Debate by the Sera Monastery to see (8 / 13 ~ 8 / 14)
The Sera Monastery in Lhasa, the debate is well known that this day I played very late as usual, to proceed to the Sera Monastery before noon to go, but I heard that the debate on economic activities in general began to 15:00 on the unhurried walk .
To the Sera Monastery, is already a suburb of Lhasa, the wide path on both sides long have planted many trees, want to come clean here is a relaxed place. However, the midday sun baking very seriously, I was carrying a tripod, so tired sweating suddenly see a lama holding a few small ice-cream came immediately asked where they have to buy. They actually told me I was coming in the door, which means I have to turn back to go 15 minutes, so I say, "help me go get it!" They did not want to think, put an ice-cream to the hands of the excess me, really I am sorry, and so while some of the more incense donated money bar.
The debate is a very sacred thing, at the Sera Monastery have formal school to train monks were reading and study, preaching, chanting and debates. I am very fortunate to know where the strong Pakistani masters, because when I visited the Sera just ask him some Zen-like questions. He Muguangruju head if Lohan, nose and wide ears are a Fu Xiang. He took me to visit the entire Sera, I introduced a number of Buddhist histories, as well as the history of Sera Monastery, but also invited me to their fire rooms going to drink butter tea. I was the first time lamasery the kitchen, I feel everything fresh butter buckets of-sheng of the vats, but also suffused with a deep taste of Youhua huge pot to boil water, 2 burner small lamas heading for plus dry cow dung fire on the ground. Inside the kitchen are inundated with flavor, I drink tea and chat with the strong Pakistan, the atmosphere is very good, they have given me non-stop Tim tea, until I drank no less than, and only one drinking the net, but then I only know that if do not want to drink, to The remaining number of tea, gently splashing on the floor, you now know! The fire room is Sera's financial department, I can see someone is responsible for bookkeeping and cashier. We donate money to the original part of the torch being used throughout the monastery must live material. Time to say farewell, strong division has also specifically addressed to the coach, I wrote a few words as a blessing:
Sera strong Palestinian loyalty to wish you good health and all wishes come true and good luck! Le!
2002.8.13
Because I Sera and strong Pakistan relatively long time to master the discussion, so do not spend a lot of time later to see a debate the scriptures, rushed around to the back of the mountain looked at Sera Monastery in the hills murals, actually out of the Sera Monastery in the way I found that a very worth seeing place, turned out to be Sera's nursing home. Unexpectedly bar! Tibetan lamasery have such a system, a system, caring for the elderly lama death ascended to heaven.
To leave the Sera Monastery, Potala Square, I went to look for the local shoot passport photos, because the next day to go to apply for a tourist visa for Nepal. It so happened that on the square at night Abdallah Elite Model Contest 2002 award ceremony and closing ceremony, I had seen in the Norbulingka the time of their location on the team, and now in the brilliantly illuminated, in the magnificent Potala Palace against the background, the taste of the beauty of the city and humanities.
The next day, Zhi-Xuan and I are starting with a first-Nepalese Consulate in Lhasa, visit visas and the procedure is very simple, get into today, tomorrow can be took. Then we went to visit the Tibet Museum, a full tour of 5 hours is really worth, because to see a lot of rare treasure from ancient India, Buddha, Tibet, aristocratic dress, precious Thangka and the classics, ancient Tibetan cave murals. Some paintings of animals and characters take the form of very accurate, very vividly demonstrated herding, hunting, textiles, worship and other activities. From ancient times to India, Buddhist statues, elegant gesture, style according to people, posture symmetry, the colorful head halo astounding. Aristocratic dress in peacock actually have used up all of the gorgeous wool into a great success of the robes, each turned at an angle, it reflects the strange brilliance, very beautiful. Thangka exhibition, let me further understanding of Thangka's development and its essence, the original Thangka can take many forms and different themes, different periods of Thangka with a strong historic character, I thought Duixiu and embroidery into the Thangka is really fine workmanship, while dressed in a pearl Thangka items must be called. I am also very interested in Tibetan medicine, Tibetan medicine is more like the original Western medicine, on the human body organs and tissues was very thorough understanding of context, I think that with their burial traditions are related, because, by mutilating the human body is tantamount to anatomy.
That afternoon, we went to the Sera Monastery, this time, relying on the blessing of the master Jampa, I removed the ticket. The debate upon the startled to see a lively scene of a heart. After the so-called debate was based on his Buddhist Lama to describe the understanding, and on a number of subjects to express their views and show their attitude. Two monks sitting in the central hall, such as examiners of mine, a monk to face alone the examiner, for the time being to call him bar candidates. Buddha bead hanging from his left arm, right hand raised high toward left palm violent deduction, slams the door, declaring with his speech began. Unfortunately, they are used in ancient India, Sanskrit, and we do not understand, only outsiders to see a doorway. His tone sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low, sometimes loud, sometimes gentle, it is like an aria, accompanied by clap the rhythm of sound, is divided into several paragraphs, while the examiners often ask candidates questions, and then another is a the beginning of the debate. Usually a candidate to talk to 15 minutes or so, and some can even speak for half an hour straight, so debate is to promote the minds of thinking through an important weapon. But there are also less good words table Lama, clap the voice did not sound confident when speaking naturally examiner asked and his own A little arable land, under a lot of the monks who sat on the floor, they will hiss, as if the same classroom. We looked at three consecutive Lama's debate the scriptures, the last one is very special, his hand moved faster when referring to the front of the examiner. I would like to ask them what the argument in the end, but apparently this is the secret of Tibetan Buddhism, so I made this question is a bad thing, after all, to respect other people's rules ah.
Zhi Xuan soon to return to Beijing, and I decided to go the next day to go to Shannan - the birthplace of Tibetan culture. Then went to the "sea days night market," to eat hot pot can be regarded as a farewell. This place famous in Lhasa, but I think this name better than the food.
Author: lisaxj
