Zhou Tianyi, Miao Weiqiang, and Dong Tinghua listened to the story told by the old monk, but they still didn't figure out where the relics stupa was, and what the old monk said was just about Shakyamuni's ascetic cultivation to become a Buddha. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhou Tianyi knew in his heart that it was impossible for an old monk to tell him about Sakyamuni for no reason, and there must be some meaning in this!

Miao Weiqiang's face was full of confusion, and after listening to the story told by the old monk, he felt like he had been played.

Dong Tinghua was unhappy, the story told by the old monk had already seen it in a Buddhist scripture!

"Master, after listening to your story, we still don't know where the Kapila Guardian City is!" Miao Weiqiang asked suspiciously.

"After listening to my story, if you still don't know where it is, I advise you not to go, the relics stupa was built by the three living Buddhas with wisdom, you don't understand the story I tell, even if you look for the relic, you find what you are looking for, it is impossible to come out alive, only the great wisdom can enter and exit the stupa safely!" The old monk said.

"Aren't you kidding us?" Dong Tinghua said angrily.

"Actually, I don't know where the Kapila Guardian City is, I have been enlightened for decades, trying to find the legendary relic, but I can't find his location, so I have to tell this story to everyone, hoping that there will be a wise man to solve this thousand-year-old mystery!" The old monk said helplessly.

After listening to the old monk's words, Dong Tinghua looked extremely disappointed, and after a long time, the old monk didn't know where the relics pagoda was, but he only knew a story about Sakyamuni's Buddhahood, and looked at Zhou Tianyi with a sigh of doubt.

"Stick, do you hear anything?" Dong Tinghua asked suspiciously.

Zhou Tianyi shook his head and recalled the story told by the old monk, what did this story portend?

"Master, where did the origin of this story come from!" Zhou Tianyi asked.

"This story is spread in Indian Buddhism, almost every monk knows this story, and there are many people looking for the location of the relic, and some people say that one of the four holy places of Buddhism, Lumbini is where the royal city of Kapila is located, but the Buddhist believers have been looking around for a long time and have not found the legendary relic, and some people think that the Kapila Guardian is the holy land of Buddhism, Shambhala!" The old monk continued.

Zhou Tianyi recalled the story told by the old monk, Shakyamuni's hometown should be Lumbini, but it is not the same place as the city of Kapilawei, and he clearly wants to find it in this story, and the location of the relics stupa is not something that can be done in a while. When I heard the old monk say that the Kapila Guardian might be the legendary Buddhist holy place of Shambhala, I remembered the legend about Shambhala.

Shambhala; Translated as "Shangri-La", which means "Paradise", it is the mythical world of Buddhism and the birthplace of Kalachakra Buddhism; Buddhist scholars believe that Shambhala is a fictional paradise, the ideal pure land that Buddhists aspire to pursue: "Elysium", "Wonderland on Earth", and also known as "Mandala".

But the world has heard of the name Shambhala, but no one knows, where this Shangri-La is, this is also a thousand-year-old mystery, so many monks spent a lifetime looking for Shangri-La, but did not find it, can they easily find the Shangri-La in the story?

The three of them said goodbye to the old monk and continued to walk west, while the old monk sat on the ground and continued to tell the story that has been passed down for thousands of years!

The trip took only half a day, and I came to the Lumbini Garden, one of the holy places of Buddhism, which is also part of the Kapila Guardian Kingdom, and is the place where Shakyamuni sat under the Bodhi tree and became a Buddha!

Peni Blue Garden is a famous Buddhist shrine and the birthplace of Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. It is located in Rupandeshi District, Lumbini Province, western Nepal. Lumbini means "lovely" in Sanskrit. This was originally the garden of Lumbini, the wife of the ancient Heavenly Arm Kingdom, Shanjue King, hence the name. Legend has it that in 623 B.C., Lady Maya, the wife of the nearby King of Kapila Guardian, on the night of the full moon of the first month of the Ni calendar, on the way back to Ningning, gave birth to Siddhartha (Shakyamuni is an honorific title, meaning "Shakyamuni saint") under the Sara Twin Tree in the Lumbini Garden. At the birthplace of Shakyamuni, there is a white square two-story temple of Lady Mahamaya, which is solemn and solemn. There is a pond next to the temple where the water is as clear as a mirror, and it is said to be the bathing place of Mrs. Maya. There is a sora double tree growing on the edge of the pool, the body of the tree is about thirteen or four meters thick, and the reflection in the water is gorgeous.

When the three of them were browsing in Bini Lan, they saw two tall Bodhi trees next to the pool, and next to the Bodhi tree stood a sign introducing this tree, which was written in Sanskrit, although the three people could not understand it, but they could guess that Shakyamuni should have become a Buddha under this tree.

", this is the legendary Bodhi tree, it gives people a good and sacred feeling!" Dong Tinghua exclaimed.

"It should be, you see so many monks bowing down to it!" Miao Weiqiang said. Many Indian Buddhists have regarded this sacred tree as the incarnation of Shakyamuni Buddha, and next to it is a large incense burner, and many tourists and monks are pouring incense on this sacred tree.

Zhou Tianyi looked at the tall Bodhi tree and sighed...

Bodhi tree; It is a large arbor plant of the genus Ficus Ficus, epiphytic on other trees when young, up to 15-25 meters, leathery, triangular-ovate, with three basal leaf veins and 5-7 pairs of lateral veins; The petioles are slender, the fig fruit is spherical to oblate-spherical, the columella is slender, and the stigma is narrow. The flowering period is from March to April, and the fruiting period is from May to June.

Thinking of the story told by the old monk, Shakyamuni Buddha had an epiphany under this tree and became a Buddha, looking at the Bodhi tree that ten people couldn't hold, how many years and how many winds and rains it would take to grow so tall!

Zhou Tianyi frowned, and suddenly felt that the story of the old monk was not finished, he only told the story of Shakyamuni Buddha's Buddhahood, but did not tell how Shakyamuni died, and asked casually: "Brother Qiang, bandits, do you know how Shakyamuni died?" ”

"I think I've seen this on TV!" Miao Weiqiang said.

"Come on, you also believe in the TV show, about how Shakyamuni died, I saw it in a Buddhist book when I was at my grandfather's house!" Dong Tinghua said.

Shakyamuni Buddha came to Vaishali, the capital of the country of Batje, and was invited to a banquet by the prostitute Nummara. After that, he prepared for the rainy season in the nearby village of Pharipa, but the village did not have enough food and lodging, so the Buddha and Ananda stayed and let the disciples live in scattered places. The Buddha was seriously ill and knew that the limit was approaching, but it was not appropriate to die suddenly, and he tried to suppress the suffering; After that, his condition improved. Ananda asked the Buddha for orders, and the Buddha showed that there were no secrets hidden in the Dharma he said; teaching "self-reliance, dharma-dependence" and "four thoughts"; This was followed by a meeting to give a speech on the Theses of the Dharma. After the rainy season, the Buddha said goodbye to the Vedisha and taught the Dharma along the way. (To be continued.) )