Bound Incense Tribulation

In the bliss of the West, the Buddhist temple is filled with the sound of Sanskrit, and among the branches of ancient plum blossoms by the Qibao Pond, there is hidden the beginning of a Buddhist bond that spans earthly eons. A plum bud that emerged from the true yang of chaos and a bright white spider that emerged from an egg became connected because the Buddha taught the Lotus Sutra. The spider spun colorful silk and wrapped it three times around the bud. The bud contained purple energy and responded to the inquiry. Venerable Kassapa nodded and said in praise, "Wherever fate arises, you will see the truth."​ Since then, we have been together at Yinshi, listening to the "Diamond Sutra" and realizing the "no-dwelling mind", following the "Huayan Sutra" to understand "One is Everything", Venerable Ananda sprinkled nectar to nourish me, and Manjushri Bodhisattva rained down flowers. In the spring, new leaves are picked to embroider the "Spring Mountain Picture", in the summer, the spider web is woven into the "Tianhe Chess Game", in the autumn, fireflies are woven into Zen verses, and in the winter, the Dharma is weaved into the "Shou" net. As the four seasons pass, tiny objects actually penetrate the Surangama Samadhi, which attracted the admiration of Venerable Veda.​ The golden cicada asked in front of the Buddha's throne, using the cicada's slough to prove the power of detachment; Guanyin's willow branches were draped with silk threads to form a concentric knot, and dragon girl's shark's tears stained the edges of the leaves to reflect compassion; on the day of the Buddha's birthday, half a plum blossom bloomed with the five words "silence shines on the pure and true", and the phantom of a good-luck boy appeared and kowtowed, and the secrets of past kalpas were hidden in the light between his brows.​ The blissful origin of a plum blossom and a spider is intertwined with the wonderful enlightenment of Zen and the adventure of fate. The foreshadowing of the disaster of "binding the incense" has long been quietly buried among the lotus flowers reflecting the sun in the golden sand, and in the sound of jade chimes chanting sutras in the wind. When the sound of the Bodhi Dharma meets the hidden calamity of the world of mortals, these two creatures who share the Buddha's grace will eventually embark on a fateful journey across three thousand worlds, carrying the true meaning of Nirvana.​ Intention: to realize the original intention through Zen, and to overcome the tribulation of earthly life with true intention