Gamjigeumni Daebanyabaramildagyeong Gwon175

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.887

Category

Books & Records

Era

고려 문종 9년(1055)

Designated year

1986

Location

용산구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 용산구 서빙고로 137 (용산동6가, 국립중앙박물관)

Coordinates

37.538427, 126.965444

Vajracchedika prajnaparamita Sutra, popularly known as the Diamond Sutra, is a canonical scripture of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism and is the second-most read sutra in Korea, after Maha prajnaparamita hridaya Sutra (The Heart Sutra). This volume is the hundred seventy-fifth of the six hundred-volumes making up the Maha prajnaparamita Sutra (Perfection of Transcendental Wisdom),’ translated into Chinese by the Tang-dynasty monk Xuanzang. A scroll consisting in ten interconnected sheets, it measures 510cm by 28.7㎝, and the text is written in gold on indigo paper. The sutra was published in 1055 (the 9th year of King Munjong’s reign during the Goryeo Dynasty), by Kim Yung-beom in prayer for the souls of his deceased grandparents and parents and the safety and well-being of his family. The text is carefully hand-copied and sumptuously illustrated. Five sheets at the head of the scroll are missing, and publishing information is provided at the tail. This sutra is the oldest surviving Goryeo Dynasty text of this type.

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