Wu Tai Shan , China
Manjushri Pusa's sacred site
I would like to share a real story which happened a few hundred years ago in Wu Tai Shan(五台山)
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As tradition, the temple in Wu Tai Shan would organize an offering for all the monks from all the monasteries. The monks were invited to the temple for a vegetarian’s feast.
One fine year, while the people were in the midst of preparing for the event, a poor looking women came with a little boy carried on her hand and another following her side. At the back of them was a dog.
They looked very hungry and very tired.
The women approached the master in the temple and begged for some rice for herself and her 2 kids.
The master gave a bowl of rice to each of them.
After she finished the rice, she begged for another bowl of rice for her dog.
The master gave the dog a bowl of rice because he thought soon after they have finished eating, they will leave the temple.
A little while after that, the woman asked for another bowl of rice as she said her stomach has another baby, a bowl of rice is not enough for her, she needed another bowl.
Upon hearing that, the master became angry, he scolded the woman harshly and chased them out of the temple.
Suddenly the women transformed and raised up into the air with her followers.
Apparently the woman was the incarnation (化身 hua shen) of
Manjushri Pusa and the two boys were His followers. The dog was the lion. (Manjushri Pusa’s seat)
All the people in the temple were shocked. The master regretted for not treating them well. He wanted to dig his own eyes out.
Manjushri Pusa stopped him to do so. Everyone knelt down and bowed to Manjushri Pusa.
Pusa said to them, the suffering will only come to an end when human knows the cause of sufferings. Treat the cause of sufferings then only you can end the sufferings (bitterness).
As the people in the temple had good roots (only that they are ignorant), Manjusri Pusa dropped a few strands of His hair down.
They had collected the hair and
kept it in a Pagoda as a reminder of
Manjishri Pusa’s teaching.
People were worshiping Manjushri Pusa at the Pagoda.
Manjushri Pusa is the Bodhisattva of wisdom. He manifested (hua shen
化身/appeared) from time to time to teach living beings.
He is actually an ancient Buddha
(gu fo 古佛) who is also known as the teacher of seven Buddhas.
His bodhimanda (dao chang 道场) is Wu Tai Shan, one of the
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