Cultivation as if Playing a Stringed Instrument – (Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum) ◄ prijašnji Sljedeći ►

Umjetnik: Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum

Datum: 2011

Muzej: Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum (Dashu District, Taiwan)

Tehnika: Photograph

Sronakotivimsa was a musician before he became a monk. After renouncing, he was anxious to be enlightened. He cultivated tirelessly, day and night. As a result, not only did he not attain enlightenment, he ended up exhausting himself so much that he became discouraged. After the Buddha learned of this, he used a simile to explain to Sronakotivimsa,