Religion:Puti Zhushi
Puti Zhushi (Chinese: 菩提祖师), also known as Master Puti, is a character from the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West. The character is believed to be derived from Subhūti, one of the ten principal disciples of the Buddha.[1][2]
Background
Puti was a mentor and tutor of the protagonist, the Monkey King (known as Sun Wukong in Chinese), endowing him with supernatural powers through Taoist practices. These include the "seventy-two earthly transformations"[3] (shape-shifting abilities), immortality, and cloud-somersaulting, the ability to traverse 108,000 li (used as a synonym for "indefinitely large number", although literally a distance of ~54,000 km) in one somersault.[4] Puti foresaw the flaws in his disciple's character, most notably his ego and amorality; therefore, he would later request Sun Wukong to keep his discipleship a secret.
Sun Wukong's first meeting with Master Puti is believed to be based on the story of Huineng's Introduction to Hongren, as told in the Platform Sūtra of Zen Buddhism. Because of the role that Subhūti plays in the story, his name has remained familiar in Chinese culture.[5]
Puti is worshipped as a deity in the Taoist pantheon.[6] He is described as proficient in both Taoist and Buddhists practices, and is revered as a god of wisdom.[7]
See also
- Journey to the West
- The Monkey King
- Zhenyuan Daxian
References
- ↑ Toh, Hoong Teik (in en). Some Classical Malay Materials for the Study of the Chinese Novel Journey to the West. Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania. https://books.google.com/books?id=41xkAAAAMAAJ&q=puti+zushi&dq=puti+zushi&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjW7aHF8_jvAhXTT30KHWbrCZgQ6AEwAHoECAEQAw.
- ↑ Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton University Press.
- ↑ Wu, Cheng'en (1982). Journey to the west (1st ed.). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. ISBN 0-8351-1003-6. OCLC 12371235.
- ↑ Chen, Wei Dong (in en). Monkey King Volume 07: The Expulsion of Sun Wu Kong. JR Comics ®. ISBN 979-11-5833-026-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=2P6LCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT170&dq=puti+the+monkey+king&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijnKeJ9PjvAhXBbn0KHaAIBeIQ6AEwBHoECAUQAw.
- ↑ Nan Huaijin. Diamond Sutra Explained. Florham Park: Primordia, 2004. Page 25.
- ↑ "菩提祖师神像|道教神像中的菩提祖师雕塑-河北铜佛像雕塑铸造生产厂家" (in zh). 中正雕塑. http://www.tongfoxiangzz.com/wap/content/?1970.html.
- ↑ Shao, Ping (2006). "Huineng, Subhūti, and Monkey's Religion in "Xiyou ji"". The Journal of Asian Studies 65 (4): 713–740. ISSN 0021-9118. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25076127.
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