Shi Liya clasped her hands together and said with a look of infinite worship: "Di Ting has the ability to 'sit on the ground and listen to eight hundred, and lie down to listen to three thousand', because when that divine beast listens, it often leans over the ground and listens with its ears close to the ground, so it is also called 'earth listening'. ”

"At the same time, the earth also contains the meaning of the heart, and the earth is praised in the Tibetan verse: Ji Shou is naturally pure heart, and the Buddha is full of great mercy, so those who can listen with their hearts are 'good at listening', and the earth can hear the sound of all things in the world, especially good at listening to people's hearts, and can take care of good and evil, and listen to the virtuous and foolish."

"It's all because the white dog has accompanied Jin Qiaojue all his life, so when Jin Qiaojue was offered to Jin Jizang, the white dog was also offered together, and it was regarded as the embodiment of Di Ting."

Shi Liya looked around at everyone at this time, and said slowly: "Now you all understand, Fan Zhengping is in the underworld, and the old monk he met, covered with Buddha light, tall and thin, and riding a unicorn beast, and the unicorn beast has changed into a white dog, which shows that the old monk in hell is the Bodhisattva of Jizo." ”

"He showed Fan Zhengping this unique image, that is, he asked him to bring a message to Li Bing after returning to the yang, so that Li Bing could realize that it was the image of the golden earth hidden in Jiuhua Mountain, Anhui Province, so as to guide us to Jiuhua Mountain, so we should be able to understand the word 'land' in Sancai."

Everyone praised in unison, and Zhao Wan'er asked Li Bing in disbelief: "Li Bing, is it really as Sister Shi said, our next stop is Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui." ”

Li Bing nodded with a smile, and everyone was relieved in their hearts, and Zhao Wan'er urged everyone to eat quickly, go on the road immediately, and go straight to Jiuhua Mountain.

The spring was bright, Li Bing and his entourage accompanied the high-spirited Zhao Wan'er to visit the major scenic spots of Jiuhua Mountain for a day, and the next morning came to the real body hall that offered Jin Dizang's body.

Everyone worshiped the body of Jin Jizo reverently, and after offering incense, they went out of the temple to visit the temple.

Li Bing, as a Buddhist layman, asked for a few squatter rooms for pilgrims to rest, and donated 1,000 merit money in the name of five people.

In the dormitory, several people drank the tea provided by the temple, and Zhao Wan'er still asked Shi Liya with curiosity: "Sister Shi, who are the two Bodhisattvas on the left and on the right, in the main hall, I dare not offend the Bodhisattva and quietly ask you, now you tell me." ”

Shi Liya affectionately told Zhao Wan'er: "Wan'er, the Buddha statue offered in the Buddhist gate, the main Buddha and the Bodhisattva are around, one left and one right, that are all called coercion, that is, they follow the Bodhisattva or Buddha to practice together, and the left and right coercion of the Jindizang of Jiuhua Mountain were still father and son before their deaths." ”

Zhao Wan'er was even more curious, and immediately pestered Shi Liya to continue,

It turns out that there is a fascinating folklore about the left and right attendants of the gold Jizo,

It is said that Jin Qiaojue crossed the ocean to China to shave his hair and become a monk, and when he entered Jiuhua Mountain to practice, he only practiced alone in a remote cave in Jiuhua Mountain.

When Jin Qiaojue was successful in his cultivation and decided to establish a temple in Jiuhua Mountain to promote Buddhism, because Jiuhua Mountain at that time was owned by a person surnamed Min, Jin Qiaojue asked Min Yuanwai what Jin Qiaojue wanted to transform, Jin Qiaojue opened his mouth as long as he turned into a large robe.

Min Yuanwai's financial resources are not trivial, he was going to give Jin Qiaojue a few acres of land for him to build a temple, but he didn't expect that Jin Qiaojue was just a cascading land, Min Yuanwai was surprised, and naturally he didn't have time to think about it and generously agreed.

After Min Yuanwai agreed, I saw Jin Qiaojue's robe shake slightly, the robe floated in the air, saw the wind on the long, and finally covered nine peaks, which made Min Yuanwai both very surprised, and eye-opening, sigh unprecedented, from quiet and surprised, from surprise and joy, and sincerely dedicated the whole mountain to the living Bodhisattva in front of him.

After the temple was completed, Jin Qiaojue finally had the conditions to practice the dojo and accept disciples to promote Buddhism.

Jin Qiaojue is famous from this far-reaching, many good men and women come to worship and offer, even the monks of Silla country heard about it, and also led the sea to come to China to serve, Min Yuanwai first let his son worship the high monk as a teacher, and then he also gladly converted, diligent practice, so far Jiuhua Mountain Temple in the Jizo statue left and right attendants, that is, Min father and son,

Everyone was amazed, and they all felt that this story was so familiar, it seems that the folk legend of the Taoist monk of Lingyin Temple in West Lake of Hangzhou was also so fateful, but Jin Dizang was a character during the Tang Dynasty, compared to the story of Daoji, much farther,

When everyone was fascinated, they faintly heard the sound of wooden fish outside,

Li Bing's heart moved, and there seemed to be an invisible force attracting him,

He quietly followed the sound of the wooden fish, and unconsciously came to a secluded monk's room, Zhao Wan'er and the other four people also quietly followed Li Bing to the outside of the monk's room.

In the sound of the wooden fish, Li Bing only heard the old monk reciting the "Dizang Bodhisattva Sutra", the voice of chanting the Buddha, although it was flat, but it made the five people outside the door hear the empty heart,

I don't know how long it took, the sound of the wooden fish stopped, and only an old voice could be heard coming from the meditation room: "Master Li, please come in." ”

Li Bing and the others were shocked in their hearts, but they didn't dare to raise any doubts, and with a pious and respectful heart, they gently pushed away the hidden meditation room.

The furnishings in the meditation room are very simple, surrounded by white walls, a simple wooden bed is placed on the wall, there is a shabby table next to the wooden bed, on which is placed a cigarette-filled incense burner, a thin old monk, is sitting cross-legged on a futon on the ground, eyes closed,

Li Bing respectfully knelt down to the old monk and asked softly: "Dare to ask the master's name, how do you know that my surname is Li, and how do you know that I eavesdropped on the master's chanting outside the door of the meditation room." ”

The old monk said lightly: "For those who are monks, the four major ones are empty, and the name of the Dharma is also false, why should Master Li Shi know." ”

Li Bing, who had already understood the Buddha's Zen principles with the Zen Master Kongming, heard the words of the old monk, as if he had been empowered, and his heart was even more worshipful to the nameless old monk.

The old monk still said lightly: "Last night the Bodhisattva dreamed of me, today there is a donor surnamed Li, came to Jiuhua Mountain to view the underworld, seeking enlightenment, when the right time to chant the scriptures, the wooden fish jumped, there will be someone eavesdropping outside the door of the meditation room, can come to my meditation room, that is, the person who is destined, the donor should be the surname Li in the dream of the Bodhisattva, so it is known." ”

Li Bing and the other five were stunned and silent, and suddenly saw the nameless old monk's eyes open, and a light flashed,

The old monk was no longer an old man's voice at this moment, but a loud voice, and shouted: "Li Bing, you sit on the futon, your eyes are closed, your heart is free of distractions, and with the guidance of the Bodhisattva Jizo, you will dream of ten halls of Yama and eighteen hells, and then you should be enlightened." ”

Li Bing asked in surprise: "Master, how can I enter the Netherworld with a mortal body, not to mention the many evil ghosts in hell, how can I travel through the Ten Halls of Yama and the Eighteen Hells." ”

The old monk smiled slightly: "Li Bing, mortal body, of course, can't enter hell, so you are sleepwalking in hell, although you will experience many things and many times in your journey to hell, but in the yang world, there is only a time to inject incense." ”