I hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it, it's useless to see him now, it's better to save time to go to Venerable Lumbini." ”

After saying that, I saluted and said goodbye to Azantimanaman.

Zhu Meijuan's departure made me despair, but the news that Azanfeng was still alive rekindled my hope, which is really like what Chen Daochang said about the impermanence of life, and impermanence is the foundation of this world.

A week later, I ended up in the snowy mountains of Nepal, and after several days of hard searching, I finally found the Sherpa village, and I almost died several times on the way to find it, but fortunately I survived.

Rather than this is a village, it is better to say that there are only a few simple wooden houses distributed in the snow-capped mountain col, after entering the village, there is almost no one to see, and finally see a living person, but because of the language barrier can not communicate at all, fortunately, there is a perennial guide for the mountaineering team Brother Orion knows simple Chinese, plus the gesture he understands what I mean.

When I learned that I was the "living Buddha" of their village, he took the initiative to take me to a hidden cave in the belly of the snow-capped mountain, and there was a stone pile at the entrance of the cave, on which was inserted a wooden stake, and the wooden stake was hung with colorful silk cloth.

We entered the cave, I noticed that it was very spacious inside, the temperature was much warmer than outside, I saw some signs of people living, but I didn't see His Holiness Lumbini, and when I asked Brother Orion, I knew what was going on, it turned out that His Holiness Lumbini had left a few years ago, and he didn't know where he was going, and I was disappointed, so I had to return to the Sherpa village.

After a few days of adjusting in the village, I returned to Kathmandu and it seems that I have to take the last road now!

I didn't rush to the Kumari Temple, but first inquired about some information in the periphery.

Goddess Kumari, also known as the child goddess, is the "living goddess" of Nepal, its history can be traced back to the 16th century Mara Dynasty, and was inherited by the Shah Dynasty, by the Hindus and Buddhists of the common worship, Nepal from the king down to the common people, the worship of the goddess Kumari is very religious.

According to the Hindu holy texts, the goddess is the embodiment of the goddess of wisdom and the symbol of the goddess of strength, and Goddess Kumari is believed to be the source of power and protection for the Hindu kings, as well as the spiritual pillar of his followers.

Goddess Kumari is selected from the folk girls, the criteria are quite strict, must be 4 to 7 years old virgin, can not shed blood and have been sick, born in the Shakya tribe, the day of birth auspicious and auspicious for the king, no spotted birthmarks on the body, teeth are neat and not missing, the body must meet 32 beautiful characteristics, such as the neck is smooth like a conch shell, the body is straight like a banyan tree, the eyelashes are thick like a cow, the legs are toned like a fawn, the chest is like a lion, and the voice is as loud as a duck, to be honest, these characteristics add up to not know what they are, but this is the standard for Nepalese people to choose Goddess Kumari。

All of these criteria add up to a small range, and it is said that there are many trials, one of which is to place a buffalo head (symbolizing a demon killed by the goddess) on the floor of the room and sprinkle the blood of the cow to keep the girl inside for one night, and if the girl behaves calmly and serenely, then she is proved to be Kumari.

Once the goddess Kumari is confirmed, she leaves her home and cannot meet her family and lives in a temple specially prepared for her, which is the temple of Kumari.

The life of the goddess Kumari is protected and privileged, she walks in a portable shrine on weekdays, her feet cannot touch the ground, she is closed on weekdays, and only on special festivals and time periods will the people go to worship and be blessed by her, however, the goddess cannot go to school like an ordinary child, nor can she play outside, or even be touched by her friends, if such a thing happens, she will lose her purity, and if there is menarche or bloodshed, she will abdicate.

The current goddess Kumari is called Tina, only ten years old, after understanding I found that as long as you wait for three days to see the goddess Kumari, three days later is a traditional religious festival in Nepal, I heard that the goddess Kumari will appear on the temple hall on the same day, accept the worship of the believers, only the selected believers, are eligible to approach the goddess Kumari, to offer gifts, and to be blessed by the goddess, the quota is only ten, and these ten places will be selected by the goddess Kumari at the pilgrimage meeting the day before, everyone can participate, foreign tourists can also participate。

The temple of Kumari is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for me to break in, so there is only a shortcut left for the pilgrimage, and how to attract the attention of the goddess Kumari has become a problem, and I can only gamble if I think about it, and if I don't succeed, I can only take the risk of breaking in.

I went to the bazaar in Kathmandu because I wanted to prepare a gift for Goddess Kumari, and to my surprise, almost all the believers in the city had come out, and the market was bustling with devotees preparing gifts for Goddess Kumari.

I squeezed into the bazaar and found that there were Chinese people who set up shop here, so I approached the boss as a compatriot.

The boss said: " I have been doing business in Kathmandu for more than 10 years, in fact, this kind of religious festival has every once in a while, it is not unusual, Nepalese people also like to draw a lottery, whether they can send gifts to the goddess Kumari is secondary, because the probability of approaching the goddess Kumari is too small, when the square of the pilgrimage will be full of people, it is simply crowded, the goddess Kumari randomly ordered ten, some people participate in every religious festival, but I have not chosen it for a lifetime, I am lucky, I came here for more than ten years to travel, I participated in the ceremony by chance, I was inexplicably chosen, after offering the gift by the goddess Kumari blessing, everyone knows me, I found a business opportunityI came here to do the business of pilgrimage gifts, and I made a little money, and there were almost twenty people who were selected to buy gifts for pilgrimage here, and you see, I put them all on the wall to attract customers. ”

The boss pointed to a wall, and sure enough, there were a lot of pictures pasted on the wall.

I asked, "I'm also trying to get a lottery, boss, what do you think is the best gift?"

The boss leaned into my ear and said: "We are all Chinese, I don't pit my own compatriots, to be honest, Nepalese people believe in the goddess Kumari, but we may not believe it, the current goddess Kumari is a teenager, to put it bluntly, or a child who doesn't understand anything, should be innocent and lively but is locked up in the temple all day, which child suffers? I suggest you buy some toys that girls like, if you are lucky enough to be selected to ensure that the goddess Kumari likes!"