out? How does he know that this is the only way to open the 'Seven Tara Gate'? Not to mention the love song representative No one can discover the heart of karma, except me." "Then you should start with the heart of cause and effect represented by love songs. This is your patent, which embodies the uniqueness of digging." Prince Chambord looked up again, looked at the pair of famous giant brocade curtains, and sang the love song in a low voice.Mesa listened attentively, and then said: "You just explained 'black karma, white karma', but I think the focus of this love song seems to be 'fruit', the 'fruit' of 'gradually ripening'." Prince Chambord said: "That's right, this love song has at least two metaphors. What is the metaphor of 'fruit'? When this love song comes out, it must be related to the fifth life. The fifth life is the 'cause', he is the 'fruit'? "The fruit can't be concealed" refers to him being the reincarnation of the fifth life, who has been concealed for more than ten years experience? 'I am gradually maturing' refers to the fact that he entered the Potala Palace?" "I think it makes sense," Mesa said. Prince Chambord said: "Since the fifth Dalai Lama is the 'cause' and Tsangyang Gyatso is the 'effect', the heart of cause and effect represented by the love song should be the common heart of the fifth Dalai Lama and Tsangyang Gyatso. Common heart, common Where is their common heart? Maybe it’s in the ‘Hall of the Former Buddhas’. Let’s not forget the last line in the Jokhang Temple’s ‘Guide to Prophecy’: ‘Solang Banzong asked the Hall of the Former Buddhas The most recommended lama on the land of no hidden place'." "First of all, it is difficult to explain the 'Palace of the First Buddha'. This is not the Hall of Sakyamuni." "It can be explained that, for the monks, Sakyamuni is the 'previous Buddha', for the Gelug Sect, Tsongkhapa is the 'previous Buddha', for Tsangyang Gyatso, the fifth Dalai Lama It is the 'ancestral Buddha'. Sixi Pingcuo is the memorial hall of the fifth Dalai Lama's stupa hall, so naturally it should be the 'ancestral Buddha's palace'." "Then what about the 'super-recommended lama on the Land of Wuyin', how do you explain it?" Prince Chambord raised his eyebrows and said, "Think again, think again." Suddenly there was an uproar, and the lamas in the hall became commotion.Many people ran towards the door.Several lamas passed by Prince Chambord and Mesa, almost knocking them down.Prince Chambord held Mesa in his arms and watched nervously, wondering why he was in such a mess today?It seems to be out of control, no one is in charge, it will not destroy the terma environment, right?