佛像网

尺寸：H. 55.2 cm x W. 36.5 cm x D. 12.7 cm
年代：9世纪
质地：石雕
风格：印度 帕拉
来源：旧金山亚洲艺术博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
The Buddha triumphing over Mara

Made for one of northeast India’s monasteries—where many of Tibetan Buddhism’s teachings and artistic ideas originated—this sculpture shows the historical Buddha seated under a parasol and a pair of branches bearing the distinctive spade-shaped leaves of the bodhi tree. With his right hand in the earth-touching gesture, he dismisses the demon Mara’s assaults and prepares the ground, at last, for his awakening. The inscription within his halo is a doctrinal formula sometimes called the Buddhist Creed:

The Buddha has explained the cause of all things that arise from a cause. He, the great monk, has also explained their cessation.

佛陀降魔成道像-降服魔罗

此像为东北印度寺院遗物——藏传佛教的诸多教法与艺术源流正出于此。佛陀结跏趺坐于宝盖之下，身后菩提树枝叶繁茂，其特有的心形叶片清晰可辨。右手结触地印，以降伏魔罗的侵袭，最终为证悟菩提奠定根基。头光中的铭文是一段教义偈颂，有时被称为“佛教法身偈”：

诸法从缘起，如来说是因。
彼法因缘尽，是大沙门说。