Donglin Buddha

Donglin Buddha, located at the foot of Lushan Mountain in Wenquan Town, Xingzi County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is the symbol of the birthplace of Pure Land Buddhism (Donglin Temple). In the statue of Amitabha, it is the highest in China and the world.

Taking the 48 meter bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha as the core, it consists of pure land culture area, new Donglin temple, bhiksuni courtyard, hermit culture area, convalescence area, haihuitang, Dade jingshe area, etc. The buildings of Tang Dynasty style are arranged along the central axis, showing the classical architectural space organization form of ancient Chinese Holy Mountain buildings. The main buildings of the central axis are unfolded in order, and the architectural space is open and close with ups and downs. The Buddha statue is located in the middle of the sky. When climbing the stairs, there is a rainbow bridge between them. The platform overlooks from afar, forming a space sequence of open and close vision, high ups and downs, and orderly relaxation. The mystery, compassion, and solemnity of Amitabha are gradually displayed in front of the believers.

Donglin Buddha

Donglin Buddha: located at the foot of Lushan Mountain in Wenquan Town, Xingzi County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, China, it is the symbol of the birthplace of Pure Land Buddhism (Donglin Temple) and the tallest statue of Amitabha in China and the world.

The main peak of Lushan mountain lies in the north, surrounded by mountains and connected with rivers. It is a pure land integrating pilgrimage, practice, Buddhism, education, charity and health.

There are four Bodhisattvas in the four corners of xumitai, namely, the southeast corner - Nanwu Guanyin Bodhisattva. Southwest corner - Nanwu is the most powerful Bodhisattva. Northwest corner -- Nanwu Puxian Bodhisattva. Northeast corner -- South no Manjusri Bodhisattva. The whole body of the four Bodhisattvas and the body of the pagoda are the same as those of the Buddha. They do the work of pasting real gold, and there is paint outside the real gold.

With the 48 meter bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha as the core, it consists of pure land culture area, new Donglin temple, bhiksuni courtyard, hermit culture area, convalescence area, haihuitang, Dade jingshe area, etc. The buildings of Tang Dynasty style are arranged along the central axis, showing the classical architectural space organization form of ancient Chinese Holy Mountain buildings. The main buildings of the central axis are unfolded in order, and the architectural space is open and close with ups and downs.

The Buddha statue is located in the middle of the sky. When climbing the stairs, there is a rainbow bridge between them. The platform overlooks from afar, forming a space sequence of open and close vision, high ups and downs, and orderly relaxation. The mystery, compassion, and solemnity of Amitabha are gradually displayed in front of the believers.

The total investment of Donglin Buddha project is about 1 billion yuan, and 48 kg of gold is used to gild the Buddha. The statue of Buddha is 48 meters tall, which shows the 48 great wishes of Amitabha Buddha. The total height is 81 meters. It is the distance from the top of the flame pagoda. It means that it is hard to become a Buddha.

In May 2013, the world's tallest bronze statue of Amitabha, Donglin Buddha, was completed. In August 2013, the Grand Buddha opening ceremony was held.

Buddha modeling

Donglin Giant Buddha is located in Wenquan Town, Xingzi County, Jiangxi Province, China. The overall shape of the Giant Buddha has absorbed the advantages of the Lushena Giant Buddha in Longmen Grottoes, the Dunhuang Giant Buddha, the Kamakura Giant Buddha in Japan, the ancient India and the Buddha statues in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, trying to achieve the highest level of combination of religious spirit and sculpture art (the manuscript has been revised more than 20 times since childhood). The image of the Great Buddha is a connecting type, which shows Amitabha's broad and generous mind like his father with his majestic body, and shows Amitabha's endless love for all living beings like his mother with his compassionate expression. Its height is 48 meters, and its base is a 48 petal lotus platform, which shows the 48 great wishes of Amitabha Buddha to save all living beings. The coming Donglin Buddha will become the highest level of contemporary religious art.

In order to show the utmost respect for the Buddha, the Donglin monk group decided to build a treasure cover for the Buddha, which can protect the Buddha from the wind and rain. The design and construction of the Baogai also provides the conditions for the Buddha to be gilded. Amitabha's body is golden and the light of each other is incomparable. At the same time, the two thousand square meter wall panel depicts the Bodhisattva of Avalokitesvara and the Bodhisattva of dashizhi, showing the grand occasion of the western three saints and all saints coming to receive and lead. With the effect of sound, light and electricity, the scene of Amitabha receiving and leading is more magnificent.

Amitabha is the king of the Buddhas, the Supreme Master of the light, the leader of the Western Paradise, and the object of belief of the vast number of believers in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism. It has the largest number of believers in the Buddhist world. It is a Dharma that everyone can practice. It is the easiest to practice and the most effective. It is the ultimate destination of all the sects of Mahayana Buddhism. According to the prophecy of Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, in the Sutra of FA Mie Jin and the Sutra of wuliangshou, the spread of Buddhism can be divided into three periods: Zhengfa, Xiangfa and Wufa. After the period of Wufa, the teachings of various sects disappeared one after another, leaving only Amitabha to live for a hundred years and save all living beings. It is a landmark project of Buddhism at the end of the Dharma period, which will endow Buddhism with immortal connotation and fresh vitality.

The 48 meter Amitabha Buddha quoted the holy image to express the scene of "may Amitabha Buddha greet me at the end of my life". When we see this image, we can understand the wish of Amitabha Buddha to save us and other living beings equally, which leads us to believe that we are willing to hold on to fame, be guided by the golden arm of Buddha, and go to the paradise.

The origin of building Buddha

Building Buddhism at the end of the law

At the end of the law, the pure land crashed. The Buddhist Scripture says: the Dharma has lasted for one thousand years, the Dharma has lasted for one thousand years, and the Dharma has lasted for ten thousand years. The Buddha has passed away for more than 2500 years, which is the period of the last Dharma. The so-called end Dharma refers to that although there is the Buddha's teachings, from the first millennium after the death of the Buddha, people in this era, because of the deep root of goodness and the abundant wisdom, can practice and prove the results, which is called the right Dharma; in the next millennium, because people's roots become dull, worries become heavy, and practice and prove the results are small, but they can get Zen, so it is called the image Dharma; since then, because of the shallow Dharma of all living beings It is called the final Dharma, because the troubles are heavy and the wisdom is poor, but the Tathagata Dharma can't prove the results and achieve meditation. Therefore, at the end of the Dharma, few practitioners were able to acquire the Tao. In the end of the Dharma, there were many obstacles, so it was not easy to practice. Therefore, many great masters advocated pure land Dharma which was in line with the root of all living beings at the end of the Dharma period. With the help of Amitabha's will, we can get the pure land of bliss and get rid of life and death. Therefore, the pure land Dharma gate can be the last ferry to save all living beings at the end of Dharma.

However, in order to carry forward the pure land Dharma at the end of the Dharma period, we need the monk group as the advocate, and at the same time, we need a solemn statue as the object of practice for the public to see each other and express their minds. Donglin temple, founded by master Huiyuan as the ancestral court of Jingzong, initially carried forward the pure land Dharma. For more than 1600 years, Donglin temple has played a pivotal role in carrying forward the pure land Dharma, which has a lofty historical status and extensive social influence. All the four disciples in the sea went back to Luyue and headed Donglin. Therefore, the Donglin monks' group shouldered an unshirkable historical mission and mission of promoting the Dharma in the contemporary society at the end of the law. After the cultural revolution, Guoyi monk was invited to stay in xidonglin temple. After ten years of hard work, he reestablished the Vatican, revived Donglin, restored the old Bailian society, and advocated Buddhism. The master knows that Buddhism will flourish after the Dharma calamity. At the end of the Dharma, the pure land will come to an end. Chinese Buddhism will enter the era of pure land Dharma, and the ancestral court of Donglin will assume great responsibility at that time. The Dharma of pure land refers to Fang Lixiang, who relies on Amitabha's solemn friendship and pure land to arouse the desire of all living beings and initiate the journey of remembering and chanting Buddha to live in the pure land. Therefore, after improving the engineering construction and temple management of Donglin temple, the master made a great wish to build a 48 meter statue of Amitabha Buddha, so that all living beings at the end of the Dharma could see each other and express their wishes, pray for the pure land of survival, and all saints at the end of the world could be liberated with the help of the Buddha's will. Therefore, the construction of Donglin Buddha is the beginning of the pure land's rise at the end of the Dharma. It will make all living beings in the end of the Dharma start to believe in the pure land because of the mutual love and solemnity of the statue of Buddha. They will follow the great wish of Buddha and go to the pure land. They will never return to the path of reincarnation and reach the door of liberation. Therefore, the construction of Donglin Giant Buddha has the significance of the times and is a major event in the end of the law era.

Carry forward the Dharma

Donglin temple in Lushan Mountain has been willing to start the construction of the project since Guoyi was appointed Abbot in the 1990s. Under the leadership of the successor Abbot Chuan Yin elder (now the president of the Chinese Buddhist Association), master Da'an, the acting director of Donglin temple, led four disciples to work hard, and the project has entered the stage of comprehensive construction. The completed pure land garden of Donglin Great Buddha covers an area of 3300 mu. It is a multi-functional Buddhist place integrating belief, Dharma promotion, practice, education, rehabilitation, charity and Buddhist exchange. It has far-reaching significance for the development of Pure Land Sect and Chinese Buddhism in the future. The project adheres to the concept of purity of Buddhism, does not accept court tickets, does not do commercial Buddhist services, and aims to benefit the living and living of the world. All the construction funds are raised by the four disciples themselves. According to the construction management of Donglin Buddha pure land garden project, even if all parties involved in the construction (many of them are Buddhist disciples) are determined and calculated at the lowest cost, it will need at least 300-400 million yuan, and there is still a big gap between the funds raised and the required funds. It is said in the Sutra that among all kinds of giving, Dharma giving is the best. The giver can only be saved for a while. Giving people spiritual and cultural resources can save their lives. The four disciples of Fuyi Buddhism, together with the great virtues of all walks of life, have done their best to participate in the construction of the Donglin Great Buddha project and plant their own blessed fields.

Repaying kindness and praying

Donglin ancestral hall in Lushan Mountain is the first Daochang in China's pure land created by master Huiyuan, the ancestor of Jingzong. In the past, Yuangong University

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