Maitreya is the Buddha of the East and the Buddha of the West is the Buddha. Who are the buddhas in the north and south?

Readers who have seen Journey to the West want to be impressed by the various Buddhas in the book. It is also recognized by many people as the most powerful Tathagata. In fact, there are many buddhas who are no less powerful than Tathagata, such as the ancient Buddha burning lanterns and Maitreya Buddha. It is also mentioned in the book that Tathagata is called the Buddha of the West, while Maitreya is the Buddha of the East. Perhaps some curious readers will ask, is there a Buddha in the north and south? I think the answer is no.

In Buddhism, there are buddhas divided by time, also known as Zongsan Buddha, which refer to the past Buddha burning lanterns, the present Buddha Sakyamuni Buddha and the future Buddha Maitreya Buddha respectively. The three of them also represent the past, present and future. The ancient Buddha burning lanterns was the Buddha who commanded the Buddhist world before the Tathagata, but the Tathagata is the Buddha who commands the Buddhist world now and will become Maitreya Buddha in the future.

Tathagata is called the Buddha of the West, because the Dojo is located in Lingshan, a paradise in the West. Then why is Maitreya called Donglai Buddha? This should be understood in combination with Journey to the West. The image of Maitreya in The Journey to the West is shaped according to the traditional cloth bag monk in China, so Maitreya in CCTV version of The Journey to the West is a potbellied and innocent Buddha with a magic cloth bag on his back.

And where did the title of Buddha from the East come from? In fact, this is from the mouth of the Monkey King in The Journey to the West. When the four disciples were killed in Xiaoleiyin Temple, there was nothing they could do about it, and finally they got help from Maitreya. The Monkey King saw Maitreya Buddha for the first time, and it was written in the book that when the Monkey King saw Maitreya Buddha, he quickly bowed down and said, East is facing Buddha? Disciple evasion is a sin! All sins are unforgivable! ? . ?

Why does the Monkey King call Maitreya the Buddha from the East in the novel The Journey to the West? This should be the original intention of the author of the novel, that is, the author added elements of China culture and compared with the Buddha statues imported from India, created a Buddha from the eastern native Buddhism, so Maitreya is called the Oriental Buddha in the book.

To sum up, in Journey to the West, there are Buddhas in the west and Maitreya in the east, but there is no Buddha with the title of North and South.