국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Yogacarabhumi Sastra (Discourse on the Stages of Yogic Practice), the First Tripitaka Koreana Edition, Volume 15 - A Book Written by Maitreya of India and Translated by Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty
  • Exhibition Name

    Yugasajironi Vol. 15 (Treatise on stages of yogic practitioners)

  • Nationality/Period

    Goryeo Dynasty

  • Materials

    Paper

  • Category

    religion - Buddhism - enlightenment - Scripture

  • Dimensions

    28.6x47.6cm

  • Designation

    National Treasure 273

  • Accession Number

    Jeung 3453

  • Location

    Donated Collection3

Yogacarabhumi Sastra (Discourse on the Stages of Yogic Practice) is one of the doctrinal texts of the Dharmalaksana Sect written to guide Buddhist followers to the principles of Yogacara and the Middle Way. It is the fifteenth of the one hundred volumes of the treatise written by an Indian Buddhist named Maitreya-natha in about the 4th century and translated into Chinese by the great monk Xuanzhuang (602-664) of the Tang Dynasty.