A poor temple in Liaoning is full of women, but people are forbidden to donate money and sleep for four hours every day to eat a meal.

Speaking of temples, many people think they are a good place to meditate. Many people like to go for a walk in the temple in their spare time. The temple is simple and lofty, quiet and solemn, with incense lingering, and Yue Xian's voice can be heard in your ears. Walking on the path of the temple, the impetuous mind seems to have been sublimated.

On the vast land of China, there are many famous temples, such as Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Baima Temple in Luoyang, Sleeping Buddha Temple in Beijing, Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Hanshan Temple in Suzhou and Jokhang Temple in Lhasa ... These famous temples are worshipped by all because of their unique charm.

Daoyuan Temple, located in Liaoning Province, is not as famous as those big temples mentioned above, but it is known as the most "pure female temple" in China. The temple is full of women, who only sleep for four hours a day, eat only one meal a day and never touch money for life. Such strict living habits are by no means what ordinary people can do, but the women in Daoyuan Temple have done it!

This magical temple composed of women is located in Sanjiabao Village, Wenjie Town, Haicheng City, Liaoning Province. The temple was founded in the autumn of 200 1 year, and it has only been 1 1 year. Located in a remote place, surrounded by mountains and quiet environment. It is a good place for people to practice quietly.

Compared with those big temples with a sense of time, Daoyuan Temple has a long history. Its founder is the famous abbot Miaorong Bichuni. Daoyuan Temple is different from other temples, and all of them are women.

At the beginning, there were only two monks and a dozen monks in Daoyuan Temple. Until July 2002, the temple welcomed the first batch of monks who shaved their heads voluntarily, one *** 17. Although the number is small, everyone is a devout Buddhist. They practice silently here and discipline themselves with strict behavior.

These Nigerians who voluntarily become monks may be daughters, mothers or elites in the workplace before becoming monks. ...

But without exception, they are all inspired by Buddhism, willing to give up the world of mortals, no longer bound by the secular, step into this meditation place, recite Buddhist scriptures from now on, accompany with blue lights day and night, and pursue inner peace and great realm.

By 20 14, with the increasing fame of Daoyuan Temple, more and more women came here. Under the guidance of the female practitioners at the beginning of the establishment of Daoyuan Temple, they either found their life goals again, or were influenced by the female mage in the temple and voluntarily joined this pure land.

Therefore, the number of Zhong Ni in Daoyuan Temple has grown from 17 at first to about 130 now, and the number of people with lofty ideals has exceeded 100. In addition, there are many permanent guardians in the temple.

Different from other temples, Daoyuan Temple has only the hostess, but this will not lower their requirements just because they are women.

On the contrary, the rules of Daoyuan Temple are not less than those of ordinary temples, and even the requirements for every female teacher are extremely high, which may be difficult for some ordinary male monks to adhere to.

Why do you say that? It can be seen from the strict temple rules and nine laws of Daoyuan Temple.

Daoyuan Temple was established at the beginning under the guidance of monks in Dabei Temple, and it is the affiliated lower house of Dabei Temple. Therefore, the daily requirements and norms for female teachers are basically consistent with the Buddhist precepts of Dabei Temple, and the female teachers in Daoyuan Temple also have a Buddhist spirit in their behavior, so the process of talking with them will make people feel at ease and quiet.

According to the temple rules of Daoyuan Temple, there are nine basic requirements that female teachers in the temple should follow, namely, no grabbing money, eating, traveling and begging once a day in Japan, no accepting monk's rites, returning all support to their usual homes, carrying three clothes and avoiding charity. Monks in Dont Ask For Help and Daoyuan Temple should abide by the Eight Respect Laws and practice in Dabei Temple in the upper house.

I can't stand just looking at one, let alone nine. But for the women who have already fled into Buddhism and devoted themselves to monasticism, this is not only a test of the body, but also an exercise of the soul, and they also enjoy it.

Among them, the regulation of money is to keep the commandment of not catching money. This is to ask the hostess of the temple to be indifferent to fame and fortune and not to covet anything other than money.

For money and property, it is stipulated that masters should not have their own financial reserves, cash out on them, and accept gifts or subsidies from pilgrims at any time.

Therefore, if you choose to enter Daoyuan Temple, you must stay away from money and never touch it for a lifetime.

In today's commercialized society, Daoyuan Temple always insists on not traveling, not selling tickets, or even setting up merit boxes. This is a rare clean stream.

In the view of the hostess of Daoyuan Temple, since we want to break away from secular practice, we must break away from all the worldly things. Abandoning money is the first test.

Daoyuan Temple also stipulates that gifts given by pilgrims in the temple are unacceptable. If someone gives a sacrifice, they can't keep it privately, but give it to the residents for safekeeping.

If you receive some offerings that you have to accept, the deacon of the temple will return them in time to express his gratitude and show the equality of all people.

In addition, in order to maintain the daily expenses of temples, temples generally get money more or less through confession, selling Buddhist tools and carrying out Buddhist activities for the maintenance of temples.

Daoyuan Temple does not do these things, which also leads to almost no extra financial resources in the temple. There are about 100 hostesses living in the temple. From the moment they became monks, they were never exposed to money, and there was no income from tickets and incense money in the temple.

There needs money to expand the temple and solve the daily problems of food, clothing, housing and transportation. The women in the temple are all self-reliant and either grow their own fruits and vegetables or beg for food.

If the first one is acceptable to people who treat money like dirt, then the second one is unbearable to ordinary people.

In terms of diet, it is stipulated that you can only eat one meal a day. In the temple, the hostess is required to eat only one meal a day, which is very strict and austere for a normal person who needs three meals a day.

Eating only one meal a day is a practice of Buddhism. If people's appetite is not controlled, it will become desire. In order to control this desire, skipping meals after noon is the best physical exercise.

However, the hostess of Daoyuan Temple doesn't eat at all after noon.

Eat only one meal a day. By controlling your diet, you can reduce your appetite and practice Tao wholeheartedly. This simple diet makes the female teachers in the temple relatively thin, but they are not morbidly weak.

You only eat one meal a day, so what is the main vegetarian meal?

Vegetarian food in the temple mainly includes rice, boiled cabbage, tofu, spinach and potatoes. In order to avoid killing, the female teachers in the temple will pour the rice they want on the table when cooking, and will spend hours picking out Mi Chong from the rice, and then start chopping wood to burn the kang and cook.

For this, many people will think that the living conditions and habits are too harsh, but for the female owners of Daoyuan Temple, they have long been used to it and enjoy it.

In terms of work and rest, Daoyuan Temple also has an invisible rule that requires the hostess to sleep only four hours a day, which is terrible for ordinary people. The reason why they are required to sleep only four hours a day is to curb laziness.

In addition to practicing in the temple, the female hosts of Daoyuan Temple also have an experience of traveling once a year, that is, walking in Buddhism.

Since 2000, Daoyuan Temple has required female masters to follow the ancient law of "chanting Buddha for two hours", which lasts for about 15 days after the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. After that, they walked back to Daoyuan Temple.

This process lasted for half a month, and almost every day was a state of camping, but every hostess of Daoyuan Temple could face it calmly and hone her will by "walking".

The process of "walking" also makes women look down on life, leaving the whole world empty, not bound by their own desires and relationships, and finally improving their Zen enlightenment and devoting themselves wholeheartedly to enlightenment activities.

When practicing outside, the hostess doesn't bring her own dry food. Everything they eat is a gift from others. This process is called begging.

When the hostess "walks" or goes out to beg for food, it is stipulated that she can only beg for food, not money. One of the reasons for arranging female chefs to beg is to fill their stomachs, and cultivating their minds is the fundamental thing.

In order to better exercise their minds and cultivate their behaviors, monks in Daoyuan Temple will go out with bowls and hostess to beg for food, and the begging food will eventually be put together by the abbot and distributed equally to everyone, which is also fair.

Daoyuan Temple not only has strict requirements on the words and deeds of the hostess, but also has strict regulations on clothing. Female teachers in Daoyuan Temple usually wear gray-based dyed clothes, and are not allowed to wear colorful clothes.

Because wearing gray clothes can reflect the simple style of temples, and not wearing colored clothes is also a manifestation that women are not bound by desires. This is the real Buddhist realm.

Some people may think that the rules and regulations of Daoyuan Temple are very strict, while others doubt that the purpose of "cultivating the mind and nourishing the nature" can really be achieved through these rules and regulations.

In fact, it is. For women who concentrate on Buddhism, every empty door is empty. Sitting in a quiet temple to meditate and recite Buddha every day, they just need to satisfy their food and clothing every day. They no longer stick to the world of mortals, but only study, feel, work, meditate and meditate day after day.

Daoyuan Temple is to completely isolate objects that can arouse desires from the outside of the temple through various harsh Buddhist teachings, so that the female hosts can feel at ease in the temple, so as to achieve eternal peace and calm inside. Perhaps this is what we often say: "Out of sight is clean, peace of mind is secure"!

Nowadays, this pure "female temple" is attracting more and more women who devote themselves to Buddhism with its unique charm.

Although there are no mobile phones and computers here, the ladies don't laugh, talk, touch money or save money, but here, everyone follows their inner choices and achieves real practice.

Year after year, I meditate, attend classes and work day after day, and sleep regularly from 2 am to night 10 every day. It seems boring, but it is a valuable existence in a complex world.

As the saying goes, "no one has anything to do with me, no sentient beings", and the Buddhist realm pays attention to emptiness, which makes people cut off the world of mortals and achieve self-cultivation

It is precisely because these women are strict with themselves and practice seriously that a clean stream has formed in the local area. People who are frustrated at work, people who have emotional problems, and people who have lost money in business all come here to confess to the Buddha and ask the master for help.

"Not disturbed by foreign things, not fettered by the secular." This sentence vividly shows the self-cultivation essence of Daoyuan Temple.

Anyone familiar with Buddhism should have heard of the "Eight Respect Methods", which are eight ways for monks to respect and respect monks. At present, the Buddhist precept "Eight Respect Laws" read by Taoist temple women every day is still controversial.

Why do you say that? Because from the perspective of modern openness and equality, many women think that the "Eight Respect Laws" represent the traditional thought that men are superior to women.

Daoyuan Temple is a temple dominated by women. If you read such classics every day, is it an insult to women and a trampling on women's dignity? From this point of view, is it ridiculous?

However, the ladies of Daoyuan Temple don't think so. They have their own opinions and opinions. Judging from the origin of "Eight Respect Laws", it has the limitations of the times. Although some of its remarks are indeed contrary to the advanced ideas of modern women, they also provided certain conditions for women in that era to be liberated.

As a religious tradition, the hostess of Daoyuan Temple thinks it is necessary to inherit it.

What's more, in the hearts of the female owners of Daoyuan Temple, they want to gain respect and recognition, not only by chanting Buddhist precepts, but by practicing devoutly every day, not being influenced by the secular outside world, keeping the pure land in their hearts and practicing their own cultivation, in order to gain the respect of others.

Under the guidance of this thought, Daoyuan Temple is not disturbed and influenced by external fetters, but keeps its heart open, follows traditional culture, still strictly abides by temple rules, and insists on observing the Eight Respect Laws. And they recite the precepts once every half month and go to Dabei Temple for advice.

There are morning and evening classes in Daoyuan Temple. The hostess gets up at 2 am every day and begins a day of self-cultivation activities, such as chanting, meditation, chanting Buddha, listening to dharma, learning precepts, chanting spells, going out on slopes and so on. Everyone is dedicated to practice and always remembers Buddhism.

To many people, staying away from the world and becoming a monk is a sign of cowardice, escapism and irresponsibility.

Indeed, some people may come here to escape their emotions, some to escape the pressure of reality, and some to escape debt. They may not really concentrate on Buddhism, drop everything and escape into an empty net.

But more people choose to come to Daoyuan Temple to find a quiet shelter for their empty hearts.

In the real world, many elites with an annual salary of one million have fled into an empty net, and some talented people who learn hegemony choose to give up their lives and become monks. The reason why they made such a choice is probably to pursue the pure land in their hearts and hope to get the purification of their hearts.

In their eyes, they silently recite the scriptures in the morning bell and evening drum every day, seek the real goal of their own practice, touch their inner self, shed their utilitarian heart and copper smell, bid farewell to stress and anxiety, and calmly repeat one thing day after day. This kind of life is enviable and fascinating.

This may be the highest realm they pursue, and only in this pure place like a temple can they put their impetuous hearts.

These people are like the hostess of Daoyuan Temple. Even if they can only eat one meal a day and sleep for four hours a day, they can't touch money for life. They also face it calmly, keep their initial heart, dare to cut off all emotions, and finally return to the ethereal realm.

However, not everyone can understand this choice.

Some people once thought that it was a waste of human resources for people with high knowledge to choose to become monks. This sentence is really inappropriate, everyone can choose the life they want, and the poor life of becoming a monk is not something that ordinary people can bear and adapt to.

If you can maintain your own realm in such poverty, isn't it another pursuit of life to ask yourself every day?

This persistent pursuit of a quiet and far-reaching life is a higher ideological realm than all kinds of things in the world. Of course, we don't need to worry that too many monks will affect human resources. After all, not many people can bear such strict rules and regulations.

In today's impetuous society, many young people flaunt themselves as "Buddhist youths", who are not striving for progress and have no desire or desire. This also shows that people in modern society have a deep desire for spiritual purification.

From these people, it is not difficult to understand why some people are willing to abandon the secular world every year and come to a quiet temple to cultivate themselves. Becoming a monk is not to escape from the world, but to find the truest self. No matter how hard the days are, life will not be monotonous.

The women owners of Daoyuan Temple are using their own practical actions to prove to the world that people with faith are never afraid of secular vision, and they will face their hearts and look for answers in life.

[1] Global Network: Monks and nuns in Daoyuan Temple in Liaoning are famous for begging for food along the national highway.

[2] Tracing the Buddhist network: an overview of Daoyuan Temple in Haicheng