On July 5, 2022, the Renyin June Three Wishes for Great Blessings, End of the Epidemic and Longevity, Double-Day Ten Flags were auspicious exhibitions at 19:45 on the same day at the hometown of Xuanzang in Yanshi, Luoyang, the ruins of Maitu Temple in Jian'an, Xuchang, the ancient Guanyin Temple in Jian'an, Xuchang, and Jian'an, Xuchang Juxian Temple, Minglang Temple in Changge City, and Tiefo Temple in Changge City were displaying and storing the banners. All the flag-protecting personnel worked non-stop to return to the Bliss Meditation Hall of Lirui Nalan Yuan in Zhongyuan, Zhengzhou. It was already 23:59 in the middle of the night! One can imagine how exhausted everyone was, but seeing that Master, who was seriously ill, was still full of ambition, all the fatigue could only be stored away.
Master saw that everyone was exhausted and felt very distressed. He said to everyone, "Master knows your hard work and fatigue, but it is even harder for me to understand your Dharma joy. It is late at night and I am rushing back to Hongfo Temple. The driver will drive tired. Please ask the driver disciple to rest for a while in the car he is driving. The rest of the people will sit in Li Rui's living room. I will drink tea and chat with everyone. If you are tired, just rest here for a while..."
Master Ming's Mercy He said, "The driver looked at his watch. It's the early morning of the eighth day of the lunar month. Just rest for two hours and set off on time at three o'clock..."
Just like that, everyone who participated in the Renyin June 3rd Wish Hongfu, End the Epidemic and Longevity Double Day Ten Banners Auspicious Exhibition Those who braved the heavy rain, filled with the joy of Dharma, regardless of the physical fatigue and sleepiness, put the "energy and spirit", "relaxation and joy", " respect for the Tao and noble virtues ", "sword, gall, qin and heart", "moral and noble career star", and "heart's wish" , "Heavenly Official Blesses", "Heaven and Earth are Broad", "Heart Has No Worries" and "Nurture Virtue" were sent to the beautiful Xiayi. From 3 to 7:8 in the morning, despite the pouring rain, the soldiers divided into two groups and delivered the flags to Chenghu Tianlong Temple and Sanyuan Honsan Hongfo Temple.
Guo Baoqin, secretary-general of Henan Sanyuan Charity Children's Home, read and recited the name of the flags
The auspicious flags were hung neatly in the Drum Tower
The flags moved in the wind, and wherever they passed, the six o'clock auspiciousness and good health auspicious!
Master Ming Cong was exhausted and took a nap in the Drum Tower!
Lay Practitioner Wang Yuening, secretary-general of the Three Wish Auspicious Cultural Association, shared with people the difference between "respecting the Tao" and "respecting the guide" in the Drum Tower.
Master Ming, layman Zhang Qinghua, Master Mingxia hang banners in Shifang Hall!
Master Mingjing pointed to the auspicious banner of "Blessings from Heaven" and introduced to everyone that Hongfo Temple was built on September 19, 1156 AD by Pu'an Bodhisattva, the great founder of Zen. Hong, formerly known as Pu'an thatched shed, is also known as "Shifo Temple". In the twenty-seventh year of Zhizheng (AD 1367), the marshal of the rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty , the Marquis of Runan, and a native of Xiayi County Mei Sizu ordered his family to stay at the original site of the thatched Buddha hall built by Pu'an Bodhisattva. A family ancestral hall was built, named "Sizu Hall". In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1372), Mei Sizu ordered his family to rename "Sizu Hall" to "Hongwu Temple". In the sixth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1373), Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Mei Sizu to rename "Hongwu Temple". It was renamed "Hongfo Temple".
Historically, there was a nationally famous temple in Xiayi County. It was once as famous as White Horse Temple, Shaolin Temple, Hanshan Temple, Lingyin Temple, Daxiangguo Temple, Baiyun Temple, Maitu Temple, Longquan Temple, Famen Temple , known as the top ten temples in China, is Hongfo Temple in Hongfo Temple Village, Handaokou Town. According to the records of "Zhongzhou Yuanji", China Hongfo Temple is the dojo of Pu'an Patriarch, the dojo of Avalokitesvara to Yinghua, the dojo of Wealth and Virtue Buddha, and the ancestral hall of Jingzong Zhantan Merit Dharma System.
1 In 1367, Mei Sizu ordered his family to build a family temple on the original site of Master Pu'an's Honghua thatched cottage in his hometown of Xiayi County, named "Sizu Temple". Later, Mei Sizu helped Zhu Yuanzhang establish the Ming Dynasty and became one of the 24 founding heroes. In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Mei Sizu renamed the ancestral hall "Hongwu Temple" in memory of Zhu Yuanzhang's kindness. In the sixth year of Hongwu (1373), Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Mei Sizu to change the name of Hongwu Temple to Hongfo Temple, implying that Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor in compliance with God's will and public opinion, and that the Buddha would eventually appear. In the eleventh year of Hongwu (1378), Zhu Yuanzhang married his second daughter Princess Ningguo to Mei Sizu's nephew Mei Yin .
After Zhu Yuanzhang changed its name to Hongfo Temple, within three years, Empress Ma came to the temple to burn incense and pray for the peace and prosperity of the country, built the Buddhist Hall of Wealth, Merit and Virtue, and carved the Jubaolian Pond, which is 180 meters long from north to south and 100 meters wide from east to west. Chinese BuddhismA temple unique to the Buddha of wealth and merit. With the support of the nobility and the royal family, Hongfo Temple covered an area of 1,080 acres in its heyday. There were 96 courtyards in the temple and a total of 8,524 towers, pavilions, halls, pagodas, halls, rooms and corridors. "Thousands of tiles are like scales and a hundred-foot ladder. From a distance, they are as abrupt as the clouds; the precious lotus wind is fixed and the lamps shine on each other, and the fragrant horses do not neigh. The stars fall in the sky and the sky is quiet, and the lotus grows on the land. Guests are fascinated. On the way home, step carefully on the locust shade. In August, the family was further west in Huaxing.
Religious historical records record that Hongfo Temple had a total of 33 great abbots from the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty to the Cultural Revolution. In the sixth year of Hongwu, Master Guo Chan of Famen Temple in Shaanxi took office as Hongfo Temple in Xiayi County. The first abbot led the masses to practice Zen and Purification. Abbot Guochan passed away at the age of 96, and his disciple Master Zhilian took over as the second abbot. Hongfo Temple became the Yibo inheritance temple for a time. After the master passed away at the age of 76, Master Hongkong, a disciple of Yibo, took over as the second abbot. Three generations of abbots. After that, Shanlian, Pu'an, Shangyan, Huicheng, Miaode, Fajian and other great virtues served as abbots of Hongfo Temple.
In the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign, Henan Governor Tian Wenjing was ordered to welcome him from Beijing. Su Tan, the great monk of the imperial palace, served as the tenth abbot and was mainly engaged in popularizing the new policy of the Yongzheng Dynasty of "officials and gentry paying for food and working together". Abbot Su Tan spent thirteen years leading the disciples of Hongfo Temple to establish the temple. In the 54th year of Qianlong's reign (1789) after masters Yanfeng, Fadu and Wengyuan joined the Hongfo Temple Confucian School, Xiaowen Academy and Prajna Buddhist Academy, Master Yuanming became the thirteenth abbot from Baiyun Temple. Master Yuanming changed his post. In the Qing Dynasty, Master Yuanming passed down the Pure Land Dharma lineage and promoted it in depth in the 58th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1793). ) On September 16, Hongfo Temple encountered a disaster. More than 200 Taoist students, farmers, and supervisors from the four provinces of Henan, Shandong, Suzhou, and Anhui came to the temple to drive away the monks, demanding that Hongfo Temple be returned to Shintoism, otherwise the monks would be beaten to death. A supervisor said to Master Yuanming: "You consider yourself noble and have strict precepts. If I give you a bowl of meat and you finish it, we will not make things difficult for other monks, and the temple will still belong to your Buddhist family." "Master Yuanming took the bowl and ate the meat in one go, putting an end to the turmoil. Master Yuanming passed away at the age of 50 on the 27th. After that, Hongfo Temple was cared for by lay people until the fourth year of Jiaqing, when Master Baiquan of Daxiangguo Temple in Kaifeng After that, he stayed at Hongfo Temple, including Jian, Liaoming, Faming, Boliang, Huike, Nianfeng, Yinquan, Mingchuan, Fadao, Ji'an, Xinghe, Cihui, Ruji, Qiandu and so on. A holy monk was the abbot of Hongfo Temple.
In the 13th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1874), the Prime Minister of Xiayi County invited Tiankuo, a traveling monk, to serve as the 27th abbot of Hongfo Temple. Neo-Confucianism was introduced into the temple and the Hongfo Temple Wisdom School was founded. Three masters, Nianji, Yanping and Yikao, inherited the Dharma lineage and introduced the ideas of Master Xuyun and Master Hongyi into Hongfo Temple. Hongfo Temple became the old and new school of Buddhism. A revival practice monastery integrating the three sects of Hejing Zen. In the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), Master Congda presided over the third reconstruction of the main hall. On August 16 of the following year, Master Yuanda and Master Miaozhan passed away. Master Ming, who has been resident in the temple, shared with you the reconstruction of Hongfo Temple. At the end of 2013, social sage Su Hanlin and others visited Hongfo Temple Village and learned about the situation of Hongfo Temple. They initiated the initiative with Zhao Chaoyang, a young man from Handaokou Town, Xiayi County, Henan Province and others. Rebuilding Hongfo Temple. In early 2014, we welcomed the vice president of the Chinese Religious Culture Research Association, the vice president of the Chinese Buddhist Calligraphy and Painting Institute, the Henan Buddhist College professor, the honorary president of the Sichuan Nanjiang County Buddhist Association, and the Sichuan Longhua Temple Supervisor. Master's tutor Master Ji Ci became the head of the restoration of Hongfo Temple.
Lay Buddhist Master Zhang Yufeng respectfully asked Master Mingxin to instruct him on how to read and recite the "Heart without Concern" flag.
Layman Yao Lixuan, secretary-general of Lirui Jixiang Library, is reading and reciting flags, praying that the epidemic will end soon and people will be happy!
Henan Charity Federation Dou Wenting, Secretary General of Henan Lirui Education (Three Wishes Charity) Fund, read the name of the banner under the bell tower flag and prayed for the early end of the epidemic and the happiness of the people!
Layman Guo Baoqin said that it was very difficult for the Master and other masters to rebuild Hongfo Temple. The first phase of the reconstruction included: "Tousita outer courtyard, Doushuai inner courtyard, Tianwang Hall, East and West dormitories, Wuguan Hall, Xiangji Kitchen, and Tan Lecture Hall ( Projects such as the Small Dharma Hall, the Sutra Pavilion, the Guest Hall, the Monk Residence, the Lotus Pond of the Wealth and Virtue Hall, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Manjusri Hall, the Samantabhadra Hall, the Sanzu Hall, the Ksitigarbha Hall, and the Dawei Yuantong Hall have been completed; Projects such as the "Buddha Hall of Fortune and Virtue, Main Hall, Jieyin Hall, Haihui Building, Tallinn, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Three Wishes Hall, and Nursing Home" have been launched.
Ju Wen is carefully observing the exhibition
Master Shuanfen carefully reads and recites the name of the moral flag, praying that the epidemic will end soon and people will be happy and healthy!
Master Mingjing and Master Hangyi read and recited the name of the flag, praying that the epidemic will be over soon and everything will be good!
I met the Master by chance
The Master told everyone in the Drum Tower the wonderful meaning of the auspicious flags of "Respecting Tao and Honoring Virtue". I pray that the epidemic will end soon, and I wish all my disciples good luck, and that the people will be happy and healthy!
Taking a photo with the Master in the bell tower
Encountering the Master in the Drum Tower
Master Mingji and Master Mingjia read the name of the wish flag and pray that the epidemic will end soon!
Teachers and lay people read and recite the names of the flags, praying that the epidemic will end soon and people will be happy and healthy!
Master Mingjia, Master Mingji, Master Mingzhuo, layman Ming and layman Mingmei shared with the public "The Compassionate Victory" in front of the auspicious flags of "Jing Qi Shen", "Sword, Gut, Qin and Heart", and "Honored Tao and Virtue". A sharp sword, a golden sword with only mercy.”
Master Ming Cong and layman Zhang Yufeng, executive deputy director of the Liruiguan Working Committee, despite their fatigue and hard work, immediately started working on displaying and hanging banners after arriving at Hongfo Temple.
Mr. Zhang Qun read and recited the name of the two auspicious flags in front of the two auspicious flags of "Jing Qi Shen" and "Respecting Tao and Virtue", praying that the epidemic will end soon and people will be happy and healthy!
Master Ming and Ming Confucian masters communicated that everyone has wishes, and Buddhas and Buddhas all have great wishes. Only the ambition to observe the "four righteousness, four dimensions, up and down" in the ten directions cannot be used to observe the ten directions with the heart, and any wish will be difficult to realize. .
Master Mingjia said to everyone, God-given blessings, where do you get them? They come from bitterness. There is no bitterness but no sweetness. Knowing sweetness must be bitter. Ascetic practice is the source of hundred blessings.
Layman Chen Xiangrong, deputy director of the Temple Democratic Management Committee of Hongfo Temple, layman Wang Xiaofeng, executive vice-president of the Urban Friendship Merit Association of Hongfo Temple, Mr. Zhang Qun, and Ms. Zhang Yufeng chanted the name of the flag in front of the auspicious flag of "No worries" to pray for the epidemic. Rest early and be happy everyone!
Ming Confucian Master, Ming Master, Ming Yan Master and layman Zhang Qinghua, president of the Li Rui Auspicious Reading Club, read and recited the names of the two auspicious flags in front of the two auspicious flags of "Jing Qi Shen" and "Relaxation and Joy", praying for the early end of the epidemic and the happiness and health of the people!
Mr. Zhang Qun, deputy dean of Jiats Academy of Hongfo Temple, famous calligrapher, calligraphy educator, philanthropist, calligraphy professor at Henan Buddhist College, and president of Henan Bangshu Art Association, reads and chants in front of the auspicious banner of "Heart without Care". Name, I hope the epidemic will end soon and people will be happy and healthy!
Master Mingjing Renkuan, the president of the Hongfo Temple Urban Friendship Merit Association, and Master Hangyi, Master Mingcong and Master Mingyu read and recited the name of the banner under the auspicious banner of "Heart without Care" and prayed that the ancestors would join us in praying for the epidemic. May everyone be happy and healthy!
Master Ming Yushi, the resident resident of Hongfo Temple, prayed under the five auspicious flags of "relaxation and joy", "energy and spirit", "high moral character and prosperous industry", "sword and courage" and "blessing from heavenly official", praying with us. The epidemic will end soon and people will be happy and healthy!
Master Mingxiang Miaoping, the abbot of Hongfo Temple and the vice president of the Humanistic Buddhism Committee of the Henan Religious and Cultural Research Association, expressed his feelings about "relaxation and joy", "energy and spirit", "high moral character and prosperous career", "sword gallbladder and piano heart", and "heavenly official's blessing". "Under the five auspicious flags, we pray that the ancestors will join us in praying for the early end of the epidemic and the happiness and health of the people!
