The stone Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is a common type of Buddha statue in temples. The image of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is mostly like a monk, holding a tin staff in one hand, a lotus in the other, or a banner, orbs, etc.

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Stone carving Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is a common Buddha statue in temples. The image of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is mostly like a monk, holding a tin staff in one hand, a lotus in the other, or a flag, orb, etc. According to records such as "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Ritual" and "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Ten Wheels Sutra", because Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is in the " Five Turbidity Evil World" without Buddha (i.e., kalpa turbidity, view turbidity, troubles turbidity, living beings turbidity In order to help all living beings to believe in cause and effect, took refuge in the Three Jewels, so he showed the appearance of a monk.

Stone carving of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva - Kaiyan Rock Industry

Stone carving of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva - Kaishi Rock Industry

Stone Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva statues are often mounted on a dog that looks like a lion (the well-known Tibetan Mastiff, with a big head and long hair, shaped like a golden lion) as its mount. Its name is: "True Listening" or "Listen well". He once supported Jin Qiaojue, the mountain master surnamed Min, and his son, who later became a monk with Jin Qiaojue. After Jiuhua Mountain became Ksitigarbha dojo, the two of them were also portrayed as the threats to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Attendant.

The stone Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has made a great wish to save all sentient beings in the six realms of life and death, so he often appears in the six realms of man, heaven, and hell, and is called the Six Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. His name and image are as follows:

(1) Tantuo Ksitigarbha, "Tantuo" is a kind of human-headed banner, its image is holding a human-headed banner in the left hand, with the nectar seal in the right hand, specializing in rescuing sentient beings in the hell realm.

(2) The jewel Ksitigarbha holds the jewel in his left hand and has the nectar seal on his right hand, specializing in saving hungry ghosts.

(3) Treasure Seal Ksitigarbha, holding a tin staff in his left hand and a Ruyi seal in his right hand, specializes in saving animals.

(4) Holding Ksitigarbha, holding the Vajra Banner in his left hand, and applying the fearless seal in his right hand, he specializes in saving the path of Asura .

(5) Ksitigarbha, who removes obstructions, holds a tin staff in his left hand and makes a wish seal with his right hand. He removes the obstructions of the eight sufferings and specializes in saving humanity. The so-called eight sufferings are the suffering of birth, the suffering of old age, the suffering of illness, the suffering of death, the suffering of resentment and hatred, the suffering of separation from love, the suffering of not being able to seek what you want, and the suffering of the five yins. They are captured by the truth of suffering .

　(6) Sunlight Ksitigarbha, holding a wish-fulfilling pearl in his left hand and a Dharma seal in his right hand, illuminates the five signs of decline of heaven and man (the five signs of decline that appear when heaven and man are about to die) and eliminates their suffering, and specializes in saving the way of heaven.

The stone Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva produced by Quanzhou Kaishi Stone Industry is made of high-quality stone. It makes good use of the research, inheritance, integration and promotion of thousands of years of cultural carving techniques, so that the stone carvings carry art culture and reflect more Many social values.

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