Netizen Lao Yu left a message: Many Han laymen prefer the Huang Wealth God's initiation, thinking that they will be favored by the God of Wealth. It is understandable that people in the world want to get rich. Brother, can you talk about this issue? There are many young people around me who particularly hope to receive the Huang Caishen initiation. They come to ask me that my own cultivation is too poor and I am afraid that I will not speak well. Wanting to get unexpected wealth through Huang Caishen's initiation is a big misunderstanding of "Huang Caishen's practice". People who have this idea will not only not gain real benefits from practicing the Dharma, but will instead increase their delusions and greed. Huang Caishen is a protector commonly offered by all major sects of Tibetan Buddhism because he once made a vow to protect all poor living beings, so that they will not lose bodhicitta due to lack of resources during their spiritual practice, and to help all sentient beings. His body is yellow, Therefore, he is called the Yellow God of Wealth by the world. The Yellow God of Wealth is actually the Northern King of the Four Heavenly Kings (there is also another saying: Vajrapani Bodhisattva appears in Zangbala, the God of Wealth, to save and eliminate the poverty of all living beings). According to Buddhist scriptures, he lived in the golden hut in the north of Mount Sumeru. He was entrusted by the Buddha to be born to protect Buddhism when the king of evil views destroyed Buddhism in the future. Because he often guarded the Buddha and heard a lot of Buddhism, he got the honor again. He is known as the "King of Heavenly Knowledge", but his identity and functions as "The Heaven of Giving Money" are rarely known in Chinese Buddhism. Even in Tibetan Buddhism, Duowen Tianwang and Huang Wealth God each have their own independent artistic images. They both have the function of managing wealth and the image characteristics of the God of Wealth. The most common image of Huang Wealth God is: wearing a flower crown, a bun on the top of the head, a beard at the corner of the mouth, and a beard on the lower forehead. The eyebrows are upright in the shape of an inverted figure, the eyes are round, the face is plump, the upper body is decorated with a necklace, the lower body is wearing a long skirt, and the hands and feet are decorated with bracelets. The body is obese and the belly is big. Sitting half-legged on a lotus seat, with his left leg crossed horizontally, his right leg drooping, and his foot stepping on a conch shell. The left hand holds the rat and the weasel spitting treasure, and the right hand holds the Potala Ge Ruyi treasure, which is an important symbol of its image. In the past, when Sakyamuni Buddha was preaching the meaning of the Mahaprajna Sutra at Lingjiu Mountain (also translated as Jiufeng Mountain) in the Motuo Kingdom in Central India, demons and monsters from all directions came to obstruct it, causing the mountain to collapse. At this time, Huang Wealth God bravely appeared to protect him. Many monks who heard the Dharma were safe and sound. Later, Sakyamuni Buddha asked Huang Caishen to convert to Buddhism, help all poor living beings, follow the path of Buddhism, and gradually become a great protector of the Dharma. Those who practice Huang Wealth God's Dharma need to have the supreme bodhicitta (seeking the Buddha's way above and saving all sentient beings below), practice charity diligently, build good relationships, never be greedy and stingy, and have a sincere mind. Only in this way can you prevent yourself from giving up on the path of spiritual practice due to lack of qualifications. In fact, the first real benefit that Huang Wealth God gives to practitioners is not money, but to protect them and increase their merit, lifespan, and wisdom. The last thing they give is material protection. Anyone who is greedy for blessings in life and heaven, and wants to seek accidents. Anyone who wants wealth will not ask for it. In Buddhism, the body, speech, mind, blessings, merits, etc. of the Yellow God of Wealth are transformed into five colors of Wealth, namely the Yellow God of Wealth is the mind, the Red God of Wealth is the mouth, the White God of Wealth is the body, the Blue God of Wealth is the blessing, and the Green God of Wealth is the incarnation of merit. , and Huang Wealth God is the collective manifestation of all the Gods of Wealth. The merits and benefits of practicing the God of Wealth Dharma for all living beings are very extraordinary. It allows the practitioners to receive karmic blessings and have more opportunities to come into contact with the Buddha's method of convenience. They will not be troubled by the difficulties in life, and can pursue the Tao with peace of mind; and practice With the God of Wealth Dharma, as long as you recite the mantra with a pious heart, you can obtain the blessing and protection of the Yellow God of Wealth, which can make people rich and profitable, avoid financial pressure and all poverty, increase merit, wisdom, and extend life. It can be seen that Huang Wealth God is not here to satisfy the world's greed for money, but to save those practitioners who do not have the qualifications with a broad bodhicitta.
The world's "greed" for Huang Caishen can end!