In commemorating his anniversary day, this post is launched. His day falls before or near Vesak
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| Looking after the world of men |
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| He has eyes for the wide open world |
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| He is for the world and for all religions He belongs to none but is accepted by all who come to him |
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| Image at writer's place In arahat pose Serious and purposeful Wine is issue to others but not to him He says, "What matters is the heart and not what goes through the gut" |
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| Dressed like a beggar but still a buddha His robes unlike other monks Also dons a cap With rosary of 108 and a golden fan that has life of its own. |
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| Outgoing and jolly Always on the go Behaves like man rather than a saint |
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| In jovial mood Problems big or small are no issue to him He will always have simple solution to any problem |
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| In serious mood and don't try to be cheeky with him He can size you up and put you in place but still help you even if you have erred |
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| He prefers the open space than a temple or shrine |
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| Don't worry, he will come to you You don't have to wait for he is ever prompt Seek and he shall come He will be there for you He is your friend and not your lord though Lord Ji or Ji Gong he is for sure. |
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| By the famous well where chopped tree trunks flew out. When others slogged it out chopping trees for temple building, he just wished and out of the well, the logs came thick and fast. They thought he was lazy and useless But a saint he was and is. They never knew till then. He is the living buddha they later named as Ji Gong Huo Fo or Lord Ji |
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| Always there is time to unwind but don't perceive him as having sloth and torpor He wastes no time to bless others and that will always be him for sure |
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| Prefers the floor than seat of saint You can stand above him and that is OK to him even though he is the lord no less Lord Ji - Ji Gong the Living Buddha |
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| He does not look like a saint but is one. What matters is he has heart of a saint though he does not act or look like one |
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| Crickets his pastime and also the way to sainthood No need to meditate in a shrine in front of a Buddha image Just meditate on crickets instead You won't but he did. |
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| Two crickets in bowl never failed to intrique him Kindled his insight on yin and yang the balance of which is the path of Tao to peace in life and sainthood as well |
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| Reflecting on crickets - yin yang reflection Many knew not that this is his way to cultivate Tao |
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| Drinking wine and eating meat. Not hindrances at all to Tao Floor is OK for saint like him What matters is the heart How saintly can one be at heart. But please remember never did he say that you too can drink. Do cultivate the Way but be what you are Be yourself and have heart on Tao |
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| Parable of the tumor - how he helped the trampled poor and educated the rich bully For the full story, do go to Boss Qian and the tumor - a Ji Gong Parable |
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| He is shabbily dressed but still radiates saintly demeanor Unique to Ji Gong and none other |
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| In deep meditation and mind you still lying on the floor He prefers floor than bed or chair |
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| Portrayed as God of Wealth in Taiwan. Is this his preference? But men want to see him as such Not his wish though |
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| This is him No doubt at all |
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| This too is him the way men want him to be |
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| Has radiance of a saint Ever benevolent to those who erred and champion of the trampled |
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| All dirt and soot but don't judge by appearance He is clean and pure at heart A saint - no less a living buddha |
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| He gives you a listening ear and asks what you need No request is too trivial for him to entertain but at times, he asks if this is what you want. |
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| A dancing saint in beggars robes but golden hue of sainthood Ever eccentric like none other Despite hue, cry and pleas, we were told that he did burn the wooden Buddha image to keep warm his freezing comrades in desolate winter That is compassion too but not the expected kind Never out to impress or to follow norms he is ever eccentric but always and ever more the saint at heart and at core |
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| Riding yin yang dragon The universe is his temple with sky as roof He cannot be confined to a temple building He is a free divine spirit and roams the world to help men so long if there be some affinity of men with him You can always create the affinity if you want.. |
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| Drinking wine and eating meat, he was sent out of monastery but remained every bit a saint You may not like a drunken vagrant but you simply cannot help liking Ji Gong the drinking saint. He has a saintly heart. What matters is the heart and not what goes through the gut |
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| Peak flying from afar - famous story in his life as man He saved a village from being crushed by stealing the bride so that the whole village ran after him away from the path of the peak He saved them and was and still is a messiah in his own right |
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| Rock of Ji Gong grew in his homeland in China Even nature remembers him |
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| Men cannot help seeing him in all divine majesty and magnificence riding the yin and yang dragon that is the way for all to have more of the divine peace in day to day life even if they are not yet saints |
