Buddhism can be divided into Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism . The Tang monk in "Journey to the West" practices Hinayana Buddhism. However, since , the Sui and Tang , the Han area has mostly practiced Mahayana Buddhism.
The "riding" here means carriage riding. In Buddhism, carriages are used to describe the tool to save sentient beings. When Bodhidharma came to the west and first arrived in the eastern land of China, praising the "good Mahayana atmosphere." Since then, Mahayana Buddhism has taken root and sprouted in our country.
There are many differences between Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism. For example, Mahayana Buddhism believes that in infinite space and time, there are Buddhists to transform sentient beings in every world and every stage, so there are countless Buddhas in the ten directions and three times. The most famous ones are the past , the current Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha, the future Buddha , the Maitreya Buddha , the Eastern Pure Glazed World, and Amitabha Buddha in the Western Pure Land. Hinayana Buddhism calls Sakyamuni an enlightened person and the founder of Buddhism, so in space, they only talk about Sakyamuni Buddha at the current stage of the world, and in time, they only talk about Sakyamuni Buddha and the six previous ancestors, namely the so-called "Seven Buddhas of the Past".
Since the Han land is now the world of Mahayana Buddhism, when you go to a Buddhist temple and temple, you will see all Buddhas such as Sakyamuni, Maitreya . "In the past, Seven Buddhas " has been difficult to see. As far as I know, their statues are also enshrined in Fengguo Temple in Yi County, Liaoning Province.
The order of the past seven Buddhas is arranged according to the age teeth. The first Buddha is Vipa corpse Buddha . " Vipa cemeter " is the transliteration of Sanskrit , which means "superior view" and "various view", so Vipa cemeter Buddha is "superior view".
Vipa corpse Buddha, surnamed Kuli, was born in the Kshatriya family. The Buddhist scriptures say that he became a Buddha after 91 great kalpas. A great disaster is about 12.8 billion years, and we can know the age of Vipa Buddha. After the kalpas, Vipa Siren Buddha attained Anuttara Samyaksambodhi under the Bozhara tree one day, realizing the highest wisdom and enlightenment. He then held a Dharma meeting to save 348,000 people.
corpse abandoned Buddha is the second Buddha. "Zeqi" is also a transliteration in Sanskrit, which means "the best", so Zodiac Buddha is "the best Buddha". He also belongs to the Kshatriya caste, and his surname is Kuliruo, and he lives in Guangxiangcheng. According to the "Long Agama Sutra", the corpse abandoned Buddha was born in the past thirty-one kalpas, and lived for 70,000 years, and became a Buddha under the tree of Fentuli. In the first meeting, one will save 100,000 monks, the second meeting will save 80,000 monks, and the third meeting will save 70,000 monks, totaling 250,000 people.
Vishabha Buddha is the third Buddha. "Vishabha" means "all existence", so Vishapa Buddha is "all existence Buddha". He was born after the corpse abandoned Buddha, and he was also of the Kshatriya caste. He also had a surname called Kuliruo and lived in Wuyu City. He held two preaching gatherings under Sala Tree . The first time he had 70,000 disciples, and the second time he had 60,000, saving 130,000 people in total.
Kulou Sun Buddha is the fourth Buddha. "Kulou Sun" means "achieving wonderful achievements", and he can also be called "achieving wonderful achievements Buddha". In the process of cosmic cycle and destruction described in the Buddhist scriptures, the middle kalpa is now called , wei kalpa , and the thousand Buddhas that appear in the world in the wise kalpa are the thousand Buddhas of wise kalpa. Kulou Sun Buddha is the first of the Thousand Buddhas of the Virtue Calamity now, and was born when the Virtue Calamity is 60,000 years old. The "Chang Ahgama Sutra" records that Kuloun was born into an aristocrat of Brahmin , with the surname Kashyapa , and lived in Ansheng City. He achieved enlightenment under the stalker tree, and once said for a while, he saved 40,000 disciples.
The Buddha of Kanna is the fifth Buddha. "Kunahe" means "Jinji", which is also called "Jinji Buddha". Guan Nashe was born at the time of the life of the Virtue Calamity forty thousand years. He was also from a Brahmin nobleman with the surname Kashyapa and lived in Qingjing City. According to legend, he was under the Brahmin tree in Wusun, and he preached for a while and saved 30,000 people.
Kayapa Buddha is the sixth Buddha in the past. The consciousness of "Kasyapa" is "drinking light", and he is "drinking light Buddha". Buddha Kashyapa was born in the calamity of virtue. He was born into a Brahman nobleman, with the surname Kashyapa, and lived in the city of Palona. He once held a preaching rally under the Nikuru tree, saving 20,000 people.Legend has it that Kashyapa Buddha was the teacher of Sakyamuni's previous life and once predicted that Sakyamuni would definitely become a Buddha. His statue often rides a lion.
Shakyamuni Buddha is the seventh Buddha. He has been introduced to him in the previous article and will not be repeated here.
Hinayana Buddhism believes that the seven Buddhas are all the ancestors of Buddhism. But if you look at it a little bit, you will find that except for Sakyamuni Buddha, they are all legendary figures and have little influence among the people in our country.