Because, according to Buddhist scriptures, before the birth of the Moonlight Bodhisattva, there would be "a short life span for men and a long life span for women, or a life span of 60 for men and 70, 80, 90 or even 100 for women." Later, sudden floods often come at once, and there is no fixed period. People in the world can't believe that they are still doing their usual things. Many sentient beings are mixed together, no matter how high or low, they all sink and float in the water and are eaten and bitten by fish and turtles. At that time, there were Bodhisattva, Bizhi and Luohan who tried to save them, but many demons blocked and expelled them, making them unable to meet each other and participate in the rescue. All sentient beings who are sentient, sentient and have the nature of bodhisattva enter the places where there are blessings in the mountains and abide by their duties calmly and indifferently, so as to achieve joy and prolong life. Later, the Moonlight Bodhisattva was born under the protection of heaven, and the Moonlight Bodhisattva met with all the people in the Three Rides and lived together for 52 years. "However, the scripture has not yet appeared, and it is estimated that there is still a little time.
Moonlight Bodhisattva is pharmacist Liu Tathagata, one of the three sages of the East, and the first one on the left is Sunshine Bodhisattva. There are twelve clouds in the Awakening Sutra: "There are two Bodhisattvas, one is the Sunlight Bodhisattva, and the other is the Moonlight Bodhisattva, which is where the two Bodhisattvas make up for the Buddha." According to the "Pharmacist Tathagata chanting", "Moonlight Bodhisattva and Sunlight Bodhisattva are the first and second bodhisattvas, knowing that they can hold the magic weapon of pharmacist Tathagata". "The second place to supplement Buddha" is to become Buddha in turn after the pharmacist Buddha, just like Maitreya Bodhisattva's second place to supplement Sakyamuni Buddha.