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Mogao Cave 17: Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (right end section)

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法華經普賢菩薩勸發品

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甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土。此卷首尾俱全。首題「妙法蓮華經普賢菩薩勸發品第廿八」,尾題「妙法蓮華經卷第七」,上鈐「敦煌縣政府印」一枚。計一百零三行,每行十七字,少數為十八字。〈普賢菩薩勸發品〉旨在說明普賢菩薩勸說大眾發菩提心,若有受持、讀誦、解說、書寫《妙法蓮華經》者,普賢菩薩當守護之令得安穩。
 敦煌莫高窟第17窟之出土文物中,大約有九成以上是佛教文獻,包括佛經、譯經、疏釋、著錄和刻寫本等。此書有烏絲欄,字跡清晰,結體勻稱工整,筆畫秀勁,墨色濃黑,是敦煌唐代(618~907)寫經代表作之一。
 參考釋文:妙法蓮華經普賢菩薩勸發品第廿八/爾時普賢菩薩以自在神通力威得名聞與/大菩薩無量無邊不可稱數從東方來所經/諸國普皆震動雨寶蓮華作無量百千萬/億種種伎樂又與無數諸天龍夜叉乾闥婆/阿脩羅迦樓羅緊那羅摩●(目+侯)羅伽人非人等/等大眾圍繞各現威德神通之力到娑婆世界/耆闍崛山中頭面禮釋迦牟尼佛右繞七匝/白佛言世尊我於寶威德上王佛國遙聞此/娑婆世界說法華經與無量無邊百千萬億/諸菩薩眾共來聽受唯願世尊當為說之若善/男子善女人於如來滅後云何能得是法華/經佛告普賢菩薩若善男子善女人成就四/法於如來滅後當得是法華經一者為諸佛/護念二者殖眾德本三者入正定聚四者發/救一切眾生之心善男子善女人如是成就四/法於如來滅後必得是經爾時普賢菩薩白/佛言世尊於後五百歲濁惡世中其有受/持是經典者我當守護除其衰患令得安隱/使無伺求得其便者若魔若魔子若魔女/若魔民若為魔所著者若夜叉若羅剎若鳩

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 158.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 158.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:158.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 158).
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