About the Eighteen Lohan

The Eighteen Lohan, evolved from the Sixteen Lohan. The earliest known eighteen luohan statue, for the five generations - Zhang Xuan and Guan Xiu painted. Later, Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty wrote eighteen praises for these two paintings and labeled the names of the luohan by Guan Xiu. In addition, Hangzhou Feilai Peak Jinguang Cave, carved in the stone bed of the eighteen Lohan statues, is also a work of the Song Dynasty. After the Yuan Dynasty, the temples in the main hall for more than eighteen Luohan, and in the Buddhist community, the painting and sculpture of Luohan statues, but also more than eighteen Luohan mainly. Since then, the sixteen Lohan is gradually silent, eighteen Lohan instead. Kamakura Komyoji Temple in Japan also has a statue of eighteen luohans, which is believed to have been created during the period from the Southern Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. Bindulo Trevor Abraham--Sitting Deer Lohan

Sitting on a deer, pondering over the deer, he is very comfortable in his own skin and appreciates himself

Bindulo is one of the eighteen castes of India, which is an aristocratic Brahmin family, and Trevor Abraham is the name of this Lohan. This Lohan was originally a minister of King Yudhoyan of India, powerful in one country, but he suddenly became a monk. King Yudhoyan personally invited him to return to his official position, but he was afraid of the king's nagging, so he disappeared into the mountains to practice.

One day a deer-riding monk appeared in front of the palace, and the royal guards, recognizing him as Trevaraja, reported him to King Yudhishthira.

The king came out to receive him into the palace, saying that the country was still vacant and asking him if he would come back as an official.

He said that he had come back because he wanted to persuade the king to become a monk,

and he used various parables to illustrate the repulsiveness of all kinds of desires, with the result that the king abdicated his throne and

went with him to become a monk. The monk Noga Tremendous was a monk who was a monk with a different way of making money. He begged for food in a different way, by holding up an iron bowl, and after he became a monk, the world called him the "Bowl Lohan".

His Holiness, Ganesha Vasishnu, was a compassionate and equalitarian monk. He was a compassionate and egalitarian practitioner, who benefited the world by taking the alms bowl, planting blessings in all living beings, and preaching the Dharma to them, transforming all living beings by teaching them by example and by word. Venerable Sopindra - Tathagata Lohan

Seven-storied pagoda, Dharma-inspired, powerful, and superb

Tathagata is a Chinese character made from the first sound of the Sanskrit word "Tathagata". Before the introduction of Buddhism to China, there is no pagoda in China, so the special creation of the word "pagoda", the pagoda in Buddhism, is the thing that carries the bones of the Buddha. Since the pagoda is the instrument that carries the bones of Buddha, the pagoda has also become the symbol of Buddha. The Tathagata Lohan is not the Tathagata Heavenly King, who is a bodhisattva, and there is a difference between a bodhisattva and a Lohan: a bodhisattva is the fruit of Mahayana cultivation, while a Lohan is the fruit of Hinayana cultivation. This Lohan was called Sopithecus, the last disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni.

He had attained the five divine powers and the non-non-thinking and non-thinking meditations.

Supitra was the last disciple of the Buddha, and he carried the pagoda with him in honor of his master as a sign of the Buddha's constant presence. Nojira - The Meditating Rohan

Pure in mind and mindfulness, serene in peace and joyful in the ultimate bliss

Nojira, which can be translated as Hercules, was a Herculean Rohan, a warrior of great strength, who later became a monk and attained the highest degree of spiritual enlightenment.

His master taught him to meditate and to give up the notion of fighting and killing that he used to have when he was a warrior, so he still showed the physique of Hercules when he was meditating. Venerable Tremendra - the Rohan of the Crossing of the River

Bearing the scrolls, he traveled east to spread the scriptures, and trekked across the mountains and the waters to ferry people to the other side of the river

The word "tremendra" translates as "virtuous", but this Rohan's name is Tremendra for another reason. It turns out that there is a rare tree in India, named Tremendous. His mother was pregnant and gave birth to him under the tree, so she named him Tremendous and sent him to a monastery.

It is said that Buddhism in the East Indies was first transmitted from Cymbal Tara.

He traveled by ship from India to Java, one of the East Indies, to spread the Dharma, and is thus called the Crossing of the River Rohan Venerable Jalija - The Elephant Riding Rohan

Riding the elephant, he was very dignified, and he recited the sutras with a heart for all living beings and an eye for the four directions

The Sanskrit name of the elephant is Jalija, and Jalija is the meaning of an elephant-riding man. The elephant is a symbol of the Dharma, and it is a metaphor for the elephant's great power, its ability to withstand hard work and its ability to achieve far-reaching results.

Kalika was originally an elephant tamer who became a monk and practiced Buddhism, hence the name elephant-riding Lohan. Vajraputra - The Laughing Lion Lohan is the eighth of the Eighteen Lohans of Buddhism, and is the phonetic translation of the Sanskrit word Vajraputra.

He lived in the Bharat Ratna with his own family of eleven hundred Arahants, many of whom lived in the Bharat Ratna. The fifth of the six arhats is the Kandharma Arhat, also known as the Arahat of the Progressive Phase, which refers to the one who is able to achieve the immovable dharma through rapid progress.

He was physically strong and robust, with a dignified appearance. It is said that because he never killed anyone in his past life, and he had good karma, he was free of disease and pain, and he had five kinds of immortality. Therefore, he was also called "Vajra" and was highly praised and respected by the people.

While he had such powers, he practiced diligently, often sitting in meditation all day long. He was also an eloquent speaker, learned and memorized the scriptures, and was able to speak the Dharma fluently; however, it was rare for him to speak, and he often remained silent all day long. His senior brother Ananda was surprised and asked him, "Your Holiness, why don't you open the door of convenience once and speak the Wonderful Dharma?" His Holiness replied, "Talking too much is not always welcome; even though your words are worth a thousand pieces of gold, they are often offensive. I can attain Dharma bliss in silence, and I hope that everyone can do the same."

His Holiness often carried a small lion with him, which is why the world called him the "Laughing Lion Lohan".

Happy to see the Buddha, each showing his powers, and to compare them with each other, the power of the Buddha is infinite

The Venerable Shubojia was the Prince of the King of the Middle Heavenly Kingdom, and when the King made him his crown prince, his younger brother rebelled against him and said to his younger brother, "You can't do that. immediately said to his brother, "You come and be emperor, and I will go and become a monk." His brother did not believe him, and he said, "I have only Buddha in my heart; if you don't believe me, see!"

Strange to say, he opened his clothes, and his brother saw that there was indeed a Buddha in his heart, and thus believed him and stopped rebelling.

The Half-Tokya is said to be the son of the Medicine Fork God, Hanjara. According to the Kali Di Mother Sutra, there was a medicine fork god named Brahma on the side of a mountain in the city of Wangshe in ancient India, and there was a medicine fork god named Hanjara in the northern country of Gandhara, and the wives of Brahma and Hanjara were pregnant at the same time, and so they were married. The two wives conceived at the same time, and the marriage was consummated. Brahma gave birth to a daughter, and Hanjara gave birth to a son, and Hanjara gave birth to a son, and Hanjara gave birth to a son, and Hanjara became a monk, and the daughter of Brahma became a monk.

He is known as the Tantric Lohan, because he meditates in the half-torjas sitting method, which is to put one leg on the other, that is, the single-coiled-knee method, and when he finishes meditating, he will raise both hands and breathe out a long breath. Venerable Father Luo - Contemplative Lohan

One of the Ten Great Disciples of the Buddha.

The statue of the contemplative Luo Han is commonly known as the contemplative Luo Han, his characteristics of the face of the rich, serpentine eyebrows curved, beautiful eyes open, thick and heavy style with the elegant and elegant charm.

Luo father Luo is the name of a kind of Indian star. In ancient India, it was believed that solar and lunar eclipses were caused by a star that could shield the sun and the moon. This Rohan was born at the time of the lunar eclipse, so he was named Rohwonla-do, i.e. named after the star that shades the sun and moon.

The Contemplative Lohan contemplates and meditates, and in his contemplation he realizes all things. In contemplation, he is able to know what others do not know, and in the performance of kung fu he is able to do what others cannot. His contemplation is the acquisition of wisdom and action. Famous for his tantric practices. Venerable Naga Hina - Ear-digging Lohan

Idle and self-satisfied, happy and open-minded, cross-breeding wonderful fun, full of meaning

Naga is translated as the Chinese name for the dragon, and Hina is translated as the army, Naga Hina means the army of the dragon, which is a metaphor for the powerful Dharma, such as the army of the dragon. This Lohan lived in India on the mountain of Half Dupo. He was also a theorist, famous in India for his treatise on the Auricula.

The so-called Ear Roots are the six roots of human awareness of the world, which are born from awakening.

The so-called six roots of purity, ear root purity is one of them. In Buddhism, in addition to not listening to all kinds of obscene and evil sounds, one should not listen to other people's secrets.

Because he was the most expert on the ear root, he took the form of digging the ear to show that the ear root is pure. Injita - Bukkhu Lohan

Infinite Life Buddha, Qiankun Bukkhu Joyful and happy

Injita is rumored to be a snake catcher in India, who catches snakes for the convenience of pedestrians to avoid being bitten by snakes. After catching the snake, he pulled out its poisonous fangs and released it in the mountains, because of the goodness of heart and cultivate the right fruit. His cloth bag was originally a bag for carrying snakes.

It is said that he manifested himself in China.

He appeared in Fenghua during the Liang Dynasty of the 5th Dynasty in the year 907 A.D., carrying a bag to copy.

Later, in the third year of Zhenming's reign (917 A.D.), he spoke a Buddhist verse on a rock at the Yuelin Temple, saying, "Maitreya is truly Maitreya, divided into thousands of billions of bodies, showing the people of the time, but the people of the time don't know it." After saying this he disappeared. Venerable Varnaprastha - Banana Lohan

Leisurely and secluded, proud of the void, immortal style and Taoist bone, transcendent of the mortal world

Varnaprastha means rain in Sanskrit. According to legend, when he was born, it was raining heavily, and the banana tree in the latter picture was being rustled by the downpour, so his father named him Rain.

After he became a monk, he attained the fruit of Rohan. It is also said that he was fond of practicing under a banana tree, so he was named Basho Rohan. Ashido - Long-browed Lohan

Balin Stone Long-browed Lohan is a kindly old man and a highly accomplished monk, who is well aware of the world and has a clear understanding of the world

Ashido is the translation of the Sanskrit word for incomparably correct. This Lohan is characterized by being born with two long white eyebrows. It turns out that he was also a monk in a previous life, because he practiced until he was old, his eyebrows fell off, shaved off his two long eyebrows, still could not cultivate the right fruit, and then reincarnated as a human being after death.

After he was born, someone said to his father,

"Buddha Shakyamuni also had two long eyebrows, your son has long eyebrows, it is the Buddha's face."

So his father sent him to become a monk in a monastery, and he eventually attained the fruit of luohan. The Venerable Tea Half-Toja - The Gate Keeper

The Gate Keeper is a mighty standard-bearer, a vigilant gazer, a Zen staff holder, and a courageous blitzer of evil

The Venerable Tea Half-Toja, one of Buddha Shakyamuni's closest disciples, traveled to various places to make alms, and he often called out to the people in the houses with his fists to come out and offer them alms. Once he accidentally broke someone's house because it was rotting and he ended up having to apologize and admit his mistake.

Then he went back to ask the Buddha, the Buddha said: "I give you a tin stick, you go to the future, without the need to hit the door, with this tin stick in people's door shaking, the fate of the people, will open the door, such as do not open the door, it is not fate of the people, change to another home!"

The tin stick had several rings on it, and when it was shaken, it made a "tin tin" sound.

When people heard this sound, they opened their doors. The seventeenth of the Eighteen Arhats, namely, "Gaya Zunyi", was appointed by Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. According to the Dharma Residence Records, the above sixteen Lohans are the sixteen great disciples of the Buddha, and the Buddha ordered them to stay on the earth and spread the life of the people.

Another theory is that the seventeenth Lohan is the author of the Dharma Residence Records, "Venerable Qing You".

Legend has it that in ancient India, a dragon king flooded the land of Nagarjuna and hid the sutras in his palace. Later, Venerable Dragon Subduer subdued the Dragon King and retrieved the sutras, thus he was called "Venerable Dragon Subduer" for his great achievement.

In "Jigong Gaidian", Jigong is the reincarnation of the Dragon Bucking Lohan: the Dragon Bucking Lohan was a disciple of the Buddha, and his magical power was infinite. He helped the Buddha subdue dragons and conquer demons, and accomplished a lot of miraculous feats. After hundreds of years of training, he was unable to achieve the right result and sought advice from Goddess of Mercy, who told him that he had not fulfilled his destiny in seven lifetimes, so he came down to the earth to help all the living beings and to settle their unfinished destinies. Maitreya - Fuhu Luohan

In the field of Chinese Buddhism, the highest Buddhist path of Shakyamuni Buddha (Rudraksha) under the seat of the eighteen Luohan. The Fuhu Luohan is the 18th of the 18 Luohans, or "Maitreya", who was appointed by Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. Another theory is that the 18th Lohan is the "Juntu Bowyang" of the "Four Great Hearths".

Legend has it that outside the temple where Venerable Fuhu lived, there was often a tiger growling with hunger, and Venerable Fuhu shared his food with the tiger, and over time the tiger was subdued by him and often played with him, so he was also called "Fuhu Luohan".