"Donor, the little monk is from Dongzhao Temple, and his legal name is Mingcheng. On the order of Master Yijing, I came to invite the donor to the temple for a while. ”

In front of me, there sat a young monk in Tsing Yi. He has a thin face, delicate facial features, and a solemn face.

He arrived ten minutes ago.

Right now, face to face with me, sitting in my living room.

"Toshoji Temple, is that the Toshoji Temple?"

I asked, puzzled.

"Yes. ”

Mingcheng replied.

The reason why Toshoji Temple is famous all over the country is because of one of their special phenomena. It is they who are rich in "flesh Buddhas".

The so-called "flesh Buddha" refers to the incorruptible body of the great virtuous monk who has practiced the path of cultivation and practiced extremely high.

Dongzhao Temple is located in Anhui Province, with a long history, the first "flesh Buddha" was produced in the early Ming Dynasty, and then the "flesh Buddha" was born continuously, so far, the body Buddha of Dongzhao Temple has 13 bodies.

The current presiding monk of Dongzhao Temple, Yijing, is a well-known monk in the domestic Buddhist circles, and he has the same relationship with me.

"What is Master Yijing looking for me?"

I asked.

Mingcheng pondered for a long time before he slowly spoke:

"Recently, a strange thing happened in the temple. ”

"Oh. What's weird?"

Mingcheng Says:

"Humanoid. It's often inexplicable that some humanoid ...... appears"

"Humanoid?"

I asked, staring into Mingcheng's eyes.

"Yes. Now the people in the temple are panicking, and I don't know who has spread it, and the number of pilgrims has also decreased by half, which directly affects the income of the temple. ”

"Can you tell me what happened?"

I interrupted Mingcheng's words.

Mingcheng was silent for a while and said:

"It's hard to describe in words, but if you look at it with me, you will understand it when you look at it. ”

"Good. ”

I nodded in agreement.

So, a day later, I followed Mingcheng to Toshoji Temple. The first time Yijing saw that kind of "human form" was when he was a teenager. He was an abandoned orphan who was picked up by Master Huikong when he was traveling in the clouds, brought back to the temple, and raised as an adult.

The two are like father and son.

One winter, it snowed heavily at night.

When he got up in the morning, Xiao Yijing pushed open the temple door and took a look.

Huh-

At first glance, I saw something strange.

On the ground of the Zen courtyard two feet away from the door, there is a lifelike "human figure".

It's like a snow sculpture carved into the snow with a knife.

But there are no footprints around.

Xiao Yijing hurriedly ran over to watch.

It was discovered that it was a "monk" who was twisted in pain. He opened his mouth wide and seemed to be screaming angrily.

How did this "humanoid" come about?

"Master, what's going on?"

Xiao Yijing brought Master Huikong to watch together.

Huikong clasped his hands together and silently recited a passage of the Sutra of Transcendence, and then said slowly:

"I don't know what's going on, but since I came to Toshoji Temple, I've often seen this strange 'human form'. They seem to be in pain. But I don't know who they are, but why are they in Toshoji Temple?"

After saying that, Huikong let out a long sigh.

Since then, Yijing has also begun to see this inexplicable and strange "human form" constantly.

Sometimes, appear in the yard.

Sometimes, in the kitchen.

Sometimes, it appears on the table.

Sometimes, appear on the wall.

In short, it happens two or three times a year.

I don't know where they came from, and how they came from.

At first, Yijing was still a little scared.

But they just appear strangely, and they don't do anyone harm.

Slowly, Yijing got used to it.

It's not weird, it's weird, it's coming as usual.

But until, half a year ago, these strange "human forms" changed!

Let Yijing, and the monks in Toshoji Temple, can't help but be afraid! First of all, the number of "human figures" that appear began to increase.

Previously, it only happened two or three times a year.

Half a year ago, it began to appear every month, and the interval between them became shorter and shorter, constantly shortening to half a month, ten days, five days, three days......

Until a month ago, they appeared almost every day.

The monks of Toshoji Temple began to feel frightened. Every day, they wandered around the city looking for new human figures, and when they saw them, they quickly swept them away.

But it was still seen by pilgrims who came to the incense.

Therefore, the information that Toshoji Temple is "haunted" should not be passed out.

The vast majority of people do not dare to come to worship the Buddha and incense again.

This is nothing, what really terrified the monks of Toshoji Temple was an incident that happened the day before yesterday.

The night before yesterday, the monks of Toshoji Temple were eating dinner around the table.

Suddenly, in the middle of the table, in full view of everyone, a white "human figure" slowly appeared.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Some of the timid monks couldn't help but start to tremble, and their teeth were clenched.

One of the bold monks, who coughed twice, was bold and said:

"Nothing. Don't be afraid! Over the years, these figures have been harmless to humans and animals. Besides, there are so many of us, what can it do to us?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables.

At this time, the figure on the table suddenly jumped up, opened its mouth wide, opened its teeth and claws, and rushed towards him!

When the white palm stuck in the monk's throat, the "human form" turned into a pile of white powder, scattered on the ground, and disappeared.

The bold monk lay backwards and fainted in fright.

After being rescued, he found that there was a red palm print on his throat.

After this incident, several monks quietly slipped away and abandoned the monastery and fled.

The rest of the monks also gathered together to chant the scriptures in a terrifying atmosphere all day long.

But to no avail, this kind of humanoid form appears more and more frequently, and it will move.

After appearing, some will run a few steps, some will crawl forward, some will roll in pain, and some will even attack the monks.

It's just that their attacks don't have much lethality.

But it's really terrifying enough, enough to make people scared and scared.

In order to give the monks courage, Yijing gathered everyone in the Daxiong Treasure Hall and chanted the scriptures together day and night.

Three days ago, however, Yijing was also attacked by a "humanoid"! Three days ago, on the evening of the day, Yijing sat in front of the Buddha statue in the main hall, knocking on wooden fish, and reciting the Sutra of the Death with the monks.

Suddenly, someone in the group of monks lost their voices and let out a terrifying cry.

Yijing opened his eyes and saw that all the monks had a look of fear on their faces, and they all pointed to their backs and kept retreating.

Yijing couldn't help but look back.

This look made the blood in Yijing's body instantly coagulate, and his whole body couldn't help but start to tremble.

Yoshijing saw a terrifying scene that he would never forget.

I saw a translucent white humanoid strolling out of the wall behind him with both hands.

The left leg and half of the body are already out, and the right leg and the other half of the body are still in the wall.

Yijing wanted to run away immediately.

But his legs are paralyzed and he can't move an inch.

I saw the white figure slowly come out of the wall, walk up to Yijing, and walk around him twice. Finally stand before him and stand face to face with him.

I saw the white human figure, his lips twitching.

Apparently saying something to Yijing.

However, it could not make a sound.

Yijing didn't understand what he was talking about.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand!"

Yijing asked in a trembling voice.

The man couldn't understand it, and his tongue squirmed faster, apparently because he had quickened the speed of his speech.

Its countenance began to contort, and anger began to emerge.

The faster it speaks, the faster it speaks, the faster it doesn't understand. The more he didn't understand, the angrier he became. Its fury rose to the extreme.

Suddenly, it let out a long roar, grinning its teeth, opening its teeth and dancing its claws, and pounced on Yijing!

Its mouth bit down on Yijing's shoulder!

Because of fear, Yijing's body couldn't move at all. I was bitten by it like that.

The pain in the heart spread from the shoulder to the whole body.

Yijing gritted his teeth and said nothing.

The monks were so frightened that they fled out of the hall.

At this moment, suddenly, the "humanoid" burst into cyan flames. It let go of its bite and began to struggle in the fire in agony.

There was a terrible cry in his mouth.

The cyan flames on its body burned more and more, and its struggles became slower and slower.

Slowly, it crawled to the corner of the wall and stopped moving.

The cyan flame was gradually extinguished.

All that remained on the ground was the painfully twisted white humanoid.

After listening to the narration of the monk Yijing, I was silent for a long time.

I asked Yijing to give me a day.

He agreed.

On this day, I visited the monks of Toshoji Temple and surveyed the topography of Toshoji Temple on the spot.

Soon, I discovered the pattern of the appearance of "human form".

To be precise, it is the law of the appearance of the "human form" in the spatial orientation.

I drew a sketch of Toshoji Temple, and based on the memories of the monks, I marked the location of the "human form" one by one.

I found that the distribution of these "humanoids" is fan-shaped, the closer to the vertices of the fan, the denser they appear, and the farther away from the vertices, the more sparse they become.

Outside of the fan, almost no "humanoid" has ever been found.

The vertex of the fan-shaped shape is the wall in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, that night, the "humanoid" that sprang out from behind Yijing?!

I analyzed the results for Yoshijing and the monks of Toshoji Temple.

"Do you have the tools? Let's break the wall! I don't know what it is, but I'm sure the root of your trouble must be in that wall!"

Finally, I looked into the eyes of the righteous monk and said seriously.

Yijing nodded.

Soon, a young monk brought tools such as hammers, pickaxes, and shovels.

I picked up my pickaxe and slammed it against the wall.

"Hula!"

The wall had collapsed, revealing a large hole.

There's a weird, swarthy thing in the cave.

Before I could see what it was, the Yijing monk and the monks behind me suddenly gasped together, and then said in unison:

"Flesh Buddha!" the monks carried out the swarthy thing and put it in the courtyard.

At this time, I saw clearly that it was a sealed vat.

"This is the famous incarnate Buddha of this temple. ”

Yijing came to me and said to me.

After a pause, he added:

"However, this is not a finished physical Buddha, it is being made. Is the body in this vat rotten, or is King Kong not bad? I don't know!"

"And who's in this vat?"

I asked.

"I don't know!"

Yijing shook his head.

"I heard that there are already 13 flesh Buddhas in your temple, the earliest of which were produced in the Yuan Dynasty, where are these flesh Buddha statues?"

I asked.

"They were all enshrined in the apse. ”

Yijing replied.

"Oh. ”

After a pause, I asked again:

"How are these flesh Buddhas made?"

Yijing Says:

"The so-called Buddha in the flesh is actually a Buddha in the flesh, with an incorruptible body. Generally speaking, those who can become incarnate Buddhas are all high-level monks who have cultivated to a high level. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Those enlightened monks who have practiced to a certain extent will not know the date of their death, and before they pass away, they will stop eating, start to open the valley, and only drink a special decoction made by this monastery......

"Decoction?"

"Yes. I don't know exactly what it is, because it's long gone. ”

After a pause, Yijing continued:

"After the monk passes away, he will be put into the vat. The jar is covered with lime charcoal and filled with spices. It is then sealed and left for three years. This is commonly known as 'sitting in the tank', also known as 'tank burial'. ”

"Sitting?"

"Yes. Sitting. ”

Yijing nodded. And then he said:

"After 3 years, if the cylinder is opened, if the body is not rotten or broken, it proves that it has become the incorruptible body of Vajra. It will be enshrined in plastic gold for the monks and the world to worship!"

"What if the body decomposes after the tank is opened?"

I asked.

Righteousness and whiteness give me a look. Say:

That proves that the practice of the person sitting on the jar is not enough. The body will be cremated. ”

I was silent for a long time. Pointing to the swarthy vat in front of him, he said:

"Who's this? Isn't there any clue?"

Yijing shook his head.

After a pause, he smiled and said:

"This temple has not produced a flesh Buddha in the past three hundred years, if this jar can be a body Buddha, then the temple's incense will be more prosperous!"

I ignored his words and asked:

"Are you the oldest in the temple now?"

He nodded.

"If you think about it again, are there any older people? Do they know about the people in this vat?"

Yijing lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly patted his head and said:

"Oh, how did I forget? My master Huikong is still alive!"

"Your master?"

"Yes. ”

"You are in your 80s, so your master should ......"

"Although he is my master and raised me, he is actually only nineteen years older than me, and he has just turned 100 this year!"

"And where is he?"

"He was at the nearby Lingci Temple. ”

"Why not in your temple?"

"Oh, this is where my master Huikong is a brilliant person. After the year of my establishment, he gave me the position of abbot of the monastery, and he went to open a new Lingci Monastery a hundred miles away! In this way, when he left, my authority in the monastery would not be challenged. ”

"Oh. ”

I nodded, skeptical.

"Can you invite your master Huikong?"

"Yes!"

"Then how do you choose who will be made into a Buddha in the flesh?"

"Generally speaking, the old monks who are dying in the temple will be chosen. Everyone persuaded together, and under normal circumstances, the old monk would agree. Because if you don't agree, you can't help it, so you will forcibly make it into a physical Buddha. But at that time, there were no old monks in the temple. When the abbot made this suggestion, everyone looked at each other, and no one would stand up......"

"So what to do?"

"Draw lots!"

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