In Journey to the West, ancient Buddha, Tathagata Buddha and Maitreya Buddha all appeared. In fact, they are the past Buddha, the present Buddha and the future Buddha. The ancient Buddha Randeng became a Buddha in a long time and taught the Tathagata Buddha and Maitreya Buddha. A few years after the death of the Tathagata Buddha, Maitreya Buddha came to power and took his place.
First of all, let’s say that Buddhism in Journey to the West is different from Buddhism in reality. Buddhism in the book is more a political force than a so-called religion. All this has nothing to do with faith. It is easy to understand the growth and decline of Buddhist power in Journey to the West, regardless of belief.
In the era of the ancient Buddha, Buddhism was just a sect. At that time, the ancient Buddha and a group of important elders formed a founding team. Under the oppression of Hinduism, the ancient Buddha lived a painful missionary life. At that time, not many people believed him, and not many believers.
Tathagata Buddha was called Shanhui Boy at that time. He was a man of high consciousness, so he highly respected the ancient Buddha. In order to see the ancient Buddha, he spent almost all his savings. He bought the priceless five stems of lotus flowers and gave them to the ancient Buddha. He spread his long hair in muddy water to let the ancient Buddha pass by.
For a down and out religious leader, he had never been treated like this before, so he was deeply moved. After chatting with Shanhui, the ancient Buddha decided to pass on the position of Buddha to him.
At that time, the kind-hearted and intelligent boy had several abilities that he did not have: first, he had a super understanding of Buddhism; Second, he has enough pioneering ability. He is a good hand at both preaching and developing forces; Third, he is pious enough to be so pious around him.
The first two points were judged correctly, but the third point was wrong. However, he was not 100% sure of the third point, so he made two preparations. First of all, he taught him the good and wise boy and told him that he would become a Buddha and become a Sakyamuni after several disasters. Secondly, he and another wise man also taught him to become Buddha after Sakyamuni. He is Maitreya Buddha.
The third judgment of Lantern is really wrong. After becoming a Buddha, Shanhui Boy did open up Buddhism, but he did several things to make Lantern feel cold: first, he called himself the founder of Buddhism, ignoring the identity of Lantern’s founder and mentor; Second, a transition period of the King of Earth Tibet Bodhisattva has been added between the Tathagata Buddha and Maitreya Buddha, which is about five billion years.
The ancient Buddha did not misjudge people. Buddha Buddha indeed pushed Buddhism to the top. However, in this process, compared with the Lantern Age, Buddhism lost many original advantages and became relatively secular. The transition period of the King of Earth Tibet Bodhisattva was unacceptable to the ancient Buddha, but the fact was established, and he had no way.
Therefore, in Journey to the West, the ancient Buddha Rundeng helped the scripture learning team everywhere to correct some mistakes of the Buddha, which made people unable to help feeling. Disclaimer: The above content comes from the network, and the copyright belongs to the original author. If it infringes your original copyright, please inform us, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.