Why is the Amitabha Buddha statue printed on a black background?

Updated on culture 2024-07-22
22 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-13

    This black background is very symbolic, the black represents our suffering world of sava, and the light on the body of the three saints opens up a bright avenue for us.

    In addition, if you really study Buddhism, whether you are bright or not lies in your own heart, and if you are too focused on the appearance and seek the Dharma from the outside, you will not be able to seek the Fa-rectification!

    I also hope that you don't care too much about the color, the color has a heart, if you are pure, you won't see anything black and white!

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    Today's Chinese folk Buddhism is very different from the Buddhism founded by Shakyamuni. In fact, Shakyamuni was a saint, a great thinker, who claimed to be a man, not a god, and he did not worship God, nor did he allow believers to worship idols.

    However, after his death, he was deified by posterity, and his teachings were distorted. Dr. Leung explained that Shakyamuni did not compile his own teachings during his lifetime, and that the original Buddhist scriptures were passed down orally from generation to generation by followers rather than written down, and were not collected until 500 years after his death.

    Buddhist scriptures that have been passed down orally for 500 years will inevitably have distortions and deviations, and more importantly, some believers add their own understandings and teachings in the oral transmission process, resulting in the vast number of Buddhist scriptures today, the content is different, and even contradictory in many places. It can be seen that the Buddhist scriptures today are no longer the teachings of Shakyamuni. ”

    Another "creation" of folk Buddhism is the bodhisattva. Shakyamuni did not mention "Bodhisattva", and the statue of Bodhisattva enshrined in the temple is even more contrary to Shakyamuni's teachings. The Buddhist Emperor Ashoka ordered the eradication of 18,000 idols, because the devout Ashoka knew that idolatry was contrary to the tenets of Buddhism.

    As for the Guanyin Bodhisattva, which is widely believed by the Chinese people, it has been continuously "modified" by later generations. Dr. Leung said that Guanyin is a new deity that Buddhists assemble from India to be a god of compassion and freedom, and that Guanyin was originally a man with a beard, but was later changed to a woman by Chinese Buddhists. It can be seen that Guanyin is just a product of posterity.

    And the so-called bodhisattva manifestations are the work of evil spirits. ”

    He added that Buddhism did not have the doctrine of eternal life, reincarnation, or heaven at first, and that it was all copied or modified by later believers that the teachings of other religions were copied or adapted, and that the purpose was to make Buddhism more up-to-date and adapt to the needs of the times, so as to increase its viability and competitiveness of other religions.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    All appearances are vain.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    The architectural layout of traditional Buddhist temples in China is generally in order: Mountain Gate Palace, Tianwang Palace, Daxiong Treasure Palace, and Tibetan Scripture Building. The layout of each temple will vary, but here is a brief overview of the general layout.

    The mountain gate hall is the gate of the temple, generally three gates, also known as the three gate halls, enshrined in the two King Kongs, commonly known as the two generals of Hum Ha. In the middle of the Tianwang Hall is dedicated to Maitreya Buddha, and there are also separate Maitreya halls. The left and right are dedicated to the four heavenly kings:

    The king of the country in the east, the king of growth in the south, the king of wide-eyed in the west, and the king of many things in the north. The back is dedicated to the Vedic Bodhisattva.

    The Daxiong Hall is the main hall of each Buddhist temple, which is generally the highest and most gorgeous hall, and the middle is dedicated to the Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha, the left is Amitabha Buddha, and the right is Medicine Buddha. Some Shakyamuni Buddha set up two Venerable Ananda Leaves on the left and right, and some sat on the two Bodhisattvas of Manjushri Puxian. Some Amitabha Buddha is left and right Guanyin Dashi to the two Bodhisattvas, and Medicine Buddha is the sun shining and the moon shining on the two Bodhisattvas.

    The back is generally dedicated to the island Guanyin, and next to it is a good wealth boy and a dragon girl.

    The Tibetan scripture building is a place to treasure Buddhist scriptures, and there are three Tibetans and twelve parts.

    Some temples also have Jizo Hall, Guanyin Hall, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Arhat Hall, Buddha Hall, Abbot's Room, Dining Hall, and so on. Some temples in Jiuhua Mountain also have the Lingguan Palace, the Ten Kings Palace, etc., and some temples combine the above two or three halls together to become a building.

    Worship Buddha statues. Han Buddhism is divided into eight sects, each of which has its own branches, and the following is a brief description of the Buddha statues enshrined in the Pure Land and Zen sects.

    The Pure Land sect is mainly dedicated to Amitabha Buddha in the Western Elysium, or the Three Sages of the West: Amitabha, with Avalokiteshvara on the left and Dashi on the right.

    The Buddha statues enshrined in Zen Buddhism are more complicated, and you can refer to the layout of the Buddhist temple in 31 questions. Broadly speaking, there are three types of Buddha statues enshrined in Buddhism, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats. These are the three fruition levels of Buddhist practice.

    Common Buddhas include Shakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, and Medicine Buddha, all three of which are collectively known as the Three Buddhas of the Heng World. Burning Lamp Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, these three are collectively known as the three Buddhas. There are also the Dharmakaya Buddha Virujana, the Reincarnation Buddha Lushana Buddha, and the Avatar Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha, which are collectively called the Three-Body Buddha.

    Common Bodhisattvas are Manjushri, Fuxian, Dizang, Guanyin, these four are collectively known as the four Bodhisattvas of Chinese Buddhism, corresponding to the four famous Buddhist mountains in China, Manjushri in Wutai Mountain in Shanxi, Fuxian in Emei Mountain in Sichuan, Jizang in Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui, Guanyin in Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang. There is also the Great Trend to the Bodhisattva, who generally stands on the right side of Amitabha Buddha and Guanyin on the left, and the three are collectively called the Three Sages of the West.

    Arhats are generally enshrined in eighteen arhats, and there are also five hundred arhats.

    There is also the Huayan Treasure Hall, which enshrines the two Bodhisattvas of Virujana Buddha and Manjushri Puxian, and these three are collectively called the three saints of Huayan.

    In addition, there are various Buddha statues such as Wei Dao Bodhisattva, Guan Yu, and Island Guanyin group statues.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Amitabha! Senior brother, our samsara world is now the Dharma era of Shakyamuni Buddha. All the Dharma we have learned, all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas we have known, all of them have been taught to us by Shakyamuni Buddhism.

    Shakyamuni Buddha is the master and master of the Buddha for all beings in this world, so naturally we must first worship the master!

    However, Amitabha Buddha also has great karma for all beings in our world, so countless Buddhas are reciting Amitabha Buddha and also vowing to be born in the future in the world of bliss and meet Amitabha Buddha face-to-face! However, our recitation of the Buddha to survive in the Elysian World is also the method taught to us by our teacher, Shakyamuni Buddha, and we should still follow the teachings of our teacher. If you deviate from the Buddha's teachings and interpret them yourself, and practice them according to your own understanding, you may deviate.

    Therefore, when the Buddha was on the verge of Nirvana, he instructed us not to follow the law, and this is the truth!

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    1, in the Mahavira Hall, standing next to Shakyamuni Buddha is not Amitabha Buddha, it is Ananda and Kasa Ye Venerable 2, some temples have three Buddhas, Shakyamuni Buddha in the middle, Amitabha Buddha on both sides, Medicine Buddha.

    3. In the three western temples in the temple, Amitabha Buddha is enshrined in the middle, and Guanyin Bodhisattva and Dashi Zhi Bodhisattva are on both sides.

    4. In the chanting hall, the main Buddha enshrined is also Amitabha.

    5. In ordinary temples, there is generally no separate Amitabha temple, but temples that specialize in the Pure Land sect have an independent Amitabha Buddha hall (three temples or chanting Buddha hall), because he is the head of the Pure Land sect. Each temple has its own focus, so the Buddha statues enshrined are different.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-07

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  8. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    In the past, present, and future, all Buddhas and worlds have the same wisdom and no difference.

    Clarity is the most important thing.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Rarely! Not necessarily, the statue of Amitabha Buddha is generally a guide seal, that is, a palm up, a palm down, is it that you don't know which is the statue of Amitabha, of course, there are still more for the master Shakyamuni Buddha.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Because Amitabha Buddha has 48 vows, among them, if sentient beings recite the Buddha's name wholeheartedly when they are dying, Amitabha Buddha will lead them to Amitabha's land: Western Bliss. In Buddhism, people meet and say Amitabha, it means to bless each other, and Amitabha Buddha also contains the Buddha of Amitayus, the Buddha of Amitayus, the light and auspiciousness represented by the immeasurable light.

    Amitayus represents wealth and longevity. Therefore, meeting Amitabha Buddha is to bless you with light, auspiciousness, wealth and longevity. Amitabha!

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-03

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  12. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Corresponding to the Buddha's wish...

    Originated from Amitabha Buddha's 48 vows to read the Buddha to die! It is very convenient for sentient beings to be free from the cycle of life and death...

    The Elysium of Death only needs to meet two conditions.

    The Buddha said the Sutra of Amitayus" Amitabha Buddha 48 vows··· Chanting the Buddha and passing away! Wish to survive!

    The eightieth thought will give birth to a wish Let me become a Buddha, sentient beings in the ten directions, believe in happiness in my heart, want to give birth to my country, and even ten thoughts, if you are not born, you will not attain enlightenment. Only eliminate the five adversities and slander the Fa-rectification.

    The nineteenth deathbed vow Let me become a Buddha, sentient beings from all directions, develop bodhicitta and cultivate all merits, and make a wish from the bottom of my heart to give birth to my country. At the end of one's life, if the former is not surrounded by the public, enlightenment will not be attained.

  13. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    This is the name of Amitabha Buddha, that is, to receive the power of vows.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Clear-hearted. Break the worries. The benefits are many.

    It is recommended that you read the Buddha Says the Amitabha Sutra.

    There is no Amitabha Sutra in the south!

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Seal Light Mage open.

    To show, the source of the bad handling is taken to the temple Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statue receiving place.

    The image can be offered to those who can survive, and it can be offered.

    or survive. It cannot be provided to those who cannot survive, and it is incinerated. It is a great sin to destroy the image and burn the scriptures, and this covenant can be said for those who can survive.

    If it is not available to those who cannot survive, and it is also held to this righteousness, it is blasphemous. For example, when the Son of Man is born to his parents, he must try to keep them safe. After the death of the parents, they must try to bury them.

    If an unreasonable fool sees that people bury their parents and think that they are filial, they will want to bury them with their living parents and fulfill their filial piety. Or when they see that they are filial to their parents, they still provide for their deceased parents according to the ritual of providing for them on a daily basis. Neither is true filial piety.

    Those who cannot read or offer the image of the scriptures should be incinerated. However, it is not allowed to be made of ordinary paper, and it is necessary to set up another device to strictly defend it, so as not to let the ashes be left behind. The ash is taken and packed in a very dense cloth bag, and the sand or stone is purified, so that it sinks when it enters the water, and does not float on both banks.

    Those who have crossed the sea can go to the depths of the sea or the depths of the river, but the small ditches and rivers cannot be cast. If you are a practitioner, you are like the Dharma. If you don't add sand stones, you decide to drift to the two sides, and it will still be blasphemous, and your sin is not small.

    And filthy stone and filthy bricks, must not be used.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    It's not a mudra, it's a quote.

    Amitabha Buddha holds the lotus platform with his left hand; The right hand is stretched out empty, which is to indicate the rebirth of the Buddha in the West.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    I can't give you a picture with my mobile phone, Amitabha Buddha has a lotus in his hand, he holds the lotus in his left hand, and his right hand goes vertically, I feel a little bit told us to give him his hand, he saves us.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    In general, the left hand holds the ritual instrument and the right hand makes a leading gesture. Therefore, Amitabha Buddha is also called the Buddha of Introduction.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    Taking refuge in Amitabha Buddha means taking refuge in immeasurable longevity, and there is no karma, no afflictions, no disrespect for the Three Jewels, and no foolishness. Amitabha Buddha has great compassion, vast equality, correct knowledge, and immeasurable and perfect compassion. Take refuge in Amitabha Buddha and you will have good roots.

    The word "longevity" represents good fortune. There are no afflictions, no karma, no greed, hatred, ignorance, and so on, and there is no great bodhichitta, no great wishes, and you learn from all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, like Amitabha, with great compassion and great equality, this is the root of goodness! Only with good roots can we talk about merit and immeasurable longevity!

    Longevity is the blessing of fulfillment, why do people in the world say that you are very blessed! If you live to be more than 90 years old, you will say "longevity" when you are more than 100 years old! The first is that he is blessed and old!

    No one in the world has as much merit as Amitabha Buddha, Amitayus! In his lifespan, unlike ordinary people, there is a lot of garbage surrounding it. Ordinary people have greed, hatred, stupidity, slowness, doubt, troubles, delusions, plus uncompassion, inequality, every day when there is nothing to do, no worries to find troubles, no karma to find karma, this is garbage, garbage surrounds the life of ordinary people, one more day of life, one more day of sin.

    Why do we want to go to Amitayus, that is, to get rid of our garbage! The life span we gain is a pure and untainted life, which is blessed and virtuous. To be blessed and not virtuous is to suffer sin, what is the meaning! Therefore, if you want to return to the Buddha of Amitayus, the Buddha is enlightenment!

    The troubles, right and wrong, and lack of compassion mentioned above, give birth to so many problems, where does it come from? Foolish hearts, because they don't realize it! At this point, you may have understood.

    To recite Nam no Amitabha Buddha is to take refuge in immeasurable longevity, to be enlightened, to increase wisdom, and not to make mistakes. Our lifespan will be as immeasurable as Amitabha's in the future. The surroundings of this immeasurable life are very pure, comfortable, egalitarian, compassionate, and free from any pollution.

    Therefore, we must believe in the heart, make a wish from the heart, and hold it with the heart.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    Conversion is conversion, or conversion; It is relied on, or trusted. According to Buddhism, sentient beings are reincarnated in the Three Realms and Six Realms, floating and sinking in the sea of suffering on their birthdays, helpless and pitiful, but they can only be blessed by the Three Jewels.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Amitabha Buddha is a Buddha, so take refuge in Buddha.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    "Amitabha" is the largest Buddhist Buddhism in the West, and there is a saying of "one thought at the end of life". That is to say, whether you believe in Buddhism or not, if you can recite "Amitabha" at the moment before you die, you can also go to the Western Heaven of Elysium.

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