Chapter 826 The previous six lives

Chapter 826 The Six Previous Lives

With just one look, Ye Xiaochuan felt that the two small statues were himself and Yun Qiyou. The two statues were close together, as if destined by fate.

When he looked up, when he saw the two statues above the two small statues, Ye Xiaochuan couldn't help but take a breath.

A handsome but unruly man. A round-faced girl with gentle eyes.

Isn't this the appearance of Situ Feng and Su Qinglian that he saw back then?

Looking up again, above the two statues that looked very much like Su Qinglian and Situ Feng, there were several statues of men and women together. After careful counting, there were seven pairs of small statues in front of him.

Ye Xiaochuan had never seen the masters of Wufeng and Zhanchen in the previous lives, but he had seen Situ Feng and Su Qinglian. Now the appearance of himself and Yun Qiyou, the appearance of Situ Feng and Su Qinglian were all here. His intuition told him that these seven pairs of stone statues represented seven generations of resentful lovers!

Ye Xiaochuan's body suddenly began to tremble slightly, and Yun Qiyou's palm beside him also tightly grasped the scabbard of Zhan Chen. Perhaps because of too much force, the veins on the back of her white hand were bulging, which was very scary.

After a while, Yun Qiyou said word by word: "You also saw it?"

Ye Xiaochuan came back to his senses and murmured: "How is it possible? These two statues look like you and me, and the two above are very similar to Situ Feng and Su Qinglian. There are five pairs of stone sculptures above, which are probably the appearance of the first five lives of the two swords. Is there really a god in Buddhism? It can't be such a coincidence!"

Yun Qiyou's body trembled. She just felt that the two small stone sculptures on the stone wall above her looked like herself and Ye Xiaochuan. She had never seen Situ Feng and Su Qinglian, so she didn't know that the two small stone sculptures above looked like the sixth life of the two swords.

A strong feeling of powerlessness came over Yun Qiyou, making her feel so tired instantly.

At this time, Monk Jiekong came from behind and took a look at the stone carvings on the stone wall. Jiekong said, "Donor Ye, Donor Yun, have you found anything?"

Ye Xiaochuan came just in time. He pulled Jiekong and pointed to the seven pairs of fourteen small stone carvings on the stone wall in front of him and said, "Brother Jiekong, who carved these statues?"

Jiekong smiled slightly and said, "There are a total of 870 sentient beings on this stone wall. When our sect's founder Tian Chanzi was traveling in Wutai Mountain, he found a severely damaged stone carving on the back mountain of Wutai Mountain. After several years of restoration by the founder, only 870 statues were restored, so he copied them and then re-carved them based on the copied pictures. They are considered the earliest batch of stone carvings among the three thousand sentient beings."

Speaking of this, Jiekong suddenly seemed to be Wu looked at Ye Xiaochuan and Yun Qiyou and continued, "According to the master, the seven pairs of fourteen stone sculptures mentioned by the two donors were found in Mount Wutai, and there was a text carved next to them in an unknown era."

Ye Xiaochuan and Yun Qiyou asked at the same time, "What text?"

Jie Kong shook his head slowly and said, "I don't know. The master just re-carved the stone sculptures in Mount Wutai, but did not carve the text on the stone wall. Maybe my master knows something. Why, the two donors seem to be very interested in this?"

This is asking knowingly. Anyone who is not blind can see that the two small stone sculptures are very similar to Ye Xiaochuan and Yun Qiyou, and they are close together. This is definitely not a simple coincidence.

The appearance of all living beings, the appearance of all living beings, this kind of carving is very common in Buddhist temples. Ten years ago, Ye Xiaochuan and Baili Yuan had seen similar ones in Jishi Temple. However, Jishi Temple is a small temple after all, with only 500 faces of living beings, far less than the more than 3,000 statues of living beings with different shapes in Jiaye Temple.

The reason why Buddhism uses this method to express the differences of living beings is mainly because there is a very famous Zen saying in the Buddhist scriptures.

There is no self-image, no human image, no living being image, and no life image.

This is the highest realm of the Buddha.

These Buddhist disciples think that their realm is not as good as that of the Buddha, and they are still among the living beings, so they humbly made this kind of carving of living beings.

It also means the three lives and seven worlds, and the six reincarnations mentioned in Buddhist Zen.

Of course, there is also the suspicion that believers are cheating money. If a believer finds a stone sculpture that looks very similar to himself in this living being, he will believe that it must be his appearance in his previous life, and he will not want to pay for the incense.

The group played in the Cave of All Beings for half an hour. Jiekong was right. The three thousand beings here almost covered the appearance of all people. Everyone could find one or two stone sculptures that looked similar to themselves.

Ye Xiaochuan was still worried about this trip to the Jiaye Temple, but he didn't expect to make an unexpected discovery, which seemed to be related to the curse of the two swords. The two asked Jiekong if they could visit Master Kongyuan. Jiekong looked at the time and said, "The master's morning class is almost over. You can follow me."

The group left the Cave of All Beings and continued to walk up the wide stone steps. The higher they went, the higher the level of the monks they saw seemed. From time to time, they could see some old monks in golden robes, all of whom were solemn and looked like Buddhist monks.

At this time, Ye Xiaochuan also discovered the hierarchy in the Jiaye Temple.

The lowest level is the young monks, wearing gray robes. Many young monks have hair and have not been ordained. There are even many gray-robed monks who look quite old, but have not been ordained. These should be the lowest level monks, who have not practiced much, and do things like sweeping fallen leaves and wiping Buddha statues.

The real disciples of Jiaye Temple all wear moon-white robes, such as Jiekong, Jiexian, Jiechen, and Jiese, who are around now. Their clothes are all moon-white.

Then there are the light yellow ones, who should be the elders.

As for the great monks Kongjian, Kongwu, Kongyuan, etc. that Ye Xiaochuan had seen, they were wearing yellow robes and purple bud cassocks.

When we arrived outside the main hall, it was just the end of the morning class. There was no annoying chanting, only the sound of morning bells and evening drums coming from above.

Only by seeing the Great Hall can you clearly recognize how magnificent it is. Facing the east, you can look up and see the tall golden statue of Buddha facing the gate. It doesn't feel like it is gilded, but it seems to be made of pure gold, shining brightly. Under the sun, it can blind people's eyes.

Ye Xiaochuan can only describe it in four words.

Wealthy and powerful!

Many monks who came out of the Great Hall one after another had just returned from the Western Regions. Naturally, they knew Ye Xiaochuan and other elite disciples of Cangyun Sect. When they passed by each person, they all put their hands together and chanted Amitabha.

Jie Kong said: "My master is inside, everyone follow me in."