"The wheel never returns - that's it." Hearing the key word wheel, Ye Suling suddenly realized, "Indeed, in Buddhism, the six-spoked treasure wheel is often used to represent the flow of fate, the journey of life, the rise of realm and the evolution of all things.
The cycle is the so-called Baolianhua’s non-returning wheel.”
"Yes, but I actually don't know as well as you do. I just know that wheel patterns are commonly used in Buddhism as a symbol of fate." Zhang Ke said with a smile, "And I watched the square stone from the first appearance to the last.
Gradually emerging until it is fully revealed, one can’t help but think of the growth process of life. And the constantly rotating and undulating corridor also reminds people of the rotation and ups and downs of fate.”
"It may sound a bit nonsense, but for someone like me who is trapped in a time cycle, the symbolic meaning of this corridor is quite logical and makes me empathize with it. After all, compared to ordinary people,
I have experienced the so-called reincarnation of fate very clearly." At this point, Zhang Ke felt a little embarrassed:
"But if I guess wrong in the end because of my own passion, don't laugh at me."
"No, I think what you said makes sense. Didn't Qiushi say it before? There is some connection between the Chunshen ruins and the reincarnation of time, although I don't believe in prophecies or gods.
"Ye Suling said.
"This is the information I have obtained. Although I have figured out the basic structure of the ruins, there are still no direct clues about how to escape. What about you?" Zhang Ke glanced at Ye Suling.
There were lamps piled at his feet, and he wondered: "Is there something wrong with these lamps?"
"Yes, although I have always ignored them before, I later discovered that among the nearly a hundred ever-burning lamps, only six are different, and they are the ones at my feet." Ye Suling spread out each lamp.
On the ground between the two of them, Zhang Kehao had a clear look.
"Well... they are indeed all different." Zhang Ke observed carefully for a while and then said, "What kind of strange animal is this? What is this little man with horns? And is this a ghost..."
"Although these ever-light lanterns are taken apart, there is no clue at all, and they are even a bit incomprehensible, but when put together, you can find a very clear theme." Ye Suling said seriously: "That is the six paths in Buddhism.
All living beings.”
"That's the answer you found before." Zhang Ke nodded slightly and said, "You mean, each of these lights actually corresponds to one of them?"
"Yes, for example, this little man with horns on his head and holding weapons and shields in both hands actually represents the Asura path among the six paths." Ye Suling picked up a lamp and said, "Because the Asura path is recorded in the Buddhist scriptures.
The tribesmen have horns on their heads, are brave and good at fighting, and have a very warlike personality. They live in endless conquests and fights, and they never tire of it."
"And this ghost-like shape, especially with a huge mouth as the most obvious feature, should represent the realm of hungry ghosts, because creatures who fall into the realm of hungry ghosts will suffer from hunger forever, but will not be able to eat.
If you eat any food, the rice in their mouths will turn into scalding fire, and the fish in their mouths will turn into blades that cut into tongues. They are almost crazy tormented by the fire of hunger, and they can only open their mouths wide to devour everything they see.
"
"This seems to be the most normal thing in the world. After all, money or descendants are only meaningful things to human beings. Moreover, the shape of this lamp holder sculpture is also the purest human form, with sound limbs but nothing.
Extra extra space.”
"This fairy-like ever-bright lamp should refer to the way of heaven. In fact, the accurate translation should be the way of heaven and humanity. The prototype is the Deva clan in Indian mythology. You should have heard of Indra, Vishnu and the like from various places.
After the rise of Buddhism, many gods from Hinduism were incorporated into the classics, and they became the protectors of the Buddha, that is, heavenly beings." Ye Suling explained:
"Devas have longer lives, healthier bodies and stronger strength than humans, and because they have deeper blessings, they live a carefree life - but even such devas still have
Among the sentient beings in the six realms, there will inevitably be gods and humans who decline and one day they will perish, and they will not be able to escape and return to the world."
"What about this one?" Zhang Ke picked up the dark, ever-burning lamp and said, "Even the flames are black. It looks a bit spooky."
"This should refer to the lowest level of the six realms of sentient beings - the hell realm. Only those creatures who have committed heinous acts during their lifetime will be sent to hell to endure eternal torture and punishment. There are a total of eighteen levels of hell, each with
To imprison all kinds of sinners with different crimes and different severity of sins, and this is where the so-called eighteen levels of hell comes from." Ye Suling introduced:
"The lower the hell, the longer the sentence and the more painful the torture, and it will be more difficult for the creatures in it to be reincarnated. The lowest level of these hells is called the Daired Lotus Hell. It is a place where it is extremely cold everywhere.
If you stand in it, your purple skin will crack like lotus petals, and the red blood will flow out and solidify instantly, so it is called the Great Red Lotus Hell."
"Indeed, there is a carved lotus flower at the wick of this lamp... Well, when you tell me, the texture of this flower really looks like frozen skin." Zhang Ke seemed to feel a little bit.
I felt disgusted, so I quickly put it down, picked up the last ever-burning lamp that had not been introduced yet, and said strangely:
"Is this a monster... Why does it have the body of a pig, horns of cattle and sheep, wings of chickens, ducks and geese, mane and tail of horses, and seems to have fish fins on both sides?"
"And this one that looks like a collection of animals should refer to the animal path among the six realms of living beings." Ye Suling replied, "It is indeed a collection of the characteristics of a group of animals, and it is not like a dragon, a phoenix, or a unicorn. It only exists
It is not a mythical beast in myths and legends, but an animal that we can see at any time and is slaughtered in large numbers every day - probably because it is said in the Buddhist scriptures that eating animal meat is equivalent to eating relatives and friends in previous lives, so it is deliberately
Carve them with these commonplace animal features."
"In this case, we can indeed correspond one to one." Zhang Ke breathed a sigh of relief, "But you are quite good. Even though there is no literature here for you to refer to, you still remembered the allusions about the six realms of sentient beings and were able to correspond one by one.
Recognize the characteristics.”
Chapter completed!