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Chapter 652 The Head of the Eight Great Temples
Chapter 652 The Head of the Eight Great Temples

Mount Emei, surrounded by mountains, belongs to the rest of the Qionglai Mountains.

As one of the four holy places of Buddhism, the earliest history here can be traced back thousands of years ago, but do you really know this place, or do you know this four holy places of Buddhism?

Looking at flowers in the fog, watching the moon in the water.

In many cases, what you see may not be real, and it may be intentional for you to see.

As a holy land of Buddhism, there are eight temples in Mount Emei, each of which can be said to be full of incense, but just like the back mountain of Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain, the Mount Emei that tourists see is just the side of Mount Emei that the world wants to see .

And the real Mount Emei?
At this moment, the head of the Eight Great Temples.

Jinding, also known as the back of Huazang Temple, is fully separated by two or three mountains. There is a valley surrounded by mountains, surrounded by dense virgin forests, and a large number of insects, snakes and beasts live around.

But in this inaccessible place, there is actually a temple hidden.

Compared with the splendor of the temples outside, this temple is really too simple.

There are only two thatched cottages, an incense hall for enshrining Buddha statues, and nothing special around.

Three or four rotten futons, a set of red sandalwood fish that have been used for hundreds of years, and a thick stack of scriptures are placed on the shelf next to it, where you can even find scriptures written on bamboo slips.

An old monk with a haggard figure, wearing a monk's robe that has been rinsed so many times that it is hard to tell whether it is red or yellow, and with nine ring scars on his head, sits cross-legged on a futon, holding this A wooden fish hammer that has been around for hundreds of years.

A small incense hall, in front of the statue of Puxian Bodhisattva.

The blue smoke from the incense burner, like a white pillar reaching the sky, rushed straight into the sky.

With the sound of the wooden fish knocking again and again, time seemed to stand still at this moment, and it seemed to be caught in some kind of weird cycle.

Until a certain moment, a straight wisp of green smoke in the incense burner suddenly flickered.

The wooden fish hammer in the old monk's hand paused, and then fell heavily.

The sound was like thunder, and like a god's elephant stepping on the ground, the whole incense hall trembled slightly, but the set of red sandalwood fish was not damaged, instead it seemed to be protected by an invisible force.

"Junior brother, your heart is disturbed."

The old monk's wooden hammer stopped.

Without turning around or even opening his mouth, the old monk with white beard and white hair sat quietly on the futon in a ragged monk robe, and with his throat trembling, he was able to make a thick and vigorous voice.

Why did Emei become the four holy places of Buddhism and the ashram of Samantabhadra?
Because the mountain of Emei looks like a white elephant walking vigorously, and the mount of Puxian Bodhisattva is a white elephant with six tusks.

Elephants, natural symbolic meanings are infinitely powerful.

So behind the old monk, his younger brother is nearly [-] meters tall, also has white beard and white hair, but the skin of the cassock and fruit dew has a bronze-colored metallic luster, and his body is full of muscles. The bulging muscles are like tendon of cow.

As the old monk's words fell, the muscular monk who had sat quietly for a long time opened his eyes as big as copper bells, and said in a low voice:

"Senior brother, that white ape master is exhausted, but he hasn't come yet, how can you sit still?"

There have been legends about monkeys in Mount Emei since ancient times.

For example, the eminent monk Maozhen and the medicine fairy Sun Simiao, when they met to play chess, they all depended on a green monkey to send letters. There is also a rumor that a snow-white monkey gave a big flat peach to two passers-by.

After the two passers-by finished eating, they flew away directly.

The rumor of the green monkey, the two could not be sure.

But the master white ape mentioned by the muscular monk is real. 400 years.

But the above is not the point, the point is that the flat peach is real!
The white ape is an odd number, except him, no one knows where this flat peach tree is.

Although there are many grandchildren of monkeys in Mount Emei, there has never been another white ape master in more than 400 years.

After the death of the white ape, his monkey grandchildren will definitely not be able to guard the flat peach tree. With his intelligence, he must also understand that for the monkey monkey grandchildren, this flat peach tree is a disaster rather than a blessing. This is what the muscular monk is anxious about. .

If Master White Ape doesn't come, wouldn't this treasured flat peach tree be lost?

It's just that the old monk looked calm about the impatience of the younger brother behind him, and he just asked indifferently:
"Do you know the origin of this golden dome?"

The muscular monk nodded, living in a temple since he was a child, he is naturally familiar with the records of these subsets of scriptures and history:
"Puguang Hall was first established by monks in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was changed to Guangxiang Temple in Tang and Song Dynasties. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, monk Baotan rebuilt it. The reason why it is called the Golden Temple is that it was Zen Master Miaofeng during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The Bronze Temple created."

The old monk nodded, looked up at the statue of Samantabhadra in front of him, and said slowly: "The golden hall is two feet four feet five inches high, one foot three feet five inches wide, and one foot three feet five inches deep. cast in bronze laced with gold."

The muscular monk took a deep breath, with emotion in his eyes:

"Chan Master Miaofeng is worthy of being an eminent monk who has comprehended one of the Great Five Mings."

The ancient monks were not that simple, nor did they just eat fast and chant Buddha.

If only this?

The big bosses of all dynasties would not want to use Buddhism to fight against Taoism, and then use Confucianism to attack these two schools, and even turn this Central Plains into a pot of porridge. In fact, Buddhism is a very complicated academic discipline.

Take the Big Five Mings and the Small Five Mings as examples.

The Great Five Mings refer to the skillful workmanship, the medicine prescription, the declaration, the cause and the inner medicine.

Xiao Wuming refers to rhetoric, rhetoric, prosody, drama, and galaxy.

The Zen master Miaofeng mentioned by the muscular monk is an eminent monk who has comprehended one of the great five Mings.

After Zen master Miaofeng realized one of the five great enlightenments, he first built Huayan Temple in Luya Mountain, and then built a seven-story iron tower on the top of the mountain.

The Wangu Temple, known as the "No. [-] Zen Forest in Zhongtiao" at the time, was going to be rebuilt. The person who presided over all this was the Zen Master Miaofeng. Then Xuanhua Prefecture wanted to build the Yellow River Bridge. This project was quite difficult, with wide water and deep sand.

Zen master Miaofeng measured and designed it himself, and finally built a 23-hole bridge!

And the most famous golden dome on Mount Emei is just a work of Zen Master Miaofeng. What makes the muscular monk puzzled is, why did the senior brother in front of him mention this matter?
Feeling the confused eyes of the junior and junior behind him.

The old monk was silent for a moment, then he said slowly:

"During the Jiajing period, Zen Master Miaofeng became an orphan at the age of seven. He had no means of livelihood until he was 12 years old. He couldn't survive. He heard that temples could practice and eat vegetarian food, so he was ordained as a monk."

The muscular monk was puzzled, he shook his head:
"I don't know what the senior brother will say."

The old monk didn't turn his head back, and with his throat trembling slightly, a stern question came from the incense hall: "Before Chan Master Miaofeng suddenly realizes the Great Five Lights, you still need to go through disasters and retreat for three years. Your talent is comparable to Zen Master Miaofeng?"

Don't look at the haggard appearance of the old monk, as if he could be blown away by a gust of wind.

But his voice is thick and powerful, like Hong Zhong Dalu, it is breathtaking!
The muscular monk shivered from the shock, subconsciously replied:
"Incomparable."

After the words fell, the old monk did not give the muscular monk a chance to react, followed by a suffocating offensive: "Then why can't you wait for these three years?"

The muscular monk's expression flickered, his expression was tangled and worried, and he seemed to want to say something:
"Master Ruobaiyuan..."

But the old monk didn't pay attention at all, and he asked again: "Who is the honor of the Eight Great Temples of Emei?"

With a hesitant expression, the muscular monk looked up at the thin and haggard figure in front of him, and said uncertainly:

"Golden roof?"

In front of the statue of Puxian Bodhisattva, the seriousness between the old monk's brows disappeared. He put his palms together and said slowly:
"good!"

Why the rush?
The old monk knew better than anyone else that the white ape master could not guard the flat peach tree, and the eight temples in Emei honored by the golden dome, that is to say, anyone may be anxious, but only the two of them should not be anxious. !
But what the old monk didn't know was.

At this moment, at the foot of Mount Emei, there is a single folk custom building with beautiful scenery.

He took out ten 50 yuan bills from his wallet, and in the suspicious eyes of the proprietress?

Xu Si repeatedly assured that he really didn't need to arrange meals, that he came here for pure tourism, that he dyed his hair just because of his personality, not a real spirited guy, and that he would never destroy the buildings in the house, etc.

The proprietress handed over the key in her hand.

In a trance, it seems that there is a gust of wind blowing.

The air at the foot of the mountain was unbearably hot, and with this breeze, it seemed to have changed a bit?
(End of this chapter)