Qigong Newsletter
May 2002
Qigong Journey to China
(April 14 - 26)
* Our Qigong group spent three days touring many of the 99
temples found in the beautiful and misty land of Mount Jiuhua, home of the Earth
Store Buddha – We paid our respects everywhere and experienced many energies
of healing and compassion. During the afternoon of our last day at Mount Juihua,
I felt particularly compelled to pay my respects in one of the last temples
– Centennial Palace. I noticed a great joy arising from within myself as I
stood looking at the gold-coated body of a well-loved monk, Wuxia (“without
flaw”), who had died on Sept. 14, 1623 at the age of 126 years. I felt I must
have known him.
There are many stories associated with this monk – apparently for many years
he copied 81 Buddhist scriptures by using drops of blood taken from his tongue
every twenty days. In Qing dynasty, a fire burned in the temple and everyone
was very worried about the monk’s safety; however, he apparently raised his
crossed arms and with the palms turned down caused the rain to fall and extinguish
the fire. His arms remain in this position today.
Another time, this monk’s spirit came to a town called Jin De Zheng, which specialized
in producing ceramics. One day, after meditating for 7 days and 7 nights, the
monk wrote ”Centennial Palace, Mount Jiuhua” on one of the bowls. The people
were curious and one craftsman decided to make a bowl and inscribed the words
of the monk. Magically, 8,400 bowls suddenly had the same inscription. (Examples
of these bowls could be found in the neighboring museum). In 1966, during the
Cultural Revolution, this monk was hidden underground. In October of 1977,
his gold-coated body was brought above-ground again and placed back in the temple
for people to see.
I came away from this whole journey looking a little younger and feeling better.
I was deeply impressed by the special karma of this Qigong tour, uniquely sponsored
by Qinway Qigong Institute. (Barbara, Redwood City, CA)
* Althought it rained half the time, it was a good Qigong
trip. I would love to return to Jiuhua mountain and spend more time there.
The beautiful pines, bamboo and a touch of red azalea's was a delight to the
eyes. Meeting the Abbot of Quanyin Temple was inspiring. It was a great honor
to see the "relic" given to Qigong Master Qinyin for the Qinway Qigong
Institute. It was a very special event...
Learning about the many Buddhas and stories was very interesting. Feeling
some of the energy in the Temples is something to experience for oneself. Staying
at the Nunnery on
* This Qigong journey to China's sacred mountains was really
an amazing experience. I figure one has to go to these places, at least once
in one's lifetime! (John Chen)
