Chapter 52 Chapter 12 The Brave Husband

Jackson wondered, "Master, what's wrong?" Da Kui pointed at the statue of Guanyin with his index finger, and said, "Look." Jackson looked in the direction of Da Kui's finger, and saw the statue of Guanyin, whose face was still dignified, but there seemed to be something slightly different on this Guanyin's face. As for the difference, Jackson couldn't tell for a while. Lian Xing's eyes flickered, pointing at the statue of Guanyin, he said slowly: "This statue of Guanyin is a man." Da Kui touched his nose and said, "Lian Xing, did you see it too?"

Lian Xing nodded and said: "Look, this Guanyin has slightly high cheekbones, a light beard on his lips, and an Adam's apple on his neck. All these are signs of a man." Da Kui frowned, and said: "But since ancient times, the Guanyin has always been female? Why is there a male Guanyin here?" Lian Xing pondered for a moment, then shook his head. Why this Avalokitesvara was born as a man, Lian Xing is also at a loss to know. Da Kui looked at Xiao Long Nu and forgot again. Xiao Longnv also shook her head, this little Longnv learned the art of Fenqiu Lingguan from Fenqiu Lingguan Long Henian since she was a child, but she couldn't dabble in the miscellaneous studies of this world.Therefore, it is impossible to know whether Guanyin is male or female.

Da Kui turned his eyes to look at the coachman again. The coachman looked at the statue of Avalokitesvara and said slowly: "According to the records of the "Compassionate Flower Sutra", Avalokitesvara was the crown prince of the wheel-turning sage king Wujingnian before the immeasurable calamity. The sufferings and troubles of all living beings make all living beings live in peace and happiness. For this reason, Treasure Tathagata named him Avalokitesvara. The "Avatamsaka Sutra" says: "Avalokitesvara, the brave husband." Avalokitesvara was probably introduced into our territory during the Three Kingdoms period, and now we see Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva enshrined, mostly female.But at that time, Avalokitesvara was still a mighty man.

In the murals of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu Province and the statues of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Guanyin has a male body with two beautiful beards on his lips.Before the Tang Dynasty in my country, all the images of Avalokitesvara belonged to men, and the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in India also belonged to men. Buddhist scriptures record that Guanyin, the master, travels around the Dharma world, and often saves all living beings with all kinds of skillful and convenient ways. What kind of body should all living beings take to get salvation, that is, to manifest it as a saying, that is, thirty-two responses, and his female image may be derived from this. Come.The image of women in later generations may also be related to Guanyin Bodhisattva's ability to "send a child", and is the embodiment of great compassion.