The Water and Land Dharma Function in Shaolin Temple in Renyin Year entered the 2nd day. Chanting and bowing in repentance were conducted at all mouths of the outer shrines solemnly on the second day of the Water and Land Dharma Function. The function includes both the inner and outer shrines. The outer shrines contain: the Great Shrine, the Huayan Shrine, the Nengyan Shrine, the sutra shrine, the lotus shrine and the pure land shrine.

Master Yongfu, invited by all vegetarian hosts, gave a dharma teaching at 10:30am.

The inner shrine began to be arranged from today. And the Buddhist ceremony will begin 3 o’ clock tomorrow morning. The inner shrine is the core of the whole dharma function. Its Buddhist rituals contain drawing boundaries, sending invitations, teaching dharma, offering sacrifice, asking for absolution, conferring precepts of the nether world, complete sacrifice, complete incense, etc. (Reported by Ma Ang, photographed by Wang Haitao, Fu Xueliang and edited by Wuxiang)