Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Coming to the World
In this short life, I have been so promised by you. I don't know if we will be able to meet again when we are young in the next life.
At the top of the snow-capped mountain, snow-capped, a golden mountain peak stands majestically, reaching to the zenith. There is almost no oxygen, and it is difficult and inaccessible to people.
Looking around, in the distant heaven and earth, only the sound of "sonorous" wooden planks hitting the ground can be heard. It can't be said to be beautiful, and it doesn't make earth-shattering sounds, but there is nothing purer than that.
As far as the eye can see, a group of people are vaguely walking on the cold snow-capped mountains. This is a group of pilgrims, who are crawling along the mountain road with their hands on their chests three times, while chanting incantations in their mouths, and kowtowing their heads in three steps.
Their small and ordinary figures seem so lonely in front of the majestic snow-capped mountains, but their faces are always smiling, and this smile has an indescribable happiness and peace.
At an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, there is a lack of oxygen and cold. During the day, they kowtow and do not let up, and in the evening, they pitch tents along the highway and make fires for cooking. After eating, they recited the sutras around the stove and went to sleep.
On the uphill they work together and sing and cheer up, and on the descent they run happily like birds. In the cold storm and snow, they stumbled as always, and when spring came, they washed their hair and faces, sang and danced by the river.
Day after day. Along the way, they walked for a year. Experience the four seasons, experience life and death, experience joys and sorrows. They walked through towns, through villages, through blizzards, through quicksand and rolling stones. But nothing can stop them. Neither difficulties nor comforts can trap them in place.
Because they have a divine destination in their hearts. Always on the road before you arrive. They are so stubborn, and that stubbornness is the power of faith.
Suddenly, a gray-haired old grandmother fell halfway through.
Seeing this, the group immediately surrounded them. The old grandmother's son and daughter held her in her arms.
The old grandmother knew that she was going to die. She recalled her life, babbled and told her children that their brother and sister must take care of each other in the future, and said that she could sleep forever at the foot of the sacred mountain, which could be regarded as a complete merit.
No one was crying in grief, everyone looked at the old grandma quietly, and the old grandma's face was still calm. This kind of calmness seems to be describing life and death to the world, describing life, neither humble nor arrogant, no joy or sorrow. Everything happened peacefully, everything ended peacefully.
At this time, a strange scene appeared on the top of the snow-capped mountain, only to see a snow lotus slowly blooming from the sky, and a big monk in strange costumes walked out of the light and shadow.
This monk is middle-aged, with a large face, a high nose bridge, deep-set eyes, and well-defined contours. On the top of this snow-capped mountain that is deprived of oxygen and cold, he is wearing an off-the-shoulder orange monk's robe, and he doesn't feel the cold at all.
Everyone was surprised to see this monk, and then they all looked happy and shouted, "Bodhisattva!
The great monk shook his head slightly and said, "Good man, good woman, I am not a bodhisattva. ”
He stared at the old grandmother for a long time, and suddenly folded his hands and recited the mantra aloud: Guanyin Bodhisattva's mantra for healing, Om Beer Lu Naqi Fried all like Secret Sand Ma Boots, fried Du Qi sad that dozen beer Na Crow Saha~
When he arrived, an even more bizarre scene appeared! The old grandmother's old and gray face was flushed with a hint of ruddy. She took a deep breath, felt refreshed, and stood up as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.
The crowd was amazed, and they all bowed to Ablunka, and shouted reverently and excitedly: "Avalokiteshvara!"
The great monk lifted them up one by one and said in a kind voice: "I am not Guanyin Bodhisattva, I am just an ordinary practitioner, my name is Ablunka. ”
Then, he stood on the top of the snow-capped mountain, looked around, and said to himself, "Great Light Venerable, have you entered reincarnation, and where should the disciple go to find you?" Cash just sa ta. I want to open your eyes. Vajra Eyes are supreme. All eyes are open. Airplanes. If you fry that. Qu Ayi. Stud. ”
I saw that his eyes shot a brilliant golden light, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone.
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Meng Buping always has a strange dream, she wears a golden hairpin, a yellow brocade robe, a jade jade pendant hanging from her waist, an ancient dress, looking graceful and luxurious. In her dream, when the snow was falling, she poured incense in a temple and prayed for the blessing of Guanyin Bodhisattva to give birth to a son this year.
Due to the heavy wind and snow, the gate of the temple was blown open by the wind. She went to close the door and found a ragged dervising lying in front of the temple.
The ascetic monk is a monk who does not accept the big temple and does not leave the small temple, and has been walking outside, covering the sky and the ground, eating and drinking dew, tasting the suffering of the world, and understanding the Buddha's teachings. The dervish was dying of hunger and cold.
Having the idea of saving the man, she hurriedly picked up the monk, took off her padded jacket, draped it over him, and fed him gruel.
Gradually, the monk regained consciousness.
"Little master, what are you doing here?"
"Back to the donor, the little monk is for the sake of cultivation, so he has been ascetic all the way here, and he fainted just now. ”
"You're going to die. ”
"The donor is right, just now when I was born and died, I had an epiphany, and I should follow the middle way in my practice, and I almost fell into the devil's way. The donor saved the life of the little monk!"
"Master is not polite, offering the Three Jewels is also my practice. ”
The monk clasped his hands together and said, "The little monk will definitely repay the donor for saving his life!"
With a heart-piercing abdominal pain, Meng Buping screamed and suddenly woke up from the dream.
In recent years, she always felt as if something was jumping back and forth in her stomach, and the cramping pain pierced her heart, tormenting her to sleep and eat. She thought she had a tumor, but when she went to the hospital for a check-up, she found nothing. She quickly rolled over and got out of bed and took a painkiller, and the pain gradually became lighter.
She recalled the dream again, this dream was sometimes deep and sometimes shallow, real and false, did the dream have a meaning?
At this time, it was already dawn, and I saw my husband Li Yuan bringing the freshly prepared breakfast from the kitchen. When he saw his wife's ugly face, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Another nightmare?"
Meng Buping calmed down, and suddenly said, "Li Yuan, let's take advantage of the holiday to go to Putuo Mountain, shall we?"
Li Yuan wiped his hands: "Do you want to go out for two days? Why do you want to go to Putuo Mountain? It's just spring, and it's still quite cold over there." ”
"I want to go and worship the Buddha. ”
Li Yuan was stunned for a moment: "Are you okay? When did you start believing in Buddhism?"
"I've heard people say that it works to go there and ask for a child, but I don't know if it's true, I just want to try. ”
"You're really sick and rushed to the doctor, we still have to believe in science in this matter. ”
In the eyes of outsiders, Meng Buping and Li Yuan worked decently, had a solid family, and should have lived a happy life. But I have been married for more than ten years and have never had children. In the past ten years, they have visited almost all the hospitals, large and small. However, the conclusions reached were the same, and she and her husband had no problems.
Meng Buping pondered for a long time, and said: "There are many things that science can't explain, recently I always dreamed that I went back to ancient times, very devout worship of the Buddha, I don't know if it's the guidance God gave me." ”
Li Yuan still looked disdainful: "You have watched too many costume films." ”
Meng Buping said with a resolute face: "Can't you just accompany me to play?" I just think that there will be a miracle when I go there, and this feeling is very strong!"
Li Yuan felt that it was impossible to stop his wife. My wife has always been very strong, and I have no children for many years, my wife is under a lot of pressure, and she is in a mood that is cloudy and uncertain, and in recent years, she has lost her temper when she has nothing to do, and I think it is better to follow her.
The Spring Festival has just ended, and the sky has a smell of spring, but the earth has not yet dissipated the cold air of winter.
Putuo Mountain Puji Temple, a stone archway, inscription "civil and military officials, military and civilian people wait here to get off the horse". There is a pond in front of it, called Haiyin Pond, which is the release pond of the Zen temple. There are many red carp in the pond, swimming back and forth in the water. There are three bridges on the pond, and there are stone benches on the bridges, and visitors can sit on the stone benches to watch the scenery.
Li Yuan asked Meng Buping to go in to worship the Buddha, while he stayed outside to watch the scenery.
At this time, the sky was clear, and suddenly black clouds covered the sky, obscuring the sun, and I saw that the heavy rain was coming. Tourists panicked and flocked to the temple to take shelter from the rain. However, after a long time, the rain never fell.
In an instant, a surprising scene flashed in the sky!
I saw a golden glittering white clear light shooting down from the dark clouds, and this pillar of light shot straight into the back of the temple. Then the clouds cleared, and a rainbow appeared in the sky, like a colorful arched bridge.
The tourists who came and went were amazed, one after another, and some people shouted: "The Bodhisattva has appeared!
Many tourists bowed down and bowed, and some took out their cameras to capture this magical sight.
Li Yuan couldn't help but raise the camera and kept pressing the shutter to capture this wonderful moment. He couldn't help but admire: "It's so beautiful! But this is the light diffracted by the sun, not some bodhisattva manifestation." ”
At this moment, a monk wearing an off-the-shoulder orange monk's robe caught his eye.
This monk is middle-aged, with a big face, a high nose bridge, deep-set eyes, and well-defined contours, and his dress is completely different from that of the monks of Putuo Mountain, more like a foreigner. He lingered at the gate of the temple for a long time, neither like visiting the Buddha nor looking for a monk.
I saw the monk clasping his hands together, stopping in front of the Zen temple for a moment, chanting something silently in his mouth, and then, the five bodies prostrate on the ground and bow.
Li Yuan felt very fresh and couldn't help but look out.
After a while, the monk stood up and looked around, as if looking for something, and his gaze finally fell on Li Yuan.
Li Yuan was very uncomfortable with him and smiled politely at him.
The monk nodded in response, but kept staring at him.
Li Yuan felt very strange and saw that the monk was looking him up and down, as if he had something to say to him. He thought to himself, this monk is pretending to be a ghost, could it be that he wants to tell his fortune?
He was about to ask for an explanation, when suddenly someone slapped him behind him, which immediately startled him.
"Quick, follow me!"
When he looked back, it was his wife Meng Buping.
Meng Buping looked unusually excited, as if she had discovered some big secret. She grabbed Li Yuan's hand and ran forward without saying a word.
Li Yuan was angry and funny: "What are you taking me for?"
Meng Buping didn't reply, and dragged Li Yuan around the temple. Then, they walked all the way to the gravel path behind the temple, and the more they walked, the more remote they became, and at this moment, there was no one to be seen.
Meng Buping leaned over to look for it, and suddenly her face was happy: "Here!"
I saw her leaning over and picking up a basket woven of bamboo slips from behind a small tree.
Li Yuan looked down and was shocked!
He will never forget that day, the best thing he has ever seen in his life.
The basket was wrapped around a layer of bedding, and a baby lay in it, looking less than five months old.
The little red face was shining, and a pair of eyes were innocent, clear, bright, and shining with a light of wisdom, and they were blinking at him. His ear chakras are distinct, the outer and inner circles are very even, and the fleshy little mouth suddenly smiles brightly at him.
Li Yuan couldn't help but exclaim: "How can there be a child here?"