Skip to main content

Hanuman : The God of All Superheroes and Monkey King : Sun Wukong - One legend ,two Manifestations

We all know about the great God Hanuman omnipresent in most of the Indian Mythologies, great warrior, friend, saviour, superhero, devotee of lord Rama, destroyer of all evils, symbol of courage and strength but in china there is similar mythological legend called Sun Wukong/Monkey king having similar qualities like lord Hanuman immensely powerful, fast like lightning, immortal, spiritual, defender of spiritual and human realm and got power from Tao.

Are they both symbol of same legend having different interpretations in different culture ? 

Indian civilisation and Chinese civilisation! Two of the most ancient civilisations of the world still flourishing and surviving.

India and china have strong cultural relations since the beginning of 2nd century and just like many Chinese travellers came to India in search of buddhist texts and knowledge, many Indian travellers also went to china to propagate buddhism. This cultural exchange continued for two millenniums and resulted in many similar cultural  traditions . 


Is The Legend of Hanuman inspired Chinese scholars for the legend of Sun Wukong ? story of monkey king i.e "Journey to the West " may be journey to India from china ( India is in the west of China ! )              We definitely don't know and might never know the actual truth  but we can find some similarities and differences in both legends.


Hanuman Jayanti – Touch Inaccessible Heights With Lord Hanuman's Instantaneous Blessings | Lord hanuman wallpapers, Hanuman jayanthi, Hanuman photos

Lord Hanuman




Sun Wukong Monkey King: The Complete Guide (2021)

                                             Monkey King : Sun Wukong 



                    Lord Hanuman                                                         Monkey King 

1.   Got powers from all Gods                                1. Got power from Eternal Tao 

2. Most powerful God, Infinite power                    2. Immensely, Infinitely powerful 

3. Travel with Speed of light                                  3. Travel with speed of Meteor 

4. Intelligent but has great humour                        4. Intelligent but naughty 

5. Has " Gadda " as weapon                                   5. Has " staff" as weapon

6. Immortal                                                             6. Immortal 

7. Born from God of Air                                         7. Born from Stone with help of Air 

8. Forgot his power by curse and  regain powers    8. Forgot his powers by curse but regain again 

9. Destroyer of Evil and protector of truth               9. Destroyer of evil and protector of truth 


and list goes on ... if you read both of the legends, Lord Hanuman and Monkey King, you will be amazed to see the similarities between them and compel to think how cultural exchanges changes over the time .

I don't know the truth ...think and discover .

Jai Hanuman , Jai Sri Ram 

I bow down to Monkey King 

I bow down to all immortals protector of all realms ....

Thank you 

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Vivekananda :" The greatest sin is to think yourself weak !"

Swami Vivekananda    " To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean”, says the persevering soul; “at my will mountains will crumble up”. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal." "First of all, our young men must be strong. Religion will come afterwards. Be strong, my young friends; that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through study of Gita. " Swami Vivekananda is one of the Greatest persons ever born in India .He was born in Calcutta on 12 Jan 1863 A.D ( Today 12 Jan is celebrated in India as National Youth Day ) . His original name was Narendra Nath Datta.  During his childhood on many occasions he automatically gone in to Deep Meditation  and have great fascination for ascetics ,monks and Mystics . Narendra had varied interests and a wide range of scholarship in philosophy, religion, history, the social sciences,
Post a Comment
Read more

Advaita :Matrix or Maya ! illusion !

 Concept of Maya (illusion ) is given by the great Indian  Philosopher,Teacher ,Saint  Adi Shankarcharya in 9th Century A.D. in his Advaita Philosophy. One the Greatest philosophies after Buddha and Mahavira. Maya means illusion which restrict all the organisms of the universe to see the ultimate reality "The Brahama " " The one ". Adi Shankarcharya Maya is as real as physical world but it is not Truth , actually it is curtain that hide The truth . When we observe the world we saw differences in physical , mental , ideological , conceptual existence on every plane, in every dimension , Maya creates an illusion of duality but the Truth is always behind Maya . The world as we think is just a reflection  created by Maya ,All our relations , dreams , aspirations , ideologies and life is just a Grand Design of illusion ...We live ....We love ....We hate ...And We die in this illusion ( Even our death is also a biggest Illusions of all ). The Great
3 comments
Read more

Taj Mahal : The Eternal Love Story

Taj Mahal Taj Mahal the wonder of the modern world , is one most popular mausoleum of Asia.Every person who  came to India must visit Taj Mahal " Dream in White Marble ". It was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his most loveable wife Mumtaz Mahal in 1648 A.D at Agra. Construction began in 1631 A.D and was competed in 22 years by 20,000 workers and Architects . The principal Architect of Taj Mahal was Ustad Ahmad Lahauri , Abd-ul-Karim and Makramat Khan.It was built on the bank of river Yamuna , in the south of Agra.The TAj mahal was constructed using materials form all over the Indian sub continent .While marble from Makrana , Rajasthan , Jasper from Punjab, crystal from China.The turquoise was from Tibet and Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan and carnelian from Arabia. Sculptors and calligraphers are called from Bukhara, Syria and Persia.This Grand design was completed in 1648 A.D.The Taj Mahal incorporates Persian architecture and Mughal Architect
3 comments
Read more