What happened in Randeng Temple?

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the royal family declined, local warlords became independent, and warlords scuffled for years, making the people miserable. Even the monasteries that are indifferent to the secular and dedicated to Buddhism have not been spared. This is the case with Guangning Temple in the western suburbs of Chengdu. The abbot was tied up by officers and soldiers, hung from a tree and whipped to death. Before he died, he called his favorite disciple Huiming to his side and told him to lead the monks to Yuzhou, where he took refuge in Tianning Temple and continued his practice. Trembling, he took out a rusty iron box from his chest and gave it to Huiming. He swallowed his last breath and said, "This box is filled with things from Quang Ninh Temple Town Temple. Before the restoration of Quang Ninh Temple, it must not be opened privately ... "Then he swallowed.

Huiming and the monks buried the abbot and set off for Tianning Temple. Within half a day, just after dark, they came to Longquanyi, a post station at the foot of Longquan Mountain. As the saying goes, it is difficult to go to the sky. This Longquan Mountain is a natural barrier to the east of Chengdu, with towering mountains, dangerous terrain and rugged roads. Huiming arranged for the monks to rest in an inn and go out to inquire about how to cross Longquan Mountain.

Huiming returned to the inn and didn't light a wick. When he saw the scene in the house, he couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise, but he couldn't spit out a word: the house was in a mess, and there were several bloodstains scattered on the ground, but there were no monks! After a long time, a bartender came in and said in a panic, "Master is looking for someone? The monk who lived here just now has just been arrested by the government forces to serve as a soldier. They can't go far. You can catch up now! "

Huiming listened and chased out without saying anything. Ask, just know that monks have been put on Longquan mountain, he running all the way, caught up with loyalist at the corner of the hillside. A dazzling torch suddenly lit up on the mountain road ahead, and then, two, three, four … dazzling. Before the loyalist could guard against it, a group of mountain thieves shouted "Go" and "Kill" and jumped on the loyalist from the top of the mountain. Loyalists suddenly lost their footing and ran around like headless flies. Monks also took advantage of the chaos to escape, but they had chains on their hands and feet. What's more, in order to prevent them from escaping, loyalists gave them a lot of unconsciousness. The mountain road was already narrow, and with this reckless running and bumping, most monks fell off the mountain. The mountain is rocky, full of cliffs and deep valleys. If you fall, you will die. Huiming put his hands together and kept chanting in his mouth, praying for Buddha's blessing. Helpless, I was caught by a mountain thief and my iron box was forcibly taken away. The burglar threw him into a wooden house.

Huiming discovered at this moment that all the monks were left with themselves, Meiji and Zhi Ding. Seeing this, he could not help crying. Tears welled up in his eyes: the master asked him to take everyone to Tianning Temple. Now there are only three people left, and the iron box has also been taken away. How can he live up to his master's entrustment? "Click", followed by the sound of the lock being opened. He stopped crying. A mountain thief threw them three bags and told them to go down the mountain at once. Huiming was about to ask when Meiji and Zhi Ding gave him a wink. He didn't ask again. They picked up the parcel, took a step and walked out of the hut.

When passing by a small room, Huiming saw people coming in and out of the room, busy. There was a constant groan in the room. He guessed that someone in the house was very ill. "Buddha is a sentient being, cutting meat to feed the eagle, he just learned medical skills. Whether he is a mountain thief or not, it is never wrong to save lives and treat diseases. Go in and have a look. " Thinking of this, Huiming ignored the obstruction and went straight to the patient's bed. The man wore a mask, his eyes were surprisingly wide, but he didn't seem to see anything. He looked carefully and saw that there was a small hole in each eye, and blood was gurgling from the small hole.

Coincidentally, the "Tian Xuan stitch" that Huiming learned from the master just came in handy. Huiming took out the silver needle, put his left hand around the man's eye socket, put his thumb close to his eyes and cheeks, straightened his index finger, and pressed the top of his nose bone. Two silver needles were pierced without a trace. The man shivered, immediately stopped moaning and slowly closed his eyes. Hui Ming didn't answer, put a pack of medicine on the man's pillow, picked up the bag and walked down the hill with Meiji and Zhi Ding.

The mountain road is as narrow as a narrow intestine, and the surrounding is as quiet as death, and it is dark. Longquanyi at the foot of the mountain is also dark-the people have already fled, but they have not fled. They go to bed early at night and dare not light a lamp. Meiji accidentally stepped on a stone and slipped down the mountain. He screamed loudly, but his body collapsed involuntarily. In the darkness, he only heard the dull sound of Meiji's body falling on the stone. Hui Ming wanted to cry without tears: "Buddhism is boundless, and the sea of suffering is boundless." Going to Tianning Temple is a practice, and it is also a practice here. It is better to build a temple at the foot of this mountain to practice and light a few lamps to guide pedestrians, so that fewer innocent people fall to death in the dark ... "After the idea was established, Huiming and Zhi Ding built a hut at the foot of the mountain, growing vegetables and chanting Buddha during the day and hanging three lanterns at night to guide passers-by. In the evening, Huiming always remembered Master's last words, so he decided to go out and travel around the world to raise money to build the hut into a temple. Before he left, he simply said a few words to Zhi Ding, packed his luggage and strode away.

In the spring, he went to Qiu Lai, which is the fifth year of Huiming's return. He used the raised silver dollar to repair a small temple briefly. Similarly, he said a few words to Zhi Ding, and he was on his way again: he wanted to go further, raise more money, expand the small temple into a temple, fulfill the master's last wish, and then go to the mountain thief to redeem the tin box, which belongs to the town temple! The willow tree in front of the main hall floated nine times on the catkin, and Huiming came back-he staggered and bent, leaving only a layer of bones and a few strands of white hair in his ears. But he happily told Zhi Ding that this time the money was enough to build a temple, and there was more than 1200.

The news reached Liu Chong, the magistrate of Longquan County. Liu Chong rolled his eyes and curled his lips: This 1,200 pieces of silver is not a small sum! The next day, Liu Cong dressed up, and touts with a few followers, came to Huiming House. After saying hello insincerely, Liu Chong said with a smile, "I heard that Master Huiming has traveled far away this time and raised a lot of money. He plans to expand this small temple into a temple?" Huiming stood up from the futon, folded his hands, bent slightly and nodded his head.

Liu Chong sighed and said with a calm face: "Now there are wars and people are displaced. The official wanted to regret it, but he only hated the lack of funds. If Master Huiming can give the money to the government, repair the house and distribute food, it will be a blessing to the people and a blessing for life! " "Liu's adult this bad yi, build a temple, Buddha to persuade people, this is the eternal blessing. Relief for the victims should be the responsibility of the government. What does it have to do with the young monk? " Huiming saw through Liu Chong's trick and told the truth coldly. "In that case, I don't insist, so leave!" Liu Chong stared at Huiming, shouted sharply, and left. That look, hard, reveals a murderous look. Huiming looked at Liu Chong's back and breathed a sigh of relief: the money for repairing the temple was finally saved. But how can things be as simple as Huiming thought?

That night, Huiming and Zhi Ding saw Huo Ying shivering on Longquan Mountain, and that Huo Ying went straight down the mountain and pounced on the county government where Liu Chong lived. Hui Ming doesn't understand: the government has been trying to eliminate these mountain thieves. Why do they trap themselves? Early in the morning on the third day, Liu Chong took a group of people to Huiming's small temple. Liu Chong looked at Huiming strangely and said, "These bandits are really bold. The night before yesterday, they besieged the county government to rob food and silver. The master should have something-ears-smell it? " Hui Ming put down his wooden fish and opened his eyes to look at Liu Chong. He said seriously, "I have no contact with mountain thieves." What do you mean, my Lord? " Liu Chong eyes fierce, holding a big box in his hand. He whispered, "What do you mean? The master can see it at a glance. " After opening the box, it fell to the ground. -is a bloody head! This man is still wearing a mask on his head, and it is none other than the person that Huiming saved on the mountain that day. Huiming suddenly took two steps back, a face of pain said, "you have caught him, so why kill him? You are just a little mountain thief, but you don't ... ""Hum! Small mountain thief, he is the leader of mountain thief, master, look! " Liu Chong flustered and frustratedly walked to the front, kicked hard with his foot, and the mask fell off! Huiming looked at the mountain thief in amazement, staggered back several steps, and then stopped shaking. His mind was flying: Master, brother, tin box ... This mountain thief was none other than Huiming's brother Hui Jing. One morning six months after Hui Jing became a monk, a child from his hometown hurried to the temple and told him that his wife had been robbed by a thief from Longquan Mountain and his parents had been killed. Hui Jing is going to save lives and get revenge. The abbot tried his best to persuade him, and finally promised him to go, and ordered him to go back to the temple to practice immediately after he finished. After Hui Jing rescued his wife, all the mountain thieves saw that he was brave and resourceful, and they all begged him to stay and be the mountain king. Hui Jing looked at this group of poor peasants who were ragged and forced to be thieves, and felt pity and stayed in Longquan Mountain. Since then, Hui Jing has been wearing a mask in case her old friends recognize her. The abbot was silent for a long time after knowing this, and never mentioned Hui Jing again.

Iron boxes are not things in the world. The abbot just put a few plum blossom needles in it and skillfully covered the lid. As soon as the lid is opened, some flying needles will take out the box and stab the people in the eyes. The abbot guessed that Huiming and his disciples would meet Hui Jing on the way across Longquan Mountain to Tianning Temple. Some flying needles are considered as punishment for Hui Jing's disobedience to Buddhist precepts. He had no intention of blinding Hui Jing, so he passed this flying needle therapy "Tian Xuan needling" on to Huiming. He just hopes that after Hui Jing's eyes are healed, he can fully understand and re-enter the Buddha, and he will no longer be competitive.

Everything developed as the abbot guessed. After Hui Jing closed his eyes, he secretly sold the property on the mountain into silver, and then anonymously donated it to Huiming Temple. A few days ago, I heard that Liu Chong was going to swallow the money for repairing the temple, thinking that the master's tragic death was all caused by loyalists, and I was angry. That night, he led the crowd and went straight to the county government to take Liu Chong's life and prevent him from having evil thoughts again. I didn't know that Liu Chong had taken precautions, but he caught them all and was beheaded himself.

Liu Chong was ecstatic when he saw that Huiming was swept off his feet and was in pain. Pointing to the glaring head on the ground, he said, "This official has found out that this mountain thief turned out to be a monk, and he became a monk in Guangning Temple with Master, and he is still a brother. Master should not forget? Master, if you don't give the funds to our government for disposal-"Liu Chong turned his head and stared at Huiming. "Even if you are with him and want to assassinate a court official, don't blame me for not reminding you!"

Huiming smiled sadly: "The little monk showed his heart to the Buddha. Heaven and earth can see, but God knows. Why do adults threaten the young monk? " "Heaven and earth can be seen, and the gods can know? Joke, look at the oil lamp in front of the Buddha. The oil will run out and the lamp will dry out. Is this your heart for the Buddha? " Liu Chong pointed to the oil lamp and said something somewhat ironic.

Huiming turned and looked at the oil lamp. The oil lamp was swaying in the wind, and the flame was getting weaker and weaker, and it would soon go out. He suddenly went straight into the back room and came out for a while. Huiming has a wooden pallet in his hand, and there are two black and white things on the wooden pallet. He carried wooden pallet to Liu Chong, and Liu Chong looked down at wooden pallet. Suddenly, I let out a cry of "wow, wow", stepped back again and again, stumbled for several steps, and then stopped, still fluttering in my heart.

Hui Ming said to Zhi Ding, who was sobbing quietly, "Brother, put the wick through my eyes, and I will illuminate the Buddha with my eyes and show my heart to the Buddha." Those two black and white things are huiming's eyes! At this time, a few drops of crystal-clear water jumped into the oil lamp, and the wick immediately flourished, and the flames flew everywhere, and the whole room lit up! Everyone looked up, and the Buddha's eyes were overflowing with water! They were stunned for a moment. Liu Chong cursed: "What the hell? This house is unbelievable! Somebody dig out those eyes for me! " Two officers knocked Zhi Ding, who stopped him, to the ground and climbed up the Buddha statue. Liu Chong also came forward to watch. At that moment, before the officers climbed the shoulders of the Buddha, the head of the Buddha actually moved, swayed from side to side and flew down. Impartiality falls on Liu Chong, who hasn't had time to react. Liu Chong died on the spot and was smashed into a meat pie. Beloved and several officers were scared out of their wits and ran out of the temple, rolling and crawling.

After the temple was completed, Zhi Ding came to ask the name of Huiming Temple. Hui Ming said meaningfully, "My heart is turned to the Buddha, my eyes are on the Buddha, and my eyes are burning with lights. Let's call it Randeng Temple! " Since then, Randeng Temple incense has flourished. Everyone said: the oil lamp before the Buddha, the wick is worn on the eyes.