There was a man who was angry because he really looked like Maitreya. Everyone can't help but give him a reward (online gift, convertible into RMB) after watching his video. Good luck. Later, a rich woman specially found him and took him home to "raise". So what about this man now?
First of all, let's learn about Maitreya, also known as Maitreya, which means kindness in Sanskrit. In Mahayana Buddhist classics, Maitreya Buddha is considered as the successor of Buddha Sakyamuni, but Maitreya Buddha has a very special place compared with other buddhas-he still belongs to the Bodhisattva, but he has not become a Buddha, and will wait until the future world after 5.6 billion years.
As for why Maitreya is so popular with the people of China, I believe it is mostly because of his kind appearance. In China, Maitreya has been shaped into a very plump figure, always smiling at the world, which makes everyone feel very kind and naturally has a different feeling for him. In the Tang Dynasty, people's yearning for Maitreya reached a new climax.
For example, a generation of eminent monks such as Xuanzang and Kui Ji all hoped to have the opportunity to listen to Maitreya with their own eyes, and it was their last wish to live in the inner court. For example, the poet Bai Juyi is also a believer in Maitreya. He even spontaneously organized a "temporary promotion meeting" to let everyone go to the pure land together. Bai Juyi said with such emotion in his poem: "I'm not an empty scholar, I'm afraid you'll say I'm a fake biography." Seamount is not where I belong, I should return to the sky. "
However, Bian Xiao would like to remind everyone that Maitreya was not so plump and rich at first, but tall and thin, very handsome and handsome (see the image of Maitreya Buddha and Bodhisattva in the Sixteen Kingdoms period for details). So why are the statues of Maitreya in Tianwang Temple, a Buddhist temple all over the country fat and sitting cross-legged with a grin? This is related to a monk who called himself "Maitreya Buddha" in the Five Dynasties.
It is recorded in the Biography of the Song Dynasty Monk that the monk's dharma name is seven feet, and he is ugly, frowning and abdomen, and his words are impermanent. He often hangs a cloth bag with a mord and goes out to the market. When he sees anything begging, he puts it in the cloth bag. The number is "the bag owner of Changting".
In 9 17 AD, he sat on a rock in Lin Yue Temple in Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) and said, "Maitreya Buddha is really Maitreya Buddha. There are tens of billions of believers in both places, and people don't know it." After saying this, he was safe and sound, and everyone was frightened and gathered. I saw him sitting on the ground with two earlobes and shoulders, a full face of laughter, a rosary in his left hand and a cloth bag in his right hand. Next to the cloth bag is his round belly.
Because this image is very approachable and quickly accepted by the people, Maitreya is so secular, so this cloth bag monk is the prototype of Maitreya today.
So what kind of "adventure" will the man who looks like Maitreya mentioned at the beginning of the article experience in his life? When he was posted on the Internet and became an instant hit, he got many opportunities for commercial performances. Netizens from all over the country "watched" him and threw coins and gifts at him for good luck. This man earned a lot of extra money. Later, a rich woman even spent a lot of money to "buy" him back and take him home to "raise", and the man lived a life of food and clothing.
However, people feel that this rich woman is not a devout Buddhist, but just wants to make some money by taking advantage of the commercial value of "Internet celebrity Maitreya Buddha". It really stinks of copper, which makes people feel embarrassed.