Moonlight spilled over Yuan Guang Temple.
Everyone watched in silence as Fa Cheng, the emaciated and withered abbot, gestured vigorously with his hands.
He pointed at the moon above, then at the threshold beneath.
"..."
The monks looked at each other, not quite understanding Fa Cheng's meaning.
A young monk, speculating cautiously, said, "Is the abbot trying to say that the Bodhisattva Golden Body is as inviolable as the moon above?"
Fa Cheng shook his head.
He went to the long-worshiped, rusted statue and tapped it gently.
Clang!
Clang!
The Golden Body of the statue emitted a crisp ringing sound.
Yuan Guang Temple had a history of many years. The statue had already been there before Fa Cheng went to Fan Yin Temple for further study. Yuan Province was impoverished and could not afford a real golden statue; therefore, it was only a bronze statue. But that did not hinder the faithful from coming over the years, offering incense, making prayers, and fulfilling vows.
