Under my guidance, Irina did acupuncture treatment for her grandmother, but her technique was not skilled, and it took several acupuncture points to puncture the needle into it, and the pain made the old lady grin. The old lady nagged dissatisfiedly: "In the future, without Peng watching from the side, I won't ask Irina to give me acupuncture, it's too painful and torturous." ”。 I listened to the snickering, looking at my gloating appearance, Irina stared, raised her fist in front of my nose, and I quickly pretended to be afraid. Compared to Danya and Svetta, this beauty is really spicy.

After the acupuncture treatment, in order to continue to give her grandmother acupuncture, Irina flattered the old lady, "Grandma, do you want to go out for a walk?" I'll take you and your grandfather out for a walk. The old lady thought for a while and said, "Irina, you can take us to Dacang to worship the Buddha, and it just so happens that Peng will go to see the holy land of our Buryats." ”

I asked Irina, what is Takura? Irina told me that Dacang is Dacang Monastery, one of the most important Buddhist centers in Russia, where it is the residence of the head of traditional Russian Buddhism, and a few years ago Dacang also built one of the largest Buddhist colleges in Russia. As soon as I heard this, I was immediately interested.

Although I don't know much about Buddhism, when I was in China, there was a lama temple near my house, and when I passed by, I would go in to burn incense and worship the Buddha. When I used to read books on Russian humanities and history, I read an article about the Buryats, in which it was said that the history of the Buryats was closely related to the Mongols, and they were descendants of the Mongols of the Yuan Dynasty. To this day, they can communicate freely with Mongolians in Mongolian. Moreover, their appearance and lifestyle are very similar to those of their Mongolian compatriots. The Buryats have the same religious beliefs as the Mongols and practice Tibetan Buddhism. The first day I went to Irina's grandmother's house, I saw a thangka of Green Tara hanging in her house. Although I don't know much about it, I know that Green Tara is said to be the incarnation of Avalokiteshvara in Lamaism, which shows that Irina's grandmother and grandfather were devout Buddhists. I asked Irina if she also practiced Buddhism. Irina said that she followed her grandmother and mother to the temple to worship Buddha since she was a child, so she is also a Buddhist.

Irina drove out of the city of Ulan-Ude, and under the blue sky in front of her, the peaks of the mountains were stacked, and the snow on the mountains shone in the reflection of the sun. On both sides of the road, there are pastures with thick white snow, and there are no traces on the empty snow fields, and occasionally one or two yurts can be seen, and the sky and the earth are connected in a white chaos. I have seen the scenery of Tibet in TV and movies, which is very similar to the scenery here, blue sky and white clouds and snow-capped mountain pastures. Looking at the scenery outside the car window, I suddenly felt that my mind became empty. I wonder if it is in this kind of silence away from the hustle and bustle of the city, that people's hearts can feel the Buddha more? How about people becoming more religious?

In front of it, there is a grand temple complex, with red walls and gold-roofed cornices, which looks unusually solemn and magnificent against the background of snow. Irina told me that it was Takura.

The walls and courtyard gates of Dacang are not very tall, and they look a little shabby compared to the palace inside. The tree at the entrance was covered with hata and prayer flags. After Irina parked the car, we walked into the temple gate, which was lined with prayer wheels along the fence. We followed Irina's grandmother and began to turn the prayer wheel in a clockwise direction. Tibetan Buddhism believes that the more the six-character mantra is chanted, the more devotion to the Buddha, you can get rid of the suffering of reincarnation, every time you turn the prayer wheel, it is equivalent to chanting the scriptures once, and constantly turning the prayer wheel means that you are repeatedly reciting the six-character mantra hundreds of times and thousands of times, and turning the prayer is equivalent to chanting the scriptures, which is the best way to repent of the past, eliminate disasters and take refuge, and accumulate merits. While turning the prayer wheel, Irina's grandmother and grandfather reverently chanted the six-character mantra in their mouths. Irina didn't turn a prayer wheel, but she would put a coin on the wooden shelf next to the prayer wheel, which should be considered merit money. I also followed Irina's example, took out some coins from my body and put them around, and when I saw that the coins in my hand were gone, Irina took some out of her bag and handed them to me.

After turning the prayer wheel, we came to a small wooden house at the door, and Irina told me that this is the reception area in Dacang, where the lamas who are usually in charge of the temple receive worshippers who worship the Buddha. Seeing that there were several Buryats waiting at the door of the reception room. After waiting for a while, when it was our turn, we went into the room lightly and saw a desk inside, and behind the desk sat a chubby lama in his forties, dressed in red monk's robes, with a very kind face. As soon as he saw me, the middle-aged lama warmly extended his generous and warm hand to shake my hand, "Welcome, guest from afar." "I was shocked, I hadn't said a word yet, how could he see that I was from afar? From my appearance, I may not be able to tell that I am Chinese, and besides, I came in with Irina and them. Seeing my surprised look, the middle-aged lama smiled and said, "I made a hexagram in the morning, saying that there are guests from afar coming today, and when I see you, you know that it should be you." It is your heart that guides you to this place, and you have a fate with this place: "Wow! It was so amazing that the middle-aged lama asked me, "Young man, do you know where the Buddha is?" After thinking about it, I put my hand on my chest and replied, "The Buddha should be in my heart." The middle-aged lama nodded with a smile and said, "You are right, the Buddha is everywhere, as long as you are related to the Buddha, he will always be in your heart." Hearing this, I suddenly felt an invisible and mysterious power, and before I knew it, I reverently clasped my hands together.

The middle-aged lama, who had studied in India for several years and is now a lecturer at a monastery, told me about the history of Buddhism in Russia and the history of Dachang. Dacang, also known as I**** Jinge Monastery, is the seat of the Central Management Committee of Russian Buddhism, the highest leading body of Russian Buddhism today. Buddhism has been spreading in Russia for about 400 years. In the 17th and 18th centuries, lamas from Tibet and Mongolia in China first set foot on the Russian lands, began to actively spread Buddhism in the middle of Lake Transbaikal, where the Buryats lived, and gradually expanded to the north, almost all of Siberia, so many lamastic monasteries appeared in Siberia. At that time, Russian Buddhism was under the strict control of the Mongol Bogdor Khan, and in order to get rid of this control and weaken the power of the Mongols in the Transbaikal region, the head of the Great Lama Temple of Gusino Ozelsk was named the head of Buryat Buddhism, and the title was Bankidao? Hambao Lama. In this way, Buryatia began to turn into an independent Buddhist district. In 1741, Empress Elizabeth? Petrovna issued a decree recognizing the legal status of Buddhism in Russia and canonized 15 lamastic monasteries and 150 lamas. During the reign of Catherine II, the position of Grand Lama was established, and the Gusinoozelsk Lama's official residence, became the largest lama monastery in Russia before the October Revolution. Before the thirties of the 20th century, Buddhist religious activities were still carried out normally, and in 1917 there were 185 Buddhist groups in Russia. But from the '30s to 1941, Buddhism, like other religions, was hit hard. Before the 30s, there were 40 large lamas, not counting small monasteries in Transbaikalia. But by 1935 about a third of the country's lamasy was closed, and many Buryat lamas were expelled on charges of "enemies of the people" or "spies." After the end of World War II, organized Buddhist activities resumed, and in 1948 a new lama monastery was established in the ancient city of Yijia on the outskirts of Ulan-Ude, and the Aga Lama Monastery was reopened on the outskirts of Chita. Before 1989, there were only two temples in the whole of the Soviet Union: the Yi**** Jia Lama Temple, with 40 lamas; The Aga Lama Temple, located in the Agaburyat Ethnic Zone of Chita Oblast, has 20 lamas. In February 1991, a Buddhist school was opened in the Yijia Lama Monastery, which was changed to "Dash? The "Joinkhorlin Buddhist Institute" became the first academic center in Russia for the study of Buddhism and an educational center for the training of Buddhist talents.

After talking about Dacang and the history of Buddhism in Russia, the middle-aged lama arranged for a young lama to take us to the main hall to worship the Buddha. In the solemn hall, I held the blue hata prepared by Irina in both hands, presented it to the Buddha statue, and followed Irina's example, and bowed to the ground. At the moment when my body was crawling on the ground, my mind was guided by the Buddha, and at this moment, I could be here, maybe because of the fate of my previous life.