How to get to Lushan Nona Pagoda Courtyard

Transportation guide to Lushan Nona Tower: Take a train or plane to Jiujiang, there are special tourist buses to Lushan, walk to this scenic spot

Nona Tower is located in Lushan, Jiangxi Province Xiaotianchi in the scenic area. The pagoda is the only tantric monastery open to the outside world in southern my country. In the pagoda courtyard, the stupa of the famous modern patriotic living Buddha Nona Hutuktu is enshrined, a special Tibetan-style lama pagoda, and the Tibetan secret deity, patriarch, and protector are enshrined in the pagoda courtyard, which are extremely rare in temples in the mainland.

Nona Living Buddha was born in Xikang in 1865. He was recognized as the seventh reincarnation of the Living Buddha at the age of seven. He was enthroned in Nona Temple and relied on the Dalai Lama Beiya as his fundamental teacher. He began to retreat at the age of twenty-five. After twelve years, he achieved success in all Tantric sects. After leaving the customs, he also took charge of politics and religion and was deeply loved by the people. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the 13th Dalai Lama joined forces with the British to plot separatism. Nona Living Buddha advised the rebels with the great cause of national unity. However, he was rebuked, but he resolutely helped the soldiers on the border to annihilate the rebels, and was therefore appointed as the general manager of Buddhism in Xikang. During his term of office, Tibetan separatists were once again instigated by the British to carry out a separatist rebellion. Nona Living Buddha personally led the Xixia disciples and donated gold, silver, rice and wheat stored in various temples to assist the central army in a bloody battle to regain the lost territory. In the Battle of Qamdo in 1918, Nona Living Buddha fought hard but failed. He was captured by the rebels and imprisoned in a dungeon on the outskirts of Lhasa. He suffered all kinds of pain and humiliation, and spent six years in the dungeon living in poverty and cold. In prison, Nona Living Buddha devoted himself to reciting the Buddha's name, and dug the earth with his hands to create a hole for a long time. He escaped from prison in 1924 and traveled from Nepal to India to Shanghai by boat.

After Nona Living Buddha came to the mainland, he began to spread Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism, which had only been taught to the Tibetan, Mongolian and Manchu royal nobles, to the vast number of Han civilians, completely breaking the level of national harmony. bias. Nona Living Buddha has successively preached the Dharma and saved lives in Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanchang, Lushan and other places. In more than ten years, he has received the Dharma and has hundreds of thousands of disciples. On weekdays, he used his good medical skills to treat illnesses and save people. Even in the cold night, he would definitely satisfy the wishes of those who sought treatment. In 1933, Nona Living Buddha was accompanied by his disciple Wu Runjiang to Shanghai to preach the Dharma. After the rituals were completed, Nona Living Buddha returned to Nanjing to serve as his post. Xikang Xuanwei Shi, when he was about to return to Xikang, because he felt that the Han disciples had no one to guide him, he named Wu Runjiang, a layman named Hua Zang Sage (his hidden name is Biema Biecha), as Vajra Maha Ali. The heir of the living Buddha's inheritance. Nona Living Buddha broke through the tradition and passed on the Dafa to the believers without any distinction between Chinese and Tibetan people, leaving a dharma lineage for Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism.

After Nona Living Buddha returned to Xikang, he passed away in Ganzi at the age of seventy-three. The ashes of Nona Living Buddha were carried to Lushan by his disciple Han Dazai and buried in Xiaotianchi Mountain in accordance with his will. In 1938, Nona Pagoda and Padmasambhava Hall were built. However, during the Japanese invasion of China, both the Nona Pagoda and the Padmasambhava Hall were severely damaged. Since then, they have become dilapidated due to long-term disrepair.

Although Nona Living Buddha has passed away, his patriotic spirit of advocating the "unification of Han, Manchu, Mongolia, Hui, and Tibet" and his lifelong efforts to promote Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism in the Han region were borne out by his Dharma successor Huazang Saint and Hua Zang's heirs Zhi Min and Hui Hua Vajra Master fully inherited it. They named the dharma lineage of Nona Living Buddha "Yuanjue Sect", carried it forward, spread it widely in the world, and saved countless sentient beings, forming a sect distributed all over the world. This is the ancient Tibetan and Mongolian sect of our country. An achievement of Buddhism in the new era. In 1991, Vajra Masters Zhimin and Huihua from Taiwan, in memory of Nona Living Buddha’s profound kindness in teaching the Dharma, funded the restoration of their ancestral temple in the name of the “Vajra Masters Zhimin and Huihua Education Foundation of the Yuanjue Sect” Nona Tower Courtyard. With the strong assistance of believers from all over the world and relevant departments, not only the original dignity of the Nona Living Buddha Relic Pagoda was restored, but the Padmasambhava Hall was expanded into the Patriarch Hall, and Nona and Hua Zang Jingshe were built. After the restoration was completed, the inauguration ceremony of the pagoda courtyard was officially held. The famous master, leaders at all levels and many disciples of Yuanjue Sect attended the event.

The restored Nona Pagoda is very solemn. The main hall is dedicated to the ancestors of Yuanjue Sect; on the left side of the main hall is the Tara Hall, which enshrines the incarnation of Guanyin, Green Tara; and on the left is the Wealth Temple. There are the King of Treasures, the Yellow God of Wealth, and the White God of Wealth. Not far from the front and bottom of the main hall, there is the Brahma King, commonly known as the "Erawan Buddha". His four faces respectively represent the four immeasurable hearts of compassion, joy and equanimity. To the right of the Brahma King is the Dharma Protector Hall, which houses the Dry Hand Guanyin as a tune. The wrathful Vajra Mahakala and Mahagali that transform into evil beings are Mahakala and Lucky Mother.

There are stairs from the right side of the main hall leading to the Nona Living Buddha Relic Pagoda. The whole body of the pagoda is white. The pagoda base is a folded square Xumizuo. The base supports the bowl-shaped pagoda body. There is a pot-shaped eye door in the middle. The upper part of the pagoda It is a conical thirteen-story tower with a red copper umbrella cover on the top and a mirror on the top. Under the tower there is an inscription describing the life of Living Buddha Nona. The Nona Pagoda is a special building of Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism. Although this kind of pagoda shape is common in Tibet, it is extremely rare in the mainland. In addition, the statues of the original Buddha, patriarchs and protectors of Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism enshrined in the courtyard make the Nona Pagoda unique. That pagoda courtyard is unique in Lushan.

At present, Nona Pagoda is not only a holy place for Buddhist believers at home and abroad to worship, but also a tourist attraction. Hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists visit Nona Pagoda every year, and there are also Yuanjue at home and abroad. Zongmao's disciples and Buddhists observed the worship.

The current abbot, Master Guoyan, is over 40 years old, from Lujiang County, Anhui Province. He graduated from Suzhou Lingyan Mountain Buddhist College.