Monk Huayan was an eminent monk during Emperor Gaozong’s years. His layman’s name is not recorded in historical materials. Monk Huayan lives in the northern part of Youzhou City. He has read and recited the "Avatamsaka Sutra" all his life, and he can memorize the allusions in the scriptures by heart.
When he recited the Huayan Sutra, he spoke clearly and loudly, so that people far away could hear him clearly, as if he was listening in front of the Huayan monk.
Queen Wu Zetian Long live Tongtian years, the Korean Zhang Renyuan was appointed by the court as the governor of Youzhou. That night, after dinner, Zhang Renyuan was walking in the hall when he suddenly heard someone reciting the "Avatamsaka Sutra".
Early the next morning, Zhang Renyuan said to his wife: "Last night there was a monk in the north of the city who was reciting the "Avatamsaka Sutra". Is that the sound?"
Zhang Renyuan's wife replied: "I heard it, but the north of the city is so far away from us, how could it be the sound coming from the north of the city?" Zhang Renyuan said to his wife: "If you don't believe me, madam, you can Send a servant to ride a horse to the north of the city to see if there are any monks chanting sutras." Mrs.
sent a servant to check, and found that a monk was chanting sutras, and this monk was naturally Monk Huayan.
Zhang Renyuan admired the monk Huayan very much and ordered him to come to the city to meet him. After the meeting, the monk Huayan did not wait for Zhang Renyuan to open his mouth and said: "Since the governor has a kind heart to give, why don't you implement it as soon as possible?"
Zhang Renyuan replied: "Master, you are really a divine monk who does not know the prophet. I I have prepared five hundred cassocks, and I want to donate them to the monastery where you are, but I haven’t had time to donate them yet.”
Monk Huayan declined, saying, “You don’t need to send the cassocks to the monastery where I live, but you can send them to Ma’anshan in the west of the city At Zhulin Temple, the monks there happen to be short of cassocks.”
Zhang Renyuan immediately agreed to send a team of soldiers with spices and clothes to the Zhulin Temple in Ma’anshan to deliver the cassocks. Unexpectedly, when these soldiers arrived at Ma'anshan, they couldn't find the location of Zhulin Temple.
So they continued to go deeper until they reached the top of the mountain. There was an old man with a white beard on the top of the mountain. When he learned that these people were looking for Zhulin Temple, the old man smiled and said, "I know where the Zhulin Temple is. Come with me." , followed behind the old man. The old man led the crowd for a while, when suddenly the white mist in front of him dissipated, and a majestic and majestic temple appeared in front of the crowd, with beautiful flowers, Yao grass, and seven treasures piled up inside, like a heavenly palace.
The crowd entered the Zhulin Temple and distributed cassocks to the monks. As a result, only 498 cassocks were distributed, and two monks did not come to receive the cassocks. When the
saw the old man, he said to the crowd: "You can take these two cassocks back home, one for Master Zhang Renyuan and one for Monk Huayan." After walking out, the temple disappeared in an instant and turned into a cloud of white mist again.
They returned the same way, Zhang Renyuan asked them where they went and why it took them a whole year to come back. After hearing this, these people suddenly realized that the Zhulin Temple they went to was not a human temple, but a holy temple; as for the Huayan monk, he was a divine monk from the Zhulin Holy Temple to the human world with compassion.
After many years, the monk Huayan sat in peace and passed away. After his death, his "physical body will not wither".
