"There is a temple over there. Let's go and take a look. You see, this is facing the West Lake. It can be said that it is the temple with the best scenery." Xiong Er quickly pointed to a temple by the lake.
Ou Mengmeng raised her head, facing the lake with the mountain behind her, a small apricot-yellow temple was half hidden. Sitting on the boat and looking up at the temple, I felt that this temple must be a private temple for rich people. Otherwise, would they be able to build a temple in this place? The main thing is that Ou Mengmeng has never seen this temple. In the 21st century, this temple will probably be gone. However, the old lady patted her head again. This was a book. How could the book be the same as reality?
"Why don't you go and have a look?" Xiong Er said to the old lady enthusiastically. Anyway, as long as you don't tell him about getting married, he thinks it's fine.
Ou Mengmeng didn't believe him anymore. She always felt that Xiong Er brought her out just to handle the case.
Xiong Er didn't care and asked people to pull the boat over. He helped the old lady and hurried over.
The place is good, it is not far from the pier to the temple gate. Of course, it is not only accessible from the pier, there is also a long carriage path around the lake. After passing the carriageway, go up four flights of nine steps and arrive at the temple gate. When you turn around, you can see the lake view.
When standing at the entrance of the temple, generally the Mahavira Hall is at the second entrance, and the Maitreya Buddha Hall is at the first entrance to show the progressive relationship between the future Buddha and the present Buddha. But even if she doesn't understand, she still knows that this temple only has a Buddhist hall in the middle, and the one who comes in to worship is Maitreya Buddha. From the temple gate to the main hall, there are nine steps. Forty-nine outside the door, one-nine inside. Taken together, it is the number of five and nine, or it can be reversed, and it is the number of nine and five.
She is from Yuhang, and she still knows the history of Yuhang city. What stories did you experience in the process? In the history of Yuhang, the most famous one is the Maitreya religion. Wearing the name of the Pure Land Sect, he does nothing in human affairs.
(Past Buddha: Lantern Buddha, present Buddha: Sakyamuni, future Buddha: Maitreya Buddha (now a Bodhisattva))
"Xing'er, who does this temple belong to?" Ou Mengmeng's eyelids twitched. She couldn't help but look sideways at Xiong Er. Xiong Er still smiled sweetly at her. They didn't even take Amber with them when they got off the boat. It was just the two of them. Ou Mengmeng felt it was a bit dangerous. She didn't even know if she could run away. Moved.
"It belongs to a big salt merchant. It is said that the old lady was very filial to her mother and came to this temple to pray for her mother's longevity. So even though the temple is not big, a lot of thought was put into it. Later, the old lady passed away and was buried. At the Linggu Pagoda in the back mountain. In order to increase its popularity, the family temple is open to all believers. I heard that this temple is very effective in praying for longevity." Xiong Er said hurriedly.
Ou Mengmeng looked around. The incense in the temple looked okay, but some women were coming in and out. Thinking that this temple was very targeted, she directly targeted women. If you pray for a long life for your mother, you will immediately gain a sense of identity with your female surname. Regardless of whether they can live a long life or not, they still have a certain favorable impression of them.
They did not enter the main hall, but slowly walked around the temple. The place was not big, but it was well designed, with some winding paths and everything that should be there. For example, a life-release pond should be connected to the West Lake waterway, so it doesn't look that crowded.
Ou Mengmeng looked at Chi Zi and shook her head gently: "In this world, there are people who seek marriage, people who seek promotion and wealth, and people who seek longevity. But what the hell is seeking longevity?"
"Is praying for longevity and praying for immortality different?" Xiong Er was also confused by the question. He brought the old lady here with intention, but he didn't expect that the old lady would suddenly think of praying for longevity and immortality.
"What do you think?" Ou Mengmeng was speechless. Immortality is actually Taoist. They actually have many ways to achieve immortality, such as immortality and resurrecting through corpses. To a certain extent, what they pay attention to is actually the eternity of the soul; Seeking longevity is worldly, it means living. Keep using the same body and keep living. It is actually easy to seek immortality. If you die, just tell your family that you have ascended. But what is the criterion for those who seek longevity? And is this a serious Buddhist temple?
Xiong Er smiled and helped the old lady to walk around. The temple is indeed not big, and it is clearly designed by professionals. The giant trees behind the main hall are hundreds of years old. There are not many meditation rooms, and it feels that the area is not as good as the Hulu Temple in Suzhou. However, the layout is incomparable to the Hulu Temple. The spiritual bone pagoda built against the mountain and a bell pavilion next to it are all small and exquisite. But there is still a century-old tree in the backyard. Ou Mengmeng couldn't help but circle around the tree.
Ou Mengmeng thought about it and looked back at Xiong Er.
, Xiong Er is still smiling. He supported the old lady and turned slowly.
Finally, a monk of medium height walked up to the two of them and said "Amitabha", which was a sign of respect for their robes. The cassock on his body also revealed his identity.
Ou Mengmeng smiled and returned the courtesy. Regardless of her age or status, it was okay for a monk to worship her, but it was not okay for her to worship a monk.
"You two didn't seem to have entered the temple to worship the Buddha." The great monk had just come out of the back door of the main hall and was about to go back to the Zen room, but he saw a pair of nobles who looked like grandparents walking in the courtyard. They were luxuriously dressed and had friendly smiles. , If you don’t go to the main hall to donate some money, how can you live up to this temple? He just came over to say hello.
"I've eaten meat and wine today, so I don't dare to offend the Bodhisattva." Ou Mengmeng hurriedly used the original words in the book and looked at the courtyard, "I dare to ask the master how many years this temple has been built."
"Speaking of it, this temple was established not long ago. But this place has existed for a hundred years. It was originally the foreign residence of a wealthy businessman. Later, something went wrong, so the old man bought it and hired someone to build the temple." The abbot still had the smile of an eminent monk on his face.
Ou Mengmeng lowered her head and bowed her head again. She lowered her head and noticed that the abbot was wearing a pair of high-top shoes. Gray surface and white sole, a pair of shoes that are a bit too clean.
She didn't dare to look at it, so she quickly stood up and looked up at the old tree, "It's such a shame for such a good tree."
"The old lady is very personable, but she just moved to Yuhang?" the abbot said with a smile.
"My surname is from Yuhang, but I traveled around the world with my son, and only returned to my hometown with my grandson when I was old." Ou Mengmeng immediately spoke with a modern Hangzhou accent, but after hundreds of years, the accent will always change, but It's roughly the same, and it smells like Old Yuhang.
The abbot smiled and said, "Amitabha, congratulations to the old lady for returning to her hometown. This temple was built by a filial son for his mother. Avalokitesvara is very efficacious. The old lady might as well give it a try."
"What is longevity?" Ou Mengmeng looked at the great monk.
The great monk was startled, longevity? It's not that he doesn't know how to explain, but he is thinking about how to make this person a believer.
Ou Mengmeng sighed softly, "People are in this world. In the midst of love and desire. They live and die alone. They go and come alone. They should go to the destination. The place of suffering and happiness. The body is responsible for it. There is no successor. Infinite Life Sutra ! According to Buddhism, what we are pursuing is the afterlife. We believe that all causes and effects are self-sustaining. How can we seek longevity in this temple? I am confused!"
