Imagining Ritual and Cultic Practice in Koguryŏ Buddhism
Journal Title: International Journal of Korean History - Year 2014, Vol 19, Issue 2
Abstract
Due to the scarcity of extant source materials, the ritual and devotional practices of Koguryŏ Buddhism cannot be known in any great detail, but they probably had much in common with those practiced in Northern China. Merit-making rituals like the Convocation for the Recitation of the Sūtra for Humane Kings and Assembly of the Eight Prohibitions show the relevance of the poṣadha in Buddhist communities and suggest a host of devotional practices associated with observing the practices. Extant images allude to the importance of the cults of the thousand buddhas, Maitreya, and Amitāyus. Inscriptions indicate that rebirth in Tuṣita Heaven was an important goal for Buddhist monks and laity, as well as rebirth on the earth in the distant future when Maitreya comes. Buddhist literature describes the devotional practice of meditation visualization, a way of using pensive images to aspire for rebirth in Tuṣita Heaven in the presence of Maitreya.
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Richard D. McBride II
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