After learning about the news that Mr. Guangsheng had been silent, Master Benxing was also very grateful for his virtue. In his memory, Master Benxing wrote about his experience of visiting Mr. Guangsheng and gave Mr. Guangsheng. Deeply remember and pay tribute to the Dharma.

On August 31, 2022, the abbot of the Yuantong Temple in Tiangongshan, Longyan City, Fujian Province passed away! . The Executive Vice President of Fujian Buddhist Association . Master Benxing, after learning the news that Mr. Guangsheng had passed away, he was also very grateful for his virtue. In his memory, Master Benxing wrote the next visit to Mr. . He gave Guang a message to Mr. Guang. Mr. Sheng deeply remembered him and paid respect to the Dharma.

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"Mountain Idiot" finally went to Tiangong Mountain

Friends said to me: "There is insufficient wisdom and the compassion is more than enough." Sometimes, it is the same. Didn’t you say: the kind will enjoy the mountains, and the wise will enjoy the water. I have always been afraid of water and love mountains, famous mountains, especially religious holy mountains. For example, so far, I have been on , Lushan . However, it is not to affirm that "a immortal cave is born with infinite scenery on the dangerous peaks", but to deny that "I don't know the true face of Mount Lu, because I am in this mountain." I have always thought that only by being in Lushan can you know Lushan. For this reason, one year, I spent the Spring Festival on the mountain, and my friend also said that I was a "mountain fool". To be honest, because of faith and because of one's own nature, the name of "mountain ignorance" is probably destined to be betrayed for a lifetime. Now, today, I touched Tiangong Mountain again with my eyes and steps.

Tiangong Mountain should be on the Heavenly Palace. But the Buddha and the Creator were merciful and placed it on earth. If you set foot in Longyan City, western Fujian and want to go to Tiangong Mountain, then in half an hour, you will reach the foot of the mountain, and in another half an hour, you will reach the mountainside. If you want to go to the top of the mountain, I'm sorry, I can't drive because there is no lane. If you have a sincere heart and a firm mind, you can walk and climb for half an hour is enough, because there are only 3485 steps up the mountain.

I went up the mountain at that time and I had heard that there was an old master Guangsheng in Tiangong Mountain, who was an old practitioner. As a monk, I have always believed that the sincere practice of monks is the source of life for the Buddhist to save all living beings, which is also the driving force for the health of Buddhism. For this reason, I have always wanted to use fate to go there, listen to his teachings and feel his majesty. This time, I was invited to give lectures at Jingci Temple in Tianma Mountain, Longyan City. It was a rare opportunity to pay homage to Tiangong Mountain. Because of the invitations from Master Guangsheng several times, I finally made this trip and got what I wished.

3 is the steps under your feet, and to lift the pilgrim

has not yet gone up the mountain. The old master Guangsheng was kind and arranged for the vehicle to pick it up in the urban area of ​​ Longyan , and arranged for the sedan chair to be used on the mountainside. The old monk must be thinking that I live in Fuzhou and rarely climb mountains, so it is difficult to climb mountains. For this reason, the old monk invited the sedan chairman. In fact, I am not afraid of climbing a mountain, and it is nothing to suffer, because this pain often brings more happiness. Whenever you climb a stairs, the scenery you see is different from what you see on the original stairs. So, I didn't use a sedan chair. But I couldn't let the old monk down on his compassion and kindness, so I asked the sedan chairman to carry the empty sedan chair and follow us up the mountain.

I just said: There are only 3485 steps up the mountain. It's actually quite easy to say, but it's not easy to climb. When I reached the top of the mountain, I was already panting. I thought it was easy to go down the mountain, but in fact, it was also difficult to go down the mountain. Every time my feet go down, I always feel like I have to kneel down, and my calves are still shaking. I believe that my legs will be sore when I wake up tomorrow. However, although this feels, the body and mind are very harmonious.

Climbing halfway up the mountain, there is a pavilion, where you can take a break, look at the distant mountains and mist, and I am anxious to look forward to the peak of the morning and overlook all the mountains. I also wondered, if I was chanting Buddha's name halfway up the mountain, will the Buddha be able to welcome me as the sutra say, holding the golden platform in my hand, and I will lead me to the top of the mountain as I hold it. Of course, there is no such good thing. Although you can bring karma to the Buddha's kingdom, it does not mean that you have heavy karma after all.How should anyone like me who is incompetent and incompetent to reach the sky in one step? What I should do should be to climb slowly step by step. Although this will cause breathing and sweating, breathing will also expel turbid air, and sweating will also cause smelly sweating, which is good for health. However, looking at the foot, I thought, why have to go up to the top? Just like the steps under my feet, just halfway up the mountain, isn’t that great? Just be the steps under your feet, and raise up the pilgrims, help them move upwards, let themselves be smoothed by the pilgrims' footprints, and become pilgrims. In your spare time, you can also view the past and present in the mountains. The wind is moving and the clouds are rising.

"Immortal" on Tiangong Mountain - the old monk Guangsheng

Go to the top of the mountain, and the old master Guangsheng greeted him in front of the gate of the mountain with local customs and set off firecrackers. He was also ready to bow to me, which scared me to sweat. How could I stand the old monk's bow? For this reason, I was so scared that I quickly stopped the old monk from bowing down and left me with some meager blessings for myself.

At the gate of the mountain, there is a small pool of water. When you enter the temple, there is a large lake. There is also a dragon head fountain, which has excellent water quality and is easy for pilgrims to take it back for sprinkling. It seems that Tiangong Mountain is not only a mountain, but also water. Before I went up the mountain, I saw a poem about it: "Look at the mountain bell in front of the mountain, the mountain road and the pavilion open to the mountain palace, the flowers and trees cover the mountain rain, and the mountains outside the mountain go to the mountain." So, who should write about Tiangong Mountain Where is the water?

Benshima (right) and old monk Guangsheng (middle)

The ancient temple on the top of the mountain is called Yuantong Temple. The current temple name is written by Mr. Qigong . In Fujian, Qi Lao wrote the name of the temple, which is probably unique and rare. The temple has a very large building scale, with the temples surround the mountains. Especially the one called Xianglu Peak, which looks like an incense burner and stands in the temple. There is also Maitreya Mountain, which looks like a Maitreya body. There is a super-large Maitreya Buddha statue on the top of the mountain. Looking at it from a distance, it looks like the head of Maitreya on the mountain, which is quite ingenious. What is touching is that in this mountainous and remote ridge, every brick and tile built in the temple was picked or carried by hand. And the old monk, during the revival of the temple, was like a worker, picking and carrying on his back. Day after day, he went up the mountain and down the mountain and up the mountain. Perhaps, this made him a rare year since ancient times, climbing mountains as if walking on flat ground and walking on flat ground as if flying. His appeal has also led to the rapid revival of the ancient temple.

Maybe it was because the weather was not beautiful, or maybe it was because the Buddha was too beautiful. When I bid farewell to the old master Guangsheng, there was sometimes fog locked on the top of the mountain and sometimes fog opened. When locked, I thought I was in the sky because I was in the fog. When the fog is opened, I think I am in the sky, because although there is no fog on the top of the mountain, I look into the distant mountains from afar, and the fog surrounds the mountains, and I feel like I am at the end of the fog. At that time, the old master Guangsheng who gave me farewell was wearing a cassock, floating in the fog that was floating, and appeared and disappeared from time to time. It seemed that Tiangong Mountain was really in the sky, and he was in the sky The god. No wonder some people say: Master Guangsheng, Tiangong Mountain, seems more sacred, and Master Guangsheng, seems more legendary.

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