Yogacarabhumi Sastra (Discourse on the Stages of Yogic Practice), the First Tripitaka Koreana Edition, Volume 53

The Yogacarabhumi Sastra, by the Indian bodhisattva Maitreya, was translated by Xuanzang of Tang (602–664) in a hundred volumes arranged in the order of the Thousand Character Classic; it is part of the first Tripitaka carved in the eleventh century. This is volume 53 of the hundred, a first carving, on mulberry paper, 48 cm wide and 28.4 cm high. Compared with the second carving kept at Haeinsa, the positions of the block title and of the volume, sheet and case numbers differ.

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Where it is

Region

Yeonsu-gu, Incheon

Designation

National Treasure · 국보