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
O ovom umetničkom delu
- Naslov: Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida
- Umetnik: reisai gukyoku
- Godina: 401
- Prvobitne dimenzije: 93.0cm x 22.0cm
- Format: Tall
- Status autorskih prava: Javno vlasništvo
- Paleta boja: Earthy
- Percepcija svetline: balanced