Monkey God Hanuman

 

Monkey God Hanuman

 

The ten-headed demon king Ravana used his evil plan to kidnap Sita, the wife of Rama, the prince of Saro. The protective god Emperor Zetian did not come to help, but continued to examine how Rama would deal with the dilemma.

At that time, brothers Rama and Lakshmana searched the forest but could not find Sita. Finally, they saw the dying Garuda King. The king of Garuda, who was resting in the forest at that time, stopped Ravana from robbing Sita. After a fierce fight, Garuda King was severely injured by Ravana due to his old age and frailty, and fell to the ground. Garuda told Rama that Ravana kidnapped Sita and flew south, possibly to Lanka. After saying this, the Garuda King died. Brother Rama buried the bird king and set off to the south.

Agudengba said to the donkey Mahu: Do you know that there is a Sun Wukong in China?

Donkey Mahu said: I know, Sun Wukong is a magical monkey.

Agudengba said to the donkey Mahu:

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, the great sage with great supernatural powers, made great contributions to protect Monk Tang from studying in the West, killing demons and fighting demons along the way. He was resourceful and brave, and made great contributions. The Western Heaven they are going to is actually the country of India, China’s southwest neighbor. In fact, the prototype of Sun Wukong comes from Aryan folklore. When some Aryans migrated to ancient India, legends about divine monkeys were recorded in ancient Indian books. After Rama's wife Sita was captured by the ten-headed demon king Ravana, the Aryan monkey god came to Rama's aid.

Agudumba began to tell the story about the Aryan monkey god Hanuman:

Brothers Rama and Lakshman traveled all the way across mountains and rivers in search of Sita, who was captured by the ten-headed demon king Ravana, but they did not know where the Lanka Island mentioned by Garuda King was.

One day, they came to Lishe Muga Mountain and met with the Monkey King Miaoxiang on the Monkey Mountain. They told him about the sins of the Ten-headed Demon King and asked him to help find out where Lanka Island was and help them defeat the Ten-headed Demon King. .

Agudengba said: When the brothers Rama and Lakshmana came to the Monkey Mountain where the Monkey King Miaoxiang lived, the Monkey King Miaoxiang had just been taken away from the throne of the Monkey Kingdom by his brother Paulin.

In the beginning, Miaoxiang's brother Paulin was the monkey king. Once, Miaoxiang and his brother Paulin chased the devil together. Paulin chased him into a cave. Miaoxiang waited at the entrance of the cave for a year, but Paulin did not come out of the cave. And there was a lot of blood coming out of the hole. Miaoxiang thought his brother was dead, so he blocked the entrance of the cave with stones, returned to the capital and ascended the throne. Unexpectedly, Paulin came back after killing the demon. He expelled Miaoxiang and took away Miaoxiang's wife.

The current genius is only followed by four ministers and friends, among whom is the monkey god Hanuman, the son of the wind god Vayuna.

After brothers Rama and Lashman introduced their experiences to each other and the monkey king Miaoxiang, they formed an alliance. Rama promised to help Miaoxiang recover, and Miaoxiang also took out Sita's scarf that he picked up and promised to do so. Help Rama find Sita.

Now, with the support of Rama and the Lakshman brothers, Miaoxiang returns to the Monkey Kingdom to challenge Pauline. The two brothers were inseparable from each other.

Rama saw that the brothers Miaoxiang and Bolin looked like twins, and their images were too similar. He asked Miaoxiang to wear a wreath around his neck as a mark of identification. In this way, Rama shot with an arrow the Bolin who did not wear a garland around his neck.

After Miaoxiang regained the throne in the Monkey Kingdom, he gathered an army of monkeys to search for Sita's whereabouts.

At this time, Shambhati, the younger brother of Garuda, found Rama and thanked him for burying his brother Garuda. Shambhati told Rama and Lakshman brothers that he saw Ravana kidnapped Sita and flew to Lanka Island, where Sita was imprisoned in the Ashoka Forest.

But who can cross the sea and reach Lanka Island to find out the reality?

Monkey King Miaoxiang thanked Rama and the Lakshman brothers for allowing him to regain the throne of the Monkey King. He also had a sense of justice and had long heard about the lawlessness of the ten demon kings, and he hated them in his heart.

Monkey King Miaoxiang said: Only the monkey Hanuman, the son of the wind god, can handle this task.

The Monkey King called the divine monkey Hanuman and sent him to Lanka Island to find out the whereabouts of Sita.

Agudemba said to the donkey:

The ten-headed king Ravana was the king of Lanka, which is today’s Sri Lanka. The Indian narrative poem "Ramayaya" records the story of Rama defeating Ravana, the demon king of Karan Island, with the help of the monkey god Hanuman, the son of the wind god.

The active role of the monkey god Hanuman in the story is just like that of Sun Wukong in Journey to the West. Since the legend of this story existed before the birth of Buddha, generally speaking, scholars believe that when Wu Cheng'en wrote Journey to the West in the Ming Dynasty, he referred to the legend of Hanuman before creating Sun Wukong. There are also these legends in Buddhist scriptures. Obviously, Sun Wukong in Journey to the West evolved from the monkey god Hanuman.

Agudumba sang a sacred song "Monkey Hanuman":

 

Monkey God Hanuman

You are the son of the wind god

You are the ancestor of Sun Wukong

You fight against Kalan Island

Defeated Ravana

 

You are written into the Indian epic

You are recorded in Ramayana

You were born before Buddha came to this world

Your greatness should not be denied

 

Monkey God Hanuman

You are the son of the wind god

You are the prototype of Sun Wukong

You are the holy monkey in the world

You are a symbol of justice