The true identity of Patriarch Bodhi is Tathagata Buddha. The Patriarch Bodhi in the original work of "Journey to the West" is a reclusive master from the outside world. The original work describes him as follows: "The Great Enlightenment Golden Immortal has no stained appearance, the Western Wonderful Appearance Patriarch Bodhi; he has no birth or death in the three or three elements, and is full of energy. God is infinitely merciful. The emptiness and silence change naturally, just like the original nature. The solemn body is the same as the sky, and the master Mingxin is described in it."
It describes the three sects of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. aggregation. The original book describes Bodhi as "talking about it for a while, talking about Zen for a while. It is not possible for the three families to cooperate, so the founder of Bodhi is a hermit of the three families." Bodhi's approach is to pursue obligations and achieve success.
There are also many people who believe that Patriarch Bodhi is Subhuti, a disciple of Tathagata. In ancient times, literate people usually worked as officials, or they went to the countryside to become small doctors, or they wrote books and handed them down to the world.
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In the original work of Journey to the West, the disciples of Patriarch Bodhi have 12 characters. If they are divided into different groups and named, it will be photographed. Sun Monkey had just reached the tenth generation and became the character for "enlightenment". From then on, he had the name "Sun Wukong".
At this time, everyone knew that the apprentices he sat down were arranged according to these 12 characters. Among the many disciples of Bodhi, there are only a limited number of people who can be ranked senior.
And, "Extensive, great, wisdom, wisdom, truth, suchness, nature, sea, wisdom, enlightenment, perfection, awareness." The twelve words all sound very Zen-like. From this it seems that it is not that easy to get the title of "Enlightenment".
For example, enlightenment and enlightenment. Their names were all given by Guanyin, which makes people feel strange. The word Wu is the seniority of the ancestor of Bodhi. Therefore, Guanyin and Bodhi must have some kind of relationship, and Guanyin was ordered by the Tathagata to go to Chang'an to search for Buddhist scriptures. Ambassador, it is conceivable that the Tathagata had arranged in advance for Guanyin to give names to Wujing and Wuneng.