Chapter 48 Living Buddha Funeral, Spirit Boy on the throne!
I went back to the hotel for a simple lunch. After taking a shower, it was already afternoon. After meeting with Hu Chuan and others, the three of them prepared to attend the funeral of the Living Buddha according to the arrangement of Master Grameen.
Tibetans believe in Buddhism, and funerals are also extremely special. Tibetans believe in heavenly burial.
The so-called celestial burial is to put the body directly in the open air and eaten by predators such as vulture. This kind of funeral is a little puzzled in the eyes of Zhang Yu and others. After all, most of the places are about earthing, but it is completely different here. In their opinion, heavenly burial can release people's souls, make people return to nature, and go to Western Bliss!
The funeral was held in an open open air about 20 kilometers away from downtown Lhasa. The place of the funeral was already surrounded by heavily armed soldiers. Dong Guojian went to Grameen's room to discuss the matter.
However, the funeral of the Living Buddha is not fully open, that is to say, not everyone can see it, and it will not specifically tell anyone where the funeral will be held. So when Zhang Yu and others left the city, not many people went out of the city. Instead, they saw a lot of believers and tourists rushing towards the Potala Palace.
After the car drove for about half an hour, Zhang Yu and others sitting in the car saw the soldiers on guard.
"The three leaders have arrived. You can't drive in front of you!" The driver is a Tibetan who knows a lot about some Tibetan customs, and the funerals of the living Buddha are all on foot. Hearing this, Zhang Yu and others got out of the car. As soon as they got out of the car, they saw the dense soldiers on alert.
The blue sky, white clouds and green grass, the only thing that is incongruous is the serious look on the soldier's face.
The guard soldiers did not stop Zhang Yu and others. These soldiers guarded here not to prevent people from seeing the funeral of the living Buddha, but to prevent any trouble at the funeral. Generally speaking, no one will stop him from coming. What's more, the vigilant soldiers have already seen the car taken by Zhang Yu and others, which belonged to their own troops. Director Dong has explained before that there are still several leaders coming.
"Where's your teacher Dong?" Zhang Yu glanced around and didn't see Dong Guojian. He couldn't help walking to a soldier not far away and asking.
"Report to the chief, our division commander is preparing for the funeral of the living Buddha with Master Gramy and others, just not far ahead!" The soldier quickly saluted Zhang Yu and immediately said loudly.
"I know, thank you!" Zhang Yu smiled and nodded to Li Lei beside him. The three of them rushed in the direction pointed by the soldier.
Not long after Zhang Yu and the others left, they saw a group of people in yellow monk robes discussing something with Dong Guojian and others.
"That group of people should be the senior officials of the Yellow Sect!" Looking at the youngest old people with half a hundred years old, Zhang Yu couldn't help thinking in his heart. Immediately, he walked forward quickly.
"Mr. Zhang, here we go!" As soon as Zhang Yu and others arrived, Gramy greeted him.
"Master, who are these?" Zhang Yu nodded with a smile, looked at the people beside Grameen, and said to Grameen.
"These are all my brothers. In those years, there were twelve of our brothers, but now there are only eight of them. There are a total of six here!" Grammy said and looked at the five people beside him.
"How are some masters!" Zhang Yu quickly said to several old people beside Grami. Although these old men may not be stronger than Zhang Yu, they are all predecessors in the power world. Maybe their strength can't catch up with him, but I'm afraid that they can't catch up with their vision.
Several old men looked at Zhang Yu and nodded with a smile. At this age, they had such strength and a modest attitude. Naturally, they were liked by several old people.
"Master, what can I do for you?" Zhang Yu looked around and couldn't help asking Grammy.
"No need!" Grammy shook his head with a smile and immediately said, "We have arranged everything. We can start the funeral as soon as the auspicious time comes."
Zhang Yu couldn't help looking at the time when he heard the words. At this moment, it was less than ten minutes before 2:00 p.m. Since there was nothing to help, Zhang Yu chatted with Grammy and others.
It didn't take long, and it soon arrived, and the funeral of the Living Buddha began at this time.
With the arrival of Ji Shi, the old men who came with Grameen and the lamas around them immediately began to recite the Buddhist scriptures.
At the same time, Grameen also walked towards an open space. On the open space, a simple ** was covered with a white cloth. Grammy walked to the white cloth, gently read a Buddhist scripture, and then took off the white cloth.
An old man in a yellow monk's robe even appeared in front of everyone.
That's the living Buddha! Zhang Yu looked at the man lying on the ground, and his eyes couldn't help tightening. It was the person on the ground who burned his soul that made him abruptly rise to a level. Such a favor is not a small favor, which is definitely a great kindness!
Thinking of this, Zhang Yu took a few steps forward, came to the position of Master Grameen, and respectfully saluted the Living Buddha of Gebadan on the ground.
Master, have a good journey! Zhang Yu said silently in his heart that he didn't care about Master Grami and others who were a little confused.
Soon, Grammy and Zhang Yu retreated. The vulture that had already been prepared in the sky swooped down...
This is the believers who went to Lhasa and those who had already gathered around, but the good thing was already on the guard of the soldiers and did not surround the crowd who happened to see the funeral.
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Tourists and those devout believers in the city also rushed out of the city when they received the news. For such a situation, Dong Guojian, Hu Chuan and others had already made arrangements and did not cause any major riots.
In two hours, the funeral of the living Buddha was over, and the empty plains were already surrounded by crowds. Looking around, I'm afraid there are no more than 100,000 people.
Zhang Yu and Li Lei left here quickly, and Grammy and others also left quickly. Because in addition to the funeral of the Living Buddha, there are also several people waiting for the spiritual child's accession to the throne.
On the way back, Zhang Yu and others drove very slowly, because the road from Lhasa to here was completely blocked, and it took an hour and a half to get back to the city.
And Dong Guojian did not leave with Zhang Yu and others because he still needed himself at the living Buddha's funeral.
Although Zhang Yu and others have left, those tourists and devout believers are still coming. It didn't stop until the night was dark.
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The spiritual child's accession to the throne was at 8 p.m., and when Zhang Yu and others returned to Lhasa, it was already 6 p.m. Fortunately, the spiritual child's accession to the throne was held at Jokhang Temple, and everything was already ready.
This time, Lingtong's accession to the throne was not made public, but it was done through the internal procedures of Huang Jiao, and then reported to the central government.
With the arrival of night, the initiation ceremony of the spiritual child will soon begin.
The initiation ceremony of the spiritual child is very simple, and the sacred artifact called a Buddha instrument by Gebadan also appeared in Zhang Yu's eyes.
That Buddha artifact is a rotating meridian wheel, a special Buddhist artifact for Tibetan Buddhists, and is not the Buddha beads commonly used by other Buddhist branches.
It seems that Tibetan Buddhism has also been a master! Zhang Yu looked at the wheel sutra and couldn't help sighing in his heart. After all, Buddhist artifacts can't be made by people in the S-level realm, which is definitely beyond the existence of S-level!
The spirit child has woken up. The spirit child itself is very intelligent and not noisy. With the sound of Sanskrit, the spirit child got up on the ground.
Looking at the spirit boy crawling on the ground, Zhang Yu couldn't help laughing in his heart.
Suddenly, the spirit boy's palm stretched out, and there was a golden light on the body of the rotating wheel, and it flew straight to Lingtong's side.
Automatically recognize the owner! Looking at the meridian wheel in the spirit boy's hand, Zhang Yu's face also changed slightly. It was indeed the Buddha's weapon of the Yellow Sect. The spirit child actually recognized the Lord so easily. That's a Buddhist artifact, an authentic sacred artifact, not an ordinary stall!
As the Buddha artifact came into the hands of the spirit child, Grami and others on the side also smiled slightly. If the Lord succeeds, the Yellow Sect will not decline, which is what Gramy cares about most.
The process of the spiritual child's accession to the throne is very simple. After recognizing the Buddha's instrument, the whole process of ascending to the throne is over. Probably because the spirit child was too young, as soon as the process of accession to the throne was over, the spirit child put on the monk's robe, wore the monk's hat, and left with several brothers of Gramy.
Grami stayed and chatted with Zhang Yu and others.
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"The spiritual child ascended to the throne, and this matter is over!" Looking at the spirit boy who left, Zhang Yu smiled and said to Master Gramy beside him.
Grami was in a good mood at this moment and said with a smile, "Yes, I lost so much this time. Fortunately, nothing happened to Lingtong, otherwise I would be in trouble. Thank you very much this time."
"Master, you're welcome. This is all right!" Zhang Yu shook his head with a smile, "It's a pity that I'm leaving tomorrow, otherwise I really want to travel in Tibet."
"So fast?" Hearing Zhang Yu say that he would leave tomorrow, Master Gramy couldn't help but be slightly stunned and said in surprise.
When Zhang Yu heard the words, he nodded with a smile, but his mind recalled Luo Xin, who was still in the internship. After so many things this time, after several days of life and death, Zhang Yu also wanted to return to BJ.
"If Mr. Zhang comes to Tibet next time, he must come to our Jokhang Temple!" When Grammy saw Zhang Yu's resolute attitude, he did not keep him, but said with a smile.
"Definitely!" Zhang Yu nodded, even if Grammy himself didn't say, Zhang Yu would also come to Jokhang Temple again.
After chatting again and looking at the time, Zhang Yu said goodbye to Gramy, left the Jokhang Temple and returned to the hotel.