鐵爐寺 - Lane 58

quiet

Bichou Temple Sanbao Holy Land

Very solemn, attentive place

If you can hope to come once a year

To worship the ancestors during the Ching Ming Festival and to respect the old people on the Chung Yeung Festival, come here to worship and worship God and be blessed.

The monastery is quiet. In recent years, it has been of great merit to facilitate the storage of bones for the loved ones of the people.

The reason for the construction of the Pingtung Tielu Temple was due to the invitation of the Lingyuan Master (1901-1988) in the Republic of China, the Master Huiguang, who came to Taiwan to live in the Shifang Dajue Temple of Sijilong. In addition to leading the teaching and practice of the residents of Dajue Temple, he also began to reorganize the circulation of manuscripts such as "Zongmen Lecture Records", and actively applied to various places in Taiwan to host various preaching and lectures and dharma meetings, and presided over important activities in Taiwan. Preaching the precepts. In the 50th year of the Republic of China, Master Hui was appointed as the residence of the Nangang Buddhist Temple. In 51 years, he was invited by Dongshan Temple in Pingtung to teach the "Diamond Sutra". For some reason, he often traveled to and from Pingtung, and the believers insisted on staying for a long time. At first, I bought a house and built an iron furnace in Zhongshu Lane, Shengli Road. Later, because of the increasing incense, the number of believers increased day by day. It was the ambition to find a place to build luck. In fifty-three years, under the introduction of the believer Li Xianglin, the rice field of the water source was purchased. Huishi traveled north and south for Jiantielu Temple. Xia Shang traveled between Nangang Buddhism Temple in 55 years. He was attacked by illness in the autumn of the same year. In the spring of 56th year, he served as his 80th birthday. He said and accepted his disciples. He predicted in early April. At that time, he strongly urged the great disciple Buddha Zen Master (1927～1992) to complete his last wish to build the Tielu Temple. On April 15th he felt full of death, his life was 80, and his life was forty and seventy. . In the same year, the construction of Tielu Temple began on June 19 of the lunar calendar, and it was completed in sixty-five years, and the legacy of the old monk Huiguang was finally completed. From the beginning of 80 years, the third generation abbot of Tielu Temple, Master Chang Yuan (1925~), actively expanded Tielu Temple. In the Republic of China, Master Changyuan resigned for some reason, and Master Yanzan temporarily worked as the abbot. Six months later, a meeting of believers was held to elect a new abbot, and Master Chang Jing was elected. Construction of the additional construction began. The three-story hall was completed in 86. The first floor is the Daxiong Hall dedicated to Shakyamuni Buddha, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra; the second floor is the Thousand-Hand Guanyin Hall dedicated to the Thousand-Handed Guanyin, and the third floor is the Pilu Hall, dedicated to Vailu. Chana Buddha. On both sides of the building are four-story monks' huts, which were completed at the same time. Master Huiguang also studied Zen tantrics, among which Zen books are quite useful. They were published and circulated by Xinwenfeng Publishing Company in the early years. In recent years, the Buddha Education Foundation has also helped to print the bond, but the publication of Master Huiguang’s works is not complete. The Chronicle of Master Huiguang and the Textual Research History of Buddhism were not in circulation in the 50s of the Republic of China. In addition, Huishi enlightened the Taoism quite early. The situation of Buddhism in Taiwan only flourished in the 1970s and 1980s, and the development of Pure Land Buddhism thrived. There are not too many Zen followers. Although Master Huiguang said that Zen is profound, he is not generally known, which is really a shame of Zen. During his tenure as the abbot, the Zen Master once held the Seventh Buddha successively, and he urged the inner master to consult the Seventh Master. From the 1975 to 1980 of the Republic of China, the Buddha was held seven times every winter to gather people to recite and practice together. The seven invited monks are like the master, the elder Xu, the master of mind, and the elder Miaolian. Annual fixed large-scale event. From the time when Buddha Zen Master was the abbot, Tielu Temple held five consecutive days of worshipping the Thousand Buddhas during the Lunar New Year each year; Qingming Festival held the seven-day continuous worship of Lianghuang Repentance; July Mid-Yuan Festival, starting from July 11 From the 15th to the 15th, recite the "Ksitigarbha" for five consecutive days. The above three activities are both for the believers to handle the overpass and eliminate disasters. In addition, every year on February 19th of the lunar calendar is Guanyin Bodhisattva Christmas Day, June 19th Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Enlightenment Day, September 19th Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's ordination day, and November 17th Amitabha Christmas, all pujas are held in the morning. Recite sutras and make offerings. At noon, we will entertain the believers in a vegetarian meal. The monthly fixed dharma conference began in 1987. Tielu Temple held the Compassionate Samadhi Water Confession Conference on the second Sunday of every month to gather believers to practice together. The practice of reciting the Buddha began in 1983. The abbot of the Zen Master accepted the suggestion of Lay Hong Ruifu to hold the reciting of the Buddha every Sunday afternoon, so far. The usual residents of Tielu Temple consist of about 10 monks, including some permanent residents and some temporary residents. All monks are men, so this temple can be called a dojo for pure men, which is different from other monasteries in Taiwan where men and women monks live together. Reposted from Ancient and Modern Temple Tour Website