Tian Ping was published by Xinchao Society, 1973, by Jing Shangjing. Buddhism: Master Jian Zhen, "Balance". Jian Zhen was born in Jiangyang, Yangzhou. He was a monk who went to Japan to give lectures in the Tang Dynasty, and initiated the legalist thought in Japan.
At the age of 14, Jian Zhen visited the temple with his father. He was very moved to see the tall and kind Buddha statue and asked his father to let him become a monk. Seeing that he was young and ambitious, his father agreed to his request.
In this year, Wu Zetian wrote a letter to all states in the world to become a monk, and Jian Zhen became a monk from Dayun Temple. In the first year of Jinglong, Jian Zhen studied in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Chang 'an, Xijing. The following year, he was ordained in a temple in Chang 'an.
In the 21st year of Kaiyuan, Jian Zhen was 46 years old. At this time, he had learned to be famous, so he returned to Yangzhou from Chang 'an, and spent ten years in Jianghuai area, where his reputation spread far and wide, and he became a master of law when he landed.
According to legend, he has 35 famous disciples, each advocating one side, * * * Hongshi Sect. At the same time, he built many monasteries and Buddha statues, wrote three Tibetan scriptures, set up social undertakings such as helping the poor and the orphans, and personally prepared medicines for patients.
In the first year of Tianbao, Xuan Lang and Faxuan, Japanese monks studying in China, came to Yangzhou. They first worshipped Master Jian Zhen in daming temple, Yangzhou, and invited him to preach in Japan. Seeing the sincere attitude of the two monks, Jian Zhen replied, "I once heard that after moving to Japan, Master Huisi of Nanyue was entrusted as the prince of Japan, prospering Buddhism and helping all sentient beings.
I also heard that Prince Nagaya respected Buddhism and made a thousand-collar cassock to show the country's virtue and monks. It seems that Buddhism has really flourished in Japan, and Jian Zhen has brought a bright future and fate to Japan's cultural desert. Then, among my followers, who is willing to go to Japan to preach at this distance? "
Say that finish, the monks in the class are speechless. After a long time, disciple Xiang Yan broke the silence and replied: "Other countries are too far away, life is hard to survive, and the sea is vast. Individuals are rare, China boys; The end of learning is not ready yet, and the fruit has not yet arrived. To this end, all the monks are silent. "