龙华结缘-Dragon Flower Covenant

108 Vajra Bodhi Mala "Dragon Flower Covenant"

Sacred Provenance

These sacred beads hail from a 1,200-year-old Bodhi tree at Wutai Mountain's Dragon Spring Temple, ordained during the Kangxi Era, blossoming in the Guangxu Reign. This year yielded but these 108 seeds. The abbot himself journeyed to Zhongnan Mountain, piercing each bead by the ancient Four-Part Vinaya method, strung with horsetail hair and interspersed with Tang Dynasty "Sea Beast Grape Mirror" fragments.

Transcendent Merits

• Each seed contains soil from Manjushri's Sermon Platform
• Hidden within: a palm-leaf Sanskrit Great Compassion Dharani
• Upon completing 1 million recitations, Shakyamuni's shadow manifests within the beads

Ancient Craft Rituals

1. Washed in bamboo dew collected on Rain Water solar term

2. Dried on limestone under White Dew's autumn moon

3. Each bead chanted over by nine monks reciting Diamond Sutra

"The beads choose their keeper—not this humble monk."

Vow of Stewardship

To receive this mala, one must:
✓ Observe three-day purification fast
✓ Hand-copy Heart Sutra as temple offering
✓ Never cross over scriptures or enter latrines while wearing

Unique Dharma Destiny

This sole treasure was permitted by the abbot after his three-year retreat. When removed from the monastery vault, bronze bells tolled thrice unprompted. Transfer ceremony requires:
• Auspicious Buddha's Birthday timing
• Nine sandalwood incense pillars

"When Maitreya descends, these beads shall transform into your Dragon Flower Assembly credential."

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Authentication:
• Seal: Wutai Mountain's Ten Directions Hall bronze stamp
• Scroll: Handwritten by Master Xu Yun's Dharma heir
• Casket: Ming Xuande blue-white porcelain shards

"One bead contains multitudes, one leaf holds Tathagata"
— Avatamsaka Sutra Chapter 13

(The temple oil lamps now flicker—a destined one approaches...)