Saddharmapundarika Sutra (The Lotus Sutra), Volumes 5-7 (1988-2)

The Lotus Sutra, also known in shortened form as the Beophwa-gyeong, is the fundamental scripture of the Cheontae (Tiantai) school and, together with the Avatamsaka Sutra, greatly influenced the establishment of Buddhist thought in Korea. This copy, covering Volumes 5 to 7 of the Lotus Sutra, was transcribed by the brothers Seong Dal-saeng and Seong Gae in 1405, the fifth year of King Taejong, to pray for the repose of their late father's soul, and was then carved onto woodblocks and printed by the monk (doin) Sinmun. It is a woodblock print on mulberry paper, with the three volumes bound together as a single book measuring 29 cm in height and 30.5 cm in width. At the beginning of the book is a byeonsangdo, an illustration summarising the content of the sutra, carved onto the woodblock at the sponsorship of a donor surnamed Jeong who wished for the rebirth of King U of Goryeo in the Buddhist paradise. The composition of the guardian-deity figures depicted within the byeonsangdo is large in scale and finely carved, and it is considered superior to the frontispiece illustrations found in other copies of the Lotus Sutra.

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Yongsan-gu, Seoul

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Treasure · 보물