Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida
401
93.0cm x 22.0cm
reisai gukyoku(1363 – 1452)
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Like adherents of the more popular Pure Land sects, Gukyoku Reisai, a prominent Zen monk, believed in the saving power of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitābha). This couplet, written in Chinese cursive script, reads, from right column to left:For an utterly evil person,there is no other expedient means.Simply recite the name of [A]Midato achieve birth in Paradise.—Trans. John T. Carpenter
作品詳細
- 作品名: Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida
- 作家: reisai gukyoku
- 制作年: 401
- 作品サイズ: 93.0cm x 22.0cm
- 技法: Tall
- 著作権の状態: パブリックドメイン
- カラーパレット: Earthy
- 知覚輝度: balanced