四 ~ 六世紀中亞天山南麓的華嚴義學與盧舍那造像=The Study of Hwa-yen Teaching and the Image of Vairocana Buddha on the Southern Side of Mt. Tien-shan During Fourth to Sixth Century
盧舍那佛造像=statues of Vairocana Buddha; 法身=dharmakaya; 無礙三昧=unhindered samadhi; 一切佛國體性三昧=the samadhi of the basic nature of all Buddha lands; 光照十道眾生=the light shining over the ten realms of existence
In the last one hundred years, several statues of Vairocana Buddha were unearthed in the southern hill foot of Tienshan, Central Asia and thus received chose attention of the academic circle. Since then, the research also centered on these paintings. But, Central Asia could not have the statues of Vairocana Buddha abruptly, there should be relevant thoughts fermenting and maturing before hand. This paper investigates the theory and thought of the Avata.msaka Suutra relevant to the statues of Vairocana Buddha in early Central Asia. The author uses one ancient Suutra Commentary unearthed in Kuche and the dialogue between Kumaraji, a great Buddhist scholar of Central Asia in fifth century, and Hui yuan to understand the theory of “ Ten Abidings ”of the southern foot of Mt. Tienshan in the fourth century. The finding was also used to explain the fact that the unearthed statues of Vairocana Buddha mentioned aboved were rooted in the state of Chapter of Dharma Cloud Earth in The Suutra of Ten Abidings. Thus, a rough appearance of the study of Ten Abidings in the southern foot of Mt. Tien-shan, Central Asia from fourth to sixth century emerged.
