古代佛教法供养与敦煌莫高窟藏经

Ancient Buddhist Dharma Worship and the Hidden Sutras in the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang

本文梳理了佛教经典中的法供养——佛经供养观念,指出大乘佛教对法供养特别重视,由此形成了诸种供养法供养为上、为最的观念,并利用佛教史籍考察了南北朝隋唐五代时期佛经崇拜现象的演变及其特点,在此基础上论证了自己的观点:敦煌莫高窟藏经洞藏经的来源、结构及其封闭都与佛教法供养活动密切相关,是法供养的产物。

Through a comprehensive study on the ideas of the Buddhist Dharma worship, namely the Buddhist sutra worship recorded in Buddhist sutras, this paper suggests that Mahayaha Buddhism paid special attention to the Dharma worship and resulted in the thought that the Dharma worship was the best one among various ways of worship. By investigating the evolution and characteristics of Buddhist sutra worship during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Tang and the Five Dynasties based on Buddhist texts, this paper also presents a new opinion that the sources, structure and closure of the Mogao Library Cave at Dunhuang were closely associated with the Buddhist Dharma worship activities, and resulted from the Dharma worship.