The story of Manjusri Appearance in Sung Dynasty
There is a puja held every year on Mt Wutai at Temple of Clear and
Cool (Qingliang )
The abbot was very particular on the amt to be given to the laity
for free vegetarian food
One day , there is a pregnant woman with its dog came up to the
Puja ,and queuing up for food .
The pregnant woman ask for more food as she have a unborn baby and
her dog to feed.But the abbot was unwilling to give more , and he
pushed the pregnant lady aside
Suddenly ,the pregnant lady ascended to the skies and reveal to the
assembly as Bodhisattva Manjusri .All the lay man saw the
Mahasattva on the skies put their food aside and prostrate
sincerely to the Image above .
Manjusri Bodhisattva said ," I thought you (the abbot) have
practise equality to the assembly .but sadly today i have saw u
didnt
the dog that was with the pregnant woman ascended to the sky to be
the kirin which Mahasattva Manjusri
Seeing this and upon hearing it , all the monks and the abbot
himself fell to their knees and cried sorrowfully ,for being
failing the "test " set by Manjusri
The abbott beseech Manjusri for a 2nd chance not to react in such a
wrong way, and Manjusri Bodhisattva drop a human hair from the
skies to show his approval
at this time .all the members of the monastery vows with the abbot
to give universal equality to the layman who come to participate in
this puja ceremony
today if u went to mt wutai , you will still see the pagoda with
the hair by Manjusri Bodhisattva
Thus is a part of the wonderful story that happened in relation to
the Flower Adornment Sutra
Homage to the Lotus Flower treasure world of Buddha Assembly
Homage to the Great Vaipulya Buddha spoke of Flower Adornment
sutra
