Legends and couplets of Maitreya with a big belly

Biography of Gao Song (Volume 21) and Fu Zu (Collection of Past Dynasties) have been published for seventeen years. This Maitreya, who always smiles, is the image left by China after he signed this agreement, calling it Maitreya incarnation.

According to legend, during the Tang and Five Dynasties, there was a well-known "Yunshui Monk" (Buddha's name) in Fenghua County, Zhejiang Province. Because of "wandering around", his whereabouts are uncertain, just like "flowing clouds", hence the name), he calls himself "the wonder", also known as "the long pavilion" This man is broad-minded, shirtless, wild and open-minded, talking and laughing. He often carries a cloth bag in his hand and puts it in when he sees something. Therefore, people call him "the best cloth bag". According to folklore, one day he came to Xikou Town, where a rich man named Jia Hongfu was a close friend of the mayor, rich and powerful. Six months ago, he raped his old mother 17-year-old daughter, and the girl swallowed her anger and threw herself into the river. The old mother misses her daughter very much and often sits by the river and cries.

After listening to the old mother's narrative, the cloth bag monk turned and left without saying anything. When I came to town, I began to give people divination, fortune telling and herringbone criticism. A few days later, there was a legend in the town that a monk came out of nowhere and could tell a fortune. Jia Hongfu, the rich man, wanted to know his future, so he sent someone to invite the cloth bag monk to his home.

"You give me a life, you have to calculate it well, and I will give you more fortune-telling money after the calculation." Jia Hongfu said to the cloth bag monk.

"Monks are not greedy for money." The monk then asked Jia Hongfu about his date of birth. "Mouse ugly cow, Yin rabbit ..." The monk calculated his own life. Counting, the monk suddenly stopped talking. He stared at Jia Hongfu without blinking, staring with obvious surprise and shouting, "You raped a girl in half a year, but is this the truth?" Jia Hongfu thinks that because I am rich, it is common to rape girls, so why make a fuss! Therefore, he admitted without hesitation: "It is true." Seeing that he was boasting, the monk said to him, "This girl went to the underworld and sued you in front of Yan Luowang. The judge will also prepare your hay cutter. " Hearing this, Jia Hongfu sat down in the plush chair, sweating like a pig. After a long pause, I asked the monk, "Please instruct Master to break the law, and I will spare no expense." The monk just pointed out a calculation: "At midnight today, an incense table was set up, and the offerings were distributed to Yan Luowang Card, and the story of raping the girl that day was written on yellow paper. I will' cross over' for you, lest you roll with the punches and roll with the punches. " Jia Hongfu was convinced and did it immediately.

When everything was ready, the monk told Jia Hongfu to close his eyes and kneel in front of the incense table. The monk muttered to himself with a yellow watch paper. Jia Hongfu's knee hurts, but the monk keeps reading until Jia Hongfu can't support it anymore. When the monk burned yellow paper, Jia Hongfu opened his eyes and lied, telling him to think behind closed doors, and not to go out and receive visitors for three days, otherwise all previous efforts would be wasted. Early the next morning, the monk found his old mother, asked him to complain in Fenghua County, and wrote a form paper for her.

The old mother is eager to avenge her daughter, no matter how difficult the road is. When I came to the county government, I complained and complained on my head. The magistrate immediately went to court, read the complaint and sent someone on a business trip to preach Jia Hongfu. Jia Hongfu thought behind closed doors at home. Unexpectedly, two policemen came and took Jia Hongfu to the county government hall. Jia Hongfu knew what was going on when he saw his old mother, but he denied raping his daughter and took out the mayor of Xikou Town as an amulet. The county magistrate summoned the witness of the old mother to confront him in court. Jia Hongfu collapsed as soon as the cloth bag monk attended class. He never imagined that the monk who told his fortune was his enemy. At this time, the monk in the bag presented the yellow paper written by Jia Hongfu. The county grandfather saw it and shouted, "You didn't bring it in truthfully." Jia Hongfu took advantage of the situation and had to confess. Since then, the monk in the cloth bag has become the savior of the victims, which is very noticeable. Before long, people all knew him. In the third year of Zhenming (AD 9 17), the cloth bag monk sat on a stone plate in Lin Yue Temple and said, "Maitreya Buddha is really Maitreya Buddha. Hundreds of billions of people in the two places show people from time to time, but people don't know it." After that, he died After the death of the cloth bag monk, people said that he was the incarnation of Maitreya, but he was "young and ignorant". Therefore, some people advocate that in some monasteries (more or less in Shanmen Hall or Tianwang Hall), he should be portrayed naked and obese. The news spread from one temple to another, and more and more temples followed suit-in this way, almost every temple has a Maitreya Buddha with a big belly. Zhenjiang Jiao Shan Tuomi Club

There are people in front of us who love each other. Why don't you laugh?

There are many unbearable things in the world, so why not tolerate them?

Maitreya Hall of Shengli Temple in Wugang Mountain:

The belly and intestines are wide and fat, and the world is much bigger.

Calm the heart and lungs, smile at life, hahaha.

Tanzhesi

A big belly can accommodate all the difficulties in the world.

Open your mouth and laugh at the ridiculous people in the world.

Maitreya Hall in Wutai Mountain:

Zhang Haikou's dementia is helpless,

A declaration about the difficulty of smiling with a cloth bag on your back.

Mount Emei Lingyan Temple:

Open your mouth and laugh. Laugh in the past and laugh now. Laugh at everything.

If you have a big belly, you can hold a lot of space. What's wrong with people?

Chengdu Baoguang Temple:

What's with your frown? But if you can keep your poverty, you will get along with others and always smile at them.

My stomach is so big that I never worry about clothes or food. I just talk about everything and relax naturally.

Lingyun Temple in Leshan, Sichuan:

Laugh at the past, laugh at the present, laugh at the East, laugh at the South, laugh at the North, and laugh at your ignorance.

Looking at things, heaven and earth, the sun and the moon, there will always be high and low views on others.

Fuzhou Gushan Yongquan Temple:

There is only one dollar in his hand. If you come, he will come. I don't know who to give it to.

There is nothing in my heart. Come and worship in the morning and at night. What is the reason

King's Hall of Chengdu Wenshuyuan:

Big belly, now living in front of the pocket

Perfect smile, Maitreya will be born in the future.

Shanghai Jing 'an Temple Couplet:

Everyone is happy, and the spring breeze is always open;

Without obstacles, the world will not change its face when it is hot.

Qianfo Temple in Jinan, Shandong Province:

How long will you laugh before you shut up?

Sitting around all day without laughing.

Nanhua Temple Tianwang Temple, the birthplace of Zen Southern School;

Carrying an empty cloth bag every day, I have little food and no money, but my stomach is big and my jejunum is still left. I wonder what people will support if they are confident.

Sit at Hanshanmen every year and meet Zhang Yingli. I always look at it with ecstasy. What is the reason why this monk is proud?

Hangzhou Qianfo Temple has a couplet saying:

Laugh at the world all day long, there will be no games;

After years of streaking, I looked at my heart, but it was superior.

Chongsheng Temple in Minhou, Fujian:

The stomach can hold it and make the end of the face smile;

Bodhi's achievements are all seen from past robberies.

Yunnan Jizu Mountain Bowl Temple:

The heavenly king is equal to the king, throwing himself into the ground with five bodies;

I could have laughed it off when I was born into the WTO.

Yongquan Temple in Bai Yunfeng, Fujian:

Sitting outside the mountain gate with mirth, looking around and frowning, he is asking for trouble;

Put it in a cloth bag, whether it is empty or not, with a chest and a belly, so that you will be happy with me.

Luohan Temple in Hengyang, Hunan;

When you are pregnant, you can ask about personal grievances and personal grievances, and how much is hidden inside;

Open your mouth and laugh, and laugh at the joys and sorrows of the world. Not needed here.

Laughing Buddha Hall in Gion, Jiangxi;

With a big belly, thousands of people look at what they have and nothing;

Laugh, when to rest, nothing to say, nothing to say.

There is a couplet cloud in front of Maitreya Buddha in Tiantong Temple, Yinzhou, Zhejiang.

A big belly can hold a lot of troubles;

Smile, forming an infinite joy.

Look at him with a belly and a beaming face. He turned out to be a bodhisattva.

May you clear your heart and filter the dust so that you can see the golden roof and auspicious light.

Source: Sichuan Emei Mountain National Security Temple.

Look far ahead and see how many people in the world suffer;

A lot of tolerance, a few bodhisattvas in the belly.

Source: Nanquan Temple in Bazhong, Sichuan

When the whistle will stop, there is no worry in the saint's eyes;

Yi Chan often sits quietly, wondering what can't fit in the monk's bag.

Source: Huating Temple, Kunming, Yunnan

The height of the green hills and the depth of the green waters make the Buddha laugh;

Xu xing is not sleepy, but he falls steadily. Why don't people wander in their hearts?

Source: Huating Temple, Kunming, Yunnan

Laughter often makes all beings happy;

Endless sorrow makes the dharma world cool.

Source: Fujian Xianyou Hui Yuan Temple

Always happy, happy beings have Buddha nature and can become Buddha;

Open your mouth and laugh. The world doesn't understand and refuses to turn back.

Origin: Kaiping Temple, Nanping, Fujian

The cloth bag is completely empty;

Who are you laughing at?

Source: Chongfu Temple, Shuo County, Shanxi Province

Ciyan laughed at a thousand things,

All boats wear pots.

Source: Cai Jia Temple in Gangu, Gansu

Belly and intestines are wide and fat in the world, greatly large;

Smile frankly at life, hahaha.

Source: Shengli Temple, Wugangshan, Hunan

When you are pregnant, you can bear it, but you can't.

Ciyan often laughs, which is the most ridiculous and hypocritical.

Source: Huguo Temple in Liling, Hunan

Big belly, including Buddhist thousands of books;

Round smiling face, evil sea beings.

Source: Guangchang Law Institute, Xiantao City, Hubei Province

It is futile to laugh at these children;

To tolerate a big belly is to be superior

-Kanluoji (Maitreya Hall), Jiuhuashan, Anhui.

The same face, too full to know the pain of hunger;

Two pairs of tongues make you laugh.

Source: Dagushan Temple in Yitong, Jilin

The mountain peak may fly again, sit on the mountain, etc.

Spring water has gradually emerged, welcome it with a smile.

Source: Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Zhejiang

If the knot is wide, who can solve the problem of how many seas are in his stomach?

If you know everything, you will know what is in this bag.

Origin: Baima Temple in Luoyang, Henan Province

Sit down and wait for someone to come and rehearse the people who are predestined friends in Longhua club;

Seize every opportunity to smile and make everything a big belly.

Source: Fu Saiji, Putuo Mountain, Zhejiang Province

Profound and wonderful, laughing at what's going on in the world;

Compassionate and generous, ready to help others in the world.

Source: Mingjiao Temple in Hefei, Anhui

Wisdom vacuum, originally there is no life, also did not die;

The dust heart moves wildly and naturally rises and falls.

Source: Tuolin Temple, Jiujiang, Jiangxi

A big belly can hold everything;

Laugh when you open your mouth. It's amiable.

Source: Tianning Temple, Changzhou, Jiangsu

Watching the times of ordinary people come and go, I laugh for a reason, which is ridiculous;

These two words are called profit, and no one helps you when you are busy. (Lingyuan Temple, Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province)

Only our generation conspired to put down their bellies;

Have fun by themselves. They make fun of people with their faces. (Xingjiao Temple in Yangzhou, Jiangsu)

Deep kindness and endurance, a big belly can accommodate everything that the world can't;

Tie a wide knot with joy, smile all over your cheeks, and laugh at ridiculous people in the world. (Jiangsu Gaoyou Huguo Temple)

Smile and forget the grievances here;

When you get pregnant, you take all the money. (Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui, Guanghua Temple in Putian, Fujian)

Laughter can lead to peace, and silence can lead to enlightenment;

Look up at the past and down at the present. (Jiuhuashan, Anhui)

He is always glad that the mountain gate is cold and smoky;

The cloth bag is empty, but what is left is a big belly and a wide intestine. (Asoka Temple in Ningbo)

Fenghua Changting, an ancient cloth bag monk;

Siming Xuedou is now Maitreya Dojo. (Fenghua Xuedou Temple)

How comfortable it is to walk in the bag, sit in the bag and put down the bag;

Laugh when you stop, laugh when you move, and laugh when you open your face. (Fenghua Xuedou Temple)

He used to be a cloth bag monk in Lin Yue, bared his chest and abdomen, and sat coldly at the mountain gate.

This is a kind-hearted Buddha, with rigorous makeup and clothing, living in seclusion. It's an honor. (Xinchang Buddhist Temple)

The world is hidden in the belly;

After laughing, spit out Gankun. (Jiangxi Yanshan Peak Temple)

Shi Sheng, laughing all over the world;

Create a paradise and hide Gankun in your stomach. (Yunnan Weishan Kannonji)

Kindly smile at a thousand things;

All boats wear pots. (Cai Jia Temple in Gangu, Gansu)

The mountain is high and the water is long. Is it necessary for the Buddha to smile?

If you are not sleepy, you will sit still, fall down and feel no pain.

-Huating Temple in Xishan, Kunming

Looking back and forth, who can talk about the three-point method?

Laugh at his fatigue, why not listen to the bell! (Du Qingyi)

Everyone is pregnant for me;

Everything is relieved, regardless of him. (Macau)

A big belly can accommodate you, but how many things have been done in the world;

Full of joy, laughing all over the world (Kaiyuan Temple, Tainan City, Taiwan Province Province)