Buddha Posture: Preaching to Baka Brahma
(Thai: ปางโปรดพกาพรหม, pronounced "Pang Prot Paka Phrom")
Buddha is standing on top of Baka Brahma, with hands overlapping and eyes looking down.
Related Story: The Buddha defeated Baka Brahma
The story is that Baka Brahma has a wrong view that everything is created by Brahma. All things are always certain and last forever which is against the Buddha’s teaching of the law of impermanence. The Buddha challenges Baka Brahma to fight by letting him hide in the place he thinks that he will not be found. But every time Baka Brahma hides, the Buddha can find him. Then the Buddha takes his turn, he hides himse lf, but this time Baka Brahma cannot find him. Baka Brahma can only hear the voice of the Buddha. Eventually, Baka Brahma realizes that the Buddha is not going anywhere, but walking on his head. Therefore, it is stated in the chanting that by the supreme knowledge, the mighty Buddha defeats Baka Brahma and corrects his wrong view.
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