Many friends often mistake Chunti Buddha Mother for Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara , because both of these two Bodhisattvas have many arms. Our common Chunti Buddha Mother has eighteen arms, and each The instruments held by each arm are different, which is also the secret symbol of Chunti Buddha Mother.
The body of Zhunti Buddha is generally yellow-white, with a white belt around her waist and patterns on her clothes. She wears heavenly clothes and is surrounded by bright flames, which symbolizes covering the darkness with light and wisdom; she uses white conch as a bracelet. , indicating the promotion of Buddhism. There are three eyes on the face, which respectively represent Buddha's eye , Dharma eye, and Wisdom eye, sitting on a lotus.
And the eighteen arms of Zhunti Bodhisattva are different:
Right arm:
1. The first hand on the right: join with the first hand on the left to perform the root seal.
2. The second hand on the right: join the second hand on the left to perform the fearless seal.
3. The third hand on the right: holding a sword, which means using the sword of wisdom to break away demonic obstacles, eliminate the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance, and eliminate the troubles caused by the five desires of wealth, sex, fame, food, and sleep. .
4. The fourth hand on the right: holding a rosary. The mother bead of the rosary represents Amitabha, and the thread of the rosary represents Guanyin. The great mercy of Guanyin is used as a thread to pass through 108 beads. Every time a bead is moved, it is cut off. An annoyance.
5. The fifth hand on the right: holding the heavenly fruit, which is cyan in color and round in shape. It is also called the auspicious fruit. It represents sowing the seeds of good deeds and obtaining the fruit of Buddhahood with complete merits.
6. The sixth hand on the right: holding an axe, which represents Chunti Bodhisattva who can destroy all obstacles that are difficult to cut off.
7. The seventh hand on the right: holding a hook, because Mother Zhunti has summoned the Tathagata the quiet wisdom and virtue.
8. The eighth hand on the right: holding the Vajra , which means destroying the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance, and promoting the Buddha's three virtues of great concentration, great compassion, and great wisdom.
9. The ninth hand on the right: holding a flower wand, representing solemnity and equality of all living beings.
Left arm:
1. The first hand on the left: Join the first hand on the right to perform the root seal.
2. The second hand on the left: holding a wish-fulfilling banner, representing the pure bodhicitta and giving to satisfy the wishes and needs of all living beings in the world.
3. The third hand on the left: holding a lotus, represents the purity of all dharma, which can purify the three poisons and five desires in the world.
4. The fourth hand on the left: holding a water bottle, indicating that Zundi Bodhisattva was born among the three deities.
5. The fifth hand on the left: holding a rope. The wrathful deities in Buddhism basically hold a rope, which represents the surrender of the devil.
6. The sixth hand on the left: holding a wheel, representing all the reincarnation of cause and effect in the world.
7. The seventh hand on the left: holding a Dharma conch. The conch represents promoting Buddhism, benefiting all living beings, and removing obstacles.
8. The eighth hand on the left: holding a bottle of wisdom. This bottle represents wisdom and contains nectar, which means that Zhunti Bodhisattva will deliver nectar. Give to all living beings and let them gain wisdom.
9. The ninth hand on the left: holding the Prajna Brahma basket, all Buddhas in the ten directions have achieved supreme enlightenment due to Prajna wisdom, which means that Zhunti Bodhisattva has become all Buddhas because of this.
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