Daebuljeongyeoraemirinsujeungyouijebosalmanhaengsuneungeomgyeong(eonhae) Gwon7, 8

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.762

Category

Books & Records

Era

조선시대

Designated year

1984

Location

중구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 중구 필동로1길 30(필동3가, 동국대학교 중앙도서관)

Coordinates

37.559249, 126.998549

Neungeomgyeong, or Suramagma Sutra, is the basic text that monks study in the course of their discipline. The main idea of the sutra is to understand what Buddha says by practicing it. It consists of sutras translated from the originals made by Zen monks of the Tang and Sung Dynasties, and these are the 7th and 8th books out of 10. They are woodblock-printed books, measuring 37.5cm in length by 23.8cm in width. They is also called Eulhaejabon, because they were made in Eulhae year, the 12th binary term of the sexagenarian cycle. Begun in the 31st year of the reign of King Sejong (1449) of the Joseon Dynasty by Prince Suyangdaegun, later King Sejo, they were completed in the 7th year of King Sejo's reign (1461) with the help of prominent monks and Confucian scholars. Gangyeongdogam, the place where Buddhist scriptures were translated into Korean and published, used this as exemplary material and this is a particularly valuable example because it is one of few printed books remaining.

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