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Buddhist Stone Sutras in China: Sichuan Province: Volume 2=中國佛教石經: 四川省第二卷 |
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Author |
Tsai, Suey-Ling (編)=蔡穗玲 (ed.)
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Sun, Hua (編)=孫華 (ed.)
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Volume | v.2 |
Date | 2015.03.04 |
Pages | 448 |
Publisher | Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. |
Publisher Url |
https://www.harrassowitz.de/
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Location | Wiesbaden, Germany [威斯巴登, 德國] |
Series | Buddhist Stone Sutras |
Content type | 書籍=Book |
Language | 中文=Chinese; 英文=English |
Abstract | The Buddhist sutra inscriptions in cave chapels at the Grove of the Reclining Buddha (Wofoyuan) are almost unknown outside China. This second volume on the site presents the sutras in caves 29 and 33. Engraved in cave 29 are four of the twelve chapters of the Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (T#440). Differing from woodblock printed versions, the task of the carvers is here indicated by recording the numbers of names that they accomplished. Engraved in cave 33 are scrolls 11 and 12 of the Consecration Sutra (T#1331), the Dharani Sutra of the Six Gates (T#1360), the Deathbed Injunction Sutra (T#389), the Sutra on Renouncing the Householder’s Life (T#202), and the Diamond Sutra (T#235). These text versions offer completely new insights into Buddhist scriptural transmission and practice. The engravings are fully reproduced in detailed high quality photographs. All engraved texts are transcribed for the first time. The scholarly apparatus notes textual variants and variant characters in the calligraphy.
A conspicuous common feature of all texts in the two caves is their performative character and their liturgical use. Death is a common theme, as it is powerfully enacted and made visible in the giant sculpture of the Reclining Buddha directly opposite the two caves. The individual sutras are analyzed in separate essays. Annotated English translations are provided for the Dharani Sutra of the Six Gates and the Sutra on Renouncing the Householder’s Life. The volume is in Chinese and English. |
Table of contents | Introduction 2 Section A 80 Section B 430 Bibliography 443 |
ISBN | 9783447102674 (Hardback); 3447102675 (Hardback) |
Related reviews | - Book Review: Buddhist Stone Sutras in China, Sichuan Province 1 ed. by Lothar Ledderose, Hua Sun; Buddhist Stone Sutras in China, Sichuan Province 2 ed. by Suey-Ling Tsai, Hua Sun / Kucera, Karil J. (評論)
- Book Review: Buddhist Stone Sutras in China, Sichuan Province. Vol. 2 Edited by Tsai Suey-Ling 蔡穗玲 and Sun Hua 孫華 / Reiter, Florian C. (評論)
- Book Review: Buddhist Stone Sutras in China: Sichuan Province, Volume Two by Tsai Suey-Ling and Sun Hua (eds); Buddhist Stone Sutras in China: Shandong Province, Volume Two by Wang Yongbo and Claudia Wetzel (eds) / Barrett, Timothy H. (評論)
- Book Review: Buddhist Stone Sutras in China: Sichuan Province: Volume 2 by Tsai Suey-Ling and Sun Hua / Dessein, Bart (評論)
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Created date | 2023.03.06 |
Modified date | 2023.10.27 |
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