Bulguksa Temple Ultimate Bliss Hall: Amitabha Buddha
Gilt bronze
Bulguksa Temple Ultimate Bliss Hall
Bulguksa Temple Ultimate Bliss Hall: Amitabha Buddha
SOUTH KOREA, North Gyeongsang, Gyeongju; Unified Silla dynasty
The Three Great Gilt-Copper Buddha statues from the Unified Silla dynasty (668–935) are the Vairocana Buddha at Bulguksa Temple, the Medicine Buddha at Baekryulsa Temple, and this Amitabha Buddha, which was listed as National Treasure No. 27 in 1962.
Amitabha sits in full lotus position. The monastic robe covers only the left shoulder and flows smoothly over the left arm. The hands form the mudra that represents the lowest grade of the middle class. Some persons believe the statue was created around the late 8th to early 9th century.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 227.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Bulguksa Temple Ultimate Bliss Hall: Amitabha Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 227.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bulguksa Temple Ultimate Bliss Hall: Amitabha Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:227.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bulguksa Temple Ultimate Bliss Hall: Amitabha Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 227).
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