Travel to Zhangye Lingyin Temple in Leisure Time

Although traveling cannot make a person a completely new person, every time he sets out on the road, it is a spiritual baptism that makes people feel happy.

Yunqi has lived in Zhangye for many years and has only heard of Lingyin Temple in Xinglong Village, Shajing Town by chance and has never visited it. I always thought it was just a small, deserted temple with a false name. Yu entered the three words "Lingyin Temple" into Du Niang's place, and all the entries were related to the famous Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou. Adding "Zhangye" will show a brief encyclopedia explanation of Lingyin Temple in Zhangye. Despite this, Yun decided to take a casual trip to find out what the ancient temple was like and leave a little bit of the past time in Hexi.

At eight o'clock on Sunday morning, the brand-new rising sun jumped over the rooftops in the east, spreading bright sunshine to every corner of the earth. The main road of Ganzhou West Ring Road was filled with traffic. Shuttle, the sidewalks on both sides are cool in the dense shade of locust trees. Yun is sitting in Ahai Restaurant opposite Xinle Supermarket, eating a "small meal" while calling a friend to go with him.

Looking up at the sky outside the door, it was blue. Yun had a premonition that there would be a heat wave today, and he was prepared to suffer from the heat. To Yun's disappointment, no one as interested as Yun was willing to accompany him. We went together. Finally, unable to withstand Yun's insistence, W's friend reluctantly agreed to ride in Yun's BMW.

Fortunately, Yun was a road addict and W had never been there. With Brother Gao De leading the way, we quickly drove out of the city and drove westward on the wide and straight National Highway 312. Through the car window, the undulating shadows of the Qilian Mountains in the south were like a row of dark barriers, slowly retreating. On the top of the mountain, you can clearly see the white snow that never melts all year round. In the north, there is no grass growing on the Heli Mountain. The cloud shadows cover its yellow skin. In addition to green, there are endless green on both sides of the road. The towering green shades give people a sense of natural tranquility. .

An hour later, following Brother Gao De’s instructions, the car turned right and drove onto a country road with lush crops on both sides, winding slowly for about seven or eight kilometers, passing by two high-gate courtyards. In the shaded village, Yun's car finally passed a tall and solemn archway, drove into the stone-paved square courtyard in front of Lingyin Temple, and stopped steadily under the shade of a tree. It was noon. , the weather is hot, and a row of gray and white clouds float in the southern sky.

On the east side of the square, in the middle of a calm pool of clear water, the Nanhai Guanyin with a peaceful face is holding a long string of Buddhist beads in his right hand and twisting it in his left hand. Huazhi stands on the lotus platform, with lowered eyelids, calmly looking down at all the living beings in all directions, with a compassionate face. The tall figure carved in white marble is exquisite and lifelike.

In the middle. Starting from the axis, bypassing the huge screen wall and entering the mountain gate, there are the Tianwang Hall, the Leiyin Treasure Hall, the Three Treasures Hall and the Sutra Collection Hall on both sides, as well as the Medicine Master, Ksitigarbha, Patriarch, Amitabha and other halls, as well as the Zen Hall, Lecture Room, and Guest Hall. , abbot's room, monk's dormitory, layman's dormitory and other buildings. The grand scale and vast area sweep away Yunqian's imagination.

The layout of the temple is similar to that of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou and Leiyin Temple in Luoyang. In the treasure hall, on the front is Maitreya, the future Buddha with a big belly who is always smiling. On the east and west sides are the four gods of "good weather" standing side by side. On the back of Maitreya Buddha, at the entrance, is Venerable Wei Tuo holding the treasure temple and protecting him behind him. I remember that two generals, Heng Ha, seemed to be guarding both sides of the mountain gate. The entire temple construction is solemn and majestic.

The entire temple is located in a flat and green wilderness, with dense Elaeagnus groves and towering poplar trees growing outside the walls. Inside and outside the temple, birds are chirping and wild flowers are in bloom. There are few people on weekdays. The environment is cool and quiet, and the sound of Sanskrit music is endless. On the eaves and ridges of the main hall, auspicious pigeons gather together, walking leisurely, and occasionally the sound of flapping wings is heard, as if they are in a deserted place.

When Yun came, he only saw the back of a ordained monk. He was wearing a gray monk's robe and was walking quickly into the side room. Two black puppies, which looked less than three months old, clung happily to his heels. Maybe we belong to different worlds inside and outside the world of mortals, and we didn’t bother each other.

According to the rules of the temple, no incense is allowed in the temple, so we just paid a visit quietly. When I came out, I saw the Bell Tower and Drum Tower. Yun seemed to hear the majesty and silence of the evening drums and morning bells.

In the flower garden of the temple, many unknown small wild flowers bloom quietly in the clear sunshine at noon. Even if they are blooming for a moment, they will be bright for a lifetime. Several fiery red and delicate Bianhua flowers are in full bloom, blooming beautifully in the Zen courtyard, and there seems to be a silent sadness spreading from the branches. A month ago, Yun Youyuan heard the song "Flowers on the Other Side" by singer Chen Rui. The magnetic and beautiful voice and the Zen-like lyrics are so poignant that they make Yun intoxicated.

? "The blooming of flowers is Zen, and the falling of flowers is also Zen. I am neither Bodhi nor lotus. If the flowers and leaves do not meet each other, can we not owe each other? I am suffering only for the word ginseng of love. The flowers on the other side are blooming. I can't get enough of seeing each other for thousands of years, but I can't be your beautiful wife. There is no need to regret because of love. These fleeting years have made her drift away. The flowers on the other side have been silent for a thousand years. This worldly love has long been doomed. , Even if I turn into spring mud, my heart is still gorgeous, and I still have no regrets or complaints when I fall into the world. "

Yes! The flowers on the other shore bloom on the other shore, and the flowers on the other shore fall into the yellow spring. Flowers bloom and leaves fall without meeting each other, and life and death are always in the same place. These flowers of the other shore do not bloom in the world of mortals, but practice in temples. I hope that the Buddha's compassionate heart can bridge the bond between flowers and leaves, so that they will never be separated from each other in life after life.

According to written records, Zhangye Lingyin Temple was originally named "Lingying Temple" and was built in the early Tang Dynasty. In the vicissitudes of time, it is sometimes destroyed and sometimes repaired, sometimes prosperous and sometimes abandoned. In the late Republic of China, it was eventually buried by the raging sand. It wasn't until 1993 that a shepherd discovered the Guansha Cave murals that had been blown open by the wind. Lingying Temple became famous far and wide, and pilgrims began to flock there in an endless stream. Believers nearby first built a temple, with local monk Master Jueming presiding over the affairs. Later, faithful men and women from all over Jiangsu and Zhejiang raised funds. It took ten years to build the splendid and large-scale famous temple in Hexi.

On the way back by car, we can still see the crisscrossing sand dunes and broken walls not far from the temple, hidden under the lush green vegetation. Lingyin Temple faces south and is surrounded by Elaeagnus groves, poplar trees, and strong virulent sand plants such as flower sticks and Haloxylon ammodendron. In spring and summer, it is densely shaded, cool and quiet, making it a Buddhist resort for preaching scriptures and teachings.

In the car, Yun joked with W: "Lingyin Temple is really a good place to practice. After W retires, he can come here to practice as a host!" W said with a smile: "I don't know anything about Buddhism, so I can only How can Mr. Dongkuo be a host? "

Of course this is just a joke. The Buddha ferries people who are destined to be ferried, and only those who are destined can be ferried. If you don't have peace of mind, you will be in panic all day long even if you live in the mountains and forests.

I remember someone said that his friend wanted to live a secluded life, so he said goodbye to his family, turned off his mobile phone, and entered Zhongnan Mountain. After entering the mountains, he didn't watch TV, just basked in the sun every day, walked around the yard a few times, and ate some green food. After three days, he was already destitute and kept thinking about whether his stock had gone up and who his wife was dating. Let's have dinner together, how his company is doing now, and so on, so the one-month seclusion plan ended hastily in only three days. Yun couldn't help but smile after hearing this. Don’t you know that if you have a calm mind, you can live peacefully anywhere? Even if you are a monk, you are also a layman.

Lingyin Temple is located on the Gobi oasis in Hexi Province. It is lightly fragrant and crowded, giving people a sense of peace and tranquility. Here the wind is quiet and the days are leisurely, all things grow and express their feelings. Away from the hustle and bustle of the mortal world, without all kinds of poisonous chicken soup brainwashing, the time is clear and clean, and the soul is worthy of conversion.

In order to pursue a higher realm of life and touch the deepest spring in the heart, this travel note ends with a poem from the Avatamsaka Sutra:

"The Cool Moon of the Bodhisattva" , I often travel in vain; to fulfill my long-lasting wish, I go forward with great ambition. "

The clouds are driving a BMW, the flowers and trees on the roadside are like flowers, there is a gentle breeze on both sides, and the clouds have returned safely. (Written in Zhangye Yunzhai on the afternoon of June 26, 2018.)