According to Japanese Buddhist Culture, there is a Buddha or Bodhisattva to protect you upon birth. There is a corresponding Zodiac Protector for each Lunar Zodiac animal. The Zodiac Protectors engages in His vows that whoever prays to the respective Zodiac Protectors with faith would be blessed by Him.
According to Mahayana Buddhist sutras he was a king in the remote period of time. Renouncing his kingdom, he became a monk and was named Dharmakara, which means ‘Treasury of Dharma’. Inspired by the teachings of the then Buddha of that time, Lokesvaraja Buddha, who taught him the way to supreme enlightenment many aeons ago, he made forty eight great vows for the saving of the sentient beings. Since then, the Bodhisattva Dharmakara, after five aeons of self-cultivation, finally attained the Supreme Enlightenment and became the Buddha Amitabha. This means that his grand and infinitely compassionate vow is now a reality, the paradise known as Pure Land or Sukhavati has been established, suffering beings must and will be delivered if only they will have the full faith to call upon his name.
Protector of the Zodiac: Dog and Pig
Size: 4.1cm in height; 3.2cm in width
Material: Colour-glazed glass pendant with rhodium plated clasp
啊弥陀佛，生肖狗，猪之守护神，琉璃佛牌
啊弥陀佛又成为无量无边光佛，其以大智慧光及慈悲无量寿，无限无边地加注在丛生的身上。受有啊弥陀佛守护的人，最有先天厚福，只要能够心存善念，常颂此佛宝号，一身能成功，幸福，富贵，求官得官，求寿长寿，求福得福，求一切善愿都能如意。
