How many ways does Guanyin have? What is the difference?

It is said that there are thirty-three kinds that often appear. She is the assistant of Sakyamuni Buddha to educate all beings and the top bodhisattva in the western paradise. She is the successor of Amitabha, also known as Bodhisattva.

1. Liu Yang Guanyin (Buddha): Sitting on a rock with a willow in his right hand and a clean bottle in his hand.

Guanyin Bodhisattva (Buddha's body): It is a dragon that rides a dragon and incarnates Xiangyun in different postures.

Third, Guanyin (sound body): If you sit on a rock and hold the scriptures in your right hand, there is also a saying that holding the scriptures is a sound body.

Four, Yuanguang Guanyin (Brahman body): There is a flame behind it, and the light is shining. In other words, the explanation of the round light corresponds to "or suffering from the king, dying but not dying, thinking about its view of the world, holding a knife to find bad festivals" in popular goods.

Five, the game Guanyin (Emperor Out of Body): Five-color Xiangyun sits on the basket or walks freely.

Avalokitesvara in white (natural body): Sitting on a grassy rock, holding a lotus flower in his left hand and signing a vow in his right hand, dressed in white, in the middle of Bai Lianhua, or signed as the incarnation of a monk or a monk.

Seven, lotus lying Guanyin (the body of the heavenly generals): put your hands together and do a semi-prone posture on the lotus leaf, showing the three Guanyin kings.

Eight, see the goddess of mercy (a great freedom in nature): sitting on a high mountain and leaning against a rock overlooking the flowing spring waterfall shows the meaning of "if it is harmful, it will push down a big fire pit, and if you read the power of Guanyin, the fire pit will become a pool".

Nine, apply Guanyin (Vishnu): I often meditate that my right hand is placed on my cheek and my left hand is twisted with lotus flowers on my knees, indicating that Guanyin always thinks about human suffering and considers saving all beings. Or interpreted as "or in Xumi Mountain, people are pushed down and miss their Guanyin power, as if living in emptiness."

Ten, fish basket Guanyin (Xiao Wang): stepping on the back of fish, carrying a bamboo basket to hold fish, or carrying a fish basket. Journey to the west has played a role in this image, so it has a great influence on the people. ?

1 1. Goddess Guanyin (elder): Sitting on a rock, holding a poplar branch in her right hand and putting her left hand in front of her navel means that Brahma is the master of the 30-body, so she is called the King of Germany.

12. Shuiyue Guanyin (Buddhist body): Observe the shape of the moon in the water to show that all methods are like the moon in the water without substance, or interpret it as a Buddha representing thirty bodies.

Thirteen, a leaf Guanyin (killing the official body), also known as Lotus Leaf Guanyin and Nanyi Guanyin. A lotus leaf floats on the water, hence the name. According to legend, when Daoyuan returned to Japan from China, he prayed silently to Guanyin when a storm hit Nanxun. Suddenly, he saw compassion floating on the sea in a lotus leaf, and the wind and waves stopped. And landed, carved Guanyin statue, presented Nanpi Kannonji, hence the name. Or interpreted as an official who was killed by three people.

14. Green-necked Guanyin (Brahman body): Green-necked Guanyin, with three sides and four arms, holding a staff, a lotus wheel and a snail, with a red and white body color and a blue neck. It is said that Guanyin demonizes all beings and swallows poison to prevent it from being passed down from generation to generation, resulting in a blue neck. Or interpreted as the Buddha's body in three-body people.

15. Wade Guanyin (the body of a monk): The rock bank sitting in a white basket with a lotus in his left hand, or the body of a general who is interpreted as 30 corpses.

16. Yan Ming Guanyin (the body of a bhikshuni): Leaning on the rocks on the water, holding his right hand and wearing a crown to erect the icon of Amitabha. Or it can be interpreted as "curse all kinds of poisons, and those who want to do harm to the body, remember his Guanyin power and give it back to himself."

17. Bao Guanyin (excellent girl): Sit on the ground with your right hand on the ground and your left hand on your knees. Or interpreted as the elderly in the body.

Eighteen, Iwate Guanyin (excellent mother-in-law): sitting in a cave, thinking quietly. Or it can be interpreted as "Yuan snakes and scorpions, gas and toxic fireworks burning, thinking of Guanyin seeking sound and returning".

Nineteen, can be quiet Guanyin (elderly women): stand by and watch the rock, press a rock with both hands, and meditate at the sea. Or it can be interpreted as "They went into the sea for gold, silver, coloured glaze and other treasures. If the black wind blows their boat and falls into the ghost country of Luo Cha, among them, those who are even called avalokitesvara will save Luo Cha".

20. Auntie Guanyin (layman): According to Buddhist legend, Auntie Dachi is located in the south of Xiangshan, which accounts for the north of Bufu Snow Mountain. It is also mentioned in "The Story of the Western Regions of Datang". This is the origin of Guan Guanyin's name. Or interpreted as "popular goods": or drifting in the vast sea, arowana ghost is difficult, miss Guanyin, waves can not be lost.

21. Amoti Guanyin (the woman who butchered the corpse of an official): She often rides a white lion and poses as a fire. Four-armed fenmoyu, white lucky bird, crested cricket. Show fearlessness. Or interpreted as Vishnu in the body.

Ye Yi Guanyin (Brahmin female): Sitting on a grassy rock, wearing Chiba clothes. Or interpreted as the emperor's interpretation of the three-body In ancient times, there was a Shapala people in southeast India. They were clothed with leaves. Brahmanism goddess also has this image.

23. Glazed Guanyin (Boy): Also known as "Wang Xiang Guanyin" and "Gaowang Guanyin", the image is that a glazed pot is held in both hands and a lotus petal floats on the water. Or it can be interpreted as a self-contained body in the three-body

Twenty-four, Duo Luo Zun Guanyin (the virgin body): Duo Luo means "eye" and "pupil". As a middle-aged female figure, she holds Ubuntu in her hands. Or, in "Pumenpin", it is interpreted as "either blaming thieves, killing each other with knives and guns, caring for others' vision of the world, and being merciful when salty."

25. Guanyin (celestial body): live in two clam shells, or cross the sea by clam. This image comes from the story of Tang Wenzong eating clams and meeting Guanyin. According to the download of Guanyin Linz Collection, Tang Wenzong has always loved eating clams, and coastal local officials used paying tribute as an excuse and added a lot of money to the people, causing complaints. In order to save all beings, Guanyin became a clam and appeared in the kitchen of the palace. Literati was surprised when he saw it. He asked Zhong Nanshan's Zen master Zheng Heng questions. He learned that Guanyin was teaching now, that is, he ordered to stop eating clams and never eat clams. It also makes Guanyin Temple built on earth, and fishermen in coastal areas hold hands to celebrate, and every family offers sacrifices, which is called Guanyin.

26. Six-point Guanyin (Dragon Body): A lay man dressed as a lay man, with a body of 30, hence the name. Buddhists keep offering sacrifices at six o'clock every day (morning, Sunday, sunset, first night, middle night and last night). There seems to be Guanyin in Horyuji at six o'clock.

Twenty-seven, general pessimism (hag): the end of the clothes is exposed to the wind, which shows that it is very comfortable in the sky.

Twenty-eight, Ma Lang Fu Guanyin (Manna Po): a statue of a woman, showing the body of a woman in the thirty-three body.

Twenty-nine, hands crossed Guanyin (Asura): Standing with hands crossed like a Brahman in the thirty-three body.

Thirty, just like Guanyin (Goluda): the image flies in the air by clouds, and the right hand holds the seal, which can subdue the magic disturbance such as thunder and lightning. Among them, the more popular products are: "The thunder drum is electrified, and the power of missing Guanyin will dissipate in time." Most of the classics with pictures draw lightning and Guanyin.

PAR GUANYIN (Kinnara): Standing or sitting on a lotus leaf in the water, with hands crossed or drooping, wearing a celestial suit, proudly floating on the water. Show King Kong's body.

32. Holding lotus Guanyin (Mosuo Luojia): Holding lotus, or standing or sitting on the lotus leaf, are mostly girls with good looks, showing their virginity.

33. Lishui Guanyin (holding a diamond body): also known as "dripping Guanyin", one hand holds a bottle to drain water, the other hand holds a seal, or holds a poplar branch. In the table of "Pumenpin", "If it is floated by the flood, it is shallow to call it by its name"

Extended data

Guanyin Bodhisattva (Sanskrit: Avalokitesvara with a Thousand Hands? Vara), Guanyin is Kumarajiva's old translation name, Xuanzang's new translation name is Guan Zi, and China is called Guanyin for short. Guanyin Bodhisattva is a symbol of compassion and wisdom in Buddhism and occupies an extremely important position in Mahayana Buddhism and folk beliefs.

The spirit of great compassion led by Guanyin Bodhisattva is regarded as the foundation of Mahayana Buddhism. According to Buddhist scriptures, avalokitesvara is the embodiment of Buddha in previous lives. In the boundless land, he looked for voices everywhere as a bodhisattva to save his suffering. Guanyin and Amitabha have a special relationship. He is one of the three great saints in the west. He is also a monk who made up his life, a bodhisattva who inherited the status of Amitabha, and some people say that Guanyin is the incarnation of Amitabha.

Guanyin posture

Adaptability: In the sixth volume of the Shurangama Sutra, in order to adapt to all kinds of sentient beings with different origins and categories, Guanyin Bodhisattva can show 32 different identities, which are called Buddha body, self-body, marginal body, heard body, Brahma body, emperor released body, self-body, self-body, heavenly general body, four heavenly bodies and four heavenly countries.

Bhikuni's body, excellent woman's body, excellent woman's body, woman's body, state lady's body, virgin's body, celestial body, dragon's body, medicine fork's body, dry woman's body, Asura's body, Kinnara's body, maharaja's body, human body, inhuman body. Thirty-three styles of Guanyin Bodhisattva quoted in Beijing Newspaper Pumenpin,

It is roughly the same as the thirty-two bodies in the Shurangama Sutra. That is, Buddha's body, Buddha's body (that is, lonely feeling), Buddha's body, Buddha's body, Buddha's body, Buddha's body, Xiao Wang's body, elder's body, vulgar body, butcher's body, Brahma's body, monk's body, bhikkhu's body, excellent female body and excellent female body. Thirty-two and thirty-three are not definite numbers, but should be infinite.

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