The life of Jinshan living Buddha

In the early years of the Republic of China (19 12), a "living Buddha of Jinshan" appeared in Jinshan Temple, which became a household name in the south of the Yangtze River. Because of the great fame of "Jinshan Living Buddha", the legal name of Miao Shan is unknown. Now, I'd like to introduce the Buddhist monk Miao Shan, a former supervisor and abbot of Jinshan Temple, who is a witness to the life story of Jinshan Living Buddha.

Miao Shan Zen Master, known as the "Living Buddha of Jinshan", was born in Shaanxi Province. There are two different versions about his birth age and the age of giving up his newspaper. One is from The Spiritual Record of the Living Buddha in Jinshan written by the optimistic mage, which means that the living Buddha died in Yangon in the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934) and lived to be 84 years old. One is the Living Buddha in Jinshan written by Zhu Yun, saying that the living Buddha died in Yangon in 24 years of the Republic of China (1935) and lived for 54 years. The difference between the two is 30 years old. Referring to other materials, it is similar to what Master Zhu Yun said.

The layman of Jinshan Living Buddha, surnamed Dong, is from southern Shaanxi. This is what monk Taicang/KLOC-0, abbot of Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang, said when he met an old monk Xu Yun in Hong Kong in 1950. When talking about the living Buddha in Jinshan, the old monk Xu Yun told the monk in Taicang. Virtual cloud the old monk said:

The living Buddha's home is not far from Mao Peng, Zhong Nanshan, where my mother is widowed. He was born in a wealthy family with many houses. When he was twenty years old, he often came to ask Mao Peng. Suddenly one day, he came to beg me to let him become a monk. I know he is the only precious son in the family. I was afraid that his family would get into trouble after he became a monk, so he didn't ask for permission to become a monk, but he couldn't. The following year, I went to Baohua Mountain to be ordained. Later, I traveled around and stopped seeing him.

During Guangxu period in the late Qing Dynasty, Xu Yun, an old monk, lived in Mao Peng, Zhong Nanshan twice. The first time was from the 11th to 13th year of Guangxu, and the second time was from the 26th to 28th year of Guangxu, that is, from 1900 to 1902, when the old monk was sixty-one to sixty-three. If the old monk meets a 20-year-old young man named Dong at this time, this young man named Dong was born around 1880, and died in 1935 when he went to the living Buddha in Jinshan, Yangon, just in his fifties. So, virtual cloud mage's age is correct. From the photos of the only living Buddha in Jinshan in the world (published on the first page of the book "Miracle Living Buddha in Jinshan" by the optimistic master), you can't see that it is a person of seventy or eighty years old.

A young man named Dong, whose legal name was Miaoshan, became a monk and was ordained in Baohua Mountain in the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), and then went to live in the Jiangtian Temple Zen Hall in Jinshan. The old monk Taicang, who later became the abbot of Jiangtian Temple, didn't go to Jiangtian Temple until the sixth year of the Republic of China (19 17), so before the sixth year of the Republic of China (19 17), he didn't know the story of Zen master Miao Shan. According to the memory of the old monk in Taicang, when he went to live in the Jiangtian Temple Zen Hall in Jinshan, Miao Shan had already lived in an empty room on the Buddhist Scripture Building for self-study. At this time, no one has called him a living Buddha, but his miraculous deeds have long been well known, especially Zhenjiang, which is a household name. In the eighth year of the Republic of China (19 19), the Zhang family living Buddha in Inner Mongolia returned to Shanghai from Nanputuo Mountain and arrived in Zhenjiang. The local government informed Zhenjiang authorities and Buddhist temple groups to meet them at the railway station. Zhang Jia is thirty years old, dressed in vulgar clothes at home, accompanied by government officials and protected by a large number of police. Welcome people can't see the difference between him and the laity. After Zhang Jia and his party left, the police said to those who greeted them, "You are so young and don't wear monk's clothes. What kind of living Buddha are you? Master Miao Shan of Jinshan Temple is the real living Buddha! " As he spoke, he pointed to the Miaoshan Zen master in the crowd for everyone to see. The welcoming people echoed and said, "Yes, yes, this is the real living Buddha!" "In this way, the name of Jinshan Living Buddha spread like wildfire and spread to Zhenjiang and Nanjing. After the name of the living Buddha spread, one of Miaoshan became unknown.

The life of a living Buddha in Jinshan, winter clothes and summer clothes, winter is neither hot nor cold in Leng Xia. He is very charitable. Sometimes he converts to a disciple and gives him new clothes to wear. A few days later, he disappeared. It turned out that he gave alms to others. He lives in an empty room in the Buddhist scripture building of Jinshan Temple. There are no tables, chairs and beds at home, and there are no bookcases for clothes and kitchen. There is only a square stone with an old futon on it. He doesn't sleep at night, either reciting Buddha or meditating. He eats strangely and likes to eat leftovers. He even fished out the food in the swill tank to eat. Perhaps to cherish happiness, or to fight samadhi, his heart is so unclean. He walked on two legs all his life and never rode in a car, especially a rickshaw. Once in Nanjing, a disciple at home invited him to dinner, hired a rickshaw and dragged him to it desperately. As soon as the car pulled, he shouted a headache, and the louder he shouted. The apprentice had no choice but to stop the car and let him get off.

Living Buddha's meditation time is very home. Around the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920), a monk from Taicang was a guest in Jinshan Temple, and Mao Guangsheng, a customs inspector from Zhenjiang, was a Buddhist and came to visit the living Buddha in Jinshan Temple. The monk from Taicang led Mao Mao to the hut to meet the living Buddha, but the door was closed and could not be opened, so he had to break in. It turned out that the living Buddha was settled on the futon. The monk in Taicang played three fingers in his ear to calm himself down, and the living Buddha slowly opened his eyes. On another occasion, in the thirteenth year of the Republic of China (1924), the living Buddha was detained by Dong, the chief procurator of Zhenjiang Procuratorate, and put in a detention center. The monk from Taicang went to see him, and the bailiff opened the door. Taicang found himself lost in concentration again.

Living Buddha lived in the era of Jinshan Temple. He often goes to the heights of the mountain to read Buddha alone in the dead of night when hundreds of monks are dreaming. He let go of Hong Zhong's voice and read: "Who is missing the South? No? Answer? Rice? Tuo? Buddha? " His loud voice flashed across the sky, and his tone was sad, which made the people who heard it sad. At night, I went to the heights of the mountain to recite the Buddha loudly, and I read it for many years. Anyone who lived in Jinshan Temple during that time will leave the voice of chanting Buddha in his mind. Living Buddha has been in Jinshan Temple for nearly 30 years, and countless disciples have converted to him in Zhenjiang and Nanjing. At the same time, he also made great contributions to Jinshan Temple. For example, in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), droughts and locust plagues occurred in some places. Jinshan temple has no rent, and there is no food to live there. The master couldn't think of a way to ask the living Buddha for help. The living Buddha was full of bitterness and said, "Never mind, there are disciples here." I don't know what kind of "avatar" he used to raise money from people. In a few days, Shanxin from all over the country sent hundreds of tons of rice, which solved the problem of food shortage in Jinshan Temple.

How does the living Buddha raise funds? For example, a rich woman got tuberculosis and sought treatment from a living Buddha. The living Buddha said, "I am a monk, not a doctor." If you are ill, you should see a doctor. " The living Buddha said, "Your karma is very heavy. Send 120 rice to Jinshan Temple to feed your family first, destroy it, and I will treat you. "

The woman readily promised to send 100 tons of rice. It's amazing how the living Buddha treats diseases. He coughed up half a bowl of thick phlegm and let the woman eat it. The woman was so embarrassed that in order to survive, she finally closed her eyes and pinched her nose to eat. But a miracle appeared, and her long-term incurable lung disease was gradually cured after a period of time.

It's incredible to talk about the living Buddha who cures diseases in Jinshan. His sputum can cure diseases, his saliva can cure diseases, his bath water can cure diseases, and the dirt on his body can also cure diseases. For example, the mother of a monk in Taicang has an old problem of "distressed"-it is actually a stomachache, so it is also called a stomachache. The monk in Taicang begged the living Buddha to treat his mother. It happened that the living Buddha was taking a bath that day, and he asked Taicang to make a bowl of "Prajna soup". Taicang asked, "What is Prajna soup?" The living Buddha said, "It's the bath water in the bathtub." Taicang went to get it. If the living Buddha wants Taicang to kneel down and recite the Buddha with him, he says to Taicang, "Take it back for your mother to drink." Taicang said, "Living Buddha! My mother is an honest and clean person. How can she drink such muddy water? " "Never mind," said the living Buddha. "Go and get a piece of alum." When taking alum, the living Buddha holds alum in his hand, moves in the water, recites Buddha in his mouth, and soon the water is clear. Taicang put the water in a bottle and took it home to his mother. After eating it, my mother's distressed illness really recovered.

The living Buddha also treated the optimistic mage. Musicians have suffered from migraine since childhood, and the pain is unbearable. One winter, the optimistic mage went to Jinshan Temple to play Zen Seven. When you leave the temple at the expiration, say goodbye to the living Buddha. The living Buddha sent him out of the mountain gate, and the musician walked a hundred paces away. The living Buddha called him again: "Come back! Come back! " The optimistic mage felt that something was wrong, so he turned around and approached the living Buddha. Suddenly, the living Buddha put his hand on the musician's head, touched it with his own head and said, "All right, all right." Then walked away with a smile. The musician was confused at that time, but then the migraine stopped. There are countless examples of living Buddha treating diseases, and there are countless examples of humanizing all beings through games.

The living Buddha in Jinshan is very compassionate, takes care of things and lives in every possible way. Once, he saw a bird, caught a live fish in the pool, put it in his mouth and stood on the railing of a tall building. The fish's tail is still swinging. The living Buddha saw it, and I don't know where I got the courage. He climbed the tall building in one breath, trying to save the poor little fish from the birds. When the bird saw someone coming, it flew from the railing to the roof. The living Buddha climbed from the railing to the roof regardless of his life. The bird is releasing the small fish from its mouth and trying to peck it. Just then, the living Buddha reached out to catch the small fish, and the bird flew away in surprise, but the living Buddha slipped and fell off the roof. At first, onlookers were very interested. When the living Buddha fell from the roof, everyone exclaimed loudly, thinking that he must have been injured. Then the living Buddha stood on the ground, smiled smugly, turned around and put the small fish into the pool, muttering something, and the small fish swam away.

On another occasion, Jinshan Living Buddha enjoyed the cool in front of Qixia Mountain Temple in Nanjing and chatted with his master. Suddenly, a small green snake climbed out and was found by the workers. They picked up the stone and smashed it mercilessly. Kill the snake three times and two times, break it in two, and the green snake is still crawling. The living Buddha in Jinshan stopped them from fighting at that time. By the time the living Buddha ran to the front, the green snake had become two pieces. The living Buddha in Jinshan loves all sentient beings. He picked up the dead snake that had been broken into two pieces, put it together, took a glass of water, muttered something, spilled water on the dead snake, read it slowly, and spilled it slowly. It was incredible. The little snake actually climbed up slowly, paused, and the living Buddha said three conversions for it, and then the little snake slowly climbed into the crack of the stone.

The living Buddha in Jinshan lived in Jiangtian Temple in Jinshan until the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929). At the end of the year, the master of Qixia Mountain Temple in Nanjing became a monk and invited the living Buddha to Hong Kong. After arriving in Hong Kong, they hung tin in Liugu Temple, the lower house of Qixia Mountain Temple, and were taken in by the old monk Ruoshun. Not long after he stayed, he went to Yangon to worship the Shwedagon Pagoda. When I first arrived in Yangon, Myanmar, I placed a pending order at Longhua Temple near Shwedagon Pagoda, nominally a pending order. In fact, I just go to dinner every day and spend the rest of my time in Shwedagon Pagoda. Every day, he worships the tower in front of it. Yangon is hot and sunny. The marble floor in front of the tower is extremely hot. Ordinary people come to the tower and walk on the aisle covered with straw mats, while the living Buddha worships the tower barefoot on the hot marble floor for two or three hours. This kind of asceticism makes people on the sidelines admire it and makes people watching it unbearable. Besides worshipping the pagoda, I just sit by the pagoda and recite the Buddha. Don't sleep at night, just meditate by the tower.

During his stay in Yangon, the Living Buddha once made a pilgrimage to India with several China monks. After returning to Yangon, Longhua Temple was closed due to land disputes. He had no place to eat, so he picked up peels, peanut valleys and scraps of paper to eat near the Shwedagon Pagoda. Some disciples who converted to him sent him food cakes, which he distributed to the poor Burmese in front of the tower. And every day in the big sun, the tower remains the same. After a long time, I was attacked by hot poison and finally fell ill. One of his converted disciples, Chen Qingyun, took him home to recuperate. Chen Jushi thought that the living Buddha was caused by heat poison, asked the living Buddha to take a bath, and said that he would take a bath for a while. The living Buddha said, "I know, I must rush more." Only this time, there is no need to rush again. "

The day when the living Buddha bathed in Chen Jushi's house was the afternoon of the eighth day of the fifth lunar month in the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935). When he rushed for two hours, Chen Jushi went to the bathroom to see that the living Buddha was still standing under the lotus, and the water was still rushing, but it should not be called out. It turns out that the living Buddha has been established.