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Four Buddhas?

Xia Jun glanced at the high altar. The four Buddha statues on the stage were dilapidated, and the damage was extremely serious. Is there any problem?

The four words Daxiong Palace, Daxiong refers to the Buddha's virtue name, because the master Sakyamuni possessed infinite wisdom, and he was able to suppress demons, so he was honored as Daxiong by Zen disciples.

Li Ang said: The main hall of the Great Hero is always the Buddha statue of Sakyamuni. According to different specifications, there are one, three, five, and seven statues.

One Buddha—only the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha is enshrined,

The three Buddhas are dedicated to the three incarnations of Sakyamuni, or to the present, past and future three Buddhas, or to Sakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Buddha.

Five Buddhas - Buddhas of the five directions in the southeast, northwest, middle,

Seven Buddhas - the original seven Buddhas including Shakyamuni.

The main Buddhas on the high altars of temples in the Central Plains all follow the principle of one, three, five and seven, and should not enshrine four Buddha statues. This is against the rules.

Strange indeed,

Sui Yi nodded slowly, The Jialan Sect is one of the four major Zen sects of the former Sui Dynasty. It has been passed down for hundreds of years, so it will not make mistakes in this kind of thing. Maybe there is a missing Buddha?

But Buddha statues don't have long legs, so where can they run?

This question has not been answered yet, and Li Ang discovered a new doubt.

There are no eighteen arhats, but there are twelve perfect enlightenment?

Usually, there are eighteen arhats enshrined on both sides of the Daxiong Hall in the Central Plains, and there are also twelve Bodhisattvas who enshrine the twelve Yuanjue—that is, the twelve Bodhisattvas who ask the Buddha for advice and practice.

They are Manjusri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Universal Eye Bodhisattva, Universal Jue Bodhisattva, and Universal Faith Bodhisattva.

Keke, there is no Puxin.

Li Ang coughed and continued: In short, there is a strict order for the twelve enlightenments, but these statues of Bodhisattvas are placed randomly.

Que Teqin frowned and said, Doctor Li thinks that these Bodhisattva statues are also part of the prohibition?

It's possible.

Li Ang nodded and said: I still remember the specific order of the twelve circles, maybe after returning them to their positions, it will cause some changes.

What do you think?

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Xia Jun, Jiu Fenghai and the others looked at each other. The gate of the Jialan Sect was destroyed once, and the investigation team of the academy took away the remaining useful things, and there was nothing to excavate.

There is not much food left on everyone's bodies, instead of procrastinating, it is better to fight while the state is still there.

good.

Jiu Fenghai nodded in agreement, What do we need to do?

Help me put these Bodhisattva statues in the designated positions. From left to right are Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Avalokitesvara.

Li Ang directed the others to adjust the order of the Bodhisattva statues.

These Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues in the Daxiong Palace are made of special materials, neither gold nor stone nor wood, they are extraordinarily strong and heavy, and can cut off spiritual power.

Fortunately, Que Teqin, an innate warrior, was there, so it was relatively easy to carry.

When the last virtuous Bodhisattva returned to its original position, everyone took a step back and waited for the change to take place.

Dozens of breaths passed,

It seems that nothing happened? Shouldn't it be incense sticks and pleading?

Sui Yi whispered, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva seems to be very spiritual. There used to be an old man in our village who couldn't marry a wife. He felt that he might have no future in his life, so he went to the Avalokitesvara Temple to pray for Bodhisattva.

Ask the Bodhisattva if he can give birth to one for him.

Um?

The sudden turning point made Xia Jun and the others startled, and subconsciously asked, And then?

It's impossible for a crane to come down from the sky and pick up a swaddle with a child in its mouth, right?

Then Old Man Wang was hit by a carriage and died just as he was going out,

Sui Yi said seriously: It seems that Guanyin Bodhisattva is really spiritual.

What kind of evil god is this? !

The corners of Xia Jun and the others' eyes twitched, and they hesitated to speak.

suddenly,

The second Puyan Bodhisattva on the high platform (also known as Guanyin Bodhisattva, because the Buddhist scriptures say that his compassionate eyes can see all sentient beings, called Puyan), the clean bottle in his hand fell down and fell to the ground, making a sound.

click.

The clean bottle shattered into pieces, and Li Ang, who was the closest, stepped forward. Inside the broken bottle were many dry, cracked, dull-colored bell beads, and a boxy black iron box.

There are lines scattered on the surface of the iron box, vaguely forming some kind of pattern.

Um?

Li Ang picked up the iron box and weighed it. It was solid, sturdy and heavy, and there was a line of small characters engraved on the bottom of the iron box.

【Seeing the Tathagata, why not worship】

What does it mean?

Xia Jun looked at the bell beads scattered on the ground, frowned and said, The aura of these bell beads has dissipated long ago, and they are all unusable! They will not be counted as points!

Is Xuegong joking? How could there be such a flaw in such a major trial? !

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Sui Yi frowned, picked up a few bell beads from the ground, put them in his hands and looked at them carefully.

These bell beads are gray in color, and when you hold them in your hands and rub them lightly, the powder will come off.

Haijie bell beads are produced in the depths of the endless sea, and can only be obtained by killing shellfish monsters.

Mining is dangerous, the output is low, and monk blood needs to be consumed when used.

Most importantly, the shelf life of Haijie bell beads is far inferior to that of talismans.

A five-level Haijie bell bead (equivalent to the cloud patrol talisman), is only valid for about 15 days, and the best effect is to use it within 15 days.

After more than a month, the spiritual energy inside will dissipate irreversibly, and the effect will be seriously weakened.

After two months, it has completely become an ordinary shellfish bead, and the color is too dark and rough to use as a necklace.

This bell bead... doesn't look like it's been sitting there for months,

Xiao Da suddenly said: My family used to be fishermen who fished shellfish and picked pearls by the seaside of Zhou State.

If a pearl is left for too long, such as fifty or sixty years, the outside water vapor will continuously seep into the pearl,

Cause its surface luster to gradually recede.

A shell bead with severe pulverization like this has definitely been placed for more than a hundred years, and it may even be hundreds of years.

Hundreds of years?

Li Ang raised his eyebrows. Hundreds of years ago, with the financial resources of the Jialan Sect, it was indeed easy to buy a large number of Haijie bell beads, but why did they put the bell beads in the clean bottle of the Guanyin statue?

And this iron box, why did it give Li Ang a very familiar feeling?

Perhaps these Haijie bell beads were collected by the Jialan Sect before. That's why the academy will use the bell beads score as an important factor in this trial.

Li Ang shook the iron box in his hand, It says that since I have seen the Tathagata, why don't you worship. Then let me try to worship? Help me protect the Dharma, and be careful around you.

good,

Sui Yi nodded, However, Senior Sister has a little suggestion. When seeking marriage, you should not fold your palms together, otherwise the left and right hands will easily fall in love with each other.

Senior sister, you are enough.

Li Ang put the iron box beside him, stepped forward a few steps, came to the front of the high platform, and put on a prostration posture.

As soon as he got close to the Buddha statue, Li Ang found that the sense of familiarity became stronger, as if he had experienced all this before.

Deja vu? Deja vu?

Li Ang kowtowed slowly to the Buddha statue, and when he stood up again,

Laughter came from the Buddha statue.