Milarepa Meditating in Caves
Rhinoceros horn
角雕密勒日巴像
不丹
不丹犀牛角雕刻。密勒日巴（mi la ras pa），西藏高僧，藏傳佛教噶舉派先驅之一，西藏佛教史上著名的詩人聖者。生於後藏上部貢唐加阿雜地區，曾修習咒術及降雹之法以報私仇，後心生悔意，而學正法。以苦行聞名，更善歌詠，所著《十萬歌集》傳誦於世。
此作以稀有的犀牛角雕刻成聖山景致，密勒日巴端坐於山澗林壑的二龕中。下方有呈半蹲式的肖像，應為傳說中喜馬拉雅山的雪人。在不丹歷史中，聖山與其所屬神祇不僅在佛教占有極重要的地位，對一般民眾而言，也是重要的心靈寄託，亦與當地社會、經濟及生活息息相關。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 190.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Milarepa Meditating in Caves." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 190.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Milarepa Meditating in Caves" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:190.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Milarepa Meditating in Caves. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 190).
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