paranoianovel Chapter 154: The Ceremony of Enthroning the Buddha (12)
Chapter 154: The Ceremony of Enthroning the Buddha (12)
Chapter 154: The Ceremony of Enthroning the Buddha (12)
The morning light is faint,
The bright golden sunlight shone on the white-painted blockhouses of Wuxiang Zunneng Temple, covering them with a layer of golden brilliance.
Bells ring in the monastery on the barren hill.
at the foot of the mountain,
crowded,
Those people, monks, and bureaucrats from all over Changyun Prefecture walked on the long mountain road, rushing to enter the temple, and watched the ceremony of Wuxiang Zunneng Temple's disciples entering the temple.
After the Buddha entered the temple,
It is necessary to carry out a three- to five-year retreat practice—the Buddhist disciples with strong support behind them, join the weaker monasteries,
Then the period of practice can be greatly shortened.
Even three to five months can complete the practice.
After completing the practice,
The temple will advertise Zhudharma Temple,
Monks from all temples are invited to come to this temple to observe the "Dharma Seat Ceremony" of the Buddha.
The Buddha who sits on the throne is the 'Hutuktu' of this temple, and the abbot is the venerable.
However, some Buddhist disciples even practiced all their lives, but failed to "practice perfection", and could not succeed to the position of the abbot in their entire lives.
The reason for this is mostly because the Buddha himself is weak,
Entering the temple is like a bird falling into a cage,
not to leave
We can only let the powerful faction in the temple handle the power,
The faction in power has not let go of power for a day,
The Buddha's son will not be able to succeed the position of the abbot for a day.
However, the majority of those in power are afraid that after the son of Buddha inherits the position of the abbot, they will liquidate themselves, and often choose to leave the abbot's position vacant for decades.
Until you choose the next Buddha son who makes you happy,
Only then will the authority be released slowly.
Behind every ceremony of selecting buddhist disciples and seat of Dharma temples in the secret Tibetan area, there are countless open and secret struggles and power changes.
No Buddhist temple can be an exception.
In the largest main hall of Wuxiang Zunneng Temple,
Dainichi Tathagata lives in the center, and on the huge murals enshrined by King Kong and Dharma protectors, it is embellished with gold color, chiseled copper and silver.
Strips of silk are adorned on the portrait of 'Dainichi Tathagata' in the murals,
It's like putting on a colorful dress for it.
Under the huge mural, a double-layered throne made of pure copper, inlaid with gold and silver, decorated with enamel, and a green and moist gemstone inlaid on the top of the throne is placed on the steps.
This is the 'Dharma seat' of the abbot of 'Wuxiang Zunneng Temple'.
The 'Dharma seat' represents the inheritance of a monastery 'Hutuktu'.
There are high and low points.
The most noble seat is the top of Daxue Mountain, and the source of the monks in yellow is the five-story seat.
Below the top of the snow mountain,
There are "Qionhong Zhaofa Temple", the largest temple in the northern region, "Gema Temple", "Shashi Dharma King", and "Jincheng Temple", the largest temple in the southern region. These four Hutuktu and Dharma kings are inherited, and they are four-story Dharma seats.
in the hidden domain,
The number of Dharma temples is no less than hundreds of thousands, and the number of monks is more than tens of thousands.
However, in the Zhufa Temple, there are only a hundred temples that have the inheritance of the Dharma seat and the abbot can be called "Hutuktu".
In nearly a hundred temples,
The throne inheritance of most monasteries is only one level.
Those who can have double-layer Dharma seats are one of the largest temples in a state.
And the inheritance of the Dharma seat of 'Wuxiang Zunneng Temple' is exactly the inheritance of the double-layer Dharma seat.
At the moment, under the dharma seat decorated so expensively,
On the gold and copper steps with hollow carvings, there is a golden silk satin futon, and the 'Buddha son' Tianhai sits cross-legged on the futon, accepting the worship of the people,
The salutations of monks sent by other monasteries,
Congratulations from the officials of the Zongfu in Changyun Prefecture.
Strands of pure white silk draped over his body.
He was wearing a golden cone hat, a silk yellow dress, and strings of rosary beads hanging around his neck. Strings of jewels, gold and silver ritual vessels were piled up all around, making him look even richer and more powerful.
It contrasts with this magnificent Buddhist hall.
"Tianjue Temple sent a 'Hamaru' who holds the auspicious mother mantra..."
"Jindou Daguang Temple sent a pair of Vajra Pestles holding the secret mantra of Vajra Pupa..."
"Mendu Temple..."
……
The Zhike monk was guarding the entrance of the main hall, and the reputation of singing continued to spread from his mouth.
And the gifts sent by the temples,
They were all piled up around Su Wu.
In such a bustling scene, Su Wu's eyes, whose Dharma name was still 'Tianhai', were calm, without any fluctuations.
He observed the people in the hall,
The elders of the East and West Schools, who were guarding under the golden steps of the throne, were also silently observing Su Wu, to see if this 'Buddha's son' was a child who was easy to control?
Regarding all the responses Su Wu made in order to seek the position of Buddhist son of Wuxiang Zunneng Temple,
They have been concealed tacitly by Guangquan and Guangming four monks,
At present, the elders of the Second East and West Schools only know that the process of the two monks Guangming rescuing the Buddha is very difficult, but they do not know that it is not the two monks Guangming and Guangtong who occupy the absolute dominant position in this process, let alone the two monks who seized the Buddha. Guangquan and Guanghai who failed,
It was the little Buddha in front of them who seemed relatively quiet.
The lengthy ceremony came to an end as the elders of the East and West Schools continued to test Su Wu.
The setting sun rises outside the temple,
The fiery afterglow poured in from the door, covering the floor.
All the outsiders in the hall have dispersed, or they have gone down the mountain, or they have been arranged by the elders of the second dean to keep them in their respective concubines' courtyards.
Waiting to enjoy the entertainment activities prepared by the elders of the Second Dean in the evening.
In the hall, only a few monks were cleaning the hall, wiping away the footprints left by the guests.
After some probing,
The elders of the East and West Second Dean are quite satisfied with the current Buddhist disciples.
They all felt that the Buddha son 'Tianhai' was well-behaved and quiet, not much to do.
"Divide these magical instruments and gold, silver and orbs into two parts, put them in boxes, and send them to the Discipline Institute and the Jinglun Institute for safekeeping." Kang Xiong, the precept elder of the East Institute, summoned a bright yellow-clothed monk and instructed him .
The monk in yellow hurriedly responded,
He bowed his body and walked to the futon, and saluted the little Buddha again,
Only then did people move out two large boxes that were obviously prepared in advance, and put the exquisite utensils piled up around Su Wu into the boxes by category.
Su Wu looked at the actions of those monks with hesitation.
The elders of the Second Dean also observed Su Wu in the dark.
Seeing that Su Wu could resist letting the monks take away everything that belonged to him, the elders of the Second Dean looked at each other and frowned.
They are not afraid of the flamboyance of new Buddhist disciples,
I'm afraid that he can endure the sinking.
After many trials before, the preliminary judgment of Su Wu established by the elders of the Second Dean was slightly shaken.
suddenly,
Seeing the monk in yellow pick up a 'Hamaru' rattle and put it in the box,
Su Wu reached out and grabbed the other party's sleeve, and looked at the monk in yellow with a hint of request in his eyes: "Can you leave this thing for me?"
The monk in yellow was stunned,
Immediately put down the hamaru and knelt down on the ground.
Several monks he summoned fell to their knees.
——Regardless of whether this newly-promoted Buddhist can succeed in the future, he is still a Buddhist, not those yellow-clothed monks who can be insulted and contemptuous.
They couldn't afford Su Wu's entreaties,
Not to mention disobeying the orders of the elders of the Second Academy,
I can only kneel on the ground and act as a wood carving and clay sculpture.
in the corner,
The elders of the East and West No. [-] School who were secretly observing Su Wu all had smiles on their faces, and their eyes exchanged momentarily.
It turns out that Buddhas are not good at forbearance,
It's because what it really wants has not been taken, so there is no response,
But when what he wanted was taken away, he would still be "speaking out" and couldn't help it.
The elder of the Second Dean had a similar thought in his heart.
Elder Jinglun of Xiyuan came out with a smile on his face. He went to Su Wu's futon and piled the hamaru, together with the vajra pestle, bone flute, vajra prong, and some beautiful and fun golden bead utensils. before noon,
He smiled kindly and said, "Buddha, these things will be returned by the Second Court when you become an adult.
These are things that belong to you, Buddha.
Now that the Buddha wanted to play with one or two pieces, why wouldn't we agree?
Now the Buddha will take all these things around the futon! "
"Really?" Su Wu was very happy when he heard that.
Kang Zhi nodded and smiled, "Of course it's true."
"Thank you Elder!
Thank you elder! " Su Wu stretched out his arms, wanting to hold those things in his arms, but because his arms were too short, even if he straightened his arms, he couldn't hold all the things in his arms.
And while his face was full of excitement, he took over the treasures without concealing his greed,
While thanking Kang Zhi again and again,
It made Kang Zhi laugh out loud.
Kang Xiong in the dark also laughed for a while,
Then out of the veil,
With a straight face, he said to Su Wu: "Buddha, tonight, you still need to exercise your body with medicinal liquid, and wait until tomorrow to formally practice the 'Peng Wang Mo Ri Dafa'.
When the Buddha eats later, remember to use less,
In order to avoid exercising with medicinal soup at night,
Vomiting due to overeating. "
"Okay, I got it! Elder." Su Wu hugged a pile of gold and silverware, and nodded to the elder discipline.
……
Dinner at night, although the Buddha kept in mind the teachings of the precept elders,
But facing a table full of delicacies,
Still can't help but eat a lot.
The monk who was in charge of serving the Buddha's son reported the news to the elder of the precepts. The elder of the precepts heard it with a smile and did not say a word.
at night,
Su Wu had already gone to bed early in the room,
It seemed that he hadn't thought of it at all. Today, the precept elder asked him to take a medicinal bath for him at night to exercise his body.
Until the precept elder Kang Xiong came in with a few medicine monks,
The two servants designated by the Buddha in the room, Danjia and Peiwang, woke up the sleeping Buddha in a panic,
Change clothes for him.
With a straight face, Kang Xiong stared at Dan Jia and Pei Wang and reprimanded him: "If you haven't fulfilled your duty tomorrow night, let the Buddha go to sleep at this time.
You two go to the 'Fire Prison' to receive your sentence! "
The two servants were seven or eight-year-old boys, their faces turned pale with fright, and they almost burst into tears.
Su Wu, who was a little awake, also seemed to be cowering in fright,
But Kang Xiong turned to Su Wu, his face suddenly softened, and he asked the four medicine monks behind him to come forward, each holding a lacquer box to Su Wu, and he said in a warm voice: "Buddha, among these four lacquer boxes, there are A prescription for physical fitness that only the abbot can use.
The effect is much stronger than that of 'Yuanzhao Dayu Soup',
Only by using this prescription to exercise the body, the physical accumulation of the exercise is enough for the Buddha to practice the 'Peng Wang Mo Ri Dafa'.
The keys of these four lacquer boxes are the bunch of keys you received when you became a Buddhist disciple.
Please use the key to open this box.
These four medicinal monks were all planted with the 'Secret Mantra of Protecting and Holding the Dharma Pulse' since childhood, and all the privacy of medicines related to the Venerable Abbot,
None of them will be disclosed to the second person.
including me. "
Hearing Kang Xiong's words, Su Wu hurriedly rummaged around, followed by his two servants: "Where did my key go?
Help me find it!
I still have the key with me.
Why is it gone now? "
(End of this chapter)