Why should Buddha statues be plated with gold? What are the benefits of gold plating?
Buddha statues are gilded. What are the benefits of gilding Buddha statues?
It is recorded in "The Essay on Cause and Effect of Three Lives" that "the reason for being an official in this life is that the Buddha's body is covered with gold in the past life. After cultivating in the past life, I received it in this life. I went to the Buddha with a purple robe and jade belt to pray. The Buddha is dressed in gold to cover myself, and the Tathagata covers myself. "Painting the Buddha statue with gold and installing the golden Buddha body makes the Buddha statue solemn and solemn, adding a sacred and solemn atmosphere, so that the viewer will have a respectful and pure heart. Seeing the solemnity of the Buddha, he will feel respectful."
Therefore, investing money to gild Buddha statues not only accumulates extraordinary merits for one's own liberation and obtains profound merits, but also increases the blessings and longevity of parents in this world, develops one's own career, and obtains transcendental and worldly benefits. dual benefits. The merits of gilding Buddha statues are incredible.
Placing gold on Buddha statues has the same merit as making Buddha statues. It can liberate oneself and others and achieve Bodhi. Many classics such as "Buddha's Sutra on Making the Image of the Buddha", "Buddha's Sutra on the Blessings of Building an Image", "Mahayana Sutra on the Merit of Making an Image", and "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra" describe in detail the merits and benefits of creating a Buddha image. , "If you create the image of the Buddha with a pure heart, all karmic obstacles will be eliminated, and the merits obtained will be immeasurable, and even become Anuttarasamyaksambodhi. All sentient beings will be free from suffering forever." Therefore, as long as you are determined to make a Buddha image or gild a Buddha image, you will have planted the seeds of transcendent nirvana and liberation and achieve the Buddha's path.