After Hong Yin paused, she told them the final conclusion she had reached.
"It is just as you said, fellow Daoist. I can only recall that the founding patriarch once liked things such as craftsmanship, but I truly cannot remember any other special records.
"But just now, I thought of a question. Why was the mechanism for opening the secret chamber placed precisely on those two characters? Aside from making people feel that those two characters did not seem out of place there, increasing its concealment, "after thinking it over and over, the only possibility I can see is the meaning represented by 'Red Buddha Temple.' Red is the red dust of the mortal world; Buddha is the enlightened one. The founding patriarch, Red Buddha Divine Nun, took this as her name, which means that she became enlightened because she had walked through the unbearable red dust of the mortal world.
"In other words, she saw through all the red dust. The red dust is form, sound, scent, taste, touch, and dharma! Buddha means self-awakening, awakening others, the perfection of enlightened practice—or perhaps Buddha has three bodies! And these should be the methods to open the mechanism."
Li Yan seemed thoughtful when he heard this.
"Fellow Daoist Hong Yin means that the character 'Red' on the Buddhist shrine should be turned six times, and the character 'Buddha' three times. Then what about the direction of rotation?"
"This should still be related to the two characters 'Red Buddha.' Red Buddha Temple was originally a nunnery. Those who wished to enter our sect first had to abandon their former red dust, and afterward attain Buddhahood on the spot;
"in the red dust, men are honored and women are humbled. Men are left, women are right, as the saying goes, left is above