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Great Skillful Means Sutra on the Buddhaʼs Repayment of Kindness (大方便佛報恩經變), Niche 17, Baodingshan Dafowan Rock Carvings (寶頂山大佛灣摩崖造像)

From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)

Baodingshan Dafowan Rock Carvings (寶頂山大佛灣摩崖造像) is situated in Baoding Town (寶頂鎮), Dazu District (大足區), Chongqing (重慶). The site contains 32 rock carving niches dated to the Southern Song 南宋 Dynasty (1127–1279 CE). This transformation tableau depicts the content of the Great Skillful Means Sutra on the Buddhaʼs Repayment of Kindness (Da fangbian Fo baoen jingbian 大方便佛報恩經變). The carving contains twelve stories of the filial acts of the Buddha in his previous and present lives. A half-body Buddha holding a bowl in his left hand and showing the mudra of preaching dharma in his right hand is carved in the middle of the tableau. The twelve stories are distributed on either side. Corresponding inscriptions accompany some of these stories’s carvings. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the niche [Image 01]. Close-up of the niche [Image 02 to Image 05]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

Chongqing (China); Dazu Qu (Chongqing, China); 29.75437; 105.794071

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