Daebuljeongyeoraemirinsujeungyouijebosalmanhaengsuneungeomgyeong(eonhae) Gwon7,8,9,10

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.763

Category

Books & Records

Era

세조 7년(1461)

Designated year

1984

Location

동대문구, 서울특별시— 서울 동대문구 회기로 56, 세종대왕기념관 (청량리동)

Coordinates

37.590548, 127.043471

Daebuljeong suneungeomgyeong or simply Neungeomgyeong (Suramagma Sutra) is the basic text that monks learn in the process of their discipline. The main idea of the sutra is to understand what Buddha says by practicing it. It consists of sutras translated from ones made by the renowned Zen monks of the Tang and Sung Dynasties, and these are books combining the 7th to 10th out of 10 books. They are woodblock-printed books, measuring 37cm in length and 24.6cm in width. They are 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, the future 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 institute where Buddhist scriptures were translated into Korean and published, used this as exemplary material, and this one is especially valuable because it is one of the few printed books remaining.

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