Chapter 102: The Golden Pagoda in Yangon
Before coming to Myanmar, Lin Wen carefully looked up some information about the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, going to the Shwedagon Pagoda is an important itinerary, even more than the public gambling stone, after all, the wool is not only available in Myanmar, but the Shwedagon Pagoda is only available in Yangon, the reason is naturally because of the "aura".
Shwedagon Pagoda was built in 588 BC and is more than 2,500 years old today. It was originally built at a height of only eight meters, but it has been renovated many times in the past dynasties, especially in the 15th century, when King Debin Ruiti renovated the tower with gold worth four times the weight of him and his queen and a large number of precious stones.
Shwedagon Pagoda is shaped like an inverted giant bell made of bricks, the tower is 112 meters high, and the base of the tower is 115 square meters. The tower is covered with more than 1,000 sheets of pure gold leaf, and the gold used weighs more than seven tons. There are more than 15,000 gold and silver bells hanging around the tower, and the wind blows the bells, which is crisp and pleasant, and the sound spreads in all directions. The top of the tower is all made of gold, and there is a 1,260-kilogram metal umbrella with 664 rubies, 551 jadeites and 443 diamonds embedded around it. The whole golden pagoda is shining brightly, Yongrong is magnificent, majestic and magnificent.
There are gates in the south, east, and west of the Shwedagon Pagoda, and there is a pair of tall stone lions in front of the door. The main pagoda enshrines a jade carved statue of sitting and lying Buddha and Rakshasa statue, which is delicately carved and dignified and beautiful. The tower is surrounded by sixty-four small towers of different shapes, some like bells, some like sails, some of them are made of stone and some of them are made of wood. The niches of these small towers have jade Buddhas of different shapes and sizes, and there is a larger archway and a larger Buddha hall at the four corners of the tower, and there are Burmese sphinxes at the four corners of the tower.
In the northeast and northwest corners of Shwedagon Pagoda, there is an ancient bell each, colorful, Burmese people think that striking the ancient bell three times in a row, will come true and get their wishes, so there are countless people who come here to ask for wishes.
In the southeast corner of the Shwedagon Pagoda, there is an ancient Bodhi tree, which is said to have been transplanted from the sacred tree garden of the Vajra throne of Shakyamuni in India.
The promenade-style stone staircase leads to the top of the tower, and the stairs are lined with stalls with carved Buddha statues and human figures of wood, bamboo, bone, ivory, etc., incense, candles, flowers, and various Burmese snacks for the Buddha.
The majestic and architecturally exquisite Shwedagon Pagoda is not only a masterpiece of world architectural art, but also a pagoda with a long history and high value in the world. Every festival, many people come here to worship the Buddha and ask for blessings.
Lin Wen and Wang Xiaofei came to the stone steps of the corridor of the Shwedagon Pagoda, and Lin Wen forcibly suppressed the restless aura in his body. Climb the stairs barefoot. When entering the pagoda, you must go barefoot, even the head of state is no exception, this is the respect for the Buddha, has become a custom of Burmese people to worship the Buddha, into the local customs, or must follow the rules.
Lin Wen came to the Buddha statue of the main pagoda, clasped his hands together, meditated cross-legged, and began to absorb the aura in the tower. The aura lingering in the tower is like a rushing river, pouring in, constantly converging, blending, and running with the aura in the body......
Wang Xiaofei saw Lin Wen meditating cross-legged, so he stood behind him. He never believed in Buddhism and did not worship Buddha. Wang Xiaofei saw that Lin Wen hadn't moved for a long time, at first, he thought that Lin Wen was pious, and the time would be longer, but it had been dozens of minutes, why didn't he move? Wang Xiaofei wanted to call Lin Wen, but when he first took a step, he thought about it, Brother Lin is a person who plans and then moves, he has always been calm, and he is by his side, there is no possibility that there will be any problems, so there must be a reason for him to meditate there, and he still should not disturb him, so as not to spoil his affairs.
Wang Xiaofei then withdrew his step and stood there straight, standing next to Lin Wen like a protective god......
Lin Wen didn't know how much time had passed, he only knew that his body was greedily absorbing the aura of the Shwedagon Pagoda, which was the aura of faith that had been accumulated for more than 2,000 years, and it was integrated with the aura in his body after fusion, and after the aura in his body was fused and operated, a qualitative leap gradually took place. After the purple-gold aura is running, it goes straight to the limbs and veins, and it has been running for more than a dozen days, and the aura gradually begins to hover in the dantian, where it is like a torrent whirlpool, all the gathered aura is constantly rotating around the whirlpool, and a small purple-gold bright spot is gradually formed in the center of the whirlpool, which slowly becomes larger with the rotation of the aura, and slowly forms a purple golden pill the size of a grain of rice......
The sun has gradually moved to the west, Lin Wen has been sitting there for more than two hours, the aura in the tower has gradually become very thin, and the golden pill in the dantian has become the size of a ping-pong ball in these two hours, and it keeps rotating in the dantian, like a small sun, the light reaches the limbs and hundreds of remains, and it is not known how many times stronger than the aura flowing in the original body, it seems that all the energy of the aura is completely condensed in this golden pill the size of a ping-pong ball, just like the energy of the atomic nucleus being compressed. Lin Wen felt the change in himself, all the activities within a few kilometers around him could be perceived, this perception was too agile, as if he could control everything......
Lin Wen finally stood up, but there was no phenomenon of sitting for a long time and the blood was not smooth, Wang Xiaofei saw Lin Wen get up, and also let out a long breath, more than two hours, it was four hours, fortunately Wang Xiaofei had good physical strength, and he stood for four hours before he was fine, he was just thinking about Lin Wen, for fear of any accidents, but he never imagined that Lin Wen had made a qualitative leap and breakthrough after this evolution of aura.
Lin Wen said: "Xiaofei, thank you for your hard work, let's go back!"
Wang Xiaofei answered, and followed Lin Wen to the hotel.