Buddhism in my country is divided into three schools: Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism. Around the first century A.D., it was introduced into my country from the Indian subcontinent, and then merged with my country's local thoughts (Taoism and Confucianism) to form Chinese Buddhism. Due to the difference in the wisdom, merit and root of the recipients, as well as the differences in the living age and living environment, and the emphasis on the cognition and practice of Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism has been divided into eight major sects: Dharma Xing Zong, Dharma Xiang Zong, Dharma Xiang Zong, Tiantai Sect, Huayan Sect, Zen Sect, Pure Land Sect, Vinaya Sect, and Tantric Sect.
Songtsen Gampo unified Tibet in the seventh century and established the Tubo Dynasty. He married Princess Chizun of Nepal and Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty successively, and converted to Buddhism under the influence of the two princesses. Tibetan Buddhism is the product of the integration of Buddhism and local culture and religion (Bon religion) in Tibetan areas. It is divided into five major branches: Nyingma Sect, Sakya Sect, Kagyu Sect, Kadam Sect and Gelug Sect.
The Princess Wencheng Temple, located in Benagou Valley, Jiegu Town, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, was built in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of 1,300 years. It is said that Benagou is the place where Princess Wencheng stayed the longest on her way to Tibet, during which the princess taught the local Tibetans the farming techniques and textile techniques brought by the Han. The temple is built on the cliff. Nine huge Buddha statues are chiseled on the rock wall directly above the temple hall.
For the two great dynasties of Tang and Fan who rose at the same time and bordered each other, the cost of marriage was lower than that of war. Songtsan Gampo, who failed to propose marriage once, went through the war and embraced the beauty again through the war. He devoted his whole life to the gift of son-in-law. Instead of daring to break ground on the head of Taizong Li Shimin, he helped the Tang Dynasty in the crusade against the Western Turks. . After pacifying Tubo, the Tang Dynasty concentrated on destroying Gaochang and completely completed the control of the Western Regions.
In addition to enjoying the inherent glory and wealth, royal princesses also have the obligation to dedicate themselves to the country, and they should marry far away when they should marry far away. The "peace" of the two countries is the first priority of "peace" and the relationship between sons and daughters is not so important here.
Qinghai is an important place for the spread of Tibetan Buddhism. Master Tsongkhapa, who was born in Huangzhong County, is regarded by Tibetans as the incarnation of Manjusri Bodhisattva. Throughout his life, Tsongkhapa, who became a master of a generation, failed to return to his hometown, but the Gelug Sect he founded spread like the wind in the Tibetan area of Qinghai. The Kumbum Monastery built in his birthplace, as one of the six major temples of the Gelug Sect, receives devout worship from thousands of believers.
A mother's love is always there. Six hundred years ago, Master Tsongkhapa's mother built Kumbum Monastery with deep thoughts for her son. Today, there are still old mothers looking forward to the gate of the temple. Akali, find your son.
The tranquility of the Kumbum Monastery only belongs to the morning and night. More often, the small halls are full of tourists from all over the world. The hurried tourists haunt the world of monks. They look up at the Buddha statues and leave quickly. The believers bowed their heads and knelt down, using their bodies to measure the world leading to the other side.
At dusk, the monks wore crimson cassocks, took off their yellow hats (the symbol of the Yellow Sect), and sat around on the stone ground in the courtyard of the main hall, doing the compulsory evening classes every day. The solemn and vigorous recitation sound traveled through the 600-year period of the linden tree in the temple blooming and falling.
The Eight Treasures Ruyi Pagodas all over the world praise the eight great merits of Sakyamuni Buddha's life in different places and at the same time. I have reached the age of knowing my destiny, I will no longer pray to the Buddha, I will not make any vows, and I will never fulfill them. Everything is just to arrive.
Prayer wheels, lama towers, manidui, prayer flags, Weisang, six-character mantras, mandala, etc. are all elements of Tibetan Buddhism. Manidui can be seen everywhere in Tibetan areas, and they function as sutra halls in rural villages far away from towns and monasteries. 300 years ago, Gyana Living Buddha put down the first Mani stone in Yushu Xinzhai, and then the Tibetans who passed by would add a Mani stone while reciting the six-character mantra around the mani pile. With 3 billion pieces of Mani stones, Kanamani City has become the largest Mani stone pile in the world. Following the footsteps of the Tibetans, we walked clockwise around the 3-kilometer stone reef, and imitated their appearance and added a Mani stone engraved with the six-character mantra.
The Jiegu Temple under construction is the main temple of the Sakya Sect in Qinghai. The temple is built on the mountain, overlooking the entire Yushu Prefecture. Because the temples are often painted with black, white and red three-color flower strips symbolizing Manjushri, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Vajrapani Bodhisattva, the Sakya sect is also called "Flower Teaching". All I can see of Jiegu Temple is the outer wall, because the places where the doors are open are all construction sites, but the doors that have been renovated are all closed.
