(Continued above).
It turned out that on the offering table in front of the Jade Buddha, there was a fan, a white net, something that only Han had in the Han Dynasty, and now it was indeed placed in front of Fa Xian's eyes.
In a strange country, this white fan makes Fa Xian feel familiar and intimate, but familiarity makes people feel nostalgic, and kindness makes people's nose sour.
Just when Fa Xian was sad, there was an old monk next to him who had already seen everything in his eyes. He slowly stepped forward, pulled Fa Xian up, then walked to the side and sat down, and said, "The white fan was sent yesterday to make offerings. ”
Fa Xian's mood gradually stabilized, and said: "It's nothing, people are old, and they think about the old when they see things." Where did the person who brought the fan yesterday come from? ”
It's a businessman, from Tianzhu. ”
It turns out that this white fan was brought here by Zhan.
The old man still had a lot to say to the old man, and when he saw that Fa Xian was silent, he introduced himself: "The old monk Fa is called Yinluo, Fa La is more than sixty years old, and he is a local. ”
Fa Xian also introduced: "The guest monk Fa Xian, Fa La, is also more than 60 people, and he is a native of the Han Dynasty in the East. In order to seek the precepts, he traveled to Tianzhu and left his hometown for eleven years. ”
Inluo said: "There are no precepts in my temple, but some are priceless mani beads. If the precepts are required, the Mahahara Monastery in the south of the city may have them. ”
Fa Xian pointed to the bead in the jade statue's palm and asked, "This is the orb, right?" ”
No, it's just one of them. There are two things that are famous in our temple, one is that the jewelry is better than the palace, and the other is to offer the Buddha's tooth to the dreadnought Buddha hall. Inro said.
Fa Xian exclaimed: "The jewels are better than the palace, then it's worth it!" ”
Inro laughed, "Yes, these jewels have caused trouble. Once the king entered the temple treasury and saw that the jewels were dazzling, and the palace treasury could not be compared, so he had the idea of greed and wanted to send someone to seize it. After three days, the king suddenly came to his senses, and came to visit the monks, explained his evil thoughts, and then confessed to the Jade Buddha. ”
After this incident, the king ordered that the temple should establish rules, first, the king is not allowed to enter the treasury in the future; Second, even if you are a monk, you have to have forty faras before you can enter the storehouse. Master Fa Xian has come from afar, I don't know if I want to see the jewels in the library? ”
Fa Xian thanked him and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't look at the jewelry, but I want to pay homage to the Buddha's tooth, I don't know if it's convenient or not?" ”
Inluo said: "It's convenient, but the time hasn't come yet, and there is no way to pay respects." There is a Buddha tooth house in the city, to March 15 every year, the Buddha tooth is invited to the Dreadnought Mountain Temple, after the summer sitting, please return to the city immediately. If Venerable Fa Xian can wait until then, he will naturally be able to make offerings to the worshippers. ”
Fa Xian said, "Master Inluo, I will wait until that day. ”
After Fa Xian finished speaking, he said goodbye to Inluo. When Inluo was sent outside the hall, Fa Xian turned around again and asked, "Master Inluo, why doesn't the big pagoda outside the temple have a name?" ”
Following Fa Xian's gesture, Inluo looked at the forty-zhang tall tower and said, "It is nameless, but it has many names; When it comes to being famous, it doesn't have a very definite and fixed name. ”
When the Buddha came to the country of the master, in order to transform the evil dragon, he made a divine change. He stepped on this place with one foot, and the other foot on the Sumana Kuduo Peak, and the two feet were a hundred miles apart, so this tower is called the Divine Foot Tower. Suma Kuduo Peak is the highest place in the country of Shizi, there are Buddha footprints on the peak, more than seven feet long, and a tower is also built on the peak, so the two towers are also called the two-legged tower. ”
Some people also say that this tower was built by a king in ancient times in Shizi Kingdom, and the king was called Dudogamuni, so this big tower is also called Dudogamuni Tower. I don't know exactly what it should be called. Fortunately, the country understands these two towers, and then there is no third tower, and the other tower is on the top of the high mountain, few people go, people only say the tower, it refers to this tower. ”
Inluo spoke in an orderly manner, and Fa Xian was grateful in his heart, saluted Inluo again, and then went into the city.
Fa Xian learned from Inluo that the Mahabihara Monastery was famous for its rich Tibetan scriptures, so he hurried to the Mahabila and Hahara Monastery.
Two of the most famous monasteries in Shizi Country are the Dreadnought Mountain Monastery and the Mahabihara Monastery. The Dreadnought Mountain Monastery is in the north of the royal city, and the Mahabihara temple is in the south of the royal city, one north and one south, far away from each other, so the local people are called "North Temple" and "South Temple".
Fa Xian passed through the city, walked seven miles, and came to the gate of the South Temple.
Before arriving at the temple, Fa Xian had already heard the ringing of the bell and felt that there was something wrong. If the bell is not struck at the right time, there will be a big change. Sure enough, when Fa Xian entered the temple gate, he saw that the temple was very quiet, the monks were scarce, and a few small novices were sweeping the courtyard.
Fa Xian greeted a young novice who approached and asked, "May I ask why the bell is struck by the treasure temple?" Is something big going on? ”
Seeing that Fa Xian was a high-ranking monk from the borderlands, Xiao Shami replied respectfully: "An Arhat passed away in the temple a few days ago. ”
Lohan? "Fa Xian thought badly, if this arhat is the abbot of the Mahahara Monastery, then it is very inappropriate to come to seek the sutras now. Fa Xian continued to ask, "Is it the steward of the temple?" ”
Originally, it was not in our temple, but a few years ago, he crossed the sea from Tianzhu and came here. He practiced purity, and the monks in the monastery speculated that he was an arhat, but he never boasted of himself. Before he passed away, the king heard about it, came to visit him, and asked him if he had attained enlightenment, and then he said that he had attained the Arhat Fruit. Since he is an Arhat, he must be buried according to the Arhat Law. The little novice told Fa Xian everything he knew.
Fa Xian asked again: "Have all the monks in the temple gone to the burial place now?" “
Oh, yes. "Where is the burial place? ”
Walk out of the temple gate and walk to the east, about four to five miles away. If the elders want to go, they are not afraid that they will not be able to find it, there are a lot of people, and there are more than 3,000 people who went to our South Temple alone. The little novice replied.
Fa Xian thanked the little novice, went out of the temple gate, and headed east.
On the way, Fa Xian thought to himself, today is both coincidental and unfortunate.
Coincidentally, I have never seen the scene of burying Arhats, but I caught up today, and I can see it for a long time; Unfortunately, today this scripture will definitely not be available, and there may not even be a chance to borrow it.
When Fa Xian arrived at the scene, he found that it was already crowded with people. Fa Xian was behind the crowd, and he could neither see the scene inside, nor squeeze in.
Just as he was wandering left and right to find a way, a monk came from the side, and he asked Fa Xian, "Is the Master here to send Arhats?" ”
It's ......Not ......Fa Xian couldn't explain clearly, but he thought, since he was here for a long time, of course he could also give people a ride, so he said, "Yes." ”
The monk took Fa Xian to the other side, let Fa Xian pass through a makeshift wooden door, and then Fa Xian entered the middle of the crowd.
After Fa Xian stood in an empty seat, he looked around, and saw that in the middle of this place was a flat land, surrounded by a hillside on three sides, and under the hillside were rows of monks, who put their hands together, lowered their heads and lowered their eyes, and recited Sanskrit scriptures; There are many laymen and nearby villagers on the hillside.
Fa Xian's position was in the front row of the monks, and in front of him was a row of monks wearing red robes, and in the middle a white-eyed elder presided over the funeral, Fa Xian guessed that he was the abbot of the South Temple.
There are more than a dozen monks in the open space in the middle who are busy, they use thick firewood to build a square platform, about three zhang square, the top of the salary base is spread with sandalwood, there are steps on the four sides of the platform to go up, and the salary platform is covered with white muslin, and another monk takes out a coffin from the side, and the Arhat lies on his side.
When Fa Xian thought of this, he had made up his mind, and he felt a lot more comfortable.
He looked up and noticed a large tree outside the door, and then, hearing only the noise of people, the king entered.
Update tomorrow. 