Chapter 10 The Ninth Dripping Avalokitesvara

That day, the Buddhist hall of Tenmyouji Temple was very lively, and the townspeople who came to offer incense were discussing a lot, which was completely different from the usual quiet practice.Jie'an couldn't help being curious, and went into the crowd to inquire. A benefactor Li told Jie'an: "The day before yesterday, a family surnamed Wang in the west corner of Miao Town appeared in the house. A statue of Guanyin was enshrined in his house. The jade bottle in my hand began to drip water, and it has not stopped until now. About every half an hour, a drop will be dripped out, and now there is an endless stream of people going to Wang's benefactor's house. "

All the monks in the monastery knew Wang Shizhu. His house was on the side of the mountain west of Miao Town. The Avalokitesvara statue in Wang Shizhu's house is even more famous. It is one of the oldest Buddha statues in several nearby towns. It is said that it was handed down from the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 100 years.Originally, there were several Buddha statues with the same history in the town, but the others have been destroyed or even lost due to various reasons. Only the Guanyin statue of Wang Shizhu's house has been preserved intact. Jie Chen told the news to the people in the temple, and everyone was very excited, thinking that the appearance of such auspicious appearance near Tianming Temple must be the Buddha's affirmation of our devout practice.Regarding this matter, Master Zhiyuan, who has always had his own views, did not express his opinion. Master Zhiyuan just said: "Let's go to Wang's home to have a look."

The people in the temple were unwilling to give up the opportunity to see the miracle, so the whole temple was mobilized, leaving only the warning to guard the house. When we came outside the courtyard of Wang Benefactor's house, we saw many people crowded the small courtyard of Wang Benefactor's house from a distance.When the townspeople saw us coming, they offered to make way for a passage.Donor Wang was happy and excited when he saw us. He said that the Buddha statue has dripped a lot of "holy water" in the past few days.He was thinking of discussing with the master in the temple to see if it would be more appropriate to send this Buddha statue to the temple for worship.

Master Zhiyuan followed Wang benefactor into the house, and it turned out that there were many townspeople in the house.The Guanyin statue is still placed on the altar in the corner of the room, and there is a small teacup under the jade bottle in the hands of the Guanyin statue.Donor Wang asked Master Zhiyuan with some concern: "Because I was afraid of losing the 'holy water', I found a teacup to drink it first, but I don't know if doing so respects the Buddha?" Master Zhiyuan said, "It's not going to be a problem." Only then did Master Wang feel relieved.

Jie Chen and Master Zhiyuan went to the side of the Avalokitesvara statue to look at it. The Avalokitesvara statue was holding a jade purification bottle with its mouth facing down, and there was still a drop of water accumulated on the bottle mouth. The surrounding townspeople held their breaths and stared at the bottle. mouth.After watching for a long time, the water droplets became bigger and bigger, and finally dripped into the teacup with a tick-tock sound, and the surrounding residents gave out admiration. Master Zhiyuan suddenly turned around and said to us, "Have you noticed that there is also a little water stain on the ground where the Buddhist altar is placed?"

Everyone took a closer look at the ground around the altar, and it was indeed damp.Master Zhiyuan stretched out his hand to touch the Buddha statue, and spread out his hand, which was also stained with water. Later, Master Zhiyuan went around Wang's house several times, and finally discovered that the water in the mouth of the Buddha statue was not self-generated.Wang Shizhu's house was built on the mountain, and a branch of a big tree on the roof was broken, causing a small amount of mountain spring to fall on the roof tiles, and a small part of it flowed into the house along the wall, just dripping on the Guanyin statue. Only then did water drip from the mouth of the bottle.

The onlookers laughed and dispersed.A few days later, Wang Shizhu went to Tianming Temple to worship the Buddha, and repented for not keeping the Buddha statues well. A few drops of ordinary mountain spring flowed onto the Guanyin statue after several twists and turns, and became "holy water" when it flowed out from the mouth of the jade bottle. Similar things often happen in our lives. For example, gossip that has not been confirmed is often reported by some media, making these unfounded news become anecdotes and widely spread. We often trust authority too much and lack the ability to question it.Therefore, there is nothing wrong with thinking more, analyzing more, and keeping your own judgment between right and wrong.