Guanyin’s birthday month
There are three birthdays of Guanyin in a year. The 19th day of the second lunar month, the 19th day of June and the 19th day of the ninth lunar month are all the birthdays of Guanyin. The 19th day of the second lunar month Today is Guanyin’s birthday, June 19th is the day when Guanyin became a monk, and September 19th is the day when Guanyin became a Buddha. In Macau, every festival is celebrated, especially women who go to Guanyin halls in groups to burn incense and worship, pray for peace and good luck; some people also worship Guanyin idols at home.
Many areas among the people have the custom of holding Guanyin meetings on the day of Guanyin’s birthday. Many people will also go to temples to pray to the Bodhisattva to realize certain wishes of their own, such as good health, academic success, financial prosperity, etc. wait.
The origin of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
According to the records of the "Sorrowful Flower Sutra", Avalokitesvara was the prince of Wu Jing Nian, the Holy King of Wheels, with an arbitrary name. He made a great wish to have great compassion, to end the suffering and troubles of all living beings, and to make all living beings live in peace and happiness. For this reason, the Tathagata named him Avalokitesvara. Before the Tang Dynasty in my country, the statues of Avalokitesvara were all male, and the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in India was also a male.
What day is the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month in Buddhism?
Christmas of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
The first day of the first lunar month: the Christmas of Maitreya Buddha
The first lunar month The sixth day of the second lunar month: Christmas of Dingguang Buddha
The eighth day of the second lunar month: Sakyamuni Buddha becomes a monk
The fifteenth day of the second month: Sakyamuni Buddha’s Nirvana
< p>February 19th: The Christmas Day of Guanyin BodhisattvaFebruary 21st: The Christmas Day of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
March 16th: The Christmas Day of Chunti Bodhisattva
< p>The fourth day of April: Christmas of Manjushri BodhisattvaThe eighth day of April: Christmas of Sakyamuni Buddha
April 15: The auspicious day of Buddha - Sakyamuni The birth, enlightenment and Nirvana of the Buddha are celebrated together
May 13th: Christmas Day of Jialan Bodhisattva
June 3rd Day: Christmas Day of Dharma Protector Wei Tuo Zuntian Bodhisattva
June 19th: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva attains enlightenment - this day releases lives, chants the name of Buddha, and has extraordinary merits
July 13th: Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva’s Christmas Day
July 10th Fourth day: Bon Festival
July 24th: Christmas of Nagarjuna Bodhisattva
July 30th: Christmas of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
August The 22nd: Christmas Day of the Lighting Buddha
September 19th: Anniversary of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s Monkhood
September 30th: Christmas of Medicine Master Glazed Light Tathagata
The fifth day of October: the Christmas of Bodhidharma
The seventeenth day of the winter month: the Christmas of Amitabha
The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: the day when Sakyamuni Tathagata became enlightened
The twelfth lunar month The 29th: Christmas of Huayan Bodhisattva
Buddhist December 26
Shi Hu’s translation of "The Three Dharma Storehouses of Prajna Paramita Sutra"
February 6, 2013, the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, is the anniversary of the death of Shihu Tripitaka, the eminent Buddhist translator in the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was the last peak period of Chinese translation of Buddhist scriptures. Shihu was one of the famous translators at that time. He translated 115 volumes and 255 volumes, including the Mahayana Jewel King Sutra and the True Photography of All Tathagatas, the Mahayana Realized Samadhi King. Sutra", "The Supreme Secret of All Tathagata Vajra's Three Karmas, the Great Teaching King's Sutra", etc.
Shi Hu, an eminent translator of Buddhist scriptures in the Song Dynasty, was a native of Wuchannu, North India. His birth date is unknown. In February of the fifth year of the Taiping and Xingguo reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, he arrived in the capital of Song Dynasty together with Sanzang from the Kashmila Kingdom in North India. He was summoned by Emperor Taizong and given purple clothes. At that time, Emperor Taizong intended to translate Buddhist scriptures and ordered Zheng Shoujun to build a translation institute in the west of Xingguo Temple in Taiping, with three halls, with the middle hall as the translation office, the east preface as the textualization office, and the west preface as the proof of meaning. In June of the seventh year of the Taiping Xingguo period, the Sutra Translation Institute was completed. The imperial edict was given to engage in sutra translation, and the title of "Master of Revealed Teachings" was given to Shi Shi. Buddhist monks Fa Jin, Chang Jin, Qing Zhu and others were ordered to write and receive inscriptions. Guang Luqing Yang Shuo and Zhang Bo, a member of the Ministry of War, polished the manuscript, and Liu Su, the imperial concubine, supervised him. In July of the same year, he translated the "Tathagata Solemn Sutra". There are 115 scriptures and 255 volumes translated by Shihu, including four volumes of "The Sutra of the Majestic Precious King of the Mahayana", three volumes of "The Sutra of Destiny for the Orphaned Elder's Daughter", and "All Tathagata's True Photography of the Mahayana Enlightenment" Thirty volumes of the Great Teaching King Sutra of Samadhi, seven volumes of the Great Teaching King Sutra, the Supreme Secret of the Three Karmas of All Tathagata Vajra, three volumes of the Sutra of Guarding the Thousand Thousand Lands, one volume of the All-Illuminating Prajnaparamita Sutra, and four volumes of the Guangshi Bodhicitta Sutra. Volume, "Twenty Verses of Mahayana" volume, "Sixty Verses Theory" volume, etc. In October of the second year of Yongxi's reign, Emperor Taizong read the newly translated scriptures and expressed his great approval. He appointed Shihu as "the imperial minister who invites officials to test Honglu Shaoqing".
Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty became ill in December of the first year of Tianxi's reign and passed away on the 26th. Zhenzong mourned him deeply and gave him the posthumous title "Mingwu".
Guanyin is on the 19th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar
November 19th of the lunar calendar is not Guanyin’s birthday. Guanyin Bodhisattva’s birthday is on the 19th day of the second lunar month.
According to the "Biography of Guanyin", Guanyin Bodhisattva has thirty-two kinds of dharma bodies, the Buddha body is only one of her, and the female body has four kinds, namely the elder, the layman, and the official. , Polo Gate.
According to the records in the book, this may be due to the lack of female representatives of Buddhist gods, and there are a large number of women among Buddhist believers, who are in great need of a female Buddha. The wives of high-ranking officials and nobles have nothing to do at home all day long. If you are panicking, or want to escape from the world for some reason, you have to worship a Buddhist god.
In ancient times, the differences between men and women were very serious. A woman could not have a male Buddha in her bedroom. Guanyin Bodhisattva was famous for her kindness and compassion, which is similar to many characteristics of women. , especially like mother, slowly the female body of Guanyin became her representative, and Guanyin Bodhisattva became the empress of Guanyin.
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China’s belief in Guanyin Bodhisattva
Guanyin Bodhisattva is one of the four major Bodhisattvas in Chinese Buddhism. According to legend, his birthday is on the 19th day of the second lunar month, his enlightenment day is on the 19th day of the 6th lunar month, his nirvana is on the 19th day of the 9th lunar month, and his Dharma temple is Mount Putuo. Guanyin belief has a profound influence in China, resulting in various folk legends about Guanyin Bodhisattva, such as the widely circulated saying that Guanyin is Princess Miaoshan, the third princess of Miaozhuang King of Xinglin Kingdom.
This kind of legend of the female Guanyin can first be seen in Zhu Bian's "Old News of Qu Wei" in the Song Dynasty. Later, in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, Tuan Sheng published "A Brief Biography of Guanyin Bodhisattva" to become a complete biography. Based on this, a large number of Guanyin storybooks have appeared one after another, such as "Xiangshan Treasure Scroll", "The Complete Biography of Nanhai Guanyin", and "Guanyin's Enlightenment".
November 19th of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Guanyin
November 19th of the lunar calendar is not the birthday of Guanyin. Guanyin’s birthday is the 19th day of the sixth lunar month.
Guanyin Festival, a Chinese folk belief festival. It can also be interpreted as the day when Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva attained enlightenment, and the day when Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva attained enlightenment. Avalokitesvara, also known as Avalokitesvara, Avalokitesvara, Avalokitesvara, commonly known as Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Avalokitesvara Empress. He is one of the four great Bodhisattvas. He is the Bodhisattva under the seat of Amitabha. In Buddhism, he is regarded by the people as a Bodhisattva of great mercy and compassion, who rescues the suffering and responds to requests. All living beings in distress must recite his name, and they will go to rescue and solve their problems. Therefore, Named Guanyin. In Chinese temples and folk, the general statues and images of Guanyin are mostly female.
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There are four birthdays of Guanyin in a year, February 19th, June 19th, September 19th, and November 19th. They are all Guanyin. On June 19th, the most grand activities are held at Nanquan Guanyin Temple in Shanzipu.
Guanyin is the free translation of Sanskrit. It is one of the Three Saints in the West and one of the four Bodhisattvas of Chinese Buddhism. According to the Lotus Sutra, Guanyin is a bodhisattva of great kindness and compassion. If people are in trouble, just call his name and they will come to help. Chinese people believe that Guanyin can protect childbirth and give birth to children. The most important thing for women in the old days was childbirth. Therefore, Guanyin is a talisman for women in the old days, especially those who are infertile.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Guanyin Festival