Chapter 14 Great Thunderchant Temple (2/2)
The more they observed the temple, the more extraordinary it felt
The Heaven Terand and vast, but in the end still ended up becoht have declined, but it was still standing as before It truly was a bizarre contrast…
An acco Bodhi tree, an ancient bronze laht…
Ordinary and indifferent, quiet and cal of time was the ‘true’ part which lay beneath the superficial
A lamp, a Buddha, a temple, and a tree… they all appeared archaic, and yet as if they could endure eternity
Everyone was peaceful and quiet, causing people to feel like they were being cleansed by spring winds A Buddhist chant seemed to be faintly audible
“If this really is the Great Thunderchant Teends, then wouldn’t that tree be ancient Bodhi tree that Shakyahtenment under?”
“How could that be possible? That’s just soious o, Shakyamuni sat on Mars beneath a Bodhi tree for seven days and seven nights, in the end beco is ih today, they felt as if they were living in a dream or fantasy But as in front of them was indisputable
At thisup with him, the two of them strode directly into the ancient temple At thatZiwen followed closely behind, both entering the ancient temple as well
In the rear, Liu Yunzhi seeed color, and he quickly rushed over The others also seemed to have woken from a dream; if this really was the Great Thunderchant Temple, then the inside would be the residence of a God Although it had long since been neglected and covered in thick layers of dust, it would forever be an extraordinary land
The ancient te a shrine Inside, it was corabbing the bronze ancient lamp beside it
The bronze lamp appeared co like cold metal, it was pleasantly warm, as if it arm jade What most amazed people was that this ancient temple was completely covered in dust, but this bronze ancient lamp lacked even one speck; apparently it was able to repel dust
It had definitely been many years since anyone had come to clean this temple Dust had accumulated in thick layers, but the ancient laht as it ever was Ye Fan and the others couldn’t help but be astonished Could it have been like this since ancient times?
“It really has been cleaned out Other than the stone Buddha and bronze laaze all around, but he hadn’t seen anything else
Just at thisbehind them ran in When Zhou Yi stepped into the thick dust, a loud clanging noise rang out At the same time, Liu Yunzhi and the others also entered into the ancient te
At the beginning, everyone hadn’t broken away frorained into them on Earth When they saw the ancient te bewildered Only when Ye Fan took action did they suddenly remember that now they were on another planet, and very possibly facing the Buddha’s residence froends, the Great Thunderchant Tes left behind by a God!
Within the ancient te the dustless bronze la up the interior
Suddenly, Ye Fan heard a kind of hidden Buddhist chant that see, he thought he was just ier within the teans, it shook the whole tenified and vast, masterly and abstruse…
In its wake, the dust in the whole temple was completely repelled The temple became completely clean, without a speck of dust or dirt Unexpectedly, a Buddhistout, “Om, mani, padme, hum…”[iv]
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[i] Bell cauldron script refers to an ancient type of Chinese writing The word ‘Great (大)’ in this case is written extre in bell-cauldron script ht be a bit different
[ii]大雷音寺 (Da Lei Yin Si) Great Thunderchant Temple is from Journey to the West, one of China’s Four Classic Novels, written during the Ming dynasty The nahten as thunder In Journey to the West, the Great Thunderchant Temple is where Buddha cultivated
[iii] Shakyamuni was said to be a prince as deeply aware of hu under a Bodhi tree for seven days and seven nights, he gained enlightenment and became Buddha, the founder of Buddhism
[iv] 'Onifying sacredness, mani means jewel, padme refers to the sacred lotus flower, and hu is not set in stone and is very liberal