Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

As soon as I arrived, I asked, "Is there a Chinese
Buddhist temple here?" Finding that a small one was
established in the compound of the Gelugpa monastery,
I went and found a statue of the red-faced protector long
familiar to me, Guan Gong, worshipped in Tibet as
Gesar. Having made my offerings to him, I then found a
Hindu temple quite nearby and made my puja to the
Krishna image within it. Thus both deities became my
protectors and I have had no trouble since I came here.
Of the many stories connected with Guan Gong, Mr.
Chen then related one to show that deity's power as a
Dharma protector, following this with the experience of
another friend.
The candles for the shrine in China are not made of
white wax, but are red and made from the fat of
ox-bones. Mice often come to nibble at these during the
night.
A Chan master noticed this and told Guan Gong, who
was a protector at the temple, that he was not much use
when even the candles of his own shrine were being
eaten. "You, a protector, cannot even keep mice away,"
accused the master. During the night, a mouse came and
while it was eating the candle, it fell down upon him
and the little creature died. The next morning when the
Chan master saw the dead mouse, he scolded the god,
saying: "You are not merciful; I did not tell you to kill
the mice, only to drive them away!" The following day,
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