「四面佛」究竟是神還是佛?

Is the "Erawan Buddha" a god or a Buddha?

Is the "Erawan Buddha" a god or a Buddha?

From time to time, many customers who have just come into contact with Thai amulets ask: "Why do some people tell me that it is called "Erawan Buddha" and others tell me that it is "Erawan God". Excuse me, is this amulet a god or a Buddha? What is the effect?

Phra Phrom, known as Paipang in Thailand, is the main deity of Brahmins in India. Because the appearance of the four-faced god is similar to the Chinese Buddha statue, the Chinese translation name is often mistakenly called "four-faced Buddha". However, according to the records of Brahmanism and Buddhist scriptures, the Si-faced God is a god, not a Buddha, so it should be called "Si-faced God" or "Great Brahma" (Brahma, Great Brahma King).
In Chinese Buddhist statues, Brahma is mostly the image of an ancient secular middle-aged emperor. Si-faced God is one of the three main gods of Brahmanism in India, formerly known as "Great Brahma", the god of creation of heaven and earth. Among the three major gods in India, Shiva is in charge of the life and death of all things, Vishnu is in charge of the operation of the laws of all things, and the four-faced gods are in charge of the creation of all things. Later, Indian Brahmins and Indian Buddhism merged, and gradually the four-faced gods began to be accepted by Buddhists.

The shape of the four-faced god statue has four faces and eight hands. The four faces are looking in different directions. Each face represents "kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity." , Staff, Classics, Dharma Conch, Dharma Wheel, Golden Dew Bottle, Dharma Mirror, One Hand Knotted Mudra, each Dharma Tool represents a different mana, and each Dharma Tool represents the blessings, blessings, health, wealth, and wisdom bestowed on all living beings. .

Because the four-faced gods have the four Brahma hearts of "kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity", no matter if they pray for "fame, career," "love, marriage," "wealth, wealth," or "peace, blessings, and wisdom", they can all obtain Complete and efficacious. The effect of the four-faced gods is to respond to every request, to fulfill wishes, to be wealthy, to be popular and famous, to improve luck, to increase health and love, and to control the house.

Please note that believers must worship the four-faced god from all sides. The person who makes a wish will worship the four-faced god from the front. In a clockwise direction, candles are first lit on the front, and three incense sticks are placed on each side after the worship, and then flowers are offered. On the positive side, pray for business, career and self; on the second side, pray for love, marriage and family; on the third side, pray for windfall and wealth; In addition, if a good believer makes a vow when bowing to the four-faced god, he must repay the vow after the vow is fulfilled.