Chojobon Jipdaeseungsangron Gwonha

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1706

Category

Books & Records

Era

고려시대(11~12세기)

Designated year

2011

Location

달서구, 대구광역시— 대구 달서구 달구벌대로 1095 (신당동,계명대학교성서캠퍼스)

Coordinates

35.855906, 128.484579Kakao address conversion

Mahayana Laksana Samuccaya Snama is a compendium of Mahayana metaphysics. This text written by Buddhasrijnana was translated into Chinese by Shihu. The various concepts fundamental to Mahayana Buddhism are explained, including the five skandhas, Twelve sense fields, eighteen realms, twelve nidanas, ten paramitas, ten terras, eighteen aspects of emptiness, thirty-seven bodhyanga, four noble truths, four viharas, four immeasurable minds, four states of formless concentration, eight kinds of meditation to free one from attachments, abhisamaya-krama, three gateways to emancipation, six super-knowledges, Dharani gate, ten powers of Buddha, four fearlessness, four unobstructed knowledge, great mercy, great compassion, eighteen unshared properties of the Buddha, four voice-hearer fruits, thusness, formlessness and the dharma realm. The quality of printing is rather mediocre with the ink being pale throughout. The volume has a rod at the end which appears to have been later added, and the sheet is cut along the edge, into the shape of a swallow tail, so that the sheet can be easily rolled into a scroll. The comparison of this book with the one printed with the second Tripitaka Koreana blocks revealed that the character “請” in the third sheet (tenth character of the eighth line) is replaced in the latter, by the character “淸”, and the character “徧” in the fifth sheet (fourth character of the twenty-second line) by the character “遍”. Further, all “著”s are replaced by “着”s. This well-preserved book is the only copy of this book that has been put on display for public viewing.

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