The preface of the dharani sutra of the Liao dynasty dharani pillar (陀羅尼經幢) at Yunju Temple (雲居寺) 1

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The preface of the dharani sutra of the Liao dynasty dharani pillar (陀羅尼經幢) at Yunju Temple (雲居寺) 1 Van Cutsem, Laurent; Luo, Yuqing

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This side shows the beginning of the preface to the dharani sutra. The inscription is mostly preserved with little wear.The preface tells the story of a Brahman monk Tuoboli（陀波利）who arrived at China in the first year of the Yifeng Reign（儀鳳，676）. After countless struggles, he introduced the dharani sutra（佛頂尊勝陀羅尼）into China in the year 682. The sutra's initial translation was sponsored by the Tang Court, and later underwent a new translation process at Ximing Temple（西明寺）. The first one is a picture of the whole face [1]; the second is the picture of the top [2]; the remaining images are the detailed pictures from top to base.

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Title	The preface of the dharani sutra of the Liao dynasty dharani pillar (陀羅尼經幢) at Yunju Temple (雲居寺) 1
Creator	Van Cutsem, Laurent; Luo, Yuqing
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-07-08
Description	This side shows the beginning of the preface to the dharani sutra. The inscription is mostly preserved with little wear.The preface tells the story of a Brahman monk Tuoboli（陀波利）who arrived at China in the first year of the Yifeng Reign（儀鳳，676）. After countless struggles, he introduced the dharani sutra（佛頂尊勝陀羅尼）into China in the year 682. The sutra's initial translation was sponsored by the Tang Court, and later underwent a new translation process at Ximing Temple（西明寺）. The first one is a picture of the whole face [1]; the second is the picture of the top [2]; the remaining images are the detailed pictures from top to base.
Subject	Dharani pillar; Sharani; Yunju Monastery; Liao dynasty; Chinese Buddhism
Geographic Location	Yunju Temple (China); Fangshan Qu (Beijing, China); 39.3626; 115.468
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Series	Cluster 2.2: "Secondary" Producers, "Primary" Roles
Date Available	2020-08-19
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0392869
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/75594
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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[1] DSC_8104.jpg -- 24.57MB

[2] DSC_8131.jpg -- 23.34MB

[3] DSC_7984.jpg -- 21.78MB

[4] DSC_7990.jpg -- 21.87MB

[5] DSC_7996.jpg -- 20.67MB

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