Jade Buddha

The Emerald Buddha ( Phra Kaew ) is the most unique and precious Buddha statue in Thailand today. The Jade Buddha Temple is located in the center of Bangkok. The Jade Buddha is a Buddha statue passed down by the former emperor. The Jade Buddha is not only enshrined by the royal family but also offered to the public to worship and worship. It is one of the top ten Buddhist temples in Thailand. The so-called Jade Buddha Paijiao, the full name is "Pasaver Managu". The Buddha's posture is a squatting seat. The Buddha's right leg is stacked on the left leg, and his hands are stacked flat. The shape is a typical meditation image, that is, a meditation posture.

Efficacy of Jade Buddha

Wearing the Jade Buddha Amulet can ensure safety, attract wealth, help officials, help power, help business, and everything goes smoothly. It is very suitable for government officials, police and management to wear.

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Origin of Jade Buddha

Regarding the records of the Jade Buddha, there are several "History of the Jade Buddha" in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. According to the "History of the Emerald Buddha" in Thailand, the Emerald Buddha of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha was discovered in Chiang Rai in 1934 . It is said that on a rainy night in 1934 , the pagoda in a Buddhist temple outside Chiang Rai was split open by thunder, revealing a Buddha statue. The Buddha statue was wrapped in mud at that time, and the abbot in the temple placed the Buddha statue in the Buddhist hall. One day, part of the mud tire peeled off, and the monks in the temple discovered the jade Buddha inside.

Then the news reached the ears of the emperor of Chiang Mai at that time. The emperor of Chiang Mai personally led the elephant team to welcome the Jade Buddha, the holy car of Chiang Mai. When Dunliu walked to the junction of Chiang Mai and Lampang, the elephant carrying the Jade Buddha went straight to Lampang, and the elephant trainer changed the elephant many times to no avail. In the end, the Chiang Mai emperor had to let the elephants walk and enshrined the Jade Buddha in a Buddhist temple in Lampang Province. 32 years later, this jade Buddha was moved to the border of Laos (4 Laos) again due to national unrest, namely Luang Prabang, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Thailand. 1778 Shuizhen rebellion. Zheng Wang, Zheng Xin, sent troops to Laos and welcomed the Jade Buddha to Thonburi, the then king city, for cloth offerings. Known as King Daxin in history, he was Chinese and his mother was from Qin. Rong Zhengxinxin’s Qin name was Phiyadaksin. In 1768, he established his capital in Thonburi, on the other side of Bangkok, as the king, known as the Thonburi Dynasty (1768~1782). King Daxin was originally from Guangdong, China, and was the prefect of Dacheng when he raised his army. He studied in a Buddhist temple when he was young, and at the age of 13, he became a novice in Shanpiheluo Temple. He is familiar with Pali and Buddhist scriptures, and is fluent in Chinese, Hindi, Uyghur and Vietnamese. After Zheng Xin established his capital, he began to develop Buddhism. In 1778, Zheng Xin led his army to conquer Vientiane, and then occupied Luang Prabang. He retrieved the famous jade Buddha statue from Vientiane and offered it to Thonburi.

The Jade Buddha was built in India 400 years after the Buddha's extinction. It contained the real body of the Buddha's relic. Later, it passed through Langka Island, Sukhothai, and was transferred to more than ten thousand people by Zheng Xin. In 1782, Zheng Xin in his later years was killed by his soldiers. Among his generals was a general Chakri, that is, King Rama I of Thailand (1782~1890). King Rama I moved the capital to Bangkok, known as the Bangkok Dynasty. By the time of Rama V, Emperor Rama V established the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, and moved the Jade Buddha to the present Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok. The Jade Buddha became the national treasure of Buddhism in the country.

Since then, the Thai emperor or members of the royal family will change clothes for the Jade Buddha three times a year. The Jade Buddha has three robes, which are divided into hot (summer) season, rainy season, and cool (winter) season. In the hot season, a ruby-encrusted gold garment is worn, a sapphire-encrusted gold garment is worn in the rainy season, and a pure gold garment is worn in the cool season. gold coat. Among them, the hot season's golden lamella is the most expensive. Whenever the Thai cabinet changes, all the cabinet members of the new government are sworn in to the king at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.

The legend of the Jade Buddha

As for where did this jade Buddha come from? Laos, East Cambodia and even Burma all say that the Buddha statue first flew to them by himself, and then disappeared inexplicably, but later the Jade Buddha was rediscovered in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand.

According to Thailand's "History of the Emerald Buddha", as early as 44 BC, in the capital of the Magadha Kingdom, Fahrenheit (now Patna, the capital of Bihar) lived King Milintra and the national teacher Longjun Elder, Long Jun. The elders of the army persuaded the wise and slow-sighted King Milinda to believe in the Dharma, and at the same time told the king that there would be merit in worshipping the Buddha statue, so the king built this jade Buddha. When the elder Longjun started to supervise the construction of the Buddha statue, he got the help of the god of Vedo and the great god of Hinduism, Pishou Karmatian. It took seven days and seven nights to carefully carve this jade Buddha. After the jade Buddha was carved, it was placed in Rajasha, the capital of Magadha. When the elder Longjun received the Jade Buddha, he took out a treasure box containing seven Buddha relics from his bosom, and prayed that if the human beings and the gods could benefit and the Dharma would live in the world for 5,000 years, the treasure box in the heart would automatically enter the Buddha statue. into the belly. May this Buddha image enhance the dharma of the five countries and bring happiness to the people. Before he spoke, the treasure box containing the Buddha's relics entered the Buddha statue. Since then, there have been five countries that believe in Theravada Buddhism: Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Laos and Cambodia.