Section 601: White Elephant Palace
Chinese Lan Ying'er rolled her eyes and Wu Fa said: "My sister and I are both monks in the Yuan Infant Stage, how can we not know such a truth? ”
When Mu Sheng heard this, he saw that Wu Fa was deflated, and he didn't dare to laugh if he wanted to laugh, and he almost choked back his internal injuries.
At night, various Sanskrit sounds come out from the White Elephant Palace, and it is the monks in the temple who do evening classes in the Dharma Hall. Because of the late arrival, the doors of the temple are closed, so you can't enter the temple as you did in the country of the Buddha of the Ten Thousand Vehicles.
I heard that there are thirteen Buddha's robes in this white elephant palace, and the length of the ruler is different. There is also a tin rod used by the Buddha, which is one zhang seven long, and is packed in a wooden tube with gold leaf pasted on it. The weight of this tin staff is uncertain, and when it catches up with the heavy weight, a hundred people can't lift it, and when it catches up with the light, one person can pick it up. And there are Buddha teeth and Buddha hair, all of which are properly packed in boxes and receive offerings in the morning and evening.
There is a grotto in the White Elephant Palace, where you can see the shadow of the Buddha. Fifteen paces or so into the cave, looking westward toward the door, you can see clearly, but when you get closer, you can't see anything. Touching it with your hands, there is only the stone wall. gradually retreated, only to begin to be able to see, the face is tall and beautiful, rare in the world.
There is also a square stone in front of the grotto, there are traces left by the Buddha on the stone, the place where the Buddha stepped on the stone is like a person stepping on the muddy water, leaving a clear imprint, but the strange thing is that the size and length of the footprints are different from each other.
One hundred steps away from the southwest of the cave, there is a place where the Buddha washes clothes and dries clothes. Earlier, when Nyolai preached the Dharma here, the dragon king was angry and there was a strong wind and heavy rain, and the robes of Nyolai and his disciples were soaked inside and out. When the rain stopped, the Buddha sat cross-legged under the big stone facing east, drying his robe and leaving traces. Although it has been a long time, the traces are as good as new, not only the vertical stripes can be seen, but even the threads of the cloth are very clear. At first glance, it may not seem very deep, but if you scrape the stone, the lines are more noticeable. The place where the Buddha sits, as well as the place where he dries clothes, are now built with stupas to remember.
There is a hill in the north of the cave, and there are seven pagodas under the mountain that are said to be built by the Buddha himself, which are about ten zhang high. It is said that if these stupas sink below the ground, the Dharma will die out from the world. There are seven towers in total, there is a stone tablet in the south of the seven towers, it is said that the Buddha has written the handwriting by himself, the handwriting is clear and distinct, and it is still recognizable.
I heard that there is a handwritten book, Mu Shengdao: "This White Elephant Palace must be seen, not for anything else, just the handwriting of Rulai is worth our observation, maybe we can learn something from it." ”
Everyone nodded in approval, and the practice of Buddhism is also divided into many realms, first Arhat, then Bodhisattva, and finally Buddha, Arhat has four fruit positions, namely four Goa Arhats, three Goa Nahan, two Goa Stohans and one fruit Sudra Huan. Bodhisattvas are divided into ten bodhisattvas, equal enlightenment bodhisattvas, and wonderful enlightenment bodhisattvas, and the wonderful enlightenment bodhisattvas are basically no different from the Buddhas.
And the realm of the Buddha has gone beyond this mortal world, it is the real great wisdom, and it is a symbol of the perfection of the monastic path, so they feel the need to see it. But Wu Fa said: "Although the words written on the stone tablet are clearly written, no one can recognize what is written, and it is said to have been written with a dharani spell. ”
"Oh, what does this dharani mean?" asked Mu Sheng, puzzled.
Buddhism Sanskrit called mantra "dharani", the so-called "mantra" of Buddhism, for the Buddha, Bodhisattva, and even the Dharma protector said "secret language", "secret language" is the bridge to communicate with all saints, and by this communication can induction, it occupies a very important position in the process of preaching. There are the so-called four dharanis: dharmadharani, righteous dharani, mantra dharani, and ninja dharani. The simplest, and most popular among the people, is actually the mantra. Wu Fa explained.
"Wow, senior brother, I admire you so much, I thought you only knew formations, but I didn't expect you to even understand this!" Mu Sheng looked at Wu Fa with a look of adoration.
Wu Fa smiled: "Don't worship brother, brother is just a legend." Because of the study of the formation, so this dharani mantra, brother is also occasionally involved, dharani is what we call "total holding", that is, through the mantra to hold all the meaning. ”
"Okay, my admiration for you is like a surging river, and like a river overflowing out of control, brother, you want to take me a little tomorrow!" Mu Sheng hugged Wu Fa very bloodily and said.
"Go, go, go, take your sister Ahuan, don't bother me. Wu Fa wanted to break free from Mu Sheng's entanglement.
Nangong Yuhuan said: "Who asked him to hug him, he still hugged you, a good brother, and I still want to hug Sister Ying'er." As he spoke, he also learned from Mu Sheng, and hugged Lan Ying'er in his arms.
The next morning, when the sky was light, the five of them gathered together, and after the temple bell rang, they walked to the temple. The White Elephant Palace is on the north side of the royal road about two miles from the north gate. The temple hall is magnificent and magnificent, the trees are majestic, and the tall platform and wide compound road are famous all over the world. Outside the temple gate, there are two white jade carved eight-tusked stone elephants, weighing several tons on both sides of the station, which are said to be modeled after the eight-tusked white elephant that carried the Buddha at that time.
There is a golden statue of Buddha 100 meters behind the two elephants, one is two feet high, eight feet high, the face is upright and serious, holding a lotus flower, the legend is extraordinarily effective. Whenever there is a good or bad event in the country, there will be a foreshadowing of it.
It is said that this Buddha statue had a sad face and tears in its eyes, and its whole body was soaked, and it was called "Buddha Khan" at that time. attracted thousands of empty alleys to watch. Some monks wiped it with a clean cotton cloth, and after a while the cloth was soaked. Replace other cloths to wipe and immediately get wet again, so I continued to wipe for three days before stopping. In the second year, the world changed dramatically, and countless people died.
There is also a four-sided golden Buddha statue in the temple, one zhang six high, the appearance is dignified, there are thirty-two phases, eighty kinds of good. If the locals are sick, they will stick gold leaf on the corresponding position on the Buddha's body, and it is said that if you stick it, you will be cured. Later generations built a six-foot high Buddha statue and many stupas next to this Buddha statue, thousands, and the hanging colored flags and prayer flags are more than 10,000. These Buddha prayer flags are placed along the mountain, and when you look at it, you can only feel that they are resplendent and colorful.
The five people did not believe in Buddhism, but were only interested in the legendary ruins of the Buddha, especially the handwritten stone tablet, so they did not have time to look closely at the beautiful scenery in the White Elephant Palace, and went straight to find the traces left by the Buddha after entering the temple.
The incense in the temple is full of people's voices, good men and women are endless, the five people are different from the clothes worn by the local people in terms of appearance and clothing, naturally very eye-catching, as soon as they enter the White Elephant Palace, they will attract the believers to come forward, promote Buddhism to them, and hand over the relevant propaganda classics.
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