According to the Records of the Western Regions of the Great Tang, Shakyamuni spoke human words from the moment he was born a prince: "Above heaven and below heaven, I alone am supreme."
After attaining Buddhahood, he became the Buddha familiar to people from Journey to the West.
Mahavairocana was one of Shakyamuni's Buddha bodies, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas, representing absolute truth. Translated from Sanskrit into Chinese, his name also meant light shining everywhere, among other things, radiating light and heat outward just like this blazing sun.
Mahavairocana was also the supreme principal deity of Esoteric Buddhism. All its Buddhas and bodhisattvas originated from him. In both Mandalas of the Vajra Realm and Garbhadhatu, Mahavairocana occupied the central position, commanding all Buddhas and bodhisattvas, just as this sun occupied the center of the star system, illuminating all things.
Like the stars filling the sky that Chen Jue had discovered in the universe of his body through [Inner Vision], among the human meridians and acupoints inhabited by those countless gods and Buddhas, there was also a major acupoint corresponding to this sun. It was also the most dazzlingly bright place inside the human body that Chen Jue could see through [Inner Vision].
Moreover, with extraordinary wisdom, the ancients had named this major acupoint the Taiyang acupoint-the sun acupoint.
In traditional Chinese medicine's meridian and acupoint system, the Taiyang acupoint was classified as an "extraordinary point." Located on either side of the skull, it had a rich distribution of blood vessels. It connected to the auditory and equilibrium centers in the temporal lobe deep within the brain, while beneath the skin lay a convergence of the trigeminal nerve and ciliary ganglion.
Once this area was attacked, a person would experience dizziness, blurred vision, blackened sight, and an inability to maintain