Chapter 23: Lumbini Monastery Pays Homage to the Robes, Mulberry and Many Countries Meet Beggars Again (I)
Wang Xuance's doubts are also very well-founded, as a person who has had a lot of contact with Buddhism. In fact, he knew very well that as the supreme treasure of Buddhism, among all the monks he had met before, when it came to this relic, they were quite respectful and very pious.
And this time there is a big difference, so the doubt in Wang Xuance's heart is: Why when it comes to this Buddha relic, especially these three supreme treasures, Master Xuankong is so casual, just paused, and there is no sense of respect.
If you don't have in-depth contact, it is possible to say that this Xuankong Master is just a high monk, and there is no real talent and real learning. However, with the contact in the past two days, as well as the speech and demeanor, coupled with the consideration of the rise and fall of Buddhism tonight, Wang Xuance deeply felt that this insight was not only far beyond ordinary people, but also a person who was very good at thinking of danger in times of peace......
That's it, all the way here, all the way to think; When I walked to the door, I looked at the barren city of Lumbini under the bright moonlight, and I couldn't help but take a second look, and then turned back to my meditation hall. At this time, Zhou Chen and the others had just fallen down on the bed. Seeing him come back, he couldn't help but ask, "Big brother, where have you been?" I just couldn't find you."
"I didn't go anywhere, I just went to talk to Master Xuankong." Wang Xuance lay on the bed and covered the quilt.
At this moment, a figure suddenly flashed from under this window: "Who". Wang Xuance got up from the bed as soon as he turned around, hurriedly pushed the door out of the meditation hall, and looked around to see that there was no one else, and at this time, Zeng and Chen Maocai also rushed out with big knives.
"Big brother, what's wrong, what did you see" Chen Maocai asked vigilantly.
"I saw a figure just now, flashing from under this window," Wang Xuance said casually.
Then, the three of them looked around like this, but unfortunately, they didn't find any anomalies for the time being, so they returned to this room to rest with questions......
Sunrise and sunset, another few days of good times, accompanied by the warm breeze, Wang Xuance and others, under the guidance of Master Xuankong, traveled to the shade where Siddhartha Gautama was sitting. This place, located about 40 miles northeast of the city of Lumbini, is also a remnant of the past, with only one stupa. At that time, Prince Siddhartha Gautama watched the surrounding people plough the fields while practicing under the shade of this tree, and then sat in meditation here and became freed from the five desires.
At that time, the king of pure rice saw that the prince was in the shade of this tree, and the sun was shining, and the shade of the tree was always shading the prince, and he already understood in his heart that the prince was a saint, and since then he has loved and respected him even more.
They then visited the thousands of stupas in the northwest of the city of Lumbini, where they paid their respects. Speaking of these thousands of pagodas, in fact, it has a lot to do with the rise and fall of the country that was blocked by the Babirava. At that time, since the crown prince became a Buddha, this tribulation has been prosperous and prosperous. When the victorious king succeeded to the throne, he proposed to the Shakya, who despised him because he was a member of a different race. But it was difficult to refuse, so he came up with a way to use a servant's daughter to deceive the king of Shengjun, and let him marry him with a lot of money.
And the victorious king kept it in the dark, and made the servant's daughter queen. Then she gave birth to a boy, and that boy was King Piluzika. When he grew up, he went to his uncle's house to ask for advice. After arriving in the south of the city, I saw a newly renovated lecture hall and went inside to rest for a while.
At that time, when the Shakya tribesmen heard that he had gone in to rest, they hurriedly drove him out, and scolded him as they went: "You, the son of a lowly slave, dare to live in this house, but this house was built by my Shakya people, and it was intended for the Buddha to live, can you compare with the Buddha?" ”
Since then, the king of Vilu Zeka has been wary and resentful of the Shakya people, and after he succeeded to the throne, he wanted to take revenge for all kinds of grievances he had received in the past, so he raised an army to fight, and finally destroyed basically all the Shakya people, and the whole clan of more than 900,000 people was killed. At that time, the corpses were piled up and rivers of blood flowed, and then the heavens were alarmed by the hearts of the people, and the bones were immediately buried.
Later, more than 1,000 stupas were built to commemorate these Shakya people who died in vain......
Hearing this story, Wang Xuance and others couldn't help but feel sad, what a disaster this was, the biggest disaster in the land of China may be in this battle of Changping, Bai Qi in the name of the King of Qin, killed 400,000 soldiers of the Zhao State, which has shaken the entire land of China, and in the land of five India, there are still such evil deeds, I can't help but regret a lot......
Later, they went to the place four miles south of the city and visited the place where the Buddha proved the Dharma to meet his father, and this ruin is also unique. Today, only one stupa remains. This stupa was also built during the reign of King Sanssouci and has a history of more than 800 years. When King Pure Rice learned that his son, the Buddha, had subdued the demon army and enlightened the laity, he felt a sense of admiration and wanted to pay homage to the Buddha.
So he sent a messenger to the Buddha and said, "In the past, King Pure Rice made an agreement with you that after you became a Buddha, you must return to your birthplace, but now it has been several years, and you have not yet arrived, so I hope you can deign to return to the place of birth and give lectures."
When the Buddha heard what the messenger said, and thought that it was true, he told the messenger to ask him to go back for the time being, and said that in seven days I would return to the place of birth.
When the envoy returned, he reported the Buddha's words to the King of Pure Rice. Therefore, the king of pure rice ordered the ministers and the people to sweep the roads, arrange flowers and plants, and come here with the ministers to stop and wait.
At this time, the Buddha, together with the public, had the eight Vajra as personal guards, the four heavenly kings in front of the way, the heavenly emperor Shakti and the heavenly gods of the desire realm, and the attendants on the left side; And the Great Brahma King and the Celestial Deities, the attendants are on the right side, and many bhikshunis follow behind. In this way, the Buddha was surrounded by the gods, like a bright moon shining on the stars, and his majesty not only alarmed the Three Realms, but also surpassed the Seven Stars in light. Walk in the void and come to the land of birth.
So this Buddha was in this country of birth, liberating everyone, and later took away 500 Shakya, and they all became Buddhas day by day.
When Wang Xuance and others personally observed the relics of the Buddha, they immediately felt that the degree of acceptance of this sense was much higher than that of books or oral teachings, so this degree of acceptance was much higher than before. Then we looked at the Shrine and the Arrow Spring, which were also things that the Buddha experienced before he attained enlightenment.
The editor said: Every Buddhist relic has a meaningful story, and you must be a storyteller~
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