Welcome,
here we have a Phra Sangkacha.
This Buddha will bring you luck and wealth and happiness.
According to paleographical consideration, oldest statuette of Fat Monk found in Asia was dated around the beginning of the Christian era. It was found in Vaisali of India. The image is 4.4 inches high, 2.3 inches wide and0.9inches thick. The Fat monk is depicted in sitting posture with a back slab behind him. At the back of the slab behind the image there was an ancient script in Brahmi and the line can be translated as Saccakaparlbajaka (ji) na.
Saccakaparibajaka was a Nigrantha Jina ascetic. He lived in Vaisali during the lifetime of the Buddha. He possesses immense wealth since birth and later became a philosopher and teacher. He has many followers seeking wealth. Due to his immense wealth and abundance of food and grains, he looked after the poor orphaned children of Vaisali. He was said to have challenged Mahavira and the Buddha to a discussion with him about whose philosophy was the best. At the end of the debate he had to bow down to Buddha and acknowledge the Buddha’s superiority.
Even after he became a normal monk in Buddhism, his fame of being the harbinger of extreme wealth and abundance made him followed by too many worshipers, both Buddhists and non-Buddhists. It was to the point where his popularity was annoyed and jealous by much of Buddha’s other follower monks. To compensate the tension among his monks, Buddha had to explain about the origin of Fat Monk Saccaka’s immense wealth and popularity by telling a story of his previous life. 25 worlds ago, at the period of Kaukaukthan Buddha, there was a big flood and his native country was flooded. Many people were starved. The hungry and starved people called Kaukaukthan Buddha for help. Even though he can make food for people with his own powers, Kaukaukthan Buddha asked for help from the people who could donate food for the poor instead. Saccaka at that time was a great merchant and as being a devoted follower, he donated 500 ox-carts full of grains for the hungry people. Therefore the Kaukaukthan Buddha had granted him a promise that he will be extremely rich and abundant for number of lives equal to the number of grains in his 500 ox-carts and his wealth would be immense and uncountable like the number of grains that he had donated for the people. Since that time for 25 worlds, he was always immensely wealthy and abundant in each and every of his life.
Welcome,
here we have a Phra Sangkacha.
This Buddha will bring you luck and wealth and happiness.
According to paleographical consideration, oldest statuette of Fat Monk found in Asia was dated around the beginning of the Christian era. It was found in Vaisali of India. The image is 4.4 inches high, 2.3 inches wide and0.9inches thick. The Fat monk is depicted in sitting posture with a back slab behind him. At the back of the slab behind the image there was an ancient script in Brahmi and the line can be translated as Saccakaparlbajaka (ji) na.
Saccakaparibajaka was a Nigrantha Jina ascetic. He lived in Vaisali during the lifetime of the Buddha. He possesses immense wealth since birth and later became a philosopher and teacher. He has many followers seeking wealth. Due to his immense wealth and abundance of food and grains, he looked after the poor orphaned children of Vaisali. He was said to have challenged Mahavira and the Buddha to a discussion with him about whose philosophy was the best. At the end of the debate he had to bow down to Buddha and acknowledge the Buddha’s superiority.
Even after he became a normal monk in Buddhism, his fame of being the harbinger of extreme wealth and abundance made him followed by too many worshipers, both Buddhists and non-Buddhists. It was to the point where his popularity was annoyed and jealous by much of Buddha’s other follower monks. To compensate the tension among his monks, Buddha had to explain about the origin of Fat Monk Saccaka’s immense wealth and popularity by telling a story of his previous life. 25 worlds ago, at the period of Kaukaukthan Buddha, there was a big flood and his native country was flooded. Many people were starved. The hungry and starved people called Kaukaukthan Buddha for help. Even though he can make food for people with his own powers, Kaukaukthan Buddha asked for help from the people who could donate food for the poor instead. Saccaka at that time was a great merchant and as being a devoted follower, he donated 500 ox-carts full of grains for the hungry people. Therefore the Kaukaukthan Buddha had granted him a promise that he will be extremely rich and abundant for number of lives equal to the number of grains in his 500 ox-carts and his wealth would be immense and uncountable like the number of grains that he had donated for the people. Since that time for 25 worlds, he was always immensely wealthy and abundant in each and every of his life.
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