The first of the four great translators of Buddhist scriptures, Kumarosh

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-01

The legendary historical figure Kumarosh, his life has made many people write **, and the 2022 movie "Kumarosh" will also start filming.

Kumarosh was born in the Western Regions, Kumarosh's father was abroad in an ancient country at that time, and he did not want to become the minister of this country, that is, the auxiliary minister, so he went to the Green Ridge to become a monk, which is today's Pamir Plateau. His father is a very smart and talented person, and later came to Qiuzi, the king of Qiuci in the Western Regions respected him very much, and went out to greet him personally, he was also invited to be a Buddhist, the king's 20-year-old sister Yan Po married him, at that time some monks could marry a daughter-in-law, you see Xuanzang in the Western Regions at that time the king of Yanqi forced him to stay, give him status, give him status, he didn't want to marry his daughter to him in the end? Later, Xuanzang went on a hunger strike, and King Yanqi finally let him leave.

Kumarosh was born in Kuzi because his mother was a devout Buddhist, as she was intelligent and studious and knew several languages. Therefore, when Kumarosh was 7 years old, he became a monk with his mother and studied the scriptures with the famous monks of Kuzi. At the age of about 20, he was ordained in the palace and managed the new temple in Qiuzi, and he worked tirelessly on the mysteries of the Dacheng Sutra and soon became an accomplished scholar of the Oriental countries.

Later, he went to Shule and Shache, and many Buddhist masters in the Western Regions attached great importance to Kumarosh, who they considered to be a rare talent. In 413 A.D., Kumarosh died in Chang'an, later than Fa Xian was born, nine years earlier than Fa Xian's death, Kumarosh's life can be evaluated from two aspects. First, as a famous monk, his religious activities had a great influence at that time and in later generations. Second, as a Buddhist translator, he made outstanding contributions to the introduction of Buddhist philosophy and literature, and Kumarosh had a great impact on Chinese Buddhist culture during his lifetime.

Kumarosh is very famous, in addition to the profound attainments of Buddhism, there is also a wife, a total of 12 wives and concubines, it is unbelievable, let's find out about this situation.

The reason why Kumarosh would take a concubine was because he was forced to do so. At that time, his name was very famous, at that time Kumarosh was relatively excellent, he was called a mage, and there were people at that time who could get him, and he could get the whole world, because of this, people wanted to leave Kumarosh's heirs, and people hoped that their descendants could have the same higher wisdom as Kumarosh, and in desperation, Kumarosh accepted a concubine. But at that time, Kumarosh was unwilling, so he deliberately drunk Kumarosh and locked him up with a foreign princess. When he sobered up, Kumarosh was very angry, but he decided to take responsibility for the princess, so his first wife was a foreign princess.

But the matter was not over, and later the king of Later Qin, Yao Xing, defeated Hou Liang, and Kumarosh became Yao Xing's prisoner, and Yao Xing also heard about this high monk, so he said to Kumarosh: Master, please tell me about the wisdom of the Buddha. This time Kumarosh agreed, and he said to Yao Xing: Your Majesty don't bother anymore, I will stay, because I am destined to have two children, so please give me a wife.

So Kumarosh married another Chinese wife, and his wife did give birth to two children.

Kumarosh then began a large-scale translation of Buddhist scriptures in China to help more people, and for this reason Yao Xing was very happy, and gave Rosh 10 beautiful prostitutes as companions.

But some people just can't look at it, saying how can he still break the vows even if he is a monk, Kumarosh looked at it quietly, and one day he gathered all the monks and solemnly warned everyone that they must meditate when studying Buddhism. If someone can swallow a bowl of needles with him, then he can also break the vows, and after saying that, he put the needle in his hand into his mouth, and no one cares anymore. In order to prove his loyalty to Buddhism, in order to prove his faith. He even told the people by swallowing needles that he was devoted to the Buddha. After he was forced to marry a wife, he knew that because of the woman, his practice was ruined, but he never gave up his propaganda and love for Buddhism, and he began to accept the ** of Buddhism, in order to let Buddhism be inherited.

Kumarosh, who dedicated his life to the cause of Buddhism, was cremated after his death, and it was found that his tongue was not burned, probably due to Kumarosh's sincerity, so the tongue relics were enshrined in the Buddhist temple in Gansu and preserved for thousands of years, until today.

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