<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > His Holiness the Arhat</h1>
The eighteen arhats we usually call are the evolution of the sixteen arhats, and there are 16 arhats in the water and land paintings of Baoning Temple, who are disciples of the Buddha, entrusted by the Buddha to live permanently in the human world, not to enter nirvana, to be offered by the world and to plant blessings for the world. According to the Book of The Lotus Sutra brought back by Master Tang Xuanzang on his journey west, His Holiness Qingyou informed sentient beings of the names of the sixteen arhats who lived in the world during nirvana, and the sixteen arhats were widely circulated. Later, when the world made statues of the sixteen arhats, out of respect, they added His Holiness Qingyou and Master Xuanzang to it. As a result, the Sixteen Noble Ones evolved into the Eighteen Arhats, but the names of the last two Arhats changed from time to time. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the seventeenth and eighteen arhats were designated as descending dragon arhats and Fuhu arhats, and the names of the eighteen arhats were finally determined.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was originally a minister of King Udrayan of India, and after becoming a monk, he often rode a deer back to the palace, persuaded the king to become a monk, and used various metaphors to illustrate the disgust of desire, and finally said that the king gave way to the prince and became a monk, so the world commonly called him "riding a deer arhat".
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was originally an orator in ancient India. Someone once asked him, "What is joy?"? He explains: "The pleasure felt by hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touching is called joy. Then he asked, "What is Qing?" He said, "The happiness that you don't feel by your eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and hands is celebration." For example, sincerely toward the Buddha, the mind feels that the Buddha is there, that is, feeling happy. Therefore, the world also called it "festive arhat".
In this painting, the Venerable Vajrayogini holds a bowl in his hand, and a dragon appears in the smoke inside the bowl. His Holiness the Elderly Ghaval sat on a stone with a child standing next to him. The background landscape, trees and stones are mixed, the movement and static are harmonious, and they are interesting.
His Holiness the Noga Bhagavad Gita Supindra
His Holiness noga Pharma was originally a monk of incarnation. His method of incarnation was different, he held aloft an iron bowl and begged for food from people, and after he became enlightened, the world called him "a bowl-lifting arhat."
His Holiness Supindra was originally the last disciple of the Buddha. Inuyasha is a symbol of the Buddha, and in order to commemorate and follow the Buddha, he specially made a pagoda to carry with him, and later generations of enlightened people called it "Tota Arhat".
His Holiness nozomi, Venerable Vajradhara
His Holiness was originally a samurai, and after his ordination, master taught him to meditate in order to get him to abandon his previous rough character. But when he meditated, he still showed the physique of a Hercules, so later generations of enlightened people called him "meditation arhat".
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was originally one of the Buddha's attendants, in charge of the Buddha's bathing. His mother gave birth to him under the Bhadra tree (also known as the Sage Tree), hence the name. According to legend, Buddhism in the East Indies spread because he crossed the river and the sea by boat, so the world called him "the arhat who crossed the river"
His Holiness The Dalai Lama Buddha
His Holiness Kalika was originally an elephant trainer. Because of the great power of the elephant, the ability to endure hard work and go far, it is a symbol of the Dharma. Therefore, later generations of enlightened people called him "riding an elephant arhat".
His Holiness was originally a brave hunter who could hunt even lions and tigers. After the monk quit killing, when he was about to prove the arhat fruit, two small lions came to him and thanked him for putting down the butcher knife. After enlightenment, he took these two little lions with him, so he was called "Laughing Lion Arhat".
The painting depicts a figure sitting on a chair in the shade of a dense tree, and a short-bearded figure sitting on a rock on the left with a short-bearded buddha in his hand. In front of that, a boy joined ten to worship, and a man held a jewel in his hand. Judging from the appearance and clothing, it is very similar to the extraterritorial believers from the West.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama accompanies His Holiness nogar
His Holiness was originally the Prince of Zhongtianzhu and his brother wanted to compete with him for the throne. He said to his brother, "I have only Buddha in my heart, not the throne." And when he opened his chest, his brother saw that there was indeed only one Buddha in his heart, so he did not make trouble. Later generations of enlightened people called him "Happy Arhat."
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was originally an illegitimate son of a "roadside student" and a brother to the Sixteenth Arhat. Because he often used the half-stomping method when he meditated, after meditating, he raised his hands and breathed a long sigh, and later generations of enlightened people called him "Probing Hand Arhat".
His Holiness the Rajah Nagarjuna
His Holiness raja was the only biological son of Shakya Buddha, who became a monk with his father and was one of the Ten Great Disciples of the Buddha, known for his tantric practices. The so-called "tantric practice" is to be able to know what people know in contemplation, and to be able to do what pedestrians cannot do when acting. Therefore, the world called him "contemplating arhat".
His Holiness the Nagarjuna was originally a theorist who was famous for his treatise on the "ear root". The so-called "ear root" is one of the six roots of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind, and the six roots are the main organs for people to understand the world. Among the six roots, the ear root is born of awareness due to enlightenment, so the ear root is the most pure. Because Naga is the most pure of the ear roots, Buddhist statues often paint his image as the shape of an ear digger, so the world calls him "ear digging arhat".
It depicts two figures sitting under a palm tree, and an elderly figure sitting on a rock futon in a robe, with one hand in one hand and his eyes looking out. On the stone next to it, there is a prayer letter and a pot. Below a young man sat together on a rock carpet. The two Figures have different postures and different looks. In the lower left corner there are two monks of different ages standing opposite each other.
His Holiness IngadhdavaVatha
His Holiness Ingadha was originally an ancient Indian snake catcher, who often carried a cloth bag into the mountains to catch snakes to avoid snake bites from pedestrians, and then pulled out the poisonous fangs of the caught snakes and released them into the mountains and forests, and because of his kindness, he attained the position of arhat. Because he always carried a cloth bag containing snakes with him, the world called him "cloth bag arhat".
When His Holiness Vanapos was born, the rain was falling heavily, and the banana leaves in the backyard were rustled by the heavy rain, so they were named Vanapes (Sanskrit for "rain"). Later, he used to work hard under the banana tree and became enlightened, so the world called him "Basho Arhat".
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was born with two long white eyebrows, because he was a practicing monk in his previous life, and when he practiced until he was old, his hair fell off, and only two long eyebrows were left, and after his death, he was reincarnated and brought out the long eyebrows. His father knew that he was a practitioner, so he sent him out of the house and finally cultivated into an arhat, so the world called him "long-eyebrow arhat".
His Holiness was the younger brother of the Tenth Arhat, and the way he became a monk was to slap his fist on the door and tell the people in the house to come out and give alms. The Buddha thought it was inappropriate, so he gave him a tin rod. When he became a man, he shook his tin rod in front of the door of the people' house, and when the people heard this voice, they rejoiced, opened the door to give alms, and the enlightened future generations called him the watchman of the door. This tin staff (also known as the Zen staff) later became a magic vessel that monks carried with them when they went out.
In this painting, a young Venerable sitting on a Meditation bed and reading intently, with a child standing next to him holding a book, and an elderly man with a deep-eyed and high nose, who is concentrating on writing the sutra. There was also a boy standing next to him. A young lion with its head held high and wagging its tail tends to the front of the case. The whole picture is quiet and peaceful, and the inner activities of the characters are depicted in detail.