The sixth issue of Awakening Zen Tour
Take you into the Millennium Temple Donghua Temple.
A probe into the seclusion of Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism.
Donghua Mountain, wengyuan county, Guangdong Province, has a magnificent Buddhist Dojo in addition to its charming natural scenery.
The origin and methods of Donghua Temple can be traced back to the Southern Dynasties more than 500 years ago. In the first year of Tian Jian (AD 502), Sanzang, an Indian monk, came from India to establish Lingjiu Temple in Donghua Mountain, wengyuan county, Guangdong Province, 25 years before the founder of Dharma came to China to create Zen.
In the first year of Tang Longshuo (AD 66 1 Yuan), Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen, went to this temple and changed Lingjiu Temple to Donghua Temple.
As soon as I entered the gate, Maitreya Buddha came into view. Maitreya has five children, representing Five Blessingg.
The 10 towers on both sides are engraved with the Infinite Life Sutra.
Donghua temple gate 3. The three gates also symbolize "three relief gates": an empty gate, a non-phase gate and a reactive gate.
On both sides of the third hall stood two tall and majestic generals with wide eyes and bulging noses. Strong and armed, they look like Hercules and great warriors, glaring at the mortal world.
The main hall of Donghua Temple is dedicated to Buddha statues of Sakyamuni (middle), Amitabha (left) and Tathagata (right).
Behind Buddha Heng III, there is an "Island Guanyin" wall sculpture. Island Guanyin, commonly known as "Wanghai Guanyin".
Yangzhengtang, located at the left rear of Ursa Major Hall, can accommodate thousands of people.
Behind the Hall of the Great Heroes is the Family Style Square, and the words "Learn Buddhism first" on the wall are particularly eye-catching and impressive.
There is a jade Guanyin in Jiafeng Square, which is magnificent at night.
Above the Dharma Hall of Donghua Temple is the Buddhist Scripture Building. In front of the building stands stupa, bodhi tree and heart sutra.
Donghua Temple Ancestral Hall. Zutang couplets wrote: When you enter this door, your body and mind are empty and you are at a loss. When you leave this door, you will transcend the three realms and make ten squares.
In the middle of the ancestral hall, Master Dharma is enshrined, on the left is Master Mazu Yi Dao, and on the right is Master Baizhang Huaihai.
Behind the temple are Longfeng Square, Gong Wei Zhengjue Hall of Yilong Yifeng and National Auspicious Hall.
Zhengjue Temple is dedicated to 500 arhats. At the same time, there are architectural models of Donghua Temple.
Behind the Zhengjue Hall is the Pharmacist Buddha Hall, dedicated to the Pharmacist Buddha.
Between Zhengjue Hall and Pharmacist Hall, the lion statue standing by the mountain is reminiscent of "the roar of a Buddha lion".
Donghua Temple also has a patriotic pavilion, which is solemn in the sunset. The patriotic museum displays the statues of the patriotic monk Dade of past dynasties.
Donghua Temple has a painting and calligraphy institute, and paintings and calligraphy works are not limited to Buddhist themes.
Donghua Temple Zen Hall is written in three characters: "Free Hall", which is beautifully built and has 28 corners. It is said that Freedom Hall means that life is rare and freedom is the highest realm of life.
Sansheng Cave, formerly known as Huineng Cave, is the place where Zen master Sanzang and Huineng, the sixth ancestor of wisdom medicine, lived in seclusion for two years, so it is said that Huineng, the sixth ancestor, "learned Taoism in Donghua and Taoism in South China".
The interior of Sansheng Cave where Master Huineng, the sixth ancestor, once lived in seclusion.
Kannonji is a magnificent temple built in Donghua Temple for practitioners from Nepal.
There are three bodhisattvas in the main hall of the Buddhist temple, among which Guanyin Bodhisattva is one, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Manjushri are on both sides.
It is said that there is a wonderful Guanyin cave behind the main hall. Let me show you.
Guanyin Cave enshrines Guanyin statues, such as Songzi Guanyin, Wanglong Guanyin and Wangde Guanyin.
Looking into the Donghua Temple in the distance, you can see the secluded place where Huineng, the sixth ancestor, once lived next to Erlilou, as if you could vaguely see his silent figure. ......