Is Dingguang Huanxi Buddha Maitreya Buddha?

The turquoise in the picture is obviously Maitreya Buddha. "Happy Buddha" is very different from "Maitreya Buddha". We must not rely on the literal meaning. Because Maitreya Buddha looks happy, we call him "Happy Buddha". ". Be sure not to scream indiscriminately in the future, otherwise it will be a joke!

Let’s talk about the Happy Buddha first:

Mr. Li Ao said in "Up the Mountain, Up the Mountain, Love": "There is a Happy Buddha in Buddhism, which is the most bizarre idol in idol worship. , the idol is not one Buddha, but two men and women, not only hugging each other, but also -xing-jiao-"

Talking about Maitreya Buddha:

Maitreya Buddha. It is a Buddha that is widely believed in and popular among Chinese people. "Maitreya" is the transliteration abbreviation of Sanskrit Maitreya, which means "kindness". It is said that this Buddha always has a heart of compassion. Guiji explained in the "Amitabha Sutra": "Maybe it is Maitreya, this is the compassionate one. Since he cultivates the heart of compassion more and enters the more compassionate concentration, it is said that the compassionate one is the most successful. , the name is incomparable." Maitreya Buddha occupies an important position in our country's folk culture, especially in the Five Dynasties of our country, there was a monk named "Qi Shi". Legend has it that this monk Qizi was short and fat with a very big belly. He often carried a big bag on a bamboo pole to travel around to beg for alms. He always smiled when he met everyone, and his words were unpredictable but always effective, so he became famous for a while. When he passed away, he said a verse: "Maitreya, the true Maitreya, incarnates in tens of billions, showing himself to people all the time, but people don't realize it." As a result, people all spread the rumor that he was the incarnation of Maitreya Buddha. In later generations, many temples created statues of Maitreya Buddha with a big belly and a big smile in his image. Therefore, many areas also called Maitreya Buddha "Laughing Buddha" or "Smiling Buddha".

Similar meanings include Huanxi Bodhisattva, Huanxi Zen, and Jiutian Xuannv. Please don’t scream indiscriminately in the future, otherwise it will be a joke!