Yue Guanchao and the others hid in the corridor, although there were no more thorn balls above their heads, there were still things around them that were bounced in, and it was inevitable that they would accidentally injure their legs and feet.

He lowered his head and picked up a copper ball: "I said just now, this kind of strange thing is made on the top, it can't be just for the sake of looking good, now it seems that there is indeed a mechanism in it, the thorn ball is hollow casting, and if you don't say it is a human head, even a stone can be smashed into cracks." ”

As they spoke, the corridor above their heads was frequently attacked, and it had already been smashed into cracks, only to hear a crisp sound of glass, which was immediately smashed through, revealing a fist-sized hole.

Yue Guanchao looked around, the palace and the tower were not damaged, only many brass spike balls fell in the courtyard, as if deliberately avoiding these, he immediately understood, the organ excluded the hall and the Que Tower, and his eyes lit up: "The closest to us is the Que Tower, let's go to the Que Tower for temporary refuge." ”

With that, he took the lead and led everyone to avoid the hole that could collapse at any time, and led them to the tower located at the edge of the courtyard.

The porticos and verandahs of these towers were interconnected, and several people rushed to the front door of the towers, regardless of whether there was a mechanism or not, and pushed the tower door open with a few bangs, and hid in the tower with the falling tiles.

Not long after hiding in, the sun-shaped verandah in the courtyard has been smashed to a thousand holes, some verandahs are devastated, hulala began to collapse, rippling a layer of black dust accumulated for thousands of years, even if it does not collapse, the roof has seen the light of day, and only the support beams are left behind, standing alone in place.

Those paper people who were originally sheltered by the eaves finally suffered at this moment, the copper rain fell on them who had not yet burned, and immediately broke out countless holes, and the smashed paper people palace maid was like a hornet's nest, if she was a living person, her body must be blurred with flesh and blood at the moment, and she was pierced into a hedgehog.

Countless copper balls fell like raindrops, in the flowing light of the golden rainbow, flashing with oily yellow light and falling to the ground, smashing up the sparks, as if the clouds were sprinkled with countless stars, the more beautiful the more terrifying, after the verandah in the distance collapsed, the dust and mist rippled with the rumbling sound, and it was already difficult to see the direction of the courtyard.

Under the fright, everyone couldn't help but be afraid, if they hadn't run into the tower just now, probably, their fate might not be much better than that of the paper man.

Yue Guanchao began to stand at the door, looking at the tower where they were.

The tower here is located at the four corners of the "day" shaped verandah, and the specific direction is at the end of the right hand side of the door.

The tower is supported by a right-angled wall, and the overlapping golden building is built, and the outside looks like a golden and brilliant eaves and high peck, but the inside is extraordinarily simple, and even the simplicity is a bit excessive. 33

It can be said that, in addition to the tower core pillar frame of the Que Tower, basically each floor only has railings and floors, from top to bottom, it is supported by the pillars and beams, there is no exquisite carving, painting color screen, all the components of the Que Tower are just brushed with tung oil varnish wood.

Naturally decorate these words, just enough to use!

At this moment, the golden rainbow light spilled into the room from the glass window, illuminating the indoor chaos and neon stacking, which was very strange.

"Dare to love, these buildings are just a façade, and the inside is as if they are not decorated."

Yue Erpao looked at the pillar frame in the center of the tower, and the stairs winded upwards like a serpentine, leading directly to the top of the tower.

Sun Daqiao looked at the furnishings in front of him and explained: "It can't be said that the helmet-shaped tower of the Southern Song Dynasty is mostly used for Buddha, but the original tower shape has been turned into a tower type, in order to make the tomb palace look magnificent, this is the outside of the tower decorated with splendor." ”

"In fact, such a pavilion is originally plain, the tower is mostly used to place relics, or flesh Buddha statues, Buddhist precepts strictly prohibit the accumulation of treasures, decorate clothes, wear treasures, in order to pursue the purity of the relics, will not build the tower too luxurious, so as not to be patronized by thieves, and then lose something."

"Of course, the royal prayer tower is not like that at all."

Sun Daqiao changed his words: "The royal prayer tower, belongs to the royal building, the appearance must be glamorous, even if it can't be brilliant, it should be solemn, the royal prayer tower of the Northern Song Dynasty is mostly made of gold and brilliance, and when it comes to the tower, it will return to a simple state, and then worship relics or flesh Buddha in the tower." ”

"This kind of extravagance and simplicity inside the characteristics just fit the empty line of Buddhism, which means that wealth and extravagance are just illusory appearances, and what people really want to hold is the pure heart of diligence and thrift, so to understand, it can explain the righteousness of Buddhism."

"I think, that's probably the truth, otherwise, the outside has been so splendid, is there still a lack of carved and colorful paintings inside? The appearance of simple buildings in the thick burial tombs is obviously intentional and has its special significance. ”

Yue Erpao retorted: "But, Buddhism has not saved a lot of silver, I remember that just the small temple in the town, the incense has not been broken every day, this is not a big temple like Lingyin Temple, since Buddhism does not love money, then why do they charge so much sesame oil money." ”

Sun Daqiao coughed a few times and explained: "You, even if the sesame oil money is tens of millions, is it the monk himself who asked for it?" In the final analysis, it is not donated by pilgrims who come to the incense, they do not necessarily believe in Buddhism when they come to the incense, but they want to come to the gods to worship the Buddha, so as to meet their wishes. ”

"This money is actually something left by pilgrims, although it is called merit money, but it is actually a desire, and the monks are contaminated with it every day, and it is inevitable that they will be infected with the stench of copper."

For Buddhism, a large amount of money is itself a test for the monks!

If you can not be interested in fame and fortune, wait for leisure to look at money, do not spend extravagantly and do not force it, it can be regarded as passing the threshold of wealth accumulation, and if you have an epiphany of other precepts in the future, you can achieve positive results and become a great monk, which can be regarded as passing the test of money.

If a monk indulges in money and cannot extricate himself, not only chasing after the merit money of pilgrims, but also preferring to accumulate wealth and wear gold and silver, then he will change from a born monk to a prisoner of desire, and he will be regarded as abandoning the right path for money.

Such a person does not abide by the rules and precepts, and it will be difficult to achieve positive results in the future, and even the end will be even worse than that of the people who do not believe in Buddhism.

Sun Daqiao continued: "There is an old saying that the Buddha's heart is as firm as Bodhi, and he does not make evil money in the world. ”

He paused and continued to explain: "If the old man is not mistaken, since the four towers around him are like this, they must also be for the worship of relics or physical Buddhas, otherwise, it will not be such a structure at all, probably, on the top of the tower, there will be something towned." ”

Sun Daqiao's words made everyone curious, and Sun Tianqi himself was also to place the ashes altar, so he simply followed Yue Guanchao and them up the stairs to the tower.

After stepping onto the four-story pavilion, they really walked up the stairs to the platform in the center of the tower, which was firmly held up by a central beam frame, which served as both a support for the roof and a floor on the top floor, and was closed by a railing on all sides, leaving only the middle place for the lotus platform treasure tent

The thing in front of you is a lotus root round platform that is larger than the mouth of the cylinder, the lotus petals are staggered up and down like blooming, the lotus pod is oily green, the petals are pale pink, and there are gold wire carvings on the surface, outlining the shape of the lotus platform.

The treasure tent the size of the carriage car completely covers the lotus platform, there are red lacquered wood on all sides to make support, the round helmet top is made of glazed gold fan, it looks particularly bright, there are curtains on all sides to the ground, only in their direction it seems to tie up the curtains, left and right holes.

On the lotus platform, sitting is a gold-lacquered flesh Buddha with eyebrows like life!

What is a physical Buddha?

The Bodhisattva of the Flesh, also known as the Bodhisattva of the Flesh, is a Buddha statue made from the body of a deceased monk.

To put it mildly, the physical Buddha is actually a kind of relic.

Relics refer to the relics left by the monks after their death, involving scriptures, classics, and books for the Dharma body relics, and the physical body Buddhas, relics, remains, ashes, clothes, robes, and Buddha bowls produced after the death are attributed to the relics of the living body.

Ancient Buddhist temples are prosperous, more tall towers are built to worship relics, after that, see the stupa such as seeing the relics, see the relics such as seeing the Buddha, if the relics are sincerely worshipped, you can be blessed in the sky, the flesh of the Buddha is equivalent to not burning, directly the corpse as a relic sealed in the Buddha statue, in this way, used to educate the world, get the offering.

This physical body Buddha looks to be about thirty or forty years old, and his body is slightly blessed, and it can be seen that the muscles completely support the clothes, and he is very strong and thick, and his legs are sitting on the lotus platform in a cross-legged meditation posture.

He was wearing an apricot yellow monk's robe, wearing monk's shoes under his feet, his hands were folded in his heart, his golden skin seemed to be smeared with a layer of heavy cream, which looked golden and oily, and he felt a layer of soil when he looked closely, and it looked more smooth and smooth than his real facial features.

The eyes, ears, mouth and nose of this flesh Buddha have been slightly swollen, the ears are swollen and drooping like Buddha statues, the eyes are closed and the head is slightly bowed, the neck is hung with Buddha beads, and the Buddha strings are held in the hands, which looks like a living person who is blessed and swollen, and also looks like a Buddha statue made of clay, which looks particularly strange.

"Can be made into the flesh of the Buddha, most of them are the monks who passed away, after their death, the Buddhist temple to deal with their corpses, either burn into relics, or put them in the jar to store, and so on three years later, if the body does not rot, even if it becomes a body of Buddha, according to the regulations to smear the golden body into a Buddha statue, so that it can be stored in the pagoda for believers to worship."

Sun Daqiao looked at the Buddha's body and said analytically.

"So, what's the use of such a body? Isn't that a living sin! ”

Yue Guanchao looked at these flesh Buddhas, they had sat on the lotus platform for thousands of years, and no one was necessarily worshipping, so it was better to enter the earth as soon as possible.

Sun Daqiao shook his head and explained: "That's our idea, Buddhism thinks that only the great monks can produce relics, on the other hand, they will also judge whether the relics or the body of the Buddha are out of the body, whether the monks have the right fruit or the sentient beings after their death, seeing the relics actually means that the monks are accepted by the Buddha, and at the same time, the relics will also become the auspicious resources left by the Buddha to the world, which can be peaceful forever." ”

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