Listening to Master Yuanrong's interpretation of the origin of this Buddha Shadow Cave, the people who can listen to the ups and downs can also be regarded as understanding the cause and effect of this matter.

I saw Wang Xuance thoughtfully pointing to the many Buddhist shrines on both sides of this Buddha cave and said, "Is this the arhat enshrined here?" ”

"Wang Changshi has good eyesight, it is true, since the great dragon king has reformed, he has carved out this Buddha shrine with a knife on this cliff, and the Buddha statue in this Buddha shrine is the posture after the Arhat meditation." Master Yuanrong, between the words, led them to these Buddha shrines.

I saw that in this foot-square Buddha shrine, there were lifelike arhats, some of them were sitting, some were lying, some were standing, and some were showing this ascension, with different postures and different faces. From the point of view of details, it is not only ingenious, but also radiant.

"One thought becomes a Buddha, one thought becomes a demon, in fact, good and evil are between people's thoughts" Wang Xuance casually said what he felt in his heart.

"What the eldest brother said is very good, this Arhat statue, people who see it are really happy," Chen Maocai also said with his words.

At this time, Zhou Zeng sincerely saluted this, and the Arhat statues in the Buddhist shrine were one by one. Although Xiao Liu has always been an atheist, in the face of the exquisitely carved Arhat statue, he can't help but have a lot of respect, and everyone also salutes quietly.

Seeing that everyone is also quietly appreciating this exquisite stone carving art. This harmony mage, along with his three disciples, was also full of joy to the Tang Mission, and cast endless admiration. After their sincere salutation, Venerable Yuanrong led the disciples and led them to a half-square stone in front of the cave.

"Wang Changshi, please see, on this stone, is the Buddha footprint stone of my Buddha Shadow Temple. This Buddha's footprint is the footprint that the Buddha stepped on after the Buddha touched this great dragon king when he left. This Buddha footprint stone, it is also strange to say, according to the size of each person's blessing, the size measured is large and small, different. Venerable Yuanrong pointed to this clear line of Buddha footprints and said to them.

I saw this line of Buddha footprints stone carvings: the big toe has a lotus pattern, the remaining four toes have a "swastika" pattern, the second toe of each toe has an eye-like pattern, the big toe has three cobalt left, the two toes present a double fish, the four toes are a treasure bottle, the five toes are a treasure snail, the palm of the foot presents the thousand-spoke wheel pattern, the top of the thousand-spoke wheel has a crescent pattern, and the lower part is an ivory pattern. Under the wheel, there are three plants and a small thousand spoked wheels composed of the "Brahma Crown" pattern. This is such a colorful scene, which can't help but make people's eyes light up.

I saw that after Wang Xuance put his hands together and gave a salute, he asked this Master Yuanrong sincerely: "Since Master Xuanzang returned to the Tang Dynasty, he also brought back a Buddha footprint stone carving, but there is an obvious difference with this, I don't know the master, this Buddha footprint stone, what do these patterns represent?" ”

But seeing this harmony master, looking at the envoys of the Tang Mission, they all cast puzzled eyes like Wang Xuance, so he said: "This lotus flower symbolizes holiness, this swastika character symbolizes fire and light, Pisces symbolizes liberation, the vase symbolizes wisdom, and the conch symbolizes sermon. ”

Hearing his words, Wang Xuance and others immediately understood the meaning of the Buddha's footprints, so they also sincerely saluted. I only listened to this harmony master, and then said: "Since that year, after the Buddha touched this great dragon king, he left the footprints of this pair of Buddhas, and many Buddhists and monks have rushed to come to pay respects. Of course, looking at the growing prosperity of Buddhism, other foreign Taoists are also very jealous and hateful. In order to eliminate the influence of the Buddha, they took advantage of the night to destroy the footprint stones with axes and chisels.

However, on the second day, the Buddha's footprints were intact and restored to their original appearance. Seeing the scene that could not be destroyed, they had evil thoughts in their hearts, and it was another dark and windy night, and many people came to push this big rock to the bottom of the cliff next to it. At first, I couldn't move it no matter how much I moved, but then more people came, and with great difficulty, the boulder was pushed to the cliff. But on the second day, the boulder miraculously returned to this place. Since then, people from this foreign path have also realized the great power of this Buddha, and they will no longer destroy this Buddha's footprint stone. Therefore, this Buddhism has spread not only in our country, but also in the land of the five Indians. ”

After all, one of the purposes of this trip to this Wuchang country is to observe the stone carvings of the Buddha's footprints and the Buddha's shadow cave, and on the other hand, it is hoped that the rubbings of the Buddha's footprints can be brought back to the Tang Dynasty, and the hairpins will be carved into stone carvings for the believers to see.

Therefore, this Wang Xuance and others, in the face of the clear footprints of the Buddha on this line, also bowed with sincerity. Looking at the pious crowd, the harmony master then said happily: "Seeing that you are so pious, why don't you use a ruler to measure the length of this Buddha's footprints and see how the good fortune of the rank?" ”

Faced with this rare scene, Wang Xuance and the others happily accepted the invitation of Master Yuanrong. I saw a young novice behind him, and then he took out a ruler prepared in advance, and asked respectfully, "I don't know that the layman came first?" ”

Because of Zeng's personality this week, he naturally took the lead and took the ruler from the young novice's hand. Under the leadership of Venerable Yuanrong, the size of this Buddha's footprint was measured. After his boy carefully measured it, he happily said to everyone: "One foot six inches and five minutes long, five inches and one minute wide."

There is no comparison, there is no difference, so this Chen Maocai also took the ruler in the hand of the young novice, according to the method just now, carefully measured it, what I never expected was that in front of everyone's eyes, this size really made a difference: "One foot six inches and four minutes long, five inches and three minutes wide"

In the face of the inexplicable difference, everyone is also very curious, it seems that this is really the power of good fortune, which varies from person to person. Xiao Liu also took the ruler from the young novice's hand, and the result was: one foot six inches long, five inches wide.

As a result, everyone also measured the size of the Buddha's footprints one by one, and everyone got basically the same. Seeing that everyone had finished counting, this Wang Xuance also took the ruler in the hand of this young novice and prepared to measure it...... What will his results look like? Please see the next ......

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