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Life of the Buddha - Return from Trayastrimsa Heaven

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佛降三道寶階圖

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以浮雕表現佛陀至忉利天為母說法三個月後返降人間,帝釋天用神力以黃金、琉璃及白銀建造三道寶階伴隨護送的情景。《大唐西域記》卷四亦載:「如來自三十三天降還也……上昇天宮,居善法堂,為母說法,過三月已,將欲下降。天帝釋乃縱神力,建立寶階,中階黃金,左水精,右白銀。如來起善法堂,從諸天眾,履中階而下;大梵王執白拂,履銀階而右侍;天帝釋持寶蓋,蹈水精階而左侍;天眾凌虛,散華讚德。」
 畫面中央以垂直方式刻劃黃金、琉璃、白銀三道寶階,以連續形式表現帝釋天與梵天分別脇侍於佛陀的左右兩側,護佛返降人間。佛肉髻低平規整,帶圓形頭光,著通肩式袈裟,右手施無畏印,左手結與願印,跣足踏於階梯上。寶階兩側,齊聚天部諸神,帶頭光,束髮髻戴冠,袒上身,披帔帛,左右簇擁充塞虛空;分層排列,或站立,或胡跪,虔誠恭敬地恭迎禮拜佛陀。
 浮雕右側下方有舍衛國波斯匿王夫婦乘坐馬車,後方侍者頭頂供物迎佛,寶階左側下方有騎馬的諸王大臣、長者居士及四眾弟子,侍立迎佛。畫面布滿人物,排列整齊,左右對稱,構圖飽滿齊整,頗為壯觀。人物衣褶起伏明顯,立體感強,具典型犍陀羅藝術風格。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 602.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Life of the Buddha - Return from Trayastrimsa Heaven." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 602.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Life of the Buddha - Return from Trayastrimsa Heaven" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:602.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Life of the Buddha - Return from Trayastrimsa Heaven. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 602).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 602,
title = {{Life of the Buddha - Return from Trayastrimsa Heaven}},
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