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Western Pure Land

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阿彌陀淨土圖

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出自《觀無量壽經》之十六觀中的第十三雜想觀。作品右下方金泥銘文雖有毀損,仍可辨識「淳熙癸卯仲秋望日□□畫」。「淳熙癸卯」為南宋淳熙十年(1183),得知繪製年代,後流傳至日本。一九五九年指定為日本重要文化財。
 經云:「若欲至心生西方者,先當觀於一丈六像在池水上。……阿彌陀佛神通如意,於十方國變現自在,或現大身滿虛空中,或現小身丈六八尺,所現之形皆真金色,圓光化佛及寶蓮花,如上所說。觀世音菩薩及大勢至,於一切處身同,眾生但觀首相,知是觀世音,知是大勢至。此二菩薩助阿彌陀佛,普化一切。是為雜想觀,名第十三觀。」記載著阿彌陀佛的功德。
 畫中阿彌陀佛三尊像皆雙足踏蓮,帶圓形頭光。佛身披袈裟,右手垂下,左手於胸前結印;左脇侍觀音菩薩手執柳枝、淨瓶,右脇侍大勢至菩薩手持經卷。阿彌陀佛從白毫放出白色光照耀上空,光中化現十方世界的十如來、十菩薩、十天、十四聲聞眾,分立兩邊。
 三尊像之背後有金彩交互輝映的祥雲湧現;前方有寶池,池中布滿盛開的蓮花,有九人跪坐蓮花上,合掌向佛,象徵九品往生。蓮池旁有人首鳥身的迦陵頻伽、鶴、孔雀等,表現極樂世界的莊嚴華美。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 1012.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Western Pure Land." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 1012.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Western Pure Land" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:1012.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Western Pure Land. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 1012).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z},
pages = 1012,
title = {{Western Pure Land}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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