Stupa: Sacred Symbol of Enlightenment Crystal Mirror 12 by Elizabeth Cook

Author:Elizabeth Cook
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Dharma Publishing
Published: 1977-08-25T00:00:00+00:00

A tower pagoda in the Hu-pei region, about a five hour journey from Beijing, was built at the time of the Fifth Dalai Lama (17th century).

he Buddhist traditions of China, Korea, and Japan are closely related, as are the forms of their sacred monuments. Yet each culture developed its own way of manifesting the truth of the Buddha's teachings, and each gave the world a distinctive architecture in which to express the universal qualities of enlightenment.

The origin of Buddhism in China traces to the Emperor Hsiaming of the Han dynasty, who dreamed of a golden figure flying above the imperial palace. When the emperor asked his ministers who this radiant being might be, the minister Fu-yi told him of the Buddha, the Enlightened One from the holy land of India, who was golden in color and was known to appear in distant lands. Desiring to understand the meaning of this vision, Hsia-ming sent envoys to India to learn of the Buddha and his teachings. Upon their return to the imperial court at Lo-yang, the envoys brought with them the monks Kasyapa Matariga and Dharmaraksa, some scriptures, and images of the Buddha. When Kasyapa Matanga translated the first Buddhist teaching, the Sutra in Forty-two Sections, into the Chinese language in 67 C.E., he described the emperor's dream in the preface, providing the earliest account of the Dharma in China.

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