Illustrated Manuscript on the Meditation Methods of the Five Families (end of scroll)
Line drawing on paper
Illustrated Manuscript on the Meditation Methods of the Five Families (center section of scroll)
五部心觀曼荼羅圖
中國
表現金剛界曼荼羅五部諸尊的觀法，即佛部、金剛部、寶部、蓮華部、羯磨部，故稱五部心觀。唐大中九年（855）日僧圓珍在長安（今陝西西安）青龍寺，由其師法全法師所授予，屬善無畏系的唐本圖像原本，高30公分，長1,797公分。一九五三年指定為日本國寶。
圖像據《金剛頂一切如來真實攝大乘現證大教王經》初品〈金剛界品〉所述的六種曼荼羅順序，配置五部諸尊像。圖中間上段為坐於月輪內的尊像，中段書梵字真言，下段象徵每尊像的三昧耶形和印相。名稱等均以梵字書寫，漢字僅標示顏色。
卷末繪有手持柄爐，供養諸尊的善無畏尊者，面部輪廓清晰，下半蓄留髭髯，作梵僧相。末後有圓珍親筆的跋文。全幅筆法勻細，可見唐代（618～907）白描圖像之特色。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 368.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Illustrated Manuscript on the Meditation Methods of the Five Families." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 368.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Illustrated Manuscript on the Meditation Methods of the Five Families" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:368.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Illustrated Manuscript on the Meditation Methods of the Five Families. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 368).
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