So, outside of Dzogchen, especially Tantra, is there a similar rainbow attainment in Buddhism?

This is of great significance for understanding the origin of the achievements of rainbow and understanding its essence.

Correspondingly, before the advent of Dzogchen, there was a similar attainment in India itself, which proves that the rainbow achievement of Dzogchen can be traced back to Buddhism.

In Buddhism, the achievement of body luminescence and natural incineration such as rainbow transformation is not unique to Dzogchen. As early as when the Buddha passed away, it had already appeared. There is such a record in the "Five Lantern Huiyuan".

"Then the whole coffin is lifted, and the seven dora trees are high, and they go back and forth in the air, turning fire into samadhi. It must be gray for a moment, and you have to relic. That is, the fifteenth day of the second month of the fifty-second year of King Mu. 」

In the Later Nirvana Sutra, it is recorded in more detail, that is, "When the time comes, with great compassion, from the heart, the fire swells outside the coffin, and gradually falls. 」

It can be seen that the achievement of this kind of fire samadhi is from the heart, self-emitting fire, and the flame is also very violent, and can even gush out of the coffin. This is also very similar to the rainbow of later generations.

Wang Zhong still knows a little about this rainbow, because there have been many examples of rainbowization in the mainland. One of the most famous is Master Shi Guxing, a disciple of the old monk Xuyun.

On this night, Monk Gu Xing went to the old monk Xuyun's meditation room as usual to knock on peace, but today he couldn't help but bow down sadly to the ground. He said, "Master, the disciple is going! I am here to say goodbye! After the disciple is gone, who will wait for the master?" The old monk Xuyun said: "Good boy, what should you do, you can do it! Don't miss your big business! I am here to recite the scriptures to help you." ”

After nightfall, the mage of the prison made rounds and named him, but he could not find the monk Guxing, and everyone could not find him. Just as everyone was talking, they suddenly saw a dazzling white light flashing several times, straight into the night sky, illuminating brightly. The villagers who lived outside the temple and were enjoying the shade before they fell asleep also saw a strong white light rising into the sky in the temple, thinking that the Buddhist temple was on fire and hurriedly ran in.

The monks and the villagers found the place where the white light came from, lit the torch and took a look, but saw that the monk Gu Xing was upright, his eyes were half-closed, smiling, his feet were folded, and he was sitting motionless.

The old monk told everyone that the monk Gu Xing had sat down, and the white light that everyone saw just now was the light of the true fire of Samadhi sent by the monk Gu Xing, and he had burned himself to ashes with the real fire, and if he vibrated slightly, it would turn into a pile of ashes, and everyone should not touch him.

Everyone carefully looked at the monk Guxing, only to see that he was wearing a robe, holding a chime in his left hand, holding a wooden fish in his right hand, sitting towards the west, his face was like life, but there was no ups and downs of breathing, he was clearly a living Guxing monk, but the wooden fish handle, the chime handle, the monk's shoes, and the rice stalk and futon where he sat have all turned into ashes.

When the old monk Xuyun saw that the monk Guxing was shown in the body of Ruixiang, he wished the monk Guxing to keep it for one more day, so that the reporter could take photos to keep the evidence, so as to spread it to the world and transform sentient beings.

The next day, the old monk invited "Kun. Tomorrow Daily" photojournalist, Yunnan Provincial Governor Tang Jiyao, Director Wang of the Department of Finance Zhucun, Director Zhang of the Water Conservancy Bureau, Humble Xian, people from all walks of life, and Buddhists came to pay their respects.

The old monk Xuyun saw that the merits of the monk Guxing had been completed, so he took down the small chime in the hands of the monk in public, and said to the monk Guxing, "You can go west with confidence", while tapping the small chime, knocking until the third sound, the whole body of the monk Guxing vibrate, and it was dumped into ashes in an instant.

The old monk Xuyun, who was the master, knelt down in front of the public, and the Tang Governor and thousands of guests also knelt down. The next day, "Kun 0 Ming Daily" published news and photos with headlines, causing a sensation throughout Yunnan. When the whole body is burned to ashes, how can it not fall down? What kind of fire can burn a person's whole body to ashes? If it is burned to ashes, how can it maintain its original appearance, posture, and appearance? When the whole body is burned to ashes, how can the robe be in good condition?...... Too much is incredible, so that Yunnan people have a firmer belief in Buddhism, and tens of thousands of people come to the mountain to worship.

"Sir, this is the first time you've been to the snowy region?"

The old storyteller is also very good at talking, and after chatting for a while, he asked a little familiarly.

"Yes, it's the first time in the snow!"

Wang Zhong also chatted with each other, the current people in the snowy region are still very simple, not affected by the economic tide, and most of them believe in Buddhism, and their hearts are much purer. So Wang Zhong also likes to chat with old storytellers. What's more, this old artist is surprisingly erudite, with many allusions at his fingertips, and he also has his own unique opinions on many things. In Wang Zhong's opinion, this person can be called a wise man.

"Old man, you are so knowledgeable, you even know what is going on in Nepal!"

Wang Zhong said with some admiration.

"Where is my erudition, these things are all told to me by King Gesar, who once served as a minister in Nepal, so he knows a lot about things there!"

The old storyteller said with some modesty.

"When you come to the snowy region, you must go to Potala to worship, it is a holy place, a place blessed by the Buddha!"

The old storyteller grinned and said happily.

"King Gesar is also an incarnation of a bodhisattva!"

"Okay, I'll definitely go!"

Wang Zhong said seriously, if you don't go to the Great Wall, you are not a hero, you are in the snowy region, and if you don't go to the Potala, you will not be in the snowy region.

At the beginning of the 7th century, after Songtsen Gampo moved the capital to Lhasa, in order to marry Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, three nine-story buildings with a total of 1,000 palaces were built on the Red Mountain, which was named Potala Palace. According to historical records, there is a silver and copper bridge between the inner and outer cities of Hongshan, Songtsan Gampo and Princess Wencheng's palace. Outside the east gate of the Potala Palace, there is a racecourse of Songtsen Gampo. When the Tibetan Dynasty founded by Songtsen Gampo collapsed, most of the Potala Palace was destroyed in the war.

In 631 A.D. (the year of the Iron Rabbit in the Tibetan calendar), the Potala Palace was built by Songtsen Gampo of Tibet. At that time, there were 999 palaces and 1,000 meditation rooms on the mountain, which were severely damaged by lightning strikes and wars.

Wang Zhong looked at the profile of the Potala Palace in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, when the moon is full, it will be lost, and when the water is full, it will overflow. Nine is the largest pole in heaven and earth, and even the emperor can only call himself the Ninety-Five Supreme, not the Ninety-Nine Supreme.

The construction of 1,000 houses by this Songtsen Gampo obviously has the intention of achieving great perfection, but it is obviously a taboo, where in the world is there anything truly perfect. You must know that even the moon cannot maintain perfection, let alone a mortal palace. The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency and lightning strikes the Potala Palace, which is a kind of damage to the perfection of heaven and earth.

In this regard, Zhu Di is much smarter than Songtsan Gampo, to be precise, Liu Bowen understands this truth better, the Forbidden City is said to have a total of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half rooms, for a long time, there has been a saying in the capital that the Forbidden City has nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half rooms, and many people can't help but be curious, why is this Forbidden City room nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half, what is the particularity?

According to legend, when the Forbidden City was built, Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty, also known as the Yongle Emperor, planned to set the total number of rooms in the palace at 10,000, but on the fifth night after he passed down the holy decree, he suddenly had a dream. He dreamed that he was summoned by the Jade Emperor to the Lingxiao Hall of the Heavenly Palace, only to see that the Jade Emperor was full of anger, and the Yongle Emperor didn't know what was going on. Later, when I asked, I learned that it was because the number of palaces in the Forbidden City that he wanted to build exceeded the number of 10,000 in his Heavenly Palace. So he said: "Please let the Jade Emperor calm his anger, the ministers are offended, how can the number of palaces in my mortal world exceed that of your heavenly palace!"

When the Jade Emperor heard him say this, there was a smile on his face, and he said: "That's right, I will give you a 'Heavenly Stone' to town the palace, and you will ask seventy-two earthly demons and one hundred beasts to protect your mortal imperial city, so that the wind and rain can be smooth, and the country and the people will be safe, you have to remember." Zhu Di hurriedly thanked him, and when he raised his head to look at the Jade Emperor again, he was gone, and he woke up to find that it was a dream.

So, Emperor Yongle hurriedly sent a decree to summon Liu Bowen into the palace and told him the dream he had last night from beginning to end. Liu Bowen was also stunned when he heard this: "The Jade Emperor can't be provoked, just listen to him." Since his Heavenly Palace is 10,000 rooms, then let's build 9,999 and a half rooms.

In this way, it not only saved the face of the Jade Emperor, but also did not lose the royal style. When Emperor Yongle heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he agreed.

In less than four years, the Forbidden City was completed, and Liu Bowen invited the Yongle Emperor to come and inspect it. This Forbidden City is built not to mention how magnificent, carved beams and painted buildings, golden and brilliant, the noon gate is tall and majestic, especially the Fengtian Palace is spacious and magnificent, compared with the Jade Emperor's Lingxiao Palace, it is really not much worse. After Zhu Di walked around the palace for most of the day, he felt very happy. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the "Heavenly Stone" given by the Jade Emperor and the seventy-two earth demons and one hundred beasts to be invited, so he asked Liu Bowen where they were placed.

"Hurrah, don't be busy, the minister will take you to see them one by one. Liu Bowen said and took him to the royal road behind the Huagai Palace, pointed to a huge rectangular stone sculpture and said: "This is the 'Heavenly Stone' of the town palace courtyard given by the Jade Emperor, called the 'Cloud Dragon Step Stone', there are nine dragons, leaping between the flowing clouds, it is the largest stone sculpture in this palace, weighing tens of thousands of catties!"

"Good!" Then the Yongle Emperor asked, "Where are the seventy-two earths?"

"You can't see this, the minister sent them to the seventy-two ditches below this palace, in case the little devils underground make trouble and spoil the feng shui in this palace!"

"Well sent!"

"Look at the glazed ornaments on the ridge of the palace, they are dragons, phoenixes, lions, pegasi, fish, bullfights, fish, and sinisters. There are those who fly in the sky, those who run on the earth, and those who swim in the waters. There are those who pray for rain, and there are those who ward off evil spirits. "Needless to say, this is the beast that was invited? Liu Aiqing has done everything that has been done by the Jade Emperor, and I want to reward you again!"

Zhu Di finally asked: "Is the palace in this palace nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half?"

"Exactly!" "Where is that half?"

"In a side room on the west side of the back court. ”

"Okay! I see what else the Jade Emperor has to say. ”

Wang Zhong took the map and under the guidance of the tour guide, with the bustling crowd walking towards the Potala Palace step by step, along the way you can see many pious herdsmen constantly kowtowing and making five bows.

"This is the folk custom of the snowy region, and every snowy person must come to Potala once in his life to make a pilgrimage!"

The tour guide who followed everyone was also very attentive and whispered to everyone. There are a few taboos in particular, after all, the Potala Palace is different from ordinary tourist places, and its religious nature is still very strong. If someone accidentally does something offensive or disrespectful, it is very troublesome to deal with in this kind of place.

Wang Zhong smiled slightly, but didn't say anything, he still knows the rules here. However, the Potala Palace is worthy of being a treasure in the building, lying there quietly, with an indescribable solemnity and solemnity.

Unlike other ancient buildings, the Potala Palace has a shocking power.

The Potala Palace is 3,700 meters above sea level, covering a total area of 360,000 square meters, with a total building area of 130,000 square meters, the main building is 117 meters high, with a total of 13 floors, including palaces, spiritual pagoda halls, Buddhist halls, scripture halls, monks' houses, courtyards, etc.

The exterior of the Potala Palace is 13 floors and 110 meters high, rising from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. It consists of the White House in the east (where the ******** lamas live) and the Red Palace in the middle (the Buddha Hall and the Lama Spiritual Pagoda Hall of the ******** Dynasties). In front of the Red Palace, there is a white towering wall that serves as a Buddha platform, which is used to hang large tapestries of Buddha statues on Buddhist festivals.

The Potala Palace as a whole is a stone and wood structure, and the outer wall of the palace is 2~5 meters thick, and the foundation is directly buried in the rock formation. The walls are all made of granite masonry, up to tens of meters, and at intervals, iron juice is poured into the middle to reinforce, which improves the seismic resistance of the wall, and is solid and stable.

The roof and window eaves are made of wooden structure, the cornices are overhanged, the corners are upturned, the copper tiles are gilded, the gilt prayer is made of the treasure vase, the scorpion fish and the gold-winged black, and the ridge decoration. The shiny roof is made of the rest of the mountain style and the cusp type, which is in the style of Han Dynasty architecture. The walls under the eaves are decorated with gilded copper ornaments, and the images are all Buddhist ritual eight treasures, with strong Tibetan Buddhist colors. The pillars and sorghum imitations are covered with bright paintings and ornate carvings. The internal corridors are staggered, the halls are mixed, and the space is tortuous and unpredictable.

The Potala Palace is built according to the mountain, the group of buildings overlaps, the palace is saggy, the momentum is majestic, the granite wall body of the solid pier is thick, the white horse grass wall collar of the matsutake mushroom is flattened, the golden top is resplendent and splendid, the huge gilt vase, the building and the red banner with a strong decorative effect, the bright contrast of the three colors of red, white and yellow, the architectural form of the division and the layer-by-layer socketing, all reflect the charming characteristics of the ancient Tibetan architecture. ”

The tour guide led everyone to climb upwards and gave everyone a detailed introduction on the way.

"This is the ********, the symbol of power, where all religious and political activities were held, and here is the center of power for the whole of Tufan. (To be continued.) )