Chapter 44 Chapter Forty-Two
Mount Putuo is a small island in the Zhoushan Archipelago in Zhejiang Province. From a distance, it looks like a reclining Buddha lying peacefully on the sea.Although its area is only 13 square kilometers, it is said that it is the ashram of Avalokitesvara, and it is also known as the four ashrams of Chinese Buddhism together with Mount Wutai, Mount Emei, and Mount Jiuhua.
After getting off the plane, Xie Huiren and Sally rushed to the pier and got on the tourist ferry from Shanghai to Mount Putuo.On the plane, Xie Huiren fell asleep, and he really didn't want to think about anything. At this moment, he preferred to try his luck, whatever happened to him, anyway, some things couldn't be avoided.
His pocket was heavy, which made him feel a little heavy.
Two silver bracelets.Two silver bracelets related to the mystery of their lives.
Or maybe, they are nothing, just two ordinary jewelry.
Of course, all of this can only be definitively explained after seeing the master.Simply, Xie Huiren didn't think about anything, and it was useless to think about it.
Secrets are always in the hands of those in the know.
As soon as he boarded the land of Putuo Mountain, Xie Huiren felt refreshed. The sea breeze blows fresh air, mixed with the smell of incense. The distant view is a calm sea, which makes people's hearts much wider. The tourist with a smile on his face reminded him that this is a good place to relax.
It was the first time for Sally to come to Mount Putuo. The beautiful scenery and excitement here made her temporarily forget the unhappiness that was still pent up in her heart in the morning. She looked around like a child, and everything around her made her curious and admirable. Can't help but say, "Brother, I didn't expect the holy land of Buddhism to be so beautiful."
Xie Huiren smiled, "Do you think there are only temples and old monks? To be honest, almost all famous mountains and rivers have traces of Buddhists. This is not a coincidence—if it is not a coincidence, there must be a reason for it, but We can't tell."
Sally thought for a while, "Well, yes, all the good places have been chosen by the Buddhist family."
Xie Huiren looked around, he squinted his eyes, and the slight sea breeze blew his hair.He said with deep feeling, "Perhaps, these good places chose Buddha."
Sally's face was blank, her mind hadn't turned around yet, and she didn't understand what he meant for a while.
"Putuo Mountain is not so much chosen by the Buddhists as it is chosen by the Buddhists. In the Tang Dynasty, an Indian monk came here. He saw Guanyin Bodhisattva appearing in the Chaoyin Cave on this island. It is said that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva gave him a seven-color gem. Therefore, later generations used it as the dojo of Avalokitesvara. According to the Huayan Sutra, Avalokitesvara lived in Mount Putuojialuo, so later generations named this place Mount Putuo " Xie Huiren withdrew his gaze, looked at Sally, and continued, "This may be a very strange question: Is it because of the choice of Buddhism that there is a picturesque holy place, or is it because of the beautiful scenery that it attracts believers? Built a Buddhist holy place?"
It sounded like a tongue twister, and Sally didn't want to think about such a question, so she blurted out, "What's the difference?"
"This is a big difference. Unlike other places, this place was not chosen first by monks. More precisely, it was naturally chosen as a sacred place for Buddhism."
nature.Xie Huiren didn't know if his words would make Sally understand. In his view, religion is the reaction of natural forces in human consciousness.
He breathed a long sigh of relief, pulled Sally, and said, "Okay, let's go, there are still many things we need to do."
With the hustle and bustle of people, they came to a relatively flat open space. Unlike the temples on Putuo Mountain, there were more fireworks here. Some tourists who were tired from walking sat on the rocks to rest, and some people sat around to chat with.This place extends in all directions, and for a while, they didn't know where to go.
"Brother, we can't find it like this. There are a sea of people, all of them are tourists."
Xie Huiren smiled, "I know, I just thought of a place to go, but I don't know how to get there. There will be signs here."
"Where?"
"No hurry." He pointed to a stele not far away, "Let's see what is written on that stele first?"
They approached slowly, Sally saw it at a glance, and shouted, "Why is there such a thing here?"
"Yeah, it doesn't look like a Buddhist holy place, right? To be honest, I was quite surprised when I first found out about it. It doesn't seem appropriate to put this thing here."
"That's right, it's about the war." Sally looked at the inscription carefully again.This is an anti-Japanese monument, which records the fight against Japanese pirates here.
After watching a section, Sally muttered, "The Japanese are so hateful."
Don't you say that!Xie Huiren groaned secretly. He collected himself and said slowly: "Not all Japanese are guilty. Although there are some hatreds in our hearts that cannot be eliminated, we don't have to hate everything."
"Is this the tolerance of the Buddhist family?" Sally raised her eyebrows and asked back.
Xie Huiren was silent. This is an unanswerable question. As a Buddhist believer, he prefers to believe that people are equal, no matter if they are Chinese or Japanese, no matter who has caused so much harm to whom. However, in his Subconsciously, he does not forgive. "Let's not talk about this, in fact, if it is not Japanese, I can't think of where we will go next."
"What? Japanese?"
"Yes, we're going to 'refuse to go to the Guanyin Temple' now, I have a hunch." Xie Huiren couldn't make this sentence clearer, a voice in his heart told him that everything he experienced these days was related to the Japanese There is an inseparable connection, and it is this connection that reminds him of a temple built by the Japanese on Mount Putuo.
What appeared in front of them was the Anti-Japanese Monument, but what they were going to turned out to be a monastery of an eminent Japanese monk.This couldn't help but make Xie Huiren smile wryly, he knew he couldn't tell what kind of coincidence it was, or it was simply a joke made by fate.
A joke of fate.
Obviously, Sally was not familiar with that monastery, and that strange name made her even more confused, "What? What if you don't want to?"
"It's 'refusing to go to the Guanyin Temple'."
"This... what's the name?"
Xie Huiren smiled and said: "That's the name, doesn't it sound like a Chinese name? In fact, this temple was built by a Japanese Linji monk during the Five Dynasties period. This person is called Hui E. He He invited a statue of Avalokitesvara from Mount Wutai, intending to take a boat back to China in Zhejiang, but he ran aground on the rocks in Mount Putuo. So he worshiped Avalokitesvara, and he heard from Avalokitesvara that he didn’t want to go to Japan and was willing to stay in China, so he A temple was built here, and it was named 'Refusal to Go'."
"Oh—" Sally looked a little unbelievable, "Is there really such a miraculous thing?"
"This is not certain. However, this 'refusing to go to the Guanyin Temple' is the beginning of Mount Putuo becoming the Guanyin Bodhisattva Dojo. In fact, the Putuo Dojo developed and expanded after the Northern Song Dynasty and gradually became a holy place for Buddhism. .In a certain sense, there would be no Putuo Mountain if there was no 'refusal to go to the Guanyin Temple'." Xie Huiren said softly, beside them, there were always tourists walking around, looking at the inscriptions, and looking at them strangely .This made Xie Huiren feel a little embarrassed, so he had to lower his voice and continue to say to Sally, "Japan uses its own Mount Nachi as the Avalokitesvara Dojo, but the Japanese still think that this is the real Avalokitesvara Dojo. , Korean Peninsula and Southeast Asian believers all come here to worship Avalokitesvara.”
Sally was a little engrossed in listening, and she could see that she was thinking about something. She stared at the Anti-Japanese Monument and nodded slightly.Suddenly she had a strange idea and said, "Then tell me, did any Japanese who came to worship Avalokitesvara in ancient times be beaten to death as Japanese pirates..."
"Sally!" Xie Huiren interrupted her sharply, but he immediately realized his gaffe, softened his voice, and said, "Sally, you can't say that, pirates are pirates, invaders are invaders, even if they They also believe in Buddhism, but their crimes must be condemned and punished. We cannot forgive their crimes because they believe in Buddha, nor can we tolerate evil deeds infinitely because we believe in Buddha. There is no communication between justice and evil. Bridge..." Xie Huiren sighed secretly, "I'm very disappointed when you say that."
Sally was terrified, and she hurriedly explained, "Brother, I didn't mean that. I just thought of it suddenly, so I said it. I didn't mean anything else."
Xie Huiren looked at her tenderly, nodded, and said: "I know you are unintentional, but you must believe that the Chinese will not wrong any kind-hearted believer, nor will they spare any aggressor. "
Sally nodded heavily, "Brother, I understand."
"Okay then, let's go find that monastery."
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