Mi qiongri Temple

Mi qiongri Temple

Miqiongri temple is located in the northwest corner of Lhasa, Tibet, on the hillside of Najin Township, Lhasa city. At an altitude of more than 4700 meters, because the temple is located in a remote area, few people go there, and all the temples use Tibetan and Tibetan. Miqiongri temple was founded by raojiang Quji in 1932. There are no living Buddhas among thousands of hands. Since master zongkaba's disciple kongrujian village, yousangbudang, presided over the sera temple, the miqiongri temple has become a subordinate Temple of the sera temple. In the 15th century, zongkaba practiced on the top of the sera temple. He predicted that the miqiongri temple would be relocated. At that time, the abbot of the temple was Jizun kaqubaim, who was the reincarnated spirit child of raokaquji living Buddha. When the lamas moved, they began to chant sutras. Soon after, a "nale" bird flew away, picked up a magic weapon, and landed on a huge black stone head on the hillside of miqiongri mountain. This was a sign of manifestation. Since then, miqiongri temple has been built on a huge black stone platform of about three acres instructed by the bird.

The miqiongri temple is built on a platform of about three acres. According to historical records, this platform is actually a huge black stone, but now it can't be seen that the valley is under the platform. The mountains, like a curtain, hang on both sides, with Lhasa plain in the middle. Under the sky shining gray light, this is a great viewing platform. The light blue Lhasa River flows at the foot of the mountain far away. Huge clouds quickly gather and disperse. The dense Lhasa City faintly spreads the murmur of human beings struggling in the world, and the dust rolls in the lower world.

Whether it's shaving before entering the temple or shaving after leaving the pass. Nuns have to get rid of their hair. It shows that they are clean and free, stick to the commandments and study the Scriptures wholeheartedly. The temple is a rectangular space, three sides are the nuns practice of ZHACANG. There are three floors of rooms, outside is the corridor, with large and small flower plates, hanging clothes. On the first floor, there is a kitchen, a warehouse and a buffet. There are instant noodles, public phones, beer, Pepsi Cola, batteries, lollipops, soap and so on. The second and third floors are accommodation. In the middle of the courtyard, there is a sutra hall with two floors. The first floor is a place for chanting sutras. In the middle of the hall are statues of the Bodhisattva Guanyin and the patriarch zongkaba. In the second floor are various deities. The roof is a connected platform on which activities can be carried out.

I don't know about miqiongkou temple. When the car was driving on the streets of Lhasa, rob, the driver, suddenly pointed to a mountain outside the city and said that there was a nunnery temple there. I vaguely saw a piece of white cloud or clothing on the dark yellow hill without plants in the distance, and we went there. The car soon passed the new cement Town, through some open quarries and came to the barren land. Only a few kilometers, we have been in the ancient wilderness, roads disappear, the world is empty, only a few Eagles circling in the sky. A white sign appeared in a pit at the foot of the mountain, with a line of words "Mi qiongdou Temple" written on the blue arrow.

Full of joy, the nun has been smiling unconsciously. Whenever she does Buddhist work in the temple, she also uses butter as a sacrifice for Buddhist work. At least five times a month.

As soon as rob turned the steering wheel, a detour suddenly flashed out, which made me feel uneasy. This detour is as wide as an off-road vehicle. Many corners are right angles. The car has to stop and step back before it can turn the corner. Our car has been suspended on the edge of the cliff. What kind of mountain is this? It's terrifying. It hardly grows any plants. The whole mountain is just like the earth shaking, the creator shakes the sack, the stones roll into piles, the soil is still loose.

The car trembled through the smoke of the hillside and circled for more than 20 minutes before it came to the white boulder. It is a stone built Tibetan castle with ten black windows, like deep eyes. It's a place where there is no land, no village, no food. On a sunny may day, countless places on the earth are in full bloom, but there are no such places. The huge stones are like wild animals around the temple. They are eager to roll down and swallow everything at any time. Some big stones are carved with scriptures, wrapped with colorful prayer flags, and birds walk leisurely in them. Hearing our news, four little Tibetan Mastiffs roared.

Dan Zhen, the director of the temple, and dozens of nuns appeared behind the stone. Danzhen whispered that they were planting flowers. I don't know if it will open. They opened a field somewhere on the hillside and just planted the flower seeds bought from Lhasa city. This is a sunny white afternoon, the castle and monks and nuns, in a trance, I think this is in Greece.

The door to the temple is very short, and the door frame almost touches the head. This is the only door to the temple. At night, if you lock the door, the temple will be as solid as gold. There is a well chiseled on the rock beside the door, and a copper ladle is hanging on the stone gray wall. The water from the well has gone to the end. Danzhen said that the water from the well is getting less and less recently, and the water source is disappearing and the trees are toppling. What does it mean in the world of belief in gods? But they also know that another water source is nearby.

Luo sangdawa, the nun of the Sutra hall, is adding oil to the butter lamp. She uses a small shovel to clear the oil path and replace the wick to make the light of each lamp glow again. This sutra hall can only hold more than 20 people chanting sutras. There are nearly 100 lamps in it. It takes a long time to add them all. This simple job made her bright inside.

Yuezhen Zhuoma, 30, is from gongka, Motuo County. She seriously said that her childhood wish was to be a nun. In Tibet, becoming a monk is the joy and glory of a family. In 1991, she got what she wanted and came to the mountain home of MI qiongri temple. Now she is in charge of the temple. Danzhen is the only one who can speak more Chinese in the temple. She is also learning English. She asked me if I could speak English, and she thought it would be more accurate to express her meaning in English. There used to be more than 100 nuns in this temple, but now there are more than 50 nuns. This is approved by the government. If new monks are to be recruited, they must be approved. At present, the temple has just had a holiday. The holiday is seven days. Most of the monks and nuns have gone back. There are only a few 110 monks and nuns in the temple.

Danzhen said that monks and nuns get up at 6 o'clock every day. They usually wake up naturally and use alarm clocks. Then clean up, wash your face and wear something. Open the cabinet for the Buddha to breathe, light the butter lamp, and change the water supply in the small bowl. Then sit in your room and chant. All kinds of scriptures were chanted before breakfast. In the morning, I usually follow the teacher to learn the Scriptures. It's about 12 o'clock for lunch. Then learn to think about scriptures, rest for a few hours in the afternoon, plant flowers, chat, wash clothes, etc., have dinner from 6:30 to 7:00, recite scriptures after dinner, and go to bed around 10:00. They chant sutras in the temple about five times a month. Buddhism has the idea of "no living", which is not as boring as school. There is a TV set in the temple, but it is seldom turned on. Monks and nuns are concerned about the study of scriptures. The nunnery temple is a school for monks and nuns to study scriptures and self-cultivation, but different from the school, it is a school that will never graduate. It is a matter of life for monks and nuns to study scriptures and history and practice Taoism in order to reincarnate into Buddhism in the future. Miqiongri temple is a part of sera temple. The lamas who teach scriptures mainly come from sera temple. After they finish the Scriptures, they walk back along the mountain road. Important religious affairs will also consult the eminent monks of Drepung temple. Besides lamas, nuns can also teach scriptures. Regardless of their age and length of time at home, nuns can be teachers as long as they have a good understanding of scriptures.

Women want to be nuns. In order to acquire the most basic knowledge and have the conditions to become a nun, we need qualified nuns to be our own teachers. First learn Tibetan, then learn kaloma Sutra (manjushu song), and then learn Zhuoma duiba Sutra (Tara song). In addition, I have to read "Lama Quba", "molonglangji", "jovajiuzhu" and "zhuomalangdangmani" and other Buddhist scriptures. I have to recite at least 500 pages of scriptures. Finally, I have to pass the examination of scriptures. I have to ask the famous living Buddha to shave for her. Then I swear to convert to Buddhism, Buddhism, monks and Sanbao. I must be healthy and religious, Only by sticking to the commandments and learning the Scriptures wholeheartedly can one enter the temple.

In the history of Tibet, nuns are intellectuals among women. They began to read scriptures when they were very young. Scriptures include religion, philosophy, literature, calendar, painting, architecture, medicine, history, art and so on. Buddhist knowledge is a comprehensive system, not just a dry dogma. After years of cultivation, some nuns have the wisdom of eminent monks, but they are unknown.

Because the contempt of women in the secular world also affects people's view of nuns. Nuns are often regarded as miracles even if they have made great achievements in their cultivation. It is said that there is a female living Buddha in xiangse temple, the famous nunnery temple. Her name is renzengqu niwangm (also known as yanzun renboqi). After a long period of practice, she is proficient in yoga. It is said that she died of no illness when she was 120 years old, which is regarded as a miracle. The 12th code and 16th code, which have been popular in Tibet for hundreds of years, stipulate: "people are divided into grades, so the price of life also varies. The price of the life of the superior, such as the prince and the great living Buddha, is the same as that of the dead, while the price of the life of the inferior, such as women, butchers, hunters and craftsmen, is a single rope. " With the progress of society, the status of women has improved a lot, and the influence of tradition has not been completely eliminated

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