The Buddha said: sitting and walking are also meditation, one flower is one world, one leaf is like a Tathagata, spring comes and flowers are green, autumn leaves are floating, infinite Prajna is at ease, silent, movement and body are natural.
Buddhism, along with Christianity, , Islam , is one of the three largest religions in the world. The founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni, was born in Lumbini in present-day Nepal. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, Buddhism spread in the land of China, and Buddhism reached its peak in China's during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Today we will take a look at the post-Buddhism introduced to China and the system formed after the integration of Chinese traditional culture.
Let's introduce them according to the level of level. Although all beings are equal, there is no level, and such a large group is not easy to manage and adjust.
1. Buddha
Buddha is divided into three Buddhas. Vertical III Buddha is classified by time, Heng III Buddha is classified by region.
It is more reasonable to describe it as a group.
. In the past, the Buddha was the burning lamp ancient Buddha . He was the last chairman of Buddhism and has now abdicated. The current chairman of the board is the current Buddha, Sakyamuni, which is Tathagata Buddha (this is the Chinese name). The future Buddha Maitreya is the prince of the group and the future chairman of the group.
Heng III Buddha. Group is developing very well now,A chairman cannot manage such a large territory, so there are now three executive chairmans: Medicine Buddha, who is in charge of the oriental glazed world, Buddha Shakyamuni, who is in charge of the world of Sapo, and Amitabha, who is in charge of the Western world of bliss. The Sapo world is the real world we are in now.
2. Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva is also the backbone of Buddhism and the manager of the entire Buddhist group. There are a total of eight bodhisattvas, namely: Guanyin Bodhisattva, Earth Store Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Lingji Bodhisattva, Da Shizhi Bodhisattva, Sunlight Bodhisattva, Moonlight Bodhisattva span8span.
Among them, Guanyin Bodhisattva has a very large influence in China, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's "Hell is not empty, and you will not become a Buddha" is also respected by the Chinese people.
3. Eighteen Arhats
Eighteen Arhats, in fact, when Buddhism was first introduced, there were only 16 Arhats at the beginning. These 16 Arhats are the direct disciples of the Buddha.
Venerable Bintolu, Venerable Rahula , such as waiting for the sixteen people to be heard and scattered in Zhuzhu... to protect the Dharma. —— "Entry Mahayana Theory"
The Buddha entrusted, these sixteen arhats are permanent in the world, guarding the Dharma and benefiting the common people. The sixteen Arhats are: Tota Arhat, Detective Arhat, Crossing Arhat, Banana Arhat, Static Arhat, Elephant Arhat _span, Span8 Arhat Budai Arhat , Long-browed Arhat, Happy Arhat, Festive Arhat, Ear-picking Arhat, Laughing Lion Arhat, Contemplating Arhat span .
Partial map of the Sixteenth Arhats of Qing Dynasty
Introduced to China, two more Arhats were added, namely: Dragon Arhat, Fuhu Arhat .
4. Dharma protector
Buddhism protector, also known as Dharma protector or Dharma protector, their duty is to maintain the Buddha's righteousness.
In ancient Indian Buddhism, there were many protector gods, all of them came from Hinduism or folk myths. After it was introduced to China, the ancient Indian protector gods were no longer able to protect the law. Many of the images of the protector were characters from traditional Chinese culture.
1. The Four Heavenly Kings
is also called the Four King Kong Guardians. They are: , namely, the king of the east, the king of growth in the south, the king of the west, and the king of the north. The four heavenly kings guard the four continents: Dongsheng Shenzhou, Nanzhanbuzhou, Xiniuhezhou and Beiju Luzhou .
The four kings are in charge of four areas: wind, tune, rain, and smooth.
2. The Five Ways to Reveal the Truth
The Five Ways to Reveal the Truth is the guardian of the Hercules in Buddhism. They are: light revealing the truth, silver head revealing the truth, polo revealing the truth, polo monk revealing the truth, and Maha revealing the truth.
3. The Twelve God Generals
The Twelve God Generals, which are the 12 Vajra Bodhisattva under the Medicine Buddha , and are also called the Twelve God Kings.
There are twelve medicine fork generals in the crowd, all of them are sitting, the so-called:
General Gong Biluo, General Vazhela,
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_strong _strong _strong _strong General Duluo, General Vijima. These twelve medicine fork generals, each with 7,000 medicine forks, are considered family members. ——" pharmacist glazed glaze light Tathagata original wish merits " 4. Eighteen jalan was originally the ancient Indian god Became the protector of Buddhism. They are responsible for supporting the Dharma and maintaining the normal activities of the temple. There are 18 guardians of the Sangha Blue God: one American, two Sanskrit, three Tiangu, four sighs, five sighs, six Momiao, seven Leiyin, eight masters, and nine Name Miaotan, ten Sanskrit, eleven famous voices, twelve Buddhist slaves, thirteen Songde, fourteen broad eyes, fifteen wonderful eyes, sixteen people who listen thoroughly, and seventeen people who see through, Eighteen people looked everywhere.——"Seven Buddhas and Eight Bodhisattvas Speaking of the Great Dharani Mantra" 5. Twenty-four heavens The heavens refer to the gods of Buddhism. When Buddhism was first introduced to China, there were only sixteen heavens. Later, after being introduced to China, eight more were added, and even Taoism Ziwei Great, Dongyue Great , Thunder God , etc. were also added, making up 24. 6. Tianlong Babu Tianlong Babu , also called Babuzhong, Dragon God Babu. They are: Tianzhong, Longzhong, Yasha (demi-god), Ganyapo (music god), Asura (evil god), Garuda ( golden-winged bird god), Kinnaruo (song god), Mahiroga (big python god).
7. Ten Temples of Yama
Regarding the Ten Temples of Yama, some people say that they are Taoist and some say that they are Buddhist. There are different opinions. The public says that the public is justified.
Actually, these two statements are correct. Let me tell you all.
The Netherworld is a system of Taoist mythology. Yama King is a god in the Buddhist mythology system, and its prototype is the supreme god of the underworld in ancient Indian mythology-Yama.
Later Buddhism was integrated into China,Taoism incorporated the Yama King and became the fifth hall of Yama. At this point, the Yama King was deprived of the title of the supreme god of the underworld, and he became the fifth hall of the Yama in the huge nether system.
Later, there was a story. It was said that Yama was the first hall of Yama, and for some reason later became the myth of the fifth hall of Yama.
Therefore, the previous two statements are correct. However, in the Netherworld, except for the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, all true gods , including , Fengdu Great Emperor, Luo Feng 6 days, four judges, five ghost emperors, ten Yin Shuai, etc., are all The god of the Taoist mythology system.
Buddhism in the Chinese mythology system, although not a native religion, has been absorbed and merged for thousands of years and has formed a religion with traditional Chinese cultural characteristics.
The next issue will introduce the world geographic framework system of Buddhist mythology. You are welcome to leave a message in the comment area [rose]
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