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time: 2017.08.19 News
source: micro-blog - Xi'an Dongfang Hanbao
Avalokitesvara is a symbol of compassion
and wisdom in Buddhism, the Buddhist Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is the most
popular in many Buddha.
Xiamen mainly the Buddhist faith, southern
Fujian temple South Putuo temple is located in the southeast of Xiamen city
Wulaofeng, it was founded in the late Tang Dynasty, because of the worship
Guanyin Bodhisattva, and located in the south of the Mount Putuo in the south,
so called the "South Putuo Temple", as one of the Minnan Buddhist
resort. Bodhisattva is a symbol of compassion and wisdom in Buddhism, , most
people familiar with the Bodhisattva, has the extremely important status in
Mahayana Buddhism and folk beliefs. The Bodhisattva led leading spirit of
compassion, is regarded as the fundamental spirit of Mahayana buddhism.
Zhou Dongfang |
Benevolence | cursive
Yao Qin Tripitaka master Kumarajiva
translated Avalokites vara meaning great Bodhisattva Guanyin, in order to find
the sound of suffering, and for the purpose of living beings, the Tang Dynasty
Emperor Taizong to avoid taboo, referred to as the goddess of mercy. Tang Xuan
Zang master in the "Great Tang Records on the Western Regions", the
great Bodhisattva transliteration of "freedom of view", but for the
big Buddha can see the root of the law, see through the existence and the world
as the original. When many wish to bless guanyin, “inner freedom of view, very
wisdom; the appearance of world music, find the sound to save suffering."
Zhou Dongfang |
Buddha | regular script
The Bodhisattva has equal selfless wish,
when people encounter any difficulty and pain, such as sincere recite Guanyin
Bodhisattva will be saved. So in Fujian, Guangzhou, Taiwan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang,
and Nanyang, Guanyin belief is extremely popular, so-called "every
household Amitabha, Avalokitesvara," the next piecture is the Tainan Mao
Gang Wei Guan Yin temple couplet.
Zhou Dongfang |
antithetical couplet | 2017
"The Prajna paramita Sutra" is
the essence of "Prajnaparamita Sutra", all are set in the essence of
Prajna, named "Heart Sutra", the summary of goods from the shallower
to the deeper, “banruo" meaning essence, concise and rich meaning, words
less and meaning deep. The first sentence "Avalokitesvara scriptures, deep
Prajna paramita, which Five skandhas are empty. Everything is bitter." In
the view of the free Bodhisattva is Avalokiteshvara".
Zhou Dongfang |
Buddha | uchiwa
"The calligraphy is pictures of the
heart", is the motto of Zhou Dongfang, "beautiful and classic
elegance" is Zhou Dongfang's calligraphy standard; Zhou Dongfang has
learned all kinds of scripts, especially in the regular script, and take
tradition as the basic, seek the change of the elegant and graceful, just like
him, the beauty of his calligraphy, its root in kind and good heart, pure and
simple, loving nature of conscience; the style of calligraphy is firmness and
flexibility, beauty and elegance combine, his regular script inherited the ink
rhythm of Ou Yan Liu Zhao, running script imitated Wang Xizhi and Zheng Ming,
the style is free and easy, the structure is rigorous and skillful, the writing
technique is mellow and tactful.