I wonder if you are paying attention. When the public praises the Buddhas, the ancient Buddha of Lanting is ranked first, while Sakyamuni Buddha is ranked third. Is it beyond everyone's expectations?

At the end of "Journey to the West", Tang Monk and his disciples achieved their true results. The author specially reviewed the Buddha and Bodhisattva for everyone. There are 47 Buddhas in total, and 15 are Bodhisattvas.

I wonder if you are paying attention. When the public praises the Buddhas, the ancient Buddha of Lanting is ranked first, while Sakyamuni Buddha is only ranked third. Isn’t it very unexpected?

Let’s first look at how the original work is written. At the end of the 100th chapter, it is written as follows:

The public joins their hands to convert, and they all recite: Namo Lantern Ancient Buddha. Namo Medicine Master Liuli Light King Buddha . Namo Shakyamuni Buddha. Namo past, future, present, Buddha. Namo Pure and Joyful Buddha. Namo Vairo corpse Buddha. The King of Buddha of Nanwu Baobao. Namo Maitreya Buddha . Namo Amitabha . Namo Amitabha Buddha. Namo is guided to the true Buddha. Namo Vajra Indestructible Buddha. Namo Baoguang Buddha. Namo Dragon Lord Buddha. Namo diligently improves the good Buddha. Namo Bao Moonlight Buddha. Na Wu appears and there is no foolish Buddha. Namopo Liu the Buddha. Namo Narayan Buddha. Namo’s Merits and Buddha. Namo's talent and merits Buddha. Namo Shan is a walking Buddha. Namo Sandalwood Light Buddha. Namo Mani Buddha. Namo Huiju shines on the Buddha. Namo Haide Light Buddha. Namo Great Compassionate Light Buddha. Namo King of Cili Buddha. Namo is a virtuous and good-natured Buddha. Namo Guang is the master of Buddha Yan. Namo Jinhua Light Buddha. Namo Talented Buddha of Light. Namo Wisdom Victory Buddha. Namo Shi Jingguang Buddha. Namo Sun and Moonlight Buddha. Namo Sun and Moon Pearl Light Buddha. Nanwu Huibao is the king of kings. Namo's Miaoyin Buddha. Nan Wu Changguang Ban Buddha. Namo Guanshi Lamp Buddha. The south cannot defeat the king Buddha. Namo Sumeru Light Buddha. Namo Great Huili King Buddha. Nanwu Jinhai Light Buddha. Namo Datong Light Buddha. Namo Talented Buddha. Namo Sandalwood merit Buddha . Namo defeats Buddha . Namo Guanyin Bodhisattva. Namo Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva . Namo Manjushri Bodhisattva . Namo Samantabhadra Bodhisattva . Namo Pure Sea Bodhisattvas. Namo Lotus Pond Sea meets Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. The Bodhisattvas of the Western Paradise. Namo Three Thousands of Jiedi Bodhisattva. Namo Five Hundred Ala Bodhisattvas. Nanwu Bichu Yiseni Bodhisattva. Namo is boundless and infinite Dharma Bodhisattva. Namo Vajra Bodhisattva Holy Bodhisattva. Namo Pure Altar Bodhisattva. Namo Eight Treasures Golden Body Arhat Bodhisattva. Namo Eight Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva .

Ranning Ding Ancient Buddha Many people are not familiar with it. They only appear three times in the entire "Journey to the West", and they only mention the names, and there are not too many scenes.

The first time was in the fifth chapter, Taishang Laojun and the ancient Buddha of Lan Deng preached on the Zhuling Dantai on the three-story high shelf.

The second time was in the 98th chapter, when Anu and Jiaye passed on the wordless scriptures to the team to obtain the scriptures, the ancient Buddha of Landeng secretly listened to the preaching of the scriptures in the pavilion.

The third time is at the end of the public praises the Buddha.

So why is the ancient Buddha of Lanlan ranked first?

In Buddhism, "Buddha" means "the enlightened" and "the enlightened". Buddha also has concepts such as past Buddha, present Buddha, future Buddha, four-way Buddha . The ancient Buddha of Lanlan is also known as " Dingguang Buddha ", and is the head of the thousand Buddhas born in the past solemn kalpas. And Shakyamuni Buddha, which is what we usually call Tathagata Buddha , is the present Buddha.

So what is the name of the ancient Buddha of Lan Deng coming from? Volume 9 of " Great Wisdom Treatise on " says: "When Ridian Buddha was born, everything around him was like a lamp, so it was called Ridian, and after becoming a Buddha, it was also called Ridian." The "Past and Present Cause and Effect Sutra" records: "The day when this Buddha was born, all directions were bright, and the sun, moon, fire beads were no longer used, so it was called Pu Guang."

According to the records of the "A Sutra of Practice", Sakyamuni spent a lot of money to buy a five-stem lotus in his previous life to worship the Ancient Buddha of Ridian. The Ancient Buddha of Lan Deng was very happy about this and gave him a commandment. In addition, he also told him: "As long as you go through ninety-one difficulties, you can become a Buddha and give the Buddha Shakyamuni." Therefore, it can be said that the ancient Buddha of Lan Deng was the enlightenment teacher of Sakyamuni Buddha. From the perspective of generations, the ancient Buddha of Lan Deng was naturally bigger than Sakyamuni Buddha.

worships temples with three generations of Buddhas. Usually, the ancient Buddha of Lanlan (left), Sakyamuni Buddha (center), and Maitreya Buddha (right) are worshipped in the main hall (Mahatma Hall), representing the past, present and future three generations.

is located in , Sishan National Forest Park in Xixia County, Henan Province. There is an Randeng Temple , which is the only Buddhist temple in ancient my country that mainly worships the ancient Buddha of Randeng. Randeng Temple was already very prosperous during the Tang and Yuan dynasties. If you are interested, you can go and have a look!

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