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1.Walking on the stone steps of the Daxiongbao Hall of Lingyin Temple, I felt a kind of solemnity, an unparalleled solemnity.

2. In Lingyin Temple is just a kind of veneration of Buddha, Buddha's mouth is always the kind of seemingly smile, as if, in ridicule of the world's ignorance.

3. Sigh of admiration for the ancients a "hidden" word, the Lingyin Temple profile of the quiet and deep.

4. Ming dynasty painter Shen Shitian poem: lake scenery said Lingyin, scenery alone in the cold springs

"Lingyin Temple in Zhejiang text"

Lingyin Temple, also known as the Yunlin Temple, is located in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, the northwest side of the West Lake in the Feilai Peak and the North High Peak between the foothills of the Lingyin Mountain, two peaks hostage confrontation, forests and trees towering show, the deep ancient temples, the clouds and smoke in ten thousand shapes, is a scenic beauty of the tourist resort, is also one of the famous ancient temples in the south of the Yangtze River. It is also one of the famous ancient temples in Jiangnan.

History of Lingyin Temple:

It was founded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the first year of the reign of Xianhe (326 A.D.), and has a history of more than 1,600 years, as the earliest famous temple in Hangzhou. At that time, the Indian monk Huili came to Hangzhou, saw the mountains and peaks of this place, and thought it was "hidden by the immortal spirit", so he built a temple here and named it "Lingyin". Qing Emperor Kangxi, during his southern tour, climbed to the top of Beigaofeng Peak after the temple to see the beautiful scenery. He saw the mountain below the cloud forest desert, the whole temple is covered in a light morning mist, seems very quiet, so the name Lingyin Temple for the "cloud forest Zen Temple". Now in front of the Hall of the Heavenly Kings, the four huge plaques of "Yunlin Zen Temple" are the "royal pen" of Emperor Kangxi. During the heyday of Lingyin Temple, there were nine buildings, eighteen pavilions, seventy-two halls, and more than three thousand monks and disciples. During the Northern Song Dynasty, some people ranked all the temples in the south of the Yangtze River, and the magnificent Lingyin Temple was listed as the first of the five mountains of Zen monasteries. Lingyin Temple is indeed y "hidden" the meaning of the word, the whole majestic temple is hidden in the West Lake peaks of dense forests and springs of a thick green. In front of the temple, there are cold springs, Feilai Peak and other victories.

Lingyin Temple Main Scenery:

The Hall of Heavenly Kings

The Hall of Heavenly Kings is the first hall in the gate of Lingyin Temple. There are two huge plaques hanging above the door of the hall. The upper plaque "Yunlin Zen Temple", was given by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Lingyin Temple was once also known as Yunlin Zen Temple, that is, based on this. The lower plaque, "Lingwu Feilai", was written by Mr. Huang Yuanxiu. This is because there is Feilai Peak opposite the temple, which is rumored to have flown in from Lingwu Peak in India. Eastern Jin Dynasty monk Hui Li believes: this peak is the immortal spirit hidden, Lingyin Temple's name is due to this. Because of the four heavenly kings in this hall, so this hall is called the hall of heavenly kings.

The center of this hall, is enshrined is Maitreya Bodhisattva, it is shy belly, grinning mouth. When you walk up, he seems to be smiling at you. Do you know what is in his belly? And have you ever understood why he is so happy to laugh? The answer is: the belly can tolerate, tolerate the world hard to tolerate things; openly laugh, laugh at the ridiculous people on earth.

Maitreya, is the phonetic translation of Sanskrit, meaning that the translation of the Ci's, that is, the meaning of compassion. According to the Buddhist scriptures, Maitreya was born in a Brahmin family, and later became a disciple of the Buddha, first Buddha into the demise of the bodhisattva body for the celestial sayings, living in the Tulku Yao. China's general temple enshrines the fat Maitreya statue for the Five Dynasties of the Che this monk, is the Mingzhou Fenghua (now Fenghua, Zhejiang Province) people, in the Yue Lin Temple. Before he passed away, sitting in the Yue Lin Temple, a disk on the stone said visit: "Maitreya true Maitreya, split into thousands of billions, when the time to show the people, the people since I do not know." People thought he was the incarnation of Maitreya, so the statue is enshrined.

On both sides of the Maitreya Bodhisattva statue, you can see four tall, mighty generals, all of them wearing armor, holding weapons, angry eyes, giving a person a kind of shocking the four sides of the feeling, a little bit like our country's ancient generals on the battlefield, which is the four great vajra that we have heard of from time to time. But don't be afraid! They are the great generals who protect the Buddha's teachings, and they can't yield to the mighty, and they protect people who do good deeds by doing evil deeds and promoting good deeds. That's why they are also known as the "Four Heavenly Kings" in Buddhism.

The four heavenly kings are the Eastern Heavenly King with a lute in his hand, the Southern Heavenly King with a sword in his hand, the Western Heavenly King with a dragon wrapped around his arm, and the Northern Heavenly King with an umbrella in his right hand and a silver mouse in his left. The four of them hold the magic weapon respectively represents "wind", "tune", "rain", "smooth", which symbolizes the "wind and rain". It symbolizes "wind, rain and prosperity". In the Buddhist scriptures, the world of living beings is divided into three realms: the realm of desire and the realm of nothingness. Each of these realms is divided into a number of heavenly realms based on the level of meditation practice

Kung Fu. The highest heaven in the Desire Realm is the Six Desire Heavens, where the gods reside. The four heavenly kings who protect the Dharma in the Desire Realm are the Eastern Heavenly King, the Southern Heavenly King of Growth, the Western Heavenly King of Wide Eyes, and the Northern Heavenly King of Dharmakaya. They are also known as the Four Heavenly Kings, the Four Heavenly Kings who protect the world, and the World Protectors. The Six Desire Heavens are divided into six heavens, the first of which is the Crab of Mount Sumeru, called the "Four Heavenly Kings". There stands a big mountain called Gandhara Mountain. This mountain has four peaks, the four heavenly kings and their dependents live on it. Each of them "protects one world".

(1) The Eastern Heavenly King, white, holding a lute, wearing armor, "holding the country" means that the King of Heaven is compassionate and protects all living beings. He is the guardian of the Eastern Divine Continent.

(2) The Southern Growth Heavenly King, green in color, wearing armor and holding a sword, is said to be named for his ability to make all beings grow good roots. He guards South Juniperusia.

(3) The Western Heavenly King of Wide Eyes, red in color, with a dragon entwined in his hand, is known as "Wide Eyes", and is said to observe the world at all times with his pure heavenly eyes and protect all living beings. He is the guardian of the Western Niuga Continent.

(4) The Northern Heavenly King of Many Wonders, with a green body, holds a precious streamer shaped like an umbrella in his right hand and a silver mouse in his left hand. Duowen means that the name of his blessings is heard in all directions. He is also able to subdue demons with his precious umbrella and silver rat, protects the property of all beings, and is the god of wealth. Guardian of the Northern Jurassic Continent.

Behind the statue of Maitreya Bodhisattva, one can see a statue, Weishan Bodhisattva. He carries a devil-subduing pestle in his hand with great majesty, symbolizing the subduing of all evil forces in the world. He has vowed to protect the Dharma and serve all living beings forever. Vairocana is the Sanskrit translation of the word "Peking Buddha". According to Buddhist scriptures, this god is also known as General Weitian, one of the eight generals under the Southern Growth Heavenly King, and the first of the thirty-two generals of the Four Heavenly Kings. He is the most famous Dharma protector of monastic communities, monasteries and fasting offerings. When the Buddha was about to enter into Nirvana, General Wei had received the Buddha's second mandate to protect the Dharma. Therefore, nowadays, in Buddhist temples, the statue of General Wei generally faces the statue of Sakyamuni in the Mahamuni Hall to protect the Buddha and drive away evil spirits. Lingyin Temple Weigang statue is a relic of the early Southern Song Dynasty, which has a history of more than 800 years. The statue is 2.5 meters high

and is carved from a single piece of balsam camphor wood, making it one of the older statues in Lingyin Temple. Da Xiong Bao Dian

Da Xiong Bao Dian, generally referred to as the "Great Hall", it is the temple monks morning and evening chanting **** practice place. According to Buddhist scriptures, Shakyamuni Buddha has the wisdom and power to subdue the five Yin demon, trouble demon, death demon, heavenly demon of the four demons, called "Maharishi", that is, all the meaning of fearless Hercules, and then it as Shakyamuni's "virtue". The temple thus also enshrines the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha's hall called Mahamudra.

The hall in front of the door of the upper part of the "wonderful solemn domain" four words, is the former Zhejiang Provincial Librarian Mr. Zhang Zongxiang handwriting, the lower part of this piece of gold and blue plaque is inscribed with the "Maharishi Treasure Hall" four words, is the late calligrapher Mr. Shamanghai in 1987, the second rewrite. It was rewritten for the second time by the late calligrapher Mr. Sha Menghai in 1987. "Daxiong" is the Buddha's moral name, meaning that the Buddha has the power to subdue the demons, which is the meaning of praising Shakyamuni Buddha's lofty virtue.

The hall is a copy of the Tang Dynasty building built in the Qing Dynasty, which adopts the traditional method of single-storey triple hermetic roofs of ancient buildings, coupled with the high eaves and wings, making the huge roof appear light and lively. The tile decoration of the temple character, window, bucket_, flying relief and the cloud dragon drawing on the ceiling all show the high art of ancient Chinese architecture. This hall **** 33.6 meters high, face width of seven rooms, into the width of four questions, imposing, majestic and spectacular, in other domestic Buddhist monasteries are not rare.

The Buddha sitting cross-legged on the lotus platform in the center of the temple is the Buddha Shakyamuni. This statue is l953 year renovation Lingyin Temple, by the Central Academy of Fine Arts, East China Branch Professor Deng Bai, to the Tang Dynasty Zen famous sculpture Buddha as a blueprint, and the East China folk artists elaborate design, *** with the creation of twenty-four pieces of camphor wood carving and become. And once got the Premier Zhou Enlai personally approved. This statue plus lotus seat **** 24.8 meters high, only like 19.6 meters high, for China's largest camphor wood carving sitting statue. Buddha statue shape full-bodied, kind and amiable, solemn and dignified. Sitting on the lotus pedestal, left hand up, for auspicious gestures say phase, head tilted slightly forward, two eyes staring.

When you enter the temple look up and admire, and the Buddha's line of sight just meet, to show that the Buddha's care for all beings.

The statues standing on the east and west sides of the hall are called the Twenty Heavens, from the Golden Light Sutra, and they are the heavenly deities in charge of the sun, the moon, the earth, water, electricity, fire, rain, wind and wealth. The ten on the east side are: the Dragon King of Brahmaputra, the Heavenly King of Growth, the Firmament God of the Earth, the Mother God of Demons, the Heaven of Vairocana, the Heaven of Māyārjuna, the Heavenly King of Dokkaku, the Heavenly King of Great Merit and Virtue, the Heavenly Son of Rigong, and the King of the Da Brahma Heavenly King. The ten in the west are: Yama Heavenly Son, Moriche Heaven, Guanglu Heavenly King, Bodhi Tree God, Fat-scattering General, Vajra Mimicry, Holding Heavenly King, Great Discriminatory Heaven, Moon Palace Heavenly Son, and Dishonored Heaven. Each of them symbolizes the greatness of divine power with their law enforcement instruments and weapons, and from the costumes they wear, it can be known that it imitates the costumes of the civil and military officials of the feudal dynasty in China.

Sitting in the back of the east and west sides of the pedestal sitting statues, **** there are twelve, known as the "twelve round consciousness", round consciousness means "complete enlightenment", according to legend, they are the twelve great disciples of the Buddha. Arranged from the east are: Manjushri, Puye, Xianshou, Guangyin, Maitreya, Jinyin; arranged from the west are: Puxian, Miaoyue, good wisdom, good to see, Vajra Tibetan, Wei Yin. Inside the main hall with twelve round consciousness such a layout, in the national Buddhist temple is very rare.

The back wall of the hall, you can see a group of large sculpture, more than 20 meters high, sculpture materials are all molded from clay, not mixed with a little cement. It is a "child worship Guanyin" as the main body, *** there are 150 statues of the size of the Buddha, each with different demeanor, lifelike, but also fully expresses the Buddhist "Avatamsaka Sutra" in the Good Fortune Child South travel all over the fifty-three masters and then only after the fruit of the allusion. Is the so-called "fifty-three references".

The layout of this group sculpture is divided into heaven, earth, sea three layers. The top layer of the description of the haggard, the court bone scales craggy statue, is Shakyamuni became a Buddha before the snowy mountains in the form of hard practice. The golden figure sitting on the unicorn on the middle layer looks like Earth Store Bodhisattva, the bottom layer of the middle of this hand holding a bottle of water purification is a household name of the Goddess of Mercy, who stepped on the arowana fish, the only one in the arowana. This fish is said to be the king of the sea, its eyes blink, may cause landslides and tsunamis, floods and earthquakes, and was tamed by the Goddess of Mercy, so it also became the Goddess of Mercy's chair. Goddess of Mercy right, there is a hands together, wearing a red bib child, he is the good fortune, the left side is the dragon lady, folk legend of the "Golden Girls", referring to the two of them. This group can be said to be the best work of Buddhist art, fully embodies the religious artists skills.

Medicine Master Hall

The temple's third temple - the Medicine Master Hall, the temple single-story heavy eaves hermit roof, the face of the mortgage seven, three deep, the main door above the former President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Mr. Zhao Puchu inscribed "Medicine Master Hall," the three words, font The font is dignified and powerful. In the temple on the lotus pedestal sitting cross-legged is the Medicine Buddha, standing on the left is the sunlight Bodhisattva, hand on the sun, symbolizing the light; standing on the right is the moonlight Bodhisattva, hand on the moon, symbolizing the coolness. They are collectively known as the "Three Saints of the East".

According to The Medicine Buddha Sutra, the Medicine Buddha is the Lord of the Pure Glass World in the East, and is also known as the "Great Healer King Buddha". He is also known as the "Great Healer King Buddha" because he is able to free all beings from suffering and relieve them of illnesses and disasters, so he is also known as the "Medicine Master Buddha of Disasters and Life Extension". When he was practicing the Bodhisattva Way, he made twelve great wishes, each of which was to fulfill the wishes of all living beings, alleviate their sufferings, and heal their illnesses.

The Pure Glazed World of the East, with all its splendor and majesty, where everything is incomparably pure and bright, and where there are no five turbid worlds or three evil paths, is the pure land to which Buddhists aspire.

The twelve statues on both sides of the hall, is the twelve disciples of the Medicine Buddha, known as "medicine boy", also known as the medicine fork generals, helmet and armor, the appearance of mighty. Under the hands of each of the seven thousand soldiers, for him to deploy, they take turns according to the twelve hours of duty, teach and protect all beings.

The Dharma Hall

The fourth hall of the temple, the Direct Finger Hall. Zhi Zhi means "pointing to the human heart, seeing the nature of the Buddha", Zhi Zhi Hall is also equivalent to the Dharma Hall of other temples, in the temple it is mainly used for preaching, the temple many large-scale preaching and Dharma meetings, are held here.

The center of the Dharma Hall is equipped with a podium carved from Dongyang wood, which is exquisite and unusual. There is a lion seat on it, which is the Dharma seat when the Venerable Master preaches the sutra and gives the Dharma talk. It is called the lion's seat because the Venerable Master preaches the righteousness of the Buddha's teachings, which can destroy the evil devils of the outer paths, just like a lion's roar, which makes all the beasts obey, so it is called the lion's seat. The back of the seat is hung with exquisite carvings, and it is the main feature of the Dharma Hall. The so-called Dharma wheel, refers to the Buddha's statement, more than one person in one place, as if the wheel, the exhibition of successive, so the name Dharma wheel.

Cultural relics exhibition hall

Dharma Hall is below the Lingyin Temple cultural relics exhibition hall, the hall exhibition area of 638 square meters, equipped with waterproof, fire prevention, moisture, electronic monitoring and air conditioning system. Hall staggered arrangement of forty, fifty display cabinets, hidden in the Lingyin Temple through the generations of treasured cultural relics, the collection can be broadly divided into four areas: First, the abbot of Lingyin Temple through the ages used by the Dharma, such as whisks, such as; Second, pure cultural relics, such as the Southern Song Dynasty porcelain vase; Third, Buddhist cultural relics, such as the Bay Leaf Scriptures, Tang Dynasty wrote the scriptures and the unearthed statues, etc.; and finally, the richness of unusual painting and calligraphy treasures, such as Wu Changshuo's seal script banners, Ren Bonian's painted fan, Sha Menghai handwritten couplets, the Qing Dynasty Jigong living Buddha painted by the monk Zhu Chan, etc. Some of these relics are extremely valuable. Some of the cultural relics are so valuable that they have been appraised by the Hangzhou Cultural Relics Bureau and rated as

1, 2 and 3 levels of protected cultural relics respectively. The exhibition hall of cultural relics can be said to be a microcosm of the history of Lingyin Temple, which embodies the profundity of Buddhist culture and is a real treasure trove.

Huayan Hall

The last hall of this temple, Huayan Hall. Looking down from the Huayan Hall, the five halls run through a central axis, layer by layer, the door is hung with the former Chairman of the National People's Congress, Comrade Qiao Shi's handwritten inscription, "Huayan Hall". Huayan Hall is enshrined with three solemn and majestic statues of Buddha, the center of the hand Vishnu Seal is Vishnu Shakyamuni Buddha, the right side of the lotus is the great wisdom of Manjushri Bodhisattva, the left side of the hand of Ruyi is the great line of the Pushyamuni Bodhisattva. Three statues of Buddha only with a precious huge nanmu carving and become, Buddha carving exquisite, beautiful lines, in order to and nanmu color coordination, only with gold foil outlined some fine lace, give a person a sense of solemnity, the whole group of statues up to 13 meters high. According to records: all three are saints in the world of Huayan, so it is also known as "Huayan three saints", Huayan Hall is named accordingly.

Vairochana Buddha, meaning everywhere. It is said that the Buddha's troublesome body is pure, all the virtues are complete, the body and the earth are commensurate, all over the world, with boundless real virtue, is all the note equal reality: that is, this self-nature, also known as the Dharma body Buddha. Pratyekabuddha is called Pratyekabuddha because he lives at the top of the Voltaic Path and has an all-pervasive nature: after breaking the Path, he is adjacent to the Holy Position, so he is called Xian. Manjushri Bodhisattva, Manjushri means Wonderful Virtue. He is called Wonderful Virtue because he has clearly seen the Buddha nature and has the three virtues of Dharma body, prajna and liberation, which are inconceivable. Vairochana Buddha, complete in reason and wisdom, resides in the center: Manjushri Bodhisattva, the main wisdom gate, stands to the left of Vairochana Buddha; Pratyekabuddha Bodhisattva, the main reason gate, is located to the right of Vairochana Buddha.

The Avatamsaka Sutra says, "Manjushri is always the mother of the infinite number of Buddhas, always the teacher of the infinite number of Buddhas, and teaches all sentient beings", and he is known as "the first in wisdom" among the Bodhisattvas. Among the four famous Buddhist mountains in China, Wutai Mountain in Shanxi Province is the place where Manjushri manifested himself.

The Avatamsaka Sutra says that the Bodhisattva Puxian takes the ten great vows and teaches all living beings, and among the four great mountains of Buddhism in China, Mount Emei in Sichuan Province is the place where the Bodhisattva Puxian is manifested and embodied.

Five hundred luohan hall

Lingyin Temple five hundred luohan hall since the Ming Dynasty, then abolished. The early Qing Dynasty rebuilt Lohan Hall has a great impact, famous at home and abroad, the current Lohan Hall was built in the late 1990s, with a total area of 3,116 square meters, the central height of

degree of 25 meters, the plane was "_" shape, "_" word for the Buddha The "_" character is one of the thirty-two phases of the Buddha, to show that all laws are mindful of the meaning of all virtues and all destinies. It is the largest Lohan Hall in China. The building was awarded the "Qianjiang Cup" and "West Lake Cup" quality engineering trophies by the province and the city respectively.

Luohan Hall is enshrined with 500 bronze Luohan statues, each 1.7 meters high, 1.3 meters wide at the base, weighing 1 ton, with different images, rich expressions, thousands of postures, lifelike, at a total cost of RMB 30 million yuan. Lohan is the short form of Sanskrit Arahant, Chinese translation for the killing of thieves, lifeless, should be provided for the three meanings, for the Buddhist voice saints. Killing the thief, thief, refers to the confusion of seeing and thinking. Arahant can cut off the confusion of the three realms of seeing and thinking, so it is called killing the thief. No life, i.e., no birth. Arahants have attained Nirvana and are no longer born in the three realms, so they are called unborn. The Arahant should be provided with offerings. The Arahant should be provided with offerings from the heaven and earth because he is able to fulfill all his duties and break all his worries. According to the records, the five hundred Lohans are the five hundred permanent disciples of the Buddha.

The center of the Lohan Hall is a bronze hall of the four famous Buddhist mountains, which is dedicated to Manjushri, Emei, Guanyin and Jiu Hua. In Buddhism, these four bodhisattvas symbolize Great Wisdom, Great Action, Great Compassion and Great Wish. The bronze hall is 12.62 meters high, with a wingspan of 7.77 meters and a bottom area of 5 square meters. Using casting, forging, engraving, carving, inlay and other 12 techniques, three eaves, four facades, columns with dragons, columns with openwork, exquisite styling, magnificent, "the world's indoor copper hall of the most", has been listed as the Guinness Book of Records. Daoji Zen Master Hall

Daoji Zen Master Hall, which enshrines a right-handed fan, left-handed rosary beads, the right foot resting on the wine jar Jigong statue, he is a folkloric household name, "Jigong living Buddha".

Jigong is a real figure in history, born in the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing eighteen years (1148 AD), died in the second year of Jiading (1209 AD), formerly known as Li Xinyuan, the name Jigong, Zhejiang Province, Taizhou people, was the distant grandson of the then Tiantai Linhai Lieutenant Li Wenhe. The place where he shaved his head and became a monk was at Lingyin Temple. In his life's deeds, he was rendered bizarre and strange by the folk. In fact, Jigong was a famous monk with a frank and sincere character and considerable talent. His master was the famous Zen Master Hui Yuan of Blind Hall. Jigong's Buddhist attainments were quite high. But his life behavior and general monks do not have the same place. According to records, Jigong character wild and unruly, drinking and eating meat, line as crazy, and general temple monks out of place, so that the supervisor of the temple can not be compatible with the point, when the abbot of the Lingyin Temple monk is blind Hall Huiyuan Zen Master. Some people on the Jigong of this grotesque behavior submitted to the blind Hall Huiyuan, Huiyuan Zen Master not only did not dismiss him, but instead approved: "Dharma door is vast, is not not allowed to be a upside-down monks,"! This is no longer discussed.

After the death of Zen Master Huiyuan, Jigong soon left Lingyin Temple and went to Jingci Temple. He spent the rest of his life at the Jingci Temple until he died in meditation.

Jigong lived a life of ease and relaxation, preferring to travel in the clouds, traveling in all directions, covering areas such as Zhejiang, Anhui, and Shu. He was often unkempt, sleep and food, for people to pick up the medicine and stone, cure the disease and medical treatment, to solve the problem, often effective, widely help the people suffering. Therefore, his virtues are widely known to the people.

Jigong statue of the left and right sides of the eighteen Luohan, in order to be a real person who should be supported by man and heaven, so it is also known as the eighteen should be true. According to the classics, they are also all disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha.

Coming to Lingyin Temple, it was peaceful and quiet.

Lingyin Temple: "Let go of one thought and be at ease with all things"