Photo source: Summit of Treasures, p. 33
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Photo source: Summit of Treasures, p. 33 |
Scene #18, bottom right side (map)
Baodingshan, Dazu
This story relates the origin of the Baoen Jing sutra. Buddha's disciple Ananda (photo left) encounters a dutiful son who is laboriously carrying his aged parents in baskets suspended from his shoulders (center). Also present are some Hindu Brahmins (photo right), who praise the filial son, and disparage Shakyamuni's own filiality by comparison. Ananda reported this encounter to the Buddha, who preached the Baoen Jing in response.
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