The Haicheng Dabeigu Temple who has been there, say a few words about it.

Fairness: The Dabei Ancient Monastery in My Eyes

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Introduction

As a believer, I often live in the temple to study, in a fair and impartial attitude, I see, hear and feel written out for your reference (as a five-precepts monk, not delusional, believe in the karma, but the specifics, but please go to the temple yourself!

Da Bei ancient temple introduction

Da Bei ancient temple is located in Liaoning Province, Haicheng city of Mao Qi town Tang Wang mountain. According to historical records, is the Tang King Li Shimin's eastern campaign to build an ancient temple, has a history of more than a thousand years. Throughout the ages, it has been known as "Putuo Mountain outside the plug". After generations of restoration and preservation, the last restoration was in the late Qing Dynasty. During the Cultural Revolution, it was damaged a bit, and was later built by the local priests.

Dabei ancient temple is a Pure Land cultivation road, is a Buddha education school, the temple purpose: "to see the nature as a religion; precepts as the foundation; to the Pure Land as a return; learning Buddha first learn to be a person, love of the country, love of the party, love of religion." Weekday homework to hold the name of the Buddha, plus chanting, listening to the scriptures, out of the slope of the labor, careful to abide by the Pure Land Sect of the thirteenth generation of masters, master Indo-Guang's cultivation of eight lines of the outline: "Dunlun dutiful, idle evil to store sincerity, all evils do not do, all the good deeds, the real for the sake of life and death, develop the bodhicitta mind, to believe in the wishes of the deep, holding the name of the Buddha."

Management of the monastic community in order

Da Bei ancient temple of all the monks always adhering to the wishes of the sad, strict precepts, do not climb, do not make, come to the temple to participate in the study of the monk to eat and live, study and incense, etc., all free of charge. The abbot of the monastery is Venerable Shi Shengcheng, who leads the monastic community to hold the precepts strictly, and consults with the management committee of the monastery on matters of all sizes, and each department is managed by a Buddhist monk. Usually come to the temple can be heard on the line under a master to give instructions, this year's lecture "Earth Store Bodhisattva's original wish sutra", let me listen to the after the conviction of karma, believe in the existence of the six paths of reincarnation, and even more to do a good job, and wish to be a qualified disciple of the Buddha. Occasionally, on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, Ms. Tan would also share her studies with everyone. The main purpose is to remind the Dharma Protector volunteer team of fellow practitioners, don't get sidetracked in studying Buddhism, and don't slack off in your efforts!

The unforgettable volunteer life

Two of the more unforgettable places in the monastery are the Lenten Hall and the Conservation Center.

Da Bei ancient temple fasting hall is particularly large, can accommodate thousands of people, but so many people together for fasting, orderly, silent, whether it is the front hall or back of the kitchen choosing vegetables and washing place, volunteers do a very energetic, stopping, chanting, work, the masters management is also very standardized. Suggest that we all come to experience, by the way, the masters of the Great Compassionate Ancient Monastery is very compassionate, no matter when we arrive, there is a meal, three meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, you can choose, only the masters do not eat at noon, so you do not have to be afraid of starving.

There are about 50-60 elderly people inside the nursing home, they all come from all directions, some are widows and orphans, and some are the parents of the monastery's Buddhist masters, who are happy to eat vegetarianism and recite Buddha's name here, so that the masters can be at ease with the way, propagate the Dharma to benefit the living, and to solve the problem of the worries of the future!

Buddhism attaches importance to the teacher's way and filial piety, more than 30 volunteers who come to the care home to make a heartfelt commitment to learning traditional Chinese culture and Buddhism, learning the sage education is valuable in the force, from caring for the elderly living, eating and learning to practice the "Rules of the Disciple". The director of the nursing home and the volunteers who are committed to the cause are working together with one heart and one mind. Different ways and methods are chosen according to the different needs of different people. They wash the feet of the elderly, wash their hair, cut their hair, cut their nails, provide one-on-one care for the elderly to take a bath, organize the elderly to go out to sunbathe when it is sunny, and go out to do what they can do, etc. They feel for them with a compassionate and equal heart. We feel their feelings with a compassionate and equal heart, and provide care and support in accordance with their needs. The old man spends his twilight years in this big happy family, reciting the Buddha's name and becoming a Buddha!

Compassion as the basis, convenient to guide

Da Bei Ancient Temple is the seat of the Haicheng City Buddhist Association, Haicheng City Buddhist Association often organizes a number of sermons as well as national laws and regulations of the policy of publicity and learning activities. Over the years, Dabei Ancient Temple and Haicheng Buddhist Association together, in response to the call of the party, carry forward the Buddhist compassion for the purpose of poverty alleviation, to help a lot of homeless people, every year to the local poor people to solve the problem of life, for the government to alleviate a lot of difficulties. At the same time, we also see many very poor people, they are desperate in life, some encountered disease and suffering, the hospital declared hopeless, came to ask for the next life; some are poor and homeless; some are children rebel, run away from home, parents anxious and so on all kinds of problems came to the monastery, through the study of being a human being, as well as the master's patience and guidance, to find their own problems, and to find the answer to the life, to be liberated, so that the family can be complete. Everyone is grateful for this pure land, it is because from all directions gathered here, with different problems, came here, created one miracle after another.

No money, no goods, as long as all beings can be enlightened

Nowadays, Buddhism is also flourishing, and nowadays there are a lot of big temples in almost every bigger city in China, including many scenic spots. Every important festival, there will be very many people to go to incense and worship Buddha. But with the commercialization of China's scenic spots, many temples, although more and more luxurious, but the commercial atmosphere is very thick, not only charge admission, there are a lot of burning incense to seek a sign often need a lot of money, like the Great Compassionate Ancient Temple, such as the temple does not charge money, the world has been rare, the key to come here to hear the master preaching the law, to understand what is the Buddha's teachings, and no longer superstitious, seek God to count the fortunes of the gods, and learn to go home after the return to the community, to know How to be a good person, so in the end how the temple, not to look at the appearance, is to see whether we can be enlightened here?

The public is advised to believe in karma, good care of the mouth, there is no investigation and verification of information, do not listen, do not pass, to maintain the network clean, to be a qualified disciple of the Buddha.

The abbot master led everyone to do life release puja

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