A Mind-Visualisation of the Ten Realms
Print
1821 (published)
1821 (published)
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This woodblock print was issued by the Hoi Tong Monastery in Guangzhou in 1821,the first year of the Daoguang reign, to celebrate Buddha's birth. Such a picure aimed to help local Buddhists to visualise during meditation the ten realms of reality (ten DHARMADHĀTUs, or shi fajie in Chinese) according to Buddhist cosmology. Clockwise from the top are the realms of buddhas, bodhisattvas, solitary buddhas (S. pratyeka buddha), disciples (S. śrāvaka), divinities (S. deva), demigods (S. asura), humans (S. manuṣya;), animals (S. tiryak), ghosts (S. preta) and hell denizens (S. nāraka). The first four groups are enlightened beings (sisheng in Chinese), and those in the remaining six categories are destined to be reborn endlessly. An early example of the composition is recorded to be by Tiantai-school monk Zunshi (964-1032).
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| Materials and techniques | Print from woodblock |
| Brief description | Pap, China, prints |
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| Summary | This woodblock print was issued by the Hoi Tong Monastery in Guangzhou in 1821,the first year of the Daoguang reign, to celebrate Buddha's birth. Such a picure aimed to help local Buddhists to visualise during meditation the ten realms of reality (ten DHARMADHĀTUs, or shi fajie in Chinese) according to Buddhist cosmology. Clockwise from the top are the realms of buddhas, bodhisattvas, solitary buddhas (S. pratyeka buddha), disciples (S. śrāvaka), divinities (S. deva), demigods (S. asura), humans (S. manuṣya;), animals (S. tiryak), ghosts (S. preta) and hell denizens (S. nāraka). The first four groups are enlightened beings (sisheng in Chinese), and those in the remaining six categories are destined to be reborn endlessly. An early example of the composition is recorded to be by Tiantai-school monk Zunshi (964-1032). |
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| Accession number | E.2738-1921 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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