"Thus have I heard, for nine thousand years, Shituo listened to the wind, for nine thousand years observed the subtle, for nine thousand years lit incense, for nine thousand years lifted Nashe…"
Miaomu Continent, Great World Zen Institute, in the solemn and majestic Scripture Hall, eight hundred Buddhas sat neatly, draped in monk robes, chanting Buddhist scriptures with the Great Clothing Calamity Buddha who held the central position of meditation.
The Great Clothing Calamity Buddha, resembling the carved roots of a withered tree, was the presiding Great Buddha of the Zen and Buddhist Studies in Miaomu Continent.
The eight hundred Buddhas chanting alongside him were leaders from various Buddhist halls, Zen institutes, and temples around the world. Only they were qualified to sit there.
The Great Clothing Calamity Buddha, wearing thick and overlapping black and red monk robes, closed his eyes and rhythmically struck the wooden fish before him.
