藏传佛教与汉传佛教所共同推崇的财神护法毗沙门,其名毗沙门为梵语,意为多闻,表示其福德之名,闻于四方。在佛教的四天王天中,毗沙门为北方的多闻天王,由于其乐善好施,又被称为财宝天王,在藏传佛教中认为他是五方佛中宝生佛的化身,在汉传佛教里他是观世音菩萨的化身,虔诚祈祷供养可以得到毗沙门的大力加持。毗沙门周边围绕诸多财神为部属,协助财宝天王救渡众生,以满众生之愿。凡常行慈悲喜舍善行利乐一切众生,藉由毗沙门及其财神部属之大力加持,可事业顺利鸿图大展,求财满愿,速能相应。
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第四窟天王像为毗沙门天王和大黑天神,据考是国内最早的大黑天神造像。
The fourth grotto is a series of Statues of deities they are Pishamen Deity and Dahei Deity, according the present study, it is the earliest Dahei Deity in China.
唐代盛行毗沙门天王崇拜,认为他帮助国家战胜敌军,因而到处建置庙宇,塑造神像,并在出师时加以祭祀。
There existed a prevailing worship of Pishamen Heaven Marshal in Tang Dynasty who was regarded as an invincible marshal to help the country to defeat the enemies.
对其中的造像形式和造像的原因等有初步的涉入,然而对其中的毗沙门天王造像的研究还只是停留在简单的基本资料,并且也不齐全。
It has the preliminary research in the form and reason of statue. But the research in Pishamen son of Heaven has just reach to simple Basic documents, and incomplete.
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