Maitreya Buddha is a Budai monk. Qici monk., also known as “Ajita Bodhisattva”, which means “invincible”. Maitreya Bodhisattva now lives in the inner courtyard of Tusita Heaven. After four thousand years (equivalent to 5.6 billion years of the earth), he came to the world and became a Buddha under the Longhua tree in Hualin Garden. He is the fifth of the Thousand Buddhas of the Wise Kalpa.
Budai pronunciation?
The pronunciation of Budai is: bù dài. meaning is: A monk carrying a cloth bag.
The pronunciation of Qici is: qì cǐ , meaning is: Secondly, Next.
笑佛真名？
During the Later Liang Dynasty in China, there was a monk named Qi Shi. Qi Zi is short and fat, carries a cloth bag on his back, and has his chest exposed all year round. Laughing buddha real name is Qici. In the third year of Zhenming in the Later Liang Dynasty (917 A.D.), Budai monk sat on a rock under the east corridor of Yuelin Temple in Mingzhou. Before his death, he said a verse: “Maitreya is the real Maitreya, and he has tens of billions of clones. He always shows people at that time, but people at that time don’t know.” After saying this, he sat down peacefully and passed away.
What does Budai represent?
后人视他为弥勒转世，寺庙开始以他为原型塑造弥勒形象，实现了弥勒的中国化。完全中国形象。
弥勒佛的微笑和大肚皮是佛教慈悲和宽容的象征。微笑是慈悲和喜悦，大肚子是宽容的胸怀。很受中国人欢迎。已成为国人心中最熟悉、最亲切的佛像。目前已知，最早的布袋和尚形象是中国杭州西湖石窟造像中的南宋布袋弥勒佛。
