Tushita Temple is located in the Daxianglin Scenic Area in Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province.
Tusita Palace is the residence of the Bodhisattva Maitreya. It is also the residence of Maitreya Bodhisattva and the refuge of Maitreya believers. With the development of Maitreya belief and Pure Land thought, Tushita Heavenly Palace is also regarded as Tushita Pure Land.
Tushita Temple is located in the Kuaiji Mountains of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, at the top of Baolin Mountain (formerly known as Keshan) in the Daxianglin Scenic Area of ??Huiji Mountain in Keqiao District; it is adjacent to Lanting, the Holy Land of Calligraphy, to the south, and to the east it echoes Mount Putuo, the Buddhist Kingdom of Haiti and Sky. , facing Hangzhou city to the west. The scenic area has a planned area of ??1,300 acres, a central axis of 2,500 meters long, and a construction area of ??nearly 100,000 square meters. It is composed of two major building complexes: Tusita Tiangong (Pure Land in Heaven) and Longhua Temple in Kuaiji Mountain (Pure Land on Earth).
In the Tang Dynasty, the Tushita Heavenly Palace was divided into the Tushita "Inner Courtyard" and the "Outer Courtyard". Since then, the Tushita Inner Courtyard has become the final refuge for Maitreya believers. Become willing to give birth to Tushita.
Introduction to the Tushita Heavenly Palace:
The Tushita Heavenly Palace, which appeared in the human world for the first time, is located on the top of Baolin Peak (321 meters above sea level), the highest peak in the northwest of Kuaiji Mountain, separated from Longhua Temple. "Sea" (Sea of ??Perfume) faces each other.
Behind the Tushita Temple, built against the mountain, is the open-air statue of the Northern Heavenly King Duo Wen. Inside the statue is a Bodhidharma Cave, which contains statues of Bodhidharma and Master Fu discussing Taoism. The Tushita Heavenly Palace is 99 meters wide, 160 meters long, and 81 meters high (the Lotus Peak is 399 meters above sea level), with a construction area of ??60,000 square meters. It is a landmark building in Shaoxing and even Zhejiang.
"Tushita Heaven" is the fourth heaven of the desire realm in the Buddhist cosmology. It means the heaven of joy and the heaven of joy. It is the most sacred pure land in the realm of desire. All eminent monks and great virtues of all ages have been seeking to be born there. The Pure Land of the Buddha, such as Xuanzang of Tang Dynasty, Master Taixu, etc.; among them, the inner courtyard of Tusita Celestial Palace is the place where the future Buddha Maitreya and Bodhisattva will preach the Dharma for heaven and humans. Lead the "inner court".
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