Minneapolis Institute of Art
Book of Sudhana from the Garland Sutra (Hua-yan Ching Pu-hsien Hsing-yuan Pin)
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- Date
- late 16th century
- Medium
- Woodblock print on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 5801
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
The final chapter of the Garland Sutra ( Hua yan ching ) was considered essential reading for all Buddhists. It concerns the Indian boy Sudhana who, while searching for knowledge of the Buddhist law, sought advice from 53 different bodhisattvas. Finally, the bodhisattva Samantabhadra taught him his ten great compassionate vows and how to fulfill them in order to attain enlightenment. This woodblock printed edition features a printed frontispiece in which a large seated Buddha is shown surrounded by thirty followers. Following the frontispiece is a colophon wishing prosperity and long life to the emperor. The seventy pages of text contains three large red temple seals. On the final page is an illustration of the guardian figure Wei tuo-tian. China, Asia
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- Credit line
- Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
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