Is Guanyin Bodhisattva a Buddhist or Taoist?

Guanyin Bodhisattva belongs to both Buddhism and Taoism. Only in Buddhism and Taoism, Guanyin Bodhisattva is two different identities.

In Buddhism, he is a male figure in the west and one of the main bodhisattvas where Amitabha sits. He ranks with the Bodhisattva in the general trend, and serves as the accompanying Buddha of the western hierarch. Their three Buddhas are commonly known as the "Three Saints". Guanyin Bodhisattva is a symbol of compassion and wisdom in Buddhism and occupies an extremely important position in Mahayana Buddhism and folk beliefs. The spirit of great compassion led by Guanyin Bodhisattva is regarded as the foundation of Mahayana Buddhism.

According to Buddhist scriptures, avalokitesvara is the embodiment of Buddha in previous lives. In the boundless land, he looked for voices everywhere as a bodhisattva to save his suffering. Guanyin and Amitabha have a special relationship. He is one of the Three Sages in the West, a monk who fills his life, and a bodhisattva who inherits the status of Amitabha. It is also said that Guanyin is the incarnation of Amitabha.

Let me talk about Guanyin in Taoism first. She was originally one of the Twelve Jinxian who explained the doctrine. The practice Dojo is located in Luojiadong. There is no record of her apprentice in the book, so it is actually understood that she has no apprentice. But in later film and television works, it is said that she had an apprentice named Longji.

Let's talk about her Taoist name at that time, which coincided with the battle of worshipping God. A western sage came to help, and happened to meet her, thinking that she was very qualified, so she went to the west, and she completed the identity transformation from Taoism to Buddhism and became a master of Guanyin in Buddhism. Because Cihang was originally a daughter, in Taoism, her identity has always been female, and Guanyin is naturally a female role.

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A temple is different from a temple. Temples were places where gods of heaven and earth were sacrificed in ancient China. The emperor has ancestral temples, and the people have land temples, Longwang temples and so on. Temple is an ancient administrative unit. For example, Dali Temple is responsible for assessing officials. Crack temple, in charge of foreign affairs.

In the tenth year of Yongping, Emperor Han Ming sent a special envoy to welcome two wizards to China. From the beginning, crack hon temple is responsible for the reception. Later, because Buddhism was widely welcomed by the ruling and opposition parties, they left the two wizards in China and built a new temple called White Horse Temple.

This is the first Buddhist temple in China, which was then an administrative institution directly under the imperial court. One of its purposes is to translate classics, and the other is to guide the public to practice together.

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