Departure from Lhasa, two hours to go before Zetang. I'm going to the local people often turn upon the mountains, the mountains are Tibetan legend monkey hole, that is, the Tibetan legend of the original starting place.
Went to a nunnery, a few tents on open ground to attract me, which means that travelers camp approached, did not wanted to have a group of monks, and three men, 10 women, one of the little monks, this year, 12-year-old, wearing a pieces of yellow robes, like most of the times that the book attacking the small Prince eunuchs, eyes bright and piercing, lively clever.
They come around Yisi Shi-year-old may not look like a monk chat with. Prodded, I sat on the floor. They brought things can be plenty of money, a small-screen LCD television, a solar charger and battery, four mountain account, a liquefied gas bottle, a dual-card player, a VCD player, a box of discs , a cell phone, as pots and pans, blankets, blankets and other daily necessities is a very multi-. Accidents is that they only one double-cab Isuzu truck. A Q found out, they are monks wander around. See there are local people came forward Koubai, praying, I discovered that it led is actually a living Buddha. Living Buddha of Tibetan Buddhism I have heard, this is the millennium of cultivation of good fortune, but do allow me to run into the here and now. In addition to the Living Buddha and the remaining people are disciples of Buddha on the road received a total of 12 people, the smallest of the 12-year-old.
Koubai people have continued to come, pray, I obtained the consent of the Living Buddha, the camp-site Xing and work with them to dinner. To eat dinner is skinned, possession of DCB (made from highland barley). However, do not use all the bowl with a clean, no tables and chairs, for the stool as a table, eating is not washing dishes, and Tibetans do not have this habit, but with the tongue licking the bowl clean, which even the dishes.
Two men to understand a little Mandarin, and this exchange is not a good thing, and even have a lot of inconvenience.
After dinner, chat with them. Know that they and his entourage wanted to go to Qinghai Lake, Mount Wutai, Mount Emei in Sichuan, which I was really a great attraction of the moment decision, trying to be with them.
The tallest man tall monk called Jampa, car is his open, relatively up to understand Mandarin. I think that after listening to him, he asked me: "Do you want to do monks do? With the Living Buddha counterparts, do not need to pay all fees, uniform expenses, but to keep commandments." I think this is worthy of the title is a good idea, first thanks Living Buddha of the division bar, to be a lay disciples also good, but can also follow the Buddha wander seas. I asked Jampa: "do not you go home?" He said: "It was a monk there would be no home, no father and mother, and did not come home, and a lifetime away wander, you can do it?" I nodded agreeing to it only targeted at , with, and took out my digital camera, thanks to running in front of Buddha, saying that the gift on his arrival, hoping to take me to believers living Buddha, blessing for me. Buddha will understand a bit Mandarin, he promised, and to obey commandments, quit tobacco, alcohol, and woman and so on and accept a digital camera, back I have a phonetic translation and the Chinese classics, asked me to recite every day, and specify the the "in accordance with clothes, hair heart" a first for me to recite the scriptures.
The pedestrian and because I am, a total of 14, in addition to myself that all the monks clothing. The next day at dawn, Sagittarius and running, the destination, Sang-day a temple. According to legend, we are well known to the public once the economic self-cultivation in this temple before, but well-preserved cave of self-cultivation, so far there are a monk came to practice Buddhism enlightenment, ranging from a few months to more than a few years. There were too many of their valuables, just finishing loading spent about an hour or so, everything tied up properly, I turned on with the five female monk Farm Transporter, Jampa foot throttle, and we set off.
Field of vision all the way open, cool breeze Xiren, busy schedule, traveling, bumps of two hours or so, to the Nazuo temple. Far will be able to see it on the high-rise in the hills. Tibetan monasteries, and other similar white walls red roof, and size, mulberry day on the mountain at the foot of the town, not far from a river flowing slowly from the foot of the mountain, river bank on farmland, but also a big desert, across the top of the hill on the snow-covered, corner to the moon also strings in the air.
Living Buddha decided to live here today, the monastery's monks have been cleaned up two rooms of our house, appears to be specifically for monks around the Buddha came prepared. Unloading from the car thing is a time-consuming and laborious task. Is an hour to start fires for cooking, they are very skilled, 3 stone erected a stove, and got some firewood, soon, the fire gives birth to up, the water has boiled the. At noon the Dayton eat Tibet DCB, so only a pot of boiling water on it.
The barley into a bowl, add some Tibetan's "sugar" into the water, hand-rubbed non-stop, Dry bunched up into one group, you can eat. They do not wash their hands before kneading possession of DCB, kneading eat good, I am a little disaster has, washed their hands to rub rub come this is not customary, and good for the future health conditions have to be prepared, so looks are also openly , giving no constraints, only a limited technology, leaving them full of hands "mud" also did not bunched up into a regiment. Jampa anxiously, she smiled: "Come on, I can help you." A word such as the H-Top 5 Snow: "Come on, or my own, thank you!" Finally, I just soak the water, a bowl with a spoon this "glue" to eat it has. Well do not taste sweet and not salty, do not feel anything, some soybean paste, as we eat. Finished, I do not like them licked, but pour a bowl of water, using spoon Guagan Jing, drink down. They were not intended to discussion.
That afternoon, we go to temple with the Buddha prior to cultivation, the pity those who do not practice Buddhism. In a cave, the living Buddha and tell you something, I do not understand. Hole little too kneeling or sitting, there are some dedicated to the Buddha like, oil-black tunnel wall, he painted a number of stars, 10000 characters or something. Then went to the temple worship, each house, as long as for people like Buddha, Living Buddha sitting cross-legged on the lead and began chanting, we followed the chanting, sounds like the singing, to study what I do not know, there is pause, there is rhythm, there is synthesis, with the good. We have to worship Buddha, had to go through round turn, with the temple monks, according to a clockwise turn of this temple one side, and not stop to explain that we have legislation like the Buddha, probably like every Buddha has a moving story. Buddha is sometimes nodded, and sometimes we go back to indicate Koubai, sometimes we smile, do make faces, I found him a playful spirit.
In addition to worship outside chanting that novices on the run around, and pulling the man's hand, pulling the Living Buddha's hand, and saying something non-stop from time to time attracted everyone laugh. He was wearing a yellow robes, Messenger with a cloth, much like a little plaything, a small Buddha plaything.
Most of the afternoon time Xianxia Lai, and Living Buddhas that Taiwan will open a small-screen LCD TV, but Tibet, Taiwan, speaking in Tibetan, I do not understand.
Because the room is small, many people and I slept on car Jampa gone. The Stars looked on the night to sleep, feeling pretty good.
The early morning burst of busy, and we set off, I still chose the Farm Transporter, as this broad vision, but the sun and the dust is the biggest enemy. Our destination, Samye Monastery.
Probably the afternoon, arrived in Samye Monastery, because they are "nomadic one," so we monastery next to a forest camp, and in good condition and there is grass, there are trees, there are pools. There was another busy, camp is completed, the most important thing is for cooking, eating beef, skinned soup today, but also fried potato silk, just feel the sand surface-breaking years have become more, potatoes wire is also good, one person, one bowl, and to eat it had hidden. However, I discovered that today is not the last time with the use of the bowl, the top of the barley is also sticky powder, a spoon is also. After dinner, I still bowl with blisters, drank it down.
Thus, today, and rest, Living Buddhas sensational the VCD, which is about the life story of Guru Padmasambhava. Or Tibetan, but read some of the plot.
Samye: legend for Padmasambhava built by a master, as for the non-human, is built by spirits. Substantially the whole body of temple architecture of "mandala" in Italian, the Center for the three-story building, the first layer is the Han-style, and the second layer is Tibetan, the third layer is Indian-style. Samye Monastery is because the origin of Buddhist master Padmasambhava beat a local religious sect, "the wave" and used them as a symbol of victory. West of the monastery there is a pond, according to legend, when in the construction of monasteries, the exhaustion of the wood and gold, Padmasambhava master would be required from the pool of wood and gold. Samye Monastery near two master Padmasambhava cultivation of land are subject to time-consuming effort to reach the summit cliffs. (1 is the Green Park, self-cultivation, the one foot line in Natiao)
Is an early morning run out of breakfast, we walk a line to the Samye Monastery, because of the Living Buddha, I do not Maimen Piao, everyone is turning clockwise will Terauchi transparent, still non-stop chanting of worship, what Terauchi Buddha for what I do not know, because by living Buddhas and strong Pakistan understood the point is that Mandarin is not clear, but, as master Padmasambhava, who will say to me "Century Lotus", and let me Koubai, and sometimes a temple ago, they give me to explain "This is not artificial, man-made heaven." I nodded.
Pi Li Jie went straight tendons, temple visit all of the back woods of the camp, rest, meals. Buddha seems to talk about a joke, everyone laughed, little monks, laughing on the lawn of a roll by the Living Buddhas, from time to time he was beaten with a long sleeve look, as if his father beat disobedient son, blue thin face is still smiling. We laugh more happy, and novices Kalo Lo laughter, non-stop rolling over.
This is a strict discipline of the group, even though you are very happy time, but as long as a Living Buddha got up immediately Koubai disciples were on the ground, the five bodies to bid for land, and there is one person to his knees, shoes, sorting robes, and then everyone got up Living Buddha standing in the side, bending bow, let him come out of a Road. Living Buddha is to go out more, we watched the ceremony to follow the natural inconvenience. I only see them out of the 10 meters, the robes, Yi Liao, squatted, soon to stand up and come back. Like disciples stood up, bending bow, stand aside to allow a wide avenue, the pagoda in a temple dedicated to Buddha on the back (a sheep blankets), Living Buddha picked up the case field of human insulation commonly used in bullet-type stainless steel cup, sipping the one, with this action uttered Qing Tan, we again sat cross-legged, his joking, but also laughter, all this process, only bulky black-strong Pakistan did not move, it's still sitting in the original land.
Fire for cooking, packing luggage and all other chores they have to do a female monk, Jampa only occasionally help out, most of time they take care of an retro row seat truck, take a look here, Nong Nong there. Naturally, women served tea or drinks Monk's work, as if they also have a certain division of labor, there are two dedicated pouring Sheng Fan, careful and thoughtful in every possible way, there are two beautiful little female monk relatively specific responsibility for finance and large items, such as tinkering with electrical appliances, the release of VCD. There is an older female monk is responsible for the fire, the other a few collection of firewood for cooking. Living Buddha daily living if it can be done for the living Buddha side wash water, delivery toothbrush, take off their shoes, shoes, serving to sleep, who is on who is available. However, this division of labor is sometimes not very clear, female monk is also a woman Well, a few days every month so inconvenient, this time on behalf of someone else to be.
Female monk who work hard working, and never prop up mud with water, neat. In addition, they also did not forget the chant, recite morning and evening every day it is imperative to do homework, usually with the idle, it will come up through the book, talk over them. Jampa Buddha bead even leave their hands, mouths mutter prayers at any time. Novices addition to the morning prayers, the usually very few in mind and most of the time have become all the funny things, especially living Buddha, he is very sensible, often helping us to do things, especially at meal time, he would be busy with not a stop for everyone served tea or drinks, and often robbed the female monk who abilities. As for the Living Buddha Well, I rarely see him chanting, in addition to the time of Buddha. But he Chukouchengzhang is singing, high and low there are restrictions, there are sections pause, the whole orchestra to lead the line into the water, fine welding incomparable.
Listen to Jampa said Living Buddha in the Green Park, self-cultivation for three years, lived in a cave is also the place where self-cultivation master Padmasambhava, tomorrow we go there, you will also see others who are self-cultivation of the monks.
The next morning, we really set off, this time without luggage, only to people on the list, because as long as you can back and forth. Auto starting soon and female monk who, as usual, began to chant, and they were chanting, it sounds like singing, in fact, chanting. Jin Ting You just started listening to hear a lot, and trouble.
Small bumps when the Green Park to the foot of the mountain land cultivation. From afar, there are a lot of temples and houses. A difficult journey began. Lijiang, Tiger jumped I already have experience, 28 to Po as geography, can kill you, and this road mountain heavier. Only feel that not enough air, his legs become soft, cardiopulmonary tear, vowed again not to come the second time.
After a two monasteries, came to a village far from the Ben tearful voice of a woman over, thanks to the Living Buddha in front, burst into tears and kept saying something to the village to a lot of people, like like to see the relatives, and asked Jampa found out, Living Buddha before in this self-cultivation, they are the living Buddha's disciples, the long-awaited reunion, Back there again, there are thousands of natural emotion. Living Buddha prudent propped women give you a warm greeting was welcome women into the home. Said to be at home, that is, a cave, a stone outside the lei, you can only shelter against the elements, which turns out to be painted the walls at home, in addition to a bed you can sit, you go to the ground. Women cry more than half a full hour before starting the convergence tearful voice, Wenzhangwenduan, and when we opened the gate, then son of the Living Buddha to ask this person and pulling the man's hand and blessing to you, and let everyone drank the holy water (installed in the Master of green tea bottle, making ominous). Tibetan women give it finished DCB, rest a moment, led by the strong Pakistan, we have to proceed to the summit of spiritual perfection. Living Buddha did not go, probably because he has already spent three years at this, so that disciples were to watch a concept of Mu Mu on the list. He would stay at women's home, chatting with the villagers.
This way than just the more trouble-free easy in some places there is no road, mountain thorns, stumbled, and finally see, see a cliff, a monk sitting cross-legged. Say hello to him, he politely stood up to speak with you, and pointed to the left, a small hut, the joy of the crowd walked past, and this is a thousand years ago a master Padmasambhava, as well as a large number of monks living Buddha, as well as Our self-cultivation of the places where Buddha, which has been collated for the Buddha, as the point with a row of butter lamps, but also pasted a few elsewhere, is easy to see the monk Lama photos. We sit cross-legged, naturally chanting. Completed, each came forward, Koubai, and then on the outside and talking to a monk who practice Buddhism. Of life around him stood pots and pans and other appliances, there is a Shi Lei, a stove, a few metal barrels, above the words "military compressed dry food." He has been five months of this self-cultivation, and did not know realize what. Waved goodbye, as if parting a close ally, when everybody was starting from another path down the mountain, the road to see another cave several self-cultivation, all-lei a stone on the door, probably nobody.
Fortunately, hard all the way back to the village. Living Buddha with you take pictures, the mountain monastery of the monks have also heard the news came, and Buddha pictures, and then we went to a house, a huge rock lying roof, half submerged in the room next. From their words, I heard the "Century Lotus" is to know here is a master of the monuments with the Padmasambhava. Sule Pagoda and a courtyard with a stone inside, dark, a stone cross on the roof. There are statues, there is butter lamps, there is an old man waiting in here, see the crowd came in and gave her say hello to everyone to explain themselves. Zhiyi Zhi depression on a boulder, the other side of the depression, and asked Jampa know that this is a master Padmasambhava left handprints and footprints, everyone touch, worship as a means to be a Reiki master.
Beit End master Padmasambhava, alone in the pictures of Buddha, it is necessary to do his homework, as long as there is authentic, he pictured.
Under Te-shan, we return to the camp, followed by a day of rest. During the day, female monks who dance, the center of Tibetan dance. With the songs, Hada flying, dancing, looking their actions are not complex, can be decomposed into a few basic movements, ran amok in turns, it is so you can dance the last two hours. I also studied science, but the poor coordination of the body and eventually have no one like to dance and pour attracted everyone's laughter. Novices will not jump, but also scrape together a lively, and as I sing one together, we laugh even more numerous.
That day, the Buddha specially prepared white rice as a way to me from outside its scope. Well not flattered by the flavor, rice Riga butter, put salt and beef, sour tastes salty. What did they eat should put points, butter and salt, and even tea have salt, I call it salty tea, no butter tea tasty. Follow them these days, the Tibetan diet I greatly enjoy, and even the never cooked, only the dried beef I eat. Air-dry them to eat beef, as it is to eat butter, designed to eat the meat, mostly as a paternity materials, and other things to eat cooked. At first, I diarrhea, and later also normal.
The third day, we went to another master of self-cultivation of the places where Padmasambhava, the location to which the passers-by in the Samye Monastery near the step tourist routes, in a valley, also located in the Peak. Here is a spring, in the Living Buddha, this is a sacred spring, to drink one, line Anointment ceremony. Listen to Jampa said that this kouquan inexhaustible, using them is not the mechanics, has never dried up before, yes master Padmasambhava knock out battle with the Po.
That day we also went to the pine stone pagodas, five master Padmasambhava with god, out of the White Tower in the overnight change. Feels like nothing special, but every seat Sule Pagoda is made with a piece of stone carving.
Finally leaving the camp, and tell the truth, I was here a few days, a little tired, and no one to speak, the endless temples and self-cultivation, the endless climb mountains, eat the sand, more painful starting from Zetang, I have not bathed, body greasy, nail crevices full of dirt, but to use it with both hands to take something to eat, eat the food they do come out. I am worried that I would get on the gallstones.
Buddha said that we go to a male color Monastery near Lhasa, and the mountains are self-cultivation, we have to 15 days, where self-cultivation, which is the monks must do their homework. There's also a self-cultivation has been two decades of monks. To awaken a dreamer, I intended to force the complete collapse, decided to give up.
Perhaps 15 days later, I will see the living Buddha in Lhasa, strong Pakistan, novices, as well as female monks who, perhaps I will go to Qinghai with them, maybe I will be shaved hair, wearing robes. . .
Author: aboo
