摘要
佛教流传千百年来,虔诚的信众发心造了大量佛像,木、石、金、玉形形色色,至今留下了无数的佛教艺术珍品,其中有一尊佛教史上极著名的佛像——旃檀瑞像。这是旃檀木雕刻的释迦佛立像,法相庄严表现了释迦牟尼佛的32种瑞相,故名旃檀瑞像、旃檀佛像。一、旃檀瑞像的来龙去脉此像历史悠久神奇,相传佛成道以后思报母恩,遂升忉利天为母说法,数月未还,优填王(utrayang,邬陀衍那)思念佛。乃请目犍连主持用旃檀木雕刻了佛像,佛从忉利天复降人间,王率臣民往迎佛,旃檀佛像升空谒佛,佛为之摩顶授记说:我灭度千年后,汝往震旦,广利人天。
It is said that Sakyamuni s father had gotten somebody to carve the andalwood statue of Buddha during his lifetime.For this reason the statue more attracts people s great attention.The author Mr Wang Jiapeng is an authority on studying Buddhist statues of the Palace Museum.This paper studies in detail the story of the sandalwood statue of Buddha,and the same statue of Buddha kept in the Buddhist Building of the Palace Museum is also discussed.
出处
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北大核心
2001年第3期50-53,共4页
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