Zhang Cambodia said: "The old man will go with you to fulfill the friendship of the landlord." ”

After having tea, the three of them went to Longshan Temple.

Longshan Temple, a famous temple in Lingnan, is also known as Guo'en Temple, because the temple gate hangs above the temple gate with the imperial book "Edict to the National Grace Temple", it is also known as the National Grace Temple, which is the dojo and the place of death created by the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism, and is known as one of the birthplaces of Chinese Zen Buddhism. It is known as the three ancestral gardens of Lingnan Chinese Zen Buddhism together with the Zhufa Dojo of the Six Patriarchs, Guangzhou Guangxiao Temple (known as the Dharma Temple) in ancient times, and the Qujiang Nanhua Temple (known as the Baolin Temple in ancient times), the place where the Dharma is propagated. These three ancient temples have a long history and a wide influence. Among these three famous temples, because Guoen Temple is the place where the six ancestors Huineng propagated the Dharma and the place where the fallen leaves return to the roots, it is called. "The first holy area in Lingnan", there are also monks called "the ancestral garden of the ancestral garden".

An ancient lychee tree next to Guoen Temple is planted by the six ancestors. Because of the Xinxing County produced in the fragrant li, known as the Lingnan fruit is famous all over the world, so that the Buddhist monks, believers, literati and ink writers linger and forget to return, there is "not to Xinzhou not to Guoen Temple, equal to not to Xinzhou" said, all who have been to Guoen Temple to worship, sightseeing, pilgrimage will sigh to themselves "I came to be a destined person".

Guoen Temple is located in the foothills of Longshan Mountain, 13 kilometers south of Xinzhou City, looking up to the east in front of Longshan, a four-pillar mountain gate archway is displayed in front of you, and then it is the Banshan Pavilion, the Lotus Pond, the Lotus Pond Lake Heart Pavilion, the Liberation Pond, the first mountain gate archway of the Guoen Temple and the gate of the temple. The buildings are connected as one, looming in the dense forest of the valley of Yongsan.

There are three mountains behind the temple, the peaks are towering, and the shape resembles the "Three Treasure Palace". Behind the three mountains, there is a big mountain that winds forward, just like a dragon going out to sea, so it is called Dragon Mountain.

After the completion of the Guoen Temple, the high monks, celebrities see that the mountain range behind the temple resembles a robe, so it is called "the robe ridge", the mountain peak is magnificent, the momentum is magnificent, it is a famous mountain.

When Du Wei was demoted to Xinzhou, he traveled all over the mountains and rivers in Xinzhou, and described "Longshan Shengxuan" as a scene of "Eight Views of Xinzhou":

Nanzhen Longshan is unconventional.

Bodhi Ziluo Floating Monk Tower.

There are many mountains on all sides,

Famous mountains and scenic spots,

Zen Pass is far away in Baiyunkuma.

Zhan Portugal Xiangsheng Buddha stone platform.

Several ancient cypress trees are also Cui Wei.

Cyclamen is also fast.

Longshan is a famous mountain, and it is said that "famous mountains produce celebrities" since ancient times. Because the sixth ancestor Huineng chose the location of Guoen Temple in Longshan, mainly because Huineng lived as a teenager, and Huineng's parents were buried in the dragon's lair, Huineng, a generation of grandmasters, is highly respected by the world. Guoen Temple is known as the first holy area in Lingnan, and it has been smoking for thousands of years.

Guoen Temple was built in the first year of Tang Hongdao (683 years), highlighting the architectural characteristics of the Tang Dynasty temple, and all the monks and celebrities came here for sightseeing and worship, and they were amazed by the geographical and natural environment of Longshan Guoen Temple.

In the first mountain gate archway of Guoen Temple, there is a pair of door couplets:

Progress is the first in the mountain

The beginning of the introduction is unique

Passing through the gate of the temple is the square, and above the gate hangs the imperial plaque of "Edict Gift National Grace Temple" inscribed by Li Xian of Tang Zhongzong in that year.

In the arch of Longshan Stele Forest, there is a gentleman who writes down a pair of couplets that echo with the archway of Shanmen:

Longshan Mountain is the best in the world

The Holy Land and the Earth should be in all directions

This special environment of "the first mountain", "unparalleled in the earth" and "the best in the world" is the characteristic of Gueunji, making Yongsan a place of pilgrimage and sightseeing, and "Yongsan Shengguan" is included in the first view of the eight scenic spots of Xinchang.

The pot here is shaped in a thousand shapes, and the hole in it is a thousand shadows.

The flowers fly to the pure world and become rain, and the moon shines on the Zen heart.

Guoen Temple, built by the mountain, the scale is large, the layout is rigorous, the whole building covers an area of more than 16,000 square meters, and the garden land area is more than 120 acres. After people pass through the first mountain gate archway, the mountain gate archway, they see the four heavenly kings and Maitreya Buddha statues who are responsible for guarding each side of the heavenly gate, and then it is the palace of the heavenly king, the hall of the great majesty. In the two compartments are the first ancestor Dharma Palace, Manjushri Puxian Palace, the Great Trend to the Palace, the guest hall, the dining hall and so on.

Next to the statue of the six ancestors of the Buddha in the Guoen Temple, there is a black-faced "seven ancestors", with a serious demeanor, and it is magnificent to see it.

Du Fu felt very strange, turned to Du Wei, and said: "My nephew has been exiled to Xinzhou for ten years, I must know what it means?" ”

Du Wei replied: "The origin of the matter has to start from the sixth ancestor Huineng after receiving the mantle of the fifth ancestor Hongren master. ”

So, Du Wei told the process at that time:

It is said that at that time, the six ancestors of Huineng received the mantle of the five ancestors of the master Hongren, took the road to the south, crossed the Yangtze River, walked for more than two months, came to the Da Yuling, when hundreds of monks followed, they wanted to intercept Huineng, want to forcibly take Huineng's robe, the first to catch Huiming, he was influenced by Huineng's teachings, so that hundreds of monks waved their teachers and retreated, only one person closely followed Huineng, this person is the six ancestors next to the Buddha statue and later became the "Seven Ancestors" Dharma called the monk of the God Society. He is originally from Xiangyang, Hubei, and originally studied the law with the five ancestors.

One day, he heard that Huineng had obtained the true inheritance of the five ancestors, and he also rushed to meet Huineng day and night. When the gods came to the Great Yuling Ridge and saw Hui Ming sitting on a large rock, as if reciting the Dharma Sutra, the gods would come forward and salute and ask him about Huineng's whereabouts.

Hui Ming said: "I came here before you, within a radius of several miles, I have asked and searched, but there is no trace of him, you better go back and look for him." ”

Shenhui is also a smart man, and he secretly thinks that Hui Ming was once a great general, and his temperament is as fierce as fire. Only because he was excluded by the imperial court, he was disheartened and became a monk, and now Huineng has obtained the true inheritance of the five ancestors, he is the first to rush to find the law than anyone else, and now he is persuaded by Huineng's legal principles. So the gods ignored Hui Ming and continued to chase south.

The gods chased after it for a day, and sure enough, they found Huineng. Huineng asked the gods, "Are you also here for the mantle?"

The god will hurriedly kneel down and say, "The disciple wants to worship you as a teacher, and I implore the master to accept me as an apprentice." ”

Huineng said: "I am in danger now, and I have no place to stand. There is no intention of accepting disciples. ”

Huineng didn't want to involve the Divine Society, but he couldn't get rid of him, so he cast a spell to set up a volcano to block it, wanting to forcibly separate the Divine Society.

The gods were just about to plead again, when suddenly a fiery mountain appeared in front of him, blocking his way. He knew that it must have been made by Huineng casting a spell. He thought, "When the master was a monk before, he was able to worship the big stone, was it because I was frightened by this volcano?" As soon as his heart was crossed, he rolled down from the top of the volcano and continued to chase Huineng south.

Touched by the determination and perseverance of the Divine Society, Huineng finally agreed to accept him as a disciple, explained the Dharma to him, and told him to practice elsewhere for the time being, and then meet again when he found a place where he could settle down.

But when God rolls down from the volcano, his whole body will be burned black. Later, when the six ancestors opened the Dongshan method in Baolin Temple to teach the scriptures, the gods rushed to meet the six ancestors and became the disciples of the six ancestors. Until the death of the six ancestors, the struggle between the Southern Sect and the Northern Sect became increasingly fierce. Shenxiu established himself as the "Six Ancestors" in the north, and was known as the "Master of the Two Beijings and the Master of the Three Emperors" and absolute power.

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the twenty-second year of Kaiyuan (734), the gods will hold an uncovered meeting in Dayuan Temple, Huatai (Huaxian County), Henan Province, and argue that the six ancestors are the real six ancestors of Zen Buddhism, and Shenxiu is just a side door. Zen Buddhism has been passed down from the first ancestor to the sixth ancestor for six generations. The law of physical evidence is still in place. After that, the Dunjiao of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng was able to gradually spread in the north.

Because he has meritorious service in protecting the Dharma. In addition, when An Lushan rebelled, the gods would set up altars for monks, teach Zen teachings, and collect sesame oil money to fund military expenses. The Buddha statue of the "Seven Ancestors" God will stand next to the six ancestors in the hall of the six ancestors of Guoen Temple, which is still swarthy, which is to commemorate the historical relics of his courage to fight mountain fires and protect the Dharma when he followed the six ancestors. Interestingly, the temples built by the people of Xinzhou, where there are statues of the six ancestors, there must also be the "Seven Ancestors" gods on the left side.