different paths

Vermilion walls, glazed tiles, golden Falun.

In the white snow, a simple and heavy temple stands quietly on the mountainside, leaning against the cliff and facing the cliff.

In the cold winter season, thousands of mountains and birds are gone, and the sound of thousands of sounds is peaceful.The gate of the temple is closed tightly, as if to completely isolate the troubles of the world.

A gust of new wind blew by, and the gate of the Falun Hall in the temple creaked and closed.In the center of the main hall, there is a huge statue of Tsongkhapa.Made of gilt copper, it is more than two feet high, with a smiling face, and two hands in the seal of the Dharma, sitting on the lotus platform.Around the lotus platform, there are long-burning lamps that have been polished brightly.

The shadow of the lamp shakes slightly, and the fragrance of Buddha floats.

On the worship mat in front of the Buddha, there is a person kneeling.

His shirt was stripped off, and his lean back was bloody.A thick and long iron chain spread all the way from his feet, hidden behind the huge Buddha statue.At first glance, the iron chain weighed at least several tens of kilograms, and a blade less than half an inch long protruded from each link. The candle was flickering, and there seemed to be liquid on the blade, which was slowly flowing.

An old voice came from behind the Buddha statue: "King Miaose is willing to sacrifice his wife and son to be eaten by Yaocha. Why?"

In one life, the Buddha was born as the king of wonderful colors and was the king of a country.Although the country is prosperous and the people are prosperous, he is not satisfied and wants to ask the great virtue to teach him the Dharma. 33 Heavenly God Emperor Shi, knowing his wish, turned into a big medicine fork and tested him in the lower realm.The big Yaksha was ugly and vicious, with a terrifying face, but King Miaose was not afraid when he saw it. He was even more delighted to hear that the other party was willing to teach him the Dharma.

Although Da Yacha agreed to teach him the Dharma, he had one condition, that is, to fill his stomach.What a mortal can't eat can't satisfy a big medicine fork. He wants to drink human blood and eat human flesh, and he must have fresh food to satisfy his hunger.King Miao Se was a little embarrassed, he didn't know where to find fresh human flesh and blood.

Big Yaksha said, your son is fine, so King Miaose offered his son.The big medicine fork tore the son apart and ate it into his stomach, and said to King Miaose, "I am not full yet, and it should be enough to eat your wife. King Miaose offered his wife again."After eating his wife, the big medicine fork was still not satisfied. He said to King Miaose, if I eat you, I will be full.

King Miao Se did not directly agree this time, but said tactfully that he dare not spare his physical life, but if he died at this time, how would he hear the Dharma.If one can hear the wonderful Dharma first, then one will not be afraid of a hundred deaths.Da Yacha spoke twenty words to him, and King Miaose proved the Dharma and attained the Tao.

The twenty words spoken by Da Yacha were slowly coming out of the mouth on the mat: "From love comes sorrow, from love comes fear. If you are separated from the one you love, you will have neither worry nor fear."

"Not bad." The Empress Buddha said humanely.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a crash, and the iron chain on the ground jumped into the air flexibly like a whip, and fell heavily with the sound of breaking through the air. back.

Bleeding.

"What a man who is separated from his love." The voice of the Buddha's descendant was very powerful, "How did you go down the mountain this time?" The sound of the iron chain sounded again, and his voice was like a bell, shaking the whole hall .

"I know I was wrong." The waistline of the person on the mat was straight, even if the heavy iron hit him, even if the blade pierced into the flesh, he still remained motionless, just like Yang Rusong.

"Know what's wrong?" The Buddha's descendant said in a serious tone, "Listen carefully."

"You owe my life, and I will pay your debt. Because of this karma, after hundreds of thousands of kalpas, you will always be born and die."

"You love my heart, and I pity your face. Because of this karma, after hundreds of thousands of kalpas, I am always bound."

Swipe the chain every word, raise the whip every word.

The smell of blood was mixed in the incense of Buddha, and gradually permeated.The shadow of the iron chain slid across the body of the Buddha, and the Buddha statue seemed to be sympathetic, without saying a word.

"The entanglement of life and death is only due to the three karma of killing, stealing and prostitution." The Buddha's descendants finally paused in their hands and stopped the iron chain.

"Disciple, be taught." The person on the mat paused every word, speaking with difficulty.The muscles on his back were turned outwards, bleeding profusely, and the worship mat under his knees could no longer see its own pattern, it was covered in blood.The hall was full of ever-burning lamps, but he couldn't feel any warmth. Cold sweat trickled down his forehead and back of his neck, meeting the wounds on his body, and there were bursts of dizzying pain.

Outside the palace gate, the cold wind howled past, and inside the palace gate, there was the sound of wooden fish, but there was no other sound.

The cold winter nights are the hardest.

Ordinary people have returned home at this moment, closed the door, burned the firewood vigorously, boiled a pot of hot soup, or rolled the bedding on the heated kang, all of which are excellent.But there is a group of people who can only find a cave in the deep mountains to make ends meet at this moment, it is very miserable.The craftsmen on Liufan Mountain are exactly such a group of people.

Liufan Mountain originally had no name, but was named after Liufan Temple.Liufan Temple was first built in the previous dynasty, and the treasure of the town temple is a ten-person-high stone statue of Sakyamuni Buddha.This statue has a majestic appearance and a magnificent appearance, which is rare in the world. In addition, many people have witnessed the birth of the golden dome covering the body of the Buddha, and it has attracted many good men and women to worship.Dynasties have changed, but this temple of the former dynasty has been preserved. Whether it is the elders of the previous dynasty or the dignitaries of the current dynasty, they have all made great contributions to the continuation of the incense of Liufan Temple.

There is a Chenglian town at the foot of Liufan Mountain. In the town, there is a royal official who is sincere and generous. He found all the craftsmen on Liufan Mountain.The purpose is to engrave the six reincarnation Buddhist paintings on the six stone walls from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain on Liufan Mountain, so as to gain a strong reputation.Now that it is snowing heavily, there are very few people going up to the mountain to pilgrimage, so he saw the right time to start work. When spring begins, there will be a new atmosphere on Liufan Mountain.

His wishful thinking was done quickly, but it was hard for these craftsmen to work.The weather was already bad, and they were in the middle of the mountains, with no access to the village or store, so it was bearable during the day, but at night, the mountain wind howled past, and there was no living thing in a radius of tens of miles. Huge strange rocks accompany them, eerie and strange.In the huge cave, a small bonfire was burning in the center.The Buddhist paintings on the stone walls in the cave have not yet been completed, and some of them have only half a face. Under the jumping flames, they look extremely terrifying.

"Ugh-"

The sound of the wind was like weeping and complaining, and it became more and more creepy in the dark night.A craftsman in the cave finally couldn't help shaking, and asked the man who looked like a foreman lying by the fire, "Boss Sun, there seems to be some movement outside just now..."

The one called Boss Sun raised his eyelids lazily: "What's the sound, isn't it just the wind? Don't worry about nothing, go to bed quickly, and get up early tomorrow."

"That movement is not wind..." The craftsman opened his mouth, looked at Boss Sun's closed eyes, and finally swallowed what he wanted to say.

In the early morning of the next day, a panicked voice came from outside the cave: "Sun, Boss Sun, it's not good, come out and look!"

Boss Sun, who was sleeping soundly, got up impatiently, and said angrily, "Why howl, your father is dead!"

When he walked out of the cave with an angry face and followed the sights of several craftsmen, he was suddenly shocked and completely lost sleepiness.On the opposite cliff, there are three lines of blood red characters:

"I have heard the great name of the treasure temple for a long time, but I am so stingy. It is easy to get it, but it is hard to find it. The Buddha is merciful, and he will not hesitate to give me a stone head to relieve my pain of lovesickness.

"Star Picker"

The top of the cliff is where the stone statue of Sakyamuni Buddha is located.In the faint morning light, a huge stone statue stood facing the cliff, the mist dispersed, the neck of the stone statue was empty, and the Buddha's head disappeared.