Living Buddha Jigong Which temple does Jigong practice in?
Jigong is in Lingyin Temple. Jigong (1 130 or 1 148- 1209) was born in Yongning Village, Tiantai County, Taizhou (now Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province). A monk in the Southern Song Dynasty, later generations revered him as "the Living Buddha of Jigong". His ancestor Li Zunxu was our military envoy in Song Taizong. The Li family has believed in Buddhism for generations. His father Li Maochun and his mother Wang live in Yongning village outside the north gate of Tiantai. Li Maochun is nearly forty years old and has no children under his knees. He worshiped the Buddha devoutly and finally got this son. After Jigong was born, the abbot of Xiaoguo Temple decided his fate by his common name, and since then, he has forged an indissoluble bond with Buddhism.