On the mountainside of Huacheng Peak, far away from many temples in Jiuhua Street, there is Kanluoji, one of the four major temples in Jiuhua Mountain. She was a big temple built during the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. When it started, all pine needles were covered with nectar, hence the name Kanluoji.
Jiuhuashan Buddhist College, founded in 1990s, is located in this ancient temple. According to local experts, Kanluoji is the most standardized temple in Jiuhua Mountain, so what is the most standardized Buddhist ceremony? What's life like at the mountain gate?
Following the chanting, we came to the main hall, where the monks were having evening classes. At this time, we found that they are a very special group. Monks are young people around the age of 20. These childish monks are freshmen who just entered Jiuhuashan Buddhist College this year.
Interview: Dean of Jiuhuashan Buddhist College
"The greatest advantage of this college is its good geographical location, because it is still far from Jiuhua Mountain, and because there is not much interference in this environment, then the young monk can study here quietly."
From this map, we can see that there is a section of Panshan Road from Kanluoji to Jiuhua Street, where pilgrims gather. It is this more than ten kilometers of mountain road that enables Jiuhuashan Buddhist College to enjoy solitude and allow the monks here to concentrate on meditation.
Dean of Tibetan Studies, 35 years old, 1992, the first graduate of Jiuhuashan Buddhist College. Five years ago, he became the abbot of Kanluoji and the dean of the Buddhist College. The principle of running a school advocated by him is "governing by doing nothing".
Interview: Dean of Jiuhuashan Buddhist College
"Even when there is nothing to do, it is also the most prosperous time in our college. We don't want to be spectacular. What we want is our whole life, including inner peace. Of course, it doesn't mean that we don't do anything. We hope that our body and mind can be integrated with the world, so that our body and mind can be completely released and embrace the world. "
What do they do every day as monks and students? Is there any difference between them and their peers? So we decided to spend a day looking for answers with these young monks.
Clapping hands is a traditional signal to summon monks in monasteries. Different clapping times and frequencies represent different courses. Hearing the applause, Fazang got up early. As the monitor of this class, he must ring the morning bell at the end of applause every morning. Going to the morning hall at 5 am is the first lesson that Buddhists have to do every day. At 6: 30 in the morning, the morning class ended and the genius began to dawn.
At 8: 30 in the morning, after breakfast, the students' monk life officially began. As a special school, they mainly study Buddhism. Master Guo Yue, who has taught students, also graduated from this school. Now he is the provost of Jiuhuashan Buddhist College.
Interview: Guo Yue, Dean of Jiuhuashan Buddhist College.
"Today, my class is Misha's ceremony. This is a Buddhist lesson. We basically have Buddhist classes in the morning. The foundation of Buddhism, Buddhist scriptures and Indian Buddhist history are mainly Buddhist classes, and the afternoon is mainly cultural classes. " "Ancient literature", "logic" and "general history", our goal of cultivating students is not only to make them have a high level of Buddhism, but also to make them have a good cultural accomplishment and cultivate a student with both ability and political integrity. "
When this rhythmic clap of hands rang out from every corner of the temple, it was a reminder that it was time to fast. Monks call eating "going to court". Is the "lawsuit" here a familiar meaning? Do Buddhists think eating is a very painful thing? The first procedure to go to church is to recite the scriptures to cultivate awe and pray for all beings. Monks are not allowed to talk when they go to church. If necessary, they all use body language to express themselves. For example, if you need to add rice, just push the bowl on the table. If you put the bowl on the table, you have eaten well. After the fast, Taoist priests will also check whether there are leftovers, because Buddhism considers waste a great sin.
The place where Buddhists eat is called Wuguantang, so eating is called "crossing the hall". So what are the "five views"? Buddhism believes that monks should have five correct concepts when they go to church. In a word, they should think that a porridge and a meal are hard-won, be grateful, regard fasting as a good medicine to help practice, and don't covet delicious food.
At half past two in the afternoon, I have an English class. As a modern monk, it is essential to master a foreign language, whether it is consulting foreign materials or communicating with foreign Buddhist circles.
How do active young people retire? Besides the homework they have to do every day, they also have their own life and space. This is the student dormitory. During the afternoon break, we came to the student Guo Yan's room.
Student Guo Yan, 200 1 became a monk in Jiuhuashan Sports Hall, and she is 24 years old. Like many monks who are good at painting and calligraphy, his biggest hobby in his spare time is practicing calligraphy.
Interview: Guo Yan, a student of Jiuhuashan Buddhist College.
"Writing brush strokes, the first is that it allows us to have a little communication when copying this classic. The second is that it just says that it is to adjust our mentality and let us have a very chaotic heart. After writing this, we are single-minded and can help us dispel all kinds of delusions. It can also be said that it is an aspect of practice. Writing a word can read a Buddha's name. "
Unlike Guo Yan, who meditated by practicing calligraphy, he was born in Shaolin Temple, Songshan, Henan Province, and he thought practicing martial arts was a shortcut to practice.
Interview: Students from Jiuhuashan Buddhist College in France and Tibet.
"Practice, walk, sit and lie down can practice. The founder of Dharma advocates that our Shaolin Temple advocates seeking quietness while moving. In fact, it moved and punched, but its heart improved. You can practice (in all aspects), walking, walking, sitting and lying down. If you want to practice martial arts well, you must have good virtue. Without virtue and noble behavior, you can't reach the highest level of martial arts. "
This is a class arranged by the school after class. Buddhism calls it going out of the slope, which is considered as the fastest way to accumulate blessings. But traditionally, going out of the slope generally refers to cleaning temples or farming in the fields.
It's time to go to the temple again in the afternoon. No leave is allowed in the evening class of Buddhist College. At 4: 00 p.m. 15, all monks must assemble at the hall of the great hero on time. In the evening class, monks should recite the Amitabha Sutra and the names of the eighty-eight Buddhas, mainly to express their desire to turn over a new leaf to the Buddhas and to repent for all beings.
This is a unique way of practicing in Jiuhuashan Buddhist College. Because Jiuhua Mountain is the Dojo of the Tibetan Bodhisattva, the Buddhist College often arranges students to worship the Tibetan King Bodhisattva in the body hall of Jiuhua Mountain. They call it worshipping the mountain.
This is Tanyuan Temple, another big temple in Jiuhua Mountain. Monks are setting fire to burners, which is also one of the main Buddhist activities in the temple. Buddhism believes that burning burners is to give food to hungry ghosts, mainly to let them speak out and be ordained, so that they can be freed as soon as possible and turn over the undead.
Tanyuan Temple is the first big temple to enter Jiuhua Street and the first of the four big temples in Jiuhua Mountain. If we only see some learned monks in Kanluoji, then we can see real monks in Tanyuan Temple. How do typical big temples work together?
In large monasteries, because of the complexity of affairs, most of them will set up eight deacons under the abbot, usually by experienced wizards. Besides Na Wei, known as the leader of the Eight Deacons, he was also in charge of Buddhist activities, as well as the prison in charge of the whole temple economy and the monk value equivalent to picketing.
When you come to the temple, the first thing you come into contact with is the guests in the guest room. Just like this wandering monk who wants to live in Gion Temple for a period of time, Buddhism calls it "undetermined". First of all, you should find a guest monk, one of the eight deacons, and go through the formalities of hanging the bill.
Jin Sheng is a learned monk in Tanyuan Temple. His main job is to receive monks and nuns in the whole temple. The monk in the kitchen, whose legal name is Rihui, became a monk in Tanyuan Temple on 1998. In 2003, he began to serve as one of the eight deacons, mainly responsible for the meals of monks and pilgrims in the temple, equivalent to the kitchen manager. After going to Chenxi Temple every morning, the first thing Master Rihui has to do is to go to Jiuhua Street to buy vegetables needed by the whole temple for one day.
Master: How to buy this Chinese cabbage?
The vendor said that Chinese cabbage costs 50 cents each.
Master: Fifty cents, you can't fool me.
Vendor: four cents,
Host: Forty cents, so I'll give you forty-five cents.
Master: (This Chinese cabbage), why are there so many Mi Chong?
Vendor: No, I just weighed it. None of these. That was crowded just now.
Master: Weigh 20 Jin, 20 Jin, 20 Jin.
If we don't look at the hair style and clothes, we can hardly tell the difference between master Rihui and an ordinary hotel purchase. In fact, today's society is completely isolated from the world, and it is impossible to practice behind closed doors. Moreover, Buddhism believes that every word and deed of a monk is a practice, and many eminent monks are enlightened when dealing with such trivial matters as a porridge and a meal, which can ensure the monk's fast food supply and let everyone get the Tao smoothly, which is in line with Buddhism.
This is the weekly meeting of Gion Church. The Taoist priest sitting in the middle is the abbot of Tanyuan Temple. The abbot is the head of the temple. His main job is to be responsible for the overall management of the temple and all major external activities. Today, the Taoist priest will not only explain the daily work of the temple, but also mainly inform the deacons that several big temples in Jiuhuashan should donate money to build bridges for the people at the foot of the mountain.
We are slowly entering the off-season. In the off-season, we are pilgrims, and there are fewer guests. The first thing is that we should pay close attention to our own practice. Another thing is that we need (repair) a bridge below, and we hope to donate it.
This is du cun Township, Qingyang County, at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain. The bridge repair mentioned by Master Daoyuan happened here. This is a bridge to be built beside the highway in du cun Township, which is of great significance to du cun Township. After the completion of the bridge, the traffic problems of five natural villages 1 10,000 people in du cun Township will be completely solved. Due to lack of funds, the bridge has been closed for nearly three months.
On Sunday, we followed several abbots from Jiuhuashan to xinfeng village, du cun. On behalf of the Buddhist community in Jiuhuashan, the mages donated 30,000 yuan to build bridges in towns and villages.
The wizards on Jiuhua Mountain donate money to Qingyang County every year, including building a laboratory for the school and visiting the elderly in the county nursing home on holidays, so that the local people can treat the wizards on the mountain as their relatives.
In fact, many Buddhist classics explain the relationship between Buddhism and the world, that is, Buddhism entered the WTO, not was born.
When the last sunshine of the day slowly faded, the drums resounded through Jiuhua Mountain again, and the monks began to do the last lesson of the day-meditation. Buddhism believes that meditation is a process of self-adjustment. Generally meditation is limited to the time of burning incense, about 45 minutes. During this period, we can look at ourselves calmly, reflect on our mistakes and appreciate our pain in order to get rid of it. In this quiet time, even we feel a moment of peace in our hearts.
The bell rang again and the familiar chanting came from the depths of the hall again. Night spreads in Jiuhua Mountain, with a quiet breath.
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