It was noon when Li Du and Preti arrived at New Delhi's Indira-Gandhi International Airport, and the temperature in New Delhi reached 40 degrees Celsius at the end of May, and the ground was so steamy that it was almost impossible to open your eyes. Li Du, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun", knew that India was very hot, but he didn't expect it to be so hot! He started drinking water from the moment he got off the plane, and even when he sat in the car with the air conditioner on, he was uncomfortable, the place was too hot!

Li Du muttered in a low voice while wiping his sweat: "No wonder the legend has it that the Mongolian cavalry that swept the world stopped attacking when they hit India, if I were a Mongol, I would definitely not want this place!" It's so hot! ”

Because Li Du spoke Chinese and his voice was very small, Preti didn't understand what Li Du was saying, but looking at his appearance, he also knew that Li Du really didn't adapt to the climate here. So Pritti had no choice but to gently pat Li Du and comforted: "New Delhi is indeed very hot, you just came, you will definitely not get used to it, after you get home, it will be fine, the house is not so hot." ”

Li Du was just about to reply, the driver suddenly braked, and all the people in the car leaned forward, Li Du hurriedly stabilized his body, leaned out with one hand like lightning, and held Preti, and then yelled at the driver: "What are you doing!" Suddenly stop on a city road and want to kill everyone! ”

The driver was a native of New Delhi, and seemed to be of low status, and spoke submissively: "I'm sorry, sir, but ...... But there's a cow in the middle of the road, and I can't walk! ”

"Scalpers?" Li Du frowned, and just wanted to say, "What's wrong with the scalper, just go around, why stop", Pretti gently pressed Li Du's shoulder and said to the driver: "Since that's the case, let's wait." ”

After speaking, Pritty explained to Li Du: "Cattle are sacred animals in India, and they cannot be driven at will, let alone slaughtered!" When everyone sees a scalper blocking the road on the road, they can only wait for it to leave on its own, and they can't make a detour, let alone drive it away. However, the scalper has a gentle personality and should leave soon when he sees a car behind him. ”

So that's it! Li Du's heart moved, India is really a different country, he just gave himself a deep understanding, it seems that he can understand a lot of things this time!

After seeing that there were scalpers in front of Li Du's car, the cars behind them also stopped one after another, and a long queue formed on the road, and no one honked their horns indiscriminately. Li Du looked back at this scene in the car, and his heart was even more excited: "Indians seem to have a different attitude towards religion than people in other places, and their beliefs are both chaotic and religious!" ”

As Pratti said, the scalper got up and left after seeing so many cars behind him. The driver and other vehicles waited until the scalper had completely left the lane before starting the car and moving forward.

In the car, Li Du's irritable mood due to the hot weather gradually calmed down with this magical scene. Looking at the walls on both sides of the road, with all kinds of cows painted everywhere, Li Du remembered the Vedic mythology of ancient India. Buddhist mythology was born out of Vedic mythology, and Chinese mythology has been greatly influenced by Buddhist mythology since the Tang Dynasty.

Myths and legends are a very important part of a nation's culture, and myths represent the orientation and development process of culture to a large extent.

Chinese mythology is most influenced by Vedic mythology, and many of the things that we think are local legends are actually the result of the introduction of Buddhism to China and its integration with Chinese culture. For example: Six realms of reincarnation!

The six realms of reincarnation are: Heavenly Path, Humanity, Asura Path, Animal Path, Hungry Ghost Path, and Hell Path.

In Vedic mythology, the Heavenly Way is the highest one, and the person who controls the Heavenly Way is the Heavenly Emperor, named Shakti, also known as Indra, who is the god who controls thunder and lightning. Later, Buddhism was born, in order to highlight the supremacy of Buddhism, so in Buddhist mythology, Buddha is beyond the six realms.

Why is the Buddha above the six realms? Because the Buddha is immortal, and the beings in the six realms, even the heavenly ruler, the thunder god Emperor Shakti, also have a lifespan, but his lifespan is very long. At the end of his life, he will also die, and then he may fall into the Heavenly Dao and enter other Dao. And the Buddha is out of the six realms of reincarnation, and if he has no lifespan, he naturally has no death.

Later, after the legend of the six realms of reincarnation was introduced to China through Buddhism, it was integrated with Chinese culture to give rise to the six realms of reincarnation, the netherworld and the eighteen layers of hell in Chinese mythology. In fact, the theory of the eighteen layers of hell is also put forward in Buddhist mythology.

Li Du couldn't help but sigh that this country once had a highly developed civilization, they once created an incomparably splendid culture, and they had a huge impact on the self-contained Chinese civilization! It's a pity that now the culture of this country is almost extinct, because their cultural heritage has been broken!

Fortunately, Chinese culture and Chinese civilization have not been cut off!

Thinking of this, Li Du strengthened his belief in "continuing to learn for the sake of the saints"!

Pretti watched Li Du from the sidelines, and she didn't know what he was thinking, and finally saw that Li Du's eyes became firm, and it seemed that something was more clear, and then she asked, "Li, what were you thinking about just now, thinking so devoted?" ”

Li Du didn't say anything, just smiled and said, "I'm even more sure about what I'm going to do in the future!" ”

New Delhi is a newly built city after India's independence, next to the ancient city of Delhi. In order to distinguish the two cities, a "Gate of India" was built between New Delhi and the ancient city of Delhi.

To the north of the India Gate is the ancient city of Delhi, which is still an old and heavily polluted area. Prattie's home is in New Delhi, which is beautiful and spreads out throughout the city, much like a bustling city like Los Angeles.

After driving for more than an hour, Li Du finally arrived at Pretti's home. It is a large courtyard located in the south of New Delhi, much like the aristocratic mansion of ancient China. Li Du had heard Pretti say that India had a caste system in ancient times, and her family was a Brahmin caste, the highest caste, and now, although the caste system has been abolished, people from the Brahmin caste have always lived relatively wealthy.

As soon as they got out of the car, Li Du saw that there were already two old men standing at the door looking at them, surrounded by a group of people. Needless to say, these two old men are Pretti's parents.

Under the leadership of Pretti, Li Du stepped forward to give the two old men a Chinese salute, clasped his hands into fists, bowed to the ground, and said respectfully: "Hello uncle and aunt, I am Li Du." ”

Pretty's father is actually only in his 50s, so he doesn't look old at all, but there are some wrinkles in the corners of his eyes and forehead, and his hair is gray. ”

A servant next to him came over and brought Li Du and their salute to the room, and the two of them took Li Du and Pritti into the living room together. After chatting along the way, Li Du learned that Prati's father was called Galava and her mother was Kumar.

Garawa is not only a Hindu, but also a university professor! He is very knowledgeable and knows not only the indigenous culture of India, but also Buddhism and Chinese culture!

After everyone had sat down, Priti took out two boxes from her bag and said to Galava and Kumar, "Father and mother, this is a gift from Li Du. ”

The two old men had already met Li Du on video, and they had a very good impression of Li Du, and now Li Du gave a gift again, and he was even more happy, Galava took the box with a smile, "Li Du, thank you." We will definitely love your gift! ”

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