"The Eight Tribes of Heavenly Dragons" are also called "Eight Tribes of Dragon Gods" and "Eight Tribes". These terms come from Buddhist scriptures. Many Mahayana Buddhist scriptures describe that when the Buddha preached to Bodhisattvas, monks, etc., there were often eight deities, dragons, and eight tribes involved in listening to the Dharma. For example, in the Lotus Sutra: Devadatta: The eight classes of heavenly dragons, human beings and non-human beings, all saw the dragon girl from a distance and became a Buddha."
"Non-human beings" actually look like humans, but they are not. Human beings. The Eight Tribes of Heavenly Dragons are all flying beings, including eight kinds of Shinto monsters. Because "Heavenly Beings" and "Dragon Beings" are the most important, they are called "Eight Tribes of Heavenly Dragons". The three yakshas, ??the four gandharvas, the five asuras, the six kya?ras, the seven kimnāras, and the eight Maharaja
"Heavens", "Heaven" refers to "gods", including. Among the twenty famous protector heavens are the Great Burning Heaven, the Emperor Shakti, the Four Heavenly Kings, and Wei Tuo. In Buddhism, the status of gods is not supreme, but they can enjoy greater and longer blessings than humans. It's just retribution. Buddhism believes that all things are impermanent, and gods will also die after their life span. There are five symptoms of gods before they die: dirty clothes, flowers on the head, body odor, sweating under the armpits, and displeasure in their seats. (The fifth symptom may be called "Jade Separation"), this is the so-called "Five Decline of Heaven and Man", which is the greatest sorrow of the gods.
Among the "dragons". The "dragon" is roughly the same as the legendary "dragon king" or "dragon" in my country, but it has no legs. Some big pythons are also called "dragons". In fact, the Chinese people's concepts of dragons and dragon kings mainly come from Buddhist scriptures. In the Buddhist scriptures, there are names such as Five Dragons, Seven Dragon Kings, and Eight Dragon Kings. The ancient Indians respected dragons very much and believed that dragons were the most powerful creatures in the water. Therefore, people with high virtues were respectfully called "dragon elephants", such as "Long from the West" refers to the eminent monks from the west. The ancient Indians believed that when it rained, dragons took water from the sky and sprinkled it on the earth. The Chinese also accept this view. The calendar records which dragons draw water indicate the amount of rainfall this year. Among the dragon kings, there was one named Shajieluo Dragon King. When he and his young daughter were eight years old, they went to the Vulture Mountain where Sakyamuni Muni preached the Dharma, and transformed into a man and appeared in the form of a Buddha. When she became a Buddha, she was seen by the eight gods and dragons.
"Yaksha" is a kind of ghost and god in Buddhist scriptures, with terms such as "Eight Great Yaksha Generals" and "Sixteen Great Yaksha Generals". The original meaning of "Yaksha" is the god who can eat ghosts, and it also means agility, bravery, lightness, secrets, etc. "Vimalakirti Sutra" Note: "Shi said: 'There are three kinds of yakshas: 1. on the ground, 2. in the void, and 3. yakshas in the sky.'" Now when we talk about "yakshas", they all refer to evil ghosts. But in the Buddhist scriptures, there are many yakshas who are good, and the mission of the eight yaksha generals is to "preserve the world of all living beings."
"Gandharva" is also known as the "Fragrance God". He is a god who does not eat wine and only seeks fragrance as nourishment. He is a music god who serves Emperor Shakti and specializes in singing secular music. One of them emits a strong fragrance. "Gandharva" means "unpredictable" in Sanskrit. The magician is also called "Gandharva" and the mirage is called "Gandharva City". The scent and the music are elusive and elusive.
The Shinto of "Asura" is very special. The men are extremely ugly, while the women are extremely beautiful. King Asura often led his troops to fight with Emperor Shi, because Asura had beautiful women but no good food, and Emperor Shi had good food but no beautiful women. They were jealous and robbed each other. Every time there was a fierce battle, the world was turned upside down. We often call the battlefield that was brutally bombed and littered with corpses "Shura Field", which is why it comes from this. As a result of the war, King Asura was defeated. He had nowhere to escape, so he transformed into the lotus root and sneaked into the silk hole of the lotus root. King Asura is hot-tempered, stubborn and jealous. Sakyamuni preached the Dharma, talking about the "four foundations of mindfulness", and King Asura also preached the Dharma, talking about the "five foundations of mindfulness." Eighteen Taoist Grades". Most of the myths and stories in Buddhist scriptures are metaphors. King Asura has great power and ability, but he likes to do things such as "I don't believe in evil" and "the world is in chaos, the more chaotic the better". Asura is also very suspicious and ill. "Volume 35 of the Treatise on Great Wisdom": " Asuras often doubt the Buddha because their minds are not correct, saying that the Buddha helps the heavens. If the Buddha talks about the "five truths", he says that there are six kinds of truths, but does not say one; if he talks about the "four truths", he says that there are five truths, but does not explain them. One thing. "The five masses" are the basic concepts in Buddhism. When Asura listened to the Buddha's teaching, he was suspicious that the Buddha was favoring the emperor.
"Garuda." "It refers to the "gold-winged bird god". This is a large bird with various solemn and precious colors on its wings. There is a large tumor on its head, which is a wish-fulfilling pearl. This bird sings sadly and feeds on dragons. In the Old Theory It is said that Yue Fei is the reincarnation of the "Garuda", and Garuda is the Garuda. It eats one dragon and five hundred dragons every day. When it dies, it spits out poison and can no longer eat. So it flew up and down seven times and died on the top of Diamond Wheel Mountain. Because it had eaten dragons (venomous snakes) all its life, it had accumulated a lot of poisonous energy. When it died, the poison burned away and only one mind remained. Pure green glaze.
"Kinnaluo" is the god of song and a musician who specializes in playing music. It means "human being" in Sanskrit. He has the same shape as a human, but has a head. He has one horn, so he is called "human but not human". He is good at singing and dancing, and is the god of music of Emperor Shi.
"Mohuraka" is a great python god with a human body and a snake head.