Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t3.72

v1.c6.s2.t3.72

Buddhacinga is of quite some divinity. He assisted Shi Zhao for over 30 years, organised construction of over 1,000 temples and enrolled over 10 thousand students which is why his stories are still spreading in the later ages and affecting more people. There are transcripts of *Stories and Luck of Monk Buddhacinga* (No. S.1625va, P.2680j) and *Glorifications about Arhat Buddhacinga – the Monk* (No. 0276vc) unearthed from the Dunhuang Sutra Cave. There are also wall paintings about Buddhacinga in middle section of the northern wall of No. 323 Early-Tang Dynasty grotto among Mogao Grottoes, including *Picture of Buddhacinga Educating Shi Le*, *Picture of Buddhacinga Extinguishing Fire in Youzhou*, *Picture of Buddhacinga Reading Omens by Hearing Bells*, *Picture of Buddhacinga Washing Gut by River*. Such paintings are of rather important value in the study of Buddhacinga’s life and transmission history of northern Buddhism in Later Zhao Dynasty.