The Pazhu Kagyu sect of the White Sect, its ancestral temple, Relong Temple, is located in the Relong River valley in the Nianchu River Valley, at the foot of the western slope of the Nojin Kangsang Snow Mountain. This temple was founded by the founding patriarch of Padrup Kagyu, Tsangpa Gyal.

This Relong temple was built in his hometown of Relong.

"Zangba" is an honorific title, a bit like the Italian "Tang", referring to the person who is the person who "hid" this place in the Nianchu River Valley, and the meaning of "Jia" is a bit surprising to say. It is his family name, which means "Han" of the Han nationality! strung together, Zangbajia fever means the Han people who hide this place by the Nianchu River.

His ancestors speak even more prominently. It was one of the two wrestlers who pushed the twelve-year-old statue of Buddha Shakyamuni all the way when he accompanied Princess Wencheng into Tibet.

Such a person who is related to the Buddha, although the sect he founded is only a branch of the White Sect, but now there is a faint tendency to catch up and surpass the Yellow Sect. Not only did they have a solid turf in Bhutan, but they also established a theocratic regime, so that the Bhutanese people called themselves Drukpa. Moreover, in recent times, the trade activities with the south of Tongguò have gained a great deal of benefits, not only in terms of money, but also in terms of prestige and influence.

Along the Nianchu River, on the plain formed by the mouth of the Nianchu River flowing into the Brahmaputra River, stands the city of Shigatse. If you enter the city from the south, you will easily be shocked by the Tashilhunpo Monastery that crashes into your eyes.

This temple, built by Tsongkhapa's great disciple Gendun Jupa, who was later revered as the first great master of the sea, stands silently between heaven and earth.

The sixteenth Dharma Tai after him, Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen. As the leader of the Gelugpa sect, he was exterminated by the Zangba Khan, and the Mongol Gushi Khan, who controlled Uszang, was given the honorific title of the Great Erudite Treasure and Wise Man. It is the fourth great erudite treasure and wise man, and the first three lives are all posthumously recognized.

The 4th Great Erudite Treasure Wise Scholar Lobsang Chojie Gyaltsen was appointed as the sixteenth Dharma platform of Tashilhunpo Monastery, and his time during his tenure can be regarded as a great effort. On the one hand, he reorganized the temple style, and on the other hand, he went to various places to preach the scriptures and teachings, raise funds, and expand the temple. During the 60 years of his main temple, in addition to rebuilding and expanding the old halls, more than 10 new large and small halls were built. He also personally collected copper, iron and gold leaf from Lhasa and other places to build two gold-tiled halls. Year 1607. He founded the Abaza Rakhan, which specializes in tantra. In the temple, a complete system of studying scriptures from the obvious to the secret was established. Due to the painstaking management of Master Luosang Qujie, when he was alive, there were more than 5,000 monks in the temple and more than 3,000 rooms; There are 51 temples. more than 4,000 monks; It has more than 10 Zhuangtun and pastoral tribes; It became the largest Gelugpa monastery in Houzang. It has achieved the same status as the three major monasteries in Lhasa.

After a large-scale expansion of the Fourth Great Erudite Treasure Wise Man. Tashilhunpo Monastery has become the largest temple in the Later Tibetan region, worthy of its status as a place where great erudite treasures and wise men reside.

Standing on the Sunshine Mountain in the north of the city, looking at the Nianchu River valley at the mouth of the river, the trees are shady. The clear waves ripple, just like an oil painting, with bright colors and warm tones.

Under the strong sunlight, the barley fields spread into the distance, the bright and transparent blue sky, the white and holy snow-capped mountains, and the yellow and green barley fields complement each other, forming a soft and warm but magnificent picture.

Just east of the Dzong Castle on Riguang Mountain, and on the terrace of the Potala Palace Deyang Mansion in Lhasa, a pair of masters and apprentices have no intention of enjoying such a beautiful scenery.

According to the teachings of the Yellow Sect, the two Buddhas, the Great Erudite Treasure Wise and the Great Sea Master, are so-called masters and apprentices of each other, and once the reincarnation of the spirit child is determined, the master-apprentice title will be naturally generated.

Now that the Fourth Great Erudite Treasure and Wise Man are in power, the Fifth Great Sea Master naturally takes him as his teacher.

"This Tashilhunpo Monastery is also your temple, if you have any needs, please talk to the deacons and other things, don't be polite." Tashilhunpo Monastery was built by the 1st Great Sea Master, and naturally it can be regarded as the temple of the 5th Great Sea Master.

"Master, this is natural."

From the terrace, the entire Tashilhunpo Monastery was crowded with people, and countless Langsheng, Heqiang, and Chaba were carrying wood and stones and repairing houses with great devotion.

Tashilhunpo Monastery, a huge complex of red and white buildings, was built up in the blood and sweat of these people.

The two red-clothed lamas served the freshly boiled butter tea on a silver plate, and then took out a small silver jar and placed it in front of the two Buddhas.

"This is the southern sugar they offered, the most delicate, please taste it."

Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, who had just sat down on the bed and became the Fifth Great Sea Master, naturally bowed the tea to the master respectfully, and then put the sugar into the butter tea according to the master's actions, savoring the faint sweetness in the rich and fragrant ghee taste.

This kind of butter tea, compared with the salty and astringent genuine butter tea he is used to, is naturally much easier to eat.

The Yellow Sect has taken great pains to raise its sect. First of all, the 3rd Maritime Master Sonam Gyatso befriended Altan Khan of Mongolia, so that the Mongolian tribes abandoned their shamanic beliefs for many years and revered the Yellow Religion. In order to praise each other, Sonam Gyatso even presented Altan Khan with the honorific title of "We Ko Rawal Di Chechen Khan", which means the king of the wheel, King Congrui Khan. In order to repay the favor, Altan Khan even gave the great master of the sea a gorgeous title, calling him the master of the sea who has reached the highest level in Buddhism and has attained the highest level of sainthood.

In addition, Yunden Gyatso, the great-grandson of Altan Khan, became the fourth great sea master. With such help, the Yellow Sect, which was not particularly strong in the Wusizang region where there were many sects, rose rapidly, and the momentum of the two Buddhas quickly surpassed the eight Dharma kings who had been canonized by the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty.

However, when the believers in the Zangba Khan looked down on the group of lamas of the Yellow Sect, and united with the Karma Kagyu sect and began to attack the Yellow Sect, the living Buddhas and great lamas of the Yellow Sect once again performed the ancestral unique trick of hugging their thighs and finding backers, asking for help from Gushi Khan who was far away in Qinghai, and played a qualified role as a leading party.

Gushi Khan, who had already conquered the Sichuan, Kanggan, and Qinghai-Tibet regions, naturally did not have much effort to deal with a figure like Zangba Khan. Soon he became the Great Khan of the entire Great Tibet. At the same time, an administrative organization was set up in Lhasa to manage the administrative affairs of the entire Tibetan area, and the two Buddhas were honored as living Buddhas.

However, now the White Sect, which is a sworn rival with the Yellow Sect and Gushi Khan, if it develops in power, it will be for the two sects that now control the entire Usi-Tibet region. Not good news!

When southern merchants began to import all sorts of good things into Uszzang. The Potala Palace and Tashilhunpo Monastery didn't have much reaction at first, and what did it matter to them if the salt in northern Tibet could be sold? As long as the merchants of the South pay their taxes according to the rules.

Now, however, these Bhutanese who believed in the White religion had also begun to get involved with the southern merchants. This aroused the alarm of the two families.

For this. The sea master worked tirelessly. Traveled thousands of miles to Tashilhunpo Monastery to discuss countermeasures with the master and the great erudite treasure and wise man.

On the one hand, he raised his spirit and discussed countermeasures politely with the master and the great erudite treasure, and the wise man, on the other hand. Although he is a living Buddha, the master of the sea is a little unable to resist the harassment of physical exhaustion.

The two eyelids kept coming together, and the desire to yawn kept rising.

Maybe it's because of the tiring journey, maybe it's because the concubines dedicated by a few great lamas are too much to consume the Buddha's true cultivation, and they have been meditating with them for several days, studying the subtleties of Buddhism, and doing the empowerment of Daigo, which really makes the young Buddha a little overwhelmed.

For these tricks of the great lamas, the four great erudite treasures and sages who have come over are naturally bright in their hearts. For the power and wealth in their own hands, these people often keep offering playthings such as concubines to the young Buddha before and after the living Buddha sits on the bed, so as to distract the Buddha's energy and damage the Buddha's body. Then they can go on a journey to find a reincarnated spirit child to use as their puppet to call the shots.

(Regarding things like Concubine Ming, you can go and see the snowy past written by Zeng Jiu, which has a very detailed description.) Except for removing some cyan content, hitting the faces of the living Buddhas is crackling. ）

Seeing that the face of the young Fifth Great Sea Master turned slightly blue, the Fourth Great Erudite Treasure Wise Man naturally felt a little heartache, and nodded to summon a close confidant lama. Whispering a few words in his ear, the lama folded his hands and took the order.

In a short time, a letter was urgently sent from Tashilhunpo Monastery to a nearby manor and handed over to the head of the Zhuangzi.

"To chant and pray for the master of the sea, all the staff of the Lower Secret Institute need to recite the fifteenth wrath to apply the Hui Sha Dharma, in order to effectively complete this matter, they need to throw food at that time, and urgently need a wet intestine, two heads, all kinds of blood, and a whole piece of human skin, hoping to send it immediately."

Naturally, the head of the village will screen the Langsheng, Naicha, and Heap poor in the manor one by one to see which person is related to the Buddha and can be used as a sacrifice to the Buddha.

Seeing that the master arranged for the monks of the monastery to pray for themselves, the fifth Dahai master was naturally quite moved, stood up and put his hands together and recited the Buddha's name, expressing his gratitude to the master and the entire Tashilhunpo monastery.

In the midday sun, the whole temple looks majestic. The monks and laymen in the Tantric Buddha Hall, the Great Sutra Temple, the Buddha Pavilion, the Tiesang Forest, the Sharzi and Jikang Three Zhakang (Monastery), the Printing Institute, the Kalachakra Zakang, the Jianarakang (also known as the Han Buddha Hall), and the Qiangba Buddha Hall (Future Buddha Hall) are constantly busy, and the sound of chanting and worshipping the Buddha comes from the Buddha halls. Thousands of butter lamps flickered with flames, reverently completing the offerings made to the Buddha by the devotees.

"Although this Tashilhunpo Monastery was founded by the first great sea master, it was carried forward in the hands of the master." Looking at the newly expanded and huge temple complex, the Fifth Great Sea Master let out a heartfelt sigh of admiration.

"This is the result of the pious practice of the sages of the Yellow Sect. It's not the work of the old man alone. ”

Listening to the praise of his disciples, Rao is heart was extremely happy, and the four great erudite treasures and wise men should also be humble.

"However, if my Yellow Sect wants to promote the Dao in this snowy Buddha country, it must use the power of Vajra to subdue demons!"

The Fourth Great Erudite Treasure Wise Man solemnly instructed his young disciples.

"What the master taught is that our Yellow Sect can achieve today's achievements thanks to the help of the sages of the past dynasties, so that our Yellow Sect can promote Buddhism here and benefit all sentient beings."

The words of the great sea division are very solid, without the military support of the Mongol Altan Khan and Gushi Khan and the belief of the people. It is impossible for the Yellow Sect to achieve what it is today in just a few decades, and it may have been wiped out by the White Sect long ago.

Although it is said that relying on the force of Gushi Khan and his subordinates to expand many believers, but the two Buddhas and their previous lives, but they did not dare to slack off at all, you know, not only their Yellow Sect has the support of the Mongol Great Khan, but the nomadic Khalkha Mongols in the Qinghai area also believe in the White Religion. In order to win over Gushi Khan's support for the Yellow Sect, three years ago, Chongzhen was eleven years old. The two Buddhas of the Great Erudite Treasure Wise and the Great Sea Master. It was even more in Lhasa with Gushi Khan (at that time it was not yet called Gushi Khan. The meeting gave the Great Khan who raised troops into Tibet to promote Buddhism and subdue demons to "Gu Shi? Tenzin's knot" ("National Teacher? Holding the Dharma King", or "Tenzin Choji Jiabo", which means "Buddhist Dharma Protector King".

This is the origin of Gushi Khan.

So to speak. The Yellow Sect is able to rule over the entire Usizang. And it has an overwhelming religious dominance in Greater Tibet. It is inseparable from their ability to act as a leading party with the help of external forces, and it has little to do with the subtleties of Buddhism themselves. Strictly speaking. Successive generations of great masters and great erudite treasures and wise men are good at marketing, and can closely combine themselves with the external forces that need to be used, so as to achieve a win-win situation.

The cooperation with Gushi Khan is a good proof of this, after eliminating the power of Zangba Khan, Gushi Khan took control of the local government in Tibet, and ordered his eldest son Dayan Ozir Khan to garrison Lhasa to protect the eminent monks of the Yellow Sect, and the taxes of the former and later Tibets were dedicated to the two Buddhas. In addition to the day-to-day administrative affairs of the Tibetan region, which is under his control, the high-ranking Tibetan officials are all appointed by him, and they are personally stationed in Shigatse, guarding the richest region of Usti-Tibet, formulating the "Thirteen Laws", adding new official posts such as Kalun Daben, improving the local administrative organs of Tibet, directly controlling the Tibetan army, firmly grasping the local political power in Qingdao and Tibet, and claiming to be the protector of the Yellow Sect.

However, although Gushi Khan was brave and good at fighting, resourceful, and invincible on the battlefield, he picked off the Tusi leaders one by one, defeated the once dominant Zangba Khan and captured him, and unified the entire Tibetan region of Sichuan, Kang, Ganqing, but after all, the army is small, the base is wide, and the interior is not monolithic.

"What do you mean?"

Maybe it was the chanting and prayer in the Buddha halls everywhere that played a role, or maybe it was because I didn't have a double cultivation activity with the Ming Concubine Tara today, but just talked about the Dharma with the master and discussed how to promote this religion, and the spirit of the master of the sea became more vigorous, and there was a little brilliance in his eyes.

"With the help of external forces, promote my Buddha."

The tone of the Great Erudite Treasure Wise Man was slow, but to the point.

The disciple also had this intention. Yesterday in front of Gushi Khan, he also asked his disciples to send his cronies to Shenyang with his envoy to meet the emperor there. The disciple has not yet made up his mind, what does the master mean? ”

The relationship between Gushi Khan and the Liaodong rebels was also heard of by the master and apprentice, and he was able to chase down Lin Dan Khan, the co-leader of the Mongolian tribes and the most legitimate descendant of Genghis Khan, to the death of an illness in the grass beach of Qinghai.

"Master, didn't you also say that if my sect wants to prosper, I must go to the East?"

Listening to the young disciple's words that he had said yesterday in front of Gushi Khan in order to flatter this Protector Dharma King, the Fourth Great Erudite Treasure Wise Man couldn't help but blush slightly, but fortunately, there was a shadow cast by the sun, which was not so obvious.

"Yes, Lao Qu did say this in front of Gushi Khan yesterday, but this matter was also felt by Lao Qu when he watched the sky that day and night. However, when the old man was doing his morning class today, he suddenly had a whim, and suddenly remembered something. Could it be that this matter is actually related to the future development of my Yellow Sect? ”

"Master, please teach your disciples."

"Although the will of heaven is that the purple qi comes to the Great Self Yellow Sect, it is in the tenth year of the fire snake, which is the year of your reincarnation. On the first day of the new year, he watched the sky and suddenly saw a red light running straight from the northeast to the southeast. The red light fell in the southeast direction, and since that day, the old man has always been worried! Today, when I think of the scene of that day, it is as if it were in front of me. ”

"Thinking about it today, this celestial phenomenon is to warn us, and secondly, after this celestial phenomenon, you will be reincarnated, think about it, this matter is supposed to be on your body, I am afraid that it will be extended to external forces, subduing demons and defending the way, and magnifying the religion, all of which will fall on you."

A gust of wind blows, the prayer flags up and down the Tashilhunpo Monastery flutter, with the wind comes bursts of thick conch horns and horn sounds, but also brings bursts of Sanskrit chanting, and strong Tibetan incense, ghee aroma, in such an environment, in the face of the treasure and solemn four great erudite treasures and wise men, so many factors are mixed together, how can the fifth great sea master who is still shallow in Buddhist cultivation not be fooled with gratitude?

"Master!" The Fifth Great Master had tears in his eyes, as if Pan Dongzi had seen the organization with the red star left by his mother in his hand, and knelt down in front of the Fourth Great Erudite Treasure Wise Man.

"The disciple must do his best to magnify the Sect!"

"Since Gushi Khan wants to send someone to Shenyang to meet the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, then we might as well send someone as well. As for the south, I think I'll discuss it with Gushi Khan tonight, and I'll send someone to make contact. Whether it is the northeast or the southeast, it is the east. (To be continued......)