On The Types of Ancient Mysterious Buddha and Their Identity

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10.2991/icaicte-15.2015.33How to use a DOI?

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Mysterious Buddha; types; Identity; General Pray-responsive

Abstract

There is a special class of Buddha in the ancient Buddhist statues categories, and this kind of Buddha has the mysterious legend, namely Mysterious Buddha. There are three main types of Mysterious Buddha. The first type, in the early India and China, is the Mysterious Buddha, which often became the object of other copy statues, this kind of buddha is called Zhenrong Mysterious Buddha. The second, some are made in accordance with the Zhenrong Mysterious Buddha, these mimic Buddha in the eyes of people still have the same position as Zhenrong Mysterious Buddha, so this kind buddha is called Mimic Mysterious Buddha. In the third type, some statues do not appear like the Zhenrong Mysterious Buddha, and also contains mystery, which are called General Pray-responsive Buddha. The three types of Buddha statues accord with the same characteristic from the perspective of their making and format, and this paper will discuss these three kinds of Buddha in terms of their embodiment and identity.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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