Do Buddhist refugee shelters really exist in qixia temple?

Yes, after the fall of Nanjing, qixia temple monks organized and set up a refugee shelter in this temple to protect and relieve refugees. The director of the Buddhist refugee shelter in qixia temple is a silent monk. The silent mage, known as Schindler in Nanjing, rescued 24,000 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre in qixia temple, Nanjing on March 1938, and persisted for four months.

1937 65438+In February, Japan invaded Nanjing. During the Nanjing Massacre, the Japanese army was cruel, killing everyone, regardless of age, weakness, women and children. Many refugees are homeless and have nowhere to hide. At this time, they pinned their only hope for life on the merciful Bodhisattva, and thought of qixia temple, a thousand-year-old temple.

During the Nanjing Massacre, there were more than 24,000 refugees in qixia temple. As an unarmed monk, the monk in qixia temple Prison righteously set up a refugee shelter in qixia temple, relying on his own strength and wisdom to deal with the inhuman Japanese army, fought bravely with Japanese soldiers and protected more than 20,000 refugees.

During the Holocaust, the Japanese attacked qixia temple many times, killing children and raping women at will. In order to prevent the Japanese army from harassing qixia temple, Master Silence wrote a protest, which was handed over to Mr. john rabe by Danish engineer Schindler, translated into English and submitted to the Japanese ambassador, accusing the Japanese soldiers of their crimes. The title of this article is "To all concerned people in the name of mankind", which is recorded on page 566 of Rabe's diary.

According to the records of Qixia Mountain, during the Holocaust, magicians in qixia temple took out all the food in the temple and solved the problem of feeding tens of thousands of refugees. It turns out that monks in qixia temple eat three meals a day. In order to help more refugees, the silent master called on monks to eat two meals a day and reduce their diet. He said: The first practice is to eat two meals a day to help the hungry and save the lives of refugees. This is the great wish of silent master's practice.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Master Silent advocated practicing great wishes. He encouraged the monks: Now that the country is in danger and all beings are in trouble, we should learn from the forty-eight wishes of Amitabha, help all beings, and learn from the compassionate spirit of Guanyin Bodhisattva to ask for help for the country. The silent mage finally died in June 65438 +0939 65438+10/October 65438 +02 at the age of 40.