Introduction to Tianlong Babu What does Tianlong Babu mean in Buddhism?

Tianlong Babu

Tianlong Babu is the patron saint of eight kinds of Buddhism: Tianzhong, Dragon, Haga, Asura, Garuda, Gandaipo, Kinnara and Maharaja. Headed by "Tianzhong" and "Longzhong", it is called "Tianlong Babu".

tianzhong: Deva in Sanskrit, the "heaven" is the god, such as Brahma, Indra, Four Heavenly Kings, Wei Tuotian, Yan Wang, etc. Indra is the leader of the gods.

Long Zhong: Naga in Sanskrit. According to Buddhist scriptures, there are countless dragon kings who specialize in promoting clouds and rainfall. Among all the dragon kings, Luo Long is the most famous because her daughter is the dragon girl who became a Buddha.

hag: the transliteration of Sanskrit Yaksa. Buddhism refers to a ghost that can hurt people by being quick and brave. Miscellaneous treasure sutra: The Dragon King and his wife and their families were born with respect and confidence, and they all received the five precepts, and so did the hags. Also used as medicine fork.

Asura: Sanskrit: Ashura, which means unprovoked and ugly. Asura is extremely ugly in men and stunning in women. Asura king often fights with Indra, because Asura has beautiful women but no food, while Indra has delicious food but no beautiful women, so they are jealous of each other and fight with each other. People call the battlefield they fought "Xiuluo Field".

Gandharva: Sanskrit: gandharva, which means god of incense and music. Originally a group of gods worshipped by Brahmins, they are one of the happy gods who serve Indra, with more than 6, people, and they have a strong fragrance.

Garuda: Sanskrit: Garuda is the golden bird god, with 336 Wan Li on his wings! If you eat dragons, you can get rid of the poisonous dragons. You have to eat King Yi Long and 5 little dragons every day. At the end of your life, the dragons spit poison and can't eat any more, so they flew up and down seven times and flew to the top of the King Kong Wheel. Because he ate dragons (serpents) all his life, he had a lot of poisonous gas in his body and set himself on fire when he died. After the flesh was burned, only one heart remained, making it pure blue glaze color. (Excerpt from Jin Yong's "Eight Dragons")

Kinnara: Kinnara in Sanskrit is one of the music gods of Indra, and Ganlv Po specializes in folk music, while Kinnara specializes in French music.

maharaja: Sanskrit: Mahiraga, which is the great mang god. Human snakehead.

Tianlong Babu originated from Buddhism, and the word "Tianlong" was originally owned by Han people, referring to the dragon in the sky. Eight departments refer to the heavens, dragons, hags, dry women, Asura, Garuda, Kinnara, and Mohoroga. Tianlong Babu contains eight kinds of ghosts and gods related to Buddhism, including good and evil, and is also regarded as one of the protectors of Buddhism. Tracing back to the source is the beauty.

Many netizens know that Tianlong Babu was read by Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novel of the same name. In fact, Tianlong Babu originated from Buddhism and belongs to foreign culture. After it was introduced into Middle-earth, it was manifested in the culture of Middle-earth. Like the familiar fable Ye Gong Hao Long, it comes from Liu Xiang's New Preface in the Western Han Dynasty, in which it is said that Ye Gongzi Gao Hao Long, "so Tianlong heard about it."

In Buddhism, Tianlong Babu refers to eight kinds of ghosts and gods. Because Heaven and Dragon are the first among them, they are collectively called "Tianlong Babu". According to Buddhism, Tianlong Babu often follows Buddha, Bodhisattva, and Lohan, enthusiastically listening to their statements, supporting the Buddhas, and guarding their sides.

according to the existing Chinese-translated Buddhist scriptures, the Buddhist doctrines of "Tianlong" and "Tianlong Babu" existed in the early days when they were introduced to Middle-earth. An Shigao, a monk from the Western Regions' Rest Country in the Eastern Han Dynasty, translated "The Buddhist Sutra on Nai Women's Domain", saying that the Buddha was in Luoyue Country, and more than a thousand monks, bodhisattvas and Tianlong Babu gathered together to listen to his statement.

The specific names of Tianlong Babu were also introduced into China with the translation of Buddhist scriptures in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The earlier one involved in this matter was the Sutra of Gratitude for the Great Convenient Buddha, which contained eight dragons, namely, the heavens, dragons, hags, godmothers, Asura, Garuda, Kinnara and Mohoroga. The names of Tianlong Babu in later generations are basically consistent with them. Specifically, the eight kinds of ghosts and gods contained in Tianlong Babu have their origins, abilities and traits.

1. Tian is the leader of Tianlong Babu.

Heaven, also known as Heaven, Heaven and Heaven, mainly lives in the so-called "Six Days of Desire" and "Heaven of * * *" in Buddhism, which is roughly equivalent to the gods commonly said in Middle-earth, including Brahma, Indra, Four Heavenly Kings and other gods. According to the records in Buddhist scriptures, heaven and man are happy with Buddhism, and they often exclaim and scatter flowers to play music. In related Buddhist murals, people can often be seen flying around Buddha or Bodhisattva.

2. The dragon, transliterated in naga, is similar to the legendary dragon in China, but the Buddhist dragon was originally long and legless, full of divine power, capable of spreading clouds and rain, and also one of the guardians of Buddhism.

There are five dragon kings, seven dragon kings and eight dragon kings in Buddhist scriptures. According to The Theory of Great Wisdom, Buddha Sakyamuni was also a powerful dragon in his previous life. After being ordained, he went into the forest to practice, and some hunters coveted his skin and stripped it with a knife. The dragon can easily kill the hunter, because it abides by the precepts, so it no longer begrudges the hunter, lets the hunter peel it off, enters the water after losing its skin, and reluctantly lets the insects bite it. When it vows to become a Buddha, it will transform all beings with Buddhism, and then it will end and die.

according to the book "thinking about the right way", dragons can be divided into good and evil, and the good one is the dragon king who can walk in the right way and rain on time to ripen the grains. The evil one is the illegal dragon king, who can do bad rain and make the grain break. Its situation is similar to that of good dragons and evil dragons among the people later. The image of the dragon in the literary works since the Tang and Song Dynasties is actually the confluence of the dragon in Buddhism and the original dragon in China.

3. Hag, also known as medicine fork, pleasure fork, reading fork, and wild fork, is literally translated as a ghost who is quick to get sick and can spit. It was originally a demigod in Indian mythology and was used by Buddhism.

Hag is under the command of the King of Vishamun and has great power. "Great Wisdom Theory" says that there are three kinds of hags: underground hags often get all kinds of joy, music, food and so on; Void hag, strong, walking like the wind; Palace hag, with all kinds of entertainment and convenient things.

The Notes on Vimalakīrti Classic says that there are three kinds of hags: underground hag, empty hag and sky hag. Hags can also be divided into good and evil. Good people guard Buddhism, while evil people can annoy all beings, and often make a big head and a small body, or hold a knife, sword, halberd and other horrors on both sides, which makes people tremble and fear, and then make the audience confused and intoxicated, and then take their soul and spit out their flesh and blood. This is also the most popular image of hag among Chinese people, and it often appears as a ghost difference in the underworld.

4. Asura, also known as Ashuro, Ashuro, Ashulun, etc., is abbreviated as Shura.

Asura was originally an evil god in ancient Indian mythology, and Buddhism transplanted it. In Buddhism, Asura is also a grumpy god, with beautiful men and ugly women and aggressive nature. Because Asura has beautiful women without good food, and the heavens have good food without beautiful women, they are jealous of each other, so they often fight with each other, which is extremely tragic.

This is why we often call the bloody and cruel battlefield "Xiuluo Field". There are many kinds of images of Asura, such as nine heads and thousands of eyes, fire in the mouth, 99 hands, six feet and huge figure; Or three sides and six arms, naked in anger. Cave 249 of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Asura, painted in the 6th century, has four arms and two feet, with a red body and a * * * upper body. It also forms six worlds with hell, hungry ghosts, animals, people and heaven, which is one of the reincarnation of all beings.

5. Garuda, also known as Galileo and Galileo.

Garuda was originally a fierce and huge bird in Indian mythology, and its wings were thousands of miles, even hundreds of Wan Li. Because its wings are golden, it is called "golden winged bird". But in fact, its wings are interwoven with many treasures, which are not only golden, so it is also called "wonderful-winged bird"

When Garuda was born, he was dazzling, and the heavens once thought he was a Vulcan and worshipped him. Garuda feeds on dragons, and can eat King Yi Long and 5 dragons a day. If the wind it blows enters the human eye, it will lead to blindness.

6. Gan Lv Po, also known as Li Lv Po and Yan Da Po, is a kind of god who does not eat wine and meat, but only seeks fragrance as food. She is a happy god who serves the emperor's interpretation with Kinnara and specializes in playing music and singing.

Some of its images are hairy, half-human, half-beast, and some are handsome and abnormal. Gan Lu Po is also one of the thirty-three phases of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Her image is that she is red, such as King Daniel, holding a flute in her left hand and a sword in her right hand, with a flaming crown in her bun. In Sanskrit, the meaning of "Ganlu Shiva" is unpredictable. In ancient India, the mirage was called "Ganlu Shiva City", which is often used in Buddhist scriptures to describe the impermanence of various laws.

7. Kinnara, also known as Jin Siluo, Zhenduo, etc., was later translated into Song Shen, Song Yue Shen and Music Tian.

Because Kinnara is like a man with horns, it is also called "man is inhuman". It comes from Indian mythology. In the Buddhist scriptures, it has a beautiful sound, can sing and dance well, is the god of music of the emperor, and often appears in the Buddhist interpretation meeting. According to Buddhist scriptures, in Kinnara, men can sing with horses' heads, while women can dance properly, and many of them marry dry women.

8. Mohoroga, also known as Mahoraga, Mohuro, Mofule, literally translated as earthworm, Python God and Python.

Mohoroga is also a god of music, and it is shaped like a snake head. According to the Buddhist scriptures, many insects in the body gnaw at food, so the pain is abnormal. Although Tianlong Babu has its own appearance and temperament, they are all influenced by the weed of Buddhism. They believe in Buddhism, protect Buddhism, and participate in and praise Buddhism, which is an important part of Buddhism's huge system of protecting the gods.

After the introduction of the theory of Dragon and Eight Branches into China, its image can be seen in many Buddhist art treasures in China, such as Dunhuang Grottoes and Dazu Stone Carvings. Many ghosts and gods in Tianlong Babu are familiar to the public, which have a great influence on their beliefs and lives, and have been richly expressed in literature and art. Needless to say, dragons and hags exist widely in people's beliefs and literature. The dragon's ability to make changes in rain and the ferocious and horrible hags are all deeply related to the theory of dragons and dragons.

Another example is Garuda's fierce nature and miraculous powers, which are often described in Chinese literature. The three Wang Peng Demons in The Journey to the West Zhongshi Camel Cave, nicknamed Yun Cheng Wanli Peng, are the Golden Winged Birds. Garuda's legend is also used at the beginning of the novel The Complete Biography of Yue in Qing Dynasty.

It is said in the book that Yue Fei was originally reincarnated as a golden winged bird, Qin Gui was reincarnated as a dragon king whose left eye was pecked by him, and the martial arts of Jurchen State was reincarnated as a red bearded dragon. In order to soothe the latter two, the Buddha sent the golden-winged bird to earth. Mr. Jin Yong named his novels directly after "Eight Dragons", which also implied the wonderful correspondence between the characters in the novel and these eight kinds of ghosts and gods.

Eight sects (Dragon and Eight Sects)

The magic method of lotus sutra avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Pumenpinyun "... should be regarded as a dragon hag, a Asura, Garuda, Kinnara, a Moro Luoga, and a person of equal stature. That is to say, everything is now. ..... "

Eight sects

is Sharifutsu's theory of asking about classics, which is usually used.

1. Deva, a celestial being, wants to be in the world for six days, * * * for four Zen days, and there is no * * * for four empty days. The body is bright, so it is named Tian, and the natural results are wonderful, so it is named Tian.

second, Naga, a dragon, is a beast and the king of water. Such as Hokkekyo's audience, listed eight dragon kings.

third, Yaksa, a new cloud medicine fork, is also a ghost in the flying air.

fourth, Gandharva, a dry woman, is translated as fragrant yin, and the body of the five yin is also the same. The five yin only smells fragrant and stinks, so it is named fragrant yin. Indra, the God of Music, is also an audience of Hokkekyo.

5. Asura Asura, the old work is without wine, the new work is not heaven, and it is not correct. Although this karma is sky-like, it is not heaven-like, so the clouds are not sky-like, and the appearance is ugly, so the clouds are not correct, and there are beautiful women without wine, so the clouds are without wine, and they often fight with the Emperor.

6. Garuda, Garuda, translated as Golden Winged Bird, has 336 Wan Li, which feeds on dragons.

7. Kinnara Kimnara, translated as non-human, newly translated as a singing god, resembles a human being and has horns on his head, hence the name of non-human, and he is the god of music in Indra. Therefore, there are two kinds of music gods in Yun Ge, and the former dry woman is a performer of folk music, and this is also the god of those who play French music.

VIII. Mahoraga, a snake god, walks with a big belly, and is also a earthworm.

these eight parts are always invisible to the human eye, so they are called the Eight Parts of the Ghost. Among the eight parts, the God of the Dragon is extremely superior, so it is called the Eight Parts of the Dragon, also known as the Eight Parts of the Dragon God.

what are the eight "dragons and eight sects" in Buddhism?

The Eight Dragons, also known as the Eight Dragons and Eight Buddhists, are the eight dharma protectors in Buddhism, with a large number. The details are as follows:

1. Tianzhong. "Heaven" is God. The famous protectors of the twenty heavens are Brahma, Indra, Four Heavenly Kings, Wei Tuo and Yan Wang. The Twenty Celestials are often enshrined on both sides of the Ursa Major Hall, such as Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou. In Buddhism, the gods are not detached from the cycle of life and death, but may still fall into evil ways, because they are still on the same big level as people and animals.

second, the dragon crowd. According to the Buddhist scriptures, there are countless dragon kings who specialize in promoting clouds and rainfall. This is very similar to the legend of the Dragon King in China. As the protector of Buddhism, there are some dragons, such as the Great Dragon King and the Sixteen Dragon Kings.

third, hag. The demigod, Hag and Luo Cha were born at the same time from the sole of Brahma or Brahma. The two sides are usually hostile to each other. Unlike Luo Cha, they are friendly to human beings, so they are called "sincere people".

fourth, do it. There are more than 6, incense gods and music gods. When they played the piano and sang hymns in front of the Buddha, "all three thousand worlds shook." This is the central national orchestra of Buddhism.

v. Garuda. It's the Golden Winged Bird God. It's huge. With its wings spread, there is 336 Wan Li! He feeds on snakes, which can get rid of all kinds of poisonous snakes in the world and benefit all beings. In China's ghost novels, he is described as a Dapeng golden-winged bird that protects Buddha's head.

6. Kinnara. Song god. There is a division of labor with Gan Lu Po. Gan Yue Po specializes in singing folk music and is a pop musician, while Kinnara specializes in playing French music and is a professional musician.

VII. Asura. Asura was originally one of the ancient Indian gods, regarded as an evil god, a fierce and aggressive spirit, who often fought with Indra. It is said that it is a god, but it has no good deeds, which is similar to quotations. It is said to be a quotations, but it has the power of the gods. It is said that it is a human being, although it is worldly desires, but it has the power of gods and quotations. Therefore, it is a kind of non-god, non-ghost, non-human, and it is a monster between god, ghost and man. Its ugly appearance was later accepted by Buddhism as the protector.

8. Mohoroga. In Buddhist legend, the god who owns snakes is the big snake god, the head of a human snake, also known as earthworm, which is one of the eight dragons of Buddhist gods. The deity was originally a ventriloquist, but because of his low intelligence and ignorance, he was able to get rid of the fate of ventriloquist and become a deity. Python was also absorbed as the protector.

Of the above eight parts, Tianzhong and Longzhong are the most important, so they are collectively called "Tianlong Babu".