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Legend of Guangsheng temple - lvzudong
Time of issue:
2022-05-20
According to legend, the Tang Dynasty.
One day, towards dusk, an old man in shabby clothes came to Guangsheng temple. Although he was poorly dressed, he was strong and bright. After the old man entered the temple, he bluntly said, "I want to borrow the corner of your temple, stay overnight, and go tomorrow morning. I don't know how?" The monks were not very enthusiastic when they heard the word "poor Dao" in the old man's words. Because Buddhism and Taoism have always gone their separate ways, with clear paths and Wei rivers, and each preaches its own Dharma and Taoism ideas.
The old Taoist priest seemed to understand the concerns of the monks, so he stopped pleading. Then he said, "in that case, I'll go as soon as I walk in your temple." Then he went on a tour in the temple.
When the Taoist walked to the east side of the back hall, he found a cave on the cliff. He climbed into the natural karst cave. Due to the tiredness of the long journey, he lay down in the cave to have a rest, ready to take a breath and leave. Who knows, as soon as he lay down, he snored to sleep. Seeing that he was so sleepy, the monk could not drag him away.
The next day, when it was not light, the monks were going to have an early class and found that he was still asleep. After the class, the abbot sent a young monk to invite the Taoist priest to eat fast, but he quickly returned: "master, the Taoist priest is gone.". The monks were very surprised. One monk said in surprise, "it's strange that I saw him asleep just now. Why did he disappear in the blink of an eye?" So the monks looked around and searched the remote corners of the temple, but there was no trace of the old Taoist. A monk said to the old abbot again, "master, just now I went to the mountain gate to inspect it. The gate is well bolted. That's strange. Could it be that the old Taoist can drive the clouds?"
The monks returned to the cave to search. Suddenly, a monk found a "message" on the cave wall. The writing was clear and the ink mark was not dry. The master hurried forward to read it and read:
There is no other day in the cave,
Guests sleep with the clouds.
Come to Penglai,
This place is good for meditation.
One day,towards dusk