#Dislyte nezha

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A Brief Note on Lotus Rebirth

Did you know that lotus rebirth is quite common within Buddhism, though Nezha’s case is the most well known? I’ve attached a digital rendering from the Yun’gang Caves, originally from around the fifth century.

This type of rebirth isn’t specific to any deity or bodhisattva. Rebirth into the Buddha Amitabha’s Pure Land is among the most coveted paradises for any Buddhist to be reborn into, reborn from lotus buds. The Lotus Sutra expands on this quite a lot. Simply, the most devout are reborn into Buddhas western paradise.

“When beings of this [superior] type are about to die, the Buddha of Measureless Light [Amitabha] appears before them, accompanied by a great crowd of attendants. Then, these beings follow this Buddha and go to be reborn in his land. They are reborn naturally and miraculously in the center of a lotus made of the seven precious substances, and they dwell in the state from which there is no falling back. They come to possess wisdom and courage, supernormal powers and spiritual mastery.” I have used Luis Gomez’s translation of Wuliang shou jing.

There’s nine ranks of rebirth catalogued in the fifth century Amitabha Visualization Sutra where those reborn are as infants. There’s a massive time skip from the fifth century to when Nezha’s rebirth was ever recorded, but it’s undoubtable this is the basis for why it is originally Buddha bringing Nezha back to life rather than his teacher Taiyi Zhenren.

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The funniest part of dislyte is that as soon as everyone transformed they IMMEDIATELY started dressing the part. Drew turned into a jackal and immediately went “oh shit, guess I gotta get a sword that can disguise as a cane in the shape of an ankh now,” Mona was blessed by Artemis and spent an entire night making her golden laurel wreath magic headband thing. Lewis got some swag fire hair and went “oh okay I can work with this.”

 Li Ling just dressed like that tbh, the hands were an added bonus.

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Nezha vs Ao Bing

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A couple panels from a mini-comic I drew in March... about pudding!!

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I thank you for answering my previous question! (I'm so glad there are people on social media who work together to share knowledge like this!)

One of things I guess I did get confused with in my research is Nezha's origin story. It does help that you clarified about the many versions being different but they all are a part of telling the story. I overheard a rumor that there was an official book that told the "original" version of his story, but that is what my research is mainly trying to solve. I see a few titles saying they talk about Nezha's backstory, but none that claimed to be original. So I suppose I could be wrong in what I heard. Again, I thank you fir answering my questions! It's been fun learning new things about these topics!

Hello Hello!

I see, I understand what you’re trying to get here. To the best of my knowledge the earliest version of Nezha’s origin myth comes from The Grand Compendium of the Three Religion’s Deities. There is an edition from the Ming Dynasty (1368AD-1644AD) and an edition from the Qing Dynasty (1636AD–1911AD), but both editions cover roughly the same information and the distinction isn’t necessary here.

When he was five days old, Nezha went bathing in the Eastern Ocean. He trampled over the [dragon king's] Crystal Palace. He somersaulted straight to the top of the Precious Pagoda. Because he had trampled over his palace, the infuriated dragon king challenged him to fight. By then, Nezha was already seven days old, and he could overcome the nine dragons. The old dragon had no choice, except complaining to the [Jade] Emperor. The General [Nezha] knew of his intention. Intercepting him by Heaven's Gate, he killed the dragon. Mounting the Jade Emperor's altar, Nezha took the Buddha's bow and arrows. He shot an arrow, unintentionally killing Lady Rock's son. Lady Rock raised an army to fight him. The General [Nezha] took the Demon-Felling Club from his father's altar and, fighting his way Westwards, slew her. Considering that Lady Rock had been the demons' chief, Nezha's father was infuriated. He worried lest his son's killing her would provoke the demon hordes to war. Therefore, the General [Nezha] sliced off his flesh and bones, returning them to his father. Holding fast to his inner soul (zhen ling), he hastened to the Buddha's side, pleading that the World-Honored One make him complete once more. Considering that Nezha could subdue demons, the Buddha snapped a lotus flower. He fashioned it's stem into bones, it's roots into flesh, it's fiber into tendons, and it's leaves into clothes, giving life to Nezha once more.

I do hope this was helpful in your search. It’s entirely possible this story was imported from India during the Tang Dynasty (618AD-907AD) or Song Dynasty (960AD-1279AD) or even as early as the Wei Dynasty (386AD-535AD)

A majority of literature about Nezha was written during the Tang Dynasty (618AD-907AD) which was followed by one (of many) instances where China was no longer unified in a warring states period. It would be (705AD-960AD) where China was not unified and no further literature about Nezha was either written or survived.

Nezha had of course existed before the 7th century, but in terms of a timeframe Nezha and any written record of him was brought to China some centuries before Tang Sanzang went to India. Figure he formally entered China around 266AD-420AD while Sanzang left for India around 629AD.

It is wholly possible a story like this existed while Nezha was still Nalakubara, third son of the Heavenly King Vaisravana. I’ve yet to locate anything like that yet but this post will be amended to reflect if new information has been found.