Chapter 115: Land and Water Puja
The Water and Land Festival, also known as the "Water and Land Dojo", the "Grief Meeting", and the full name of the "Dharma Realm Holy Fan Water and Land Pudu Lent Festival", is a first-class event in Buddhism.
The monks of Jingci Monastery obviously attached great importance to this puja and started to arrange it early, and by the time the puja was held, everything was ready. Although the pilgrims of Jingci Temple have never stopped in ordinary times, the monks in the temple were also stunned when they saw the crowded scene today, even the previous pujas had not attracted so many people.
On the day of the festival, the temple has already arranged seven puja mandalas, and is divided into two altars, the inner altar should be dedicated to Virujana Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha and Amitabha Buddha, the lower offering table, the incense lanterns and candles, and the four bells and chimes and drums.
There are ten portraits of water and land on each side, and all the Buddhas, Dharma, Bodhisattvas, and the Ten Dharma Realms, the Four Voids and Four Zens, the Six Desires of the Heavens, the Heavenly Cao Saints, the Five Mountains and the Four Blasphemous Gods and Buddhas, the Treasure Cover Lotus Flower, and the Dharma is sacred.
The outer altar is divided into six mandalas, reciting Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, vowing to transform all sentient beings, purifying the sun, and saving sentient beings from the six realms.
At noon, with the sound of bells ringing in the temple, the originally noisy scene suddenly quieted down, announcing the official start of the festival!
Youjian Temple led a group of monks to take refuge in the Three Treasures, respectfully invited the Buddhas to come down to protect the dojo, knot the "local boundary", "Fangyu boundary", "Void realm", open the dojo, please Dharma the heavens, King Kong for the wall, glass for the ground, and the treasure for Hua. Qiao Chen'an was located outside the Fahua altar, and after the ceremony, he looked at it with his eyes, and saw that there was a layer of Buddha light faintly shrouded in the void, and Jinhua radiated, purifying and filthy.
Immediately followed by the hanging flag, invited to the hall, the monks in the Jingci Temple appeared, the first person was the abbot Yuanjue, to enter the first seat, recited a Buddha number, and the table was announced.
The water and land puja will last for seven days, and each day has a different content, but the number of people who come to watch the ceremony and listen to the wonderful teachings of the Buddha has not decreased at all, but as time goes by, more and more, and on the fourth day, it is already crowded, not only the square in front of the temple, but also the boat in the lake, and the restaurant on the shore.
“...... Wen Yingshi stands. Mentor He Gu. White hair between the eyebrows. The light shines.
Yuhuadhara. Huaguo Yingsa. Sandalwood wind. Delight the hearts of all.
It's karma. The land is pure. And this world. Five immovable ......"
On the fourth day of the conference, the underworld ring, Yuanjue lived on the altar to preach the scriptures, the sound was like a bell, spread far away, the sound contained a strange power, everyone only felt as if listening to the sound of the sky, such as a spring breeze, the distractions in the heart were all blown away, not stained by the mirror, as if to enter the great worry-free realm without joy and sorrow.
Huangfu Xuan, who had been lying on his shoulder, pursed his lips impatiently and said, "Brother Qiao, listening to these bald heads chanting scriptures is so boring, it's better to go home and go to sleep!"
With his lively mind, staying in front of this temple all day long and listening to a group of monks preaching is simply a sin.
Qiao Chenan smiled when he heard this: "Ah Xuan, bear with me for a few days for the time being." Looking inward, I saw that there was an emptiness in the dantian, and in the spiritual power sea at the bottom, there was a wisp of black and white qi floating like a spiritual snake, exuding a little divine light, which was several times stronger than a few days ago.
It's not that Qiao Chen'an is willing to stay here and listen to the monks' lectures, but he accidentally found that this scripture seems to contain a strange power, calming the mind and penetrating the mind, and his efficiency in refining the turbidity in his chest has been greatly improved, so he practices here every day.
As he spoke, Qiao Chen'an suddenly felt something, looked in a certain direction, and saw that in the crowd in the distance, a young man in green clothes was sitting cross-legged, but he did not listen to the Dharma as solemnly as others, but raised his eyes and looked around, as if he was looking for something.
"How could she come here?" Qiao Chen was puzzled in his peace of mind, Xiao Qing was a demon, but he came to this Jingci Temple, it was really strange, and he was not afraid of being caught by Na Fahai.
Not far away, Yun Yuyan sat beside the Moon Worship Sect Leader Mu Qingying, who stared at the abbot Yuanjue who was lecturing with a complicated expression, and his beautiful eyes overflowed with complex and indescribable brilliance.
In a large pleasure boat by the lake, there is a red sandalwood table on the deck, covered with delicacies, Liu Hongni and his party of three people sit around the table, and glance at the Jingci Temple from time to time, and the man with the Chinese character face, Huang Qiuyan, said: "Is the 'jade-faced scholar' Zheng Yuange really here?"
Wang Yangyu, a young man in a green shirt opposite, drank the wine in the cup when he heard this, played with the white porcelain wine cup with one hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lao Huang, the news given by the top will not be wrong." ”
After Huang Qiuyan heard his words, his slightly darkened face suddenly turned a little red, and he defended: "I told you, don't call me Lao Huang in the future!"
"Got it, old Huang ......"
"Why are you calling me Lao Huang again, you said you are not allowed to shout ......"
"Okay, old yellow ......"
Liu Hongni looked at the pair of living treasures in front of her, a faint smile appeared on her lips, and she immediately frowned slightly, and she was worried, although the task of their trip was to kill the jade-faced scholar, but that night they accidentally ran into Yun Yuyan, the master of the Hehuan Hall of the Lunatic Worship Sect, and they couldn't let it go. It's just that in addition to his own foundation building cultivation, Huang Qiuyan and Wang Yangyu are both cultivators at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm, although they practice the Door Technique, it is still a very dangerous thing for Shangyun Yuyan, and if they are not careful, they will have to worry about their lives.
Therefore, she gently patted the table with her jade hand, a little serious color appeared on her pretty face, and her red lips said lightly: "In the future, if there is a dispute, you must be careful!"
Huang Qiuyan and Wang Yangyu rarely saw her so serious and serious, knowing that this matter was a matter of life and wealth, and they heard that they should be right.
In the early morning of the sixth day, the city of Hangzhou suddenly had a cold wind, dense clouds, thousands of dark clouds, black pressure like a hanging cover, covering the sky and the sun, and the sky was dark.
Although there was a light rain in the sky, it could not stop the interest of everyone listening to the scriptures, and many people stopped in the rain wearing robes to listen to the monks' recitation.
Qiao Chenan raised his head and looked at the sky, this rain came strangely, there was no warning before, he frowned slightly, and there was a little irritability in his heart, as if he noticed the slightest wisp of demonic energy in this rain.
In the crowd, Xiao Qingqiao's face was angry, a pair of crystal eyes like a spring stared at the surface of the West Lake hatefully, and her silver teeth clucked.
In the Jingci Temple, Fahai was originally sitting quietly in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, but at this time he suddenly opened his eyes, looked directly at the black clouds in the sky, his face was solemn, with his ability to naturally sense that this change in the sky must have a big demon doing evil, just wanted to make a move, but I didn't know what he thought, his eyes flashed, and he whispered: "And let you be allowed for a while." ”
At the same time, in the dark water of the West Lake, a pair of blood-red vertical pupils suddenly lit up.