“Oh My God, such detailed and beautiful Buddha statue portraits.” The Abbot gaped at the paintings of the Nine Buddha Statues arranged on either side of the Acala(Fudō Myō-ō).
“The ink is still very new, could it be that Mr. Su recently painted them?” Grandmaster Shengyan turned to look at Xiao Zhi, and the others also turned their heads to look at Xiao Zhi.
“Yes, it was Master Su Jing who drew them.” Xiao Zhi nodded his head as he spoke. Although everyone had already guessed that Su Jing may have drawn them but thinking about something and knowing it to be true are completely different things and they couldn’t help but gasp.
Although these Buddha Statues Paintings are not as good as this Acala (Fudō Myō-ō) Buddha Statue, and they are even worse than the Orignal Drawing of Prajñā Meditation Sutra, but they still contain Buddhist conception.
I am afraid that even ordinary people would be able to feel how special they are not to mention them who are closer to Buddha.
They have been Buddhists for many years, but they have never seen such paintings of the Buddha Statue anywhere else in the world.
Before, Su Jing had always taken out some Buddha Statues or paintings related to Buddhism left over from history, but now he actually drew such amazing paintings by himself, what does this mean?
They are known as Great Masters of Buddhist teachings and they have great accomplishments in Buddhism when compared to the rest of the people of this world.
But now they feel that if they compare themselves to Su Jing then maybe they won’t even amount to 1/10,000 of Su Jing’s accomplishments in Buddhism. Su Jing is a real Great Master of Buddhist teachings.
They knew that Su Jing was proficient in Buddhism when they first met him. When they saw Su Jing’s paintings, they thought that Su Jing might be able to paint a Buddha Statue portrait.
However, they did not expect that Su Jing would actually be able to draw various Buddha statues with such a skill.
“All Ten Vidyārājas (Wisdom Kings) are available here. It turns out that this was the reason why he set up the Vidyārāja Hall at the beginning, it was not only for the Acala (Fudō Myō-ō), but he had already planned to draw other Vidyārāja Buddha Statues.” Abbot Xuyun muttered to himself as he looked at the Ten Vidyārājas (Wisdom Kings) Paintings.
Although Su Jing hung up the portraits of nine Vidyārāja Buddha statues without their consent, they did not have the slightest opinion to oppose his decision.
Firstly, since they cooperated with Su Jing, this Vidyārāja Hall has been under the control of Su Jing, and Su Jing has the first right to speak in any matter regarding this hall;
Secondly, these Nine Vidyārāja Buddha Statues are of great significance to the fame and promotion of the Buddhist Monastery Temple. So it’s a good thing and they are also happy with such an arrangement.
“Xiao Zhi, protect these Ten Vidyārāja paintings, and don’t make any mistakes.” Grandmaster Shengyan said.
“I know, but Master Su Jing said that these Nine Buddha Portraits will be sold if the price is right,” Xiao Zhi said.
“What?” Everyone was stunned, and their first reaction was to disagree. How could such Buddha Statue paintings be sold like common goods?
“Master Su Jing said that if he sells one, he will paint another one. The ten Buddha Statues in Vidyārāja Hall will never be missing.” Xiao Zhi added.
Grandmaster Shengyan, Abbot Xuyun, and the others were relieved and thought ‘Yes, these nine Buddha Statues paintings are not some non-renewable resources left over from history, they were painted by Su Jing. What he wants to do with them is his own business, and after they are sold, they can be painted again, it will have no impact on the Vidyārāja Hall.’
In the early morning of the next day, just after the Buddhist Monastery Temple opened its gates, a group of tourists arrived. After they entered the temple, the first place they went was Vidyārāja Hall.
Currently, the Vidyārāja Hall is the signboard of the Buddhist Monastery Temple. Many people come here for no other reason than to visit the Vidyārāja Hall.
The first wave of tourists entered the Vidyārāja Hall and saw Nine more Buddha Statues Paintings and they were stunned.
Then, they were surprised as they looked at all the paintings of the nine Buddha Statues with glowing eyes and they revealed in their beauty and the feeling they were giving out.
“Why are there nine more portraits here, they didn’t mention it in the introduction.”
“They weren’t here when I came yesterday, they should have been added recently.”
“These nine Buddha Statues are also very Buddha-like and they look so real. Our visit here today was worth it. We can worship Ten Vidyārāja at a time.”
“Haha, this is also a kind of fate.”
“Your time is up, please start offering incense.” The monk next to them reminded.
“Why so fast, we just came in.”
“Ten Vidyārāja, I just read it once.”
“Master, can you give me more time?”
Several tourists had mixed feelings in their hearts; There are nine more Vidyārāja Buddha Statue Paintings here which is a thing to be happy about. But the depressing thing was that the time had gone by accidentally, and there was no time for them to pray properly.
However, as much time as is stipulated, seeing that the monk did not agree, they did not dare to make a scene for fear of provoking the Bodhisattva’s anger, so they hurriedly accelerated their movements to offer incense and worship, thinking to come back later.
The next wave of tourists and the tourists after that were also moved by the Ten Vidyārāja portraits.
Soon, the news was spread out and it was also posted on the Internet, forums, and post bars.
The Buddhist Monastery Temple was already very popular on the Internet, and there were even a Buddhist Monastery Temple Bar and a Buddhist Monastery Temple Weibo Page, so the news spread quickly and it was already popular.
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