Keywords
Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography, Lokesh Chandra, bodhicitta, bodhicitta-ghata, bodhicitt-otpada, symbolism, iconography, Buddhist art,
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Chandra L., Belokurova S. M. Bodhicitta // The Art of Eurasia, 2023. № 2 (29). P. 252-255. URL: https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2023.02.016.
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Abstract
The article is devoted to the iconography and symbolism of the images accompanying one of the fundamental categories of Buddhism — bodhichitta. The article presents images and texts from the Chinese Tripitaka, treatises Pu-ti-sin lun (or Bodhichitta Shastra, Amoghavajra), Requirements for Meditation by Master Shan-Wu-wei (Wu-wei san-tsang ch’an-yao), Shingon Esoteric Buddhism Illustration Collection, Mahavairocana-kalpa (by Suryayasas/Nissho), I-hsing’s commentary, and data from other sources. Translation of an article by Lokesh Chandra from the Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography by S.M. Belokurova.
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