About Lishan's old mother and Dou Mada

Lishan old mother, also known as Li Shan old mother. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info In the south of Lintong City, Shaanxi Province, there is a Taoist temple enshrined on the second peak of Lisx Xiuling, which is the old mother temple of Lishan.

"Jixian Lu" contains: Lishan old mother is graceful, peerless, taste the pavilion road in Lishan. The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty was shocked by this encounter and wanted to insult him! Because he was punished by the old mother's spell, he gave it up. Since then, she has become an old woman, and people call her an old mother

The legends that circulate today record that the old mother of Lishan had three disciples, Zhong Wuyan, Fan Lihua and Bai Suzhen.

The old mother of Lishan who is really well-known to everyone may be from the twenty-third chapter of Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West", "Three Tibets do not forget the original, and the four saints try Zen heart."

In Journey to the West, the old mother of Lishan changes into an old woman, and the three Bodhisattvas of Guanyin, Manjushri, and Fuxian incarnate as daughters, hitting the heavens and getting married, and trying the Zen heart of Sanzang.

So the question is, who is the old mother of Lishan? The name of the old mother of Lishan is not known, and the three apprentices she accepted are simply like little shrimp in the gods and Buddhas in the sky. What qualifications does the old mother of Lishan have to make the three Bodhisattvas Guanyin, Manjushri, and Fuxian willingly pretend to be her daughters?

Let's take a look at a Taoist scripture "Lishan Old Mother Xuanmiao True Scripture"

There is a record in it: The old mother is. The past is basking and melting. Ancient fairies on the eight caves. To save troubled times. Every time there is a catastrophe. Don't hide it, don't show it. Seclusion in the mountains Cen to pass on the immortal method.

The second place in the scripture is recorded: Lingbao Heavenly Master. The congenital number said. Nine spirits are wonderful. Zhongtian Brahma Qi. Dou Mu Yuanjun. Innate and dissolved

There is also a record in the scriptures: Lord Taishang Mira. Mixed Elder Mother.

These three records in the scriptures show that the old mother of Lishan was transformed by a cloud of innate qi that opened the heavens and split the earth, and now she is the strength of the Mixed Yuan Dao Ancestor, and her real name should be Dou Ma.

So who is Grandma Dou?

Dou Mu Yuanjun, one of the gods believed in by the Han people. It is a great goddess believed in Taoism, also known as Doumu and Doumu. The full name of the god of Dou Mu is "Congenital Dou Mu Ziguang Jin Zun Mo Li Tian Dasheng Yuan Ming Dao Mu Yuan Zun" or "Zhongtian Brahma Qi Dou Mu Yuan Jun Zi Guang Zhe Ci Hui Tai Su Yuan Hou Jin Zhen Shengde Tianzun".

Dou refers to the stars of the Big Dipper, Mu is the mother, and Doumu is the mother of the Big Dipper.

"Yuqing Supreme Lingbao Natural Beidou True Scripture" records that Doumu gave birth to nine sons successively. The eldest son is the Emperor of Heaven (that is, one of the Four Emperors, the Emperor of the Upper Palace), and the second son is the Emperor Ziwei (one of the Four Emperors, the Emperor of the Middle Heaven Ziwei Arctic). The remaining seven sons are Greedy Wolf, Jumen, Lucun, Wenqu, Lian Zhen, Wuqu, and Pojun, that is, the Big Dipper.

From the above information, it can be seen that the old mother of Lishan itself is based on the general strength of the three Qings, and the nine sons of the old mother, two are equivalent to the position of the Jade Emperor, and the other seven are the Big Dipper. From this point of view, it is not surprising that Guanyin, Manjushri, and Fuxian can turn into the daughters of old mothers.