What is the Buddha of the past, the Buddha of the present and the Buddha of the future?

Generally, the burning Buddha represents the past Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha represents the present Buddha, and Maitreya Buddha represents the future Buddha. The Three Buddhas are the past, present and future Buddhas. He also made buddhas, ten buddhas and three buddhas.

According to Ji Zang's viewpoint that life is infinite and righteousness is sparse, Mahayana thinks that there are ten Buddhas in terms of space; In terms of time, there are three buddhas. However, Hinayana does not advocate the theory of ten directions, but only talks about three Buddhas, saying that there is only one Buddha in the world. (Believe in Buddha's merits, watch the endless life sutra, and Hokkekyo is convenient.)

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"Fa Zhu Yuan Lin" Volume 16: "I have seen it. When I first became a monk, I was held on the diamond altar with salt. The golden urn was full of water and the Buddha was full." Song Ouyang Xiu's "Return to the Field" Volume 1: "At the beginning of Mao's reign, he was fortunate for the country and went to the Buddha statue to burn incense and ask if he would worship. The monk recorded Zanning and said,' No worship.' Asked why, he said,' If you see a Buddha in the past, don't go there to worship him. "

Interpretation: There are three Buddhas in Buddhism: past, present and future Buddhas. It is said that in the past, all Buddhas were Ye Jia Buddhas, or especially burning Buddhas. The present Buddha is Sakyamuni Buddha, and the future Buddha is Maitreya Buddha.

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