Dharma Wheel

Staying there isn't a problem. Clarence wrote: ... how a westerner could live in China for longer than just the 6 months of one's tourist visa. I assume this is the thing you are really asking... you can get longer than 6 months. On a Tourist Visa you'll need to renew your visa so you'll probably ne...

:reading: I dunno. :coffee: From what I was able to understand... He has some sort of prior history of being invovled with the people and is a favored protector under Guanyin... after enlightenment and becoming a protector he remained rather recluse. He is said to lay with his back on the mountain w...

Hello and thanks for that. Good deductive reasoning... but I think that is not him. Oriental Buddha Park (东方影剧院) houses replicas from all over Asia... maybe they just got this one wrong? The famous replicas of Bodhisattvas and Bamiyan buddhas etc. all seem to be good replicas though. But who knows.....

Is it a complete mystery then?
Has anyone here ever visited the Park where the photo was taken?

How many notable figures could there be that weild a dragon staff?

(fyi : this is not Asita or Fuk Luk Sau)
I did my best to hunt him down on the net but I found nothing.

Thanks for the help so far. While taking the photo I was nudged by the staff and told photos were not allowed in this area. I had also hoped it would have been clear enough to reat the text at his feet. The statue is located in Sichuan, China in a cave at Oriental Buddah Park. He is situated across ...

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Can someone tell me who this photo represents? I am told he is a protector of the weak... he is holding a staff with a dragon head. Sorry photo is not better http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/51/whoisthisy.jpg/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://imageshack.us/photo/my...