Guoqing Temple: Peace to the nation, safety to the people

A few years ago, I first visited Guoqing Temple. I was filled with emotion and sighs. Peace to the nation, safety to the people. After more than three years, I hope more: Peace to the nation, safety to the people. So, I visited Guoqing Temple again, offering incense and paying respects to Buddha. It's not so brilliant and splendid, a bit old, which makes us feel closer and more in line with our understanding of cultivation. At the incense offering place, there is a monk, handsome and tall. Judging by his plain face, he should be more attractive than the boss in 'Blooming Flowers'. He could rely on his good looks, but he chose to cultivate. Remarkable, truly remarkable. I secretly took a photo, he noticed but didn't get angry, just glanced at me with a faint look. It was an understanding of me, and also a restraint on me, so that I dare not post his handsome photo, afraid of offending the cultivator, afraid of causing trouble if it spreads out, what if it disturbs him, disturbs his cultivation heart. Wouldn't that be a sin? The plum blossoms outside the main hall have bloomed, if you pay attention, you can smell the fragrance. Unfortunately, there are few careful people and few careful hearts. More are: self-interest, personal gain, concern for him, concern for her. No bottom line, no restraint, and no self-restraint. Plum blossoms, in accordance with the season, following the will of heaven, blooming, fragrant: Sun, moon, earth, what are you? I calculated the time to come here, offered incense and paid respects to Buddha, and then had a vegetarian meal. I asked the monk, he said, it's not open to the public anymore. There's a loss. It's a loss, but it's not a loss. The internet-famous place that doesn't want to be internet-famous (Guoqing Temple), might it have disturbed the monks' cultivation? Possibly. But more importantly, nothing can be perfect and complete. The moon waxes and wanes? The moon waxes and wanes. I was reminiscing about the vegetarian meal at Anji Lingfeng Temple, rushing to Xiayanbei Village, wanting to see the mountains and the sky. Peace to the nation, safety to the people.