Different World Card Fight

As for the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta, there is no need to waste time talking about some Buddhist stories and rumors. Anyway, this guy should be regarded as a relatively ordinary Bodhisattva, not as famous as Guanyin or even Manjushri and Samantabhadra.

On the contrary, Jiang Jun was more interested in the guardian gods. Jiang Jun seemed to have some impression of the so-called guardian gods, the six Dings and six Jias, the five Jiedis, the four valued officials, and the eighteen guardians. They seemed to be the minor characters who secretly protected Tang Monk in Journey to the West.

They say they are protecting something in secret, but no one knows what gods they are.

“Of course, if these guardian gods really want to say it, they may exist. But I am more inclined to believe that they are in the Lufeng Temple above, the Eight Immortals or the guardian gods!” Shakyamuni explained.

"Let's talk about the characters that may appear first. The most likely ones are the Eight Immortals. They are already Dharma protectors that have surpassed the level of the Dharma protectors, and they are the best in their respective fields!" Shakyamuni introduced with a smile.

The heavenly department includes the guardian gods mentioned above. Even the four heavenly kings and Skanda are also guardian gods. Of course, theoretically speaking, the Devas of the heavenly department are pure gods, such as the supreme Brahma and Indra in legends, but there are also gods absorbed into the myths and legends, and some miscellaneous seven

Excluding the miscellaneous gods and goddesses, the twenty, twenty-four or twenty-eight gods and goddesses that are generally circulated in the world are the main ones.

The Dragon Tribe, originally named the Naga Tribe, is generally referred to as the Snake God in the Western Land before the migration to the East. However, the Western Land's worship of the Snake God is similar to the Central Land's worship of the Dragon God, so the term Dragon Tribe came into being. According to Buddhism, there are various types of dragons: there are celestial dragons that guard the Heavenly Palace, there are sea dragons that guard the Dragon Palace, there are hidden dragons that guard treasures, and there are rain dragons that can bring rain. This is different from the Yinglong, Chilong, Qiulong, etc., which are divided into the Dragon Tribe.

For the time being, Shakyamuni could not fully understand the difference.

However, the Heavenly Division and the Dragon Division are in the leadership position among the Eight Divisions, so the Eight Divisions are also called the Eight Divisions of Heaven and Dragon.

Of course, if we really talk about the dragon race in mythology, they are used to highlight the great power of gods, who are known to be able to subdue dragons and tigers, etc., but they cannot be said to be very powerful.

Of course, in the Middle Earth, in the legend of the Dragon and Phoenix, the Dragon, Phoenix and Kirin tribes once dominated the world. However, at that time, it seemed that the boss of the Western Earth was just like everyone else, not daring to show his head. Of course, the status of the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas in the later period is needless to say. But at least in the Middle Ages or the end of the ancient times, there was still the giant Yinglong who led the Dragon Clan to participate in the battle for the throne. I think as the victorious dragon clan, there would be some benefits.

No? It's impossible to be so generous as not to ask for compensation from others...

As for the Western Land, this thing is just like the lotus, used as a ceremonial guard. Not to mention that there are perverts like Garuda who eat a lot of poisonous dragons (poisonous snakes) every day...

Let’s get back to the topic and continue talking about the situation of these eight groups.

Yaksha: Brave and agile, there are two types: good and evil: evil yakshas who love to eat people, and good yakshas who protect Buddhism.

Yaksha Jiang Jun certainly knew that, without talking about good and evil, this race's combat capability was definitely among the best. And it was very ferocious, otherwise there wouldn't be a name like the female Yaksha.

Gandharva: meaning "seeking fragrance", inhaling fragrance for food, subordinate to the god Indra, can play music in mid-air. Is the god of fragrance or music. Is a symbol of joy and auspiciousness in Buddhism. Asura: literally translated as "non-heaven", is big and aggressive. Originally an evil god in ancient Indian mythology. He has seven emotions and six desires like humans, but he is not human. According to Buddhist legend, Asura and Indra are enemies and always fight with each other.

Because he was the highest demon who opposed the gods, he was expelled from heaven and lived in the caves of Mount Miru. He fought with the gods many times, but was always at a disadvantage.

There is no need to say more about this. They are so famous that everyone knows them. Even in the six realms of reincarnation, they are one of them. This shows how perverted they are.

Of course, these guardian gods have been subdued by the Western leader with great magic power, so there is no problem. From the legends that Jiang Jun learned in his previous life, the Asura clan should be a race created by the legendary quasi-saint-level giant Styx Patriarch to imitate Nuwa's creation of humans. However, these guys in the Styx are naturally extremely vicious beings.

But after being conquered by the Western leader, they could only guard Mount Xumi and Lingshan peacefully.

Of course, during this period, Jiang Jun often associated these things with some legends of his previous life. Although I don't know if it is true, it is indeed a way of thinking. Garuda, also known as the Golden Winged Bird, lives in the big iron tree in the north of Mount Xumi. According to the Buddhist scriptures: The distance between the wings of this bird is 3.6 million miles. When it wants to eat a dragon, it uses its big wings to flick it.

The water can be separated and you can see the bottom of the sea and the Dragon Palace. Then you can catch a dragon and eat it like a person eats noodles.

This is needless to say. Of course, in the native Buddhist mythology, it is basically not said that Garuda is the uncle of the Buddha. Of course, in normal mythology, it is generally said that when Sakyamuni Buddha was practicing in the Great Snow Mountain, he was swallowed by the later Peacock King. Then it was said that it was inconvenient to come out from the back door, so he came out from the peacock's belly.

The peacock can be considered half the mother of Buddha.

Then it was said that Dapeng and Peacock were twins from the same mother, so Dapeng could be considered the Buddha's uncle in name.

Of course, from this point of view, the golden-winged Peng bird should be the twin of the Peacock King.

According to the legend, these two should be the descendants of the legendary Phoenix Clan ancestor. However, later novelists believed that the giant Kong Xuan was the Peacock based on the legends of Fengshen and Journey to the West. The main reason is that during the battle at Jiepai Pass, Kong Xuan's five-colored divine light took in Zhunti.

The leader broke out of his body with his golden body.

Zhunti can be called the Buddha anyway. In addition, the scene is quite similar to the previous snowy mountain scene.

Of course, another piece of evidence is the five-color divine light and the Yin-Yang two-qi bottle. It fits the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements. It is said that it is the innate Yin-Yang and Five Elements Qi obtained by the Phoenix Ancestor, and then merged with his two sons.

Of course, this is a far-fetched topic. However, judging from the description in Buddhist scriptures, Garuda's power is indeed unparalleled.

Kinnara, translated as "doubting person" or "doubting god" in Chinese, is a creature with a horn on its head, which makes people wonder whether it is human or not, so it is translated as this. He is also the music-playing god of Indra, and is different from the previous Gandharva music-playing god: Gandharva plays ordinary secular music; Kinnara plays Dharma music. It can also be said that the former plays worldly music, while the latter plays transcendental music.

French music.

Of course, even the people who wrote the Buddhist scriptures may not know exactly what these theoretical statements in the Buddhist scriptures mean.

This is easy to understand, just like when we write books now, we don't write based on the legends of our ancestors or other information. Everyone has his own understanding. Let's not talk about music, let's talk about fighting. Chi You, the Lord of Arms, and Xing Tian, ​​the God of War, are both warriors who dare to fight in mythology. Of course, excluding those evil legends such as witches and liches,

Let’s discuss the situation as if they are human beings.

Xingtian fought against the Emperor of Heaven? Chiyou fought against the Yellow Emperor? Does this mean that the gods are much higher than mortals? Xingtian is much more powerful than Chiyou?

There is no need to discuss this matter. When we meet in the future, we will naturally know their strength.

Mahoraga is generally called the great python god, or translated as earth dragon, and is said to be in the shape of a human-shaped snake head. Mahoraga is the earth dragon corresponding to the heavenly dragon. It was originally a belly-crawling creature, but "due to ignorance and stupidity, it has this body". Due to "deafness and ignorance", it can "happiness to escape from the world, cultivate kindness and wisdom", and finally redeem the cause of the past, get rid of the belly-crawling creature, and be reborn.

bone.

Of course, the Tianlong should correspond to the dragons mentioned above.

If we understand it this way, it is equivalent to the so-called snake turning into a dragon, golden scales turning into a dragon, fish turning into a dragon, etc., which have evolved from the "earth dragon" whose bloodline inheritance is even thinner than the bloodline of real dragons such as Chilong and Qiuniu.

Of course, according to the previous explanation, this guy is called the Python God, which is naturally the process of his sublimation from a python to a dragon.

The classification of the Eight Divisions is basically like this. If they are in a temple, naturally their representative figures will appear.

As mentioned before, they are incomparable in their respective aspects, so in some aspects, they have obtained a lot of power of faith of a certain kind.

Because no matter whether it is Buddha or Bodhisattva, people’s main prayer direction is naturally blessings such as Youlemei.

And they can gain a lot of faith in other aspects. Generally speaking, their strength should not be too bad.

"Next, I will introduce the representative figures in the heavenly department. Each of them is very powerful. It is easy for them to guard one side alone!" Shakyamuni continued. Generally speaking, it is said that there are "twenty gods", in order: Mahavairocana, Mahavairocana, Mahabrahma, Indra, Dhritarashtra in the East, Virūdhaka in the South, Virūdhaka in the West, Vaisravana in the North, Sun Palace King, Moon Palace King, Vajra, Mahesvara, Sanzhi General, Skandao, Earth God, Bodhi Tree God, Ksitigarbha Goddess, Marichi, Vajra Dragon King, and Yamaraja King. Later, the four Taoist gods Kinnara were added

, Ziwei Emperor, Taishan Lord and Leizu Tianzun, form the "Twenty-Four Heavens".

Of these, the Four Heavenly Kings need no further explanation, and Vedic Heaven has already appeared. As for the others, if we follow what Sakyamuni said, it is not certain whether they will appear in the temple later.

However, Jiang Jun felt that if all of them really showed up, their strength would not be too strong. It was estimated that there should not be any god-level giants, and they would be better than the Eighteen Arhats. One was that the Eighteen Arhats were not rubbish in terms of mythology. Besides, the quasi-Buddha-level Maitreya Buddha was only at the peak of defeat, so their strength was too unreliable!