Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents of Beomeosa Temple

The Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents is a Buddhist scripture teaching that one should repay the kindness of one's parents; this particular copy is a single woodblock-printed volume. According to its publication record, it was printed in 1562, the seventeenth year of King Myeongjong, at Gwangheungsa Temple in Andong, together with several other scriptures. Its content can broadly be divided into four parts. First, it explains the kindness of parents under ten headings. Second, it describes, month by month, the ten months a mother carries her child before birth. Third, it emphasises the kindness of the mother over that of the father. Fourth, it stresses the importance of repaying that kindness. This book, an early Joseon printing accompanied by illustrations, is an important resource for the study of the history of Buddhist scripture publishing, the history of the Korean language, and printmaking.

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Where it is

Region

Geumjeong-gu, Busan

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산