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當麻曼荼羅圖

日本

此曼荼羅是以日本奈良的當麻寺為名,描繪《佛說觀無量壽經》所敘述的西方極樂世界之景象,為觀無量壽經變相的一種。在日本自早期開始已相當流行,依此類圖解修行而進入極樂世界。
 圖正中央為主尊阿彌陀佛,其左右二脇侍分別是大勢至和觀音菩薩,二菩薩之四周各有十七位菩薩圍繞。前方蓮池木台上,有菩薩及孩童隨著音樂歌舞。外圍宮殿樓閣中有佛、菩薩、無數奏樂天人及佛弟子、僧眾和信徒等五百多位有情眾生。以寶池、寶樹、寶網、寶蓋等莊嚴極樂淨土,上空懸浮佛菩薩、飛天、迦陵頻伽鳥及樂器,表現虛空集會聞佛說法之盛況。
 圖左右兩邊及下方條幅皆有一系列小畫格。左邊畫格由下而上依序表現印度阿闍世王(491~459 BCE在位)迫害父母的故事;右邊則由上而下順次圖解釋尊為韋提希夫人講說欲往生極樂世界之十六種觀想的前十三觀;下方畫格描繪最後的三種觀想,與阿彌陀佛及其眷屬接引往生者的方式。全圖以金黃色為主色調,再加上紅、藍、白、黃褐等色彩,更顯得金碧輝煌。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 890.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Taima Mandala." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 890.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Taima Mandala" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:890.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Taima Mandala. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 890).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z},
pages = 890,
title = {{Taima Mandala}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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