Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Three

The car drove for almost five hours, and they changed hands several times in the middle. After all, they are not good at driving the highway, and the boring road is easy to make people tired.However, they were all very excited, chatting, and the time passed quickly. To be precise, it was very pleasant. However, later they tried not to talk about love topics, it seems that they all felt that when they talked about that, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and their words became cautious.Xie Huiren told her some interesting things in school, such as the current college students cheat by plugging bluetooth earphones into their ears, and after the exam, they queue up to the ear department of the school hospital to get the earphones.

They had already entered the territory of Shaoguan, and only then did Sally realize that they were here for business, not for a long-distance trip. "Well, what do you think we are looking for today?" Xie Huiren couldn't help frowning, the happy time has passed for a while, now, it's time for him to solve the problem.In fact, this time it was purely luck, and he was not sure at all.Who knows, "He is hidden in the pillar"—"He is hidden in the pillar?" However, he faintly felt that this guess was promising, at least it was a very bold and wonderful guess. In order to confirm this magical code, he Felt compelled to give it a try.

What made him feel strange was undoubtedly those three words, "History of the Column".A history hidden in a pillar, a Bodhisattva hidden in a pillar. However, it is indeed not easy to explain this complicated story mixed with history and mythology to Sally, who has little knowledge of Buddhist history.Xie Huiren thought for a while, and seemed to be thinking about how to make Sally understand this story as soon as possible. He decided to go straight to the point. As for Sally's problem, he could explain it at any time. "Today we have to find a treasure, I guess it is hidden in the temple."

"Didn't you say it was in the pillar?" "That's right, it's in the pillar." Xie Huiren decided to start from here, "According to the clues I found yesterday, there is indeed a classic book hidden in the pillar in the history of Buddhism." "Didn't you say a person, 'Qu'?" "Yes, this book is about a person, a very famous person." "Who, you never told me." Xie Huiren looked at her, he seemed worried that Sally would be surprised if he mentioned this person, "Well, it's... Songtsan Gampo."

"What?!" Sally couldn't believe it, but in the morning, she saw that Xie Huiren was holding a book about Tibetan Buddhism, "Why did you get it to Tibet all of a sudden?" "When I saw it, I couldn't believe it." Xie Huiren said frankly, "So, as I said, I am trying my luck today." "But there must be some basis for luck." "Basically, there is indeed, because this book about Songtsan Gampo is indeed a sacred object of Tibetan Buddhism. For thousands of years, there have been many records about this book in Tibetan historical records, or recorded The content is simply quoted directly from this book. For example, in the famous "Tibetan King and Official" written by the Fifth Dalai Lama, it is also said that the original historical materials in it come from it. It can be said that it is the source of early Tibetan historical records ...However, for thousands of years, many people and many classics have mentioned this book, but no one has seen it."

"Another mysterious disappearance?" Sally smiled. In the past two days, the word "mysterious disappearance" seems to have followed them. "It's a long story. I told you that there have been four major "Buddha extermination" activities in Chinese history." Sally nodded, when they judged that the code of the Buddha head indicated a buried Buddhist treasure in a "Buddha extermination" campaign. "Actually, there was a similar period in Tibet that lasted for a long time. It was in the middle of the ninth century and it was called 'Lang Dama Forbidden Buddha', which lasted for about a hundred years. The period of Buddhist development in Tibetan areas before that was called 'Previous "Hongqi", the latter is called "Later Hongqi". A very important event in "Front Hongqi" is that in the middle of the 7th century, Songtsan Gampo married Princess Wencheng of the Tang Empire and Princess Chizun of Nepal, and established the Jokhang Temple And Ramoche Temple. It is recorded in that book that they brought the 12-year-old and 8-year-old statues of Shakyamuni Buddha respectively, and these two Buddha statues were consecrated by the Buddha himself before Nirvana."

"Huh?" Sally opened her mouth wide. Xie Huiren smiled, "That's what it says in the book. I prefer to believe it's a beautiful legend." He continued, "It is said that in the 8th and 9th centuries, the famous Master Padmasambhava in Tibetan Buddhism—it is said that he was the reincarnation of the Buddha and was born in a lotus, so he was called Master Padmasambhava—he put Written Buddhist classics are buried underground or in caves and passed on to later generations. According to legend, 108 places were buried. This is called 'Fu Zang'. In fact, this is a method of ancient Indian Buddhism, not an invention of Tibetan Buddhism. Forbidden Buddha After the period passed, many people discovered the buried classics one after another. This is called "Tonzo". The discovered 'termas' have also become very precious materials for studying the early history of Tibet and Buddhism. It is said that there are also 'tertons' now."

"Oh." Sally got a rough idea. Although her mind was confused, she still understood a little. "Then, the book you mentioned was found by 'digging'?" "That's right. According to legend, the Venerable Atisha, a very important Indian monk in the 'Houhong period', found it on the top of a pillar in front of the Sakyamuni Buddha Hall in the Jokhang Temple. It is said that Atisha came to China when he was a monk from Tibet at that time Later, he paid a lot of money for the ransom. The book he found was the biography of Songtsen Gampo, called "Golden Garland of Last Instructions", commonly known as "History of the Pillars."

He hides in a pillar. Xie Huiren leaned back in the seat easily, feeling stretched all over.This mystery goes a long way. "The canal is hidden in the pillars", who would have thought that it turned out to be a book that appeared in legends, and this book is only called "History of the Pillars" by its common name. Who set this up? Who would set a riddle in Tibetan Buddhism? Xie Huiren smiled secretly. Songtsan Gampo’s greatest contribution during his reign was the creation of Tibetan script, and Tibetan script was sent by more than a dozen ministers he sent to India to learn Sanskrit. After returning to Tibet after going through ups and downs , created according to the pronunciation and writing of Sanskrit Pinyin letters.It is said that among the dozen or so people sent by Songtsan Gampo, some died of illness, some disappeared, and some never returned from India. In the end, only two or three returned after completing their studies.

However, the Tibetan script is as close as possible to the pronunciation of Sanskrit. The ancient Indian Buddhist scriptures translated from the Tibetan script seem to have preserved the original flavor of the Indian Buddhist scriptures more completely. Moreover, many of the Tibetan Buddhist scriptures are written in Chinese. Those that are not in the translated Buddhist scriptures, or have been lost, can only be re-translated from the Tibetan Buddhist scriptures.The more popular knowledge now is to translate Tibetan Buddhist scriptures into Chinese, and then compare them with ancient Chinese translations of Buddhist scriptures, and often you will find surprising discoveries.

Now, their car was approaching the ruined temple in the countryside. Xie Huiren still remembered what he saw the day before. The two pillars in front of the Daxiong Hall had been burned by fire. What will be hidden there? Only Buddha knows. When Xie Huiren thought of this, he couldn't help laughing. Only the Buddha knows that this sentence is too wonderful to be used here. Suddenly, Sally remembered something, and asked again: "Didn't you say that the book has long been lost?" "It was lost. For thousands of years, there have been too many people talking about this book, but no one has seen it. Maybe it has been hidden again, because the epilogue of this book says, 'This book is extremely rare, And don't show it to others easily'. Therefore, there are very few copies of it, and they are hidden in the temple, and they are not willing to take it out easily." "Then how do you know?" Xie Huiren smiled, he wanted to tease Sally, "Have you seen the movie?" What does this have to do with that book?Sally was stunned, but she quickly understood that this was Xie Huiren's usual decryption method. He could always think of some interesting things, and connect those complicated and profound Buddhist knowledge with life.She nodded, "I've seen it, it's very interesting." "Then tell me, where is Liu Ruoying worshiping Buddha?" "Tibet." Alas, Xie Huiren sighed secretly, too many people thought that it was Tibet, and some people pointed out with certainty that it was the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and so on. That is Tibet. "No, that is the Labrang Monastery in Gansu. The original meaning of Labrang in Tibetan is 'Buddha's residence'. This is a very famous monastery in Tibetan Buddhism and one of the six major jungles of the Gelug Sect. It is It is a treasure house of Tibetan Buddhism, and there are more than 20,000 letters in the books alone. This "History of the Pillars" is their treasure, and it is said to be written in silver juice." Sally asked in surprise, "Huh? Written in silver juice? Have you seen it?" "I haven't seen it. It's not something people like me can see. However, in 1982, the tenth Panchen Lama at the time asked personally and published this book in Tibetan. In 2000, it was published again. Chinese version. If it was a few years earlier, I might not be able to solve this mystery." "No." Sally said mischievously, "Then you can break it too, I believe you." Xie Huiren smiled happily.

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