Chapter 9: The Living Buddha
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was empty and chaotic. The abyss is dark, and the Spirit of God hovers over the waters. God said, "Let there be light, and there was light." God saw that light was good, and He separated light from darkness. God called the light day and the darkness night...... along the way, the "white suit" told me the contents of the Bible, and reminded me of a Christian friend I once knew. I asked him what was the use of believing in these nothingnesses. He said that when you're in a closed room, faith doesn't drive you crazy.
The black Cayenne sped down the road, "White Suit", "Sunset" and I sat inside, and the others were in the two Mercedes cars behind the Cayenne. Along the way, the "white suit" said like a lecture, and "Sunset" just listened quietly, frowning, and his eyes were full of sadness.
"What's the point of talking about that?" "Sunset" finally spoke.
"What is the meaning of meaning in itself?" "White Suit" said, "Do what you want, that's what I mean." "I thought to myself that this "white suit" is really good at pretending, and the big reason is one by one. I couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" "White suit" asked.
"Nothing." I said, "In this hyper-realistic materialistic society, it's really rare that you can still be so idealistic." ”
"The two are complementary in and of themselves." "White Suit" pointed to "Sunset" and said, "Maybe you think she is no longer Sunset, but I think she is, I will always find Sunset back!" Looking at the confident and slow expression of "Zhang suit", I didn't know what to say for a while, if
"I said I wasn't your sunset!" "Sunset," said tiredly, leaning his head against the window.
"I said you are, you are!" "White Suit" said with a sullen face, "If you are not her, who is the sunset!" ”
"I ......"
"Don't say any more!"
The atmosphere suddenly cooled down, a little embarrassed, and I said to the "white suit", "What did you bring me here?" ”
"Take you to meet someone." "White suit" said.
After two days of continuous travel, we finally traveled west to Tibet, the closest place to heaven in legend. I thought Tibet was full of endless grasslands and blue skies, but what I saw was still the traffic of the city. After we stayed in Lhasa for a day, the "white suit" took us directly to the Potala Palace, which is known as the "Second Putuo Mountain".
After thousands of years of history, the Potala Palace has become dilapidated, but there is still an indelible spirit in the faint place. Stepping on the stone steps, I remembered that this was the place where the mysterious poet Cangyang Gyatso was, and my heart fluctuated a little, but when I saw his clay sculpture, I realized that it was just an ordinary clay sculpture, and the ordinary could not be more ordinary.
"Who are we looking for?" I asked Xiang about the "white suit" who was worshipping Hada at the moment.
"Come and find the Living Buddha"! "White suit" said.
After meeting the legendary "Living Buddha", I realized that it was not the image of a bald monk with a round face and body as I imagined, but a slightly thin young monk wearing eyes and robes.
"Master Zhang." The "Living Buddha" made a namaste to the "white suit", and the "white suit" also bowed respectfully. At this time, I realized that his surname was Zhang, so Xiyan and Xiluo were also surnamed Zhang, and suddenly I was a little ridiculous that I only knew Xiluo's surname for so long. The "Living Buddha" reached out and touched the head of the "Zhang suit", and said some Tibetan in his mouth, which is probably the so-called blessing of touching the top.
"Living Buddha, please save your sister!" "Zhang suit" said with his hands folded reverently.
"Don't worry about Lord Zhang, I will help, but in the end, it depends on her creation!" "Living Buddha" said.
I looked at the "living Buddha" with eyes in front of me in disbelief, wondering if the "Zhang suit" was stimulated by his brain. Only then did I realize that he was also looking at me, and after the two looked at each other for a while, he smiled at me, which made me a little confused.
"The benefactor was displaced and deceived by the world in his previous life, but in this life he can finally get rid of the bitter fruits and see people's hearts clearly. Amitabha. "The Living Buddha" said to me. I stared into his eyes, amazed at how he could see me so thoroughly, and wished I could see him through, I had always looked at the world as an outsider, but I never thought that there were people in this world who were also looking at you as an outsider, and everyone was just in a circle.
"Don't think about it, I'm just sighing for a while!" The "Living Buddha" seemed to see through my thoughts, and continued, "Although the donor can see through the world, but there are also many twists and turns, I hope that the donor will do more good deeds in the future, and he will be able to achieve great results in the future!" ”
"Thank you." The words of the "Living Buddha" were in a fog, and I thought that people were polite, and I would not look at each other coldly, so I also returned a namaste.
The "Living Buddha" then led us to a meditation room. Along the way, the quiet and mysterious ancient palace made me feel like I was in a different world. At this moment, my anxious heart suddenly calmed down, and I even began to feel that life is too short to cultivate my self here and explore the true meaning of life. But I know that everyone has a different answer in their hearts, just as there are a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand people.
Led by the "Living Buddha", we went down to a basement, which was extremely spacious but not furnished with anything. The walls are covered with colorful murals. The floor of the room was also covered with various symbols and patterns that I couldn't read. But it's obviously like a circle, and there are many circles intertwined in the circle, much like the Olympic rings, except that there are more of them and they form a circle.
At this time, there were only "Living Buddhas", "Zhang Suits", as well as "Sunset" and me, and under the guidance of the "Living Buddha", "Sunset" stood in the circle in the center of the room. The "Living Buddha" took a few steps back and stood in another circle, while "Zhang Suit" and I retreated to the corner of the wall.
"Donor, your demons have not been extinguished, so that you have made a big mistake, today I will recruit the girl's soul to return and return the body to the host, are you willing?" "Living Buddha" said.
"Yes." "Sunset" whispered.
He sat down cross-legged and chanted with a buzz in his mouth.
After listening to the narration of the "Living Buddha", I suddenly remembered something. Tibetan Buddhism has always had a tantric lineage, and Tantra has a "seizure" of the saying, Lamaism believes that the "living Buddha" is the incarnation of the Bodhisattva, its soul is immortal, and will not disappear with the aging of the body, but reincarnation, continue to save sentient beings, each reincarnation of the spirit child is the reincarnation of the previous "living Buddha", and some "living Buddha" will not choose to reincarnate, but choose to "take away" reincarnation, that is, the soul concept to live in other bodies, then the bronze mirror is likely to be a "snatching mirror".
Just when I was shocked by what I found, suddenly there was a strong wind blowing in the room, and the temperature dropped by a few degrees, making me feel a little unsteady on my feet. But when I looked closely, everything was as usual, the "Living Buddha" was still sitting steadily, chanting words in his mouth, and "Sunset" was standing cautiously in the middle of the house, his eyes constantly looking around.
Just when I thought that this monk was not a liar, something unexpected suddenly happened, and "Sunset" suddenly knelt down, and tears welled up in his eyes, as if he was confessing something.
"What's going on?" I asked the "Zhang suit" next to me. But he didn't say anything, just watched silently.
"What the hell is going on?" I raised my voice and asked him.
"It's nothing, it's just to return the body to the original owner!" "Zhang suit" said.
"And what about her?" I pointed to "Sunset", whose face was twisted and painful on his knees at the moment.
"I don't know." "Zhang suit" said coldly.
"You can't do that! She's going to die! ”
"Then my sister deserves to die! Have you ever wondered what she does! "Zhang Suit" suddenly grabbed my clothes and pressed me against the wall, and said angrily. I didn't know how to answer for a while, yes, she wasn't the real sunset after all, and after being with her for so long, she just forgot everything, and I was alone in the "sunset".
"Those who hurt her must pay!" "Zhang suit" let go of me and said fiercely.
"There's no other way......" I whispered, so much so that I couldn't hear the voice behind me. But can I just watch "her" disappear? Although I suddenly became cold to her after learning the truth, it was only because I was making myself accept the facts, and maybe she would have thought that I had abandoned her, but I didn't. At this moment, I realized that I really cared about her, it didn't matter who she was, just because she gave me the most beautiful memory.
"Stop!" I suddenly shouted and ran towards the "Living Buddha".
"Are you crazy?" "Zhang suit" grabbed me and said.
"You can't do that!" I tried hard to break free of his hands, but he grabbed him tighter, "The sunset can't come back!" ”
"Shut up!" "Zhang Suit" was a head taller than me, so he easily threw me to the ground, "I won't let her be alone!" You don't understand my feelings at all, selfish villain. ”
"Am I selfish?" I angrily said to "Zhang Suit", "Where am I being selfish? ”
"Unselfish, why are you stopping me?" "Zhang Suit" said, "Have you considered my feelings?" I haven't let her suffer since she was a child, she should have been happy for a lifetime! But the man killed her! ”
"Heh, you also know that she killed her, so you shouldn't have done this!" I said, "Who knows what the monk brought back?" What do you do if your sunset hasn't come back by then? "Zhang Suit" was obviously stunned for a moment after hearing this, maybe he was anxious, but he never thought about this problem. I thought to myself that this was the moment, and I tried to knock him on top of me to the ground, and then ran to "Sunset" with all my might, and then I saw that she had fainted. The "Living Buddha" on the side had already stopped due to our disturbance, got up and looked at me, and then looked at the "Zhang suit".
"Did it work?" "Zhang suit" was silent for a long time and suddenly asked.
"Donor, many causes and effects in this world are not under your control, just like the glory of the sun and the moon, the moon is born from the sun, but it exists independently, can you say that it is not the glory of the sun?" The "Living Buddha" said, "Whether it is true or false, whether it is true or not, is all judged by the donor himself." ”
"Living Buddha, I don't understand." "Zhang Suit" clenched his fists, and the whole person trembled slightly.
"Donor, a thought becomes a Buddha, a thought becomes a demon, the devil is born because of the Buddha, the Buddha is established because of the devil, and no one can do without anyone!"
"Sunset never left at all!" I said loudly to "Zhang Suit", "I didn't leave at all!" ”
"Really?" "Zhang suit" looked at the "living Buddha" and prayed for answers.
The "Living Buddha" just closed his eyes and chanted the sutras.
"Zhang Suit" trembled and moved over step by step, and finally knelt down in front of "Sunset" who passed out on the ground, and at that moment I saw full of sadness and love in his eyes. If there is any greatest emotion in this world, it must be indelible family affection, with the same blood flowing in the bones, no matter how long the time is, how far apart, it will always connect us.
"Maybe I can help you!" I said to "Zhang Suit". I think he brought me here because I might be able to help him, and I don't know exactly what to do, so I had to ease his mood for a while.
"Really?" "Zhang suit" looked up at me and said, his handsome face was full of seriousness. I was looked at by him like this, and my heart suddenly felt a little bottomless, but I could only bite the bullet and say, "Really! ”
Through the eyes of "Zhang Suit", I saw his past.
The clearest part of Zhang Hai's memory of "Zhang Suit" is on the beach, the sunset is gradually crumbling on the sea, and even the sea water is dyed red. There are three children frolicking on the beach by the sea, it is Zhang Hai and Xiyan, and the sunset. That year, he was eleven years old, Xiluo was seven years old, and Xiyan was five years old.
"Sunset, sunset, you see the sun is about to set into the sea." Zhang Hai pointed to the sunset and said.
"Will the sun drown?" The immature Sunset said, "Brother, I don't want it to be drowned. ”
"Stupid, the sun won't be drowned!" Xiyan continued, "The sea is its home, and every day it will return to the embrace of the sea, and then run out from the east tomorrow!" ”
"Xiyan is right, the sea is its home! The sun always returns to the bosom of the sea. Zhang Hai said, "In the future, I will be your home, and I will always protect you." ”
"Brother, give me the name of the sun!" Sunset said.
"How about a sunset? You are the most beautiful moment of the sun. Zhang Hai said.
"I want a name for the sun too!" Xi Yan coquettishly pulled Zhang Hai's clothes.
"Well, your name is Xiyan, the word of the sun!" Zhang Hai picked up the little Xiyan and said, "Okay?" ”
"Good!"
"Then I will be called Zhang Hai in the future, and I will always be your home."
Under the sunset, Zhang Hai walked forward with two little hands, and what I saw was not only the responsibility of being a big brother, but also a brave responsibility. Because he knows that this family cannot live without him. A shipwreck a year ago cost their father, and their mother had to work hard every day to support them, but she was often bullied. The gratifying thing is that he is very sensible, like an adult, and is so mature that he knows that he was picked up by his father outside and does not say it, and he repays a favor that the family regards him as their own.
Finally, one day, he dropped out of school and came home, saying that he wanted to help his mother take care of his younger siblings, but of course his mother did not agree, but he still secretly worked outside the home. When he handed over his first salary to his mother, she slapped him and then hugged him and cried. She really couldn't hold on anymore, and even thought about leaving alone, but after all, she couldn't bear her own child.
He smiled: "Mom, I've grown up!" ”
From then on, he began to make money like crazy, as if he didn't know what it was to be tired, even in the heat of the summer, he never complained about anything, the happiest thing every day was to jump into the sea and swim over, he loved the sea, but he also hated the sea, because the sea took away their father. When he grew up, Zhang Hai was already a tall and handsome young man, and his younger siblings had already reached junior high school, which meant that he needed more money. But an ordinary job close to one person is not enough to support his family, and one day Xiyan finally ran back from school crying, because his classmates at school laughed at their poor family and gave Xiyan torn clothes. Zhang Hai angrily found the student at the school, but was beaten by the student's parents, and before leaving, he threw down a few pieces of RMB and told him to go to the hospital by himself. Zhang Hai clenched his fists and stood up from the ground, he wanted to tear up a few wrinkled coins on the ground, telling them that he was dignified and didn't want their stinky money, but he couldn't do it, because these coins were about to catch up with him for a month of hard work.
Zhang Hai bought a new set of clothes for everyone in his family, including himself, but he actually didn't wear them at all, he wanted himself to always remember that this dress trampled on his dignity. Since then, Zhang Hai has started to make more crazy money to support his family, because he knows that if he falls, the family will be scattered. Zhang Hai later learned to smuggle and could earn a lot of money on one trip, but he was reported by his peers, so he threw away the goods and hid in the icy sea for more than two hours to escape the police. Later, he met a person, who claimed to be a foreign businessman who came to invest in the construction of a factory, Zhang Hai easily believed him, but was cheated of the tuition he prepared for his younger brothers and sisters, at that moment Zhang Hai cried bitterly, and at the same time completely angered him. He began to mix in the underworld and work for others. There are not a few people who have fallen under him, but he has never regretted it, because reality does not allow him to regret it, and he is not willing to let the people he cares about suffer a little. Zhang Hai accumulated 20,000 yuan, and then started a maritime business, he was a child who grew up in the sea, so he was handy to do, and he was old and sophisticated, so he quickly developed and gradually went abroad, and Zhang Hai really felt that he was a person. He would often take out the garment and look at it, and always remember the wrinkled copper-smelling coins, the pain of that time was still vivid in his mind, forever engraved in his heart.