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Aspects of Buddhism have also been interwoven into the synergism of the teachings of Kongzi and Laozi. There are Chinese Buddhism Buddhic aspects in the cultural traditions of China such as Bodhisattvas, Sacred Mountains, and Buddhist temples. Mount Taishan, a Sacred Mountain, is located in the middle of Shandong Province about 70 kms north of Qufu, China. Stretching across Tai'an, Jinan, Licheng, and Changqing, the scenically beautiful and historic mountain, called Mount Daizong in ancient times, is the UNESCO cultural and natural relic of the world. Considered a fairyland of the heaven where "there is no other mountains higher than here, the cloud is lower, the sun is newer, and the only thing above is the sky ", its main peak, the Jade Emperor Peak, rises 1,545 meters above sea level. There is a "Treasure or Buddhist Light" which often appears on Mount Taishan from June through August on cloudy, misty mornings and evenings.
Besides the spectacular
sunrises and sunsets and the Buddhist Light, there are many other scenic spots
at Mount Taishan including Bixia Temple, Confucius Cliff, Daguan Peak inscribed
wall, Jade Emperor Temple, Qingdi Palace, South Gate to Heaven, Sun-watching
Peak, Tanhai Stone, Temple of Confucius inscribed wall, Tianjie Archway, Tianjie
Street, White Cloud Cave, Xianren Bridge, Zhangren Peak, and Zhanlu Terrace.
Dhashizhi was the female Chinese Buddhist Bodhisattva, whose name means "The Strongest." The insightful depth and profound power of her fervently compassionate love enabled Bodhisattva Dhashizhi to empower and to assist others to break free of the wheel of samsara and the cycles of life, death, and rebirth. The grateful spirits of those she helped to soar free of the bonds of karmic return, assumed the shapes of beautiful flowers when they appeared before Dhashizhi to thank her for her support. Guanyin was the Chinese Bodhisattva, Buddhistic prophet god who answered the prayers and petitions of childless women. "He Who Hears the Weeping World", he was also known as "He Who Contemplates the Supplicating Cries of the World". Guanyin has great shapeshifting abilities and will manifest in any form necessary, including that of a woman, to protect those who are under attack by demonical forces of darkness, fire, sword, or water.
Often depicted holding a lotus blossom or a willow twig with a vase containing
the heavenly nectar of immortality, Guanyin rescues people from the samsara
cycle of birth, death and rebirth... Continue on
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