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Dunhuang, Mogaoku, Grotto76, east wall_ The Seventh Stupa_(The Seventh Great Event), Courtesy of the Dunhuang Institute of Reseach, Dunhuang.jpg
Depiction of the seventh great event of the Buddha's life, receiving the gift of honey from a monkey. The central image shows the Buddha sitting in European fashion on a lotus with his feet resting on a smaller blossom, he is attended by a person…

Dunhuang, Mogauku, Grotto 76, east wall_ Title unvisible (The Fourth Great Event), Courtesy of the Dunhuang Institute of Reseach, Dunhuang.jpg
Depiction of the fourth great event of the Buddha's life, the miracle of multiplication. The central scene shows the Buddha in three nearly identical appearances, the emanations grow directly out of his main body. All three depictions hold their…

Dunhuang, Mogaoku; Grotto 76, east wall_ The Third Stupa_ (The Third Great Event), Courtesy of the Dunhuang Institute of Reseach, Dunhuang.jpg
Depiction of the third great event of the Buddha's life, his first Sermon. The central scene displays the Buddha closely flanked by two disciples, all three sitting on lotus, wearing monastic garments and having a halo. The Buddha holds his hands in…

Dunhuang, Mogaoku, Grotto 76, east wall _The Fisrt Stupa_ (First Greate Eveent), Courtesy of the Dunhuang Institute of Reseach, Dunhuang.jpg
Depiction of the first great event in the Buddha's life, his birth. The image displays the mother of the Buddha, Queen Maya in the center, standing under a tree and lifting her right arm to grasp one of the tree branches. She is flanked by two,…
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