The story of the Buddha's birth, that is, the story of shakyamuni Buddha's previous life.
Bunsen is a paraphrase of the Sanskrit word Jataka. Buddhism believes in reincarnation, and believes that all living things, including human beings, are in the midst of never-ending reincarnation. There are six (or five) paths to reincarnation, namely heaven, man, asura, beast, hungry ghost, and hell. From birth to death, a creature acts either good or evil, and there must be a cause and a result, which determines the good path or bad path of its rebirth in the next life; in the same way, in this life, it is also the result of the good and evil in the previous life, which is the "three-life dual cause and effect theory" proposed by Buddhism. Before becoming a Buddha, Shakyamuni did not jump out of the realm of reincarnation of birth and death, and he had to go through countless reincarnations before he could get out of samsara and become a Buddha. These countless rebirth experiences are the stories of the Buddha's birth.
Most of the Paintings of the Buddha's Bunsen Story in the Kyzyl Caves are painted in a fixed position, that is, on the left and right sides of the celestial chart drawn in the middle of the top of the Buddhist temple. Each Buddha Bunsen story is expressed by a diamond-shaped grid, that is, the most typical plot in the story is selected, with the image of the Buddha's previous life in the story - or characters, or animals as the center, with other necessary characters or animals, backgrounds, props, etc., to form a picture, and then use the diamond grid as a framework to isolate from other paintings.
Kyzyl Cave Mural is the representative of the Guizi Grotto mural, and its Buddha Bunsheng story painting, rich in content, large in number, early in the painting era and long in duration, not only ranks first among the existing grottoes in China, but also is unique in all countries in the world.
In the Kyzyl Caves, there are more than 72 kinds of Buddhist bunsen story murals that have been identified, the total number of which is more than 100, and the picture reaches more than 400, which can be described as a gallery and treasure house of Buddha Bunsen's story.
The main features of the Kyzyl Cave murals in the painting method are: "bending iron coil wire" like lines and concave and convex blending methods. Today's people want to appreciate the line drawings of the ancient "Qu Iron Disc Silk" and the concave and convex Tianzhu relics, and the Kyzyl Caves are almost the only place to go.
Several of the murals of the Buddha's Story are selected here for viewing. The implication is all in the unspoken. (Text/Cui Dae-jung)
Mahasattva devoted himself to feeding tigers
Left side of the main room top of Cave 38 of Kyzyl
In his previous life, the Buddha was prince Mahasattva.
Mahāsāsa wandered through the woods and saw a tiger nursing his second son, hungry and thirsty, hungry and thirsty, and hungry for his son. The prince of Sasuke was mighty and courageous, and gained his heart with the power of compassion, that is, to go up to the mountain, to throw himself into the earth, and to offer the hungry tiger with flesh and blood.
The Monkey King sacrificed himself to save the monkey Bunsen
In his previous life, the Buddha was the Monkey King.
The monkey king and the monkey group entered the imperial garden to eat fruit, and the king ordered the hunters to hunt and kill. The monkeys fled to a deep stream, unable to cross, the monkey king was a bridge, the monkeys were able to escape, and the monkey king fell to his death.
The deer gave up to save the rabbit Bunsen
In his previous life, the Buddha was the Deer King.
Suddenly, a fire broke out in the forest, and the beasts fled and were blocked by a river. A deer used his body as a bridge, and the beasts crossed the river from the deer's body, and the deer's skin was torn and rotten, but he still insisted on sending a rabbit to the other side, and finally died of exhaustion.
On the right side of the top of the main room of Cave 114 of Kyzyl
The Brahmin gave himself to smell the bunsen
On the right side of the main room top of The 38 Caves of Kyzyl
The Buddha was a Brahmin in his previous life.
A Brahmin was practicing in a snow-capped mountain, seeking the Dhamma, and the Emperor transformed into a Rakshasa and spoke the first half of the Dharma for him. For the second half, the Brahmin is willing to give up his life. The Rakshasa said that in the second half of the day, the Brahmin threw himself from the tree, and the Emperor returned to his original form and took over the Brahmin's body.
Sawroot Shipi rescues Hunter Bunsen
On the right side of the main cave top of Cave 38 of Kyzyl
In his previous life, the Buddha was a sawdust.
King Van Moda of Polonai, fierce and murderous. One day in a dream, I saw a beast with golden hair, and its hair was golden, shining on the left and right, and it was also golden. In the dream, wang edict ordered the hunters to catch this beast, otherwise they would destroy the hunter clan party. The hunters were so distressed that one of them gave his life to hunt the beast for the people. Just when the man was dying of thirst, the golden-haired sawdust revived him and gave it his own skin to the man.
Yutashi Bunsen
The Buddha's previous life was Yudo.
The king of Dasheng was very greedy, and after conquering Yan Futi, he expanded overseas, and Emperor Shi tian became a Fanzhi and proposed himself as the king's guide. The king actively prepared, and when the time came, The Brahman zhi did not come, and after the Brahma Zhi said a word for the king, no one could understand. Sometimes there was a young man who was depressed and was the king. The king knew the harm of greed.
Ma Bilong King Bunsheng
In his previous life, the Buddha was the Dragon King of Mabi.
Five hundred merchants went to sea and obtained jewelry to return. The dragons of the sea want to harm merchants and seize jewels. The Ma Bi Dragon King crossed the sea with his body to save the merchants.
Pious Nipo Pear Smell Dharma Burn a Thousand Lamp Bunsen
In his previous life, the Buddha was the Pious Nymphal King.
The Pious King decreed that whoever has a magic way, says to me, do as he pleases. Sometimes a brahmin came to the king and said, "I have a wonderful dharma, and as long as the king can burn a thousand lamps on his body as an offering, he will tell you." The king cut a thousand holes in his own body, put fat in each of them, and revived himself, throwing himself to the ground, asking for the Dhamma first, and then burning the lamp. Smell the law, that is, ignite. The king swore an oath to become a Buddha, and when he became a Buddha, he should enlighten all beings with wisdom and light, and end the darkness.
King Cili gave blood to Bensheng
In his previous life, the Buddha was king of Cili.
The plague ghosts can suck people's flesh and qi because of their evil deeds, and the king of Cili educates the people of the country by doing good deeds, so that the plague ghosts can no longer suck people's flesh. Sometimes five nights the fork was forced by hunger, and came to the king's house to ask the king to feed him. The king stabbed himself in five places, and let the five night forks suck the flesh of his own body.
Vama exhausted the milk Bunsen
In his previous life, the Buddha was Lady Vamadhi.
The wife of the King of Buliusha, Vama, went to the Temple of Heaven to make sacrifices, and on the way back, she heard the cries in the houses on the side of the road, and saw a pregnant woman hungry and hungry for her son. Vama tried his best to send him back to the palace to get food, but the mother secretly did not believe it, and still wanted to eat to fill her hunger. In order to save the mother and child, Vama tried his best to cut two breasts and give them to the mother. Vama regained his two breasts and became male, after which the king died and succeeded to the throne.
Source: Old Cui said painting