From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 319 Auspicious Buddhist Shadow
In the lecture hall of Sera Monastery, Losandini was sitting upright, teaching scriptures to his disciples. A dozen disciples in the room were chanting scriptures in Sanskrit.

After a moment, the senior disciple who had led the way turned back and knelt respectfully in front of Losandani.
"Master, I have led Master Gao Miao to Zhenjun's room."

The skin on Losandini's wrinkled face trembled, and then he opened his eyes.

"I already know, please take a seat."

"Yes"

Although the disciple responded in this way, he still remained kneeling on the ground and did not stand up.

Seeing that he hadn't stood up for a long time, Losandani asked, "Mingjia, what else do you want?"

Seeing that Mingjia still didn't speak, Losandini sighed and asked the disciples in the lecture hall to leave.

When there were only two people left in the scripture hall, Mingjia's body, which was kneeling on the ground, trembled and he slowly raised his head:
"Master, we just received news from the ranch that a Mahakala appeared in the world. The Great Black Protector of my sect came to protect a child from being hurt by an angry wild yak. ​​The yak even willingly served as a mount and carried them down from the snowy mountains."

Losandini's calm eyes moved, and he looked at Mingjia on the ground with a complicated expression: "When the True Lord returned to the temple, he also rode a yak."

Mingjia said: "There is a difference between the two."

"What is the difference?"

"The True Lord possesses supreme magical power and practices the methods of Vajra."

"What about Zen Master Gao Miao?"

Mingjia's expression changed, and seeing that Losandini remained calm, he realized that the master already knew what had happened at the ranch.

"Disciple doesn't know."

Mingjia had a struggling expression, and after he finished speaking, he bowed and knelt on the ground.

Not knowing means not speaking, or not wanting to say it, and not being able to say it.

Yaks have a special meaning in the hearts of herders and monks in the Western Desert.

There has been a rumor circulating in the Western Desert that the yaks on the snowy mountains are messengers of the True Sect and are born with Buddha nature.
In the eyes of those devout believers, the cow is a sacred symbol and the mount of the true Buddha. Many images of Vajra and other venerable figures in Brahma also have cow heads.

"The auspicious Sanskrit image of the swastika", "The Great Black Guardian"

Gao Miao's incident was unusual in itself, and Mingjia was also present when Losandini talked with Li Yang recently, which made Mingjia think more.

"Mingjia, you have violated the precepts of stupidity."

"Disciple is willing to be punished, but..."

Mingjia hesitated to speak and just looked at Losandani with an almost pleading look.

This is the most sincere and ardent gaze of a devout Buddhist on the Western Desert grassland.

"Fool, idiot! You are really an idiot!"

Losandini shook his head, half sad and half laughing, and stood up.
Mingjia's pupils lit up. Since the master did not punish him, it meant that he agreed.

After standing for a long time and looking in the direction of Li Yang's meditation room, Losandani finally spoke:

"In the next two days, you will take Master Gao Miao on a tour of my Sera Monastery and explain to him the Sanskrit meaning of my monastery's scriptures."

"In addition, in addition to the monks in the temple, the columbarium in the temple will be open to tourists and herdsmen during these two days."

After Losandani finished speaking, he ignored Minga who was still kneeling under the Buddha in the lecture hall, put his hands together and walked out.

Outside the lecture hall, colorful prayer flags fluttered, incense smoke lingered, and Losandani's figure gradually walked away.
In the lecture hall, Mingjia's eyes lit up and he excitedly bowed from a distance in the direction of Losandani.

"I will obey the Master's order!"
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In the Zen room, Li Yang and Gao Miao had been talking for a long time.

"So, Master Zhen, you are staying in the Western Desert to explore the legendary secret land of Shangri-La, right?"

Li Yang nodded: "Yes. Even if it is not "Shangri-La", according to the abnormal situation of the spiritual energy in the Western Desert, there must be a secret place for practitioners on Mount Kailash."

"Shangri-La..."

Gao Miao pondered for a long time, constantly searching for relevant information about Shangri-La in his mind.

"Shangri-La", as a holy place of Western Desert Buddhism, is not well-known in Chinese Buddhism. Gao Miao had only heard about it from several very old Zen masters in Mount Wutai.

Compared with the Buddhist teachings in Han Dynasty, the Buddhist teachings in Western Desert are obviously much more mysterious and ancient.

Gao Miao pondered for a moment, then said, "'Shambhala' means 'paradise', the birthplace of Kalachakra Buddhism. However, the Sanskrit community has always believed that Shambhala is a fictitious paradise, the 'paradise', also known as 'mandala', which does not exist."

However, Gao Miao also knew that the person in front of him could be said to be the leading figure in China's spiritual energy feng shui, and had even participated in China's feng shui projects before.

Since Li Yang is so sure, the so-called "Shangri-La" secret realm may not be groundless.

Gao Miao continued, “In fact, the concept of Shambhala was first known to the world not by Western Desert monks, but by a foreign scholar, James Hilton, in his book Lost Horizon, published in 1933.”

"More than 60 years after the novel was published, countries such as India, the Land of Cherry Blossoms, and Nepal have been searching for the so-called Shangri-La, but no place in the world can meet the conditions in the book. It was not until September 1997 that the Yunnan Province held a press conference in Zhongxun County to announce that Shangri-La is in Diqing County in southern Yunnan."

"But this unilateral announcement did not convince everyone in the world. Author James Hilton once said: "The world will never find Shangri-La."

This was the first time Li Yang had heard of this. He was surprised and said, "No wonder I am so familiar with the word 'Shangri-La'"

Gao Miao then contacted the monks in Mount Wutai to help find clues about "Shangri-La".

The monks there were very quick and immediately compiled a document about "Shangri-La" in Sanskrit.

The concept of "Shangri-La" originated from the Kalachakra Tantra, a Sanskrit classic. It was not until the 11th century that the country of Shambhala was first formally recorded and described in the Kangyur of the Tripitaka.

The Western Desert scholar Awang Pandita described the world of Shambhala in his treatise: "Shambhala is a famous holy place for mankind. It is located in the northern part of Jambudvīpa. It is round in shape, like an eight-petal lotus. The edges of the center and the leaves on both sides are surrounded by snow-capped mountains. The full moon on the fifteenth day of the lunar month is inferior to it..."

The eminent monks of various sects of Western Desert Buddhism left a prophecy: "Somewhere near the main peak of Mount Gangdise, there is a mysterious place called "Shambhala".

“However, in history, the only sect that was widely recognized and allowed to enter the holy land of Shambhala was the Zhen Sect of the Western Desert Sanskrit Sect, such as the Zhen Sect of the Ming Dynasty: Zong Luoba. The Zhen Sect of all generations also had many connections with Shambhala…”

At this point, Gao Miao seemed to have remembered something, and his face was filled with confusion.

“But didn’t you get any obscure information about Shambhala in this Sera Monastery?”

Li Yang was stunned when he heard this: "No, the master Losandani in the temple is also vague about the relevant situation." Gao Miao frowned: "How could this be? Did they lose the relevant inheritance?"

"It is said that Zongluoba Zhenzong passed away in his later years at Ganden Monastery, the predecessor of Sera Monastery, and donated his body to the goshawk."

Gao Miao said solemnly, "Moreover, Sera Monastery is also one of the most important temples in the Western Desert Buddhist sect responsible for finding the reincarnation of Zhenzong."
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Li Yang and Gao Miao talked all night long, reading by candlelight.

After daybreak, the two did not immediately set out for Mount Kailash. One reason was that Li Yang was about to forge the Yang God, and the other was that Gao Miao still wanted to collect more information about "Shambhala" in the temple.

During the process, Li Yang also explored the Sanskrit shadow in Gao Miao's body.

However, it can no longer be called a phantom now. According to Gao Miao, the Zen masters on Mount Wutai have successively led him to various temples to practice Zen. As the phantom listens to the Sanskrit sounds, it becomes more and more solid and is almost about to turn the false into the true.

He himself also achieved the innate state one day while listening to the morning bells and drums in front of the Renshou Pagoda of the Kaiyuan Temple built in Fujian, and unknowingly broke through to the innate level.

It was easy for him to become a congenital master that was envied and looked up to by countless people. However, when Gao Miao talked about this experience with Li Yang, there was no joy on their faces.

He had no interest in being a monk, but because Buddhism was in decline at the time and out of sympathy, he went to Mount Wutai to serve as the acting abbot.

This fellow has not shaved his head yet and still has a buzz cut with prickly stubble, as if the post of abbot of Mount Wutai is just a job required by the organization. He fantasizes that one day when the Sanskrit religion flourishes, he can step down gloriously and continue his secular life.

Li Yang smiled and said, "Everything is determined by fate. Advances and retreats are beyond our control. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to resign when the time comes."

Gao Miao's master image was broken in a second, and his face was extremely miserable: "Master, please don't curse me. I am the only child in the Gao family. I have been the host without telling my parents. You don't know that after my Luotian Dajiao was exposed, my mother almost blew up my phone with calls."

Listening to Gao Miao's complaints, Li Yang realized that this Zen Master Gao Miao, who could now sit upright and face tens of thousands of people, was still the confused and distressed young man on Baiyun Mountain in his heart.

The two chatted a lot, and Gao Miao also told Li Yang about many major events that happened in the mainland after he went on a trance.

At eight o'clock in the morning, when the first ray of sunlight from the snow-capped mountains shone on the ice surface of the grassland, Li Yang was still setting up his stall as usual, telling fortunes, while Gao Miao went to borrow scriptures and books from the lamas in the temple.

Just after setting up the stall, Li Yang saw a head carefully poking out from beside the temple on the street, with its bright black pupils rolling around.

"Cauldron!"

It was freezing cold, and there weren't many people on the road. Li Yang didn't expect that silly little Zhuoma had been waiting at his stall since early in the morning.
Seeing that Li Yang showed no sign of impatience, little Zhuoma, who was wearing a coat, ran towards Li Yang happily.

"Big Pot, I'm coming to see you~"

Little Zhuoma's face was red, and she hugged Li Yang's trouser legs, looking pitiful, worried that Li Yang would chase her away.
"Where's your Appa?"

"He's still sleeping! But I told him I was coming to see you, and he agreed!"

"Then why are you getting up so early when you're a kid and you don't go to school or work?"

"I want to hear the story! We made a promise that you would tell me the rest of the story!"

In little Zhuoma's world, the happiest thing was originally eating, but now there is one more thing, which is listening to Li Yang telling stories.

"When does your baptism and blessing ceremony begin?"

"Three days later!"

Well, Li Yang had no choice. The dignified Lord Baiyun Miaofa could not deceive a young girl, so he chatted with little Zhuoma about all sorts of things during his free time when interpreting the divination sticks.

Children's curiosity is actually very easy to satisfy. Little Zhuoma is very obedient. Whenever there are guests, even when she hears the critical moment, she will wait obediently for Li Yang to finish interpreting the sign before continuing with the next content.

So, on a freezing winter day, in the white Sera Monastery Square, two guys, one big and one small, snuggled together, and their laughter was as loud as silver bells.

At noon, Basang came once, but seeing that his daughter and Li Yang were getting along well, he did not dare to disturb them. Realizing that this was a great blessing for little Zhuoma, he served food and left quietly.

In the afternoon, Gao Miao's investigation seemed to have yielded results. A young lama in red hurriedly came to find Li Yang.
Gao Miao did not show much surprise when he saw Li Yang was actually interpreting fortunes for ordinary people. Since they met, this man had always been unpredictable and unpredictable.
Gao Miao spoke first: "My memory is indeed correct. Sera Monastery does have records about Shambhala, but..."

The young lama behind Gao Miao's face immediately changed, and he took over the conversation and bowed:

“To be honest, there were indeed many records about Zhen Zong and Shambhala in the temple before, but those scriptures were taken away by Master Karma Mikyo Dorje. Master Karma Mikyo Dorje has always lived alone in the snowy mountains, so my master Losandani is not very clear about the relevant content.”

Well, Li Yang looked at the young lama's anxious tone and thought that Losandini was probably worried that he and Gao Miao might have misunderstood what Sera Monastery was hiding, so he sent someone to explain it in a hurry.

"Does Karma Mikye Dorje never go down the mountain all year round?"

"Yes, I have been in the monastery for more than ten years, and I only see Master Karma Mikyo Dorje once a year. Generally, he will only appear to guide herdsmen when they are baptized and blessed."

Upon hearing this, Li Yang exchanged glances with Gao Miao. At least for now, what the young lama said did not seem to be false.

Li Yang nodded: "Okay, I understand."

Seeing Li Yang nod, the young lama's expression relaxed, knowing that the matter was over for the time being.

At this time, little Zhuoma saw someone coming and sat obediently on a small stool, holding her face and watching the conversation between them.

After the young lama finished explaining, he did not leave, but stepped back and stood beside Gao Miao.

But he didn't know if it was Li Yang's illusion, but he seemed to catch a trace of reverence in the eyes of the young lama.

Gao Miao was very helpless: "Master Mingjia, I've told you that I'm not very interested in visiting Sera Monastery. You don't have to follow me anymore."

The young lama immediately panicked upon hearing this, but he did not dare to speak more harshly: "Master Gao Miao, this is the order my master gave me. Master has come from afar, so our temple naturally needs to entertain you well and show you the style of the temple..."

"I do not need."

Gao Miao refused bluntly.

Just kidding, he has visited so many temples in the mainland with a group of old monks that he is sick of seeing them. Although they are Han-style, in his opinion, there is not much difference in the scenery and cultural relics of the two.

Li Yang didn't want to interfere in their affairs, but when he turned around, he saw that the little Zhuoma sitting on the mat had a strange look in her eyes.

This little girl has been living on the grassland all her life, and I’m afraid she has never seen the entire Sera Monastery.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, and because he had been talking for so long and his mouth was dry, Li Yang immediately waved his hand and interrupted the two people's conversation with righteous words.

"Gao Miao, since this is the hospitality of Sera Monastery, you should not refuse it. It's a good opportunity to relax for a few days."

As he said that, Li Yang directly pulled up the confused little Zhuoma and put her little hand into Gao Miao's hand.

Gao Miao was also confused, and immediately understood what Li Yang meant.
You, my Lord, have no moral principles!
This requires me to be like Dehua and work like a slave to help take care of the baby!
(End of this chapter)