Charsadda: Maitreya Teaching in Tusita Heaven
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彌勒菩薩說法圖
巴基斯坦西北邊境省查爾沙答出土
巴基斯坦開伯爾巴圖克瓦省查爾沙答（Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa）出土。此浮雕應該是佛像台座上的一部分。表現彌勒菩薩在兜率天說法的情景。彌勒菩薩繼釋迦牟尼佛之後，將於娑婆世界下生成道，為未來佛。據《觀彌勒菩薩上生兜率天經》載，彌勒菩薩將出生於婆羅門貴族，其後出家修行，而手中所提的淨水瓶象徵啟迪眾生智慧，如甘露之遍灑。
圖中央傘蓋下，菩薩卷髮高髻，髻前飾化佛。胸佩項圈、瓔珞，右手揚起，手掌向內，左手下垂提淨瓶，交腳坐於寶座上，座有三角形背靠。菩薩兩側各有五人，身著短衣或長袍。構圖嚴謹規整，人物五官清晰，表情自然，多有變化。衣褶刻劃流利暢快，尤其是垂掛於左右兩側的布幔，褶痕厚重寫實，增加了作品的穩重感。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 237.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Charsadda: Maitreya Teaching in Tusita Heaven." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 237.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Charsadda: Maitreya Teaching in Tusita Heaven" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:237.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Charsadda: Maitreya Teaching in Tusita Heaven. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 237).
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