普賢乃漢傳佛教四大菩薩之一，普賢信仰在漢傳佛教和藏傳佛教中都佔有重要地位。據敦煌地區發現的中古普賢文物文獻，普賢變中普賢跏趺坐法與後世有所區別，《普賢菩薩說證明經》則不但識別有訛，且實際上包括了兩種形成於不同時代、性質也有所不同的小經。敦煌地區的普賢信仰，與當時的民族組成、政治氣候、民眾文化水準、民間信仰等方面有著密切關系。經過了民族化、政治化、通俗化和信仰本土化後的敦煌普賢信仰，已然在一定程度上民間化，成為具有濃鬱中土色彩的中國佛教信仰了。 Samantabhadra is one of the four most favorable Bodhisattvas in Chinese Buddhism, and the Samantabhadra belief plays an important role in China. The cultural relics of the middle ancient times and Duhuang manuscripts about Samantabhadra belief have helped point out the difference in the crosslegged sitting of Samantabhadra then from that later on as well as some mistakes in former researches. The Samantabhadra belief in Dunhuang is closely related to the then composition of nationalites, political atmosphere, people ’s cultural levels and folk beliefs. It was somewhat popularized after the naturalization in the above - mentioned process and had a strong Chinese flavor, and gradually became part of Chinese Buddhism.
