Giving and the creation of Merit
- This essay is devoted to a presentation and discussion of the manner in which Buddhist offerings and donations were made in the context of Buddhism in Dunhuang (敦煌) during the 10th century. It investigates the motives for making offerings, with special attention to religious paintings and holy books. I provide several elucidating case stories for each category, as well as a number of special or unusual examples. The basic idea is to give detailed insight into the motives and typologies underlying the activities of Buddhist donors and patrons under Guiyijun rule (851–1036?, 歸義軍, Return-to-Allegiance Army).
| Author: | Henrik Hjort SørensenORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-73848 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.13154/rub.br.152.128 |
| ISSN: | 2628-2356 |
| Subtitle (English): | Buddhist donors and donor dedications from 10th Century Dunhuang |
| Series (Serial Number): | BuddhistRoad Paper (4.3) |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2020/08/05 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2020/08/03 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | BuddhistRoad, Project ID: 725519 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 40 |
| Note: | BuddhistRoad, Project ID: 725519 |
| Relation (DC): | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/725519 |
| Institutes/Facilities: | Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien (CERES) |
| OpenAIRE: | OpenAIRE |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International |
