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Tiger-Taming Arhat (Fuhu Luohan) — Venerable Fuhu Luohan
Buddhist Bodhisattvas

Tiger-Taming Arhat (Fuhu Luohan)

伏虎尊者 · 伏虎尊者

Venerable Fuhu Luohan

Divine Office

  • Subduing tigers to rescue the populace and quelling the menace of ferocious beasts
  • Dispensing medicine and medical care to protect the ailing and aid their recovery
  • Attaining the arhat stage of enlightenment, thereby becoming a great field of merit for all sentient beings
  • Taming fury and aggression through compassion, embodying fearless resolve

Origin & Legend

The Tiger-Taming Arhat is traditionally identified with Vindhya-avasarin (Bintoulu Zunzhe), the foremost of the Eighteen Arhats and renowned for remaining perpetually seated without lying down. According to legend, fierce tigers prowled the mountains outside his temple, roaring with hunger and attacking villagers. Undeterred, the Arhat spent his own resources to purchase meat and feed the tigers daily; over time, his boundless compassion and vows gradually transformed them, until the tigers submitted to him and ceased harming people—thus earning him the title 'Tiger-Taming Arhat'. Another account highlights his profound medical expertise: he regularly treated and dispensed medicines to impoverished, ailing villagers, and the tigers, drawn by the fragrance of herbal remedies, approached peacefully and were tamed. After the Qianlong Emperor officially designated the Eighteen Arhats, the Tiger-Taming Arhat and the Dragon-Subduing Arhat were jointly enshrined as the culminating figures in Arhat Halls—a visual testament to the Buddhist ideal of transforming violence and wrath into peace and harmony.

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