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The story of Mahādāna (Great Charity) occupies the entire upper row of the southwest section of the courtyard. The depictions can be followed by reading them along with the translation of the story in Frye, Stanley. The Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish (mdo mdzangs blun) or the Ocean of Narratives. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1981, chapter 31: Great Charity Goes to Sea.