Commentary on the Saddharmapundarika Sutra (The Lotus Sutra), Volumes 1-2

The Lotus Sutra, often abbreviated as "Beophwagyeong", is the fundamental scripture of Korea's Cheontae Order, teaching as its central idea that the path to becoming a buddha is open to everyone. Together with the Avatamsaka Sutra, it greatly influenced the establishment of Buddhist thought in Korea, and among the Buddhist scriptures circulated in the country it is the one most frequently published. This is one of the reprints made using the Buddhist canon as its source text: it combines volumes 1 and 2 of a ten-volume commentary on the Lotus Sutra by Hyejeong of Tang China into a single book. It was carved on wooden blocks and printed on mulberry paper, measuring 36 cm in height and 35 cm in width. The publication records at the end of each volume show that it was first published with a text written by Namgung Ye in 1095, the 1st year of King Heonjong of Goryeo, and that the surviving copy is part of a later reprint carved and printed by the Kan'gyeong Dogam during the reign of King Sejo of Joseon.

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Where it is

Region

Suncheon, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Treasure · 보물