Saddharmapundarika Sutra (The Lotus Sutra), Korean Translation, Volume 7

The Lotus Sutra, also known in short as the Beophwagyeong, teaches that the path to Buddhahood is open to everyone. As the fundamental scripture of the Cheontae (Tiantai) school, it had, together with the Hwaeomgyeong (Avatamsaka Sutra), a major influence on the establishment of Korean Buddhist thought. This is a woodblock-printed edition on mulberry paper measuring 32.5 cm in height and 23 cm in width, and it forms the latter part of Volume 7, produced as one of a set of two books. It was published by the Gangyeongdogam, the office set up under King Sejo to render Buddhist sutras into Hangeul. Both the main text and the commentary by the monk Jiehuan are rendered in Hangeul, and at the end of the book is a note by Kim Su-on (1410–1481) recording the circumstances of its production. The woodblocks were carved by the Gangyeongdogam in 1463, the ninth year of King Sejo, and this copy was printed in 1472, the third year of King Seongjong, by Queen Insu in order to pray for the repose of the souls of King Sejo, King Yejong, Crown Prince Uigyeong and Grand Prince Inseong. It is valuable evidence that, among the twenty-nine Buddhist sutras printed by Queen Insu at that time, the Lotus Sutra was one of those published by the Gangyeongdogam.

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Where it is

Region

Gimpo, Gyeonggi

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Treasure · 보물