Chapter 30: The Day of the Master’s Death (Part 1)
At this time, almost all the great lamas of the Oirat tribes were Bandidas (excellent graduates) who graduated from Lhasa. But once they returned to the tribe, they would become people like Galdan, and Galdan himself was a
An extremely outstanding Bandida.
Therefore, Luobu Zang Tenzin had this saying.
Almost all the great lamas and lamas of Tibetan Buddhism are involved in political affairs, but the Turghut tribe has declined somewhat because it is too far away from the snowy area.
Although he was a little dissatisfied with Chitard for creating the Changchun Cult, at first Chitard said it was to stabilize the Sarykamysh people, so he had nothing to say.
And now that he has become a profuse sweat again, no less profuse than Ayuqi Khan, he knows that he can no longer convince him.
Previously, Kitard promised that as long as he could help him deal with the three tribes outside the headquarters, he would let him promote Lamaism there.
On October 25, all the water surface north of Tsaritsyn was frozen, and heavy snow fell. The land to the south also began to freeze, but it was not frozen solid, and light snow fell sparsely.
Elista.
After the city was built, Kitard personally intervened for the first time and asked Norbu Zang Tenzin to build the largest temple here. He also gave him one hundred kilograms of gold and asked him to cover the roof of the temple with gold foil.
When winter comes, Kishenskov and other personnel stationed in Vitlyanka all return to Astrakhan. For them, a place with warm fireplaces is more suitable for spending the winter.
In winter, nomadic tribes will not move easily unless something big happens.
The square in front of the Dazhao Temple was crowded with people. On this day, all the nobles with the title of Taiji from the headquarters, the Heshuote tribe, the Dulbert tribe, and the Cebek Dorji tribe came.
They had to come. The Oirat Code stipulates that Taiji is the Vajra Protector of Lamaism, Da Taiji is the Vajra Protector of Lamaism, and the Great Khan is the Protector King of Dharma.
They have a double inheritance, one naturally comes from blood, and the other is given by the Buddha. As long as you are still a believer in Lamaism, you must accept this tradition, otherwise you will be spurned by the majority of believers.
This is why many nobles from the four tribes of Oirat have to go all the way to Lhasa to study scriptures and desperately get a degree.
More than a thousand people huffed and puffed in the square to listen to Norbu Zang Tenzin doing rituals and preaching. The scene was very spectacular.
On this day, in order to adapt to the atmosphere, almost everyone put on yellow monk robes, yellow sal hats (cockscomb hats) and yellow scarves (yellow religion).
Although Cedandorzi was a little unhappy, he had to come. If he wanted to move the herders to the west bank of the Don River, he would have to wait until the Don River was completely frozen. According to experience, it would take until the Don River was completely frozen.
Only in November.
Of course, he must have made preparations for Muhu. Although all the Taijis came, the Zaisangs still stayed in place to control the overall situation.
For Cebokdorzi, which is located north of Tsaritsyn, it is a bit difficult to say.
He is originally from the tribe, and he is a direct descendant of the noble clan. If he betrays the tribe, he will definitely be spurned by the herdsmen. And he is different from Cedan Dorji. He has a chance to become the great khan of the tribe. Cedan
Dorji is completely unqualified.
What's more, in addition to the Torgut herders, his tribe also has a large number of Cossacks, Kazan Tatars, and even farmers from the German region. The west bank of the Don River in his tribe is all dominated by Cossacks.
Getting there was not as pleasant as expected.
But he was unwilling to accept Chitard's control, so he was the most conflicted in his heart.
Norbu Zang Tenzin’s French teachings and sermons lasted for three days. At dusk on the third day, it was finally coming to an end, and quite a few people finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Woo..."
On the lecture platform where Norbu Zang Tenzin sat high, there were ten lamas lined up on the left and right, five on each side. At this time, they blew the sound of a ten-foot-long copper qin in their hands, with one end falling to the ground.
Everyone was lying on the ground, waiting quietly for Norbu Zang Tenzin’s final sermon.
Normally at this time, Norbu Zang Tenzin would shout out a prayer in a loud voice asking all the Buddhas to bless the believers, and then everyone would walk past him one by one and let him perform the initiation with Daigo.
Then this three-day Dharma conference came to a successful end.
Norbu Zang Tenzin slowly walked down from the monk's bed. For the first time in history, he didn't have a gong in his hand. Instead, he held a rod decorated with many golden rings, which clanged with every step!
The believers were shocked.
Scenes like this have not happened before. It was during the era of Ayuqi Khan. At that time, Ayuqi Khan asked the great lama to come forward to punish the traitors in the tribe.
Also, this time, Norbu Zang Tenzin also had a large loudspeaker on his left hand. This was of course made by Chitard specifically for him to give lectures. In this event with more than a thousand people, his mouth alone could not
All believers can hear it.
"Lampas"
(Langpa, the lama’s name for believers)
"Ever since I moved here with Orlek Khan thousands of miles ago, I have been devoted to the Buddha, sending my disciples to Lhasa from time to time to study scriptures, and always using the Yellow Sect teachings to restrain the people. At that time, there were a lot of obstacles in between to get to Lhasa.
Tribes that do not believe in Yellow religion"
"The difficulties can be imagined, but under the inspiration of the Buddha, he overcame all difficulties to go and listen to the true scriptures. It is precisely because of his piety that the Torgut tribe has stood on the bank of the Caspian Sea for hundreds of years."
"In the past hundred years, although foreign enemies have been harassing and internal strife has continued, the believers' heart toward the Buddha has never changed."
"But since the death of Ayuqi Khan, the tribe has fallen into chaos. The surrounding pagan forces have taken advantage of the situation and either lured or forced the believers to leave their original land, abandoning the true meaning of Buddha and switching to the embrace of paganism."
"In the past ten years, all this has been the most dramatic"
"All the buddhas and great lords are all Upasakas who have received the initiation from the great lamas of all generations, and have sworn to always protect the religion and dedicate themselves to the religion at any time. However, in the past ten years, many Upasakas have forgotten
I have learned the teachings of Buddha and cannot withstand the temptation of paganism."
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"They are no longer Dharma protectors and Dharma protectors. Among them, especially the great Taiji Cedandorji of the Dulbert tribe, the main tribe Tsebok Dalji north of Tsaritsyn and their subordinate Taiji are the most important.
Very!"
At this time, Cedandorji and Cebekdorji, who seemed a little impatient and expected the ceremony to end as soon as possible, finally understood what would happen next.
Both of them stood up.
Since Datai Jidu was sitting closest to the lecture platform, they shouted at Norbu Zang Tenzin: "We are not convinced!"
In the past, even if the tribe's Dadai Ji was dissatisfied with the Khan, he would rarely be dissatisfied with the great lama. Regardless of whether the great lama was right or wrong, at least on the surface he would obey and listen to the admonishment.
But this time, they actually contradicted the great lama on the spot in public!
This caused some believers who did not understand the ins and outs to suddenly become commotion.
Norbu Zang Tenzin ignored them and continued: "According to the will of the Buddha, I declare that Cedan Dorje and Cebek Dorje will be relieved of their duties as Vajra Protectors!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in Taiji was shocked.
For more than a hundred years, lamas and Taijis have maintained a delicate balance. Although Taijis are all born into nobles, it is justifiable for them to inherit the position of Taijis. However, it is not possible without the blessing of the great lama. Although the great lama is in most cases
They will all bless them.
Once the great lama wants to deprive anyone of the Dharma Protector Vajra and the position of Dharma Protector Vajra, it means that he is no longer the leader of the majority of herdsmen believers!
Cedan Dorji and Cebek Dorji naturally understood this, and regretted that they had acted too hastily just now. They quickly trotted up to the lecture platform, then knelt at the feet of Norbu Zang Tenzin and kissed his robe, and then stood again.
Get up and walk to the stage.
"Everyone, the Great Lama has been deceived by the Great Khan. This was not the Great Lama's original intention, but was done by the Great Khan who was preparing to establish the Changchun Religion as the state religion. He coerced the Great Lama!"
Almost all Taijis knew about Kitard's promotion of Changchunism in the country. Although he did not force Taijis to convert to Changchunism, he did let his second wife Turandot lead this religion. There were only signs of preference.
Not all fools know this.
Since the Taijis were not involved, they did not go into details. When they heard what the two said, they suddenly became noisy again.
At this time, Kitard, who was also wearing a monk's robe and had short hair, finally stood up. He first walked to Norbu Zang Tenzin and knelt down. Norbu Zang Tenzin performed the enlightenment initiation for him.
Kedorji and Kedorji held the magic pestle in their hands and stared at each other angrily.
The meaning of this in Tibetan Buddhism is too obvious.
The Taijis suddenly became quiet.
Kitard stood up and walked slowly to the front of the stage.
"Children of Oirat!"
"I, Sarai Kitad, the Great Khan of all the Turgut people, will officially explain this matter to you today!"
"Yes, I introduced the Changchun religion. It is believed by a branch of the Hongjila tribe who were oppressed on the east coast of the Huktenjis Sea and also came from the Mongolian Plateau in Mobei. They also accepted the Changchun religion.
Influenced by the great Genghis Khan"
"The Changchun religion has absorbed many advantages of Taoism, Buddhism, and Shamanism. They have a heart for our tribe, so they migrated thousands of miles here. Since they migrated, they have loved each other with the surrounding tribes, and there has never been any violation of the rules.
”
"And some tribes, by the way, like the Durbot tribe led by Cedandorji and the Torgut tribe led by Cebekdorji, are not like that."
"Yes, we are a vassal state of Russia, but we have maintained considerable independence since the war with Orlek Khan. The Russians tax us and recruit troops, but they want to completely bring us under their jurisdiction, and even
It is absolutely impossible to convert to their religion”
"But not these two people. Not only did they allow their herdsmen to convert to Orthodox Christianity, but they also obeyed the Russians. After they became members of the Zhargu, they did not consider the welfare of the Lamas, but the Russians. This is not even true.
Come on, just recently, I heard something shocking."
"That is, they are ready to all move to the west bank of the Don River and completely become Russian households, and they are also ready to all convert to Orthodox Christianity!"
At this time, Tseden Dorji and Tsebek Dorji both rushed towards Kitard, but they were stopped by the real Vajra Protector under Norbu Zang Tenzin.
Chapter completed!