Chapter 23: The Secret History of Tibet
The answer to the first question is this: Songtsen Gampo sent envoys to the east and south at the same time, asking the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the king of Nepal to marry each other, in order to protect the peace of Xizàng and consolidate his position. Songtsen Gampo was born in 617 A.D. in the Qiangba Minjiulin Palace in Jiama Chikang, which is now Jiama Township, Mozhugongka County, Lhasa City. His father, Langri Songtsen, was the 32nd generation of the Tibetan Dynasty (Zanpu: the name given to the ruler by the people during the Tibetan period, which means a strong man in Tibetan).
According to the New Tang Dynasty Book? The Biography of Tubo records: It is commonly known as the strong male and the husband is called Pu, so the name of the monarch is called Zanpu.
Songtsen is the name, and Gampo is the honorific name, which means "deep and unfathomable". This name was recorded by the Chinese historical books of the Tang Dynasty according to the transliteration as Abandoning Zong Langzan, Qizong Rongzan, Qisong Nongzan, Fuyeshi, and Bufu Nongzan, and the Tibetan record is Zampu Songzan and Songdezan. Zampu, which means king; 墀, which means "public opinion, throne".
In 629 A.D., Songtsen Gampo had just turned 13 years old, and Langri Songtsen was poisoned. At the same time, the father's ministers and the mother's tribes rebelled together, the western sheep and tribes took advantage of the situation to invade, and the old subi nobles in the north of the Brahmaputra River also marched against Tibet. Songtsen Gampo succeeded his father and took up the responsibility of the 33rd Tibetan Zanpu, and after three years of campaigning, he put down the rebellion and moved the capital from Zedang to Lhasa (present-day Lhasa) in 632.
Lhasa is the best place to build a capital in the Xizàng region, which can be attacked and defended, and the land is fertile and rich in products. As long as it can occupy this place for a long time, the foundation of the Tibetan dynasty will be unbreakable. In this case, he could have been king in danger and kept to himself, so why did he have to send an envoy to a big country to ask for relatives? After all, the result of "courtship" is to surrender one's identity and become a vassal state under the jurisdiction of a big country.
In the Nalanda Temple fragment, Venerable Red Flame found the true answer. That's because a series of life changes that Songtsen Gampo encountered were all related to the witch's trouble.
The Tibetan people originally believed in Bon, and the ancestors of the Tibetan kings ruled the country with Bon, and often held activities such as divination, praying for blessings and disasters, curing diseases and sending them to death, and enslaving ghosts and gods. When Princess Wencheng and Princess Qizun entered Tibet, they brought Buddha statues, Buddhist scriptures, and Dharma objects from the Tang Dynasty and Nepal. Under the influence of the princesses, Songtsen Gampo also embraced Buddhism. Princess Qizun and Princess Wencheng respectively established two temples in Tibet, namely Jokhang and Xiaozhao, and Songtsen Gampo established 12 Buddhist temples. Songtsen Gampo's transition from "embracing Bon" to "embracing Buddhism" shows a great change in his thinking, as he has realized that he cannot destroy witches with the power of the Tibetans, and can only ask for help from the outside world.
The results of the demon suppression proved that Songtsen Gampo made the most correct choice and finally succeeded.
The answer to the second question is as follows: Before Princess Wencheng left Chang'an and entered Tibet, the Tang Dynasty was prosperous and the state was stable, which indicated that the country surnamed Li would be passed on forever and become the most powerful and vast dynasty in history. However, all of these were lost in the hands of the Wu clan. The talented Mei Niang of the harem of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the status from Zhaoyi to the empress, and then to the empress dowager, finally drove the emperor surnamed Li off the throne, sat in the palace and called the emperor, and then established himself as the emperor of Wuzhou, with the honorific title of "Holy Spirit Emperor", and the honorific title "Holy Mother God Emperor, Holy Spirit Emperor, Golden Wheel Holy Spirit Emperor, Yuegu Golden Wheel Holy Spirit Emperor, Cishi Yuegu Golden Wheel Holy Spirit Emperor, Tianshu Golden Wheel Holy Spirit Emperor, Zetian Great Sage Emperor" and so on, becoming the only female emperor in Chinese history who has been universally recognized.
The Wu clan considers himself as lofty as the moon and hangs above the sky. This kind of extreme personal flaunting and selfish expansion has formed a certain accidental or inevitable connection with the witches suppressed by Princess Wencheng and others in time and space.
The answer to the third question is this, Venerable Chiyan consulted the surviving scriptures in the Nalanda Temple Ruins Museum in Bihar, India, and found that the real "Xizàng Demon Suppression Map" is a huge thangka ten zhang long and three zhang wide, which not only depicts witches and Tibetan landscapes, but also inlays 1,500 emeralds, emeralds, diamonds, and night pearls on the front and back. Each time it unfolds, the scorching brilliance emitted by the gemstone forces back the light and illuminates the moonlight. Every line on the thangka is a spell, and it is created by different demon masters, and the spells are all written with blood mixed with paint, which has the special effect of subduing demons and warding off evil spirits.
At that time, Venerable Red Flame had a relationship with Master Vulture. After looking at the thangka fragments presented by Master Vulture, Venerable Chiyan concluded that it was the fragmentation of the ancient Xizàng Demon Suppression Map.
According to historical records, the "Xizàng Demon Map" was originally preserved in Nalanda Temple, which was founded in the 5th century A.D., and was the highest institution of learning and academic center of Buddhism in ancient Central India, near the ancient Magadha king's house, which is 90 kilometers southeast of Patna, the capital of the central state of Bihar, India. Nalanda Monastery is a large temple, with a collection of up to 9 million volumes of books at its peak, and more than 10,000 monks and scholars from all over the world gathered here at its peak. Xuanzang, the most famous Tang monk in history, has studied here from Master Jiexian for many years, Yijing has studied here from Master Bao for ten years, and the monks of the Tang Dynasty who came here to learn Buddhism also have Huiye, Lingyun, Xuanzhao, Daoxi, Daosheng, Mahayana Lamp, Daolin, Zhihong, Wuxing and other monks.
1193 A.D. Turkic Bakhetiar? Karji led his troops to invade and occupy Nalanda Monastery, the monastery and library were severely damaged, and a large number of Nalanda monks fled to Xizàng for refuge, and Nalanda Monastery eventually became a ruin and disappeared into the long river of history, which can be described as a huge loss to the global Buddhist culture.
In 1861, the British archaeologist Alexander ? Kangninghan discovered a Buddhist site in Bihar, which was verified with the records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty and proved that this was Nalanda Temple. Since then, the remains of Nalanda Monastery have been excavated.
The fragment of the "Xizàng Demon Suppression Map" held by Master Tian Vulture was brought by monks who fled from Nalanda Monastery to Nepal. In order to make it easy to carry on the road, the monks cut open the huge thangka, hid it in the line, and left the country by the deserted mountain road, so as to avoid the interception and killing of the Turks. It is a pity that Venerable Chiyan speculated that during the escape of the monks of Nalanda Temple, a small part of the thangka fragments had been lost, and after hundreds of years of inheritance, the remaining fragments in the hands of the Vulture Master were no more than seventy percent of all the fragments, and the jewels embellished on the thangka were also gone. In this case, the work of piecing together the thangka becomes a dispensable chicken rib. What's more, the wise men of the twelve temples of the Five Kingdoms and the Xizàng temples are powerless, and who else in the whole world can put them together and restore them?
The answer to the fourth question is self-explanatory, after the end of the demon suppression in Lhasa, the Xizàng regime was stable, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, but Chang'an, the hometown of Princess Wencheng, had an incident that shocked history. In the late Tang Dynasty, the Wu clan sought power and usurped the throne, and the empress Wu Zetian ascended the throne and seized the Jiangshan Sheji surnamed Li. This is exactly the consequence of the failure of "suppressing demons", yin yang reversal, yang down and yin up, leading to huge social turmoil, and the people of the world hanging upside down. It can be seen from this that the area that the witch can influence is not only Xizàng or a few small countries adjacent to Xizàng, but should be able to radiate the whole world, and have an incalculable impact on the situation in any country or region.
"I found the answer, just like Songtsen Gampo did back then, but finding the answer doesn't mean I can solve the problem." Red Flame Venerable raised his hand and smiled bitterly to show Guan Wen the already loose flesh, "Look, I'm already old enough to rely on others to feed and drink, what else can I do?"
Guan Wen had just concentrated his attention and memorized every word that Red Flame Venerable had said. By the end of this qiē, he was physically and mentally exhausted, as if he had gone through a long marathon.
"Venerable, what can we do to overcome the crisis?" He asked.
Venerable Red Flame stroked the Mani Stone in his hand, lowered his eyelids and sighed, "Can you answer me a question?" The answer to that question is the answer you want. ”
Guan Wen nodded: "Excuse me."
"What would you do if a tiger broke into your yard and killed your cattle and sheep?" Red Flame Venerable asked.
Guan Wen replied without hesitation: "Drive it out and beat it out."
The Red Flame Venerable asked, "What about after that?"
Guan Wen asked suspiciously: "After that?" Of course, it's to mend the cattle and sheepfolds, and continue to live their own lives-" Suddenly, he realized something, and clapped his hands on the ground, "Venerable, do you mean that the tiger will come back again to plague the cattle and sheep?" I have to do everything I can, don't I?"
The Red Flame Venerable finally showed an approving smile on his face: "Very good, you really think long enough. If the tiger is driven away by you, it will definitely return to the mountains and forests to recuperate, or go to another village to eat sheep and people, and its strength will become stronger and stronger, and one day it will come back again. You can defend it once, twice, but you certainly can't defend it three or four times. The fundamental solution to the crisis is to eradicate all evils. ”
Guan Wen suddenly figured out the deep meaning of Venerable's analogy, and gasped with excitement and stunned: "Venerable, could it be that Princess Wencheng, Songtsen Gampo, and Princess Qizun fought against demons back then...... Made a big mistake? They shouldn't start from 'suppressing demons', but should take 'eliminating demons' as their ultimate goal?"
The Red Flame Venerable first nodded, then shook his head.
Guan Wen thought about it again, and asked himself again: "With their strength at that time, they were already stretched thin to 'suppress demons', and they had no ability to 'eliminate demons' at all. Even today, there is no guarantee that the 'exorcism' will be successful. Therefore, everyone in the demon circle has been waiting passively, instead of taking the initiative to attack. For hundreds of years, the witch's cultivation has never stopped, and it is only a matter of time before she breaks through the net of the soul enchantment of the three thousand volt demons......"
Every time he spoke, Venerable Red Flame nodded, proving that his train of thought was completely correct.
As soon as the witch breaks through the net, the sky of the Tibetan land will be darkened.
The woman walked in again and stood quietly by the door.
"Do you have something to say? Go ahead. Red Flame Venerable said.
"I remember something and don't know if I should talk about it?" The woman said.
"Fenghe, I said, as long as it is a memory in your head, you can say whatever you have, and you don't need to stick to etiquette." The Red Flame Venerable replied.
The woman straightened her back and held her head high, as if a singer was about to open her voice and practice her voice.
"Before the war began, the most powerful leaders gathered in a dark courtyard for a meeting. Everyone knew that people with long braids and swords on horseback would sweep through Tibet like a storm, but this qiē was unavoidable, because the Tibetan swords were everywhere, and only war could be used to end the war. That memory lasted for three days and three nights, the sun rose and set three times, and the bright moon also appeared three times. I remember that on the night of the decision, the moon was unusually round and bright, as if it were hanging in the treetops of the large tree in the courtyard not far away. I remember the decision to throw all the treasures in the temple into the treasure cave and block the entrance with boulders. Before that, someone had to enter the cave in advance and seal the crystal well with their flesh. Only in this way can it be ensured that the fire of the temple will be preserved. Before the brutal war, the leaders thought not about themselves, but about the future of the temple, the end of the seal...... "The woman said.
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