In Journey to the West, many of the characters are combined immortals. For example, we are very familiar with the Four Heavenly Kings and the 18 Arhats. We all know who the four heavenly kings are, so which 18 immortals are these 18 Arhats?
Which arhats are the eighteen arhats?
Perhaps the first thing that many people think of is the Dragon Descending Arhat and the Tiger Arhat. Because the names of these two Arhats are easier to remember, and they also sound more domineering. We can take a look at the full names of the 18 Arhats.
Sitting deer Arhat, Happy Arhat, Bowl Arhat, Tota Arhat, Meditation Arhat, Passing ** Han, Elephant Riding Arhat, Laughing Lion Arhat, Happy Arhat, Probe Arhat, Contemplative Arhat, Ear Digging Arhat, Cloth Bag Arhat, Plantain Arhat, Long Eyebrow Arhat, Gatekeeper Arhat, Dragon Descending Arhat, Fuhu Arhat.Does it feel like some Arhats' names are a little perfunctory? Especially this contemplation and ear gouging. It can only be said that for this kind of combined nature of immortals, everyone should not ask too much, after all, if each one is given a rather domineering name, it is a little excessive. Let me tell you that the status of the two Arhats, Descending Dragon and Fuhu, is slightly lower than the other Arhats among the 18 Arhats.
The level of arhats in Buddhism.
Let me tell you, the status of Arhats in Buddhism is actually quite high, and we know that in Buddhism, if you want to achieve positive results, there are basically only three. It is the so-called Buddha, Bodhisattva and Arhat. Of course, these 18 Arhats are definitely not ordinary Arhats, because the number of ordinary Arhats is actually quite a lot. For example, the king who was pushed into the well by the lion spirit had a chance to become an arhat.
At the beginning, this black chicken king, a good monk, the Buddha sent me to send him back to the west, and he was a golden-bodied Arhat.In other words, you can understand that these 18 arhats are the heads of all arhats. Do you instantly feel that the level of this 18 Arhat is not low? Even ordinary bodhisattvas may not be able to compare to them.
The rank of the eighteen Arhats.
To understand the level of these Arhats, we only need to look at the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who were present at the end of Journey to the West, and their titles were basically recited, and there is such a paragraph.
There are no five hundred Aro Bodhisattvas in the south. Nan Bu Mo Qiu Yi Seni Bodhisattva. There is no boundless and immeasurable Dharma Bodhisattva in the south. Nam no Vajra Master Holy Bodhisattva. Nan no Pure Altar Messenger Bodhisattva. Nan Wu Eight Treasures Golden Body Arhat Bodhisattva. Nan no Eight Heavenly Dragons Guangli Bodhisattva.Among them is a 500 Ara Bodhisattva. I can understand that it is about the same as the 18 Arhat level. So, from such a thing, we can see that the status of these 18 Arhats is a little higher than that of Sha Seng and Zhu Bajie, so don't say that Sha Seng is the boss of 18 Arhats, Sha Seng doesn't have this ability.
Eighteen Arhats in Journey to the West.
18. What kind of positioning does Luohan have in Journey to the West? This is actually very simple, because every appearance of the 18 Arhats is basically sent out by the Buddha to be used as a thug. I said that here in the Green Bull Essence, I will send these 18 Arhats to help Sun Wukong fight the Green Cow Essence.
If you come, you will order the eighteen Arhats to open the treasure house and take eighteen grains of "Golden Dansha" with the help of Wukong.Of course, we know that these 18 Arhats did not help Sun Wukong win the Qingniu Essence in the end, after all, the Qingniu Essence is the mount of the Taishang Dao Ancestor, and it is also equipped with top-level equipment, so it is actually normal to not be able to beat him.
Can the Eighteen Arhats win against Zhu Bajie.
Theoretically, there should be no problem, although Zhu Bajie is the marshal of Heavenly Court, it seems to be relatively good. But if you talk about doing it with a character of the level of 18 Arhats, in fact, it may not take 18 Arhats to go to a dragon descending Arhat together, and it is estimated that you will be able to get Zhu Bajie.
once told everyone that Zhu Bajie's strength is likely to be an ordinary demon king, and 18 Arhats should obviously be intermediate, or even high-level demon king strength. Their status in Buddhism should be the same as the 28 constellations in the heavenly court.