When Zhao Zimeng walked to the bottom of the steps in front of the Guanyin Hall, Master Huiping greeted him.

Zhao Zimeng bowed down and looked at Huiping Shitai and said, "Shitai, there is a lot of disturbance. ”

Master Huiping said: "Captain Zhao doesn't have to be polite, the poor nun already knows the original situation, Captain Zhao can do his own thing, if you have any orders, the poor nun will do his best." ”

"We have disturbed your temple a lot, and it is empty, and we must urge the relevant parties to repair it as soon as possible and restore it to its original appearance, and the lives of the masters should also be improved."

"Amitabha."

Zhao Zimeng and his entourage walked into the Guanyin Hall.

The hall was in ruins, and all the curtains and the Bodhisattva's rows were covered with dust and spider silk. Facing the gate, Guanyin Bodhisattva sits on the lotus seat, in the Guanyin hall, only Guanyin Bodhisattva has repaired, so, it looks very complete, and the color is relatively bright.

Linghu Yunfei, Xiang Daimo and Ma Jianping paid special attention to the back of Guanyin Bodhisattva, there were indeed traces of repair on the back, I really don't know if I don't look closely, the connection is a little abrupt, and some places are neither flat nor even.

Guanyin wears a large multicolored cape.

Looking around the main hall, there were scattered stands—or sitting unnamed bodhisattvas of various shapes, either missing arms or legs, and the paint on each statue had faded a lot. In the corners of the walls and under the shrines, there are some mud tires with broken arms and legs. They wait in loneliness to be reborn.

Zhao Zimeng invited Master Ping into the main hall, and the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva must be put down, because the height of Guanyin Bodhisattva is about two meters five, which is the height of removing the lotus seat and head, but to put down Guanyin Bodhisattva must be approved by Master Huiping.

If Guanyin Bodhisattva is put down, it will inevitably be damaged, and it will be somewhat disrespectful to Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"There are two Buddhas, one is visible, one is in people's hearts, and what is visible is the Bodhisattva standing in this hall, since there is also a Bodhisattva in people's hearts, they don't care about falling to the ground; There is no room for sand in the Bodhisattva's eyes, and she knows what evil is. What is goodness. Do what you have to do. It is not necessary to ask for the consent of the poor nun. Fortunately, the funds for the repair are about to be approved, and this Guanyin Bodhisattva has gone through hardships and has been covered with dust for many years, and it is long overdue to rebuild the golden body. "Master Huiping's words contain Zen machines.

There is an offering table in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva, there is nothing else on the offering table except a few incense burners, the lotus seat of Guanyin Bodhisattva is placed on a platform fifty centimeters high, the area of the platform is about fifteen square meters, only by putting Guanyin Bodhisattva down on the platform, can Ning Yannan's body be taken out of Guanyin Bodhisattva's stomach.

Behind Guanyin Bodhisattva is a large wooden carved Buddha shrine, the Buddha shrine is fixed on the platform and a separate wall, there is a three- or four-meter-long gap on the left and right sides of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Guanyin Bodhisattva can only lie on the platform.

Under the command of Director Ma, several workers moved the copper incense burner on the incense table to the corner of the wall.

A worker climbed onto the incense table, climbed onto Guanyin's body, and untied Guanyin's cloak.

Four workers moved the incense case to the east side of the platform.

A worker threw a rope around the neck of Guanyin and circled it twice, wrapping the rope around Guanyin's neck twice.

Master Huiping said that Guanyin Bodhisattva and the lotus seat are connected together, everyone knows that all the Bodhisattvas in the temple are clay sculptures, the so-called recreation of the golden body, that is just in the literary works and historical stories to say, if there is really a golden body Bodhisattva sitting on the main hall, then this temple can still be peaceful? When our ancestors created the Bodhisattva, the combination of God's creation of man is different, since the Bodhisattva is made of clay, then together with the accessories of the Bodhisattva, let's make a sculpture!

Therefore, it must be brought down together with the lotus seat.

Putting down a bodhisattva is not an easy task. When it comes to the Bodhisattva, the author has some doubts and wants to talk about it. The author will talk about it casually, and the spectators will listen to it in vain.

When the ancestors created the bodhisattva, why didn't they create it 1:1 according to the size of the person?

If you think about it, there is really a little deep meaning, can the Bodhisattva still have a sense of awe and the urge to crawl on the ground with the same height and size as a human?

The Bodhisattva is the Buddha, the Buddha is the God, the god should be different from people, if you want people to feel the majesty and sacredness of the Bodhisattva, it is natural to be big and big, high and high, not high enough to condescend and overlook all living beings, not high or not enough to make people feel the Buddha's vast power and the vastness of the Dharma.

If you think about it carefully, you still don't understand, no matter what kind of Buddha it is, it must be created by people, no matter how big and high the Buddha is, it can't be bigger, not as tall as people, why do people make Buddhas taller than people and people?

Why would humans create such a non-existent character to fool themselves? "Mud Bodhisattva crosses the river - it is difficult to protect itself", people know that the Bodhisattva is made of mud, since people know the origin of the Bodhisattva, why do they still have five bodies to the ground, bow and worship?

Could it be that there are fooled genes flowing in our bone marrow and blood, and the emergence of some specious cultures may have something to do with it! To be precise, it is not that human beings want to create something empty to fool themselves, but that some people in the human race want to fool their fellow human beings with the help of something that is nothing, in order to achieve some ulterior purpose—when the masses of beings leave their fate to the bodhisattva, they can do something.

There is a question, the author has not figured out - I am afraid it is difficult to figure out in this life: it stands to reason that Buddhist disciples should be the happiest and luckiest people in the world, everyone think about it, they stay with the Bodhisattva Buddha all day long, should be the first to bathe in the blessings of the Bodhisattva and the Buddha, the Bodhisattva and the Buddha even those good men and women who have never met - even if they meet do not know their names, they can cultivate blessings and purify the mercy of the sea, not to mention these people who stay by the Buddha's side all day long are both respectful and pious. What about the disciples who not only offer food and clothing, but also dedicate their lives?

Unfortunately, as we all know, Buddhist disciples seem to be the worst people in the world. Men become monks, women cut their hair, we call it escaping into the empty door. What is the "Empty Gate"? The "empty gate" is the place where the seven emotions are abstained and the six desires are locked, but the world expects to be blessed and sheltered from this place.

If the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas really had that much ability, I am afraid that people in this world would rush to the monks' temples and nunnery—and people would not have to suffer and suffer to earn a living.

It seems to be a cultural problem as well, and in short, there are indeed a lot of things in our culture that are incomprehensible.

To get back to the point, it is not easy to put such a big Buddha down. Zhao Zimeng, Xiao Lao, Ling Hu Yunfei and Ma Foreman summed up and decided to divide the people into two groups, one group of people pulling the rope and the other group of people pushing by hand. Everyone is working hard at the same time.

Master Huiping and the other three masters found more than a dozen pu mats and put them on the platform east of the Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva is made of mud, and when it comes into contact with the platform, because of the effect of gravity, it will definitely break some of the protruding edges and corners, and it may be better to put some cushions underneath.

After the mat was placed, six workers pulled the rope; Seven other workers pushed by hand.

Everyone is in place, and the horse foreman shouts the trumpet in unison.

Outside the gate of the Guanyin Temple, outside the cordon, there were people standing. After a commotion and noise, people quickly quieted down.

The people in the main hall were already ready, just waiting for the horse foreman to give an order.

The horse foreman is in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"Master Ma, you can start shouting the trumpet." Zhao Zimeng said.

"Okay, I'm shouting! When I shout '3', you push hard at the same time – don't use too much force at first. ”

After everyone was in position and posing, the foreman began to shout: "1-2-3." ”

Everyone worked hard at the same time, according to the reminder of the horse foreman, at the beginning, everyone did not use too much strength, the Bodhisattva is made of mud, so you have to be cautious, in the eyes of the comrades, the Bodhisattva is probably nothing, but for the master of Huiping, it is different, serving the Bodhisattva well, this is their responsibility, without the Bodhisattva, they will not be able to support themselves.

The west side of the lotus seat slowly left the platform—the bodhisattva and the lotus seat were indeed connected.

"Master Ma, you continue to shout. The person who pushes should pay attention, and don't let the bodhisattva run in either direction. "Xiang Daimo stands in the upper left corner of the Bodhisattva - the lotus seat is in a circle, and the round thing rolls.

“1——2——3。” The foreman continued to speak loudly.

The left side of the Bodhisattva's base quickly widened the distance between the platform and the Bodhisattva, and when the Bodhisattva's center of gravity completely fell on the right corner of the lotus seat, Xiang Daimo, Ma Jianping, Xiao Luhan and Lu Qian walked to the south of the lotus seat; Zhao Zimeng, Linghu Yunfei and Xiao Lao walked to the north of the lotus seat, they wanted to hold and stabilize the lotus seat, and slowly put the Bodhisattva on the pu mat.

Immediately afterwards, Director Ma and the six workers on the west side all moved to the east side of the Bodhisattva, supported the Bodhisattva with more than a dozen hands, and then slowly put the Bodhisattva down on the pampering mat.

Master Huiping placed a few more mats in front of and behind the lotus base to prevent the bodhisattva from rolling on the platform.

Holding a chisel and an axe, the foreman cut a long groove about eight centimeters long and two centimeters wide above the repair area on the bodhisattva's back, and then took a hacksaw from one of the workers.

The horse foreman saws along the mended line with a hacksaw. Using a hacksaw can minimize the damage to the bodhisattva, and the subsequent repairs will be easier.

Because it is a clay sculpture of the Bodhisattva, the hacksaw moves forward relatively fast.