Nezha in Journey to the West was a great disciple of the Tathagata in his last life?

Once in the original book, when it comes to rat essence, there is an introduction: "When Tianwang gave birth to this child, there was a word' Na' in the palm of his left hand and a word' Yi' in the palm of his right hand, hence the name Nezha".

Nezha is probably a great disciple of the Tathagata in his previous life. Nezha's past life is a spiritual bead, which is a very important magic weapon for western Buddhists.

Because this magic weapon listens to the Buddha chanting all the year round, it produces spirituality and is transformed into an adult by the Tathagata Buddha and accepted as a disciple. Lingzhu and Jinchan, don't they feel a bit like brothers and sisters?

In addition, we can continue to analyze from the original. The lotus root incarnation of Nezha in Journey to the West was given by the Tathagata Buddha. Original description: The Buddha saw the soul of Nezha, that is, the lotus root was the bone, the lotus leaf was the clothes, and Nezha was saved by chanting the curse of resurrection.

Therefore, Nezha in Journey to the West, the spiritual bead of his previous life, is the Tathagata. Because Nezha was reincarnated before the Tang Priest, Nezha was a great disciple of the Tathagata in his previous life.

Moreover, Nezha was ordered to be reincarnated in Li Jing's home, which is good for the Tathagata. Because Li Jing later became the commander-in-chief of the military forces in heaven and a very important general around the Jade Emperor, in this case, Tathagata and Li Jing formed an alliance, and then the power of Tathagata was strengthened.