拍品專文
This painting is number 13 and depicts stories #49-54:
49. Hastaka's Good Fortune, a story about cause and effect. At the upper center, beneath a tree, the Buddha Shakyamuni explains why the youth Hastaka possesses a golden elephant.
50. Performing the Ten Actions, a story about cause and effect. Sitting in a city park, with the Vulture Peak mountain behind and above, the Buddha relates ten stories about actions and results.
51. The Lady Rukmavati in a story about generosity gives away her two breasts and a Brahmin youth feeds his body to a mother tigress.
52. Adinapunya Offers His Life, a story about generosity involving kingdoms, battles and greed.
53. Subhashitagaveshin, seeker of Wisdom, searches his kingdom for a teacher rich in wisdom.
54. Sattvaushadha's Power of Healing, a story about the perfection of meditation, a healing pond and the relief of suffering.
49. Hastaka's Good Fortune, a story about cause and effect. At the upper center, beneath a tree, the Buddha Shakyamuni explains why the youth Hastaka possesses a golden elephant.
50. Performing the Ten Actions, a story about cause and effect. Sitting in a city park, with the Vulture Peak mountain behind and above, the Buddha relates ten stories about actions and results.
51. The Lady Rukmavati in a story about generosity gives away her two breasts and a Brahmin youth feeds his body to a mother tigress.
52. Adinapunya Offers His Life, a story about generosity involving kingdoms, battles and greed.
53. Subhashitagaveshin, seeker of Wisdom, searches his kingdom for a teacher rich in wisdom.
54. Sattvaushadha's Power of Healing, a story about the perfection of meditation, a healing pond and the relief of suffering.