Avalokitesvara into day

The lunar June 19th is the Buddhism major memorial day - the avalokitesvara into day.Buddhism believes that this day chanting, chanting, mantra, a free life is compassion, great deeds.Why put on June 19th as avalokitesvara into way?This is because one of the folk origin to long story evolved.Legend, long ago there lived a princess who at later on June 19th at the princess into the fruit, thousands of hands and eyes now avalokitesvara, so people took this day as the avalokitesvara into day.A surname song dynasty written by CAI "great mercy kwan-yin word card fruit myth tablet", inscriptions, said: at the princess, the fragrant hill cultivation, at the princess who dare to change (the bones) and was buried in northern song dynasty (1068) reconstruction of the first year under the "tower of the great goddess of mercy"."Tower of the great goddess of mercy" is a structural solidity anise nine layers of dense eaves 2-foot-tall tower, now is still intact.

Goddess of mercy, originating in Syria manichaean doctrines, Aramaic words: Karia, meaning is: a call to the light of deliverance.Guanyin, then avalokiteshvara, witnessing the bodhisattva, light, sound bodhisattva, etc., from the literal interpretation is "watch (the world) of the people" of the bodhisattva, is one of the four great bodhisattvas.He looks dignified kind, often holding a net bottles of willows, with infinite wisdom and avatar, merciful, save between disaster.When people meet disaster, as long as read his name, he went to save, so called the goddess of mercy.He is western elysium leader became the Buddha amitabha block, together with the general trend to bodhisattva, is amitabha threats around shi bodhisattva, saying "trinity" in the west.

Sorrow sutra, in the past time, when amitabha is still wheel holy king, avalokitesvara is for the king's first prince, named "not 眴".Treasures such as come to wheel to remember later, didn't 眴 prince come forward to the great white Buddha said, "Lord, I today to the sounds, inform all living beings, I have all the goodness, all back to the Argentine made more than three reserved advantage bodhi (most, etc. (enlightenment).May I Buddha, if there is a terrorist being subjected to a variety of distress, such as back lost his pursuit of the teachings of the faith and power, fall to the darkness, not light uneasiness of body and mind sad lonely poverty, can not help protect people, no rely on no houses.If he can with my total recall, according to pronounce my name, but that sounds that help the ear day by me, by my eye can see, so all suffering sentient beings, if I can't worry about the exempt from all this pain, but it will not achievements, made more than three reserved advantage the Buddha fruit of bodhi.More when the Buddha, I today for the sake of all beings, launched the special connections on big wish, period may king if when wheel SAN (amida Buddha), in the western pure land happiness world, make the degree of all the buddhas of all living things, in everything in a glance after nirvana, and the teachings still live in the world, I will be at that time, repair the bodhisattva way benefiting others.When amitayus teachings, after first points out go to, I immediately in the following night, o achievements made more than three reserved advantage bodhi supreme Buddha fruit, continue to degrees of all living beings."

The goddess of mercy the predecessor achievement Buddha fruit already, number does not understand the "Buddha" in the Ming dynasty.Then take may come again as a bodhisattva, purdue beings.Understand the Ming Buddha is the ancient ancient Buddha Buddha, his enlightenment and bodhisattvas maha boundless boundless from ancient to now, in the universe myriad in the Milky Way, f cultivating different bodhisattva maha accomplishment, fruit, is the teacher of ten fang Buddha.

"The teachings Ming Buddha", in order to help all beings from suffering, with GuoXing, pour before the liberation, became the avalokitesvara, on the one hand, incarnate many billions, degrees in all the land in the six, he not brake, pray is thousand thousand should life fill in the bodhisattva, can save all suffering, all listen to sound in the world, and not a little tired, traveling, without complaint, even his tears into the 21 taras, together degree, compassion and wisdom.If there is a sentient beings without buddhahood, guanyin bodhisattva is compliance oath, decisively won't become Buddha.In boundless survivors, amitabha destroy degree, does not understand the western land no one to hold, Buddha guanyin bodhisattva will be on the same day the wee hours, name Wang Rulai "merit" puguang mountain, carrying a western elysium teachings.

Avalokitesvara, on the other hand, this wonderful heart, same CiLi as the tathagata, and the living beings, and all living beings, the same sad, your body with all beings, help shakyamuni Buddha buddhist, and help the amitabha in heaven, for all living beings, boundless boundless. Male may force.Avalokitesvara are dedicated for all their life, so far the most worshipped.

Shakyamuni Buddha repeatedly speech avalokitesvara and retinues the karma of the world.The most direct is the Buddha in the land of the scriptures, told avalokiteshvara: you have a great karma and retinues world, all of the dragon, and even suffering sentient beings in six ghosts and gods, if can hear your name, or see your image, or to admire admire you, these beings will be born in the great way, and will not turn back the heart, tsuneo humanitarian or heaven, enjoy happiness, by the time the karma mature, encounter the Buddha to teach, we assure you will become Buddha.(see "destroy the like ksitigarbha bodhisattva")

"Every family MiTuo Buddha and the goddess of mercy".Guanyin bodhisattva belief widely one thousand years already.She is the embodiment of the mahayana Buddhism mercy spirit of salvation.Mercy guanyin, widely known in China, is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.Avalokitesvara symbol in truth, the invisible and ubiquitous, is regarded as "human kindness protector".

Wisdom, compassion, line, may is the standard of mahayana Buddhism four bodhisattvas, that is, like ksitigarbha bodhisattva manjusri bodhisattva, avalokitesvara, samantabhadra bodhisattva.China's four big of bodhisattva belief fill formed the four most famous mountain.Manjusri table wisdom, mercy guanyin table, table row pu jian, hid in the table may force, condensed mahayana philosophy personified in the four bodhisattvas, deeds and become a flesh and blood;In wisdom, compassion, and may, avalokitesvara is compassion.Vast compassion with music, people, great people pull, guanyin bodhisattva in the real world deliverance retinues character, make its become the embodiment of compassion."It is the unforeseen that always have a blessing," the natural disaster and human society can't eliminate, "pray thousands of thousands of place should be pain often do a great man can save another boat" avalokitesvara is people forever faith and hope for help.

Lunar June 19th is avalokitesvara into the day, as one of amitabha association relies on avalokitesvara is for the survival of the western pure land worship, practitioners known and each year the lunar June 19 this day is also the general practitioners of major festivals.And since noon on August 7, the reason temple would have ushered in the large Numbers of followers throughout the country and friends, the reason temple permanent on August 8, 9, two days for believers and lotus friends arranged a meditation practitioners, awarded three conversions, mage open abundant study content.

MiTuo under the three conversions: on August 8, 2009 morning, the reason temple three converted awarding ceremony held, from all over the country hundreds of people gathered in the reason of the temple to temple, participated in the ceremony of conversion, detailed advice by listening to the mage, aspiring to convert to Buddhism of the sangha) believers understand the true meaning of the buddhist, chanting, compassion and interests.