China Charity Online (Public Welfare Reporter Yan Hongwei) Shaanxi Xianyang News: The mysterious and legendary Famen Temple, its long history of legend and the unique present world, attracted the attention of countless Chinese and foreign scholars and believers. On May 14th, Chinese Fanbei musician and Sanji Phuntsok, prince of Sanskrit, was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Buddha statue offering and opening of the Shrine of heshi stupa of Famen Temple, was awarded the honorary president of the Zen Heart Lotus Friends Association of Famen Temple, and on the birthday of Shakyamuni Buddha, sang a song "Shakyamuni Buddha Heart Mantra" at the underground palace of Famen Temple, which enshrined the true relics of Shakyamuni Buddha. This is the first Sanskrit singer in the modern era of Famen Temple to have the honor of entering the underground palace to sing for the Buddha. Mr. Sangi Phuntsok's gifted Sanskrit talent and a natural and simple outfit are fresh and unworldly. His beautiful song does not need to be embellished, pure and warm, ethereal and quiet natural flow around the Shakyamuni Buddha's relic, the Buddha's light is shining, the Dharma is full of joy, this mysterious underground palace that has been sealed for more than 1100 years, because of the Buddha's infinite wisdom and immeasurable blessings, shines brightly and is immeasurably noble.
Sangchi Phuntsok and members of the Famen Temple Zen Heart Lotus Friendship Association visit the Buddha relics at the Famen Temple Underground Palace
Travel through 2,500 years and touch your fingertips for the first time
Famen Temple, located in Famen Town, Fufeng County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, China, is known as the "Ancestor of Guanzhong Pagoda Temple". According to legend, Famen Temple was founded in the eleventh year of the Ming Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty (68 years), Zhou Wei was formerly known as "Ashoka Temple", and in the early Tang Dynasty, it was renamed "Famen Temple", known as the "Royal Temple", and became a Buddhist holy place admired by the whole country because of the placement of shakyamuni Buddha's finger bone relics. Famen Temple was built in the hengling period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Famen Temple because of the relics and the pagoda built for the temple, formerly known as Ashoka Temple. After Shakyamuni Buddha's demise, his body was cremated and formed into a relic. In the third century B.C., after Ashoka unified India, in order to promote Buddhism, he divided the Buddha's relics into 84,000 parts, so that the ghosts and gods in Nanyan Futi distributed them to all countries in the world to build pagodas for worship. There are nineteen in China, and Famen Temple is the fifth.
According to Buddhist texts, Shakyamuni's disciples picked out from the ashes of his body 1 skull, 2 shoulder blades, 4 teeth, 1 middle finger bone, and many bead-shaped relics. During the Tang Dynasty, this finger bone relic was invited to the imperial palace six times to be enshrined. After the last offering in 874 AD, the relic was sealed and stored in the underground palace under the pagoda of Fufeng Famen Temple until it was re-unveiled in 1987.
Famen Temple has become one of the four major Buddhist holy places in ancient China because of the placement of the finger bone relics of Buddha Shakyamuni and supported by the Chinese Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the Buddha of Famen Temple was revered as a relic of the true body of the protector of the country, and eight emperors once opened the Famen Temple underground palace every thirty years to welcome the relics to the palace to make offerings.
Sangi Phuntsok became the first Brahmin musician to visit the underground palace and sing for the Buddha's true body
May 14, the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, is the birthday of Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha, also known as the "Bath Buddha Festival". In the underground palace where the true finger bone relics of Shakyamuni Buddha are enshrined at Famen Temple, the famous Chinese Sanskrit musician Sangji Phuntsok sang his famous masterpiece "Shakyamuni Buddha Heart Mantra", praising the special merits of Shakyamuni Buddha, returning to world peace and the well-being of the people. Since then, Sanghi Phuntsok has become the first Fan bao musician in modern history to enter the underground palace of Famen Temple and sing for the Buddha's true body.
Sangji Phuntsok sings the "Heart Mantra of Shakyamuni Buddha" for the Buddha relics at the underground palace of Famen Temple
On the day of the event, when the Buddha Relic slowly rose with the ethereal warmth of Sangchi Phuntso's "Shakyamuni Buddha Heart Mantra", we also seemed to be in a trance. His ethereal and silent and long-distance singing echoed in the dungeon that had been sealed in dust for more than 1100 years, every inch of dust seemed to wake up, every grain of dust seemed to be dancing, the Buddha's good fortune once again pervaded the world, every listener present, all shocked and moved, quietly shed tears, as if time went back to 2500 years ago, once again looking for the Buddha, touching his fingertips again. Meet again, complete again, enlightened.
Sangi Phuntsok was awarded the Honorary President of the Zen Heart Lotus Friends Association of Famen Temple
Because of his extraordinary appearance, beautiful singing voice, sincere and warm heart, and outstanding contributions to the creation and interpretation of Brahman music, on May 14, the day of Shakyamuni Buddha's birthday, he was awarded the honorary president of the Famen Temple Zen Heart Lotus Friends Association by Famen Temple, the most mysterious royal temple in modern Chinese history. At the event award site, more than 30 high-end members of the Zen Heart Lotus Friends Association of Famen Temple jointly witnessed it, and was personally awarded by Master Hui Ci, the great counselor of Famen Temple.
Master Huici, the Grand Counselor of Famen Monastery, awarded a certificate of conferring to Sangi Phuntsok
Master Hui Ci, the great counselor of Famen Temple, said that the Buddha's blessings are immeasurable, and he hopes that more music creators can participate in promoting Buddhist culture, carrying forward the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, carrying forward positive energy, cultivating morality, using songs, transmitting the Buddha's wisdom french, and sprinkling spiritual nectar to every corner of the world.
Dharma Monastery Counselor Master Hui Ci and Mr. Sangi Phuntsok
Sangi Phuntsok said that he had a special relationship with Famen Temple, and before he became an official singer, he was invited to Famen Temple and opened his first performance of Brahman music in his life, so he had a special affection for Famen Temple.
Sangi Phuntsok was awarded the Honorary President by the Zen Heart Lotus Friends Association of Famen Temple
Sangi Phuntsok said that Buddhism is not a religion in the fundamental sense, but a kind of education for good, and the law of cause and effect is actually the most fundamental philosophy in the universe. Buddhism teaches people to abandon evil and follow good, to be harmonious, to adapt to society with a wise heart, and to exert positive energy towards goodness and warmth, which is a kind of education for good that should be respected. Each of us should use our own energy to influence more people and make this world a better place.
Sangi Phuntsok tells the members of the Lotus Friends about the singing of Brahman music
At the event site, Sangji Phuntsok told the members of the Famen Temple Zen Heart Lotus Friends Association about the singing methods and pronunciation skills of Brahman music, and demonstrated it on the spot, had an interesting interaction with the members, and sang the "Medicine Buddha Heart Mantra" for the good friends present, wishing the good friends good health and good luck. His ethereal and warm voice reverberated for a long time in the Zen Heart Pavilion of Famen Temple, not only washing the dusty and tired hearts, but also making people feel comfortable and quiet, like a dream. (Photo: Tang Xiaoping)
【Introduction of Famen Temple】
On August 24, 1981, half of the pagoda collapsed. In 1986 the government decided to rebuild it and the pagoda was rebuilt at the end of February 1987. On the occasion of the eighth Buddha's birthday in early April, "many treasure niches poured out from the ground, and there was no harmony in the ancient days and the present", after 1113 years of silence, 2499 pieces of Tang Dynasty national treasures and heavy instruments, surrounded by the Buddha's true body finger bone relics, returned to the human world! The rare treasures unearthed in the underground palace are of great value in the study of Chinese social and political history, cultural history, science and technology history, Chinese-foreign exchange history, and art history. The discovery of the Underground Palace of Famen Temple is another major new archaeological discovery in China after Banpo and Qin Terracotta Warriors, and is a fortunate event in the history of world culture In 2001, the museum built four new exhibitions" "Famen Temple Historical and Cultural Exhibition", "Famen Temple Buddhist Culture Exhibition", "Famen Temple Tangmi Manchaluo Culture Exhibition", "Famen Temple Tang Treasures Exhibition" and "Famen Temple Tang Dynasty Tea Culture Exhibition". At present, the Famen Temple Cultural Scenic Spot has become the leading unit of Shaanxi's western tourism, the world Buddhist worship center, the Buddhist cultural research center and the tourist attractions yearned by people at home and abroad.