Dharma Wheel
Silver
銀法輪
中國
西藏佛教供具。供奉法輪，意為祈求佛陀常住世間說法，代表法輪常轉。以輪比喻佛法，其意有三：一、摧破之義，因佛法能摧破眾生罪惡，猶如轉輪聖王之輪寶，能輾摧山嶽岩石。二、輾轉之義，因佛陀說法不停滯於一人一處，猶如車輪輾轉不停。三、圓滿之義，因佛所說之教法圓滿無缺，故以輪之圓滿喻之，而稱法輪。
此輪又稱千佛法輪，銀質，形式特殊，通高47公分，直徑24公分。法輪內由十二道同心圓組成，形如車輪，前後兩面造型相同。中心軸承作浪花紋，同心圓間鏤刻細小輻條，旁有小洞，代表佛龕，其數逾千，係表供養一切諸佛。外緣呈蓮瓣形，上亦刻浪花紋，邊緣則飾聯珠紋。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 59.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Dharma Wheel." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 59.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Dharma Wheel" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:59.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Dharma Wheel. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 59).
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