Chapter 58: Learning from the West

Hearing Sha Kelu praising China, the boy patted him very happily and said: "Dude, if you want to talk about boldness, then you have come to the right place in the Northeast, the whole of China is the most bold in the Northeast, come and get to know, my name is Liu Zi'an, from Shenyang, Liaoning, not too far from Harbin." ”

Shakru also introduced himself: "Nice to meet you, Mr. Liu, my name is Shakru-Pandete, Pandit is my surname, Shakru is my name, which is the opposite of your Chinese surname habits." ”

"Oh, that's it, so be it. According to our Chinese habits, you call me Lao Liu, I will call you Lao Sha, how about it? By the way, this is your future sister-in-law Wang Jing, this is a younger brother and sister, right? Liu Zi'an asked while introducing enthusiastically, pointing to Amisha.

Shakru hurriedly explained: "How old am I, how can I get married." This is my friend, Amisha Patera, who is attending college in the United States, and it is summer vacation, so I am traveling with her. ”

"Your sister-in-law and I are also out on a tour, although you don't have many delicious things in India, but there are indeed a lot of interesting attractions, especially here, it's really eye-opening. Eh, Lao Sha, why do you think the people in the past carved these things that make people blush? Liu Zi'an asked curiously.

Shakru said to himself, are you still blushing? Why didn't I see it at all? The whole world heard the shouting just now, but he still explained: "There are basically three theories about this. Saying one, this is a way to carry out sexual knowledge enlightenment education in ancient times. Indian boys and girls have traditionally come to school and these temples serve as open-air classrooms for boys. What love is and how to make love is obviously an important lesson in their big book of life.

The second theory is that this is to curry favor with the rain god Indra. In mythology and legend, lovemaking was the god's favorite. In order to be able to have enough rain to water the crops, the people carved things that the rain god liked to please him.

The third is that this is the secret path of ancient monks' practice. It is a litmus test, and only if you remain unmoved before great desire can you be qualified to achieve nirvana and consummation. ”

Listening to Shaklu's words, Liu Zi'an said thoughtfully: "I think the second statement you said is the most likely, because I heard that the biggest god in your Hinduism is called Shiva, he just likes to have sex, and he is very powerful, he can do it for a hundred years, and it is said that your Ganges is formed by the **** that was shot out when the ****." ”

Sha Kelu said with a smile: "Lao Liu, where did you hear this crooked reasoning and heresy, remember that you can't tell others this kind of thing in the future, otherwise you will be beaten." In fact, Shiva and Goddess Pavadhi entered the supreme yoga meditation and practiced dantra together, that is, in the unity of the mind and the self, and practiced together spiritually for a hundred years, not for a hundred years. ”

Liu Zi'an patted his head: "The trouble you are talking about, in fact, it is obscenity!" ”

Wang Jing next to him really couldn't listen to it anymore, pinched him and said, "You can't talk about anything else." ”

Shakru took this opportunity to change the topic and asked, "Brother Liu, why did you and your sister-in-law think of India?" It seems that there are not many Chinese tourists in India. ”

This time, Liu Zi'an seemed a little embarrassed and didn't open his mouth to answer, but Wang Jing glared at him first, and then said: "It's not this guy yet, I was fascinated by watching the TV series "Journey to the West", and I said that I would come to the West to learn the scriptures, and then he dragged me to India." ”

As soon as he heard this, Shakru understood that the most classic 86 version of the TV series "Journey to the West" was only officially screened in 1988, and it quickly became popular all over the country, and now it is 1991, so it is normal for fanatical fans to follow the footsteps of the TV series and come to India, the end point of Tang Seng learning scriptures in the west.

So he pressed his hands together and said, "Dare to ask this elder, but is Master Xuanzang who came to my Da Lei Yin Temple from the Eastern Tang Dynasty to ask for the Three Tibetan True Scriptures?" ”

Liu Zian exclaimed: "No, you have even watched "Journey to the West"? ”

Shakru nodded and said: "Yes, didn't I just say it, I went to Harbin once, and I watched two episodes there by chance, and I thought it was very interesting, so I rented a videotape and watched the entire 25 episodes from beginning to end, the only pity is that I was in a hurry and didn't get this set of tapes back." ”

Amisha on the side asked curiously: "Brother Shakru, is this TV series so good?" Better than Superman? ”

Shakru replied with a smile: ""Journey to the West" and "Superman" are two completely different types of things, but I promise that if you watch Journey to the West, you will definitely like it, and I will buy a set and give it to you when I have the opportunity." ”

Liu Zi'an said with a grin: "What else is the chance, that Amisha sister, I'll make a phone call in a while and ask someone to send you a set from China, by the way, it seems that it can only be sent to your capital New Delhi, is that okay?" ”

Amisha replied with a smile: "Then I would like to thank Brother Liu first, Brother Shakru and I happen to live in New Delhi." ”

"Well, maybe soon, you'll receive it when we get back to New Delhi. By the way, Lao Sha, I have a question that I don't understand, I came to India with the intention of coming to Da Lei Yin Temple, but when I arrived in India, no matter who I asked, they said that there was no such place, what the hell is going on? ”

In fact, Liu Zi'an's question, Sha Keru, who had crossed over at the beginning, had also doubted, and specially investigated, so he explained: "There is indeed no temple in the Great Leiyin Temple, and the prototype of the Great Leiyin Temple in the TV series is now located in the Nalanda Temple in Rachagil, which is where Master Xuanzang, Master Huifa, and Master Yijing once came to study thousands of miles away, and it is also the largest Buddhist college and the highest Buddhist institution in ancient India. Unfortunately, at the end of the 12th century, the thousand-year-old temple was destroyed by ****** troops. It wasn't until 1861 that the ruins of Nalanda Temple were discovered by British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham. It was only in 1915 that the government began to carry out systematic archaeological excavations and built the Nalanda Museum on the site. By the way, your Chinese government donated 300,000 yuan in 1957 to build a Xuanzang Memorial Hall next to Nalanda Temple. Brother Liu, if you are interested, we can go there and have a look after a while. ”

PS: Some book lovers are struggling with the question of the birthplace of Buddhism, which belongs to Nepal from a geographical point of view, but it should still belong to ancient India at that time, right?