The two sides are bounded by the center of the Anga River, and advance by land and water. There were two kings in front of the guide, and there were four armies to guard them closely. But when I saw these many believers, some riding elephants, some riding horses, some riding boats, some on foot, beating drums and trumpets, playing harps and flutes, it was very lively. It didn't take long for me to arrive at the land of the great flower forest on the bank of the Ganga River. At this time, the kings of more than 40 other countries had already led the eminent monks, Brahmanical patriarchs, and civil and military ministers of their respective countries to wait for a long time. Seeing the arrival of the King of the Ring Sun and others, they all got up to pay their respects.

After the ceremony, under the guidance of the king of the ring, they came to the offering table outside the mountain gate of the temple. But when he saw the king of the precepts, he immediately turned around and said loudly to everyone: "The prosperity of the five Tianzhu has begun in an open and honest manner, and I hope you will show all the things you have learned in your heart in the past five years, so as to carry forward the teachings of my Buddhism and carry forward the light of my Buddha." Amitabha! Then he clasped his hands together and nodded slightly to everyone.

With the endless cheers of many believers, the Uncovered Conference kicked off in an orderly manner.

The first thing to do is to welcome the three supreme treasures of Buddhism: the Buddha's parietal bone relics, the Buddha's finger relics and the Buddha's tooth relics. These three relics are all the real body relics left behind after Shakyamuni's death.

I saw the Buddha parietal bone relics: five inches high, four inches wide, there are holes under it, its face is flat, the shape is like the sky cover, it is yellowish purple.

This Buddha tooth relic: it can be an inch and a half long, and its color is yellow and white.

And this Buddha refers to relics: the bone is two inches long, the inner hole is square, the outer edge is also good, and the inside and outside are smooth.

With the ceremonial officer singing: "The Buddha is happy, welcome the Buddha's relics, and all the believers bow down." ”

I saw that on both sides of the Debate Temple, there were still a group of ten people, a total of ten lines of two monks, and then they knocked on the wooden fish and the Buddha vessel; reciting Buddhist scriptures and singing this Buddha music; Suddenly, the crisp Sanskrit sound gently drifted into everyone's ears.

Immediately after that, in this large flower forest, the believers of Buddhism, under the leadership of the king of the sun, all knelt down. Although Wang Xuance has no religion, after all, Buddhism has become increasingly prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, so he also bowed down with Master Xuanzang and the king of the precepts. Many Brahmins, represented by Alonashun and Armita, immediately retreated to the side to see this supreme treasure of Buddhism.

After all the believers knelt down, they saw that the Venerable Master of the Precepts led these two great monks, and under the protection of many monks, he personally entrusted these three Buddhist treasures and went out from the mountain gate of the Debate Temple. Then it was placed at the entrance of the Debate Temple, on the offering table in front of the King of the Ring.

But seeing that he picked up the three sticks of incense, lit them on the oil lamp, and made a sincere salute, and then inserted the three sticks of incense into the gilded incense burner prepared in advance, and performed this kneeling ceremony.

Then the devotees, under the leadership of the Venerable Jiexian, all changed their posture of kneeling to sitting on the ground. Seeing that Wang Xuance was already sitting beside the King of the Ring Sun, Zhou Chen and the others led the Tang Dynasty delegation, along with many civil and military ministers and workers also curled up and sat down.

After everyone had finished their seats, Venerable Jiexian led the crowd to recite Buddhist scriptures and invite the Buddha to come down. As the fragrance burns out, the chanting of the Buddha is over. Therefore, Venerable Jiexian led the two great monks and the Dharma protector monks to place these three Buddhist treasures in the Ashoka Pagoda in the pagoda on the west side of the Debate Temple.

The first day of this uncovered assembly was a non-stop chanting of sutras to welcome the Buddha's arrival. With the completion of the chanting of many eminent monks and great virtues, seeing that it was getting late, everyone went to this palace to rest.

I saw that many attics were built on both sides of the road from this debate temple to the palace, and they were decorated with countless qiongyu and flowers. In this attic, many court musicians take turns to play this elegant Buddhist music, and the scene is very festive and spectacular.

When I returned to this palace, I saw that I had pinched my shoulders and said to everyone: "Alas, this day, although the scene is very spectacular, I am also very pious, but I am too tired to sit. ”

"You kid are content, you can see this meeting once, but the blessings you have cultivated in eight lifetimes have been shared" Chen Maocai also rubbed his shoulders and said casually.

But seeing this Wang Xuance, he smiled slightly and said: "This day, it is indeed quite tiring, but such a prosperous era is indeed rare."

Everyone also smiled happily, and after eating something, they fell asleep early with their tired bodies.

And the main agenda of this second day is "Buddha bathing".

But as soon as the day dawned, the king of the ring invited a golden Buddha from the palace to be three feet high, and the golden Buddha was carried by a very gorgeous white elephant, as if floating in the void. Around this golden Buddha, there are curtains inlaid with treasures, and only the front of the curtain is opened. With the breeze blowing, the curtains can't stop swaying, which is very graceful.

Today's King of the Ring of the Sun, not only wearing the clothes of the emperor, but also holding a canopy, serves on the left side of this golden Buddha. The King of Kumora in Eastern Tianzhu is dressed as a Brahma king, holding a white whisk and serving on the right side of the Golden Buddha.

Each of the two kings led 500 elephant soldiers in golden armor and holding the emperor's skull, and guarded them around. At the same time, on the periphery of the 1,000 elephants, that is, in front of and behind the golden Buddha, there are 100 elephants on each side, on which are seated musicians, playing this beautiful Buddhist music.

With the sound of the ceremonial officer, the team "got up" and slowly marched towards the big flower forest. At this time, the king of the Ring Sun and the king of Kumora took gold, silver, jewelry, and flowers, and scattered them as they walked to make offerings to the Three Jewels!

And Wang Xuance, the kings, Master Xuanzang and others followed the back of the team, and there were also elephant soldiers to escort them, marching slowly.

Chen Maocai watched this scene, and was also impressed by this majestic and generous bearing. Although Zhou Zeng, who was very arrogant, did not believe in Buddhism, he was also attracted by the luxury of this scene. Just wanted to reach out to pick up the gold and silver jewelry that was sprinkled by the King of the Ring Sun, but was immediately grabbed by Chen Maocai, causing him to glare at him fiercely.

Wang Xuance looked at these two people, and also squinted his eyes, although he didn't say anything, but to the effect that he told them: respect the customs of other countries!

As the procession marched slowly, it was only an hour before they arrived at the gate of the Debate Temple in this large flower forest. The first people came to the altar. After bathing his hands with perfume under the guidance of the King of the Ring of the Sun, he wiped all the golden Buddhas. Immediately afterwards, under the guidance of the king of the ring of the sun, the golden Buddha was sent to the west platform in front of the pagoda, and many rare treasures and hundreds of robes were used to worship the golden Buddha.

After the ceremony was completed, the debate began. There is no need to introduce too much, everyone also understands that this is Master Xuanzang......

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Knowledge: These three Buddhist treasures are now on the land of China, continuing to write the glory of the Buddha as it deserves. If you want to know how these three treasures came to our China, I will talk about them in detail in the third volume of the Treasure Returns to the Tang Dynasty.

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