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Votive Tablet with the Life of the Buddha

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陶佛傳圖造像牌

緬甸

緬甸曼德勒省蒲甘(Bagan, Mandalay)以鑄模大量製造造像牌,提供佛教徒作供養之用。牌呈拱形,以佛陀一生的八相成道及證悟後最初七週的禪行為題材,下方刻有銘文。圖中以端坐於龕中的佛陀為中心,佛作降魔觸地印,表示證得無上正等正覺。兩側跪坐者,可能是佛陀於菩提伽耶證悟後第七週,以食物供養的緬甸商人提謂(Tapussa)及波利(Bhallika),二人並成為佛陀最早的在家皈依弟子。上方有二飛天,和一列小型寶塔。
 佛龕左側圖像表現摩耶夫人樹下降誕太子,接著按順時針方向依序刻劃一列七尊的佛坐像和立像、獼猴獻蜜、初轉法輪、降伏醉象、涅槃、為母說法後自忉利天宮返人間,以及舍衛城神變。
 最底層一列七尊佛坐像和立像,即表現原始佛教中佛陀於菩提伽耶證悟後最初七週的禪修題材。第一週,佛陀結跏趺坐,施觸地印,表示證悟;第二週,觀菩提樹,樹下立禪;第三週,沿著黃金步道行禪;第四週,於裝飾寶石的房中坐禪;第五週,白楊樹下坐禪;第六週,在龍王的保護下於暴雨中坐禪;第七週,接受商人提謂及波利的食物供養。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 367.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Votive Tablet with the Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 367.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Votive Tablet with the Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:367.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Votive Tablet with the Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 367).
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