Chapter 394. Affinity with the Buddha
As the two important weapons of this "Shulin Conference", whether it is the "Fujian Yutu" made by Kangxi, or the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" hand-copied by Master Sanzang, all of them have attracted the attention of countless people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoEspecially as those book lovers who like to buy books and collect books, they are even more staring at these two "treasures in the world".
"Oh my God, I'm not dazzled, there is such a big ancient map in the world."
"The people of the Qing Dynasty are really good, how did this ancient map come about?"
"I've heard that this map shows the various islands around Treasure Island...... That is, those places have been our territory since ancient times! ”
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"Is this the Buddhist Heart Sutra hand-copied by Tang Sanzang in "Journey to the West"?"
"The treasure of Buddhism, to be able to see this, even if you die!"
"Woo woo, why do I feel the urge to cry when I see this Buddhist treasure?"
"A treasure like this, I'm afraid only the Buddha bone relics can compare with it."
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Sighing, sighing, everyone has different opinions--- talking about their feelings, moods, wanting to express everything they feel in their chests.
As a collector of ancient books, Lin Yi was also shocked by what he saw.
First of all, the huge Kangxi imperial system "Fujian Yutu", its outer box is wide and luxurious, is carved with high-quality mahogany, there are two flying golden dragons on the wooden box, one left and one right, forming a golden dragon surrounding, engraved in the middle of four big characters: Fujian Yutu. This shape highlights the nobility and grandeur of the royal court.
And when this ancient map is officially unfolded, it is jaw-dropping that there is a house the size, which looks magnificent and magnificent.
According to the literature, the "Fujian Yu Tu" has been stored in the Qing Cabinet Treasury, with a special wooden box box to preserve. Due to the use of high-quality silk and pigments, the map has been largely well preserved for more than 300 years, except for a few minor fragments, and the colors are still bright and dazzling.
In 1909, when preparing for the establishment of the Jingshi Library, the Xuantong Emperor Puyi instructed that this huge map be transferred from the court to the Jingshi Library, and it has been preserved to this day. After the Japanese invasion of the three northeastern provinces, the Nationalist Government decided in 1934 to move the cultural relics of Beiping south. In 1936, rare books, maps, gold and stone inscriptions, precious Western books, and oriental periodicals were selected from the rare books of the A and B libraries of the Beiping Library, and some of them were preserved in the French Concession of Shanghai, and the other part was sent to the Nanjing Branch of the Palace Museum and the newly built site of the Nanjing Address Research Institute. In 1942, some of the surplus rare books, gold and stone rubbings, and maps stored in Shanghai were transported back to Beiping.
However, according to the check survey, "Fujian Yutu" is not among them. According to the archival records, the batch of fine maps stored in Nanjing was determined after inventory, and among the more than 100 kinds of maps stored in the Qing Cabinet in the Beiping Library that year, except for the Yellow River map and the Fujian map stored in Beiping, the others have been recovered. When the mainland was evacuated, the batch of fine maps stored in Nanjing was transferred to Taiwan. From the above records, it is known that the "Fujian Yutu" did not follow the cultural relics to move south, as for why this national treasure map was not included in the list of cultural relics that moved south, and who detained it is still an unsolved mystery.
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If it is said that "Fujian Yutu" is a national treasure among national treasures, it was borrowed from the national collection for exhibition by relying on the face of Lu Sanye and his old man; Then the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" hand-copied by Master Sanzang is the top collection in his personal collection.
Speaking of Master Sanzang, the first thing that many people think of is the Tang Sanzang in "Journey to the West", and his mantra is: "Disciple, save me!" ”
But in fact, Master Sanzang is an authentic "pure master", the ancestor of the ancient "travel friends", the pioneer in "trekking", the saint who went to the west to learn scriptures, and the idol worshiped by people who have no mathematics and Buddhism.
From the Tang Dynasty in China to Tianzhu in India, thousands of miles away, the road was bumpy, coupled with the lack of GPS navigation at that time, as well as the correct map of learning scriptures, so that Master Sanzang took too many detours and wrongful roads, and its difficulty even exceeded the Red Army's 25,000-mile Long March.
The handwritten Heart Sutra on display at this time is known as the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. There is only one volume in the whole scripture, 260 words. It belongs to one of the 600 volumes of the Great Prajna Sutra. It is considered to be a summary of the Prajna Sutras. There have been seven Chinese translations of the scripture, the most famous of which is this volume of the Tang Sanzang
The Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra translated by the Venerable Master.
Lin Yi likes to read, of course he knows the specific content of this Heart Sutra, to be precise, as long as he likes Buddhism, he can basically recite the 260-word Heart Sutra---
When contemplating the bodhisattva of freedom and walking in the deep prajnaparamita, he sees that the five aggregates are empty and overcomes all suffering.
The relics are not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color, and the same is true when you want to know it. The relics are the empty phase of all the laws, which are neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor pure, neither increased nor decreased......
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When Lin Yi silently recited this volume of "Heart Sutra", the hand-copied Heart Sutra was still hidden in a sandalwood box and was not taken out, but there seemed to be some kind of induction in the dark.
The recitation in Lin Yi's heart actually had an inexplicable mysterious resonance with the Heart Sutra hidden in the box, especially with the overflowing fragrance of the Heart Sutra handscroll, the aura in Lin Yi's body was pulled, and the two fused together, and suddenly released a fragrance that can only be smelled in Buddhism--- sandalwood breath, and yes, sandalwood overflowing!
The aroma is just too strong.
Suddenly, the monks who were serving the scriptures and still singing Sanskrit songs showed surprise on their faces.
In unison, they all knelt down in front of the Heart Sutra with their palms folded and reverent, and then recited the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra aloud together.
Brushed, solemn, solemn.
There is an ancient sword in the box, buzzing,
Today, there is a heart sutra in the box, and the fragrance is overflowing.
The surrounding onlookers were also shocked, smelling this inexplicable fragrance, as if they felt the call of the Buddha, and also knelt down with those monks with their hands folded, reciting the Heart Sutra together devoutly---
Suddenly, only one voice was heard in the whole venue: Contemplation of the Bodhisattva of Freedom, when he walks in the deep prajnaparamita, he sees that the five aggregates are empty, and he overcomes all suffering.
The relics, the color is not different from the emptiness, the emptiness is not different from the color, the color is the emptiness, the emptiness is the color, and the same is true when you want to know it......
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The most wonderful feeling at this moment is undoubtedly Lin Yi himself, for him, the louder the sound of everyone reciting the Heart Sutra, the stronger the echo between the aura in his body and the Sutra hidden in the center of the box.
It seems that the box contains not the Heart Sutra, but an ancient heart, Lin Yi's aura is injected into the heart and becomes a flowing vein, and people's chanting becomes the power of pacing, under the action of the two, the Heart Sutra --- alive and beats.
At the moment when the Heart Sutra was "alive", Lin Yi's mind exploded with a bang, and immediately, ancient pictures appeared in his mind.
In the scorching desert, the lone bird let out a wail and fell on the hot yellow sand.
A hand stretched out and picked up the poor bird, and the bird blinked its eyes and watched as the visitor let out a miserable wail.
The man reached out and took out the water bag from his body, poured the precious water into his palm, and gave it to the hungry bird to drink.
The bird drank the water, regained its strength, flapped its wings, and flew high again, occasionally looking back at the man who had saved him.
Dark, thin faces, chapped lips, eyes eroded by wind and sand---
In the vast desert, he stood here alone, with a solemn appearance, but his thin beard and thin face were all traces of wind and frost along the way. The slightly frowning brow and resolute gaze are the incomparable yearning for Buddhism in my heart.
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The wind swept up the wind and sand, and he covered his face with his sleeves, and continued to walk with his luggage on his back.
The luggage he carried was made of light bamboo, on which were placed umbrellas and scriptures, which could be inserted into his head to protect him from the sun, and a bowl for eating in the canvas. The bamboo pole is a lantern, and it can be used for lighting in front of him, which means that the light of the Buddha shines and the light shines on the earth.
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In the forest, he met jackals, tigers and leopards, he was timid, he was frightened, he was afraid.
He lit a bonfire and thought about retreating, but the advice of the lord of the Tang Dynasty and the enthusiastic expectations of the people made him brave again.
The gale tore through his umbrella, and the thorns pierced his clothes.
The sun tanned his skin, and the snow froze his arms---
He is still walking, moving, as long as he still has his feet, he will continue to walk, towards the setting sun, towards the western Buddha ---!
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In this way, he trekked through mountains and rivers, crossed the desert and the Gobi, traveled all the way to the west, constantly meeting and separating. Whether it is a robber who hinders his westward journey, or an official who gives him a problem, or a border guard who helps him, or a merchant who meets him on the road, or a master and apprentice who only has a short fate......
The fate gathers and scatters, and the sun sets.
He traveled 50,000 miles and traveled to Nalanda Monastery, the center of Buddhism in India, to obtain the scriptures. In the past 17 years, he has studied all the great and small theravada theories of the time, and brought back a total of 150 Buddha relics, 7 Buddha statues, and 657 sutras...... With his perseverance, he wrote the legend of the glory of Tang Buddhism.
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Lin Yi woke up from the dream, the Heart Sutra stopped trembling, and the overflowing sandalwood breath gradually converged, but at this moment, the aura in Lin Yi's body had been sublimated to a new height, becoming more abundant and exquisite.
Thinking of the scenes in his mind, thinking of the hardships and hardships of going west to learn scriptures, a tear slipped down Lin Yi's face.
Crystal clear, like the eyes of the lonely bird who was rescued by Master Sanzang in the illusion---
Suddenly, he remembered a sentence: Like waking up from a big dream, he has a relationship with the Buddha.
It's just that Lin Yi didn't realize that at this moment, except for him, almost everyone was kneeling on the ground with their hands folded, and only he was still standing, so special, so outstanding...... (To be continued.) )