What is Anusala Yoga? how many Buddhas have appeared in Journey to the West? Which Buddha is the oldest?
How many Buddhas appeared in Journey to the West? Which Buddha is the oldest?
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In Journey to the West, there are 48 Buddhas. The Buddha of the Tathagata, whose honorable name is Sakyamuni Buddha, ranks third.
The most well-known is the Tathagata Buddha. The Tathagata is the founder of Buddhism.And influenced by the 86 version of Journey to the West and even in the original work, we all feel that the seniority of the Tathagata Buddha is the oldest.
But is that really the case?
In the first chapter of the original work, the honorable names and rankings of 48 Buddhas are clearly recorded.
I wonder if you have seen the Legend of Journey to the West, a TV series based on Journey to the West. Inside, there is an ancient Buddha burning lanterns, who is the ancestor of all Buddhas. In fact, from the Buddhist sutras, it is difficult to define whether the ancient Buddha burning lanterns is the ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas. However, from the original work of Journey to the West, it can be determined that the status of the ancient Buddha on the Nanwu lamp is above the Buddha of the Tathagata, that is, Sakyamuni Buddha.
Number one: the ancient Buddha on the Nanwu Lantern.
△ Nan No Burning Lamp on Ancient Buddha
Second: Nanwu pharmacist glazed light king Buddha.
△ Nanwu Pharmacist Liuliguang King Buddha
Third: Nanwu Sakyamuni Buddha.
△ Nanwu Sakyamuni Buddha
The ancient Buddha of burning lanterns appeared twice in the original works.
For the first timeIt was the fifth time in the original work that Taishang Lao Jun and the Lantern-burning Ancient Buddha preached on the Zhu Ling platform on the third floor. Sun WuKong was also at this time, because of drunkenness and entered the rate of the palace, ate the gold Dan refined by Lao Jun.
The second timeIn the ninety-eighth chapter of the original work, because the Tang monk master and apprentice received the wordless Sutra and lit the lantern, the ancient Buddha ordered the White male to change into an eagle and seize the wordless Sutra.
The ancient Buddha on the Nanwu Lighting Lantern, in the Buddhist sutras, taught Sakyamuni Buddha and Neng Light Buddha.
Conclusion: in Journey to the West, there are a total of 48 Buddhas, of which the most senior is the ancient Buddha on the Nanwu Lantern.
This article is the author's original!
In Buddhism, there are three generations of Buddhas and three generations of Buddhas. The horizontal Buddha is a plane Buddha that spans space, while the vertical Buddha is three-dimensional and spans time.
Buddha, there is no "ancestor", Buddha is a kind of grade, level, degree of consciousness.
Buddha is a "conscious" person and an enlightened person. To be enlightened means that there is nothing you don't understand. Insight into life, and everything except life.
Therefore, it is incorrect to call Buddha "Buddha".
In addition, which Buddha has the oldest seniority mentioned in the title is typical to consider "saints" in terms of seniority. If the Buddha is like the world, judging who is more qualified to become a "Buddha" on the basis of seniority, then there is no need to practice, just live and wait for seniority.
However, according to the order of time, there are indeed three Buddhas, that is, "past Buddha", "present Buddha" and "future Buddha", representing the past, the present and the future. And they all appeared in Journey to the West.
The light-burning ancient Buddha in Journey to the West.
The burning lantern ancient Buddha was mentioned in the Journey to the West in the fifth time: "the Great Saints of the flat Peach stole Dan, and the gods of the Anti-Heavenly Palace caught monsters." It is written in the book:
It turned out that the old gentleman and the lamp-burning ancient Buddha preached on the Zhu Lingdan stage of the three-story pavilion, and all the immortals and officials all stood around to listen to the lecture.
This is the only sentence that the ancient Buddha of burning lanterns appeared in public. Can not help but admire the author Wu Chengen really dare to write, even arranged for Gu Buddha to listen to the sermon of Taishang Lao Jun.
When the Lantern-burning Ancient Buddha reappeared, it was already the 98th time in the Journey to the West that it was written in the book that the ape-ridden horse has been shelled out of its shell.
However, he said that there was an ancient Buddha burning lanterns on the pavilion. He was on the pavilion, secretly listening to the preaching of the sutras. He knew very well in his heart that Ananda and Jiaye had passed on the scriptures without words, but he laughed and said to himself: the monks in the East are foolish and do not know the scriptures without words, but they did not waste the trek of the holy monks?
Q: "who is here by the seat?" Only the white hero flashed out. The ancient Buddha said, "you can act like a god, and the flying star can catch up with the Tang monk, take away the wordless sutra, and teach him to come back and get the wordless sutra."
Because the Tang monk did not take the "personnel", he was given the wordless Sutra by Ananda and Jiaye, which was burnt by the ancient Buddha and allowed the Tang monk to come back to retrieve the True Sutra.
So what is the psychology of Gaya and Ananda?
Jiaye was the first ancestor of Zen Buddhism. At that time, Sakyamuni Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, was fascinated by only Jiaye's "knowing smile" and founded Buddhism.The Zen sect that conveys the heart to the heart.
And the second Zen master after Jiaye wasAnanda.
In fact, in Journey to the West, Ananda and Jiaye passed on to the Tang monk the Wuli Sutra, which is also the good intention of the author Wu Chengen, because Zen Buddhism pays attention to heart-to-heart transmission.The characteristic of the pulse of Zen Buddhism is that it does not drop the language and conveys it intentionally.Therefore, this is what the author means by arranging Jiaye and Anan to give the Tang monk the "wordless Sutra".
However, the opportunity was not yet mature at that time, and although the Zen school had been introduced into China by the Dharma ancestor at that time, the opportunity to blossom and spread leaves was not yet mature. Master Xuanzang took the Buddhist "Yoga Theory" as the starting point.
After Xuan Zang's death, it took about 20 years for Hui to spread Zen Buddhism all over China.
The author Wu Chengen, who was born in the Ming Dynasty, must have studied Buddhism deeply and carefully, so he is very strict in controlling these times.
So what kind of relationship is Sakyamuni Buddha, as the ancient Buddha of Buddhism, to our world? Let's see what the sutra says.
It is said in the 17th Diamond Sutra that there is no self after all.Therefore, the Lantern Buddha taught me to write, saying, "in the afterlife, you should be a Buddha, Sakyamuni."
The ancient Buddha of burning lanterns is mentioned several times in the Diamond Sutra. The origin of the Lantern Buddha is:Because when he was born, there was light like a lamp around him, so he was named "Lantern Buddha". He was the instructor of Sakyamuni Buddha.
Maitreya in Journey to the West
Maitreya Buddha, as the future Buddha of Buddhism, appeared twice in Journey to the West.
First, subdue the yellow plum monster.
In the 66th return of Journey to the West, the evil spirits bound by Maitreya by the gods, the Tang monk was captured by Huang Mei. Sun WuKong was rushed to medical treatment and asked for help everywhere, but if it was not the right way, how could he be subdued in the same way?
Until Maitreya Buddha gladly learned that his yellow eyebrow boy had stolen several magic weapons of his own, and the lower boundary was full of demons, he came out of the mountain to help Sun WuKong subdue the yellow eyebrow monster.
The weapon of the leprechaun is the hammer of the drum, and the bag is the acquired bag of Maitreya Buddha.
In fact, this yellow eyebrow monster uses the saying of Maitreya Buddha that "the magic barrier between your master and disciple is not over, so the lower realm of the lark should suffer." This is also the life dogma of Journey to the West.No cross, no crown?
Second, when the people around the Tathagata Buddha made it difficult for the Tang monk, Maitreya appeared to rescue him.
The Pure Land of Maitreya Buddha is in Dou Zi Palace. In fact, in the fifth round of Journey to the West, there was a trip to the palace, saying that Sun WuKong went to the wrong place when he was drunk and went to the palace, saying that the palace was above 33 days.Away from the place where I hate the sky.Is also convinced by the author's mistake! Confuse the residence of Taishang Lao Jun with the palace of Maitreya Buddha.
In addition, in the 98th chapter of Journey to the West, there was aBuddhaIt is said in the book that "pick up the Buddha", also known as "Nanwubao Light King Buddha". Here, it is also the author's misplaced arrangement, because in Buddhism, the introduction of the Buddha isAmitabha Buddha in the Western World of BlissHere it has become the Buddha of the Light King of Baobao again.
Of course, the most common appearance in Journey to the West is Sakyamuni Buddha, the Buddha of the Tathagata.
The term "learning from the scriptures from the western sky" is also incorrect, because Buddhism's Western and Western Heaven is the "territory" of Amitabha Buddha, while the site of Sakyamuni Buddha is called "Huayan Pure Land" in Buddhism, but India is geographically located in the west of our country. so we thought that the place he was in was the western sky, but we didn't realize that the western sky was not the other.
In the Journey to the West, the Buddha of the Tathagata is a giant. Influenced by the 83 version of the TV series Journey to the West, the Tathagata seems to be the most powerful character in the Journey to the West. Even the Jade Emperor bows his head when he sees him. As for the West Tianling Mountain, the Tathagata is the supreme Buddhist leader, with three thousand Buddhas, five hundred arrows, eight King Kong and boundless Bodhisattvas following his lead.
So, is the Tathagata really the ancestor of all Buddhas?
Religious factors aside, let's just talk about the Tathagata of Journey to the West. After all, Journey to the West is not a religious novel, but a novel of gods and demons, in which the characters are very literary, so it is said that this Tathagata is not that Tathagata, this Guanyin is not that Guanyin, this is not Lao Jun. In fact, in the Journey to the West, there is not only one Buddha in Buddhism, but also three others who are called "Buddha".
First of all, the ancient Buddha on the burning lamp is introduced.
He even came to the stage earlier, for example, when Sun WuKong was guarding the flat peach orchard, he came to Taishang Laojun in the Dou Dou Palace 33 days ago and preached on the Zhu Lingdan stage of the three-story pavilion with Daozu. Sun WuKong ate five gourd elixir because of this. Burning lantern Buddha was still on the stage at the end of the Journey to the West. when he saw that the Tang monk had taken the wordless real sutra, he was very anxious, so he sent Bai Xiong to remind him, and finally helped the Tang monk get back the true sutra.
The Lantern Buddha ranked first on the Buddhist list of the last Journey to the West, while the Tathagata Buddha ranked third, indicating his high status in Buddhism. When he came to heaven by burning a lamp, he was able to be on an equal footing with Lao Jun, the Taoist ancestor, which already shows that his seniority is not low. In addition, in the West Tianling Mountain, he can interfere with the actions of the Tang monk to learn scriptures without the permission of the Tathagata, which also shows that his qualifications, such as Lai, are older. After all, the identity of the Buddha was there in the past.
Secondly, Maitreya Buddha is introduced.
In the Journey to the West, Sun WuKong called him "the Buddha from the East". He only appeared once for his chime boy, Huang Mei. Sun WuKong was very afraid of the Buddha of the East. When he saw him, he immediately bowed down and said, "where is the Buddha from the East?" The disciple has been evaded, ten thousand sins! Ten thousand sins! " It is almost more respectful than seeing the Buddha of the Tathagata, showing the unique position of Maitreya in the three worlds.
Maitreya ranked eighth in the last Buddhist list of Journey to the West, indicating that his position in Buddhism is lower than that of the Tathagata. Maitreya is known as the "Buddha of the future". The book praises him as "the first monk in the paradise, Nanwu Maitreya laughing monk". His boy dared to impersonate the Tathagata Buddha in the western sky, and he was arrogant. His magic weapon, gold cymbal and ethnic bag, could capture Sun WuKong in a second, showing his strong strength. However, in any way, Maitreya Buddha is not as qualified as the Tathagata Buddha.
Finally, it introduces the introduction of Buddha.
In the ninety-eighth chapter of the original work, when the Tang monk master and apprentice first arrived at Lingshan, the first person they saw was him, picking them up in a bottomless boat. The walker has long recognized the introduction of the Buddha, also known as Nanwubao Lighting King Buddha. The work of picking up the Buddha seems to be like a "ferryman" in Buddhism. He helped the Tang monk "get rid of the fetal flesh and blood and wash away the dust of that year." It can be said that he should be the one who really made the Tang monk a Buddha.
The Buddha ranked seventh in the list of Buddhism in the last Journey to the West, in front of Maitreya Buddha and in the three places of the Tathagata Buddha, showing that his position in the Buddha is second to that of burning lanterns and the Tathagata. However, there is a sentence in the book that shows that the qualification of receiving quotation is very old. Buddha said, "I have a good reputation in the first judgment of this ship, but fortunately I have not changed it." "pay attention to the word" Hongmeng ". The ancients called the chaotic vitality before the opening of heaven and earth Hongmeng. Therefore, the introduction of the Buddha existed long before the epoch-making, and his qualification is still the oldest. No wonder his bottomless ship can "ferry all sentient beings."