What are the mounts of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas? Whose mount is the "big white pig"?

The Bodhisattva is the heir to the Buddha's position, a veritable " Dharma Prince ", and he is only one "wish" away from attaining the Buddha's position. Therefore, they will not shoot easily, and there is no way to compare Buddha's strength. Bodhisattvas have no companions, and they are converted according to circumstances, so it is impossible to compare the abilities of other Bodhisattvas at the level of their disciples. Weighing everything, it can only be compared to the spirit beast that was subdued by the Bodhisattva, the most closely related to the Bodhisattva, and the most powerful mount of his Dharma.

Then, what are the eight bodhisattva mounts?

(assistant). His previous life was Dragon King Buddha , and his mount was 7 flower snakes behind him. Manjusri Bodhisattva is shaped like a boy and wears a crown of five buns on his head. He holds a green lotus flower in his left hand, a diamond sword in his right hand, and a ferocious blue lion sits under his seat.

And this blue lion is the Qiu-shouxian who is in charge of the Tai Chi formation under the sect of Tongtian sect master in the Fengshen list. Because he was subdued by the Pangu Fan by Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun , he took it as a mount. In "Journey to the West", the blue lion descended to the world twice, once was instructed by Tathagata to go to Wuji Kingdom and became king for three years; be king.

2. Puxian Bodhisattva, , six-tusk white elephant

Like Manjushri, it is the right side attendant of Buddha , symbolizing truth. Its mount is a white elephant with six tusks, namely Lingfang Fairy in the Romance of Fengshen, one of the Eight Immortals who intercepted the teachings, guarded the two ceremonies, and later surrendered to Puxian Zhenren . In "Journey to the West", the white elephant stole from the mortal world with the green lion, took the mountain as the king in Shituoling, and captured it alive with a roll of its nose.

In Buddhist scriptures, the predecessor of Sakyamuni is the six-toothed white elephant, and Mrs. Maya dreamed of the six-toothed white elephant in her arms during a nap during the day, and then gave birth to the Shakyamuni ni.

3. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Golden Retriever

Guanyin Bodhisattva is famous for her compassion, but her mount is a fierce and unusually ancient mythical beast Golden Roar. According to "Shu Yi Ji", Ji is one of the nine sons born to the dragon, but he often fights with the dragon. In the 25th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Pingyang County was surrounded by three flood dragons and two dragons and killed a dragon. The two sides fought for three days and three nights.

In Fengshen, Jin Maojian is Jinguangxian among the Seven Immortals. According to unofficial records: among the four zombie kings, Yu, Nuwa , Fuxi, Haotian are listed as the four ancient gods.X is the ultimate form of zombies, the queen of among the four zombie kings is transformed by one-third of X's soul, and Ying Hook and Xian are the low-level stages of X.

4. Vajra-handed Bodhisattva Great White Pig

Vajra-handed Bodhisattva holds a vajra, possessing the vast divine power of exorcising evil and conquering demons, and always guards the front of the Buddha. Some people say that Vajrapani's mount is a snake, but there is no relevant source. Vajrapani is an important rain god in Tibetan Buddhism. He is the angry image of Mahasthamaprapta, whose mount is a large white pig.

The Great Potential Bodhisattva is also known as the Great Diligence Bodhisattva. Perhaps the Bodhisattva riding on the pig is warning the world that as long as you have the heart, the pig can be diligent. If you don't study, you are a salted fish!

5. Tibetan Bodhisattva Lion, elephant, horse, peacock and Garuda

There are five bodhisattvas, including the Dharma Realm Void Treasure, the Vajra Void Treasure, the Treasure Light Void Treasure, the Lotus Void Void Treasure, and the Karmic Void Treasure. with Garuda.

The most powerful is naturally Garuda, also known as Garuda, and the mount of the Hindu god Vishnu. Garuda eats dragons for a living, and eats a large dragon king and 500 small dragons every day.However, due to food safety issues, Garuda eventually set himself on fire due to the poisoning of the dragon he ate. After his death, only his heart was calcined into a pure blue-glazed jewel, which is one of the favorite accessories of all Buddhas.

6. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Listening

Listening is a spiritual beast lying under the scriptures of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. It has a tiger head, a single horn, a dog ear, a dragon body, a lion tail, and a unicorn foot. It is recorded in "Journey to the West" that he can distinguish the true and false monkey king , but he cannot offend the false monkey king, which shows that his spirituality is superior to others. The bodhisattva level is still high, reaching the level of a Buddha.

However, some Korean scholars have argued that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is actually Kim Qiaojue, a Korean prince who came to China during the Tang Dynasty, and Ting Ting is a white dog brought by Prince Jin.

7. Maitreya Bodhisattva·Lion Everything about Sakyamuni Buddha, and the strongest mount that the Buddha surrendered is naturally the Golden Peacock King who devoured the Buddha when he practiced in the snowy mountains, which is later the Buddha's mother, the Great Peacock Mingwang Bodhisattva. So I mistakenly think that the mount of Maitreya Buddha is a peacock, or even Peacock Mingwang .

However, the Buddha's last words are clearly recorded in the Sutra of the Maitreya Bodhisattva: "Twelve years later, Maitreya In the kingdom of Balana...up to Tusitatian, his body relic...When Tusitatian, in the Seven Treasures Terrace, on the Mani Temple, sitting on the lion's bed, suddenly transformed...and the sons of heaven each sat on the flower seat , at six o'clock in the day and night, turn the great Dharma wheel to save the emperors. "

If Maitreya Bodhisattva has nothing to do with the lion, why was he reborn on the lion's bed? Obviously, the lion and Maitreya have friendship with Maitreya and are the mount of Maitreya Bodhisattva.

Obstruction Removal Bodhisattva Lotus

Many people have never heard of this name, and he is also called the Bodhisattva of Eliminating the Evil Realms, and he vows to eliminate the "three evil realms".

In the early days of Buddhism, women were not accepted, so none of Shakyamuni's three wives and mother Maya became Buddhas. The well-known Guanyin Bodhisattva belongs to the male body and female appearance, but this is the real female Bodhisattva. And she is the woman with the highest practice and the closest to the Buddha. She is the teacher of Manjushri, whose original name is Liyi. Jewel, the right hand makes the fearless mudra. As for its mount, some people say it is a lion, but there is no test. All the statues of Bodhisattva Removing Obstacles are seated in lotus.

From the point of view of the spirit and beasts, the golden hair of the Bodhisattva is the first, Manjusri Puxian's blue lion and white elephant, followed by the Void Treasure, Maitreya and the Bodhisattva's mounts, and the last one should be from Korea. The white dog listened carefully.

The only big white pig whose strength is unknown is Vajrapani Bodhisattva. As the wrathful image of the Great Power Bodhisattva, he is tied with Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva among the three saints in the West. How does his big white pig fight when he gets angry?