Verse 603: Leaving the pagoda
Chinese Mu Sheng smiled: "It doesn't matter if it's so much, take one step at a time." ”
Su He said: "Brother is right, when the sky falls, there is a tall man to support it, where is our turn, we will fly to the beach in half a day, and we can find a way to cross the sea and return to Sanxian Island." ”
"Su He is right, we will fly over the river in front of us, and fly southwest for two hours to reach the seashore. Wu Fa continued: "There is a great city called Gandra City, where we can rest and buy some things for the sea. ”
As he spoke, a few people had already flown over countless mountains and rivers to the outside of Gandra City, and Wu Fa said: "In addition to preparing in Gandra City, it is recommended to go to the Qili Pagoda to have a look." ”
"Oh, is there anything special about this finch from the pagoda?" asked Mu Sheng.
Wu Fa nodded and said: "There are indeed some sayings, there is a pagoda four miles southeast of the city of Gandra, it is the Buddha Rulai was still alive, and his disciples came here, pointed to the east of the city and said: Two hundred years after my death, there will be a king named Ganiser who will build a pagoda here." "Two hundred years after the death of the Buddha, sure enough, there was a king named Ganisekya, who went out to the east of the city and saw four children piled up a tower with cow dung, more than three feet high, and suddenly disappeared in an instant. When he got closer, he found the child standing in the air, saying Buddha to King Chen. The king was so surprised that he built a tower to encircle the dung tower. However, the tower gradually grew in height, revealing the outside, and did not stop until it was 400 feet above the ground. The king expanded the base of a tower more than 300 paces long. ”
"So, this tower is a dung tower?" Nangong Yuhuan said strangely.
Wu Fa replied: "It's not like that. The king ordered people to take up wood from the ground from the three hundred and ninety steps around the dung heap, so as to reach the height of the tower three zhang high, and the tower was made of square stone and made of steps, bucket arches, and the top was a wooden building, a total of thirteen levels. On it there were pillars of iron, eighty circumferences (five inches of circumference) thick, three hundred feet high, and on them thirteen gold plates, fifteen gold plates, sixty-three feet and two feet above the ground, a total of seven hundred feet above the ground. After the work is completed, the dung tower remains unchanged as it was at the beginning, just 300 steps south of the big tower. At that time, there were brahmas who did not believe that it was dung, and touched it with their hands, and as a result, they poked out a hole, although it was a long time, the dung was still not rotten, and the hole was filled with incense mud. ”
"What is the Heavenly Palace?" asked Mu Sheng.
"The king built the pagoda, and after the carpentry was completed, there was no way to install the iron pillars. And the king built a great tower at the four corners of the tower, and put a lot of gold and silver treasures, and the king, his wife, and the princes burned incense and scattered flowers on the upper floor, and sincerely appealed to God, and then hung the iron pillar with a noose. Therefore, everyone is said to be the Four Heavenly Kings secretly helping, if it is not so, it is really not possible for human beings to achieve it. The Buddha statues in the tower are all made of gold and jade, and the form is ever-changing, and it is difficult to describe in detail. As soon as the sun rises, the golden plate shakes and reflects, and the breeze gradually blows, and the golden spirit rings with it. Among the many pagodas, this one is arguably the best. As soon as the tower was built, the king covered it with a net of pearls. In the next few years, the king thought that this bead net was worth ten thousand gold, and I am afraid that some people will covet it after my death. I am also worried that no one will repair the damage of the tower in the future. So he removed the bead net, put it in a copper pot, and dug it in the ground a hundred paces northwest of the tower. Bodhi trees are planted on it, with branches extending in all directions, and dense foliage shades the sky. Under the tree there are seated statues on all sides, each one foot five feet high, and there are four dragons in charge of the bead net, and if anyone has the intention of grabbing it, it will bring disaster. The king carved the stone as an inscription, instructing that if the tower is damaged in the future, it will be repaired by the descendants who will take out the pearl for money. The building next to the tower is called the Heavenly Palace. Wu Fa explained.
After this explanation, several people also arrived near the Queli Pagoda, and the five people pressed the magic weapon to fall down, and followed everyone to see the Queli Pagoda, Wu Fa introduced: "Since the construction of this Queli Pagoda, it has been burned by thunder and fire three times, and the king has repaired it in time to restore its old appearance." Locals say that "after the pagoda is burned seven times by lightning and fire, the Dharma will be cut off." "There is a stone pagoda fifty steps south of the finch from the Futu, which is circular, two zhang high, very miraculous, and can judge the good and evil with the world. If you touch it with your fingers, if it is auspicious, the golden bell will sound accordingly, and if it is not, even if someone shakes the tower, the golden bell will not make a sound. ”
"Oh, there's a place like this, I'll have to touch it later. Nangong Yuhuan listened happily.
"Okay, I'll be with my sister then, and we'll both go and touch it. Lan Ying'er said on the side.
After watching the five people from the floating map to the stone tower that can break the good luck, they lined up in turn, and when it was the turn of the five people, Nangong Yuhuan touched the stone tower with his fingers, and the golden bell made a pleasant sound, Nangong Yuhuan smiled happily: "It seems that my luck is not bad." ”
Lan Ying'er also saluted the Divine Tower, begging to determine the good fortune. She touched the tower with her fingers, but the golden bell didn't make a sound, Lan Ying'er retracted her hand and tried again, but there was still no news, so she had no choice but to sigh and leave the stone tower.
Su He and Wu Fa touched the stone pagoda and made the golden bell ring, and when they got such a good omen, Su He was quite comforted in his heart, but Wu Fa was also a little depressed because of Lan Ying'er's unlucky prediction. When he arrived at Mu Sheng, he didn't want to be like Lan Ying'er, and he didn't see the golden bell ring for a long time, so he had no choice but to leave the stone tower.
Because the predictions of the two were not very good, the mood of the group was also affected, and they became silent, and finally Mu Sheng broke the silence and smiled: "Why are you so silent, this is just a prediction, no one knows whether it is true or false, maybe the future is not necessarily bad?"
Nangong Yuhuan said: "You're right, we don't need to worry about the unpredictable future of the future, let's go to the city and buy the things that cross the sea." ”
Only then did the five of them become happy again, and they walked towards the city together, and they could already feel the salty smell of the sea breeze outside the city, and the fishy smell of sea water blowing on their faces. The city of Gandra is like other capitals of the Haitian Buddha Kingdom, temples and floating pagodas are everywhere, the golden splendor is dazzling, the stone statues of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva are strong and plump, the body is chic, the clothes are wrinkled and distinct, and the expressions and demeanors are like real people, which are vivid.
The original name of the Gandhara State was the Karma Para State, which was later wiped out by the Bada Dynasty, so he was appointed as the king, and the rule has been passed down for dozens of generations. The king was fierce, murderous, and did not believe in Buddhism, but preferred to sacrifice to other spirits.
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