Zhunti Daoren (准提道人) is a character from the Chinese classic novel ''
Fengshen Yanyi''. He is a heavenly saint come from the Western Heaven, the land of Buddha. His rank is high and equal with
Taishang Laojun and
Yuanshi Tianzun from the East. Zhunti Daoren is the brother of
Jieyin Daoren. He carried the wisdom from the West and teachings of the Buddha's laws together with his brother and enlightened the people of the
Shang Dynasty. He once rushed from the West to the East to help
Jiang Ziya
Jiang Ziya ( century BC – century BC), also known by several other names, was a Chinese noble who helped kings Wen and Wu of Zhou overthrow the Shang in ancient China. Following their victory at Muye, he continued to serve ...
conquer the peacock spirit
Kong Xuan as a mount, and later transformed him into
Mahamayuri. He also once subdued
Ma Yuan Ma Yuan may refer to:
* Ma Yuan (Han dynasty) (馬援; 14 BC – 49 AD), general of the Han dynasty
* Ma Yuan (painter) (馬遠; 1160–1225), painter of the Song dynasty
* Ma Yuan (judge) (馬原), a former Vice President of the Supreme People's ...
, who had eaten human's hearts, brought back to the Western Heaven and transformed into Ma Yuan Zunwang Buddha (马元尊王佛).
Origin
Zhunti Daoren is basically inherited the image of
Cundi Bodhisattva in the Chinese translation of Buddhist scriptures. In addition, the Western religion was born out of the
Buddhist Pure land beliefs, so it was widely used at that time. Zhunti is the second leader of Western religion in the faith of
Pure land
A pure land is the celestial realm of a buddha or bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism. The term "pure land" is particular to East Asian Buddhism () and related traditions; in Sanskrit the equivalent concept is called a buddha-field (Sanskrit ). Th ...
.
References
Chinese gods
Buddhism in China
Investiture of the Gods characters
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