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House of the Tibetan Gods at Feilaifeng (Part Two): Mothers of Buddhas, Embodiments of Buddhas’ Dharma. |
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Chang, Qing =常青
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中國藏學=China Tibetology
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| Volume | n.1 |
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| Date | 2020.03 |
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| Pages | 103 - 120 |
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| Publisher | 中國藏學出版社 |
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http://www.zytzb.org.cn/cbs/zx/index.htm
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| Location | 北京, 中國 [Beijing, China] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Abstract | The Mothers of Buddhas [Ch. Fomu] are a particular type of images from
Tibetan and Tibetan style Buddhist art. In Buddhism, Buddhas treat the dharma as
their master, and Buddhas were born from the dharma. Therefore, the dharma is the
mother of Buddhas, and Buddhas reside inside the dharma.1 Nāgārjuna (150-250), an
eminent Indian Buddhist logician who was instrumental in the early establishment
of Indian Mahāyāna, says that the perfection of wisdom is the mother of Buddhas.
Among parents, the achievement of mothers is the most important, and Buddhas treat
wisdom as their mother. The cultivation of wisdom can lead one to see the true original
nature of the dharma, and it can reach and achieve anything. The merit and virtue of
it is great; so it was named Mother of Buddhas.2 Accordingly, the Mothers of Buddhas
is a symbolic name for a type of deities who can obtain and use Buddhist wisdom to
deliver sentient beings to enlightenment. Such deities should not be understood to be
the biological mother of Śākyamuni or other Buddhas. Although both Han Chinese
and Tibetan scriptures record many mothers of Buddhas before the Yuan dynasty, their
images had not been crafted by Han Buddhists and artists, but preferred by Tibetan
people. In the early Yuan period, these images were transmitted into Han Chinese
regions from Tibet, and four kinds of Mothers of Buddhas appeared in Feilaifeng
images, and they are Uṣṇīṣavijaya, Prajñāpāramitā, Sitātapatra, and Tārā. |
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| Table of contents | Uṣṇīṣavijaya, Honored and Victorious Buddhas’ Mother Coming from the Uṣṇīṣa 104
Prajñāpāramitā, Mother of Buddhas with Transcendent Wisdom 112
Sitātapatra, Mother of Buddhas Holding a Great White Parasol 115
Tārā, Mother of Buddhas from the Eyes of Avalokiteśvara 117 |
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| ISSN | 1002557X (P) |
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| Created date | 2021.08.25 |
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| Modified date | 2021.10.12 |
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