Chapter 148: Arhat Canon
The Arhat Ceremony is to celebrate the old monk of Songshan Temple becoming a great master, and once again add to the majesty and heritage of Buddhism. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The Great Grandmaster, that is the strongest in the world, except for the earth immortals who want to ascend, they are counted as the most powerful.
Buddhism is the closest existence to the world, that is, the Arhat, and the great master's mind is in line with his own way, the great master of Buddhism is familiar with Buddhism, and it is confirmed in practice that the power and state of mind are no different from the Arhats in the scriptures in the eyes of ordinary people.
Such a character can naturally be called an Arhat, and it is naturally worthy of the grand celebration of Songshan Temple in the holy land of Buddhism.
The earth also has the legend of sixteen Arhats, and of course, it was passed down later to become eighteen Arhats.
Perhaps these people are real in history, and after a long time, they have become more and more mythical in oral tradition, and have become immortal people.
But Zhuang Xia seems that the Arhat of Songshan Temple, the new great master, is worthy of the title of Arhat, and may become a god statue in the world hundreds of years later.
Songshan Temple has been preparing for this Arhat ceremony for too long, and many believers are even more funded, so it is natural to make this hall beautiful.
On this day, the oil candles of Songshan Temple are lined up like starlight, which are very dazzling in the daytime, and the Buddha statues are illuminated clearly.
As long as you go to worship the Buddha, the heat of the candle flame will roast people hot, and I can't wait to take off my spring clothes and make myself lighter.
As for the lit Buddha incense, it shrouded the entire Songshan Temple, and no one could escape the smell of incense.
Rows of yellow-clothed monks sat upright, covering an area of dozens of acres, chanting scriptures together, and the sound of chanting scriptures was mighty and shocking.
There is a constant influx of believers, and it is incredible that the sesame oil money actually fills a merit pool with a radius of several meters, and the number of its 100,000 believers is even more shocking.
They found a place to kneel and sit reverently, listening to the monks chanting the sutras with great devotion, or chanting together with them.
It was so dense that the devotees sitting outside the temple watched the rituals of these monks, but they did not yet see the arhat appear.
After several days of practice, Zhuang Xia finally waited for this grand moment, and it was a turbulent moment.
At this time, if the Demon Gate does not take advantage of the chaos to attack the righteous path forces or seize the immortal scriptures, then they are not the Demon Gate.
With so many believers, plus hundreds of thousands of people who want to join in the fun, how many people in the rivers and lakes are mixed in, and how many people in the demon gate among them, God really knows.
The people of the big faction who were invited to come had their own places to watch the ceremony on the left and right, and thousands of major forces from the north and south of the river came to enjoy it.
Such a grand ceremony naturally shocked these sects, and the scene here was constantly imprinted in their hearts, making them awe in their hearts.
There are at least thousands of monks in Songshan Temple, among which the people with outstanding martial arts do not know how many ordinary, after all, they have been inherited for a long time, and there is no shortage of martial arts classics.
With the advantage of quantity and quality, no faction in the field can catch up, which sect has so many disciples? How many masters of the True Qi Realm are among them?
You must know that the Hundred Flowers Villa plus the newly recruited beginner disciples are only a hundred people in total, most of them are in the martial arts realm, and there are few in the true qi realm, which is pitiful.
I'm afraid it's the Baiyun Temple of Liuyun Mountain, and there are less than a thousand disciples, and the strength can't catch up with Songshan Temple.
Wang Daoqing and the head of his sect saw these 100,000 believers kneeling, and they were shocked by such faith, because the number of believers in the Daomen was much worse.
A large number of believers are good disciple resources, financial and material resources are strong, plus martial arts classics, Songshan Temple is getting stronger and stronger, and the powerful makes them feel a strong threat.
"This Arhat ceremony is not small!" Zhuang Xia sighed, but the ability of Buddhism to collect wealth and consumption is not small, after all, they do not produce, pay attention to birth, but ask for a lot from the world.
Of course, Zhuang Xia has also seen many monks who give money and goods to help the poor, which is good.
However, most of the so-called monks get their money into their own pockets.
The teachings of any huge religion have their own brilliance, but whether or not the people who mix in it in the name of cultivation can do it is another matter.
It's not that religion is damned, it's that people's hearts are unpredictable.
Zhuang Xia has always been just a concept, that is, cultivation has always been your own business, you believe in the concept of this religion, but don't use the guise of this religion to do things that are convenient for you.
The terrible thing is that too many people fish in troubled waters, and what they do in the name of faith is far from what they do, which is really ridiculous.
From the beginning of human beings, there was no religion, and when there were many people who agreed with the same kind of ideas, it became a religion, and then it converged into a powerful force, which became bigger and bigger.
Your practice of your own philosophy has nothing to do with this religion, it is clearly your own heart, how can it become the so-called guide?
If you lose your heart, what kind of cultivation are you talking about?
Zhuang Xia is in awe of nature, in awe of the infinite and vast heaven and earth, and devoutly learns. And the sages who walked before him, those immortals, gods, saints, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, were just forerunners.
Their wisdom is worth learning and admiring, their ideas may be recognized, and their practice is equally admirable.
If you learn that they can progress, if you are prostrate under them, you will be imprisoned in them, and the so-called people in the bureau will not see through them, and your practice will be trapped.
Cultivators don't talk much about faith, because faith is because of fear, because of their own weakness and longing to seek support, but practitioners are in order to make themselves stronger, whether it is physical or mental, and the wisdom of others is only their own sustenance.
This series of ideas is naturally Zhuang Xia's personal philosophy, he doesn't care whether others agree with it or not, and of course he won't interfere with others, after all, they have different worldviews because of their own experiences.
Hua Ying heard Zhuang Xia's sigh and nodded: "There are tens of millions of believers in Buddhism, how many, and there are arhats in Songshan Temple, such a grand event is naturally not small." ”
Chen Tunan fell asleep on the chair, not caring about these at all, just sleeping.
It seems that the disturbances in the world, the red dust of this Songshan Temple ceremony has nothing to do with him, only his own.
"Envy Chen Daochang, his heart is as pure as glass, and his emptiness is not like a mortal. Zhuang Xia actually envied him.
"Then you should also be a Taoist priest. Flower Shadow sneered.
"I became a Taoist priest, so don't you want to be a Taoist aunt?" Zhuang Xia opened his mouth and made Huaying stomp his feet in disgust.
As soon as these monks in Songshan Temple chanted the scriptures, it was half an hour, which almost made Zhuang Xia, a group of people in the rivers and lakes, boring and boring, after all, they did not believe in Buddhism, let alone Buddha.
Subsequently, the abbot of Songshan Temple, Shi Wuming, appeared to speak.
"The Arhat of my Buddhism is a sign of the prosperity of Buddhism, so the Arhat Ceremony is held to celebrate.
Thank you for coming to many donors, and I would like to listen to the ceremony of my Songshan Arhat Buddha Xingzhen Master, and the parallel lecture altar.
Thank you for coming to Songshan and making such a face-to-face trip. ”
The abbot said a lot, for more than a quarter of an hour, and then a liturgy followed.
Many monks come and go to worship the Buddha, and the momentum is like the legendary Da Lei Yin Temple.
These are all things that people in the rivers and lakes don't care about, what they care about most is to meet the legendary great master of Buddhism.
But in the midst of this chaos, many people in the rivers and lakes were nervous, and looked at the huge lotus flower that was slowly lifted up in amazement.
After the red and white lotus flower was placed on the altar in the center of the field, it gradually opened in the eyes of everyone, but in an instant, all the eyes of the people in the rivers and lakes shrank, and many believers were excited and happy.
The lotus petals fell, and an old monk appeared, dressed in a gorgeous robe, with a very solemn face.
It's just that this old monk is too unusual, he is the color of glass, pure and better than jade, under the sunlight, he suddenly shines and radiates.
The veins and muscles under his glass are clearly visible, far better than those of peeling, extremely magical, but not weird, and more sacred.
Zhuang Xia was also very curious, although this old monk only showed the color of glass on the skin, not flesh and blood, and the bones and internal organs were like this, but it also showed that the other party's miracle had already practiced the glazed jade body of Songshan Temple to a high and profound realm.
"Amitabha!" The old monk made a thunderous sound, which spread throughout the entire Songshan Temple, and even the believers from miles away heard it clearly.
Then, as soon as he pushed out his palm, there was a phantom of a palm the size of ten zhang and rushed to the sky, like a miracle, so that the believers who saw it kowtowed and worshipped, shouting that the Buddha had appeared.
Zhuang Xia pouted, flashy, even a bird couldn't be killed, this trick was really sassy, but it really won the recognition and belief of the believers.