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Inward-facing couplets near to the offertory box in the Great Shrine Hall (Daiyū Hōden 大雄寶殿), Manpukiji (萬福寺) Liu, Jeffrey; Wan, Ziling

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Inward-facing couplet flanking the alter in the Great Shrine Hall (Daiyū Hōden 大雄寶殿) in Manpuku-ji Temple (萬福寺), an Ōbaku 黄檗 Zen temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The couplet on the right side of the offertory box reads "一莖草現紫金容赴感流慈道被三千世界" (In a single blade of grass manifests a face of purple and gold, responding to sentient beings with compassion; the Way pervades three thousand realms) (Image 02). Inward-facing couplet on the left side of the offertory box reads "萬德功圓淨妙智隨機化物恩加百億人天" (Complete in myriad virtues, pure and wondrous wisdom, adapting skillful means to liberate beings; grace extends to billions of human beings and celestial beings) (Image 02). They are written by Master Mu'an Xingtao (Jp. Mokuan Shōtō) 木庵性瑫 (1611-1684), the second abbot of Manpuku-ji.

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Title
Inward-facing couplets near to the offertory box in the Great Shrine Hall (Daiyū Hōden 大雄寶殿), Manpukiji (萬福寺)
Creator
Liu, Jeffrey; Wan, Ziling
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2023-07-25
Description
Inward-facing couplet flanking the alter in the Great Shrine Hall (Daiyū Hōden 大雄寶殿) in Manpuku-ji Temple (萬福寺), an Ōbaku 黄檗 Zen temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The couplet on the right side of the offertory box reads "一莖草現紫金容赴感流慈道被三千世界" (In a single blade of grass manifests a face of purple and gold, responding to sentient beings with compassion; the Way pervades three thousand realms) (Image 02). Inward-facing couplet on the left side of the offertory box reads "萬德功圓淨妙智隨機化物恩加百億人天" (Complete in myriad virtues, pure and wondrous wisdom, adapting skillful means to liberate beings; grace extends to billions of human beings and celestial beings) (Image 02). They are written by Master Mu'an Xingtao (Jp. Mokuan Shōtō) 木庵性瑫 (1611-1684), the second abbot of Manpuku-ji.
Subject
Manpukuji; Buddhism; Temples; Edo period; Plaque; Calligraphy
Geographic Location
Uji-shi (Japan); Kyoto (Japan); 34.9138573; 135.8075649
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Notes
Author affiliations: University of Arizona
Series
Cluster 1.5: Extended Textual Communities
Date Available
2024-01-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0438462
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87123
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate; Undergraduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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