One of the Four Heavenly Kings - the Western Buddha Virapaksa with board eyes, known as “Virapaksa” in Sanskrit. Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monks spread the word: “board-eyed”, Western Board-eyed Buddha can observe the world at any time with pure heavenly eyes, and protect sentient beings, so he is named as the Western board-eyed heavenly kings. Living in the western part of Mount Meru, the statue of the Protector of the Western Board-eyed Buddha is usually seen in Chinese Mahayana temples when the statue is red and wears armor. He holds a dragon (also known as red chains in some regions) in his hand. Together with the Vaishravana (the Northern Heavenly King with wide hearings), Dhataratthat (the Eastern heavenly king to uphold the country) and Virudhaka (the Southern Heavenly King of Growth) , they were enshrined as the “Four Great Heavenly Kings”by the people.

To pay homage to the Western board-eyed King, you need to keep the eight precepts, burning three incense every morning and evening, and praying during the ten fasting days. There are many kinds of statues of this Western Heavenly King and in the Draupadi Sutra, he holds the spear in his left hand and chain in his right hand, and the rest are roughly the same as those of the king who upholds the kingdom. In the forms of Prajnaparamita Guardian of the Sixteen Good God King Forms, the body of the board-eyed heavenly king is red, with two arms and one face, his face is round and his eyes are convex. Wearing a dragon helmet and armor, he catches a dragon with his right hand and upholds a tower in his left hand. Cherishing love, he guarded the western door in the Pure Land Mandala.Because it is transformed by the golden-winged bird and can calm the Dragon King, it catches the dragon with the right hand and adjusts the wind and rain smoothly.