Yue Guanchao and the others hid in the corridor. Although there were no longer spikes above their heads, things were still being bounced in from around them, inevitably injuring their legs and feet.
He lowered his head and picked up a copper ball: "As I said just now, this wonderful thing cannot be made just for the sake of looking good. Now it seems that there is indeed a mechanism inside. The spike ball is made from a hollow core. It uses force to say goodbye. A person’s head can be cracked even by a stone.”
While they were talking, the corridor above them was attacked frequently and cracked with cracks. There was only a crisp sound of glass, which was immediately smashed through, revealing a hole as big as a fist.
Yue Guanchao looked around. There was no damage to the palace or towers. Only many brass thorn balls fell in the courtyard, as if they were deliberately avoiding them. He immediately understood that the agency had eliminated the palace and towers, and his eyes lit up: "The one closest to us is It’s the Que Tower, let’s go to the Que Tower to take shelter first.”
After saying that, he took the lead and led everyone to avoid the hole that could collapse at any time, and led them to the tower next to the courtyard.
The porches and verandas of these towers are connected to each other. Several people rushed to the front door of the tower. Regardless of whether there was a mechanism or not, they pushed open the door with a loud bang and hid in the tower after falling tiles.
Not long after hiding in, the sun-shaped verandahs in the courtyard had been smashed full of holes. Some verandas were in ruins and began to collapse, leaving a layer of black dust accumulated for thousands of years. Even in places that did not collapse, the roofs were exposed to the light of day. , only the supporting beams were left standing alone after being smashed.
Those paper figures who were originally protected by the eaves finally suffered disaster at this moment. Copper rain fell on them who were not yet burning, and immediately opened countless holes. The paper figures of the maidservants were smashed like a hornet's nest. If she were a living person, , the body must be bloody and bloody at this moment, being stabbed like a hedgehog.
Countless copper balls fell like raindrops. In the flowing light of the golden rainbow, they shone with oily yellow light and fell to the ground. They threw up sparks, just like clouds falling on countless stars. The more beautiful they were, the more terrifying they were. After the collapse of the veranda in the distance, The dust and mist rippled with the rumbling sound, making it difficult to see clearly the direction of the courtyard.
Frightened, everyone couldn't help but feel afraid. If they hadn't run into the tower just now, their fate might not have been much better.
Yue Guanchao stood at the door and looked at the tower where they were.
The towers here are the towers built at the four corners of the "sun"-shaped veranda. The specific location is at the end on the right side of the entrance.
The tower is supported by right-angled walls and built with overlapping golden towers. The outside looks magnificent and the eaves are high, but the inside is extremely simple, even too simple. 33
It can be said that, except for the core pillar frame of the tower, basically there are only railings and floors on each floor, which are connected from top to bottom and supported by pillars and beams. There are no exquisite carvings or painted colorful screens. All the components of the tower are just Wood painted with tung oil varnish.
The words "naturally decarved" can be used just right!
At this moment, the golden rainbow light spilled into the room from the glass window, illuminating the room with chaos and neon lights, which was very strange.
"I'm sorry, these towers are just facades, it's like there is no decoration inside."
Yue Erpao looked at the central column frame of the tower. The stairs snaked upwards, leading directly to the top of the tower.
Sun Daqiao looked at the furnishings in front of him and explained: "You can't say that. The helmet-shaped towers in the Southern Song Dynasty were mostly used for worshiping Buddhas. However, the original tower shape was changed into a tower shape. In order to make the tomb The palace looks magnificent, so the outside of the tower is decorated with splendor."
"In fact, such pavilions are originally simple. The towers are mostly used to place relics or physical Buddha statues. The Buddhist precepts strictly prohibit the accumulation of treasures, painting clothes, and wearing treasures. In order to pursue the purity of the relics, it is not allowed to The tower will be built too luxuriously to prevent thieves from visiting it and losing anything.”
"Of course, this is not the case with the Royal Prayer Tower."
Sun Daqiao changed the subject: "A royal prayer tower is a royal building, and its appearance must be bright and beautiful. Even if it is not resplendent, it should still be solemn. Most of the royal blessing towers in the Northern Song Dynasty were resplendent on the outside, but they returned to simplicity inside. state, and then enshrine the relics or the physical Buddha in the pagoda.”
"This kind of extravagance on the outside and simplicity on the inside just fits the Buddhist thought of Dakinism, which means that wealth and extravagance are just illusions. What people really want to hold on to is a pure heart of diligence and frugality. Understanding it this way can actually explain Buddhism. Giri.”
"I think that's probably the truth. Otherwise, if the outside is so magnificent, how could it be that the carvings and paintings inside are missing? The presence of simple buildings in thick tombs is obviously intentional and there are reasons. Of special significance.”
Yue Erpao retorted: "But the Buddhists also have a lot of money saved. I remember that just the small temple in the town never stopped offering incense every day. This is not even a big temple like Lingyin Temple. Since the Buddhists don't I love money, so why do I charge so much money for sesame oil?”
Sun Daqiao coughed a few times and explained: "Look, even if the money for the sesame oil is tens of millions, could it be that the monks asked for it themselves? After all, it is donated by the pilgrims who come to offer incense. They may not believe in Buddhism when they come to offer incense. They just want to come to pray to gods and worship Buddha so that their wishes can be fulfilled. For us mortal beings, worshiping gods is just worshiping our own desires."
"These money are actually the personal belongings left by the pilgrims. Although they are called merit money, they are actually desires. Monks are exposed to these every day, and it is inevitable that they will be infected with the stench of copper."
For Buddhists, a large amount of money itself is a test for the monks!
If you can stop being obsessed with fame and fortune, treat money casually, and do not waste money or force it, you have passed the precept of saving money. If you suddenly understand other precepts in the future, you can achieve righteousness and become a virtuous monk. This can also be regarded as passing the precept of money. test.
If a monk is addicted to money and cannot extricate himself from it, not only chasing pilgrims' merit money, but also likes to accumulate wealth and wear gold and silver, then he has changed from a monk who was born in the world to a prisoner of desire, and he has abandoned the right path for money.
If such people do not abide by the rules and precepts, it will be difficult for them to achieve enlightenment in the future. In fact, their fate will be even worse than that of people who do not believe in Buddhism. As Buddhist disciples who cannot bear to be wary, they will suffer from old sins after death.
Sun Daqiao continued: "There is an old saying that the Buddha's heart is as firm as Bodhi and does not make money do evil in the world. Among Buddhists, whoever can really look down on money has achieved the great truth."
He paused and continued to explain: "If the old man guessed correctly, since the four surrounding towers are built like this, they must be to enshrine relics or physical Buddhas. Otherwise, there would be no such structure at all. Probably, on the top of the tower , there will be something to hold it down."
Sun Daqiao's words made everyone curious. Sun Tianqi himself came to place the urn, so he simply followed Yue Guanchao and the others up the stairs to the tower.
After setting foot on the four-story pavilion, they actually walked up the stairs to the platform at the center of the tower. This platform was firmly supported by the central beam, which not only served as a support for the roof, but also served as the floor of the top floor. The surrounding railings were closed, leaving only In the middle position, there is a lotus platform treasure tent
What is in front of you is a round lotus root platform that is larger than the mouth of the vat. The lotus petals are staggered up and down to look like they are blooming. The lotus pods are dark green and the petals are light pink. There are gold wire carvings on the surface to outline the shape of the lotus platform.
The treasure tent the size of a carriage car completely covered the lotus platform. It was supported by red lacquered wood on all sides. The top of the round helmet was made of glazed gold fans. It looked particularly bright. The curtains fell to the ground on all sides, only in their direction. It's like tying up curtains and opening them left and right.
Sitting on the lotus platform is a golden-lacquered Buddha with vivid features!
What is a physical Buddha?
Flesh Buddha, also called Flesh Bodhisattva and Immortal Buddha, is a kind of Buddha statue made from the body of a monk who has passed away.
To put it bluntly, the physical Buddha is actually a kind of relic of the living body.
Relics refer to the relics left behind by eminent monks after their death, including scriptures, classics, and books. The relics of the physical Buddha, relics, remains, ashes, clothes, cassocks, and Buddha bowls produced after his death are attributed to the relics of the original body. .
In ancient times, Buddhist temples prospered, and many tall towers were built to enshrine relics. From then on, seeing the pagoda was like seeing the relics, and seeing the relics was like seeing the Buddha. If you worship the relics devoutly, you can receive blessings from heaven. The physical Buddha is equivalent to directly burning the corpse without burning it. It is sealed in a Buddha statue as a relic, and is used to educate the world and obtain enshrinements.
This physical Buddha looks to be about thirty or forty years old. His body is slightly stout. It can be seen that the muscles hold up the clothes completely. He is very strong and thick. His legs are sitting on the lotus platform in a cross-legged meditation posture.
He was wearing apricot yellow monk robes, monk shoes on his feet, and his hands were clasped over his heart. His golden skin seemed to have been smeared with a thick layer of grease, making it look golden and shiny. If you look closely, you can feel that it has been covered with a layer of mud. It looks much richer than the real facial features. Some are flat and smooth.
The eyes, ears, mouth and nose of this physical Buddha have been slightly swollen. The ears are swollen and drooping like a Buddha statue. The eyes are closed and the head is slightly lowered. There are Buddhist beads hanging around the neck and Buddha strings in the hands. It looks like a fat and swollen living thing. People, like Buddha statues carved from clay, look particularly weird.
"Most of the people who can be made into fleshly Buddhas are eminent monks and great virtues who have passed away. After they pass away, the way Buddhist temples deal with their corpses is to either burn them into relics or put them in jars and store them. If they wait three years, If the corpse does not rot, it will become a Buddha in the flesh. According to the regulations, the body will be painted with gold and molded into a Buddha statue, so that it can be stored in the pagoda for worship by believers."
Sun Daqiao looked at the Buddha's body and analyzed it.
"Then, what's the use of such a body? Isn't this just suffering!"
Yue Guanchao looked at these physical Buddhas. They had been sitting on lotus pedestals for thousands of years, and no one was likely to worship them. It was better to be buried as soon as possible.
Sun Daqiao shook his head and explained: "That's our idea. Buddhism believes that only eminent monks and great virtues can produce relics. On the other hand, it will be judged whether the eminent monk has attained enlightenment after his death or not by whether he has produced relics or a physical Buddha. The positive result will still disappear all sentient beings. Seeing the relics actually means that the eminent monk is accepted by the Buddha. At the same time, the relics will also become the auspicious auspiciousness left by the Buddha to the world, which can maintain peace forever."
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