Chapter 260: Life is Cultivation The Three Realms and Nine Maps lead to endless reverie

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The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it was still carrying hailstones, and it was smashing on the body and rocks. The road to the cave temple is not easy to walk. In some places, it is made of slightly more regular strips of rock, in other places there are meadows mixed with loose sheet rocks, and in other places the rocks are too sharp to be climbed.

Li Guanghan's ankles could not withstand the force, and he still carried a guqin on his back. Every time he wanted to push upwards hard, he had to stop, grit his teeth, and endure the pain before he could step up. Chen Aili had a bandage on her left hand, which made it difficult to keep her body balanced, and Sanji dragged her all the way, pulling her, holding her, and dragging her. Everyone was so tired that they only heard the panting sound of "whooping", and their lips turned purple.

At an altitude of 5,000 meters, the cave temple stands on top of the cliff, making full use of the natural shape of the mountain rocks, and carving out small training holes one after another. Is it possible to practice on the top of this mountain, far away from the world, closer to the consummation of merit?

At the end of the day, in the wind and rain, the power of faith seems so strong. The spiritual pursuit of the hard-working, self-disciplined, and stoic practitioner far outcomes the desire for materialism.

The three of them climbed to the front of the cave temple and looked back at the bottom of the mountain, the turquoise lake turned blue, the kind of blue that did not know the world, like a peerless beauty hidden in the clouds, looming, like an empty valley orchid opening on its own. A glacier winds its way through the mountains, its tongues reaching out into the lake, like a dragon drinking water.

The back of the cliff of the cave temple is the valley of the Zangbo River, the valley is deep and steep, like an axe splitting knife; The river is deep and turbulent, rushing and roaring. The terrain is complex and the border between China and South Asian countries is disputed, and people often sneak across the border.

It was quiet in front of the dense practice cave, there was no noise, only the sound of wind and rain. Some of the caves have thick curtains in front of them, embroidered with religious motifs. Sanji said that there were monks in retreat and practice, so don't bother.

Chen Aili followed her mother's reminder to go to the cultivation cave on the top of the mountain full of prayer flags, and those who could practice in this practice cave were all eminent monks or living Buddhas. Sure enough, as my mother said, this is a relatively large cultivation cave. At the entrance of the cave is a small Buddha hall with a low, smoothed passage leading to the cave inside.

"It should be this cultivation cave." Chen Aili said softly as she walked into the small Buddha hall at the entrance of the cave.

The three of them stood in the Buddha hall and did not dare to go to the cave inside. The walls of the temple are covered with brightly colored Buddhist murals. Painted with pigments made from precious natural materials such as turquoise, lapis lazuli, coral, and pearls, it has been preserved and brought to life for thousands of years.

The Buddha statue on the mural is solemn, the face is full, the nose bridge is high, the eyebrows and eyes are slender, the shoulders are broad, the waist is fine, the body is strong and powerful, the hand is placed on the chest to apply the mudra, the whole knee sits, there are gorgeous decorations on the arm, and the lotus flower is in full bloom under the seat.

In addition to the Buddha statues, there are many Buddhist stories in the content of the murals. Suddenly, Lee's gaze was drawn to a seemingly familiar image. "Three Realms and Nine Maps"! He has seen it in the historical materials of his wife Roujia, and it is a more famous and representative picture in the Dunhuang murals.

In fact, it is normal for this picture to appear in the cultivation cave Buddha hall of the cave temple, if he had passed by in the past, he would not have deliberately stayed. But at this moment, the part at the bottom of the picture, which resembled a huge coil, caught Lee's attention and evoked endless associations in him.

Li Guanghan approached the mural with a flashlight to take a closer look, and Chen Aili and Sanji followed unknowingly.

The "Three Realms and Nine Realms" depicted in the "Three Realms and Nine Maps" refer to the realm of desire, color, and colorlessness on which sentient beings live, and the "Nine Lands" refer to the nine places or spiritual levels of sentient beings in samsara. It means that all living beings circulate in the changes of life and death, reincarnation, and pursue transcending the shackles of the material world and reaching the realm of spiritual freedom, being comfortable and quiet, and pure and inactive.

The whole image is a tall tower. The lower base of the tower consists of a base and a huge flat coil, a bit like a mosquito coil. The middle part is like two huge pincers supporting the tower. The tower has more than 20 floors densely packed, and each floor is a pavilion and eaves, and the overall effect is like an angular machine.

"Xiao Chen, don't you think this image looks like a model of a particle accelerator? The coil below resembles an electromagnetic coil, and the tower above resembles a particle emitter, much like the Manhattan Accelerator, the first particle accelerator of mankind. Li Guanghan said with interest, and immediately forgot about his fatigue.

Chen also recalled the shape of the long particle accelerator in the Hadron Collider laboratory. "Ah, it's so similar! In particular, the body of the tower is very similar to the firing gun, and the eaves are like the ridged part of the firing gun, neat and neat, and there are circles. The coil of the base is simply an electromagnetic coil. This drawing also resembles the design drawings of the new weapon, the electromagnetic gun, and they work on the same principle. ”

Sanji couldn't understand what the two of them were saying, he reverently folded his hands and recited the sutra in his mouth.

The three of them were admiring the mural when a monk came out of the cave inside. The monk was about fifty years old, dressed in red robes and holding rosaries in his hands. He had very short hair, dark and red skin, and wrinkles, but his eyes were extremely bright. Because he lived in a small cultivation cave all year round, he habitually bent over.

The monk looked at the Tibetan Sanchi with a man and a woman, thinking that it was a tour guide with a couple of tourists. He was about to politely decline the visit, but Li Guanghan untied the guqin on his back.

Taking advantage of the natural light at the entrance of the cave, the red-robed monk carefully identified the ornaments and symbols on the guqin, and raised his head in surprise. This was expected by Lee Kwang Han and Chen Aili. Although the "Dharma Eye Dzi" and the translucent mirror could not be taken up, the ornamental symbols were the same, so Li Guanghan was not afraid of hard work and pain in his feet and asked the monks to identify them.

The red-robed monk invited everyone to enter the grotto in the corridor. The tunnel is very low and requires bending over, and the walls of the caves around the corridor are polished smooth, which are the marks of time and practitioners.

Sure enough, there is a pillar in the center of the grotto inside, and against the wall of the cave is a Buddhist altar cabinet, and there is a gilded Buddha statue in the cabinet. On the ground are neatly placed several thick felt mats embroidered with lotus flowers. As soon as the three of them entered, the grotto inside was filled, but it was very warm.

Chen Aili thought to herself, the structure here is really the same as what her mother said, it has been 28 years and has not changed.

After Li Guanghan entered the grotto, the feeling that his brain resonated with his surroundings became even stronger, as if his thoughts radiated out and reflected back when he touched the cave wall, and it seemed that his brain turned on the WIFI signal and was ready to receive information. He was a little delighted and a little expectant.