Chapter 9: New Ideas
Guiyun Temple is on the edge of Yanghe County.
Guiyun Temple is not only in Yanghe, in Long Beach City, and even the entire Linjiang Province are famous, there are hundreds of years of history, during the Anti-Japanese War, due to a large number of people moving inward, Guiyun Temple is to the peak of its heyday, every temple fair, it is simply a heel to touch, people who burn incense must wear an old clothes that are not intended to be worn again, otherwise the new clothes will be burned by the incense of others.
The reason why Guiyun Temple is so famous is that Guiyun Temple has a miraculous place, that is, the Buddha statue in the main hall can emit magical Buddha light. However, Lu Zhengdong has not really seen it, this wonder was destroyed when the four old were broken in the special period, and then in the nineties, a fire burned down the original building of Guiyun Temple, and the Buddha light was even more unknown.
Lu Zhengdong didn't believe this, Guiyun Temple was very famous, and he hadn't been here before.
It is better to hear than to see, and the Guiyun Temple in front of you is far from the rumors.
Along the way, he didn't meet anyone but him, and even when he arrived at the mountain gate, he didn't see the peddlers, and the entire temple building looked a little dilapidated and messy, showing the vicissitudes of life, but from the magnificent building, you can vaguely see a little shadow of the prosperous period.
Walk into the main hall, the incense in the hall is swirling, but do not see the visitors, the bell chime in the hall rings in unison, the Buddha is in full bloom, and the monks do not have anyone to come up to greet them.
Lu Zhengdong stood aside, looking at the main hall, and suddenly, the Buddha statue in the center of the main hall emitted a brilliant multicolored light between the eyebrows, projecting on him.
This situation made Lu Zhengdong a little stunned, his luck was really good, and he actually caught up with the Buddha to open his eyes in the sky?!
However, Lu Zhengdong quickly came to a negative answer, he had heard that the Golden Belt Temple had such a strange light, and the wonderful Xuanguang of the Qixia Temple in the south, but it seemed to have been destroyed in the mid-nineties.
So Lu Zhengdong raised his head and looked carefully between the eyebrows of the Buddha statue, and finally found that this light was not emitted by the Buddha statue itself, there should be a hole in the wall of the main hall, and the light was projected between the eyebrows of the Buddha statue from the hole. In the middle of the two eyebrows of the Buddha statue is supposed to be installed something that reflects light, and throws the sunlight into the place where he is standing under the sunlight.
Lu Zhengdong also had to sigh that this design is really ingenious, and it is extremely difficult to do this, because the sun rotates, and it is extremely difficult to accurately shine the light on the point between the eyebrows of the Buddha statue, especially hundreds of years ago.
Lu Zhengdong has been thinking about how to open the light products these days, and this colorful light made him have some new ideas: even if there is a light now, it is also to invite some monks to do a ceremony, if it is used in this way to open the light, and ask someone to record the whole process, each product is attached to a copy, so that the "Bodhisattva" himself opens the light, isn't it the only one, how big will the shock be? Wouldn't people who believe in such a scarce thing fall for it? ……
"Amitabha, donor good Buddha ......"
An old monk with a white beard walked over, walking in a hurry, quite a bit out of the world.
Lu Zhengdong smiled in his heart: Good Buddha?
This is just a monk's trick to increase the mystery.
Lu Zhengdong also folded his hands while thinking about it, looked at the old monk slightly, and said with a smile:
"If you have good thoughts, you will have good deeds; Good thoughts and good deeds, God will bless them, it seems that there is some truth in this statement......"
The old monk's eyes lit up and he smiled slightly.
"Amitabha, the donor's words have a Zen flavor, and it is really a person who is destined......"
Lu Zhengdong also smiled and said:
"The master has won the award, I'm just going to go a little more, so I just have some feelings......"
The old monk twisted his beard and smiled slightly:
"If the donor is free, can you sit next door for a while?"
Lu Zhengdong smiled and nodded, he was thinking of opening the light, and he also wanted to find an opportunity to learn more about Buddhism.
After sitting down, Lu Zhengdong asked with a smile:
"I haven't consulted the master yet......
"Poor monk Songzen, Xi is the abbot of the temple, but he can't be called a master......"
Lu Zhengdong smiled, glanced at the furnishings in the room, and said:
"Master Abbot, Guiyun Temple is also a famous temple, and there is such a spectacle, this is not only a unique Buddhist gate, but also a strange flower in the history of architecture, why not repair it well?" …,
Song Chan did not shy away from it:
"In the summer, the rainstorm was a disaster, and the roof of the main hall was a little seepage, and the temple had to be renovated, and the Buddha's light reappeared. It's just that this has exhausted the financial resources of the temple, and if you want to repair it comprehensively and simply, you need to plan for the long term......"
Looking at the old monk's expression, he was still a little troubled by this matter.
Lu Zhengdong has very little contact with monks, and in his imagination, Buddhist figures like the abbot must be a little mysterious in their words and deeds, and they must be called Buddhas, but after contact, it is not as he imagined.
Lu Zhengdong thought about it for a while, and was relieved, in fact, monks are also people, although the monks emphasize the four major emptiness, for the promotion of Buddhism and the revitalization of temples, they are not empty.
Lu Zhengdong smiled in his heart, lack of money, this is easy to do, Lu Zhengdong pondered for a while and asked:
"How much will it cost if it is simply repaired?"
"At least 100,000 yuan......
Lu Zhengdong nodded, now the people are not very rich, the incense money must be limited, Guiyun Temple is a national key temple, but it is only a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit, now the financial food is difficult, and want to allocate money from the finance, it is almost a fantasy, 100,000, it is not a small amount for Guiyun Temple, no wonder the abbot is worried.
Guiyun Temple is in urgent need of money, which is more promising, but the key is that this Buddha Guang Lu Zhengdong thought for a while and asked:
"I don't know what the rules of the Buddha's light in your temple are?"
Songzen groaned, as if he was a little embarrassed.
Lu Zhengdong smiled in his heart, such a thing, the more mysterious it is, the more attractive it is, Song Chan is definitely unwilling to reveal it to outsiders, so he smiled and explained:
"I don't have anything else, since I have such a fate with Guiyun Temple, I can't sit idly by, these buildings are not repaired as soon as possible, and they will be destroyed if they are not good, just when I am about to go to the south, there are many rich believers there, and they are also very devout to Buddhism, if they can see such a scene, maybe they can solve the problem of the abbot."
"According to the past rule, there will be a few days in October and mid-November every year, and October is the best time, but it depends on whether there is fate."
Lu Zhengdong nodded, so there was still a lot of hope for enlightenment, so Lu Zhengdong talked about his thoughts with Song Chan.
Song Chan was probably anxious to raise money for the repair, so naturally he couldn't ask for it, so he agreed without much thought.
Lu Zhengdong learned about the history of Guiyun Temple in detail, etc., and made an appointment to wait for him to come back from the south to pay a visit before leaving......