Chongguang Temple: Amitabha Buddha
Marble
Chongguang Temple: Amitabha Buddha
Chongguang Temple: Amitabha Buddha
CHINA, Hebei, Baoding; Sui dynasty
The Amitabha Buddha is from Chongguang Temple. He was originally flanked by two Bodhisattvas, of which the Avalokitesvara figure is now in the Tokyo National Museum. The slightly raised folds of the Buddha’s monastic robe ripple downwards and are overlaid by the elegantly tied bow of the inner robe. Although both hands are missing, it can be assumed that they were in abhaya (fearlessness) and varada (wish-granting) mudras. An inscription states that around 80 people dedicated the white marble Amitabha and two Bodhisattvas to Chongguang Temple of Hancui village in 585.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 253.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Chongguang Temple: Amitabha Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 253.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Chongguang Temple: Amitabha Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:253.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Chongguang Temple: Amitabha Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 253).
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