"Get closer... closer, hey, just take a step down." Xiang Que leaned his head and squinted his eyes, staring at the big Buddha towering to the top of the mountain.
Two old craftsmen who repaired the Buddha tied ropes and started to wipe down from above and repaired it. The Buddha has been through thousands of years, and it has been artificial and natural. It has been severely damaged. Every year, the scenic spot sends people to repair it.
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"Swish" the bamboo raft approached the bottom of the big Buddha, Xiangque's legs bent, and the man jumped up from the bamboo raft and then landed lightly on the ornamental platform at the foot of the big Buddha.
The boatman holding the bamboo pole was scared. He only felt that the bamboo raft under his feet sank the people on it: "As light as a swallow?"
The tourists on the viewing platform looked at Xiang Que in shock and suddenly jumped up. He continued to look up suspiciously at the head of the Buddha. After looking at it for a few seconds, he suddenly asked the people next to him: "How is the weather in Leshan these days? Is there any more?
Is it raining?"
"Okay, look at the sun above you, and look at the river water behind you, the riverbed is exposed. It has not rained in Leshan for more than a week. This year is a dry year.
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"Oh" Xiang Que responded, then turned around and supported the railing with one hand and jumped down from the viewing platform, landed on the bamboo raft, and said to the boatman: "I want to go to the top of the Buddha's head, how can I get up?"
"Don't you know how to fly? You can fly up. Just like when you wave your hands just now, you will grow wings. If you are so powerful, you can fly up." The boatman said with dissatisfaction.
Xiang Que was stunned, scratched his head and said, "Why are you still angry? Boatman, where did I provoke you?"
The boatman said angrily: "You just jumped over the bamboo raft, and it fell on it. If you jumped into the water, do you know that I would lose my job? Then I have to pay a fine.
There are regulations, tourists are not allowed to leave the bamboo raft without authorization. It doesn’t matter if you jump this time, maybe my whole family will have to drink the northwest wind. Sir, please understand us who earn hard money? Please abide by the regulations of the scenic spots.
, Is it OK?"
"That's the case? I understand, understand, sorry, I don't know the rules of the boat. I apologize to you. Let's continue to talk about the topic just now. I want to go to the top of the Buddha's head, how can I go?"
The boatman gave him a blank look, pointed to the left side of the observation deck with dissatisfaction and said, "Did you see the people queuing up? There is a stone staircase leading up to the top of the mountain, you can follow the ladder to reach the top of the mountain."
"Ah, I jumped around in vain after a long time?"
"Guawazi" the boatman murmured in a low voice.
"Swish" bent his legs towards Que, and the man jumped up from the bamboo raft and jumped to the observation deck again. The boatman behind him was stunned and cursed angrily: "You turtle son..."
The stone stairs were hovering steeply and extended to the top of the mountain. There were rusty handrails on both sides. Tourists started from the bottom and followed the ladder to reach the top of the mountain. You can enjoy the whole view of the Buddha along the way. Xiangque followed the tourists to the top of the mountain from below, and were close to the
Looking at the head of Leshan Buddha.
Xiangque looked like a small day. He leaned against a tree on the top of the mountain, staring at the face of the Leshan Buddha without blinking. Two old craftsmen who repaired the Buddha had already risen along the rope.
Go to the top and get off the viewing platform above.
"It's another bad year." After the old craftsman came down, he shook his head with his lips pursed, his face looking a little bad.
Another craftsman sighed: "I don't know, how many people are going to suffer."
The face of Leshan Buddha, from the middle of his eyes, there were two water marks extending to the bottom. Others might not see clearly, but Xiangque could really see the water flowing continuously, and it did not dry up from morning to night. Leshan
The temperature at this time is about 35 or 6 degrees, and the ground temperature is almost forty degrees. The Buddha was originally a sun made of a huge rock and it would become hot when he reached out to touch it. You can pour a basin of water on it.
It would evaporate in a few minutes, but the water marks in the eyes of the Buddha flowed for several hours without breaking.
There was a rumor in the area of Leshan that lasted for thousands of years: "There are tears for the great Buddha, and there will be great disasters in the world."
Xiang Que took out a pack of cigarettes from his body, took out two and handed them to the two old craftsmen. The two looked at him in surprise, and took it over. Xiang Que took the initiative to light it for them and asked, "Old man,
Judging from the repair techniques you just now, I must have been maintaining the Buddha for some time, right?"
"Some years? Haha, I started practicing the Great Buddha since I was nineteen, and it has been thirty-five years now. This old man is not short of years. It's been twenty-seven or eight years. This Buddha is exposed to the sun in the feng shui of Leshan.
The temperature is high and the rain is constantly raining. If it is not repaired frequently, the Buddha will be damaged even more severely. We are working for the first time and are also because we are from Leshan, so we can't bear to see the original practice of the monk Haitong.
In order to suppress floods, the Buddha is getting worse every year, so I come here to repair it diligently. Now I am old and I don’t know how many years I can do it.”
Xiang Que sincerely exclaimed: "If you two can definitely cultivate infinite merits in practicing Buddhism."
The old craftsman laughed and said, "What are the merits of greatness? The ancestors of the people in Leshan have a deep affection for this big Buddha. If it weren't for the monk Haitong who practiced the big Buddha, we would probably not be able to say that we would have been flooded by the river for a long time, or
After moving to another place, I have to say that the merits are immeasurable and that the monk Haitong is the only one who can say that he is the one who can do it.”
Xiang Que pointed at the Buddha's face and asked in surprise: "I see that there have been tears in the Buddha's eyes. There has been no rain recently, and the sun is shining brightly. The weather is very hot, but why are the tears on the Buddha always there
Not done?"
The two old craftsmen sighed again, shook their heads and said, "This is a major disaster. Alas, what place is not peaceful?"
Xiang Que asked, "Where do you say this?"
"This is the tears that Monk Haitong shed for the suffering people in the world for God......"
Monk Haitong was born in the early years of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty. At the age of twelve, he became a monk and became a master, Huijing, and at the age of 24, he left his master and traveled thousands of miles around the world before finally coming to Lingyun Mountain to build a thatched hut here to practice.
He believed that Lingyun Mountain was the most ideal place for his practice. At the foot of the mountain was the Dadu River, Minjiang River and Qingyi River. The river water was like thousands of horses galloping, and the roar was shook the sky. Boats were often destroyed and people were often drowned. Countless people were often drowned.
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Haitong was extremely sad when he saw this scene. He pondered day and night and finally came up with a solution, which was to carve the largest statue of Maitreya Buddha in the world on the rocks, allowing him to face the vast three rivers day and night for thousands of years.
Anlan Zhentao, bless the people.
Once the news of building the Buddha spread, craftsmen from far and near rushed to Lingyun Mountain, hoping to build the Leshan Giant Buddha with Haitong. After the construction of the Buddha began, Haitong shouldered the burden of raising funds. He had ambitions and clothes.
A bowl of 100 miles traveled thousands of miles, and he recruited all over the world to beg for alms. After all, he finally returned with a full load. After all, there are still many great people in the world, and many people donated generously for him.
Later, when the Jiazhou County Magistrate heard that Haitong had a lot of money, he brought a large number of followers to ask for it. Haitong was not afraid of the threat and refused flatly. He said firmly: "You can see it."
, Buddha’s wealth is rare!”
Haitong's arrogance and contempt angered the magistrate of money-loving county magistrate. He didn't believe that anyone would have the courage to dig out his eyes. He said in anger, "Then dig it out and see. If you don't dig it, I will destroy this big Buddha.
, If you dig me, I will take people away and will not interfere from now on."
Faced with the threat of the county magistrate, Haitong sat cross-legged, picked up a copper plate, without hesitation and put it on it, and silently raised it to the county magistrate.
Suddenly, the county magistrate fled down the mountain in a panic. He was shocked by the unswerving resoluteness of the monk Haitong and did not dare to act rashly.
However, before the Buddha was completed, Haitong passed away and returned to heaven. Many years later, his disciples took over and rebuild it. When the Buddha was completed and finished, the people of the world buried his corpse in the Buddha in order to thank the monk Haitong for his merits.
He could look at the intersection of the three rivers under his feet day and night to pray for the people in the sky. From then on, people came to worship this big Buddha almost every day. It is said that over time, the Buddha has become spiritual. Many people say that this is the appearance of Monk Haitong becoming a Buddha.
The old craftsman said, "This big Buddha is really spiritual. Whenever there is a big mansion and disaster, the big Buddha's eyes will shed tears and keep. I have practiced the Buddha for more than 30 years, and I have seen it many times in it.
One year, the Yellow River broke its dam and hanged tears for three days. On the eve of the Tangshan earthquake in more than seven years, I happened to be repairing it. On that day, I saw the Buddha's tears flowing. I knew that there must be another major disaster. Sure enough,
Tangshan was in an earthquake in the next few days, and there was still a flood in 1998...
Another old craftsman pointed to the Buddha sadly and said, "This time I don't know where people are going to be affected again. I didn't see them yesterday. This morning, the tears were pulled out. Alas, natural disasters are the ones, Monk Haitong
He couldn't stand the people in trouble, and he cried and begged to God. This is."
Xiangque had an sudden enlightenment and understood why the tears were not dispersed. The Great Buddha might have a spirit, but it was said that the monk Haitong, who was buried in the Great Buddha, had attained enlightenment, just like the physical Buddha, who was dead but the spirit was still there.
A few years ago, Xiang Que asked Lin Jiang to pay for the Great Buddha to practice, but he expected that the Great Buddha of Leshan would definitely soar into the sky. Now it seems that it is true.
Xiang Que bowed respectfully to the Buddha, and his mind suddenly became clear. He had a kind of cleanness that could be understood in one thing.
The good karma of Buddhism is really not something you can get by asking you to practice. The old monk host of Baima Temple said very well. What you ask for is not something you can get by asking like this, even if Xiang Qu is
If you stay in White Horse Temple for a year or two, you will definitely wait in vain and wither without any result. Even if he travels all over the world, he will definitely gain nothing.
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