What do China's Five Directions and Five Buddhas refer to?

The five buddhas in China refer to the Piluchana Buddha in the middle, Acheng Buddha in the east, Amitabha Buddha in the west, Baosheng Buddha in the south and Achievement Buddha in the north.

1, Pilu Buddha, also known as Great Pilu Buddha or Maha Pilu Buddha, means "the sun, the sun" or "shines all things". It has also been translated into Pilu Shefo, Shen Lu Shefo, Shefo and Duna. That is, one of the titles of Sakyamuni Buddha, according to different factions of Buddhism, there are different views, or it is considered as dharma Buddha, body Buddha and incarnation Buddha. As one of Five Dhyani Buddhas, it occupies a central position.

2. Oriental Acheng Buddha, in Mahayana Buddhism belief, is a Buddha who enjoys the wonderful world of the East, and its status is equivalent to that of Amitabha Buddha in the western paradise, and the famous Vimalakīrti lay man is from the wonderful world. Beliefs in Acheng Buddha and Amitabha Buddha both originated from the early Mahayana Buddhism, but both belonged to Mahayana Buddhism in the Han Dynasty. In Tibetan Buddhism and tantric beliefs, Acheng Buddha is the Oriental Tathagata among the five great wisdom Tathagata in the King Kong world, representing "the wisdom of the Great Round Mirror".

3. Amitabha Buddha in the West means Infinite Light Buddha, also known as Infinite Life Buddha, also known as Infinite Pure Buddha and Manna King Tathagata. In China, it is abbreviated as Amitabha, Amitabha and so on. Amitabha is generally accepted by various sects of Mahayana Buddhism, while Pure Land Sect is characterized by loving Amitabha.

4. Nanbao wins Buddha, also known as Baosheng Tathagata, Baoxiang Tathagata and Kaifu Wanghua Tathagata. As the southern Buddha in Buddhist Five Dhyani Buddhas, Baosheng Buddha lives in a happy world, which represents the "equal wisdom" of Pilu Jinna Buddha and the subtle virtue of Buddhism, that is, it is called "Baosheng" in the perfection of Buddhism.

5. One of the top ten Tathagata in northern China, the Lotus World Buddha in the North, also known as the ancient Thunder Buddha, the Lei Yin Buddha in Guang Yun, the King Buddha of Thunder, the King Buddha of Dragon Breeding and the Dragon Free Buddha.

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The origin of the five buddhas.

Five Buddhas is a concept in Buddhism. Buddhism takes endless time and space, endless world, endless beings and endless buddhas as its fundamental concept. Since there are endless buddhas, there are many ceremonies for shaping and offering Buddha statues, such as offering sacrifices to one Buddha, three buddhas, five buddhas, seven buddha, a thousand buddhas and ten thousand buddhas, all because the reference is clear and the reason is shown by borrowing things.

Among them, the so-called Five Buddhas, also known as Five Wisdom Buddhas and Five Wisdom Tathagata, are based on tantric teachings, and the five Buddhas are matched with five parties: the central Piluzena Buddha represents the body wisdom of Buddhism, the eastern Achong Buddha represents the wisdom of the Great Round Mirror, the southern Baosheng Buddha represents the equal wisdom, the western Amitabha Buddha represents the wonderful wisdom, and the northern non-empty achievement Buddha represents the wisdom created by Cheng.

In the new era, Zhao Puchu, the former president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, gave a brand-new explanation and deduction to the theory of "five parties and five buddhas" from the perspective of building a Buddhist belief system in China.

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