Since early July, the incense in Yanjia Temple in Yangzhou City has been in constant flow.
This temple built in the former Sui Dynasty has been ruined after hundreds of years of wind and rain, but perhaps because of the charm of the Mahayana Buddha who went to Jiangdu to preach, many believers flocked to this temple to burn incense and make wishes, hoping to become the Mahayana Buddhism.
Buddha's disciple.
What makes the believers happy is that the Tubo monks did not reject them outside the door, but instead refused them and put them all into the door. The compassion of the Buddhist sects in the Central Plains is different from the compassion of the heavens and the southern sects of the Central Plains, and the Mahayana Buddha emphasizes compassion for individuals.
Redemption. Although the old man’s philosophy sounds a bit inconsistent and is even contrary to the national policy of serving the court advocated by His Majesty the Emperor, it is more in line with human nature and naturally has won the favor of many lower-class people.
He wore a white dress and five dou of rice, and entered the Buddhist temple to seek peace.
Be a lay disciple and enjoy the blessing of Buddha throughout his life. No matter how you look at this transaction, you will make sure to make a profit without losing money.
Of course, after hiring so many lay disciples, the food and clothing cost of Yanjia Temple is consumed a lot. In order to reduce the pressure on the temple to a certain extent, the Tubo monk Wujie decided to take advantage of the number of believers to hold a tulip in Yanjia Temple.
Orchids will collect a certain amount of incense money. (Note 1)
The altar is clean and the sutra is surrounded by sutras, and the orchids are offered to the orchids, and the monks receive food.
This is the most basic process of the Ullambank Association, even the Tubo people who came from outside the Hua River cannot change it.
Master Wujie was in charge, and the successive period of chanting Buddha's name for one tenth consecutive year made Yanjia Temple famous. Before the Zhongyuan Festival, the officials and officials who had originally planned to go to the three major temples in Yangzhou to chant Buddha's name, and the gentry and princes came to Yanjia Temple in a carriage and horse.
Jia Temple, draw a section ticket that can enter the temple.
Since ancient times, the Central Plains have been working hard. After these wealthy families have explored their way, ordinary people naturally became interested in listening to the Dharma. After all, filial piety is higher than the sky. In this peaceful era, you can eat enough to wear food.
Why don’t you fulfill your filial piety when you get warm? Chant the Buddhist scriptures to save the dead souls?
Early in the morning of July 15, a monk composed of sixteen people came out of the Mainland Palace with the sound of suona as the sound of the music and received cheers from many believers.
Due to the donations of many pilgrims with prominent status, the arrangement of the Yullambana Society in Yanjia Temple is extremely luxurious. Master Wujie ordered people to make flower wax, vases, and fake flower and fruit trees three days ago, and often lay and offer offerings in front of the Buddhist temple.
Early in the morning of July 15, a monk composed of sixteen people came out of the Mainland Palace with the sound of suona as the sound of the music and received cheers from many believers.
Feeling such a strong festive atmosphere, the people came to patrol the temple, and the scene was very spectacular.
Master Wujie walked out with a bell bell and bent. He looked around at the arrangement around him, and was satisfied with his jaw. At this time, celebrities from all walks of life in Jiangdu City had gathered in Yanjia Temple, looking forward to it, wanting to see it.
Let’s see what this foreign monk can make the Ullambana look like.
From the Kuoyuan in the middle, there was an altar on the stone steps, with a Ruyi ruler on it. Master Wujie nodded to the person behind him, and the fifteen people behind him held big drums, wooden fish, and chimes respectively.
The Buddhist monk with the tambourine began to perform the exercises.
At the beginning, the monks first recited the mantras of the Great Compassion Mantra and the Ten Small Mantras to the Buddha's altar, and then added the Heart Sutra. Seeing that the fire was just right, Master Wujie recited the written words on red paper.
I wrote a commentary, asking Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to come down to the realm to guide you.
There are several lotus tablets on the lonely soul. After purifying the altar, the soul-guiding ceremony is performed, the spur text written on yellow paper is read and the ghosts are drawn into the altar. After reading the spur text, the "Heart Sutra", "The Mantra of Rebirth", and "Three
Mantra.
Finally, the meritorious master who hosted this meeting, namely Master Wujie, clicked on the notice list of the meeting with a red pen, and the hall was completed.
Such a complicated process is just the beginning. Under the abbot of Master Wujie, the repentance ceremony was performed in the afternoon. According to the rituals contained in "Compassionate Water Repentance", the Buddhist monks in Yanjia Temple recited it for a whole afternoon.
There were also noon offerings and monks who were ate at the middle. When the repentance was completed, it was already dusk.
Of course, the highlight of the Ullambana meeting is still arranged in Pushi at night.
A small river happened to flow past Yanjia Temple, which gave Master Wujie the opportunity to set up river lanterns, burn magic boats, and burn paper according to the customs.
In order to pass the ghosts in the water, he specially ordered believers to make several river lanterns in the shape of lotus petals, placed paper lanterns inside, lit small wax lamps, and placed them in the slowly moving river water. For a moment, the river was in the river
It is like the stars, swaying and flickering, so gorgeous.
The fire ship is to allow ghosts to ascend to the Buddha's kingdom and receive the blessing of the Buddha. As for the burning spirit room, according to the old folk custom, it is to take advantage of the opening of the hell gate and wandering the lonely soul to put the dead in another world.
The houses and servants of life, and daily necessities are sent to make them live a relatively comfortable life.
At this time, Li Kuo was burning a pot of "spiritual room".
According to the little novice monk who led him into the temple, poor Buddhist disciples like them could listen to Master Wujie and his old man's lecture on Buddhism, and they would have a lifetime honor at that time. But everything was not given in vain, and those rich children gave them a lot.
Of course, there is no need to be these coolies for the incense money. But if they want to accept the blessing of Buddha, they should naturally put some effort into it.
And this "Shenling Room" is the most critical step.
Facing the paper baskets delivered by the servants of the rich young master, Li Kuo was amused and crying. If it weren't for the reason of the large-scale chaos in the Wu family manor in the suburbs and the truth about the sudden fire in the silk shop in the south of the city, he was a Huainan Road
The Tuanjian Envoy would never pretend to be a believer of Mahayana Buddha. During the Ullambana meeting, he went to the Yudai River to burn the spiritual room for the rich young man.
"Qilang, according to my opinion, this unjust demon monk is very calm. You have not seen them have any positive responses for these days."
Zhou Wuzui threw a three-input paper house into the iron basin and sighed.
Since they sneaked into Yanjia Temple as a disciple of Mahayana Buddhist layman, six or seven days have passed. The Tubo Buddhist monks led by Kewujie have not only not panicked, but instead have organized the Ullambana club in a very good manner.
"I don't know either." Li Kuo shook his head and said, "But now we have no evidence. If we forcefully lead the army to hunt Wuji and his group, it will probably cause criticism from the government and the public, and His Majesty will also be under a lot of pressure from Tubo."
At this point, Li Kuo is convinced that the initiator of a series of strange events in Yangzhou City recently was the Tubo Buddhist monk. But he was unable to use his power to arrest Wu Jie, and there was no evidence at all!
Evidence, these two words are simple to write, so it is not easy to collect them all!
"Hey, if you want me to say that you don't make sense with these barbarians, they should kill them if they do something worse than beasts! Bah, my old Pu hit one with one blow, and you will definitely subdue these monsters."
Pu Dahui threw down the spiritual room full of his arms and roared loudly. These demon monks were obviously bewitching people's hearts and made a compassionate attitude, which was really hateful.
"Don't be so excited. If the problem was solved by force, I believe the governor would have given the order long ago. I have to take care of the face of His Majesty the Emperor. It is not easy for the governor to do it without sufficient evidence." Dou Qing was the most
Lao Cheng was angry when he saw Pu Dahui, and hurriedly persuaded him.
But what he said was obviously a bit late. Pu Dahui's roar attracted a little novice monk. This man was probably someone around Master Wujie. Although he was young, he had an extremely arrogant look.
"You, and you, you are not good at burning the spirit room, what are you saying here? If you miss the time and the ghost cannot get the offerings given by your family and is hungry, who will take responsibility? Master Wujieshi
The ancestor asked you to come to the Burning Spirit Room to look at you, so don’t let him down! This person is not a beast, he has more face, I said, you really think that our Mahayana Buddhism is useless
Let you do whatever you want?"
His words were extremely mean, and they were simply insulting everyone's dignity. Pu Dahui was already angry when he heard it. If Dou Qing and Li Sheng were not pressing on the side, he would have been afraid that he would have rushed forward to the little one at this time.
The novice monk tried his best.
"This little master, my friend has some problems with his head. Maybe it's because he's too yin tonight and was frightened!" Li Kuo didn't want to make a fuck and bowed his body. He smiled and apologized to the little shakimi.
The little shaman snorted coldly and said, "I'm too lazy to say anything next to me. These fifty or sixty spirit rooms must be burned before the third time of playing music, otherwise I won't care if I turn against you!"
After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left
Note 1: The Ullambana Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival. It is usually held on the Yuan Festival on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and the time is generally one day. The ceremony was held according to the "Ullambana Sutra", and was founded by Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan.
.In the fourth year of Datong (538), he did not have the Ullambanzhai in Tongtai Temple. After that, he worked hard and quickly spread to the people. In the Tang Dynasty, the royal family sent pots to the official temple every year to offer all kinds of miscellaneous items, as well as music and ceremonial guards.
Officials who sent the pots were accompanied. The folk donors also went to various temples to offer pots and various miscellaneous items. In the Tang Dynasty, the Ullambana was extremely luxurious and often decorated with gold and green.