Holy Bone

Chapter 471 Is it not serious to send a child Buddha or are we too obscene? (5k big chapter, there will be another chapter later)
The passage down into the Great Rift Valley is a stone staircase covered with yellow sand that has been exposed to wind and sun for thousands of years. This stone staircase is built straight up and down, a little steep.

With such a steep stairway, I don't know how this Buddhist country gets in and out of materials. Thinking of this, Jin'an inexplicably thought of a profession, husband porter.

During the heyday of the Buddhist kingdom, the industry of carrying husbands is probably very popular, right?

There is a lot of sand on the steps, the sand is very slippery, walk along the slippery steps to the end, there is a plank platform with a huge Buddha statue in the palm of your hand, there are many thick pillars standing on the platform, and you can still see it on the pillars Traces of pulleys and ropeways.

Jin An looked at these details, and thought: "In the past, this place should be a place for unloading and transporting goods. Those porters unloaded goods here, and then the people of the Buddha Kingdom used these cableway devices to transport daily necessities deep into the Buddha Kingdom. Luxuries such as tea and silk. However, after so many years, this place has been abandoned for so long, and the once prosperous scene has long since become a dilapidated wasteland."

The left and right sides of the plank road platform are accessible, leading to the left and right cliff corridors respectively. Those cliff paths are carved out of the solid mountain by hand, deeply embedded in the cliff, and have the exotic style of the cliff path in Guojia Village. taste.

The five of them traveled lightly and traveled very fast along the way. They passed one big Buddha statue after another. When they looked down from a high place, they felt that these big Buddha statues were magnificent and majestic.

When walking at the feet of these big Buddha statues, sometimes passing through the body of the big Buddha statues, and facing the big Buddha statues not far from the opposite side at close range, the huge oppressive force, as well as the majesty of historical precipitation, The atmosphere, oncoming, awe-inspiring.

It seems to be walking in a divine kingdom full of Buddhas. Those Buddhas are condescending, looking down at the suffering in the world, and want to save the world from the sea of ​​suffering to the other side without disaster and hunger.

It's an amazing experience.

People are influenced by subconscious mind all the time, wanting to take refuge in my Buddha.

Fortunately, the people who can get here are not mediocre people, and the influence of this little ambition can be kept.

It didn't take long before they came to the first building of the Buddha Kingdom. The buildings of the Buddha Kingdom were excavated deep into the cliff just like the cliff road.

This is a Buddhist temple building, but the strange thing is that other places in the Buddhist hall are neat, but the Buddha statue is missing.

"There are new shoe prints in the Buddhist hall. It seems that we have found the right direction. Those who entered the Buddhist kingdom took this cliff road." Before stepping into the Buddhist hall, Mr. Yiyun first discovered the Buddha. There are shoe prints in the hall.

There is a thick layer of dust accumulated in the Buddhist hall, thicker than the dust accumulated in the ruins of the Guchi Kingdom and the Temple of the Ear of the Desert.

It shows that these affiliated countries of the Undead God Kingdom are gradually dying from the inside out, and the closer they are to the Undead God Kingdom, the crazier they become.

They roughly searched the Buddhist hall, but they didn't find any useful clues in the Buddhist hall. If there were any clues, the two waves in front probably got there first.

There are many Buddhist temple buildings in this Buddhist country, and then I found several Buddhist halls, and all the Buddha statues enshrined in them were missing.

"Although this place is called the Buddha Kingdom, there are many large Buddha statues carved on the cliffs, which are majestic and majestic, but the Buddha statues in the Buddhist hall are all missing. Do you know what it is called?"

Mr. Yiyun frowned: "This is called nameless."

"It's also called being dead in name."

"This is a Buddhist country abandoned by God. What happened here, even the Buddha gave up this Buddhist country?"

Jin An nodded thoughtfully: "If the name is not right, the words will not go well, and if the words don't go well, nothing will happen."

"Be careful next time, I think there may be a great horror in this Buddhist country!" Jin An finally reminded with a slightly dignified expression.

The three of them, Ai Yimaimati, who have been following behind the two, looking around like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, were confused by the Chinese idioms.

If you don’t understand, ask: “What is in name but not in reality? What is in name only?”

Mr. Yiyun: "It means that although there are many Buddha statues carved on the cliff here, it is still called the Buddha Kingdom in name, but in fact this Buddha Kingdom no longer exists, and even the Buddha has abandoned them."

Aheqi with the phoenix on his back: "This Buddhist country has already perished, and it is normal for the Buddha to leave."

Mr. Yiyun shook his head: "When I say death, I don't mean to perish, but to mean that the Buddha's mind is dead, and the Buddha's nature is dead."

The three of them nodded in a half-understanding manner.

Next, the five people and one bird continued to walk along the cliff road. Many plants and ancient vines hanging down from the cliff were seen along the road. The green vegetation became more lush and full of vitality as they walked in.

"I can't even see a bird here, I can only see the motionless vegetation, and I can't see a single bird or animal that can move, run, or fly." Ai Yimaimati said curiously.

Jin'an: "The ferocious birds and beasts fight against danger all the time, natural selection, so their perception of danger is more sensitive than humans. For example, ants can sense earthquakes earlier than humans, and rush out of the ground; birds can sense earthquakes in advance. There is a big storm, and the whole family migrates; for example, tigers, pigs and leopards can sense the coming torrents in advance, and will give up rabbits, deer and small animals along the way, and all animals escape from the mountains together..."

"Perhaps there is really some danger hidden in this Buddhist kingdom, so all those who can escape have run away, and only those who cannot escape are left."

What Jin An said was a bit mysterious, and these people from the Western Regions were taken aback when they heard it.

Aheqi, who was carrying a sack, had an epiphany expression on his face: "I understand, it's like a camel is a desert beast, which can lead us to find water sources in the endless desert!"

"Almost the same reason." Jin An nodded.

"Actually, Taoist Master Jin'an missed a little bit of observation." At this time, Young Master Yiyun was standing on the edge of the cliff, pinching those ancient vines, flowers and plants that were hanging down with his fingers.

Oh?
Mr. Yiyun looked at these flowers and plants, and continued to say: "When I have nothing to do, I have studied "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", and "Qian Jin Yao Fang". There is a problem with the Buddhist hall, and even the flowers, plants and trees on the side of the road are not ordinary plants."

Everyone stopped and listened carefully to Mr. Yiyun's words, no one interrupted.

Mr. Yiyun frowned slightly and said: "This kind is called euphorbia. It is recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". The root can be used as medicine to reduce swelling and dissipate stagnation. It likes yin, tastes bitter, cold in nature, and poisonous. Use with caution."

"This grass is called xanthophyll. It likes both dark and humid places and sunny places. It has strong adaptability. It can be seen in many places. It mostly grows in valleys, gutters, and deep mountains and old forests with overgrown trees." It is recorded in Shennong’s Materia Medica that the tubers of xanthate can be used as medicine to clear away heat and detoxify. It tastes bitter and has slight toxicity, so use it with caution.”

She recognized several plants one after another, and all of these plants had one characteristic, they all liked dark and humid environments, and they were highly or slightly poisonous.

So, learn one more skill and travel all over the world.

Jin'an suffers because he doesn't have enough skills.

Jin An was surprised: "There are so many shade-loving plants, is this a place of extreme shade? Even if it is not a place of extreme shade, it is also a place of gathering shade."

"This Buddha country is really confusing. Is this a country of demons and Buddhas who are willing to degenerate? Or is there a Sakyamuni monk who deliberately built a Buddha country here, trying to use Buddha nature to save the yin energy here, but in the end it was saved. Didn't succeed but put yourself in?"

Natural Selection.

The yin is heavy and the yang is weak.

Even the seemingly motionless plants under the Great Rift Valley are carrying out the cruel side of the jungle.

In the end, the magic height is one foot.

These shade-loving plants are full of vitality and grow bigger and bigger. Those sun-loving plants can't compete with the nutrients and water in the soil, and are finally covered by shady and cold plants, completely ruining their vitality.

This Buddhist country is really full of doubts.

They haven't gone very far, and they have found so many suspicious points along the way.

At this time, the environment of the cliff road changes, and there is a world full of plank roads in front of you. The plank roads connect the cliffs on both sides.

This time they seem to have come to the living quarters of the people of the Buddhist kingdom. The living quarters are full of layers of buildings. They hurriedly inspected seven or eight houses, and found that these houses have one characteristic. The valuables in the houses are still there, but The things in the house were overturned and messed up, and there were many marks of knives and axes, which showed that the Buddhist kingdom was destroyed very suddenly, and the people of the Buddhist kingdom died in a war or a big riot before they even had time to clean up the gold and silver. among.

At this time, there was a banging sound on the door from the corner of the room, and Jin An and others came out from another room.

Jin An asked, "What's wrong?"

It was Benny who was knocking on the door: "Master Jin'an, I found that there is a locked door here, and I don't have the key, so I wanted to knock the door open, but it turned out that the door is quite strong."

The locked room is on the northwest side, and the door is locked with an iron chain. However, after so long, even if the iron chain has not worn out, the wooden shaft of the door has long since rotted away, so Benny didn't hit it a few times. He successfully knocked open the door.

Bang, the door hit the ground heavily, and dust flew everywhere.

Everyone hurriedly opened all the doors and windows to ventilate. After waiting for a while, the flying dust in the room gradually dissipated, and then entered one by one, covering their mouths and noses.

The layout of this room is very simple, with a bed, a table, and a wardrobe. When you open the wardrobe, there are children's clothes.

"This looks like the sleeping room of the owner's children?"

Ai Mamat, Aheqi, and Benny scattered to search the room to see if they could find any useful clues.

"But this is not right. Since it is the owner's child's room, why is it locked with a big iron chain?"

"Didn't you listen to what Daoist Jin'an said? This Buddhist country is full of evil spirits. It can be seen that the owner's child is entangled by the devil, and then the child's Ata Apa locked the child in the house to prevent him from going out to harm others. But later, I don’t know why, the entire Buddhist kingdom was wiped out, maybe that devil is so powerful that even the Buddha can’t beat it.”

"Aheqi, be careful that your tongue is the same as that of the plague bird, it will bring you disaster, you kid really dare to say anything casually, you should be thankful that none of us believe in Buddhism. "Ai Yimaimati gave Aheqi a hard look, telling him to speak carefully.

The three of them were still discussing, when they suddenly noticed that Jin An and Mr. Yiyun were standing still in a corner of the house, and approached suspiciously.

Only when I got closer did I realize that the two of them were staring at something.

"Daoist Jin'an, what kind of furniture is this? Why doesn't the cabinet look like a cabinet? The furniture doesn't look like furniture?" Benny asked Jin'an curiously, pointing to the cabinet in front of him that looked like a small attic.

Jin'an: "This is called a shrine. It is used to enshrine the gods or the spiritual tablets of one's ancestors. It can be placed at home to protect the house from evil spirits."

"I didn't expect to see shrines in the Western Regions. This is a rare thing."

Benny snorted, and wanted to reach out to touch the shrine, but Jin An stopped him.

Jin An explained: "Once the shrine invites a god to live in it, it is best for future generations not to offend it at will. If the shrine lives in an upright god, it's okay to say that it's okay to say that it's an unintentional mistake. If it lives in an evil god , I have offended the evil god, and it is easy to be retaliated."

Benny: "This is the kingdom of Buddha. The Buddha that is enshrined in this shrine is also enshrined. Shouldn't it be enshrining evil gods?"

Jin An: "This room itself is very unusual. Have you ever seen a god or ancestor spirit card placed in a child's room?"

Benny thought about it seriously, then shook his head.

"So, it's unusual for this shrine to be placed here." As a result, Jin An didn't finish speaking. He didn't want others to open the shrine, but he took the initiative to open the door of the shrine.

"Huh?" Benny's eyes widened in shock.

Puchi, Mr. Yiyun beside him chuckled lightly.

"Don't worry about him. An old Taoist once told his fortune. His fate is very hard."

After listening to Mr. Yiyun's explanation, these people from the Western Regions nodded in sympathy. They didn't see Taoist Jin'an afraid of anyone along the way, and even the plague birds of Guchi Kingdom avoided him when they saw him.

Well.

Except for Mr. Yiyun who is afraid of a woman disguised as a man.

Jin An pushed open the door of the shrine pavilion, huh?He let out a cry of surprise.

"Why is he a naked little monk with no clothes on!" This time the exclamation came from the three of Ai Yimaimati.

How could they not be surprised.

Before, they had always guessed that the person enshrined in this shrine should not be a righteous god, but it turned out that not only a monk was enshrined in the shrine, but also a naked little mud monk.

The little monk was small and chubby, and he was still a child monk who ate cleanly.

This little monk is too small to tell whether it is a man or a woman, but there are only men among the monks, right?Jin An is thinking so seriously.

"Daoist Jin'an, you have seen a lot along the way. Look, what kind of Buddha is this naked Buddha?" Ai Yimaimati and the three looked at Jin'an nervously.

Jin An coughed dryly: "Although I am a Taoist priest, I don't have a deep understanding of Sakyamuni Buddhism, but I can give it a try."

After speaking, he reached out and took out the Buddha statue, but stared wide-eyed for a while, but couldn't tell what kind of Buddha it was.

Instead, it was found that many scriptures were engraved on the back of the Buddha statue.

But the point is that none of them can understand the scriptures.

Although he couldn't understand the scriptures, after careful consideration, Jin An always felt that this thing looked familiar.

"Amulet?" Jin An asked in surprise.

The front is a Buddha statue, and the back is a prayer scripture or a scripture for saving the dead. Isn't this an enlarged version of the Buddha card?

It's just that this amulet is too big!

"This is a scripture in Tubo language." Mr. Yiyun is still very knowledgeable, and he can see the clues of this naked Buddha statue at a glance.

"Young Master Yiyun, can you understand the scriptures on it?" Jin An showed joy, and directly handed the naked Buddha statue in his hand to the other party.

After Mr. Yiyun took over the naked Buddha statue, he did not immediately translate the scriptures, but looked up and down: "The scriptures on the back of the Buddha statue are indeed in Tubo script. This should be from Tubo's Tscha Buddha, but it is different from Tubo scriptures." Tsacsa Buddha seems to be a Tsacsa Buddha that has been artificially reformed."

"Tubo has experienced several major turning points in history. Could it be that the Buddhist kingdom here is one of the branches that escaped from Tubo?"

When talking about this, Mr. Yiyun frowned: "Is this a branch that escaped from Tubo? Why is this Tsa Tsa Buddha different from the Tsa Tsa Buddha I have seen several times, unless it is found in the Buddha Kingdom Only the scriptures and ancient scrolls left behind can find the answer."

Jin An suddenly realized that it really was a large amulet!Sure enough, he read it right from the beginning!
Although amulets are popular in Southeast Asia, the Tsa Tsa Buddha originated from Tubo. The Tsa Tsa Buddha is very large, which is not convenient for monks to carry and pray during the war years, so there is an amulet that is convenient to wear around the neck.

In essence, there is no essential difference between the amulet and the Tsa Tsa Buddha. They are both engraved with Buddha on the front and engraved with scriptures blessed by eminent monks in the temple on the back.

It's just that one is a simplified version and the other is a full version of power amplification.

Because the Tscha Tsa Buddha in front of him had been artificially altered, and he had only seen Tsat Tsa Buddha a few times before, and his impression was not deep, so he didn't recognize it at first sight.

"Then what does the scripture above mean?" Jin An urged curiously.

Mr. Yiyun glanced at the scriptures blessed by the eminent monk on the back of the Buddha statue, and then put it back in the shrine indifferently: "This little monk is the son of the Buddha, this is the Buddha who sent the son."

"?"

Jin An: "I've only heard of Songzi Guanyin, what is the way of Songzi Buddha?"

Whether it's the naked Buddha or the son-offering Buddha, Mr. Yiyun's expression was calm throughout the whole process. A gentleman is open-minded, and his actions are worthy of others and his heart. She asked calmly: "Master Jin'an, do you think the Bodhisattva is male or not?" Female?"

Jin An was startled when he heard the words, and immediately understood the meaning of the other party's words.

He's making a fuss.

Thousands of people see the Buddha, and the Buddha has thousands of faces.

All conditioned dharmas are like dream bubbles, dew and electricity, and should be viewed in this way.

Mr. Yiyun asked a simple rhetorical question, but it revealed the philosophy of Buddhism.

The three of Ai Yimaimati on the side were once again confused by Jin An and Mr. Yiyun's riddle-like exchange, but asking questions when they don't understand is the biggest advantage of the three of them. The three of them asked a little dazedly: "What do you mean?" ? Why do thousands of people see the Buddha, and the Buddha has thousands of faces?"

Jin An roughly talked about his own understanding, thousands of rivers and thousands of waters, thousands of waters and one month, thousands of people see Buddha, Buddha has thousands of faces, but there is always only one Buddha, that is, the Buddha you sincerely worship in front of you, the Buddha has no appearance , and has all the characteristics of sentient beings, good people see the Buddha as a good Buddha, evil people see the Buddha as a wrathful Vajra, and people with obsessions see the Buddha as a compassionate Buddha...

The three of them still listened ignorantly this time.

On the contrary, Mr. Yiyun slightly nodded at him, as if he approved of his interpretation.

Ai Maimati was dumbfounded: "Master Jin'an, you said that good and evil people look at Buddha differently, but we see that this little monk is indeed not wearing clothes, so is it not proper to send a child to the Buddha or are we Too nasty?"

Young Master Yiyun: "?"

Jin An: "?"

(End of this chapter)