>> anthony: thank you. oh no, do i have to wear one of those vests? ah, geez. you're gonna sink like a stone in this thing. my friend eric is a buddhist. not a weekend buddhist either. a serious, long-term practitioner of tibetan buddhism. it's what makes him so different from me. he, for instance, is nice. i am not always so nice. >> eric: look on the rock. it's something written in chinese. >> anthony: maybe, you know, "gift shop this way." >> eric: no. [ laughs ] >> anthony: whoa. check it out, man. >> eric: i know. >> anthony: about two hours south of chengdu at the confluence of the min jiang, dadu, and ching yi rivers is the giant leshan buddha. carved out of the cliff wall