Tathagata or Guanyin, who is your natal Buddha?

Regarding the question of the natal Buddha, I receive the following questions every day:

"I saw someone say that Tathagata is the natal Buddha, and Guanyin is also the natal Buddha. Who is the natal Buddha?"

"I was born in XX, who is my zodiac sign?"

I have to answer this question many times every day, and each time I can only give a brief answer: that is to say, the guardian Buddha of each zodiac sign, Buddha and Guanyin are both one of the zodiac Buddhas.

Many people have the same doubts as above: Tathagata is also called the natal Buddha, and Guanyin is also called the natal Buddha, so which one is it?

Birth Buddha

In order to give everyone a more accurate understanding, today we will sort it out and talk about who the zodiac Buddha is.

The "Birthday Buddha" is also called the Eight Guardian Gods. It is a Buddhist tantric belief expressed through the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination. The five elements of "earth, water, fire, wind and space" are interdependent, and there are eight Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who protect the twelve zodiac signs, so they are called "birth Buddhas", also known as the eight guardian gods.

Therefore: there are 8 natal Buddhas, including Buddha and Guanyin.

Source

The Fayuan Zhulin quoted the Mahasanghika Sutra as saying: "Outside the Jambu embankment, in the four seas, there are twelve beasts, all of which are Bodhisattvas. When a human is born, when the Bodhisattva lives in a cave, it is these beasts that protect and benefit. Therefore, the twelve zodiac signs in the Han area follow this.

According to Buddhist scriptures, the twelve animals are the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, and each of them has a corresponding Bodhisattva to guide and protect them. This is what believers call the natal Buddha!

From the above we also know that the role of the natal Buddha is to protect and benefit. To put it simply, it can protect and bring good luck. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas can help people turn misfortune into good fortune, have a successful career, and be healthy and safe. Therefore, wearing or worshipping one's own zodiac Buddha has always been a custom that Chinese people believe in.

According to the book, the twelve zodiac animals and their zodiac Buddhas correspond to each other as follows:

Birth Buddha

Rat - Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara

Ox: Akasagarbha Bodhisattva

Tiger: Akasagarbha Bodhisattva

Rabbit - Manjusri Bodhisattva

Dragon: Samantabhadra

Snake: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva

Horse - Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta

Sheep - Vairocana Tathagata

Monkey - Mahavairocana

Rooster - Acalanatha Bodhisattva

Dog: Amitabha

Pig - Amitabha

Count them yourself, is it eight?

Thousand-armed Guanyin

Thousand-Armed Guanyin, also known as Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Guanyin, Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Armed Guanyin, etc., is one of the four great Bodhisattvas in Chinese folk beliefs.

The Thousand-Armed Guanyin Bodhisattva is a symbol of great compassion. When you worship and wear it, she can silently bless you to overcome various difficulties and eliminate various disasters. When you are lucky, she can make you more brilliant; when you are unlucky, she can eliminate various obstacles, resolve various disasters, enable you to pass through the difficulties smoothly, and achieve a happy, peaceful and auspicious life.

Akasagarbha Bodhisattva

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, secret name: Kuzang Vajra, is one of the eight great Bodhisattvas in Buddhism. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is the foremost minister of all the Buddhas of the three periods of time. His merits and virtues are so vast that they fill the void. His wisdom is boundless and indescribable. His heart of forbearance is like a diamond, his diligence is as fierce as the wind, and he possesses all samadhis. Among the many Bodhisattvas, he specializes in wisdom, merit and wealth.

Manjushri Bodhisattva

Manjushri Bodhisattva is the left attendant of Buddha Shakyamuni and his great disciple. He, Shakyamuni and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva are collectively known as the "Three Holy Ones of Avatamsaka Sutra". Manjushri Bodhisattva is the best in intelligence and eloquence. He is the leader of all Bodhisattvas. He is the Bodhisattva who symbolizes the wisdom of Buddha and is called "Great Wisdom".

Manjushri Bodhisattva is a symbol of great wisdom and can develop wisdom and improve understanding. It can especially help students to succeed in their studies, officials to increase their fortune and luck, businessmen to increase their wealth and fortune, and employees to achieve their dreams. It can increase your creativity and development ability, enable you to defeat your opponents in competition, and make your career flourish.

Samantabhadra

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is one of the four great Bodhisattvas in Chinese Buddhism. It is a Bodhisattva who symbolizes the virtues of reason and practice, corresponding to the wisdom virtues and righteous virtues of Manjushri Bodhisattva. Worshiping Samantabhadra Bodhisattva will help you realize your greatest wish, get rid of all kinds of villains, increase your authority as a leader, and make your life as you wish and happy.

Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva

Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva is the right attendant of Amitabha Buddha, also known as Great Diligence Bodhisattva, or simply Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva. Together with Amitabha Buddha and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (Amitabha Buddha's left attendant), they are collectively known as the "Three Holy Ones of the West".

The Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta can give you the light of wisdom, so that you can have smooth sailing on the road of life, successful career, and be blessed with everlasting Buddha’s light, which can turn away evil and bring you good fortune and happiness. It enables you to follow the path of Buddha's light, give full play to all your wisdom, and reach your ideal state.

Vairocana Tathagata

Vairocana Tathagata is the supreme deity of Tantric Buddhism, the highest level Buddha of Tantric Buddhism, the highest god revered by Tantric Buddhism, and the fundamental Buddha of the Tantric Buddhist world.

People born in the years of the Sheep and the Monkey have the strongest resonance with Vairocana Tathagata. Therefore, if people born in the years of the Sheep and the Monkey can devoutly wear or worship the natal Buddhist image of Vairocana Tathagata, they will receive the light of the Tathagata to open their wisdom, accomplish all their undertakings, have noble people to help them, and realize their ambitions.

Acalanatha Bodhisattva

Acalanatha, the Bodhisattva, whose Sanskrit name is Acalanatha, means the Immovable One or the Immovable One. He is called "Acalanatha" in the religious circles and is also known as the Immovable Messenger. "Immovable" means that compassion is firm and unshakable, "bright" means the light of wisdom, and "king" means the one who controls all phenomena. According to the classification of the three bodies in Tantric Buddhism, Acalanatha is the command body of all Buddhas, so he is also called the king of all the Vidyarajas and the chief deity of the Five Great Vidyarajas.

People born in the Year of the Rooster have the strongest connection with Acalanatha Bodhisattva. Therefore, if people born in the Year of the Rooster can wear or worship the Buddha statue of Acalanatha Bodhisattva devoutly, they will be protected by Acalanatha and stay away from sins, and have a smooth, peaceful and happy life.

Amitabha

Amitabha, also known as Amitabha, is also known as the Buddha of Infinite Life, the Buddha of Infinite Light, the King of Avalokitesvara, and the King of Nectar. The password is Qingjing. He is the leader of the Western Paradise, and is collectively known as the "Three Holy Ones of the West" with Guanyin Bodhisattva and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva.

Amitabha represents infinite light and infinite life. He can protect you silently, give you profound wisdom, and help you get rid of worries. People born in the years of the Dog and the Pig have the strongest connection with Amitabha Buddha. Therefore, if people born in the years of the Dog and the Pig can devoutly wear or worship the Amitabha Buddha's natal Dharma image, they will have a smooth life and turn misfortune into good fortune.

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