What is the relationship between Lingyin Temple and Jigong?

Lingyin Temple is a place where Jigong practices.

In historical records, Jigong does exist. His original name is Li Xiuyuan, and his legal name is Doggi. He was born in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province during the Southern Song Dynasty. He is a broken hat, a broken fan, a broken shoe and dirty clothes. He looks crazy.

Young Jigong grew up on the west bank of Zhejiang and studied in Chicheng Mountain. Influenced by Tiantai Mountain's "Buddha is the source of Taoism" and Li Fu's family culture of being kind and believing in Buddhism from generation to generation, the non-party thought came into being. At the age of weak crown, he converted to Buddhism, entered the National Assembly Temple in the name of Daoji, and then went to Lin 'an (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) to go to Hui Yuan, the blind hall of Lingyin Temple. This "Buddhist monk" gave Jigong a foot ring.

Jigong is not bound by precepts, loves wine and meat, and behaves like a madman. But he is a learned monk who is good at doing good deeds and accumulating virtue. It is listed as the fiftieth ancestor of Zen Buddhism and the sixth ancestor of Yangqi School.

Lingyin Temple and Legend of Jigong

Legend has it that one day, the Jigong monk of Lingyin Temple had a whim and knew that there was a mountain peak in the distance. At that time, there was a village in front of Lingyin Temple. Jigong was afraid that the flying peaks would crush people, so he rushed into the village to persuade everyone to leave quickly. Because people in the village are used to seeing Jigong playing tricks on people, and think that this time is for everyone to have fun, no one listens to him.

Seeing that the mountain peak was about to fly, Jigong was in a hurry and rushed into a bride's house, picked up the bride who was meeting the bride and ran away. When the villagers saw the monk robbing the bride, they all shouted and chased him out. People were chasing, when suddenly they heard the wind whistling, the sky was dark and there was a "rumbling" sound. A mountain peak flew down in front of Lingyin Temple and overwhelmed the whole village. At this time, people realized that Jigong robbed the bride to save everyone.

After Jigong became a Buddha, his honorific title was as long as 28 words: "Great kindness, great compassion and great wisdom, purple and gold arhat, venerable person, making great efforts to treat ancestors and benefit ancestors, and praising Buddha three times", which was a combination of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism and was extremely deified. Lingyin Temple has Daoji Zen Master Hall, where incense is flourishing.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jigong