Chapter 42 The Golden Light Pagoda
Qing Li and the other two arrived at the end of the Golden Light Cave. There was silence around them. A golden light pagoda appeared in front of them. The four big words "Golden Light Pagoda" on the plaque on the front of the pagoda gate are both vigorous and powerful, and have a hidden and elegant spirit.
"Qingli, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time!" Qingli looked up and saw an old man wearing white veil soaring down from the top of the high tower.
"Old God, it turns out that what you said is true. You are really waiting for me at the end of the Golden Light Cave!" Qing Li bowed to the old immortal.
"Who is this person? You know Qingli?" Xu Hua was a little surprised.
"If I guess correctly, this old man should be an immortal. Last time I went out alone to find the exit of the snow mountain and mistakenly entered the barrier of the old immortal. The old immortal behind him not only did not make things difficult for me, but also gave me a treasure and gave us a way out." Qing Li told everyone the story from the beginning.
"Look at the old man's figure, he should be a cultivator!" Anta checked the old immortal from beginning to end.
"Qingli, I am the earth immortal here, the land guarding the Golden Light Cave. After so many years, I have been waiting for those who are destined to enter the pagoda to obtain scriptures. A few days ago, the holy monk in the pagoda asked me to tell me your appearance and background and inform me of your news, so I met you through the barrier a few days ago." The land talked about the causes and consequences in detail.
"Thank you, Master Tu, thank you for your hard work!" Qing Li smiled silly.
"So it's land. No wonder it's so fairy. Grandpa Earth, is there a way out of the snow-capped mountains in this tower?" Anta cared more about the news about the exit.
"The exit to the snow-capped mountain is behind the Golden Light Pagoda. As long as Qingli can obtain scriptures in the pagoda, the pagoda gate will open." Grandpa Tudi looked at Anta kindly.
"Thank you for your guidance from the old immortal. Anta and I will assist Qingli Jinta to take out the scriptures!" Xu Hua also bowed to the land.
"This pagoda is called Golden Light Pagoda. The pagoda is 33 meters high and has nine floors in total. It is an octagonal nine-level pagoda-style brick and stone pagoda.
As soon as you enter the entrance, the underground palace at the bottom of the tower. There are some bronze, porcelain, and jade in the underground palace. You will find many relics of Buddhist disciples after their death in the green glaze jar." Grandpa Tudi said halfway.
"Why are there many relics? Is this place a place in Buddhism?" Anta asked curiously.
"This pagoda is the birthplace of "Dry Wood Zen". The first person in the Dead Wood Zen School founded the mountain and established sect was created because of its practice of the Dead Wood. Back then, it was famous for its "Dry Wood Zen". For thousands of years, many people came from thousands of miles to see it. More than a thousand monks followed Zen to practice Zen, and the relics were left by some high-level monks with cultivation." Grandpa Tudi explained.
"Don't interrupt Grandpa Earth, let the old man continue talking!" Xu Hua glanced at Anta who liked to ask questions next to him, and hinted that he would not interrupt the old immortal.
"Okay, I will continue to say that you will go up from the underground palace and you will come to the first floor of the tower, where there are mainly statues of the Thousand Hands, Thousand Eyes, Great Compassionate Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva worshipped.
If you continue to walk up, you will reach the second and third floors, where the jade Buddha statues are worshipped. There are 288 niches in these two floors, and statues such as Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat are worshipped in the niches.
Further up are the fifth floor, the sixth floor, the seventh floor, and the eighth floor. These four floors are made of green bricks. The height of each floor increases. Iron brakes and thorns are placed on it, making it difficult to walk. I heard that you need to use your mind to climb up. The stairs are simple and generous, majestic and majestic.
Of course, as long as someone with determination and destiny is determined, you can reach the highest level of this pagoda. The ninth floor was originally the tomb of a master who was able to achieve enlightenment. He copied a volume of the Buddhist Lotus Sutra with gold powder throughout his life. This sutra is now the treasure of the tower that is the heritage of the monks.
Qingli, what you have to do is to go to the ninth floor to take out the Lotus Sutra. When you get the scriptures, the gate of the tower will automatically open for you, and you can do it directly.
At the exit to the snow-capped mountains, I know so much about the situation in the other towers. I don’t know what you need to go in and adapt to the situation yourself.” Grandpa Tudi introduced the situation of the entire Golden Light Pagoda.
"Thank you, Grandpa Tu, thank you for telling me so clearly, I will come back and get that sutra!" Qing Li firmly believed that he must have a fate with this "Lotus Sutra". For everyone and for himself, he must come back!
"We will help you get it together, don't worry!" Xu Hua and Anta encouraged Qing Li.
"Thank you everyone, let's go!" Qingli immediately took action.
Qing Li and his group bid farewell to Grandpa Tudi, pushed the door and entered the Golden Light Pagoda. As soon as they entered, they saw a round hole in the middle of the bottom of the tower. The cover had been unveiled. The back of the cover was engraved with a circular pattern of 4.15 meters in diameter. The hole was 10.6 meters deep, with brick arches above and below.
"This place should be the underground palace. This place is really a paradise for cultural relics!" Anta pointed to the round hole on the ground.
There are various types of bronze, porcelain and jade neatly placed in the round cave of the underground palace. The most highlight is a bronze gilded statue of Saga Nirvana, 10 cm long and 4 cm wide. It is gilded all over, and it is horizontal and vivid in shape.
Of course, there is a large green glaze jar on the far left of the cave. This is probably the relics left by some Buddhist disciples who practiced after their death as Grandpa Tudi said.
"This is really a treasure house. Each of these cultural relics is worth a lot of money. Today I am really eye-opening. Think about it carefully. The Lotus Sutra is the treasure of the store here. I guess it must be more special. What kind of sutra is the Buddhist Lotus Sutra?" Xu Hua sighed at the dazzling array of cultural relics here.
"I have read this scripture, let me tell you," Qingli once heard of it from his master.
"Okay! Everyone listens while walking!" Anta felt that this was more effective.
"The Lotus Sutra uses lotus as a metaphor to indicate the whiteness, purity and perfection of Buddhism, so the full name of this sutra is the Lotus Sutra.
This Lotus Sutra is the teachings taught by Buddha Shakyamuni in his later years. It is a perfect teaching that opens the power and reveals reality. It is the perfect teaching of enlightenment. It is the perfect teaching of the exoteric and esoteric, and shows that everyone can become a Buddha. In the five-hour apostasy, it belongs to the Lotus Sutra and the last time of Nirvana. Because the content of the preaching in the sutra is supreme, it clearly states that no matter how rich or poor, no one can become a Buddha, so this Lotus Sutra is also known as the king of the sutra." Qingli thought that he was immediately fortunate to get the robe and bowl of a monk who practiced this sutra, and was secretly happy. She was becoming more and more motivated in her heart. She really wanted to use this sutra to help the confused sentient beings in the six realms.
"The Dharma is so profound!" After hearing the origin of this "Lotus Sutra", Anta felt that this test must be not simple.
"Come on Qingli!" Xu Hua encouraged Qingli.
"Look, we have reached the first level. The statue of the Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is so solemn!" Anta and Xu Hua looked at the solemn golden statue in front of them and instinctively worshiped the Empress Guanyin.
Qing Li saw the statue of the Bodhisattva, knelt on the ground with his legs, kowtowed with his hands, worshiped sincerely, silently chanting the Bodhisattva's holy name! "I am merciful!"
Chapter completed!