“By the Power of the Perfection of Wisdom”: The “Sūtra-Rotation” Liturgy of the Mahāprajñāpāramitā at Dunhuang.

This paper focuses on the ritual context of the 200,000-line Chinese Great Perfection of Wisdom (Dabore jing; Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra) at Dunhuang. Beside the fact that the purpose of the mass production of sütras was to generate merit and then present a “merit gift” for the sponsor, the copies wer...

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Publicado en:	Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 139; no. 3; pp. 661 - 680
Autor principal:	YI DING
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA) Jul-Sep2019
Materias:	Sūtras (Buddhism) Chinese manuscripts Tripitaka. Sutrapitaka. Saddharmapundarikasutra Mahayana Buddhism Buddhist antiquities Buddhist literature
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