The living Buddha name of Jigong is Daoji. For decades, he traveled around the world, punished evil and promoted good, eradicated violence and brought peace to the good. He did countless good deeds and won praise from people all over the world. People love him, worship him, and call him the Living Buddha. After Tathagata Buddha learned of the situation, he invited Jigong to heaven and asked him to achieve nirvana and become a Buddha and live in heaven forever. Nirvana is when the body dies and the soul ascends to heaven. After hearing this, Jigong panicked: How could his true body die? Without life, everything is over! Even though there are all kinds of good things in heaven, how can they be compared with the myriad things in the world? Moreover, he is a lazy monk who does not fast. He is used to being free in the mortal world. How can he stand the constraints of strict heavenly rules and precepts? All living beings in the world are his parents, brothers and sisters, and there is endless fun in interacting with them. He really can't live without them! Besides, there are still so many treacherous and evil people in the world who are taking bribes, bending the law and bullying the good; there are also so many poor people who are being bullied and struggling on the line of life and death. He must return to earth to seek justice. So, he explained the reason to Buddha and asked Buddha to let him return to the mortal world and still be his "living Buddha". The Buddha was finally moved by his sincerity and agreed to his request. But he had to practice in heaven for seventy-seven forty-nine days before he could descend to earth. Jigong had no choice but to obey. During this period, Jigong was taught and enlightened by the Buddha, and his Buddhist mind and Dharma improved greatly.
After Jigong came down to earth, he continued to travel around, punished evil and promoted good, eradicated violence, brought peace to the good, benefited all living beings, and did countless good things for the people. The story that happened after that is rightly called the Biography of Jigong.
Purpose: To expose the ugliness of the powerful forces in feudal society and to sympathize with the vulnerable groups