Chapter 46: Shiva
Ye Zhenyu and his entourage meditated and rested at the foot of the holy mountain, feeling the comfort brought by the abundant aura. The aura here is obviously beyond other places, and there is still a little Hongmeng purple qi wafting in, these Hongmeng purple qi is greater for mortals than the corrosion of sulfuric acid on the human body, and for the monks who have stepped into the divine realm, it is a rare opportunity to create! Everyone quickly immersed themselves in the pleasure brought by the abundant aura, and some even captured the slightest trace of Hongmeng purple qi, and there was a vague feeling of breaking the realm. There was a feeling that was getting stronger and stronger, and Ye Zhenyu faintly felt the call of the Buddha.
"Let's get to the top!" Ye Zhenyu can't wait, here, no one sees him in the sky during the day, so it's better to climb to the top during the day. Everyone followed Ye Zhenyu's order and flew to the top of the mountain one after another.
Just when everyone was enjoying the holy scenery of the holy mountain, a roar came from the ground, only to see that in the snow, dozens of snow-white giant apes greeted Ye Zhenyu and others, running and jumping, while swinging their fists to attack everyone, the attack power of these giant apes is at the peak of the Xiao Realm, some have reached the Star Realm, in the mortal realm, this strength is quite terrifying, but they are facing a group of gods who have surpassed the fairy world, this attack power is nothing.
"They are the guardians of the sacred mountain, don't hurt the snow ape." Ye Zhenyu dodged the attack of the giant ape while reminding everyone. Under the clever dodge, everyone quickly broke through the defense line of the giant ape and came to the first step of the holy mountain, where hundreds of small pyramids of all sizes are distributed, in the center of these small pyramids, is a towering giant pyramid, more than 1,000 meters high, straight into the sky, people have a breathtaking feeling, the golden light is shining, as if the whole mountain is made of gold, this should be the legendary Gang Rinpoche Holy Mountain!
Ye Zhenyu and the others were looking at the holy mountain in a daze, and suddenly, one after another golden light shot out from the spire of the small pyramid, and hundreds of golden lights were intertwined in the sky, forming an extremely powerful array-Zhou Tian Starlight Great Array!
The Zhou Tian Starlight Array was also famous in ancient times, which could kill the Mixed Yuan Daluo Golden Immortal and trap the Immortal Emperor. But this array is not enough to see in front of Ye Zhenyu's group of gods! Ye Zhenyu's Dharma body appeared, and on the golden lotus throne, Ye Zhenyu sat cross-legged, his hands were sealed, and the swastika on his chest was printed with golden light, slowly rotating, shining like a galaxy. The Infinite King Kong Taiji Diagram jumped out from the center of Ye Zhenyu's eyebrows, gradually getting bigger, as the Taiji Diagram became larger, the golden light of the Diamond Sutra and the swastika around the body became more and more intense, and the fifteen ancient Buddha relics in the Bagua position were like fifteen small suns, shining in the world, making people unable to look at them directly. The Taiji diagram became bigger and bigger, and in the end, it easily opened the Zhou Tian Starlight Array, and the formation was broken!
At the moment when the formation was broken, a gentle, charming voice sounded: "Little Daoist stop!" As worthy of the chosen one, there are indeed some ways to do! ”
Everyone followed the prestige, only to see that in mid-air, on a golden **, a beautiful and unparalleled, let people look at the jade man who had all the evil thoughts gone, sitting on the tiger skin, with three eyes and four hands, holding three forks, snails, jugs, drums, etc., dressed in animal skin clothes, covered in ash, with a crescent moon on his head as a decoration, black and purple hair coiled into horns, and the symbol of the Ganges River. "He is the king of great freedom, Shiva!" The hearts of the people were secretly terrified.
Shiva, one of the three main gods of Hinduism, the god of destruction. The predecessor is the god of fertility in the Indus civilization era "beast master" and the god of Vedic storms Loudra, both reproductive and destruction, creation and destruction dual character, presenting a variety of strange and grotesque different appearances, mainly Linga phase, horror phase, gentle phase, superhuman phase, three-faced phase, dancing king phase, Liga lord phase, half-female lord and other disguises, Linga (male root) is the most basic symbol of Shiva. Like many mythological gods, Shiva's gender is not fixed due to his omniscient nature, but changes from one phase to another. Shiva had a great influence on Buddhist Esoteric Buddhism, and some sects of Esoteric Buddhism even regarded him as the embodiment of the Dharmakaya Buddha Dari Nyorai. Shiva is the Hindu god of destruction and his myth is contained in the Sanskrit and Upanishads, as well as in the Purana. It is said that he has a great ability to subdue demons, and the third eye on his forehead can spew out a divine fire that destroys everything, and has burned down three demon cities and seduced him as the god of love, and is known as the destroyer of the three demon cities. When the gods and the asuras stirred the milk sea, he swallowed a poison that could destroy the world, and his neck was burned to a blue-black color, which was called the green neck. Hinduism believes that "destruction" has the meaning of "regeneration", so the male genitalia that denotes the ability to reproduce – the linga is a symbol of his creativity and is worshipped by Sexually and Shiva followers. Shiva is the god of asceticism and practises asceticism all year round in the Himalayan mountains on Mount Gibasa, attaining the most profound knowledge and magical powers through the strictest asceticism and the most thorough contemplation. He is also the god of dance, creating two kinds of dance, rigidity and softness, and is known as the king of dance. He is the commander of the demons and monsters, and the demons and monsters are all subject to him. His wife was a goddess of the snowy mountains, and his two sons were Segandha and Ganesh. The former is the commander of the heavenly soldiers and generals, and the latter is the head of the minor gods who serve Shiva. Shiva has eight incarnations of earth, water, fire, wind, air, sun, moon, and sacrifice, and can be created in addition to destruction. Buddhist texts refer to him as the King of Great Freedom, the top of the world of color, and the lord of the three thousand worlds. His rider was the bull Nandi, and his concubine was the goddess Parvati, also known as Uma. Shiva's consort originated from the mother goddess of the indigenous Hindu people, and like Shiva, she has both reproductive and destructive personalities, showing different appearances such as gentleness and terror. The image of Parvati or Uma is a coquettish and delicate wife. Shiva and Parvati's son Ganesh is the lovely Ganesha, and the other son, Segantha, is the brave and righteous great handsome god of war. Segandha is the protector of Buddhism: the Bodhisattva Veda. Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, also known as General Wei and General Wei Tian, was originally the god of war in Brahmanism, with six heads and twelve arms, a bow and arrows in his hand, and a peacock. The belief of worshipping Wei Tuo was first popular in South India, and later spread to North India in the fifth century, and was attracted by Mahayana Buddhism as a patron saint, and was one of the eight great generals of the Southern Growing Heavens, and ranked under the Four Heavenly Kings 32 Shiva as the Hindu god of destruction, and his myth is contained in the two epic poems of the Sanskrit Book and the Upanishads. Shiva is the god of asceticism and practises asceticism all year round in the Himalayan mountains on Mount Gibasa, attaining the most profound knowledge and magical powers through the strictest asceticism and the most thorough contemplation. He is also the god of dance, creating two kinds of dance, rigidity and softness, and is known as the king of dance. He is the commander of the demons and monsters, and the demons and monsters are all subject to him. His wife was a goddess of the snowy mountains, and his two sons were Segandha and Ganesh. The former is the commander of the heavenly soldiers and generals, and the latter is the head of the minor gods who serve Shiva. The image of Shiva is one with three eyes and four arms, and he is able to easily see every part of the world. Compared to other richly dressed gods, Shiva's dress looked out of place. He had a majestic and handsome countenance, a very light complexion, long ascetic blue-black hair, a head adorned with the Ganges River and a crescent moon, and a skull necklace around his neck; The upper body **, the lower body is wrapped in a tiger skin, the body is wrapped in a cobra, and the trident and bow and arrow are held, wandering among the ghost graves. When he revealed his terrifying appearance, all beings in the universe trembled. Therefore, he is called the "Lord of Ghosts". In addition, Shiva also has a more common image – the linga. Linga is the male genitalia and symbolizes regeneration. Legend has it that Shiva did not take the creation of the world with Brahma to heart, and went to the bottom of the sea alone to practice, but when he went to sea, he found that everything in the world was arranged. In anger, he cut off his genitals and threw them to the world, and since then there has been the worship of Linga by Indians. Although the name of the god of destruction may sound terrifying, Shiva is a multi-talented god – he is the ancestor of Indian dance, hence the revered name "God of Dance". Shiva dances one hundred and eight dances, which are divided into two types: feminine soft dance and masculine strong dance. He loved to dance in times of joy and sorrow, either alone or with his wife. Usually Shiva dances in a ring of fire, with her hair flying upward, one foot on a dwarf representing ignorance, and the other leg and hand writhing in the air. It holds a drum in its right hand, symbolizing life; The left palm holds the flame, symbolizing destruction. Thus, in Shiva's hands there are two elements, creation and destruction. The dance symbolizes both the glory of Shiva and the eternal movement of the universe, which is to immortalize the universe. At the end of an old age, he would also complete the destruction of the world by dancing the Dance of Tandava and return it to the cosmic spirit. In addition to the above identities, Shiva also has many functions and doppelgangers, he dominates storms and lightning, and bestows medicine and health; He is the god of beasts and beasts, representing fertility; He was also the god of wisdom and generosity, the Lord of singing and sacrifice. As the strongest presiding god in Hinduism, Shiva has an unparalleled and noble status that surpasses the 333,000,000 gods of Hinduism and overlooks all living beings in the heavens. He symbolizes the mystical and violent forces of nature, and his simple and willful and unfathomable personality has fascinated countless believers. The Shiva sect of Hinduism worships him as the supreme god of the universe and is the most widely worshipped deity among the lower classes of the Indian people.