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Life of the Buddha - The First Meditation

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該像為犍陀羅造像之一,刻劃悉達多太子在觀看農耕時,眼見牛拉犁經過之處,地裡掘出許多蟲子,但蟲即被小鳥啄食,太子念及生命苦樂無常和死亡的必然性,於是獨自到閻浮樹下冥思。太子入定時,樹影始終蔭護著太子,未因時間的流逝而移動的神蹟,周圍的人見此大為震驚,連父王也不禁跪下禮拜。
 太子雙目微睜,胸部寬厚而腹部凹進,以強調禪修呼吸時的屏息,雙手置於腹前,手指相扣,結跏趺坐,作深思貌。腰繫裙,大衣敷搭在左肩上又從身後繞至右側覆於腿上,再繞左肘垂下,流利有序的衣紋呈現優美的律動感。全身裝飾華麗高貴,戴敷巾冠飾,胸前項飾中央以一對摩竭魚銜珠,耳環上有獅頭裝飾,刻工精細。太子頭頂閻浮樹呈拱形,樹上繁花朵朵。身後有身光、頭光,外緣飾三角鋸齒紋表示光焰,令人想起經文對太子禪坐神蹟的讚頌之詞「甚大光耀,明顯灼灼」,若「日月之明」。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 603.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Life of the Buddha - The First Meditation." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 603.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Life of the Buddha - The First Meditation" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:603.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Life of the Buddha - The First Meditation. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 603).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 603,
title = {{Life of the Buddha - The First Meditation}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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