Drepung Monastery Drepung's going through the sound in the left Lhasa, the day before, it is with worry get angry, complaining of feeling ill at ease. Damn plane ticket, we got up early, ahead of the first one could be distracted is not surprising to buy tickets end up with a ticket brokers to vegetable market, find the owner of a meat buy a ticket. Looked at the crowd and the case of side-board shining sharp knife, then they realized what "human Daozu, I fish," in mood. 1000 Da-Yuan, but their hard-earned,咱an ordinary person, there is no oil and water, all the sweat. Vowed to see the boss looks like, or hanging heart to give money to him, and hopefully be able to buy. 3:30 pm to take the boss to vote, I will not have the courage to wait for those points, he entrusted a friend to help one take, and their own escape, because I'm going to Drepung Monastery, go to this is said to be the largest temple of Tibetan Buddhism, looking for me desire things, a culture or a fate.
At the foot of the mountains in the Drepung fill their stomachs with a bowl of hot and sour powder, riding on a tractor to the temple, where I met two monks, and they are with some vegetables and a gas tank. To the temple door, I helped them unload the gas tank cars, and to help them raise the vegetables, they are carrying gas cylinders, for my help, they did not so refuse, which makes me very happy, we are familiar with very quickly up. Along the way, I can understand some temples in passing situations, and they gave me a detailed answer. I know that they are not local people, is selected from outside the temple to study here, the Drepung Monastery provide accommodation and education, needs its own cost of living is out of the rice is also ourselves. They live in a relatively run-down appearance of the hall, interior wall murals, many have come off, but to enter the room, but it is a warm: color of the plastic roof of paper from the slimy, the hall by nylon split into a few square meters bedroom and a few square-meter living room and kitchen, can not think this is before the 20-year-old man who personally designed the bedroom windows facing the mountainside piece of carved stone color sixth mantra, wind the mountain flower, quiet the open. Bed a bookshelf filled with Buddhist scriptures, is basically Tibetan, and there is a Tibetan dictionary, the original Tibetan, they are not familiar with the need to learn from scratch.
Friends invited to a dinner, and said it was very common, I can not refuse their enthusiasm, they can not help on the busy, only to find a Chinese language books to see. Rice is well soon, is a mixed pot patches, taste good, bring a friend from his hometown of flour do not have homes to eat, today we are destined. I understand that they come here have learned a year, but also learn from ten years to complete their studies because of financial reasons, during which they are unable to return home because they thought that Buddhist greatest achievement is to make people become very wide, heart is sentient beings; they are also learning from primary to junior high school to university, Dr, if coupled with their own self-cultivation and opportunity, but also can be a living Buddha, but I had always thought that could only be the reincarnation of Living Buddhas; Drepung monastery originally had their own care The hall, dilapidated state of disrepair, but still insist on sending people to learn from the Drepung; they do not eat meat (and the Tibetan monks can eat meat); on the Panchen Lama, and up to Seto, the status of their minds equality; Manjusri high position in the temple, because it is a symbol of knowledge and wisdom; Drepung Monastery is the highest institution of shamanism, there is a special esoteric homes, so that even hard work, and they willingly; their main sources of the cost of living is the song The believers charity, although modest but could be maintained 10 years of youth, it is so plain in the past, I admire their devotion and perseverance, a spiritual force.
2:30 pm, is the debate through time. Drepung's debate by the market is not large, but full of a hundred years old trees, with pine and cypress, willow, mulberry, as well as Linden bar, engraved in history, with the melodious bell, dressed in red lamas gather from all directions, the open field immediately after the debate crowded. Standing on the square in front Cuoqin hall, the only sound heard by the lively debate has seen less than a lama figure, thick leaves hidden Buddhist mystery to it. Ordinary visitors is difficult to find, and therefore see little debate by the people also, but the monks are not covered by the bystander effect is still enthusiastic to explore the issues and the exchange of the experience, we regard the day of harvest speak out together to explore mutual communication, counseling, a master teacher is a serious, stern, it is moving back and forth due diligence, overseeing everyone. I do not know how long history in this way, but the feeling of understanding and memory of knowledge will be helpful, as if a kind of way to learn English and this is similar to bar. Lama upgrades through a special examination and defense, so the depth can not be learned from the age difference. Drepung Monastery twice a day by the time of debate, namely, 14:30-16:30 and 20:00 --- 22: 00, in addition to morning class time, but also has English, Chinese, medicine, etc. Different professional, worthy of the training base for Tibetan Buddhism.
16:30, debate upon completion, will be reluctant to part with friends good-bye, I am immersed in a siege of fate, I have a group photo taken with them, the background is the mysterious debate by field. I know that he has learned what the harvest to some that; I know that this world there are different ways of life, not demanding; I understand that some things is not the materialistic, people have no right to blame some do not understand the culture; Life is just a process, and youth is just a spray, but it is not the only one, of course, it could be a variety of colors, or color it is to our own choice; time on the street that unique hydraulic Xiangshan Prayer wheel, precipitation is an input and sincerity.
Out of the Drepung Monastery, watching the temple outside the bright leaves, the leaves are all the original colors.
Finally bought tickets, and more than paid 50 yuan, but the heart has been quiet, because I have experienced the sound of Drepung's been immersed in tolerance and life.
Author: zhbld1
