Lantern Ancient Buddha: Why is it called Lantern Ancient Buddha?

燃灯古佛：为什么叫燃灯、古佛？

Burn the lamp of the ancient Buddha, sincerely offer the Buddha, own light, and teach and remember to become a Buddha.

... Zhuge Changqing

The Lantern Buddha, originally known as Randeng Buddha, is also known as Dingguang Tathagata and Puguang Tathagata. It is one of the thousands of Buddhas born in the past solemn robbery. It is commonly known as the ancient Buddha burning lanterns.

The Lantern Buddha is also one of the three generations of Buddhas. It is the Buddha of the past. It is also known as the present Buddha Sakyamuni and the future Buddha Maitreya.

The Lantern Buddha (Dpakara in Sanskrit, transliteration of Tihejira and Tihuaji) is one of the thousands of Buddhas born in the past solemn robbery. Because everything around you is as bright as a lamp when you are born, you are named Lantern Buddha. It is also known as Ding Guang Buddha, Ding Guang Buddha, Ding Guang Tathagata, Ding Guang Tathagata and Pu Guang Tathagata.

The Lantern Buddha is the past Buddha, one of the three generations of Buddha, and the present Buddha Sakyamuni and the future Buddha Maitreya. In the past, the burning lamp ancient Buddha gave Sakyamuni Buddha a record and predicted that he would become a Buddha in the future. The Vajra Sutra said: "Good man, you should be a Buddha in the afterlife, and be called Sakyamuni".

Volume I of the "Past and Present Cause and Effect Classic" records, "On the day of the Buddha's birth, all directions were clear, and the sun, moon and fire beads were no longer used. Therefore, it was named Puguang."

The ninth volume of "The Theory of Great Wisdom" also said, "When burning a lamp in Buddha's life, everything around you is like a lamp, so it is called burning a lamp. After becoming a Buddha, it is also called burning a lamp."

The volume of "Interpretation of the Four Religions" said: "It is also called Ran Lantern, and also called Ding Guang. There are enough Ding Lanterns, but there are no enough Ming Lanterns. The Ding character or the fixed character is not the same."

The Diamond Sutra says: Subhuti. There is no Dharma, such as Anuttarasambhuti. Subhuti. If there is a Dharma, it is like the one who comes from Anuttarasambhuti. However, the lamp Buddha does not teach me.

According to the Sangha Sutra, more than 9.2 billion monks have been robbed. A Buddha was born. The Tathagata should know everything. At that time, I was the mother of Mana. It is called Micha (Wei Yanyun, the Micha). Yuran Lantern Buddha House. Be Manava. Cultivate a clean line. I see Peter. Green lotus with seven stems. To support the Buddha. Take this as a good root. Go back to Anuttarasambhuti. At that time, the light Buddha taught me to remember. Monava. In the future, the only way to become a Buddhist monk is to rob him. Sakyamuni Tathagata should be known everywhere.

The Lantern Buddha is the most famous among the Buddhas in the past. In the theory of sutras, many people take the Tathagata as the center and say the examples of Buddhas before and after it.

"The Infinite Life Sutra" said that the past has been a long time ago. The Buddha of the ingot light was born to enlighten all living beings. Fifty-three Buddhas were born successively. To the fifty-fourth Buddha, when he was called the world free Tathagata, there was a monk named Fazang under his teachings, and the person who became the supreme right after practicing the cause of practice was called Amitabha.

The third volume of the Great Compassion Sutra, "Cultivation of Good Roots", said that after the Tathagata, there have been Lotus Buddha and even the past seven Buddhas, and there are always 14 Buddhas. In the volume 178 of "On the Great Buddha Buddha", it is said that the third Buddhist monk, the Buddha, only robbed and met 77000 Buddhas. The first of them is the Lantern Buddha.

As the Lantern Buddha was the teacher of Sakyamuni Buddha at the time of the earth, the Lantern Buddha is "the past Buddha". Many temples dedicated to the "Vertical Third Generation" Buddha often offer the Lantern Buddha (left), Sakyamuni Buddha (right) and Maitreya Buddha (right) in the main hall, representing the past, present and future three generations.

Burning Buddha, why is it called burning Buddha?

This article is selected from the two good knowledge of "one mind follows fate" and "Buddha in flower" and Baidu information.

1. The 22nd day of August in the lunar calendar is the Christmas of the ancient Buddha. Why is it called "lighting"? Why is it an ancient Buddha?

The reason why he is called Lantern Ancient Buddha is that when he was born, his whole body was as bright as a lamp. Buddhism has all Buddhas in the past, present and future. It is said that the past Buddha is the past seven Buddhas such as the Kasyapa Buddha, the Lantern Buddha is one of the Buddhas in the past, the present Buddha is Sakyamuni Buddha, and the future Buddha is Maitreya Buddha. Today, let's have a look at the past and present lives of the Lantern Ancient Buddha.

2. In the past, there was a Buddha who was born with the name of cilia Tathagata. Will lead the three realms back to God. At that time, a man who practiced peace and tranquility was happy to see the Buddha and wanted to support him for seven days. However, a young disciple came back late and couldn't find a suitable thing to do. So he put sesame oil in the tiles. After bathing, he wrapped his head in a white towel, lit and kept holding the hot tiles with his hands to support the Buddha. After that, I got the Buddha's message: "You have been treated as a Buddha for countless times, and there is light on your neck and shoulders". This disciple is the Lantern Buddha. Therefore, the Lantern Buddha is also called the Ingot Light Buddha.

The man who cultivates peace and quiet, seeing that his disciples have taught him to remember, knows that he can also teach him to remember, so he comes to ask the Buddha to teach him to remember. Jiru said that after this disciple became a Buddha, you can get his award. This man of practice is Sakyamuni Buddha. The Lantern Buddha once taught him that he should be a Buddha in the afterlife, called Sakyamuni Buddha, and should also cross the boundless sentient beings.

3. In the past, there was a king named Deng Zhao, and the name of the kingdom was Tibopardi. The people of the country have a life expectancy of 80000 years. They all live a stable and happy life. They are extremely comfortable, as if living in the heaven. The king ruled the world with the right law and loved the people like a son. People did not suffer from killing Chu Ta. At that time, the Prince of Lantern had a prince. When the prince was born, everything around him was bright and bright, just like a bright lamp, so he was called the Prince of Lantern (Prince of Ingot Light). When the prince was born, he was extremely dignified and dignified. He had the same 32 aspects and 80 kinds of good qualities as all Buddhas. (Zhuge Changqing: His birth is in line with the characteristics of Cira Tathagata)

At the age of twenty-nine thousand, the prince abandoned the throne of the Wheel Sage and told his parents that he wanted to become a monk. The king and the queen of the lamp did not agree. If so three times, the prince's request to become a monk was rejected. The prince could not bear the suffering of life and death of all living beings in the three realms. In order to save all living beings, he decided to sacrifice small steps to achieve great achievements. So he went to the forest without his parents' knowledge, shaved his hair, dressed in a robe, and practiced hard for six thousand years. Finally, he proved that he was the supreme and equal, and achieved the Buddha, known as Puguang Tathagata. Puguang Tathagata turns the subtle Dharma wheel for the eight parts of the heavens, human beings and the dragons, enlightens all living beings with the triple method, and successfully liberates countless people from the bitter sea.

4. Lantern burning ancient Buddha and Sakyamuni Buddha

At the beginning, when Sakyamuni Buddha was a kind and wise boy, he saw a royal woman holding many green lotus flowers, so he spent 500 yuan to buy five branches and dedicate them to the Lantern Buddha. It is also said that in the past, there was a day when a good and wise boy was walking on the road when he happened to meet the burning Buddha. When the boy found a pool of sewage on the ground, he thought that the Buddha was walking barefoot, and that the sewage would pollute the feet of the Buddha. He immediately threw himself on the ground, spread his hair on the sewage, and waited for the burning Buddha to walk over his hair.

At that time, when the Lantern Buddha saw that the cloth hair covered the mud of the wise boy, he wrote: "Good man, you should be a Buddha in the afterlife, and the name is Sakyamuni."

5. On August 22nd of each year in the lunar calendar, the Lantern Buddha is worshipped for Christmas. According to the theory of "robbing the world", burning a lamp is born in the past and robbing solemnly. He predicted that Sakyamuni would succeed in becoming a Buddha after the ninety-one catastrophe. Sakyamuni became a Buddha in the fifth century BC, more than 2000 years ago. The burning of lanterns is a teaching (prophecy) made before the ninety-first disaster. According to the most conservative calculation method in the Buddhist scriptures (the first disaster is 4.32 billion years), the conversation between teachers and students was at least 390 billion years ago. (Zhuge Changqing: Sakyamuni Buddha's becoming a Buddha conforms to the teachings of the ciliary Tathagata)

Zhuge Changqing: This article is selected from the two good knowledge of "one mind follows fate" and "Buddha is blooming" and Baidu information.

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燃灯古佛，诚心供佛，自身光明，授记成佛。

……诸葛长青

燃灯佛，原作然灯佛，又叫定光如来、普光如来，是过去庄严劫中所出世的千佛之一。民间俗称燃灯古佛。

燃灯佛又是三世佛之一，是过去佛，与现在佛释迦牟尼、未来佛弥勒并称。

燃灯佛（梵语Dpakara，音译提和竭罗、提洹竭），是过去庄严劫中所出世的千佛之一。因出生时身边一切光明如灯，故名燃灯佛。又名锭光佛、定光佛、锭光如来、定光如来、普光如来。

燃灯佛是纵三世佛之一的过去佛，与现在佛释迦牟尼，未来佛弥勒并称。燃灯古佛在过去时为释迦牟尼佛授记，预言他未来将成佛，《金刚经》云：“善男子，汝于来世，当得作佛，号释迦牟尼”。 

《过去现在因果经》卷一记载，“此佛初生之日，四方皆明，日月火珠复不为用。以有此奇特，故名为普光。”

《大智度论》卷九亦云，“燃灯佛生时，一切身边如灯，故名燃灯，成佛后亦名燃灯。”

《四教集解》卷中曰：“亦名然灯，亦名锭光。有足名锭，无足名灯。锭字或作定字，非也。” 

《金刚经》云：须菩提。实无有法如来得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。须菩提。若有法如来得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提者。然灯佛则不与我授记。

《僧伽吒经》云：过九十二亿阿僧祇劫。有佛出世。号然灯如来应正遍知。我于尔时作摩那婆子。名曰弥伽(弥伽者魏言云)。于然灯佛所。作摩那婆。修清净行。我见彼佛。以七茎青莲花。供养然灯如来。以此善根。回向阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。尔时然灯如来即授我记。摩那婆。未来过阿僧祇劫当得作佛。号释迦牟尼如来应正遍知。

燃灯佛为过去佛中之最著名者，在诸经论中，颇多以此如来为中心而说其前后出现的诸佛之事例者。

《无量寿经》谓过去久远劫，锭光如来出世，教化众生。其后依次有五十三尊佛出世。至第五十四尊，号世自在如来时，于其教下有一比丘号曰法藏，修因行后成无上正等正觉者即为阿弥陀佛。

《大悲经》卷三〈殖善根品〉谓此如来以后，有莲华上佛乃至过去七佛等，总有十四佛出世。《大毗婆沙论》卷一七八更说释尊于第三阿僧祇劫曾遇七万七千佛，其中之首位，即为燃灯佛。

由于燃灯佛曾是释迦佛因地时的老师，所以燃灯佛为“过去佛”。许多供奉“竖三世”佛的庙宇，往往在正殿大雄宝殿中供奉燃灯佛（左侧）、释迦牟尼佛（正中）、弥勒佛（右侧），代表过去、现在、未来三世。

燃灯佛，为何叫燃灯佛呢？

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1.农历8月22日是燃灯古佛圣诞，为什么叫燃灯？又为啥是古佛呢？

之所以叫燃灯古佛，是因为他出生时周身光明如灯。佛教有过去、现在、未来三世一切佛。谓过去佛为迦叶佛等过去七佛，燃灯佛是过去世诸佛之一，现在佛是释迦牟尼佛，未来佛为弥勒佛。今天，让我们了解一下燃灯古佛的前世今生。

2.在过去，有一位佛出世，号睫如来，具足功德。将导三界还神本无。当时有一位修清静行的人见到佛，心生欢喜，想要供养七天，可是有一位小弟子有事回来晚了，找不到合适的事做，于是就将麻油盛在瓦片中，沐浴完之后，以白巾裹头，用手点燃并一直捧着滚烫的瓦片，以此供养佛陀。此后便得到了佛的授记：“过无数劫你当做佛，颈上肩上各有光明”。这位弟子就是燃灯佛。所以燃灯佛也叫锭光佛。

这位修清静行的人见自己的弟子已经授记，知道自己也可授记，就来请佛授记。睫如来说等这位弟子成佛后，你便可得到他的授记了。这位修行人就是释迦牟尼佛。燃灯佛曾为他授记：当得来世做佛，号释迦牟尼佛，亦当渡无量众生。

3.过去久远劫时，有位国王名叫灯照，国都名叫提播婆底。国家人民的寿命有八万岁，都过着安稳丰乐的生活，极为自在，仿佛生活在天界。国王以正法治世，爱民如子，人们没有杀戮楚挞之苦。当时灯照王有了一位太子，太子出生之时身边一切光明照彻，犹如明灯，因此被称为燃灯太子（锭光太子）。太子在出生之时相貌就端严无比，威德具足，有着与诸佛相同的三十二相和八十种好。（诸葛长青：他的出生符合睫如来授记特点）

太子在二万九千岁时，舍弃转轮圣王之位，禀告父母要求出家修道。灯照王及王后不同意，如是三次，太子出家修道的请求都被拒绝。太子不忍三界众生沉沦生死苦海，为拯救众生，决定牺牲小节而成就无上伟业，于是就瞒着父母来到森林里，剃除须发，穿着法服，勤修苦行六千年，终于证得无上正等正觉，成就佛果，号普光如来。普光如来即为诸天、人及天龙八部众转微妙法轮，以三乘法教化众生，成功脱离苦海解脱者不可胜数。

4.燃灯古佛与释迦牟尼佛

当初，释迦牟尼佛还是善慧童子时，见一位王族女子拿着许多青莲花，他就花了五百钱买来五枝，奉献给燃灯佛。又传说在过去无量劫中，有一天，善慧童子在路上行走，正巧遇到燃灯佛也在路上走着。善慧童子发现地面有一滩污水，心想佛是赤足行走，这污水一定会弄脏了佛的双脚，就顿发大心，亲身扑在地上，还用自己的头发，铺在污水上面，等着燃灯佛从他头发上走过去。

　　当时燃灯佛看到善慧童子这种布发掩泥的情景，就授记说：“善男子，汝于来世，当得作佛，号释迦牟尼。”

5.农历每年8月22日供奉燃灯佛圣诞。根据“劫世”理论，燃灯生在过去世庄严劫。他预言九十一劫后，释迦牟尼接班成佛。释迦牟尼“成佛”的时间是公元前五世纪，距今两千多年。燃灯是九十一劫前作的授记（预言），按照佛经上最保守的推算方法（一劫为四十三亿二千万年），师生俩的那次谈话，至少是在三千九百亿年以前。（诸葛长青：释迦牟尼佛成佛符合睫如来开示）

诸葛长青：本文章选自“一心随缘”“佛在花开”两位善知识以及百度资料。

  诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“传承国学、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

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