Longhua temple legends
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009In The Three Kingdoms period, from western kingdoms in the prime minister has a single name. He doesn’t love riches and honour, gentle, resolves the house lavishly the monk said, “KangSengHui”, KangSengHui adhering to the Buddha, the dharma to expanding, and he swam in Shanghai, suzhou area. One day, to see here, longhua quietude, dust that is correct, no spiritual treasure block, right here and world. He doesn’t know the scenery here is uncommon, quiet in the wide ze dragon built dragon. Wide ze a monk saw a dragon, heart very unhappy. For evil, to the wind unroofed the monk fog, the monk was scarce, the grass. But suddenly find grass dragon emit a hair on the world, have colored clouds, the dragon was alarmed, and he looked, and behold KangSengHui near look intently, playing seat chanting. Dragon listening for a moment, the Buddha was read by decree, he not only has dismissed the original evil, also went up to KangSengHui said his return to the east, dragon palace, to build up KangSengHui brahman yu. KangSengHui accepted the dragon, he took his dragon temple, also ChengLongHua reconstruction to nanjing visited sun wu monarch, please ask him to help build pagodas, good for oneself to Buddha. So, in longhua temple built in 13 stupa and placed 13 Buddha.
Allegedly, the “KangSengHui” also do a piece of Shanghai and surrounding areas, the profound influence in longhua temple is located nearby church “, “Shanghai born from the Indian spread over the impart of sugar, will benefit the local people.