In myths and legends, the Buddha of the Yuan Dynasty is the posthumous son of Pangu, the great god who created the world, and the innate god born of Pangu Yuan God. However, in Taoist classics, Yuanshi Tianzun is the head of the highest Taoist Sanqing God and the master of all things. He was born before chaos and before ancient times. He is the beginning and fruit of all things. He is a great power to divide heaven and earth and a saint to rob people.

0 1: the original Buddha in myth

In fairy tales, the Buddha at the beginning of Yuan Dynasty is the second son of Sanqing, the posthumous son of Pangu. In Zixiao Palace, he became a disciple of Daozu Hong Jun with his eldest brother Taiqing, Lao Zi and his third brother Shangqing Tian Tong. After the disaster in the early Han Dynasty and the Lich War, he realized something, and finally made a statement, determined to produce innate wisdom and heaven and earth avenue for all living beings in the world, and he also gained endless merits of heaven and earth, becoming the three saints between heaven and earth, three clean and two saints.

Later, because of the battle of sealing the gods, the three brothers had a gap. At first, the Buddha fought with Tian Tong in the Qing Dynasty and Laozi in the Qing Dynasty. Eventually, the land was torn and countless lives were lost. They were also reprimanded by the ancestor Hong Jun for killing too much karma, so they had to escape from the void and could not be born easily. Since then, their stories have gradually disappeared.

Yuanshi Tianzun in Taoist Classics

In Taoist classics, Yuanshi Tianzun is more powerful and mysterious than in fairy tales. In Taoist classics, Yuan Shi Tian Zun is the highest head of state of Sanqing and the embodiment of all things. So-called? Tao gives birth to one, life gives birth to two, life gives birth to three, three things? It is the story of Buddha's first gasification and three purification. Thus, the saying that both Qing Lao Tzu and Tai Qing Tian Tong were the original Buddha was born. It is hard to tell whether this statement is true or not, but one thing is certain. During the Sanqing period, the coffee table of yuanshi county Tianzun was more advanced.

In addition to one gasification and three divisions, in Taoist classics, the Buddha was born before chaos, and before ancient times, heaven and earth were also opened by the Buddha. There is a saying in the book "The Mirror of Immortals in Past Dynasties": What were the immortals in the Yuan Dynasty? Father who rules heaven? . It existed before the birth of Taiyuan (the universe), so it was considered as the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. At the time of infinite doom, the mysterious avenue was used to educate all beings, so it was respected as the Buddha of the beginning. ?

Besides, Yuan Zun is the beginning of all things. In Taoist classics, besides Middle Earth, there are three thousand worlds in the void of chaos, and countless worlds are destroyed all the time, and countless worlds are born at the same time. Whenever a new world is born, Yuanshi Tianzun will come to that new world and explain the innate avenue to the newly born teacher-gods, so that they can understand the avenue and be sensible. Therefore, we can divide turbidity, set yin and yang, transform five elements, and give birth to everything in the world.

In the end, Yuan Zun still has the responsibility to save. Whenever there is a disaster between heaven and earth, Yuan Zun will come out and cross the world. According to records, Yuan Zun was chopping a giant turtle, supporting heaven and earth with his four legs, and mending the sky to save lives.