Golden book “The Sutra of All Buddhas Giving Good Food”

[The Golden Book “The Sutra of All Buddhas Giving Good Food”]

The Golden Book “The Sutra of All Buddhas Giving Good Food”, Mingcheng, 30.5cm long, 11cm wide, 13cm high, 342 pages in total. The ivory warp guard is 31.7cm long and 12cm wide, and each piece weighs 125kg. The old collection of the Qing Palace
This scripture is wrapped in scallops, and written on both sides of a rectangular loose page. The scripture page is made of magnetic blue paper, and the scripture is written in black clay gold in the center square column. The front page uses the name of the Tibetan scripture in the clay gold book, subscripts the phonetic Chinese characters, and the right side writes the name of the Chinese scripture “A good sutra for each Buddha to give food”, surrounded by 48 rubies and sapphires. Each side of the inside page has two lines of Tibetan, Sanskrit and phonetic Chinese characters. The font is neat and fine, dignified and beautiful. The content of the scriptures is mainly the chanting and praying of the Buddha who is offering in Tibetan, and there are a few Sanskrit mantras and the offering rituals and practice methods written in Chinese. The ivory plate on the top of the scripture is carved with the relief technique of the five master figures of the Tantric Sect, such as Xi Vajra, Shangle Vajra, and Shilun Vajra; The bottom ivory plate is carved with five Dharmapalas headed by the king of Duowen. One side of the ivory plate is embossed with “Ming Dynasty Chenghua Year System”. The four facades stacked by the margins are also painted with images and text
This is a Sino-Tibetan scripture on the ritual of giving food in Tibetan secret. In the Ming court, Tibetan Buddhism had a great influence. Emperor Chenghua believed in Tibetan Buddhism. This sutra was specially made by the Ming court for the emperor to chant sutras.

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