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Report of a 800-km pilgrimage to Wutai Mountain by performing three-step-one-prostration(II)

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仁炟师父 朝礼五台 行程千里 三步一拜(下)
Report of a 800-km pilgrimage to Wutai Mountain (五台山)
by performing three-step-one-prostration (II)
– By Chen Shi Fa and Miao Rong 3 June 2005
(Note: The original article in Chinese was published in the journal “Buddhism in Hong Kong” (香港佛教) issues No. 543.
This translated article is an edited version of the original article.)



《香港佛教》杂志第543期
Issues No. 543 of journal “Buddhism in Hong Kong” (香港佛教)


    Whenever Ven. Ren Da took a rest at roadside after performing three-step-one-prostration for some distance, he would take the opportunity to advise the youths who gathered around him to work hard, to brace for difficulties, have filial piety to parents, to respect teachers and have high esteem for morals so that when they grow up later, they will become useful people with moral value.


    In the afternoon of 24 April 2005, when the three-step-one-prostration pilgrimage team was about ten Chinese miles (5 km) away from Ning County, Bro. Li Zhaofeng saw three teenage youths carrying mud stained plastic bags with a few fish inside. Bro. Li asked what were they going to do with the fish? They said they wanted to feed the dogs at home. Bro. Li explained to them the law of cause and effect and why we should protect living beings. The youths immediately released the fish back into the river after listening to the explanation by Li Zhaofeng. Ven. Ren Da came to know about the matter and commended Bro. Li for his initiative. Ven. Ren Da asked the teenage youths about their studies and told them about the sutra of Bodhisattva Kishitigarbha (Earth Store Bodhisattva) that one would get a short life if one were to kill living creatures wantonly. Since they were still so young, they should practise good deeds so that they could contribute to the nation and people in the future. Ven. Ren Da gave each of them a talisman as souvenir. The three teenage youths were too happy to receive the talisman as souvenir and prostrated to Ven. Ren Da as a show of respect.



仁炟法师对路边抓鱼的少年爱护生灵、因果报应的道理 
    Ven. Ren Da explained the law of cause and effect and why we
should protect living beings to kids who were catching fish


    In general, most of the people who saw the three-step-one-prostration pilgrimage team would be deeply touched by the spirit and determination of Ven. Ren Da. But there are some who snarled at it. On April 21, when Ven. Ren Da was about to reach the town of Ling Yi, he was ridiculed by a woman who described his action as crazy. Such scenario was quite common along the way and the attendant followers were quite annoyed about it. Ven. Ren Da would always calmly advise them not to be so and said it was due to the changes in history and culture that many people have wrong concept on Buddhism and some did not even know about the basic teachings of Buddhism. We Buddhists should not be upset, but instead we should lead by example, cultivate diligently and shoulder the responsibility to propagate the Buddha-dharma.


    One evening, Ven. Ren Da and his attendant followers arrived at a certain location in Hebei Province. They were preparing to set up tents at an open compound so that they could put up a night at the place. They were chased away by the locals and had to change places 3 times. (Writer’s note: Ven. Ren Da and his attendant followers did not disclose the exact venues they were rejected so as to prevent others from ridiculing the locals for making such mistake. Such was their magnanimous attitude!) They were at a loss then and wandered in the dark to find a place to sleep and at last they found a small open space near a wheat field to put up their tents. “Let’s sleep here under the bright moon.”



途中小憩
Venerable took a short rest on the way


    They were later told that the place was once prevalent with Falun Gong (a non-Buddhist sect) and the locals were ignorant about Buddhism. Ven. Ren Da advised, “We should not be angry with them. Instead we should be thankful to them because they have made our faith in Buddhism even stronger. In fact, the locals are very pitiful and ignorant. We should spread the right Dharma to them so that they can become true believers and practitioners of Buddhism. “


    When Ven. Ren Da and his group camped outside the southern wall of Zibo Sauce factory during the first night of the three-step-one-prostration, a grey haired old lay Buddhist together with his family members prostrated to Ven. Ren Da in front of the public. Ven. Ren Da warmly asked the old man to sit beside him and asked about his health and welfare. He came again in the early morning the following day and expressed his deep remorse for the insults and mistakes he made towards Zhengjue Temple and Ven. Ren Da in the past three years. He only realized his mistakes after watching what Ven. Ren Da had been doing during the past three years, enduring all the hardships for the re-construction of Zhengjue Temple. This proved the old Chinese saying “A horse’s real power will only be known if the journey is long”. He repented the bad deeds he did in the past to Ven. Ren Da.



叩拜在崎岖的山路上
Prostration on the rough mountain track


    April 19 was the 21st day of the three-step-one-prostration pilgrimage, secretary Xie of Anshang Village where the Zhengjue Temple is situated and a few others drove all the way for 100 km to visit Ven. Ren Da and told Ven. Ren Da that that old lay Buddhist had passed away suddenly a few days ago. Ven. Ren Da sighed and said life is impermanent, we should possess wisdom and practise according to the Buddha’s teachings and be diligent!


4. Guided and protected by Bodhisattvas


    As the wise saying goes, “Man can only plan; the success or otherwise depends on Buddha.” The ascetic practice by Ven. Ren Da and his group of followers was in fact guided and protected by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and there have been quite a number of miracles along the way.


    Ven. Ren Da, who was already 64 years old then, was quite exhausted during the first few days of the pilgrimage and had to take a short rest at the roadside after 40 to 50 prostrations and could only cover six to seven Chinese miles a day. At this pace, it would take him at least one year to complete the journey. Many followers were quite worried that Ven. Ren Da would not make it. But to the surprise of many, Ven. Ren Da’s energy suddenly surged and could prostrate more than 200 times continuously and covered two to three Chinese miles each time. The resting period was shorter subsequently and Ven. Ren Da and his followers could cover more than twenty Chinese miles (10 km) a day. It’s a miracle as if the power came from the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.



炽热的大地
The blazing ground


    The month of May in particular, the weather was extraordinary hot and the temperature on the road surface was more than 50 degree centigrade. Despite the toxic fumes from the scorching road, Ven. Ren Da insisted to perform three-step-one-prostration for more than ten hours a day. The strong burning and choking toxic gases emitted from the surface of the tarred road under the scorching sun caused the face of Ven. Ren Da swollen. Many people were worried that Ven. Ren Da would fall sick because of that. Ven. Ren Da chanted the holy name of the Buddha and mantra to pray for their empowerment so that he would complete the journey smoothly. Ven. Rend Da always consoled us that he would be fine.


    Many people might not be able to experience the miracles happened to Ven. Ren Da but a series of other miracles happened along the way were witnessed by all.


    April 7 was the 9th day of the pilgrimage, Ven. Ren Da and his attendants were camping at Haosheng Town which was between Zouping Town and Zhou Village in Shandong Province, with an equal distance of about 17 Chinese miles. It was very strange that there was heavy rain during the night in the whole Shandong Province including Zibo City, Zhou Village, Zouping Town, but there was not a drop of rain at Haosheng Town where the prostration team was camping.


    On April 18, the weather forecast said that there would be heavy rain at Ling Yi during the day, however, the rain only came in the night after Ven. Ren Da had performed three-step-one-prostration for 16 Chinese miles, past Ling Yi and reached Duoshiqiao town. It’s the blessing and protection from Bodhisattvas.


    On the night of 24 April, they were camping at the compound of the primary school at Dali Village in Ling district of Shandong Province. The next day, the sky was overcast with sign of imminent thunder storm. Bro. Yang Guo was hesitant to start the three-step-one prostration pilgrimage. Ven. Ren Da insisted that they should start the prostration journey so as not to cause any inconvenience to the students attending school that morning. No sooner than the prostration journey commenced, dark clouds hovering over the sky were blown away. People around the area who witnessed the phenomenon were surprised by such miracle.



朝山途中 祥瑞频频
Auspicious sign occurred
on the way of mount pilgrimage


    On May 22, Ven. Ren Da and his attendants prostrated and entered Gaocheng in Hebei Province, a place noted for auspicious phenomena. Several lay Buddhists from Jin Zhou who followed the prostration journey the whole day saw six pillar-like colourful lights radiating from the sun. Everyone was so joyful after the prostration journey that day.


5. Respecting the teacher and his teachings


    Ven. Ren Da and his group were well-received and welcomed by local lay Buddhists and followers whenever they go.


    On May 7, Geng Chuanjun and his wife, Liu Fenglian got up as early as 4am to prepare lunch for Ven. Ren Da and drove all the way from Zhouping district, Shandong Province which is more than 300 km away to Hengshui in Hebei Province to send lunch for Ven. Ren Da. Not only that, they also offered robes and donations to Ven. Ren Da. Before this, they offered lunch to Ven. Ren Da for fourteen days continuously. As stated in the sutra, one would accumulate limitless merits by offering food to monk for just one day! Their good deed had influenced many local lay Buddhists to follow suit by offering food and clothing to Ven. Ren Da. One day, about 10 lay Buddhists simultaneously offered lunch to Ven. Ren Da and everyone had wanted Ven. Ren Da to take the food they offered. Ven. Ren Da wanted to make everyone happy, out of compassion he took a bit of food from each dish offered by the devotees.


    The prostration journey also caught the attention of the press media. When Ven. Ren Da and his group were taking a rest opposite the Statistics Department at Hengshui town on May 7, reporters from Hengshui Daily interviewed Ven. Ren Da and asked about his background, some questions about Buddhism, why he became a monk and why he wanted to perform three-step-one-prostration to Wutaishan. The masses in Hengshui town was very warm hearted, not only they offered food and water to Ven. Ren Da spontaneously, some were very eager to receive talisman from Ven. Ren Da and treated it like treasure.



拜经河北省衡水市,接受《衡水日报》记者的采访
The interview of Hengshui Daily
when prostrating Hengshui city, Hebei Province


    In the early morning of May 19, several people came to accompany Ven. Ren Da to start off the prostration journey and in the afternoon, the locals provided their courtyard for Ven. Ren Da and his attendants to take a rest. A lot of people who knew about the prostration journey came to prostrate to Ven. Ren Da and get advice from him.


    After crossing Hengshui and passing Xinji and upon entering into Jinzhou, more and more people came to support the noble cause of Ven. Ren Da. The weather of May 20 was fine, Ven. Ren Da prostrated for about 10 km that day. People came in groups and batches to accompany the prostration pilgrimage, some on bicycles and some in cars. Many people prostrated to Ven. Ren Da along the way. There was a Bro. Zhou from Xinji who took a day leave to join the prostration journey. Bro Liu Bujian brought along his whole family in a car just to offer lunch to Ven. Ren Da. It’s a touching scene. At night, a Bro. Jia from Jinzhou offered a room to let Ven. Ren Da and his group to put up the night, but Ven. Ren Da insisted to abide by his vow and slept in the cart.


    In the afternoon of May 21, Ven. Ren Da gave a Dharma talk to a group of more than 20 lay Buddhists after repeated requests from them. Some came at 9 p.m. to pay homage to Venerable.


    On May 23, when Ven. Ren Da reached the outskirt of eastern Gaocheng, more than 20 lay Buddhists from Jinzhou, Gaocheng and other places joined in. The scene was spectacular. The prostration pilgrimage was in an orderly manner with the holy name of the Buddha chanted along the way. At the request of the locals, Venerable gave a Dharma talk in the afternoon and answered their questions.


    In the morning of May 30, Ven. Ren and his group reached the north gate of Zhengding town. A group of about 40 lay Buddhists in their Buddhist uniform, some with flowers in their hands, 6 people carrying Buddhist streamers in front and one with an incense tray leading the way to welcome the Ven. Ren Da and his group.



河北省正定的居士们手捧献花迎接仁炟法师
Lay Buddhists of Zhengding in Hebei Province
welcomed Ven. Ren Da with flowers


    The prostration pilgrimage was posted on the internet and was linked by other bigger servers and received good responses from different quarters.


    It’s the hard work of Bro. Geng Chuanjin who posted all the latest news of the prostration pilgrimage onto the website of Zhengjue Temple after receiving messages from the hand phone of Bro. Yang Guo who followed Venerable from day 1 until now. A reader on the net, Bro. Liaofan praised Bro. Geng Chuanjin for his good work and sound understanding of Dharma.


    Bro. Geng Chuanjin in his reply was very humble. He said, “We should be grateful to Ven. Ren Da who practices what he preaches. I am lucky enough to be here and learn from Venerable. Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism are the three major traditional cultural systems of China which have complemented each other almost perfectly over the past centuries. Recently, Buddhism has surpassed Confucianism. Buddhism will be more and more respected by people throughout the world. My understanding is that among Chinese, regardless whether they are Buddhists or not, Amitabha Buddha, Guan Yin Pusa (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) and the law of retribution are well-known. Verbally, they may say that they are not Buddhists, but when the conditions are right, the faith in Buddhism buried deep inside their hearts will emerge. “


    Bro. Geng Chuanjin continued, “After chatting with the onlookers of the three-step-one-prostration, I could clearly feel that when they have substantiated the true meaning of three-step-one-prostration, they would begin to ponder carefully. When they have understood the spiritual side of the prostration, naturally they would be moved and praised the act. For instance, in Ling Yi, an old man rather emotionally came to the cart of the prostration team, pointed at the four words “Believe with Fullest Sincerity” painted on the side of the cart and told people around him ‘This is most true. This is the way to save the world.” So, we can see that everyone has Buddha nature. If there is sufficient stimulation, miracles will appear. Ven. Ren Da is our best model.”


6. Deep Bond between Teacher and Students


    The three attendant followers who accompanied Ven. Ren Da to perform the three-step-one-prostration come from different places in the country and the age difference is quite big. They do not know one another before this and have different characters. Therefore, minor misunderstandings and frictions along the way were unavoidable. Bro. Li Zhaofeng, a 60 years-old retiree, led a comfortable and easy life before joining the pilgrimage. Bro. Yang Guo is a university graduate who worked as a manager in Shenzhen. Although Yang has strong organizational skill, he liked to order the elder Li Zhaofeng to do this and that. Obviously, Bro Li Zhaofeng was not quite happy about it. Sizing up the situation, Ven. Ren Da assigned work separately to his three attendant followers. Li Jun was assigned as the attendant who would take care of Ven. Ren Da along the way. Yang Guo would be responsible for moving the three-wheeled cart, logistics, arrangement of accommodation, purchase of foodstuff and cooking. Li Zhaofeng would assist Yang Guo whenever the need arose.


    Venerable talked to Bro. Yang and pointed out to him that self-righteousness and arrogance are obstacles to cultivation. Although Bro. Li Zhaofeng has his share of bad habits, essentially he is a good guy. Venerable told Li the importance of unity and mutual respect. Since then, the two attendant followers got along well.



师徒四人在黄河北岸合影留念
A photo taken on the north shore of the Yellow River


    Ven. Ren Da’s strength improved substantially after crossing the Yellow River. He could perform three-step-one-prostration more than 20 Chinese miles (10 km) a day continuously for ten days. Yang Guo was peddling the three-wheeled cart while Li Jun and Li Zhaofeng were following on foot. Bro Li Zhaofeng felt the strain as his leg was giving him trouble. He was losing weight and becoming thinner and Ven. Ren Da was quite concerned about him. He reminded both Yang Guo and Li Jun to look after the elder Li Zhaofeng and he wanted to see to it that all the four people who started the pilgrimage from Zhengjue Temple would complete it to Wutaishan together. Ven. Ren Da wanted Li Zhaofeng to drink the milk offered to him by lay Buddhists and as a result of which, Li Zhaofeng’s health improved.


    During the first few nights of the prostration pilgrimage, Ven. Ren Da and his group just camped at roadside but it was too noisy to get any sleep due to passing vehicles and they had no choice but to shift further in away from the road. Many people were deeply touched by the action of Ven. Ren Da and volunteered to offer room for them to sleep. However, Ven. Ren Da insisted to abide by his vows made earlier that he would not enter any lay Buddhist’s house or bedroom and let his three attendant followers to sleep in the bedroom and he chose to sleep in the three-wheeled cart outside the house.


7. A Shared Prayer and Common Wish


    During the nights, you may be enjoying your sumptuous dinner with your family members or friends, or relaxing in the sofa watching television or listening to soft music, or you may be having a cup of tea with your friends and so on… When you are enjoying all these comforts, are you aware that there’s a 64 years old prominent scientist who is famed both locally and abroad, having a blissful family and should be enjoying his retirement life but abandoned everything during the peak of his career and chose to become a monk? Now, he is performing an arduous three-step-one-prostration to Wutaishan, one of the famous Buddhist sites. Everyday in the wee hours before the sun rises when everyone was still asleep, he will start his new journey to perform the three-step-one-prostration from the point where he stopped the previous night. He could tolerate what ordinary people could not tolerate and do what the ordinary people could not do. Aren’t you moved and touched by his ascetic practice?



二百多位信众随仁炟法师叩拜五台山大螺顶
Two hundred disciples followed Ven. Ren Da
in the prostration to Daluo Peak of Mount Wutai


    The objective of Ven. Ren Da to perform the three-step-one-prostration was to pray for world peace, national prosperity, tranquility in society, political tolerance and harmony, avoidance of disasters and that genuine Buddha-dharma shall stay in this world forever to benefit sentient beings. Therefore, all of us are beneficiaries of his noble act. It is a pity that not all of us have the opportunity to accompany him in the pilgrimage, but at least we should give our moral support. In recent days, together with our fellow practitioners, we have vowed to practice what Ven. Ren Da taught us, to cultivate diligently, observe the precepts, be more tolerant and transfer our merits to all beings.


    Let’s hope that the example set by Ven. Ren Da will spur us to be more diligent in our Dharma cultivation so that we can gain enlightenment sooner, repay our gratitude to the Buddha and our teacher. All the merits accumulated by us should be transferred to Ven. Ren Da and his group. Let us wish them success in their prostration pilgrimage to Wutaishan. And let’s wish that the re-construction of Zhengjue Temple be completed soon so that the propagation of Buddhism will take place more smoothly and the temple will produce qualified monks and nuns in greater number.



仁炟法师朝山圆满,在目的地五台山大螺顶与信众们合影
Photo shoot with disciples in the destination of pilgrimage,
Daluo Peak of Mount Wutai



【第543期】仁炟师父 朝礼五台
行程千里 三步一拜(下)

◎陈世法 妙融


    老法师也以天下为己任,每每于叩拜间隙,在路边休息时,对围观的青少年们说,要努力学习,不要怕苦,艰难困苦,玉汝于成;要孝敬父母,尊重师长,见贤思齐,从小播下道德的种子,长大以后一定会成为德才兼备的人材。


    这样的例子还有许多。四月廿四日下午,法师一行沿临邑——陵县公路向西朝拜,在离陵县还有十几里路的地方,李兆丰见三个十三、四岁的少年提着沾满污泥的塑料袋,里面装着刚刚从河里摸来的二、三斤鱼。李兆丰问他们摸鱼干什么?少年回答说拿回家喂狗。李兆丰向他们讲爱护生灵、因果报应的道理,几个少年挺听话,立即把抓来的活鱼重新放回河里去。师父知道后,对李兆丰大加赞扬,并且说随喜功德。同时又把三个少年叫到身边,询问他们的学习情况,对他们说:“《地藏菩萨本愿经》中讲到,杀生者得宿殃短命报。你们少年人,前途无量,要多做好事,止恶向善,将来对祖国和人民多做贡献。”临别时给他们每人一张护身符作为奖励和纪念。他们兴高采烈地给师父磕头,表示以后要好好学习、好好做人。


    一路上,绝大部分见到仁炟法师朝山的人,都被仁炟法师的精神和毅力所感动,所震撼,法喜充满。但是也有不同的声音。四月廿一日,老法师叩拜到临邑县城时,一位妇女在旁边叫嚷:“快看那个老神经病,一边走一边磕头,后面还跟着个人,大概是怕他跑丢了,还推着三轮车呢。”这种事情一路上并不少见,弟子们感到气恼;老法师总是和蔼地说:“由于历史、文化的变迁,当代人对佛教存在很大的误解,有的人甚至连佛教的基本概念都没弄清楚就大放厥词,岂不是盲人摸象、仰天唾空?但这并损害不了佛教,受损害的是他自己。我们要以身作则,精进修行,担负起弘法利生的责任。”


    一天傍晚,仁炟法师一行拜至河北某地,准备在附近一空地上露宿。谁知刚支起帐篷,就遭到当地居民的拒绝和驱逐。师徒四人一连换了三处地方,均不准露宿。(作者注:对这一细节,法师师徒四人始终都没有透漏时间和地点。谨护口业,不讥他过,慈悲宽容,令人敬佩!)夜幕黑下来了,无人的旷野上,师徒四人惶惶然、茫茫然地寻找一片露宿之地,走至麦田附近的一个开阔地,皎洁的月光照耀着麦苗,幽香扑鼻。师父说:“就在这里与明月共眠吧!”事后了解到,这个地方以前法轮功盛行,当地群众对佛教正法不知不解,不懂得恭敬三宝。法师说:“不要对他们生嗔恨心,要感激他们,他们坚定了我们的信心,成就了我们的道业。另一方面,他们也是可怜悯者,众生愚痴、很苦,我们每一个学佛人有责任把佛教正法传递出去,让人人真正信佛、学佛,早日离苦得乐!”是的,难行能行、难忍能忍、顺境不贪、逆境不怨,这才真正体现了正信佛教徒的崇高品德。


    朝山的第一天晚上,仁炟法师一行在淄博制酸厂南墙外宿营时,有位满头白发老居士领着家人当众给师父顶礼。师父热情地让他坐在身边,问寒问暖。第二天一早,他又来看望师父,对于自己三年来因为误会师父,做了许多对不起正觉寺、对不起师父的事深表忏悔。他回顾三年以来,仁炟法师呕心沥血、任劳任怨地建设正觉寺,在风风雨雨中独自承受着那么多挫折和压力,毫不退心,使正觉寺在一片废墟上慢慢屹立起来,而现在又三步一叩朝拜五台山,行常人所不能行、忍常人所不能忍,赞仁炟法师是一位真正的修行人。路遥知马力、日久见人心,他如大梦初醒,向法师表示深深的忏悔。


    四月十九日,是朝山的第二十一天,正觉寺所在地安上村薛书记和张主任等人驱车二百里来看望师父,告诉师父说,这个老居士前几天突然去世了。师父闻讯后唏嘘不已,怅然而叹曰:“人生无常,命若悬丝。我们要具有智慧之眼,依教奉行,精进修行呀!”


四、菩萨垂护


    谋事在人,成事在佛。仁炟法师一行的朝山苦行,诸佛欢喜,龙天护法,利乐有情,因此一路上感应颇多,令人赞叹。


    毕竟是六十四岁的老人,仁炟法师朝山途中,始终是大汗淋漓。因为体力消耗太大,开始朝山的头几天,仁炟法师每叩四、五十拜,便不得不在路边坐下来休息一、二十分钟,每日拜程六七里路。如果按这样的速度,至少得一年的时间。为此不少居士忧心忡忡,深怕师父累倒在半路上。令人惊奇的是,四、五天后,仁炟法师的脚力体力突然大增,可以连续叩一两百多个头,拜二、三里路。休息时间也渐渐缩短,由第一天拜六里路逐渐增至每天能叩拜二十多里路,如有神助。可见佛力加持,天神护法,不可思议。


    特别是进入五月份后,天气炎热,地气升腾,路面温度高达五十多度,可谓“高温路面毒薰薰,路上行人欲断魂”。然而就在这滚烫的公路上、在沥青路面被烈日暴晒后散发出来的有毒气体中,仁炟法师仍然坚持每天三步一叩十多个小时, 拜程二十余里。额头接触地面时那种强烈的烧灼感和呛鼻感,令人窒息,对老法师的身体造成大的伤害。尽管师父在叩拜时屏住呼吸,也难以避免毒气和热浪的侵袭,脸部被灼烧得肿胀起来……很多人非常担心,唯恐师父病倒。但师父一路不停持诵佛号和解毒咒语,祈求佛力加持,使身体安然无恙,确保叩拜顺利进行!师父一直安慰我们:“放心,佛菩萨保佑,我身体无恙!”


    如果说这是老法师的功德使然,其他人无从体验,那么发生朝圣路上的一系列奇异的事情却是有目共睹的事实。


    四月七日是仁炟法师朝山第九天,当夜在山东邹平县好生镇宿营。好生镇距周村、邹平各十七华里。说来也奇,这天夜里,全省普降大雨,好生镇周围的淄博博山、周村、邹平等地都下了大雨,唯独好生镇滴雨未下,而且在通往邹平的路上也没有积水,使法师一行顺利地到达邹平县城。法师师徒四人一路持诵六字大明咒,感谢佛菩萨的慈悲加持。


    四月十八日,天气预报说白天有大到暴雨,但天气晴朗,朝山队伍向临邑方向进发,拜程十六里,当晚到达济阳县北约二十公里的垛石桥镇后,才风雨交加,想必是菩萨保佑师徒一行。四月廿四日晚上,法师一行宿营在山东陵县大吕村的小学院子里。次日凌晨,天空阴沉,满天黑云密布,马上将有一场大雨来临。天气预报说有中雨。杨国问师父走还是不走。仁炟师父说:“今天是星期一,孩子们要来上课,我们住在学校院子里,影响孩子们学习怎么行?你们听,树上和墙头的小鸟在叫‘别下、别下’,在向老天爷为我们求情呢。我们放心上路吧!”起香不久,一阵大风将乌云吹散,果然没有下雨。周围的群众感叹道,常听老一辈人说朝山会得到龙天护法的保佑,今日亲眼得见,佛法真实不虚啊。


    五月廿二日,仁炟法师一行进入河北省藁城地界。此地法缘殊胜,瑞相频出。数名晋州居士跟香随拜了一天,一路上,太阳放射出由彩色光球组成的六条彩色光柱,布局均匀,景色奇妙,大众法喜充满。


五、尊师重道


    仁炟法师朝拜五台山,所到之处,影响很大,得到了各地居士和信士们的热情支持。


    五月七日,山东邹平的居士耿传俊、刘凤莲夫妇从凌晨四时起床为师父一行做好午斋,早晨八时开车出发,沿高速公路,驱车三个多小时,行程三百多公里,从邹平赶到河北衡水给师父送僧衣和给养。在此之前,他们曾连续供斋十四天。斋僧一日,积福百年,无量功德,随喜赞叹!在他们的感召下,邹平的许多居士争相给师父供斋和送衣物。有一天,八九位居士不约而同地给师父送来午斋,而且都请求师父吃自己做的斋饭。师父慈悲为怀,只好将每样饭菜都尝了一点点,才满了众居士的善愿。法师此行,也引起了新闻媒体的关注。五月七日中午,仁炟法师和众弟子拜至河北衡水市区,在人民路审计局对面歇息时,《衡水日报》的记者打听到了法师一行朝山的消息,特地前来采访。他们主要询问了师父的简历、出家的因缘和朝山的缘由,以及佛学常识等。衡水的群众也对法师一行表现出极大的热情,不但主动送食送水,有的信士甚至能说出法师近两天的逸事。很多信士千方百计地想拿到法师的赠物“护身符”,并视为至宝。“一切布施中,法布施为最。”法师此行的意义和影响可见一斑。


    五月十八日,法师一行穿越辛集时,观围礼师者甚众,尊师重道的气氛比以往更为感人。辛集是进入河北衡水以后的第二座城市,石家庄已经遥遥在望。在辛集,法师一行得到了越来越多的居士和信众的关照,午休和宿营皆由当地居士妥善安排。


    五月十九日清晨,有六七人前来护送师父启程。中午,当地居士提供院落休息。下午至晚九点,多批居士和信众来礼师问法。晚八点,更有四人从网络上得到消息后赶来顶礼。法缘殊胜,出乎意料。


    越衡水、出辛集、入晋州,法师一行越来越受到沿途信众的关注与支持。五月二十日,天高气爽,法师拜程二十里。上午,有多批居士和信众,或骑车、或驾车随行,途中顶礼师父者比比。其中一位赵居士特地请假从辛集追来,刘步健居士驾车携全家给师父送来午斋,场面实是感人。晚上,晋州的贾居士将师父一行接到住处,师父依旧睡大棚车。五月廿一日下午,老法师应当地居士的强烈要求开示佛法。二十多位信众法喜充满,流连忘返,直至晚九点还有居士陆续过来顶礼师父……


    五月廿三日,法师拜至藁城东郊。上午有来自晋州、藁城等地的二十多位居士随师而拜,一路浩浩荡荡,颇为壮观,连警察都过来友好地嘱咐要注意交通安全。但朝山队伍秩序井然,佛号连绵,激动人心。下午,老法师应当地居士的要求,开示佛法,解疑释惑。


    五月三十日, 十点多法师一行达正定北关时,三、四十名居信士多数穿着海青,前六人打着经幡,当头一人托着香盘,列队欢迎,还有人拿着鲜花迎接法师的到来。


    与此同时,网络道场更是热帖连绵,全面开花。《仁炟法师:跨省叩拜两百日,步步莲花三千里》的帖子被十余家大型网站转载并固顶,引起较大反响。


    在正觉寺的网站上,每天夜里都可以看到法师一行的最新消息或照片。其中很多即时报道的帖子都出自“清角舍人”之手。“清角舍人”就是耿传俊居士,杨国每到一个地方宿营时,利用手机短信息将一日的行程发送给耿居士,耿居士上网把最新消息发布到论坛上,使广大佛友能够及时了解到师父的近况。


    了凡居士赞叹道:“阿弥陀佛!清角舍人你好,看到你准时的报道和你的言论,我很受感动和启发,你对佛法的理解和对佛的恭敬比我们居士都强。在此我代表所有的居士向您说声谢谢!”


    清角舍人回复说:“了凡您好!我们之间万万客气不得,要感谢的是仁炟法师,他用实际行动向世人宣示了佛学至诚致信的崇高精神与信念。我能有幸来到这儿,也是‘近朱者赤’的缘故。佛学与道学、儒学是我们中华民族的三大传统文化体系,在历史的长河中形成了一种近乎完美的互补状态;而在近代,在人本伦理方面更是超越儒学,必将为世所崇。以我的理解,在国人心中,阿弥陀佛、观音菩萨、善恶有报几乎是人人皆知,从‘深入人心’的角度看,不管一个人在口头上信不信佛,但佛的信念就像他脑中的一个程序,一旦因缘成熟、时机到来,就会运行起来。


    在和围观法师朝山的人群交谈时,我明显感觉到,一旦他们确定了‘三步一叩’的真实性,就会立即进入一种冷静思考的状态。当他们从精神文化方面有所理解后,就会情不自禁地发出感叹之声。在临邑,一位老者激动得跑到随行车的简介前,指着‘至诚致信’四字对周围的群众感叹道:‘一点不假,这是救世的秘方!’可见,众生皆有佛性,真理自在人心,只要你认真地启动它,激活它,就会出现奇迹。仁炟法师就是我们最好的楷模。”


六、师徒情深


    朝山,亦称拜香。跟随朝山的法师作侍者的,叫跟香。每天开始起拜,叫做起香。


    这次给仁炟法师跟香的三位居士来自大江南北,年龄差距较大,原来素不相识,性格习惯迥异,难免会发生一些小磨擦。李兆丰师兄六十岁,已经退休,生活上养尊处优惯了;杨国大学毕业后在深圳从事管理工作,组织能力强,经常指挥李兆丰干这干那。李师兄常为此不愉快。仁炟法师觉察后给三位跟香人做了分工:李军作侍者,跟随法师朝山;杨国“开大棚车”(即蹬三轮车),负责后勤保障,联系安排住处,采购食物兼烧菜;李兆丰遇到难走的路段或上坡时,帮杨国推车,做早饭,协助杨国安排住处。


    仁炟法师找杨国谈话,指出清高、自负都是我慢心的表现,是修行的障碍。李兆丰虽然也有习气,但主流是好,一定要相互尊重,搞好团结。从此以后,杨国和李兆丰师兄之间的关系渐渐融洽了。过黄河以后,仁炟法师的体力越来越好,连续十天每天拜二十多华里路。跟香的三个徒弟除杨国蹬三轮车外,李兆丰和李军都是步行。李兆丰师兄有腿疼病,走路比较吃力,渐渐消瘦下来。师父看在眼里,疼在心里,告诉杨国和李军说:“你俩要多照顾李兆丰。从正觉寺起香时的四个人,一定要同时到达五台山,不能有一个掉队。”居士供养师父的牛奶,师父“命令”李兆丰师兄一起喝。在师父的关怀下,李兆丰师兄的身体逐渐强壮起来。


    朝山的头几天晚上,法师一行在公路边露宿,但夜里来往的汽车噪音太大,吵得大家无法安睡,后来尽量找离公路远一点的地方宿营。许多人家被仁炟法师三步一叩的行为所感动,主动邀请师父一行到他们家去住,有的还腾出房间让给师父。但是仁炟法师总是让三位跟香的徒弟住进房子里,自己则坚持临行前所发的 “沿途不住店”的誓言,始终住在户外的大棚车里。


七、共同的祈愿


    夜幕降临,华灯初上。朋友,或许你和你的家人正围坐在餐桌旁,品尝着丰盛的晚餐;或许你和你的家人正坐在沙发上,欣赏着电视节目和美丽动听的音乐;或许你和你的朋友们在喝茶、聊天、谈论佛法……可是,你是否想到,有一位六十四岁的老人,他曾经有过辉煌,他可以享受天伦之乐,他也可以有幸福的家庭、美满的生活。但是,他抛弃了一切,依然在事业最辉煌时选择了出家。此刻,他正三步一拜,艰难地行进在通往佛教圣地五台山的路上。 每日凌晨,在黎明前的黑暗中,人们睡得正香时,他又从昨夜停止的地方起步,开始了新一天三步一拜的行程。


    法师此次朝山朝圣的目的,正是为了祈祷世界和平,国泰民安,政通人和,消灾免难;以虔诚恭敬之心祈求十方诸佛菩萨慈悲加持,佛日增辉,正法久住,佛光普照,甘露遍洒,保佑法界一切众生吉祥平安,幸福美满;因此我们每个人都是蒙恩者、受益者。 可叹的是,我等无缘陪师同行,虽不能至,心向往之。因此近日与同修共誓:牢记师嘱,精进修行,持戒念佛,身在娑婆,心系极乐,与师同行,与佛同心,涵容法界,回向众生。让我们以师父的精神鞭策自己,精进修行,早日成就,报答佛恩、师恩!以所有功德回向仁炟法师一行,衷心祝愿他们“正觉寺——五台山”三步一叩拜香朝圣之行平安、顺利、圆满!祈愿山东博山正觉寺早日顺利建成,发扬光大佛教、利益无边众生造就合格僧才!祈愿我等与众生、皆共成佛道!


诗曰:
不惜身命化阎浮,一路风霜朝天阙。
血汗铸成菩提道,统理大众入正觉! 
佛历二五四九年四月二十七日(公元2005年6月3日)拜撰

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