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Śrāvastī: Jetavana Grove: Nava Jetavana Vihara
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Panels 6-7: The donation of Jeta's Grove
When Anāthapiṇḍika met the Buddha in Rājagṛha, he invited him to visit Śrāvastī. Once he returned home, he sought a suitable piece of land on which to build a welcoming retreat for the Buddha, eventually settling on some land owned by Prince Jeta. The left side of the panel shows the part of the story in which Prince Jeta suggest what he considers to be an impossible price, the number of gold coins that would be needed to cover the entire piece of land. Anāthapiṇḍika's people busily begin laying out the gold coins. On the right side of the panel, Anāthapiṇḍika welcomes the Buddha to the Jeta's Grove, which he then donates to the Buddhist community. The Buddha came to regard it as his favorite place to stay.
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Panel 5: The Buddha meets Anāthapiṇḍika for the first time
After narrating the four most renowned episodes in the Buddha's life, the fifth panel turns to the narrative moments that relate more specifically to Śrāvastī and Jetavana Grove. In this panel, the Buddha encounters Anāthapiṇḍika at Rājagṛha for the first time. He invited the Buddha to visit him in Śrāvastī.
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The Buddha, having reached the advanced age of 80 years, slowly traveled towards Kuśinagar where he had foreseen he would die. He was given tainted food in Pawa, took his final bath in a small river halfway to Kuśinagar, and then made his way to the town itself. He gave one final sermon there and passed away, achieving his final parinirvāṇa. Mourners, both human and celestial, gather around his body.
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