[Stolen pen fan] The ultimate extreme

According to Zhang Kasi's research, the entrance to the underground Buddhist kingdom is located between several holy places in the ancient Magadha kingdom, and there was once a temple that was half buried in the soil.The submersion into the soil layer is due to the long history, and archeology often uses the soil layer for dating. The reason why the Buddhist kingdom can be preserved to this day is also related to the existence of Buddhism in India for several centuries after King Ashoka.The ancient buildings have entered the soil layer, and the underground buildings of that year were obviously buried deeper and darker.

This temple has a history of more than 1000 years, and there are also folklore that it is a relic from the Ashoka era.However, according to the clues left by a certain generation of Zhang Qiling, this temple was built at the same time as the underground Buddhist kingdom, as a coordinate for the reappearance of the secrets of Buddhism hidden in the Buddhist kingdom.

The black blind man sat aside and ate Indian flying cakes, watching the archaeological team use special tools to explore down to find traces of the underground Buddha kingdom, and felt a little boring.But for a person like him, it is very comfortable to have money and not have to worry about life and death, so this bit of boredom can be ignored.

Zhang Qiling pretending to be the old Li head came to his side at some point, holding a pipe in his hand, squatting like a common businessman in the Western Regions, lifelike.

"Your tricks are stronger than mine." The blind man looked at him, "I always thought that disguise can only make people unrecognizable, but I never thought that I could look like another person."

"The underground Buddha Kingdom is the ultimate goal of my team. I have been looking for its coordinates and entrance these days, and the situation is very good now."

"The problem is that old man Li won't go to the ground." Hei Xiazi chewed the last bite of flying cakes in hand, "So how do you explain where old man Li is going?"

"When the entrance to the Buddha Kingdom is found, they won't care if I'm still in the team."

"You have to figure out a way for yourself. I have to go to the field with them. If there is danger, I will retreat." The blind man stood up and stretched himself. "If the situation is normal, it will be a tourist attraction."

Old Li, played by Zhang Qiling, took a look at him, then silently smoked his own cigarette.

In India, there are as many ruins as there are stars in the sky, but more ruins on the ground are buried in the soil.Mausoleums in India are very different from those in China. For example, the Taj Mahal is built with white marble. It is a beautiful building on the ground, but the precious things in the tomb are also very easy to be stolen by thieves.Stone is widely used in many buildings in India, so finding ruins in India cannot rely on the experience of Chinese archaeologists in finding rammed earth layers.

However, British scholars have excavated a large number of ruins in India according to the records of "Da Tang Western Regions", so they are very experienced in judging the scope of the ruins and sampling conditions.With the full cooperation of the archaeological team and the Indian side, the scope of the underground Buddhist kingdom was finally determined.

It is confirmed that the top of the underground Buddhist country is all made of stone materials to separate the Buddhist country from the soil layer, and the amount of engineering is beyond imagination.The soil layer of the Buddha Kingdom is very deep, and it seems an unimaginable task to completely dig out the upper soil layer and enter the Buddha Kingdom.And even if the soil layer can be excavated, the giant stone dome used to separate the soil layer in the Buddha Kingdom seems to be an impenetrable obstacle.

"The Buddha Kingdom should be built around the entrance from the part other than the entrance, otherwise you can't imagine how to transport these huge stones and the items to be placed in the Buddha Kingdom." The gold-rimmed glasses looked at the rough graph drawn, "If the inference Correct, there should be an entrance to the Buddha Kingdom, but the entrance is below the soil layer, and it must be ensured that the point of excavation is just above the entrance, so that it is possible to enter the Buddha Kingdom."

"I have already researched this point." Zhang Kas took out a picture, "This is the result I obtained based on the documents and records left by my ancestors. Behind this temple, there is a forest of pagodas. As for one of the stupas, there is an allusion in Buddhism that the Buddha held flowers and smiled on Lingjiu Mountain. According to the textual research of Zhang Qiling of a certain generation, this stupa is exactly where the Buddha held flowers and Venerable Kassapa smiled and realized.

Therefore, at the beginning of the construction of this stupa, it was set up to support the relics of Venerable Mahakasyapa.As the great disciple of the Buddha, he smiles and comprehends the realm of the Buddha. After the Buddha passed away, he is the gatherer of the Tripitaka, and it is perfect for him to guard the wisdom left by the Buddha.

Therefore, the now extinct stupa corresponds to the entrance to the underground Buddhist kingdom.

There were some difficulties in finding this stupa in the pagoda forest. In the end, the location of the stupa was identified by relying on the inscription on the stupa of Venerable Mahakassapa buried in a layer of soil.

On the day the excavation began, Zhang Cass insisted on taking the first shovel.With the deep digging down, the color of the soil layer changed a little, because the temple was originally a relic that was mostly buried in the soil layer and cleared out. Soon after the color of the soil layer changed, the raw soil was seen; After digging [-] meters down, the shovel touched the stone.Expand the space along the stone area, excavate soil along the stone under the hole and tamp down the hole dug above the stone part, and continuously expand the area for people in this part.

After excavating about six square meters in all directions, one of the stone faces appeared to be carved in relief.

After cleaning the raw soil along the relief stone, the stone sculpture finally revealed its true colors after a day.The Buddha's disciples surrounded the dead Buddha, surrounded by a circle of extremely beautiful flowers and leaves.Facing these flowers and leaves, the disciples either wanted to grab them, or meditated, or smiled, and some could not hide their sadness and wept.

There is a paragraph of Sanskrit on the side, which is short and beautiful, but the content it tells is full of worries and sorrows.

Self-mind and self-nature, do not seek externally; Seek externally, the Dharma begins to die.If you put flowers and leaves inside, you can become a Buddha; if you are confused by flowers and leaves, you will end up seeking nothing.

The archaeological team then excavated around with the reliefs as the core. The other stones were all featureless, and only this stone was carved with reliefs.

Obviously, the location of the relief should be a sign of the entrance of the Buddha Kingdom. However, it sounds like a thick stone when knocked. It is not a hollow that can be knocked or lifted out. How can it be opened?

Jinsi Glasses and Heitu Zhang seem to be very interested in the Buddha Kingdom at this time. They cleaned the relief repeatedly, and tapped the entire surface of the relief one by one with the finger that cracked the mechanism, but they still couldn't find the mechanism in it. The underground Buddha Kingdom It seems that the entry of secular people is not welcome, and the excavation has reached a deadlock so far.

Heixiazi also went down to look around, but he crawled back to the ground without saying anything, watching the archaeological team busy rubbing reliefs and searching for information, just smoking fiercely aside.

"Qi, there is a reception tonight, do you want to come?" Steven patted Heixiazi's shoulder from behind, and just as Heixiazi turned his head, Steven held a can of ice salt soda and stuck it to his face. "Zhang Cass said that he appreciates you very much. I take it for granted. Anyway, there are problems with the progress now. The reception can just be adjusted."

"Personally, I'm not bothered by your progress." Heixiazi lost his cigarette and smiled, "But I've never disliked activities like receptions."

The blind man returned to the residence, and as soon as he opened the door, he felt that something was wrong with the room, and looked in a strange direction, and saw that Zhang Qiling had returned to Zhang Qiling's appearance, sitting in a corner of the room.

"You?" The blind man couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Zhang Qiling's gourd, "What's the situation?"

"Where is the mechanism for that relief?"

"This question seems to be more appropriate to ask the two Zhang family members, so I took a look."

"Theoretically, all the subtle differences in things in your eyes should be several times that of ordinary people." Zhang Qiling looked at him, "Old Litou told the archaeological team that he wants to go out by himself to see if there is any work that can be done. After all, there are not many people who can walk this route, so I will go to the underground Buddhist kingdom to explore the way tonight."

"The Buddha in the relief is sitting cross-legged and passed away. As long as you do the same movement on the legs of the Buddha sitting cross-legged, the mechanism should be activated."

"Then I'm leaving." Zhang Qiling waved at the blind man, turned around and jumped out of the window. The place they live in is located in an upper-class residential area in India, so the building is not crowded, and there are not many people around and it is quite quiet. It was convenient for Zhang Qiling to jump out of the window.

"Tsk." The blind man tutted, took a shower, and went to the person in charge of India to arrange a suit for the evening reception.

India is a very strange country, it seems that their upper class and civilian class will always live in two different worlds.In the Aryan era, the Brahmanism and the caste system derived from the combination of the Aryans with the primitive religion of India showed that it could not meet the needs of social progress in the early days of Buddhism, but the actual dignity of caste still existed in later generations of India. .

The highest level of Brahmanism known as the caste system, Brahman, is considered to have no entity and has nothing to do with personality, but it is indeed the absolute existence and ultimate noumenon hidden behind the universe.Brahmanism worships many gods, which seems to be completely opposite to Buddhism, which does not worship idols and seeks the wisdom that exists in all things from its own nature. But if you look deeper, you will find that the realm of Buddha is the realm of comprehending the wisdom of the universe ——that is, the enlightened one.

From this point of view, Buddhism is different from any other religion in the world in that it "becomes a Buddha from its own nature". It does not have any gods to be worshiped. It believes that everything can be escaped by practicing and understanding the root of all things to become a Buddha. In reincarnation, those who obtain this kind of wisdom become "Buddhas".

And the wisdom pursued by the Buddha is not the ultimate "Brahman" that Brahmans believe in?Today, Sanskrit is considered to be something related to Buddhism in China, and it is also interpreted as the root of all things after it was introduced to China.

In India, Buddhism and Hinduism have always been in conflict, and Buddhism was fundamentally shaken after the rise of Esoteric Buddhism. While absorbing the gods and theories of Hinduism, it was also severely damaged by Islam in Central Asia.

Although there are many issues that should be seriously considered, it would be too impolite to refuse an invitation to dance from a foreign beauty at a reception. The black blind man put down the champagne in his hand, took the hand of the beauty who came to invite the dance, and stepped onto the dance floor.

That night, the blind man was a little drunk from drinking, and the next day, when he was washing his face while pressing his sore temples, someone knocked on the door.

"Qi, it's not good, the night watchman in the Buddhist temple was knocked unconscious last night!" Steven said in a hurry, but he slowed down when he saw the shirt with the collar slightly open and the dripping chin of the blind man. , "I forgot you drank a lot last night."

"You're welcome." The blind man let Steven back, "wait for me."

Soon the blind man changed into a more convenient outfit, lit a cigarette, and handed one to Steven: "What's going on?"

"Everyone else went to the Buddhist temple to see it. I came here to call you."

"Success, then let's go and check the situation." The blind man took a puff of cigarette, "Stop to buy a bag of cakes."