Asura (Sanskrit: Asura; Asura), also translated as Asro, Asolo, Asu Luo, A Su down, Acehren, Aspen round, literally translated as "non-day", meaning "Karma" like days rather than the meaning of heaven, that is, relative to the "Heaven (that is, the public, to mention") the existence.
Buddhism status
In Buddhism is one of six, is the desire of the days of Hercules or semi-gods of the Hercules. A Xiu Luo anger aggressive, brave and skilled, has repeatedly with the wife of God war, but the Asura also Buddhist law, is the Buddhist law enforcement one of the eight divine days.
In Buddhism, most of its image is derived from the Asura in Hinduism, but there are some features that are only mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures. Asura Road is very special, the Buddha said: Ashuo male stature ugly; Ashuo women are beautiful. So the king of Asura and the emperor to release the day for the leader of the gods of God fight, because Ashuo has beauty and no food, and the emperor had food and lack of beauty, the two god jealousy, when the war. So that the battlefield for the "Shura field."
Fahrenheit products listed in the four Asura king, that is, the juvenile Asxiu king, 佉 Luo Qian pack A Xiu Luo Wang, Piaomiao Duo Luo Lu Xiu Wang, Luo Hou A Xiu Luo Wang. Po Chi, meaning roar, also known as wide shoulder, because of its shoulders wide, can make the sea surging, Xiao roar Such as thunder; the sound of the Buddha, meaning wreath, its shape has nine head, each head has thousands of eyes, nine hundred and ninety hands, eight feet, mouth spit fire; Luo Hou, meaning fault, because it can Giant hand to cover the sun and the moon light. Each of the king of Ashera has commanded millions of Asura, known as the Asura, or the Ashera.
Image
As the king of Ashuo many, its shape is different, the image of the king of Ashu, there are a variety of statements, some nine thousand eyes, the mouth of the fire, nine hundred and ninety hands, eight feet, Some thousand head two thousand hands, foot step on the sea, the body more to the mountain; some three six arms, three green and black, mouth spit fire, angry nude phase. These images are difficult to show, the painters are often painted three or three or six arms, or four head four arms, hand care sun and the moon, feet on the sea,
The legend of origin
According to the "view of the Buddha three ignorant," said the world has just formed Shanhai earth, the sound of the fairy days of fun fairy to the world game. One of the fairies in the sea bath, because of "water fine" into a raw egg. This meat after eight thousand years later, and finally gave birth to a female strange, long body like Sumeru, with a thousand eyes, twenty-four feet, head, mouth and hands are all nine nine ninety-nine, , That is the ancestor of Asura. Female strange and then gave birth to a male strange name more than a lot of magic, because there is no power can come and go freely heaven and earth, so to see the Heaven and Earth are surrounded by countless beautiful women, but also want to get a wife. Female strange for his son to the United States crown Qunfang dry up to her daughter to marry, the results of dry Dabao readily agreed to marriage, so Asheo family increasingly prosperous. Pimo quality and more customs of thousands of kinds of daughter, making the wife and wife have hundreds of millions of heavenly heaven release day for the heart, married as concubines. Unexpectedly, the release of the day after the release of the West is always greener, Ashuo women will be told the father, causing an unprecedented war. In the Asura will be the emperor of the day to live around the Sumeru surrounded, nick of time, the emperor thought that the Buddha had said that in case of disaster, as long as the read if the Polo Mantra, will be able to crack the ghost soldiers. Sure enough, a curse, the air suddenly flew out of the four large wheel, almost cut the hands and feet of the king of Ashura, fortunately fled into the lotus hole side to avoid this difficult, but the strength of the injury is difficult to revenge. However, the war between heaven and man and Asura, did not draw a rest from this character
After many years later, Emperor released his days and fell in love with a Luo Luo Lu Xiu's daughter, they will be the world of music with a gift, through the song threat to lure Luo Luo promise marriage. Unexpectedly Luo throes angry emperor release deception too much, not only the gods expelled from the palace, and immediately attacked people to attack people. In the brave and skilled of the Asura to capture the Temple, the emperor also remember the last day of the curse of God, so Axiu army was killed in retreat, had to fall into the lotus root hide hide. In the emperor release the day after the abduction of all the Ashura women, Luo throat sent a messenger to the negotiations, pointed out that the emperor as a Buddha disciples, should not be committed to steal. The two sides after several negotiations to reach a number of agreements, Emperor Xiaoxian admitted to committing the stealing ring, would like to return the Ashuo Nu, and presented the heavenly nectar; Ashu Luo is in addition to the daughter of God and emperor release, and voluntarily by the three conversion, Become a disciple of the Buddha, this war finally came to an end. In the war of heaven, there is a king of Asura and the emperor days of war, because the hand can be the sun and the moon, the barrier of its light, and is known as Luo Ai Luo A Xiu Luo, Luo mourning Luo that is the month. He can have the power of the moon and moon, the formation of the sun and the eclipse of the power; because he was born when the Brahman, to see the fire burning tower, fire and make the tower is not bad, and to save the tower of the blessing Get big body. However, although this wish, still do not believe in law, often love fighting, so after the fall into the Asura Road.
King of Asura
There are many famous Asahiro king of Buddha, the most famous four Asura king: a man called Ya childish, meaning brave, is the Asura and the emperor of the former military commander of the war; a man named Luo Qian, meaning Roar like thunder, also known as wide shoulder, because of its shoulders wide, can make the sea surging, Xiao roar such as thunder; a called Pyramido Duo Luo, meaning wreath, its shape has nine head, each head has thousands of eyes, nine Ninety hands, eight feet, mouth spit fire; a call Luo 睺, meaning to cover, because it can cover the sun and the moon with giant hands. Each of the king of Ashera has commanded millions of Asura, known as the Asura, or the Ashera. Buddha also said: Asura male, stature ugly; Ashuo female, correct beauty.
Asura Road
Buddhist scriptures often talk about "Shura". It has six reincarnation from the "Asura Road." Six road for one; Heaven, two; Asura, three; humanity, four; livestock Road, five; hungry ghost Road, six; hell Road. Humane and heaven is good, Asura nature of good, is also one of good, but because of its often with the heart of hatred, persistent fighting will, and ultimately the real good class. Male A Xiu Luo in the Road, often wind and wind, good brave, in the heavens, from time to time to attack the king, to seek bit. Female prostitutes beautiful, often confused beings, so difficult to practice. Therefore, although do not suffer Amishu, but after the death of the triad of the great chance of evil, so gradually for the evil way. Jane said six - blessed no virtue of the Asura Road to the famous Axiu Lu Road, because of the blessing and no virtue of some of the argument is only to him into the spirits, or that is the fallen Heaven, the North Buddhism will He is included in the good road, south of Buddhism is classified into the evil way. Fu as heaven, Germany and Africa Heaven. (Heaven, Axiu Lu Road, humane, for the three good way; beasts, hungry ghosts; hell; for the three evil road) (six of the only human and animal path is tangible, and in the same space. Can not be seen. Those who have the edge may be able to perceive.) The points have grade points, with the report.
[Reincarnation reasons] transferred to the Asura Road Road, the past, although no big evil, but the slow heart is very heavy, very proud, not look down on others, is jealous of others than their own excellent. "Industry due to different" detailed article listed ten industry, including the body of micro-evil, mouth line micro-evil, meaning line evil, from the arrogance, from me slow, from the slow, from the slow, slow evil, Slowly and back to the good roots. For the karma of traction, Asura can be divided into fetal, eggs, wet, of four students. In the humane way, the cause of the birth is the original in the heavens, but because of the fall and was devalued; wet students in the beast, live in the Water mouth, toward the tour of the void, twilight to the water places; chemical life in the sky, the birth of talking about.