Popular Deities of Chinese Buddhism (Illustrated)

  erished family with Imperial linkage, was known to be a man of honour. He was later to distinguish himself by founding t ...

 K T ...

 him from remaining faithful to the oath that he had taken with his brothers at the peach orchard: “...to be loyal to each ot ...

  e honours and tributes that the succeeding Emperors of the various Dynasties conferred upon him marked him as the great ...

  to the position of reverence similar to that of Confucius, the great Sage of China. All these awards have helped the peo ...

  of gratitude for favours rendered and to seek his continued pro- tection for the coming year. ynasties of hina Mythica ...

  W T Liang 907 — 922 Known as “Wu Tai’; T’ang 923 — 935 or “Five Dynasties” Chin 936 — 946 to distinguish them Han 947 ...

  Ch’ing 1644–1911 Manchurian rule. 1644–1661 1662–1722 1723–1735 1736–1795 1796–1821 1821–1850 1851–1861 1862–1873 1875–1 ...

  C XIV ei-o ’usa Wei-To is an important Deva or God in the Chinese Pantheon as his image is always present in al ...

 W T ...

 good looking man clad in full armour and headgear of a gen- eral, standing and leaning upon an impressive looking sword or g ...

  C XV a-o odhidharma artiarch of en uddhism Ch’an Buddhism, another major school of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism ...

  by what is known as ‘mind-transmission’ to a number of Patri- archs, the most famous of whom was Hui-neng ( 637–713), ...

 e Emperor, taken aback, then asked the next question, “What then, is the essence of Buddhism?” Bodhidharma’s immediated rep ...

 T — B ...

  Bodhidharma came to China to give his special teaching which can be said to be contained in this verse: “A special trans ...

  “Alas! I saw him without seeing him; I met him without meeting him; I encountered him without encountering him; Now as b ...

  C XVI ajrayana ibetan uddhism e third vehicle of Buddhism is Vajrayana, often known as Lama- ism, which origin ...

  e training in Vajrayana must always be carried out under the direction of a teacher since it entails a variety of compl ...

  Tibetans, are likely to find it difficult to believe. However, two basic testaments which proved his existence are: e ...