SUKHAVATIVYUHASUTRA (in Sanskrit); [Ch. Fo shuo wuliang shou jing; K.: Pulsol muryangsu kyong; The Larger...
Trans. by Samghavarman (?). Two full-page woodcuts at beginning. 43; 46 folding leaves. Two parts in one vol. Large 8vo, orig. yellow-brown patterned wrappers, new stitching. Konbong-sa (or Geonbongsa) Temple: 1861.
A rare edition of The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra, one of the three most important Mahayana sutras of the Pure Land tradition. Our book was printed at the Geonbongsa Temple in northeastern South Korea. The temple was founded in 520 CE and has remained a major center of Korean Buddhism.
In the Preface, Monk Naun Pouk mentions that he met Venerated Monk Pohyo at Konbong Temple in 1860. The... More