Jing 1 1 Sanzang stone
At the highest peak of Liangzi in Lushan Mountain, there are three big stones, which are only one or two feet apart. How can there be these boulders on such a high ridge? According to legend, they are the three saints of the west. They are the three saints synthesized by Amitabha, the founder of the western paradise, and Guanyin Bodhisattva, his right hand and left hand. They are teachers who educate all beings. Infinite amitabha leads all beings to the paradise of the west. Guanyin bodhisattva is merciful and compassionate on earth. The general trend is that Bodhisattva teaches all beings in the world to be equal and get pleasure from suffering. One day, three saints heard that the fairyland of Lushan Mountain was better than Penglai Mountain. They came to Liangzi Mountain of Lushan Mountain in Liantai, and saw a mass of dirty air polluting the pure land of Lushan Mountain in the northeast corner. This must be the evil of the devil. Demons are immortals or gods who fall into evil ways and have great power. The three saints descended from the clouds and walked out of the lotus platform to check. It turned out to be a Datura demon. Datura is made of Datura flower, fell in love with rattan essence, strayed into the magic road, and occupied Gongshan.
Datura showed its true colors, bared its teeth and rushed to the three sages, yelling: Gongshan is my territory, and you three want to get out, yelling, but you bumped into the three sages. The boundless Amitabha said in the palm of his hand, "Bad karma deserves to die. Suddenly, a bolt from the blue, the devil's neck was cut. The devil fell into his chest, turned into a stone and landed on the mountain. People call this kind of stone lightning. The Three Sages of the West saw the phoenix rising in Gongshan, and the Holy Land of Kowloon is a treasure trove of geomantic omen. The immortal spirit of Gongshan and the aura of the basin condensing heaven and earth have gathered the essence of the sun and the moon. Sansheng was overjoyed and decided to stay in Gongshan for practice. So the three saints in the West became three stone statues and stood on the Liangzi in Lushan Mountain. People call these three stones the Three Monks Stone. Later, three saints were invited to offer sacrifices and enjoy fireworks at Lushan Temple.
There is also a story among the people that after the completion of Gongshan Temple in 728 AD, abbot Zhiyu summoned 20 "enlightened" disciples to study Buddhist scriptures and teach Buddhism. Buddhist disciples should cultivate self-cultivation, keep fit, and then be enlightened. First of all, we should work hard on their bones and muscles, starve their bodies and skin, and be empty. In other words, we should learn to endure hardship, exercise our physique and temper our will with it, and not be lazy and slippery. Only by eating hard can we put aside all worldly thoughts, concentrate on Buddhism, practice meditation and achieve positive results.
Disciples of the word "Wu" entered the first level of the temple to practice "hard work". Get up in Yin Shi, do morning exercises in Shi Mao, carry a pair of buckets in Chen Shi, climb the ridge behind the temple and go to Daliangzi to collect the "holy spring". Sanli road, saying it is to carry water instead of pole. You can only carry a bucket full of water with both hands, with your arms straight to both sides. Said, "carry water." Back in the temple, the water must be full. Those who lack water will be punished according to the situation: don't eat breakfast or eat less breakfast.
Among the disciples of "Wu" generation, there is a fat monk named "Wu panic", a thin monk named "Wu Hua" and a young monk named "Wu Shi". The three monks have long been unhappy: getting up early and doing morning exercises, carrying water, fasting, meditation and chanting Buddha. Late for morning exercises every day, only half a bucket of water, meditation and dozing off, chanting and snoring. In a flash, three months of "hard training" have been practiced, and the three of them are still not motivated. Master Jue Yuan woke up and enlightened many times, but the punishment didn't work, so he had to report to Master Zhiyu. Zhiyu presided over the decision: "Three monks, Wu Panic, Wu Hua and Wu Shi, will practice their water-carrying skills for another three weeks, and they must satisfy more than 20 people in the temple every day. If they are lazy again, they will be severely punished. "
Master Jue Yuan asked the three of them to fetch water in turn. The young monk warrior began to choose the first week. He picked five buckets of water in the morning and five buckets of water in the afternoon. There is still water to drink in the temple, but there is no water to water the flowers. The next week, the thin monk Wuhua was sent to fetch water, but they wanted to relax and decided to fetch water. I carried 5 buckets of water in the morning and 6 buckets in the afternoon. I water the flowers. But there is no water in the fire pool. In the third week, the host monk Zhiyu sent the three of them to fetch water. So there is water in the waterproof pool of the temple. The three monks only received two buckets of water in the morning, and no one came back in the afternoon, and there was no water to eat in the temple. Monk Zhiyu, the abbot, personally visited Daliangzi Mountain, and three monks settled on the Liangzi. Monk Zhiyu quietly approached the fat monk hiding in the grass and heard him say, "There is no place for people to stay in the temple. We only picked two or three buckets of water today. If we go back to the temple, we must be severely punished. Why don't we run down the mountain after dark, do you want to eat spicy food? " Wu Hua and Wu Shi clapped their hands in praise and said in unison, Yes.
Zhiyu led the monk out of the barbed cage and said, "Sin, sin, you three evil obstacles, come back to the temple with me quickly. It is getting dark. " Say, put your hands together and read "Amitabha ..."
The fat monk made a ghost eye when he realized the panic. He replied firmly: "We will not go back to the temple, we will be on this big Liangzi mountain."
The clever and obedient Zhiyu knew that the three of them had made up their minds, so she had to put her hands together and read the mantra: "sin, sin!" " "Then the dust in your hand shook and said," That's as you wish! "When a golden light shone, the fat monk realized the panic, the thin monk realized the transformation, and the young monk realized the reality and immediately turned it into three original stone castles. People call these three garden stones: the Great Monk, the Second Monk and the Third Monk. The lazy three monks will stay in Daliangzi Mountain forever.
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Author, Zeng Changjiang, net name, Changjiang layman, from Sanhe Town, Fengdu; Retired teachers, engaged in primary and secondary education and teaching for forty years; He is a member of Fengdu Poetry School and Chongqing Poetry Society. His works such as Eight Scenes of Fengdu, Eight Scenes of Lushan Mountain and Beautiful and Magical Lushan Mountain are frequently reported in newspapers and are deeply loved by this person.